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Taiwan Prepared for the Post-Covid-19 Era With Emerging Technologies (2020.06.17) TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Covid-19 pandemic spurs transformation of digital healthcare everywhere. To echo that trend, the Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan will bring together 300 technology giants and healthcare providers to exhibit healthcare-centred applications and solutions powered by AI, IoT, bio-sensor, 8K image tech and 5G to then ignite fresh ideas amongst those with desires to reinvent the way healthcare used to be delivered |
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AIC and Parade Jointly Announce Launch of PCI Express Gen 4 Appliance (2020.06.17) TAIPEI, Taiwan - AIC Inc. and Parade Technologies today jointly announced the two companies will align on PCI Express Gen 4 retimer technologies to enable the launch of a pioneering PCI Express Gen 4 appliance ideal for composable GPU, AI, HPC workloads |
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AAEON Edge Solutions: Monitoring for Healthy Practices in Banking (2020.06.17) AAEON has worked with partners and developers to create solutions designed to address COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. While the current pandemic is winding down in some areas, many companies are rethinking what it means to do business in a world where it is key to be aware of how disease spreads |
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Cadence Teams with TSMC, Microsoft to Reduce ICs Design Timing Signoff Schedules with the Cloud (2020.06.16) Cadence Design Systems today announced the results of a three-way collaboration with TSMC and Microsoft focused on utilizing cloud infrastructure to reduce semiconductor design signoff schedules. Through this collaboration, c |
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Silicon-Power Announces New PCIe 4.0 SSD with NVMe 1.3 Supporting (2020.06.15) Silicon-Power announced new PCIe 4.0 with a standard data transfer rate that's double that of the previous 3.0 version. The US70 PCIe Gen 4x4 with 3D NAND flash memory and NVMe 1.3 support. With incredible read and write speeds up to 5,000MB/s and 4,400MB/s, respectively, the US70 is nearly 10 times faster than traditional SATA III SSDs |
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Mitsubishi Electric Announces End of Production of TFT-LCD Modules (2020.06.15) Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will end the production of TFT-LCD modules manufactured by its wholly owned subsidiary Melco Display Technology Inc. (MDTI), aiming at June, 2022. The production termination is due to the changes of business environment |
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Silex Insight Announces Record-breaking 1.5Tb MACsec Solution (2020.06.11) Silex Insight announces today their 1.5Tb (Terabit) MACsec (Media Access Control security) engine (BA451) that anchors MACsec security in hardware. In this way, network operators can get the full performance benefits of 1.5Tb Ethernet, and the security benefits of MACsec |
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Mitsubishi Electric to Acquire Factory to Expand Power Device Business (2020.06.11) Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will acquire buildings and land from Sharp Fukuyama Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharp Corporation located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The acquired properties will serve as a new site where Mitsubishi Electric’s Power Device Works will process wafers for the manufacture of power semiconductors |
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Qualcomm Retakes Market Leadership in 1Q20 Revenue (2020.06.10) According to the 1Q20 revenue ranking of global top 10 IC design companies compiled from TrendForce’s latest data, Qualcomm was able to stop the trend of continuous YoY revenue declines, which lasted for the six previous consecutive quarters, because of its effective 5G product strategy and the considerable growth in WFH and distance learning demand |
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Renesas Unveils RZ/V Microprocessor Series with Vision-Optimized AI Accelerator (2020.06.10) Renesas Electronics introduced the RZ/V series of microprocessors (MPUs), which features DRP-AI (Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor), Renesas’ exclusive vision-optimized artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator. The first product in the series, the RZ/V2M, is designed to deliver a combination of real-time AI inference and industry-leading power efficiency in embedded devices |
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STMicroelectronics Joins Zhaga Consortium (2020.06.10) STMicroelectronics today announced that it has become an Associate member of the Zhaga Consortium to advance the deployment of NFC technology in the industrial lighting market.
The Zhaga Consortium is a global industry organization that aims to standardize interfaces of LED luminaires |
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Notebook Computer Display Panel Shipment Grows by Nearly 18% YoY in 2Q20 (2020.06.09) According to the latest investigations from the WitsView research division of TrendForce, issues with the NB (notebook computer) panel supply chain, such as material shortage, labor shortage, and logistic disruptions, were gradually resolved starting in April |
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STMicroelectronics Launches Ultra-Economical Synchronous-Rectification Controllers in 6-Pin Packages (2020.06.09) STMicroelectronics’ SRK1000A and SRK1000B secondary-side synchronous-rectification (SR) controllers for flyback converters, featuring high efficiency and low power consumption, introduce a new, more affordable and smaller-footprint option for battery chargers, quick chargers, adapters, and USB power-delivery outlets |
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Big Tech Companies Bet on Digital Platforms to Successfully Steer Through COVID-19 Crisis (2020.06.08) Despite the COVID-19 crisis, tech giants Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon (FAMGA) have reported revenue growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020 even while small and medium enterprises struggled to navigate through the difficult times |
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Macronix Announces May Consolidated Net Sales of NT$2.836B, Up 4.1% YoY (2020.06.08) HSINCHU, Taiwan - Macronix International today announced the unaudited consolidated net sales for May 2020 were NT$2.836 billion and a decrease of 17.3% from the previous month of NT$3.428 billion in 2020. Compared to the same period of NT$2 |
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STMicroelectronics Simplifies Design and Boosts Safety with Highly Integrated Universal Car-Lock IC (2020.06.08) The STMicroelectronics L99UDL01 automotive universal door-lock IC integrates six MOSFET half-bridge outputs and two half-bridge gate drivers with protection and diagnostic functions that enhance safety, simplify design, and save space |
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Acer Reports May Consolidated Revenues of NT$20.18 Billion, Up 21.1% YoY (2020.06.08) TAIPEI, Taiwan – Acer announced its consolidated revenues for May at NT$20.18 billion, up 21.1% year-on-year (YoY) and by 2.2% month-on-month. For year-to-May, consolidated revenues were NT$88.78 billion, growing by 4.0% YoY |
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HOLTEK New HT32F59741 Enhanced 24-bit A/D Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU (2020.06.05) Holtek announced the release of its new Enhanced 24-bit A/D Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU, the HT32F59741. The device is especially suitable for products which require high accuracy measurements and which include an LCD display such as electronic scales, blood pressure meters, temperature meters, instrumentation etc |
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Renesas Introduces New I3C Bus Extension Products (2020.06.05) Renesas Electronics unveiled four new I3C Basic bus extension products for control plane designs across a variety of applications, including data center and server applications, as well as enterprise, factory automation, and communications equipment |
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Size-optimized congatec SMARC 2.1 Carrier Board Makes Intel Atom Processor Based 3.5" SBCs Modular (2020.06.05) congatec announces its brand new conga SMC1/SMARC-x86 3.5-inch carrier board. The new size-optimized SMARC 2.1 carrier board in 3.5-inch form factor is application-ready and off-the-shelf deployable in small to mid sized series in combination with any congatec SMARC Computer-on-Module available to date |