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SoftBank, Bharti, Foxconn to Develop a 350MW Solar Plant in India (2015.12.16)
SB Energy, a three way joint venture between SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”), Bharti Enterprises Limited (“Bharti”) and Foxconn Technology Group (“Foxconn”), won the NTPC bid to develop a 350MW solar plant under the Phase-II, Batch-II, Tranche-I of National Solar Mission at a 25-year tariff of Rs |
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300mV Start-Up, 1.6µA IQ Synchronous Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter (2015.12.16)
Linear Technology announces the LTC3106, a highly integrated, 1.6µA quiescent current 300mV start-up buck-boost DC/DC converter with PowerPath management, optimized for multisource, low power systems. The LTC3106 is ideal for powering low power wireless sensors from rechargeable or primary batteries supplemented by energy harvesting |
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New Gecko MCUs Combine Hardware Cryptography (2015.12.16)
Silicon Labs has introduced two new EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) families that provide advancements in security and energy management technologies. The new Jade Gecko and Pearl Gecko MCUs combine a hardware cryptography engine, flexible low-energy modes, an on-chip dc-dc converter and scalable memory options backed by Silicon Labs’ developer-friendly Simplicity Studio tools |
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Taiwan Lacks of the Service-Oriented Platform for VR, AR (2015.12.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As smartphone sales in the world’s biggest smartphone market — China have fallen for the first time as the market reaches saturation, high hopes pinned on VR, AR technologies and devices would be a crucial growth driver in the future |
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Apple’s Taiwan Lab Expected to Recruit Hundreds for Display Technology Research (2015.12.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Hsinchu Science Park Bureau (HSPB) stated that Apple’s Taiwan display laboratory, under the moniker of its local Taiwanese branch company gained approval to enter the district on November 11, 2014, and on April 14, 2015 the company registration was completed |
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Free NEXCOM IoT Studio Bolsters IoT Innovations with Coding-free Deployment (2015.12.16)
To expedite IoT innovations, NEXCOM is offering free download of NEXCOM IoT Studio—a web-based configuration tool—for programming-free system deployment.
With click-through and drag-and-drop operations, NEXCOM IoT Studio simplifies the development cycle of IoT applications, enables immediate testing of innovative ideas, and turns proof-of-concept inventions into wide-scale deployment |
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Semiconductor Equipment Sales Forecast $38 Billion in 2016 (2015.12.16)
SEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will decrease 0.6 percent to $37.3 billion in 2015, according to the SEMI Year-end Forecast, released today at the annual SEMICON Japan exposition |
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By 2018, 50% of Consumers in Mature Markets to Use Smartphones or Wearables for Mobile Payments (2015.12.16)
According to Gartner, Inc., with half of consumers in mature markets expected to be using smartphones or wearables for mobile payments by 2018. This is just one of many innovations impacting customer preferences in the personal technologies market |
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ASE Offers to Purchase Rest of SPIL Shares (2015.12.15)
Taiwan — Mergers and acquisitions take place again. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) on Monday proposed acquiring the remaining 75 percent of rival Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) for US$4 billion in cash, as a countermeasure to SPIL’s planned sale of stock to China’s Tsinghua Unigroup |
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Mouser First to Stock the New S5 Series IGBTs, Part of the Infineon TRENCHSTOP 5 Family (2015.12.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mouser Electronics, Inc. is the first global distributor to stock the TRENCHSTOP 5 S5 insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) from Infineon. This new series in the ultra-thin wafer TRENCHSTOP 5 family boasts an industry-leading low typical saturation voltage of 1 |
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HSPB Confirms Apple Has Set Up a Display Lab in Taiwan (2015.12.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Hsinchu Science Park Bureau(HSPB), the competent authorities of the Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park, confirmed that Apple has set up a display research lab in Taoyuan Longtan, Taiwan, this year, and they are processing the development of new display technologies |
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Industry's Highest-performance Audio Operational Amplifier (2015.12.15)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced an audio operational amplifier (op amp) that sets the latest standard in audio performance. The OPA1622 is the newest addition to the company's Burr-Brown Audio line and is the next generation of the widely adopted OPA1612 |
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Mitsubishi Electric to Build Elevator Factory in South Korea (2015.12.15)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will build a new factory for Mitsubishi Elevator Korea Co., Ltd. in the Songdo area of the Incheon Free Economic Zone in South Korea.
Relocating KMEC’s development and manufacturing bases to the new facility will strengthen Mitsubishi Electric’s capability to respond to global needs for high-speed elevators, including by expanding annual production capacity 2 |
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Micron Acquires Inotera to Ensure Total Cooperation from the Taiwanese DRAM Foundry, TrendForce Says (2015.12.15)
U.S.-based DRAM manufacturer Micron Technology announced yesterday that the company will buy the remaining share that it does not own in its Taiwanese foundry partner Inotera Memories via a share swap transaction. According to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, Micron’s motives behind the acquisition is more complex and multi-faceted |
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Legacy Hardware Renewed with AAEON’s ETX-A55E Module (2015.12.15)
Sometimes, a simple act of upgrading may escalate to a complete overhaul, as the older hardware may be deemed “obsolete” by newer components and thus, unsupported. In observation of this situation, AAEON launches the ETX-A55E module as a potential new and improved solution |
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Acer Introduces Its Predator Gaming Series in Malaysia (2015.12.15)
Acer today unveiled its Predator gaming series in Malaysia with the introduction of eight new models. The company announced its gaming strategy at a global press conference in New York in April, followed by an official launch of this industry-leading portfolio of gaming devices in IFA Berlin in September |
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Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Drives Materials Consumption through 2019, SEMI Says (2015.12.15)
According to SEMI, the $18 billion semiconductor packaging materials will undergo steady single-digit unit volume growth for many material segments through 2019, including laminate substrates, IC leadframes, underfill, and copper wire |
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Global Mobile Roaming Revenues to fall by an Average of 7% (2015.12.15)
Operator-billed mobile roaming revenues are expected to experience a marked decline in 2017 as new EU regulations come into force, according to a new study from Juniper Research.
The annual revenues – worth an estimated $52 billion in 2017 – will fall by 7% globally, but by 28% in Europe with operators obliged to phase out any premiums currently for international calls, text and data while roaming within the EU |
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ASE Decides to Acquire 100% shares of SPIL (2015.12.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － ASE tonight held a major information briefing in Taiwan, announced that the company decided to acquire 100% shares of SPIL of NTD$55 per share.
ASE said that its board decided to propose to the SPIL’s Board of Directors to sign the terms of the acquisition, to acquire 100% stake in SPIL under a cash consideration |
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HTC Vive, A New Experience to WOW (2015.12.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Let’s imagine standing on the bridge of a starship rocketing across the galaxy, or strolling through the streets of ancient Rome, or shrinking down to subatomic size and watching molecules collide. HTC Vive, a new experience to WOW |
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