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Xiaomi's Mi Water Purifer Gets Positive Review on Sina Weibo (2015.12.02)
While it may be unusual for a smartphone manufacturer to dive into the home appliance industry, a recent study done by Taipei-based MIC (Market intelligence & Consulting Institute) has found that one of the latest additions to Xiaomi's Mi Home Network, the Mi Water Purifier, is highly received in China |
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GaN Systems Announces 10X Production Increase at TSMC (2015.12.02)
GaN Systems, the manufacturer of gallium nitride power transistors, announces that its foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TMSC), has expanded the high volume production of products based on GaN System’s proprietary Island Technology by 10X in response to surging global demand from consumer and enterprise customers |
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HOLTEK BS86B12A-3 New A/D Touch Key Flash MCU (2015.12.01)
Following the successful previous release of its BS86C16A-3 and BS86D20A-3 devices, Holtek is now delighted to announce the release of its new Touch Key Flash MCU with integrated 12-bit A/D converter, the BS86B12A-3. This device is suitable for use in small appliances which require up to 12 touch keys, such as cookers, electric kettles, electric ceramic stoves, electric ovens, microwaves, wine cabinets and other related products |
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Alibaba Group Appoints Leaders to Run France and Germany Country Operations (2015.12.01)
Alibaba Group today announced the appointment of Terry von Bibra as managing director of Alibaba Group Germany and Sébastien Badault as managing director of Alibaba Group France, effective immediately.
The appointment of these two senior business leaders is another important milestone in Alibaba Group’s expansion in the European markets |
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Saturation of LED Market to Drive Industry to Seek Profits in New Applications (2015.12.01)
Light-emitting diode (LED) manufacturers had an especially tough year in 2015. "Despite rising LED lighting market demand and the large scale replacement of traditional lighting products, the oversupply situation has caused the average LED sales prices (ASPs) to plunge 30% to 40% year on year, "said Roger Chu, research director for LEDinside, a division of TrendForce |
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Delta Joins COP21 Paris to Support Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction (2015.12.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Delta Group announced today that group founder Bruce Cheng would be leading management executives and representatives from the Delta Electronics Foundation to the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris |
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TSMC to Hold Annual Supply Chain Management Forum on Thu (2015.12.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — TSMC will hold its 15th annual Supply Chain Management forum to show appreciation for the support and contributions of its suppliers in 2015, and hundreds of suppliers around the world in the fields of equipment, materials, packaging, testing, facilities, IT systems and services, and environmental and waste management services participated in the forum |
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ASUS: ZenFone Zoom’s Camera Outshines iPhone 6s Plus (2015.12.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Asus launched the 5.5-inch ZenFone Zoom on December 1, which is the world’s thinnest 3x optical-zoom smartphone with an innovative 10-element HOYA lens arrangement for crisp detail — and up to 12x total magnification |
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AAEON Expands I/O Functionality with BOXER-6914 Embedded Box PC (2015.12.01)
AAEON presents the BOXER-6914 Embedded Box PC for applications requiring high usage of I/O peripherals.The BOXER-6914 offers as many as 16 COM ports consisting of 14 RS-232 ports and 2 RS-232/422/485 ports to allow a wide variety of I/O peripherals to be incorporated |
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1000 Peppers Sells out Again (2015.11.30)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Pepper is the collaboration work between Foxconn and SoftBank, which is a humanoid robot. It was on sell again on last weekend, it’s the sixth time of sell since this June and it still sold like hot cakes |
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ASE Becomes First OSAT to Receive ISO 15408-EAL6 Certification (2015.11.30)
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) today announced that 6 of its production facilities in Nantze, Kaohsiung; K4, K7, K8, K10, K11 and K12, have received the ISO 15408-EAL6 certification, becoming the first outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) services company to achieve this significant recognition |
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Small Package MCU with Built-in Pre-driver for Motor (2015.11.30)
Toshiba Corporation announced the launch of a new microcontroller, "TMPM37AFSQG", as the latest addition to its ARM Cortex-M3-based "TX03 series".
The new IC is the world’s smallest vector control microcontroller to incorporate an original coprocessor, the “Vector Engine Plus,” and a pre-driver to implement brushless DC motor control |
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Korea Ranks NO.1 in ITU’s Global IDI While Taiwan Lost Its Position for Some Reason (2015.11.30)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － ITU’s Measuring the Information Society Report, released today. According to the report that South Korea once again won first place, while Japan ranked the eleventh, China ranked Eighty-two. But unexpectedly, Taiwan had not been included, which made this report becomes meaningless |
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3D Printer Provider XYZprinting Establishes Thailand Branch (2015.11.30)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － XYZprinting has established branch companies in Mainland China, Japan, The United States, and Europe and on November 26 established its first Southeast Asian base in Thailand. The company plans to increase the permeation rate of 3D printing technology and services and promote sales of 3D printing products in Thailand |
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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 |
One wants to meet different market needs of general-purpose interface Bus standards, can continue to upgrade transmission speeds and greater bandwidth, to achieve speed, capacity, quality and other multivariate integration, enhance the effectiveness of desire?