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Taiwanese Research Institute, ITRI, Selects CEVA-XC DSP for 4G Small Cell Base Stations (2016.03.03)
CEVA announced that ITRI, a Taiwanese research and development organization, has selected the CEVA-XC DSP for the development of its new 4G small cell base station platform.
ITRI small cell projects are funded from the Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT) of the Ministry of Economy Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan |
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World’s Largest Capacity (15.36TB) SSD for Enterprise (2016.03.03)
Samsung Electronics announced today that it is now shipping the industry’s largest solid state drive (SSD) – the “PM1633a,” a 15.36 terabyte (TB) drive.
First revealed at the 2015 Flash Memory Summit in August, the 15 |
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VESA Publishes DisplayPort 1.4 Standard with 8K and HDR Support (2016.03.03)
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced on Monday that it has published version 1.4 of the DisplayPort (DP) audio/video standard. The first major update to DisplayPort since version 1.3 was released in September 2014, DP 1 |
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New Low-power TV Transmitter Saves Cost with the Highest Quality in the Smallest Space (2016.03.03)
Rohde & Schwarz extends its energy-efficient R&S Tx9 transmitter generation with low-power UHF transmitters that support the DVB-T, DVB-T2 and ISDB-TB digital standards.
The new R&S TLU9 family considerably reduces operating expense, while delivering the highest availability and signal quality |
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Most Global Citizens Favour Government have a Right to Access Private Online Conversations, CIGI Say (2016.03.03)
As new battles continue to emerge between national governments and private companies in the domains of national security and privacy, the results of a new survey, commissioned by the Centre for International Governance Innova |
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Industry's Highest-performance Wideband RF Phase-locked Loops with Integrated Voltage-controlled Osc (2016.03.03)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the industry's highest-performance phase-locked loops (PLLs) with integrated voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). Delivering the lowest phase-noise performance in the industry, the LMX2582 and LMX2592's single-chip architecture helps designers achieve a level of performance previously possible only through several discrete devices |
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New LYTSwitch-3 LED Driver ICs from Power Integrations Support Widest Range of TRIAC Dimmers (2016.03.03)
Power Integrations announced the LYTSwitch-3 family – the latest addition to the company’s LYTSwitch line of LED driver ICs. Ideal for bulbs, tubes and downlights up to 20 watts, LYTSwitch-3 ICs offer excellent dimming performance with both leading-edge and trailing-edge TRIAC dimmers, and support both isolated and non-isolated topologies |
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Panasonic Photovoltaic Module Achieves World's Highest Energy Conversion Efficiency of 23.8% (2016.03.02)
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has achieved a photovoltaic module conversion efficiency of 23.8% (aperture area: 11,562 cm2) at research level, a major increase over the previous world record for crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules |
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Scale of LED Industrial Lighting to Reach US$2.9B in 2016 (2016.03.02)
According to LEDinside’s latest report, the market of LED industrial lighting is forecast to grow from US$2.93 billion in 2016 to US$5.20 billion in 2020, representing a CAGR of over 15% during the five-year period.
Explosion-proof LED lighting is used in hazardous environments where petrochemical vapors, explosive gases and/or combustible dusts exist |
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Real-time, Cost-sensitive Power Control with XMC1400 MCUs (2016.03.02)
The XMC1400 microcontrollers will open up new applications for Infineon Technologies AG in industrial automation, digital power conversion, and electronic control.
In comparison with the earlier XMC1000 products, the new XMC1400 series offers greater control performance and additional connectivity |
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New ASIX’s AX78120/40 USB 2.0 to Multi I/O Controller and AX99100 PCIe to Multi I/O Controller (2016.03.02)
ASIX Electronics today announced the expansion of its I/O Connectivity ICs product portfolio with three new additions to ASIX’s MCS78x0 and MCS99xx series, including AX78120/AX78140 USB 2.0 to Multi I/O controller and AX99100 PCIe to Multi I/O controller |
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HTC Vive’s Pre-order Surpasses 15,000 Units (2016.03.02)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － An executive of HTC’s VR department revealed on Twitter, the pre-order number of HTC Vive surpassed 15,000 units after ten minutes being listed on the website.
According to HTC, the HTC Vive will be shipped in April 5 |
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Researchers in Germany Demonstrate Highest Speeds of 400Gbit/s By Use of PAM-4 Transmission (2016.03.02)
Researchers working at ADVA Optical Networking in Meiningen, Germany, and the Technical University of Denmark have shown real-time transmission of 400Gbit/s (8x50G) over 100 kilometers, using the PAM-4 transmission format.
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NAND Flash Revenue Fell 2.3% in 4Q15, TrendForce Reports (2016.03.02)
According to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, the contract prices of NAND Flash memory chips fell by 9~10% in the fourth quarter of 2015 as the market experienced oversupply.
DRAMeXchange noted that prices of eMMC and SSD products also fell by 10~11% quarterly due to shipments of OEM devices - such as smartphones, tablets and notebooks - being weaker than expected in the same period |
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Delta’s Solar Tracking Solution Contributes to Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project (2016.03.02)
Delta Group announced its participation in SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, the world’s largest concentrating solar power plant with integrated molten salt energy storage.
A key part of the electricity generation operation, Delta’s solar tracking solution offers industry leading performance and pointing accuracy to help synchronize and manage over 10,000 tracking mirrors, called heliostats |
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Keysight's Low-Frequency Noise Measurement System Adopted by China CEPREI Laboratory (2016.03.02)
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced that CEPREI Laboratory has successfully adopted the Keysight EEsof EDA E4727A Advanced Low-Frequency Noise Analyzer (A-LFNA) for measurement and analysis of flicker noise (1/f noise) and random telegraph noise (RTN) during its reliability studies of semiconductor devices including MOSFETs, HEMTs and TFTs |
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Imec and Holst Centre Unveil Time-Based Electrocardiogram Readout Chip for Wearable (2016.03.01)
Nanoelectronics research center imec and Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative set-up by imec and TNO, today presented a 0.6V ECG readout chip in 40nm technology based on time-domain circuit techniques. The chip maintains consistent beat detection capabilities, even under movement (~40mVpp), paving the way to a low cost, low power multi-sensor Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) solution for wearable medical applications |
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Raspberry Pi 3 with 64-bit Support and Wireless Connectivity Available to Order (2016.03.01)
RS Components (RS) today announced that the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B credit-card-sized single-board computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation is now available to order. The latest generation of Raspberry Pi incorporates a powerful 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core processor to deliver significantly enhanced performance |
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Advantech, Intel, and Microsoft Jointly Launch IoT Gateway Development Integration Kit (2016.03.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese Intelligent Systems company, Advantech, today announced that they will collaborate with Intel and Microsoft on the launch of an Internet of Things (IoT) Gateway Development Integration Kit in order to collectively assist in the acceleration of IoT innovation |
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Tokyo Tech, Sony, JRC and KDDI Labs Jointly Develop a 40 GHz, 60 GHz Wave-based Wireless Network (2016.03.01)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Sony Corporation (Sony), Japan Radio Co. Ltd (JRC) and KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc. (KDDI Labs) today announced they have jointly developed and successfully implemented a 40 GHz and 60 GHz wave-based high-throughput wireless access network for large-scale data content distribution |
