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China to Fall Far Short of its "Made-in-China 2025" Goal for IC Devices (2020.05.22)
IC production in China represented 15.7% of its $125 billion IC market in 2019, up only slightly from 15.1% five years earlier in 2014. IC Insights forecasts that this share will increase by 5.0 percentage points to 20.7% in 2024 (one percentage point per year on average) |
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Cost Competitiveness of Mini LED Backlight Display May Surpass OLED Options by 2022 (2020.05.20)
Apple has sparked considerable discussions in the market after rumors surfaced that the company’s new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, to be released in 2021, may be equipped with Mini LED backlight technology. According to the newest investigations by the LEDinside research division of TrendForce, the manufacturing cost of Mini LED backlight displays is currently higher than that of traditional LCD and OLED displays |
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Panasonic and Blue Yonder Extend Strategic Partnership to Accelerate the Autonomous Supply Chain (2020.05.20)
Panasonic announced that it is making an equity investment in Blue Yonder — the leading end-to-end supply chain software provider. The investment via a secondary sale of shares values Blue Yonder at an enterprise value of $5 |
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HOLTEK New BS83A04C Low Power Enhanced Touch MCU (2020.05.20)
Holtek announced the release of a new generation high noise immunity Enhanced Touch I/O Flash MCU, the BS83A04C. This device has low power characteristics, making it especially suitable for low power applications, home appliances and consumer products which require touch keys, such as Bluetooth headphones, power banks, smart wristbands, water dispensers, air cleaners, kitchen scales, etc |
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Mitsubishi Electric Launches MELFA ASSISTA Series of Collaborative Robots (2020.05.20)
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that on May 21 it will launch its MELFA ASSISTA series of robots that work collaboratively with humans based on safety features such as collision detection and strict compliance with the international safety and robotic standards ISO 10218-1 and ISO/TS15066 |
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Arrow Electronics, Panasonic Industry, and STMicroelectronics Join Forces to Deliver IoT Modules (2020.05.20)
Arrow Electronics, Panasonic Industry, and STMicroelectronics (ST) have introduced a low-power wireless multi-sensor edge-intelligence solution for smart factory, smart home, and smart life applications.
The IoT Solution Module combines Arrow’s engineering and global distribution capabilities with Panasonic Industry’s IoT modules based on the ST BlueTile (STEVAL-BCN002V1B) multi-sensor development kit |
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Synopsys and TSMC Collaborate to Enable High-end SoCs Design with Certified Solutions on N5 and N6 (2020.05.19)
Synopsys announced certification of its digital and custom design platforms for TSMC's N6 and N5 process technologies. Synopsys' long-term collaboration with TSMC has resulted in accelerating next-generation product design for key vertical markets, including high-performance computing (HPC), mobile, 5G, and AI chip designs |
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New Video Cards and Gaming Consoles to Elevate Graphics DRAM Demand, Says TrendForce (2020.05.19)
According to the latest investigations from the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, both NVIDIA and AMD are planning to release new GPUs in 3Q20, and both Microsoft and Sony are expected to release new gaming consoles in 4Q20 |
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nCipher Helps Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety Secure Government24 Public Service Portal (2020.05.19)
nCipher Security announces that the Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) selected nCipher nShield HSMs to support the issuing of digital certificates that underpin the Government24 public service portal.
Government24 provides tailored public services to Korean citizens 24 hours a day |
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Samsung Introduces 1.2μm 50Mp ISOCELL GN1 with Faster Auto-focusing and Brighter Images (2020.05.19)
Samsung Electronics today introduced Samsung ISOCELL GN1, a new 50-megapixel (Mp) image sensor with large 1.2μm-sized pixels. The ISOCELL GN1 is Samsung’s first image sensor to offer both Dual Pixel and Tetracell technologies |
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STMicroelectronics Introduces First Space-Qualified Programmable Integrated Current Limiter (2020.05.19)
STMicroelectronics has created an innovative radiation-hardened (rad-hard), programmable integrated current limiter (ICL) that prevents power surges and overloads from damaging electronic equipment operated in space.
Based on an original concept from the European Space Agency (ESA) to harmonize and miniaturize functionalities present in all satellites |
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TSIA Q1 2020 Statistics on Taiwan IC Industry (2020.05.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The TSIA survey showed that Q1 2020 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$723.8 billion (US$23.4B) (4.0% decline on-quarter and up 28.3% on-year), with NT$174 |
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Renesas Electronics to Withdraw from LD/PD Business and Close Production (2020.05.15)
Renesas Electronics today announced its decision to withdraw from the LD (laser diode) and PD (photo diode/detector) businesses, and to close the production line at the Shiga Factory, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co |
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TÜV Rheinland Certifies Taiwan's First Outdoor e-Parking System at Nantou Service Area (2020.05.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Whenever there is a surge in weekend or holiday traffic, it means heavy demand for parking at highway rest areas. People can often be seen circling endlessly in the parking lots for a parking space, wasting time and money |
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Toshiba Releases MOSFET Gate Driver Switch IPD for Automotive ECUs (2020.05.14)
Toshib has launched “TPD7107F,” a gate driver switch IPD that controls the conduction and shut-off of current supplied to automotive electronic control units (ECUs), such as junction boxes and body control modules. Shipments start today |
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Taiwan and Australia Jointly Develop New Anti-novel Coronavirus Drugs (2020.05.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - To support in containing the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Science and Technology Taiwan (MOST) proactively promotes cooperation between the domestic academic research community and foreign academic research institutions to assist in fighting the virus SARS-CoV-2 |
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Renesas Introduces Advanced Signal Conditioner IC Targeting Industry 4.0, Medical and IoT Sensor App (2020.05.14)
Renesas Electronics introduced the ZSSC3240 sensor signal conditioner (SSC) – the newest member of its leading-edge SSC portfolio. The ZSSC3240 delivers high accuracy, sensitivity, and flexibility for sensor applications such as resistive pressure sensors and medical infrared thermometers |
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Lopos Presents the SafeDistance Wearable Helps Employees Follow Social Distancing Guidelines (2020.05.14)
Lopos, a spin-off of imec and the Ghent University presents the Lopos SafeDistance wearable that supports companies in remaining active or safely restarting in-person activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The wearable warns employees through an audible or haptic alarm, when they are violating the social distancing guidelines while approaching each other |
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As DRAM Market Enters Period of Price Hikes, Revenue Drops by 4.6% QoQ in 1Q20 Due to COVID-19 (2020.05.13)
According to the latest investigations by the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, DRAM suppliers were able to successfully reduce their inventories in 1Q20, with significantly lower inventory levels at the end of 1Q20 compared to the beginning of the year |
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STM32Cube MCU Development Software from STMicroelectronics Now on GitHub (2020.05.13)
STMicroelectronics is now publishing STM32Cube embedded software on GitHub, the popular cloud-based service, to open the STM32 embedded software offer to collaborative and community-friendly development and leverage faster, more efficient distribution of updates |
The highly integrated chipset, but only in recent years happened, if the CPU is the brain of the computer, Chipsets can be regarded as the heart of the computer.