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Turkcell Reaches 1200 Mbps with 5 Carrier Aggregation in 4.5G Demo (2015.12.22)
Aggregating 5 carriers in a demo carried out on Friday in its Istanbul headquarters, Turkcell reached mobile broadband speeds of 1200 Mbps on 4.5G.
During the demo, Turkcell used 79.8 MHz of frequency consisting of 29.8 MHz (20 + 9 |
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Acer Sells 70k of Liquid Leap Active Wearables in the U.S. in 24 Hours (2015.12.22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Acer’s debut of its Liquid Leap Active wearables in the U.S. saw 70,000 units and 30,000 interchangeable bands sold via a leading television shopping network in a 24-hour promotion on December 13.
Acer offered attractive deals with a 2-pack of Liquid Leap Active wearables and a 3-pack of interchangeable bands |
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Smartphone Vendors to Showcase Non-phone Products at CES 2016 (2015.12.22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — CES 2016, the biggest tech show of next year, is right around the corner. Due to the global smartphone sales have fallen lately as the market reaches saturation, many smartphone providers are going to grab the chance to demonstrate their non-smartphone products at the tech show, including HTC, Huawei |
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Panasonic Acquires Hussmann, a U.S.-Based Freezer Display Case Manufacturer (2015.12.22)
Panasonic Corporation today made an announcement regarding its acquisition of Hussmann Corporation (“Hussmann”), a Missouri-based manufacturer of refrigerated display cases and systems.
Panasonic has signed an agreement with Hussmann Parent Inc |
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EPIC-BT07 Board to Set the Standard for EPIC Product (2015.12.22)
AAEON announce that the launch of its new EPIC-BT07 board, a Intel Atom dual-core N2807 CPU equipped industrial PC.
With different SKUs to choose from, this board series offers various levels of performance for users with different requirements: From the most cost-effective solution with the Intel Atom dual-core N2807 CPU for “lighter” usage to a more powerful quad-core J1900 or E3845 CPU |
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Xcell Software Journal Issue 2 Now Available, Ideal for C/C++ and OpenCL Developers (2015.12.21)
Xilinx, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the winter 2015 issue of Xcell Software Journal - a quarterly magazine dedicated to software developers and embedded systems developers.
This publication is ideal for developers programming in high level languages |
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Axiomtek Wins Taiwan Excellence Award 2016 (2015.12.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Axiomtek announced that its six products were honored with “2016 Taiwan Excellence Award”.
Taiwan Excellence Award" winners and are based on five key indicators: R&D, Design, Quality, Marketing, and Made in Taiwan |
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CWT is the Unnamed Hero Behind IKEA’s Wireless Charging Furniture (2015.12.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Being the largest PC power supply manufacturer, Channel Well Technology Co. (CWT) penetrated into the wireless charging products and began shipment in September. The company is optimistic about the development of wireless charging |
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Philips Leads the Way in Slashing LED Bulb Prices: Prices to Fall Below US$1 (2015.12.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan’s lighting market research institute, Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA), stated that the LED lighting industry is still under the control of the traditional lighting giant |
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Renesas Electronics to Terminate Production at Subsidiary in Singapore (2015.12.21)
Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced that it will terminate production at Renesas Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“Renesas Semiconductor Singapore”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics, as of December 31, 2015 |
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Shipments of Wearables to Surpass 200M Units in 2019 (2015.12.21)
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC ) , the worldwide wearable device market will reach a total of 111.1 million units shipped in 2016, up a strong 44.4% from the 80 million units expected to ship shipped in 2015 |
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Wearable Devices with Wi-Fi Support is Estimated to Reach 16 Million Units in 2015 (2015.12.21)
Wearable devices, smart homes, and public hotspots have become the most potential IoT applications for Wi-Fi technology, according to Taipei-based MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute).
MIC noted that in particular, with branded and emerging vendors' aggressive development, the wearable device market is expected to reach 230 million units in 2019 from 21 million units in 2014 |
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Linux Foundation Unites Industry Leaders to Advance Blockchain Technology (2015.12.18)
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced a new collaborative effort to advance the popular blockchain technology. The project will develop an enterprise grade, open source distributed ledger framework and free developers to focus on building robust, industry-specific applications, platforms and hardware systems to support business transactions |
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PAM-4 Analysis Software for Oscilloscope Platforms (2015.12.18)
Keysight Technologies introduced measurement application software designed to help engineers quickly and accurately measure and quantify PAM-4 (pulse amplitude modulation with four amplitude levels) signals. The software is used with the Keysight S-Series, 90000A, V-Series, 90000 X- and Z-Series real-time oscilloscope platforms and the 86100D DCA-X Infiniium sampling oscilloscope |
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TrendForce Says Downtrend in DRAM Prices Will Persist in 2016 (2015.12.18)
DRAM prices have fallen throughout this year due to weak demand and oversupply, with decline in PC DRAM prices being the most significant. The latest analysis from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, finds that the overall production capacity has not increased significantly under the current oligopoly in the DRAM market |
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HTC Vive is Unbound in Beijing (2015.12.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — HTC held its first HTC Vive Unbound Developers Conference in Beijing, China from December 17 to 20, which is hosted by the company’s Chairperson Cher Wang. “VR is the important growth driver and strategic planning of HTC |
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SEMI Posts N.A. Semiconductor Equipment Industry B/B Ratio of 0.96 in November (2015.12.18)
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.24 billion in orders worldwide in November 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.96, according to the November EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI |
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TDK to Acquire Micronas to Further Grow the Magnetic Sensor Business (2015.12.18)
TDK Corporation and Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG jointly announced today that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which TDK will launch an all cash public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Micronas for CHF 7 |
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Apple And China UnionPay t Announce a Partnership to Bring Apple Pay to China (2015.12.18)
Apple and China UnionPay today announced a partnership to bring Apple Pay, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay, to China. China UnionPay cardholders will be able to easily add their bank cards to Apple Pay on iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad, providing added convenience and security to everyday shopping |
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An In-Depth Visit to the ARM Taiwan CPU Design Center (2015.12.17)
In September 2015 the ARM CPU Design Center formally opened in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is not only Taiwan’s first CPU design center but also the first ARM design center in Asia. The center specializes in Cortex-M processor development for IoT use |
