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CWT is the Unnamed Hero Behind IKEA’s Wireless Charging Furniture (2015.12.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Being the largest PC power supply manufacturer, Channel Well Technology Co. (CWT) penetrated into the wireless charging products and began shipment in September. The company is optimistic about the development of wireless charging |
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Philips Leads the Way in Slashing LED Bulb Prices: Prices to Fall Below US$1 (2015.12.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan’s lighting market research institute, Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA), stated that the LED lighting industry is still under the control of the traditional lighting giant |
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Renesas Electronics to Terminate Production at Subsidiary in Singapore (2015.12.21)
Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced that it will terminate production at Renesas Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“Renesas Semiconductor Singapore”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics, as of December 31, 2015 |
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Shipments of Wearables to Surpass 200M Units in 2019 (2015.12.21)
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC ) , the worldwide wearable device market will reach a total of 111.1 million units shipped in 2016, up a strong 44.4% from the 80 million units expected to ship shipped in 2015 |
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Wearable Devices with Wi-Fi Support is Estimated to Reach 16 Million Units in 2015 (2015.12.21)
Wearable devices, smart homes, and public hotspots have become the most potential IoT applications for Wi-Fi technology, according to Taipei-based MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute).
MIC noted that in particular, with branded and emerging vendors' aggressive development, the wearable device market is expected to reach 230 million units in 2019 from 21 million units in 2014 |
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Linux Foundation Unites Industry Leaders to Advance Blockchain Technology (2015.12.18)
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced a new collaborative effort to advance the popular blockchain technology. The project will develop an enterprise grade, open source distributed ledger framework and free developers to focus on building robust, industry-specific applications, platforms and hardware systems to support business transactions |
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TrendForce Says Downtrend in DRAM Prices Will Persist in 2016 (2015.12.18)
DRAM prices have fallen throughout this year due to weak demand and oversupply, with decline in PC DRAM prices being the most significant. The latest analysis from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, finds that the overall production capacity has not increased significantly under the current oligopoly in the DRAM market |
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HTC Vive is Unbound in Beijing (2015.12.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — HTC held its first HTC Vive Unbound Developers Conference in Beijing, China from December 17 to 20, which is hosted by the company’s Chairperson Cher Wang. “VR is the important growth driver and strategic planning of HTC |
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SEMI Posts N.A. Semiconductor Equipment Industry B/B Ratio of 0.96 in November (2015.12.18)
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.24 billion in orders worldwide in November 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.96, according to the November EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI |
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TDK to Acquire Micronas to Further Grow the Magnetic Sensor Business (2015.12.18)
TDK Corporation and Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG jointly announced today that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which TDK will launch an all cash public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Micronas for CHF 7 |
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Apple And China UnionPay t Announce a Partnership to Bring Apple Pay to China (2015.12.18)
Apple and China UnionPay today announced a partnership to bring Apple Pay, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay, to China. China UnionPay cardholders will be able to easily add their bank cards to Apple Pay on iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad, providing added convenience and security to everyday shopping |
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An In-Depth Visit to the ARM Taiwan CPU Design Center (2015.12.17)
In September 2015 the ARM CPU Design Center formally opened in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is not only Taiwan’s first CPU design center but also the first ARM design center in Asia. The center specializes in Cortex-M processor development for IoT use |
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2.375V to 5.5V Input, 10A µModule Regulator with 91%-95% Efficiency at up to 85°C Ambient (2015.12.17)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTM4648, a 2.375VIN to 5.5VIN, 10A step-down µModule (micromodule) regulator in a 9mm x 15mm x 4.92mm BGA package with high operating efficiency and low temperature rise.
With an integrated 5V boost converter to drive the gates of its N-channel MOSFETs from low VIN supplies |
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Fanless Quad-Core Nano-ITX Motherboard – NANO842 (2015.12.17)
Axiomtek has released NANO842, a new fanless, low-power nano-ITX motherboard designed to support the Intel Celeron processors quad-core J1900 and dual-core N2807 (code name: Bay Trail).
A DDR3L SO-DIMM socket located on the bottom of the board can support up to 8GB of DDR3L memory |
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TV Panel Shipments Decreases Slightly of 0.8% in November, TrendForce Reports (2015.12.17)
The latest large-size LCD panel shipment report by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, says a total of 22.74 million LCD TV panels were shipped in November, representing just a 0.8% decrease compared with prior month and a 2.2% increase year on year |
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Designing In-House CPU Becomes Main Strategies of Smartphone Vendors (2015.12.17)
According to TrendForce smartphone analyst Avril Wu, more and more smartphone vendors are investing in the development and production of their own application processors (AP). Designing processor chips in house has become one of the main strategies that vendors adopt to maintain their market shares and margins during this period |
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Acer, ASUS, Delta and ITRI to Speak on ICT Innovation at CES 2016 (2015.12.17)
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will make its debut at CES 2016 in Las Vegas hand with Taiwanese brands Acer, ASUS, Delta and ITRI, Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech applied research institutions, will speak on the region’s innovation at a January 7 press conference at LVCC, South Hall Connector, S227 A |
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TSMC and UMC see Jump in Chip Sales in 2016 (2015.12.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chip sales of world’s two major contract chip makers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) are expected to increase thanks to the expansion of new capacity, and the new market trend — more smartphone brands’ decision to begin developing their own in-house mobile application processor chips |
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Acer Announces Successful Year-end Deals (2015.12.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Acer announced that its Black Friday deals in Pan America and Singles Day promotions in China saw 25% unit growth year-on-year.
In the United States, Acer’s total U.S. Black Friday unit sales during the week of November 23 increased by more than 25% year-on-year (YoY) |
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Robots to Reside in more than 1 in 10 American Households by 2020 (2015.12.16)
New data from Juniper Research has forecast that over 1 in 10 American households will own a consumer robot by the end of the decade, up from under 1 in 25 this year. At this early stage in the market, shipments are expected to be dominated by so-called ‘task’ oriented robots assigned to take over household chores, such as lawn mowing or vacuum cleaning |
