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Advantech and Mitsui Bussan Electronics Conclude WISE-PaaS Alliance Agreement (2016.01.13)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Advantech and Mitsui Bussan Electronics announced conclusion of their basic “WISE-PaaS Alliance” agreement, which is a program for IoT hardware and software solutions.
WISE-PaaS is a software platform that ensures IoT hardware such as sensor modules or gateways, as well as data generated from these hardware devices, can be utilized by cloud services |
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CoreTech System Announces the Release of Moldex3D R14.0 (2016.01.13)
CoreTech System (Moldex3D) Co., Ltd., the software provider for plastics engineering solutions, announced the release of Moldex3D R14.0.
In this new version, significant improvements have been made to empower users to work faster and easier on complex models with increased accuracy and novel simulation capabilities for advanced processing applications |
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Worldwide PC Shipments to Decline of 1% in 2016 (2016.01.13)
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 8.3 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2014, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. For the year, 2015 PC shipments totaled 288 |
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Consumers Interest In Self-enabling vehicles, Though They Don’t Necessarily To Own Them (2016.01.12)
Consumers showing particular interest in self-enabling vehicles -- though they don’t necessarily want to own one in the traditional sense, according to the results of IBM’s automotive consumer study.
“A New Relationship – People and Cars,” developed by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), reports that consumers show a high level of interest in self-enabling vehicles, or cars that can learn, heal, drive and socialize |
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M2M Connections Accounted for By Roaming Growing Fast (2016.01.12)
According to Machina Research that there are now 350 million cellular based connections worldwide, and this will grow to 1.3 billion over the next five years.
However, the proportion of M2M connections accounted for by roaming is growing even faster |
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Microchip Offers Low-cost, Renewable Monthly Subscription License of Its MPLAB XC PRO Compilers (2016.01.12)
Microchip Technology today announced a flexible, low-cost, renewable monthly subscription license for the PRO editions of its MPLAB XC line of C compilers.
The MPLAB XC8, XC16 and XC32 compilers offer reduced complexity, and provide the best execution speed and code size for all ~1,400 PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), and are available with three optimization levels—Free, Standard and PRO |
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Plug-in Cars with Self-Driving Capability Becomes Dominant Trend at CES 2016, TrendForce Says (2016.01.12)
According to TrendForce, auto industry is driven by the race to develop autonomous driving technology and plug-in vehicles. Future vehicles will therefore incorporate intelligent features and fulfill the zero emission requirement |
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AutoTune Dynamically Tunes Motors with Current Sensing (2016.01.12)
Texas Instruments (TI) announced its high-performance stepper motor-driver family with three new devices for 24-V stepper motors. Two devices offer TI's patented AutoTune technology to eliminate stepper motor tuning and two integrate current sensing to support differentiated 3D printers, robotics, factory automation equipment, currency-counting machines and more |
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USB Type-C and Power-Delivery Interfaces IC (2016.01.12)
STMicroelectronics has announced a new solution for USB Type-C and Power Delivery with an interface IC aimed at clearing the "Rat's Nest" of cables in the office and living room currently used to charge and connect computers, smartphones, tablets, TVs, set-top boxes, gaming platforms, and a broad range of consumer, industrial, and IoT smart devices |
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Fujitsu and NIMS Develop World's Largest-Scale Magnetic-Reversal Simulator (2016.01.12)
Fujitsu Limited today announced that, in joint research with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., it has developed the world's largest magnetic-reversal simulator, using a mesh covering more than 300 million micro-regions |
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Advantech Builds the Smart Factory for Everest Textile (2016.01.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Industry 4.0 is a good business, Adantech builds smart factory for Everest Textile in Tainan, penetrating into the textile industry. Chaney Ho, President of Advantech Taiwan stated that high-tech industry can learn from the traditional industries, “In the sense of initiative to welcome another Spring of the industry, and face the challenges from the rise of a ‘Red Supply Chain’ in China |
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Asus Fully-loaded Gaming PCs and Display with Powerful Features (2016.01.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Asus is arguably invincible in the gaming notebooks industry this decade because of making efforts to innovate. The company unveiled two Gaming notebooks ROG GX700, ROG G752 and a gaming display ROG Swift PG348Q on Tuesday |
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The NIFE 200 Series, Factory Automation Controllers (2016.01.12)
The NIFE 200 series, factory automation controllers from NEXCOM, features openness for SoftPLC/SoftMotion control, PC applications, industrial communication support, and internet connectivity. The NIFE 200 series enables the full integration of automated manufacturing processes, giving a new face to the future of manufacturing |
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USB 3.1 Gen 2 Protocol Trigger and Decode Software (2016.01.11)
Keysight Technologies introduced the industry's first oscilloscope-based USB 3.1 Gen 2 10 Gbps protocol decode software with real-time triggering and protocol decode performance. The Keysight N8821A USB 3.1 protocol trigger and decode software provides unique protocol decoder performance that enables engineers to verify and debug their Gen 2 10 Gbps interfaces |
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Taiwanese Engineers Invent a Foldable Multi-Function Transforming Instruments (2016.01.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － A group of music-loving engineers from Taiwan is breaking the mold of traditional keyboard instruments with a new, foldable multi- function instrument: the EU-ONE.
Played in the same way as a ukulele or a guitar, the EU-ONE comes with 10 different preset tones and to choose between, six different play modes, and four different drum rhythms sets |
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VR And Autonomous Cars Dominate CES 2016 (2016.01.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Virtual Reality (VR) and autonomous cars dominated the floor and in the video device area at CES this year, there were more than 12 camera manufacturers who offered some sort of 360-degree live-stream capture device |
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Battle Lines Between Acer, Asus and Lenovo Drawn over the US Smartphone Market Share (2016.01.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Battle lines between Acer, Asus and Lenovo drawn over the US smartphone market share, they aim at getting more smartphone users in the US.
The announcement of latest Apple’s iPhone seems to be quiet, Acer and Asus seize the opportunity to unveil the company’s strategic roadmap to drive continued growth and expand the smartphone market ranging from the entry-level ones and high-end modules |
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MIT and Taiwan Collaborate on Driverless Electric Vehicle (2016.01.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States and Institute for Information Industry (III) in Taiwan yesterday jointly demonstrated Taiwan’s first type of lightweight driverless smart car, the Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV), which will undergo test trials at the end of this year at earliest |
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Taiwan's Share in the Global Foundry Industry Reached 74% in 2014 (2016.01.11)
Taiwan's share in the global pure-play foundry industry reached 74% in 2014, mainly due to the remarkable achievement made by Taiwan's TSMC whose share in the global foundry market grew from 55% in 2013 to 59% in 2014.
Meanwhile, driven by its production capacity for 28nm chips, UMC returned to the second spot with 11 |
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Prices of LED Light Bulbs Fell Further in December 2015, Says TrendForce (2016.01.11)
The latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, revealed that the global average price of 40W-equivalent (equiv.) LED light bulbs arrived at US$10.6 in December 2015, down 1.6% from November. The global average price of 60W-equiv |
The ACPI specification enables the operating system, the central processing unit and peripheral equipment to integrate and exchange power usage message, simple and more effective co-management power.