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New Oscillator Family Optimizes Signal Integrity in Performance-critical Applications (2015.12.10)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a family of fully programmable, pin-selectable and fixed-frequency 7-mm-by-5-mm differential oscillators that provides the industry's lowest jitter of 90 femtoseconds (fs), which enables designers to optimize signal integrity and reduce data-transmission errors in performance-critical applications |
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UL Taiwan Named Exclusive Lab of PWB Interconnect in Asia (2015.12.10)
UL and PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc. (PWB Interconnect) announced a new collaboration. Effective from December 1st, 2015, UL Taiwan is licensed to provide Interconnect Stress Testing (IST) services throughout the Asian continent |
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Midea's Electric Fans Garner Close to 1.4 Million Mentions on Sina Weibo (2015.12.10)
Electric fans are an indispensable household item, especially in the hot summer months of China. A recent study done by MIC (Market intelligence & Consulting Institute), found that of all the electric fan brands in China, Midea is the most popular in terms of online visibility on social media platforms |
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Taiwan Opens Antitrust Investigate into Qualcomm (2015.12.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan Fair Trade Commission is conducting an investigation whether Qualcomm breaks Fair Trade Act by charging enabling technology fee.
Chiu Yung-ho, vice chairperson of Fair Trade Commission, said that the Commission is launching an investigation into Qualcomm alleged adoption of limited competition measures, like monopoly or cartel |
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MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688, Open-Source Platform (2015.12.09)
MediaTek Labs announced the MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688 development platform, the latest addition to the LinkIt portfolio of development platforms.
This new platform offers a variety of programming options and enables rapid development of advanced Wi-Fi based devices such as IP cameras, surveillance devices, smart appliances and Wi-Fi gateways that make use of cloud services |
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Asus’ Nov. Revenue Hits a Record High (2015.12.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus) announced its consolidated revenue hit a record high in November at NT$47.2 billion dollars. The company’s consolidated revenue grew 22 percent in November from the previous month, and grew 4 percent compared to same period last year |
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NGMN Workshop in Chunghwa Telecom Connecting the Island to 5G era (2015.12.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Department of Industrial Technology of MOEA and Ministry of Education join forces to host the NGMN workshop for “Industry Vertical Requirements” from December 8 to 9, 2015. International NGMN Partners (Operators, Vendors and Research representatives) discuss with industry vertical representatives (e |
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Foxconn to Expand Pepper Robot Production Capacity (2015.12.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to Japanese media reports, due to the high sales of the Japanese company Softbank’s Emotional Robot “Pepper,” Foxconn has proposed expanding the Pepper production lines and increasing production capacity by 50% in order to meet the market demand |
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Solar Frontier Achieves World Record Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiencyof 22.3% (2015.12.09)
Solar Frontier achieved 22.3% conversion efficiency on a 0.5cm² cell using its CIS technology. This is an increase of 0.6 percentage points over the industry’s previous thin-film record of 21.7%. The Fraunhofer Institute, Europe’s largest organization for applied research, has independently verified this result |
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India Software Market to Grow 12.8% in 2016, Gartner Reports (2015.12.09)
The India software market is on track to reach $5.3 billion in 2016, a 12.8 percent increase from 2015, according to Gartner, Inc.
“The enterprise software marketplace is dynamic and ever-changing. Its growth and structure are being shaped by factors and forces of decentralized purchasing |
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ST Collaborates with China Partners for IoT Development Ecosystem (2015.12.08)
STMicroelectronics announces that its efforts to enrich the IoT development ecosystem have been further strengthened by the recent adoption of its STM32 Nucleo Development Kit by the School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at Peking University and for the Xiao Gang Pao IoT development system by JUMA, an IoT software platform company |
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Taiwan Ranks No. 1 in Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings in Q3: SEMI (2015.12.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — SEMI’s figures for Q3 semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending show Taiwan on $2.85 billion million, ranks No. 1 in worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings in the third quarter of 2015 |
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Revenue Falls at Taiwan Chip Packagers and Testers (2015.12.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Revenue falls at Taiwan two leading chip packagers and testers. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE), the world’s largest chip packager and tester, said its revenue contracted 5.4 percent to NT$26 |
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Global Semiconductor Sales to Sink 0.6% in 2016, TrendForce Says (2015.12.08)
Global market research firm TrendForce projects that the total revenue from sales of semiconductors worldwide will grow by a mere 0.9% year on year in 2015, a sharp plunge from the 10.5% year-on-year growth in 2014.
Looking forward to 2016, the decline in the sales of memory products will become steeper and drag down the total semiconductor sales revenue |
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New HT45B1S IGBT Driver IC Aims at The Home Appliance (2015.12.08)
Holtek announced the release of its new HT45B1S IGBT - Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor - driver device. Aimed at the home appliance application area for products such as induction cookers, microwave ovens etc the device contains all the necessary circuitry required for driving power IGBTs, thus reducing the need for external components, resulting in lower PCB areas and overall product costs |
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NTT Communications Opens Top-Scale Data Center in Thailand (2015.12.08)
NTT Communications Corporation announced today the immediate launch of the Thailand Bangkok 2 Data Center, which boasts some 3,800 m2 of server room, equivalent to 1,400 racks, putting it in the top scale of data centers in Thailand |
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NXP and Freescale Announce Completion of Merger (2015.12.08)
NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Freescale Semiconductor today announced the completion of the merger pursuant to the terms of the previously announced merger agreement from March 2015.
The merger combined revenue of over $10 billion |
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Imec Advances Drive Current in Vertical 3D NAND Memory Devices (2015.12.08)
At IEEE IEDM conference, imec showed for the first time the integration of high mobility InGaAs as a channel material for 3D vertical NAND memory devices formed in the plug (holes) with the diameter down to 45nm.
The new channel material improves transconductance (gm) and read current which is crucial to enable further VNAND cost reduction by adding additional layers in 3D vertical architecture |
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SEMI Reports Q3 Semiconductor Equipment Figures; Billings $9.6 Billion (2015.12.08)
SEMI today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.6 billion in the third quarter of 2015. The billings figure is 3 percent higher than the second quarter of 2015 and 9 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago |
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ITRI Proposal Selected as a Google Solve for X “Moonshot” (2015.12.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — On the opening day of the UN climate change summit COP21 in Paris, Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates announced a multi-billion dollar clean energy initiative to save the world from global warming. The largest high-tech applied research institution in Taiwan, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) shares the same determination to boost low-carbon innovation |
