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iPhone Assembly Manufacturer Competition Between Pegatron and Foxconn is in the White-Hot Stage (2015.12.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — iPhone assembly manufacturer competition between Pegatron and Foxconn is in the white-hot stage, it is widely circulated that Pegatron is going to close its iPad mini manufacturing assembly line in a bid to assemble more iPhone |
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Asus’ Market Share Dramatically Rises in Malaysian Mobile Market (2015.12.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to an Economic Daily News report, the Asus Zoom went on sale in Singapore, Hong, Kong, and Malaysia. Because of Asus’ rapid sales growth in Malaysia, local telecommunications companies have begun collaborating with Asus, which will help Asus’ market share to rise next year in the Malaysian market |
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Imec, Coventor Expand Collaboration to Optimize 7 nm Processes (2015.12.07)
Imec and Coventor today announced the expansion of a joint development project to explore process variation issues in 7nm semiconductor technology.
For over a year, the joint team has been using Coventor’s semiconductor process modeling platform, SEMulator3D, to perform predictive modeling of semiconductor fabrication processes and to proactively analyze process variation issues in 7nm semiconductor technology |
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TSMC: Need To Further Increase Business in China (2015.12.07)
TSMC said that the company's compound annual growth rate in China is more than 50%., TSMC decided to go to mainland China to set up a 12-inch fab and design center.
The total amount of the entire project is approximately US $ 3 |
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TSMC Applies for 12-inch Fab and Design Service Center in Nanjing, China (2015.12.07)
HSINCHU, Taiwan –TSMC today submitted an application to the Investment Commission of Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs for an investment project to build a wholly-owned 12-inch wafer manufacturing facility and a design service center in Nanjing, China |
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Smart Care Is Not Just a Trend; It Is Now (2015.12.07)
In the same way that factories are becoming smart, medical care is also comprehensively shifting towards smart development. A top-notch medical care organization and medical service not only needs specialized medical care personnel, but also a complete smart medical environment in order to deal with the rapidly changing living environment and population structure |
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Emerging Markets Drove Worldwide Smartphone Sales to 15.5% Growth in Q3 (2015.12.04)
Continued demand for affordable smartphones in emerging markets drove worldwide sales of smartphones in the third quarter of 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 353 million units, a 15 |
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TrendForce Forecasts VR Market Value to Hit US$70 Billion in 2020 (2015.12.04)
According to the latest estimation by global market research firm TrendForce, the total value of VR market (including hard- and software) will reach US$6.7 billion in 2016 and will proceed to skyrocket to US$70 billion in 2020 |
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Sony, Toshiba Sign Definitive Agreements for the Transfer of Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities (2015.12.04)
Based on the memorandum of understanding entered into between Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation on October 28, 2015, the parties today announced that they have signed definitive agreements to transfer to Sony and to Sony Semiconductor Corporation |
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JPC Is Transforming into a CCDC Solution Provider (2015.12.04)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Jess-Link Products Co. (JPC), has long been viewed as a connector and cable provider, however, the company has changed its business strategy by transforming into Cloud Computing Data Communication (CCDC) solutions provider |
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Acer Forms an Cross-Industry Strategic Alliance to Assist the Island’s Agriculture Industry (2015.12.04)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Acer Founder and former Chairperson Stan Shih on Thursday initiated a cross-industry strategic alliance to assist the nation’s agriculture industry to utilize Internet of Things applications. Shih stated that the company’s Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) cloud-computing platform could also enable farmers to store and analyze data |
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Nordic Semiconductor Adds Avnet Japan to Its Asian Distributor Network (2015.12.03)
Nordic Semiconductor today announces that it has added Avnet Japan to its distributor network in Avnet’s Asian regional distribution network which includes Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia and Japan.
Avnet Japan has nine regional domestic offices and employs around 480 people, including over 100 dedicated Field Applications Engineers (FAEs) |
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Mark Liu: TSMC and the Industry Will do Better in 2016 (2015.12.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — TSMC held its 15th annual Supply Chain Management forum in Hsinchu today to show appreciation for the support and contributions of its suppliers in 2015. The company’s President and Co-Chief Executive Officer Mark Liu stated that 2015 is nothing but a bear market in the semiconductor industry, however, “TSMC will do better in 2016 |
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Samsung is the Cause for Skymedi Laid off 70% of Workforce (2015.12.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — NAND flash controller chip vendor and storage solution supplier, Skymedi Co. confirmed to laid off 60 to 70 percent of its workforce as of the end of November to reduce costs and plans to raise funds by launching a private placement next year, the company spokesperson said Thursday |
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Automotive-qualified Dynamic Dual Interface NFC Transponder (2015.12.03)
Enabling developers to bring the ease of NFC to automotive infotainment systems, Texas Instruments (TI) today announced the industry's first dynamic dual interface NFC transponder with Q100 automotive qualification.
The RF430CL330H-Q1 transponder enables simple secure pairing (SSP) using the Out of Band (OOB) association model for Bluetooth |
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TrendForce: BOE, Corning to Build the World’s Largest Gen-10.5 LCD Panel Fab in China (2015.12.03)
According to TrendForcce that the largest Chinese LCD panel maker, BOE Technology Group (BOE), formally announced on December 2 that it is commencing the building of its Gen-10.5 LCD panel fabrication plant in the Chinese city of Hefei |
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WLAN Market Shows Slowing Growth in Third Quarter of 2015, IDC Says (2015.12.03)
According to International Data Corporation (IDC ), the combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 2.1% year over year in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15).
The enterprise segment's growth rebounded slightly from the low single digit growth of the last two quarters, increasing 4 |
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USB Type-C Protocol Trigger, Decode Software (2015.12.03)
Keysight Technologies introduced the industry's first oscilloscope-based USB-PD (Power Delivery) protocol decoder software with real-time triggering and protocol decode performance. The Keysight N8837A USB-PD protocol trigger and decode software provides unique protocol decoder performance that enables engineers to verify and debug Type-C interfaces that implement USB-PD |
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Top 10 Fabless Companies Expected to Slip into Negative Growth this Year (2015.12.03)
IC Insights forecasted that sales of top 10 IDMs forecast to be flat; top 10 fabless companies expected to slip into negative growth this year.
IC Insights pionted that fabless semiconductor company sales growth versus IDM (integrated device manufacturers) semiconductor supplier growth has typically been very different |
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Facebook Is Considering to Establish Data Center In Taiwan (2015.12.02)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Facebook, the world’s largest online social network, is considering to setup a data center in Taiwan, at an expected investment cost of 10 billion.
Following Google, Facebook intend to build up a data center in Changhua county, Taiwan |
