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TDK, Renesas Electronics Sign Agreement on Transfer of Tsuruoka Factory (2015.11.30) TDK Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation, and Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics, today announced that they signed a basic agreement on November 27, 2015 under which Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing's Tsuruoka Factory will be transferred to TDK |
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Shipments of Large-Size LCD Panels to Drop in 2016 But Total Area Expand by 8% (2015.11.30) WitsView, a division of TrendForce, estimates that the shipments of large-size LCD panels (sized 7 inches and above) for the entire 2015 will reach 794 million units in its latest report. This figure represents a 4.1% year-on-year drop and a first-ever annual shipment decline for the LCD panel industry |
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NXP Announces Final Regulatory Approval and Closing Date for Merger with Freescale (2015.11.27) NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced it has received final regulatory approval from the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) of China to complete its merger with Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd.
The Company has now received all necessary regulatory approvals for the merger with Freescale, and the sale of its RF Power business to Jianguang Asset Management Co |
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TSMC to Completely Withdraw From the Solar Market (2015.11.27) HSINCHU, Taiwan–TSMC today announced to sell 29.16 million common shares of Motech Industries, Inc., a Taiwanese solar products and services provider, or approximately 6% of Motech’s paid-in-capital.
After the sale, TSMC will hold approximately 12% of Motech shares |
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BIOSTAR, Thermaltake Jointly Showcase Gaming Products at DreamHack Winter 2015 (2015.11.27) BIOSTAR announced its partnership with Thermaltake in the upcoming Dreamhack Winter 2015 in Sweden. BIOSTAR will be sponsoring Thermaltake’s live demo systems, equipped with the latest BIOSTAR GAMING Z170X motherboard and BIOSTAR GTX 980 graphics card at DreamHack Winter 2015 |
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ITRI’s USBSync is an Innovation to Change the Game Rules (2015.11.27) HSINCHU, Taiwan — The emerging and powerful “Red Supply Chain” has become an hot issue in Taiwan, one of the strategie is to change the game rule in the industry. The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) unveiled the one-of-a-kind USB dongle that is named USBSync |
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TCI Announces Dedication of Brand Transformation in Anniversary (2015.11.27) The newly established touch panel manufacturer Twinwill Communtech Inc. (TCI) just celebrated its anniversary since its launch last October. With the core advantage of its mother company, Twinwill Optronics Inc. (TOI), of OEM experience of LCM and TP hardware-software integration for over 10 years, TCI focuses on developing self-owned brand, and dedicates to integrating key technologies of touch products to downstream |
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TCI Opens New Business Opportunity of Touch Panel With New Directions (2015.11.27) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Touch technology drives the success of smart phones and tablet PCs in commercial market, and is a very important man-machine interface. However, limited by cost and yield, the penetration of large display usage has been difficult to exceed |
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SSD Adoption by Notebooks May Hit 30% Next Year (2015.11.27) Set against the previous quarter, the average contract price of mainstream PC-Client OEM SSDs has fallen by 10~11% in the fourth quarter, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce.
DRAMeXchange reported that this marks the fourth straight time that the SSD price decline has exceed 10% |
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ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero Alpha Gaming Motherboard (2015.11.26) ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced Maximus VIII Hero Alpha, an ATX Z170-based gaming motherboard packed with advanced gamer-friendly features and the very latest connectivity and with an integrated RGB header compatible with standard 12V RGB LED strips for instant custom illumination |
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ITRI’s Big Data Analysis Boosts 10% Revenue of Momoshop.com (2015.11.26) TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) unveiled its Big Data Analysis cooperation with Momo.com Inc., a local online, TV and catalogue shopping company, in the company’s online shopping site momoshop |
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IDC: 2016 to Be The Year of Platforms (2015.11.26) IDC said on its fourth Asia/Pacific Telecom Summit in Singapore that 2015 is the year moving to 'Open’and 2016 is the year of the platform.
IDC’s Asia/Pacific Telecom Summit titled “Connecting the Next Billion Users: An Opening Industry” at Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa, Singapore last 19 to 20 November 2015 |
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Advanced-Functionality Optical Image Stabilizer Driver IC (2015.11.26) Renesas Electronics announced the availability of the RAA305315GBM, an advanced-functionality optical image stabilizer (OIS) driver IC that realizes highly precise and wide-range positioning for advanced smartphone cameras.
As the pixel density and performance of smartphone cameras has greatly improved in recent years, consumers have come to expect to have the same functionality and performance as standalone digital cameras |
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Haier is the Most Talked About Air Conditioner Brand on Sina Weibo in China (2015.11.26) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese air conditioner brand Haier earned an alarming 2.5 million mentions on China's most influential social network platform Sina Weibo from 15 May to 15 August 2015, according to a recent study from MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) |
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Delta Showcases Industrial Automation Solutions at SPS/IPC/Drives/Nuremberg 2015 (2015.11.26) Delta Group is showcasing a complete range of industrial automation products and energy-saving solutions from 24-26 November at SPS/IPC/Drives/Nuremberg 2015.
The Delta booth will focus on the company’s smart and highly integrated solutions for industrial automation and energy management applications |
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Samsung Starts Mass Producing 128GB DDR4 Modules for Enterprise Servers (2015.11.26) Samsung Electronics announced today that it is mass producing the industry’s first “through silicon via” (TSV) double data rate-4 (DDR4) memory in 128-gigabyte (GB) modules, for enterprise servers and data centers.
Following Samsung’s introduction of the world-first 3D TSV DDR4 DRAM (64GB) in 2014 |
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4K TVs to Reach 23% Market Penetration in 2016, TrendForce Reports (2015.11.25) Global LCD TV shipments for 2015 will total 216 million sets, according to the latest estimation by WitsView, a division of TrendForce. This year’s shipments will represent a slight annual decline, for the first time since the shipment slide in 2013 |
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New HT45F3420 Battery Power Control Flash MCU (2015.11.25) Holtek announces the release of its new battery power control Flash MCU, the HT45F3420, which is especially designed to provide the necessary requirements of constant voltage, constant current or constant power control. It is very suitable for products such as LED flashlights and electronic cigarette products |
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ITRI’s Augmented Reality Technology Helps Increase Sales (2015.11.25) HSINCHU, Taiwan — The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest and one of the world’s leading high-tech applied research institutions, its Wide Viewing AR(Augmented Reality) Technology became the Gold Prize Winner of Service Innovation of 2015 ECI Awards of IECIA, which has been viewed as “Oscar of E-commerce” |
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Ultra-low Power and High Quality Audio CODEC–NAU88L25 (2015.11.25) Nuvoton Technology introduced the NAU88L25, a new ultra low power audio codec device optimized for audio headphone and headset applications.
The newest member of Nuvoton’s flagship emPowerAudio family, the NAU88L25 delivers exceptional audio performance at battery-friendly power levels: 124dBA stereo digital-to-analog converter (DAC) signal-to-noise (SNR), and 101dBA stereo analog-to-digital converter (ADC) SNR |