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Fanless 4K Digital Signage Player with 8th Gen Intel Core U-Series Processors (2020.07.01) IBASE Technology has rolled out the SI-642-N 4K digital signage player that leverages the 8th Gen Intel Core U-series processors. The platform can be used in commercial establishments to increase brand awareness and customer engagement or deployed in transportation networks to provide real-time information and advertising relevant to the traveler |
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01005 Inch Size Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor with a Capacitance Value of 1.0μF from Murata (2020.06.30) Murata Manufacturing has developed the world’s first multilayer ceramic capacitor with a capacitance value of 1.0μF in the 01005 inch size (0.4×0.2mm), which is increasingly used in a wide range of mobile electronic devices including smartphones |
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Kioxia to Complete Acquisition of LITE-ON Technology’s SSD Business (2020.06.30) Kioxia Holdings announced today that it expects to complete its acquisition of LITE-ON Technology Corporation’s Solid State Drive (SSD) business, Solid State Storage Technology Corporation and its affiliated companies on July 1, 2020 |
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Taiwan Edges South Korea as Largest Base for IC Wafer Capacity (2020.06.29) In its Global Wafer Capacity 2020-2024 report, IC Insights breaks down the world’s installed monthly IC wafer capacity by geographic region (or country). Figure shows the installed IC capacity by region as of December of 2019 |
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Renesas Introduces New Industrial Motor Commutation With High-Accuracy Inductive Position Sensing (2020.06.29) Renesas Electronics introduced the magnet-free IPS2200 inductive position sensor. Featuring high accuracy and speed, total stray field immunity, and efficient motor integration in a thin and lightweight form factor, the IPS2200 is ideal for use as an absolute position sensor in a wide range of industrial, medical, and robot applications |
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Toshiba Releases Industry’s First Photocouplers for High-Speed Communications Operating from 2.2V (2020.06.29) Toshiba has released the industry’s first photocouplers for high-speed communications that can operate with a power supply as low as 2.2V. The two devices are the “TLP2312,” which delivers at typical data transfer rate of 5Mbps, and the 20Mbps “TLP2372 |
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2020 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting To Be Held Virtually (2020.06.29) The organizers of the upcoming 66th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), the world’s premier forum for technological breakthroughs in semiconductor and electron device technology, have decided to hold the conference virtually this year given the ongoing uncertainties posed by the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic |
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Global Spending on Blockchain Solutions to Surge by 235% and Hit $14.4bn in 2023 (2020.06.29) According to data gathered by BuyShares.co.nz, the global spending on blockchain solutions is expected to surge by 235% and reach $14.4bn in 2023.
By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, the blockchain technology created the groundwork for the new type of internet |
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Acer Launches Enduro Lineup of Rugged Notebooks and Tablets (2020.06.24) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer today launched Enduro, its new line of rugged notebooks and tablets specially designed to provide the durability, portability and performance needed by professionals working in the field. First responders and industrial manufacturing workers will find the Acer Enduro N7 to be a reliable companion, while event producers and outdoor hobbyists will appreciate the thin-and-light yet durable Enduro N3 |
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UMC Recognized for Excellence by Texas Instruments (2020.06.24) HSINCHU, Taiwan - UMC today announced that the company has received the Texas Instruments (TI) 2019 Supplier Excellence Award. The annual award honors companies whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI’s high standards for excellence |
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Fujitsu and RIKEN Take First Place in International Ranking Graph500 with Supercomputer Fugaku (2020.06.23) The new supercomputer Fugaku, which is being developed jointly by RIKEN and Fujitsu, has taken the top spot on the Graph500 list, a ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers on data-intensive workloads. The top rank was won by a collaboration involving RIKEN, Kyushu University, Fixstars Corporation, and Fujitsu Limited |
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Nexperia Delivers Widest Range of AEC-Q101 Discretes in Miniature, Leadless Rugged DFN Packages (2020.06.23) Nexperia announced the industry’s widest portfolio of automotive-qualified discretes in space-saving, thermally-efficient, AOI-compatible DFN (Discrete Flat No leads) packages. The AEC-Q101 range of devices available cuts across all Nexperia’s product groups and includes switching, Schottky, Zener and protection diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), N- and P-channel MOSFETs, resistor-equipped transistors and LED drivers |
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Avalue Introduces AIO POS Touchscreen Terminal and Smart Healthcare Solutions (2020.06.23) The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking human, economic and causing social damage around the world. The measures to reduce transmission of COVID-19, such as social distancing, work from home, and self-service store, have overturning the way we used to be |
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3Q20 Server Orders to Face Adjustments in Light of Relatively High Server Barebones Inventory (2020.06.22) TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to the latest investigations by the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, the increase in server orders in 2Q20 took place due to the gradual easing of supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Cloud Services and Online-offline Store Integration Lead Alibaba's Sentiment Recovery in Q1 2020 (2020.06.22) Growing cloud services demand and rapid offline merchant onboarding have pushed Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s (Alibaba) sentiment growth up by over 14% in the first quarter (Q1) ended 31 March 2020 as compared to the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company |
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unitech Reveals EA630 Rugged Smartphone for Retail and Hospitality (2020.06.19) unitech Electronics today revealed the EA630 Rugged Smartphone , offering 80% screen to body ratio, featuring versatile functionality with powerful data collection. Specially designed for portability, the EA630 is combined with compact and durable design that makes it an ideal tool to increase higher efficiency for applications in the retail, hospitality, field service and healthcare solutions |
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NEC and D-Wave Begin Joint Quantum Product Development, Marketing and Sales (2020.06.18) NEC Corporation and D-Wave Systems today announced that they have begun joint activities to combine the compute power of NEC's systems with the quantum computing power of D-Wave's systems, software and cloud service to bring those combined capabilities to customers in Japan |
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Epistar and Lextar to Jointly Establish A New Holding Company (2020.06.18) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Epistar Corporation and Lextar Electronics announce the two companies will jointly establish a holding company A (tentative name) via share conversion, which was approved in the board of directors’ meetings of Epistar and Lextar respectively today |
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Automotive IC Market Forecast With Strongest CAGR Through 2024 (2020.06.18) IC Insights released its June Update to the 2020 McClean Report earlier this month. This Update indicated that automotive IC segment to show robust average annual growth but still hold less than a 10% share in 2024. Communications and Computer segments remain largest applications |
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NOR Flash ASP to Potentially Drop in 2H20 as Inventory Pressure Mounts (2020.06.17) According to the latest investigations by the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, NOR Flash buyers found that their inventories were low and stepped up their procurement efforts as they anticipated the growing risk of COVID-19 causing disruptions in the supply chain |