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Cadence SiP and PVS Technologies Enabled for TSMC InFO Packaging Technology (2015.09.18)
Cadence Design Systems today announced that its Allegro System-in-Package (SiP) and Physical Verification System (PVS) implementation technologies have been enabled for TSMC’s Integrated Fan-Out (InFO) packaging technology. By providing an integrated solution that automates the design-rule checking (DRC) flow, the Allegro SiP design tools and PVS enable TSMC customers to shorten the InFO design and verification cycle |
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Capacitance Automotive-qualified Touch Controllers (2015.09.17)
Atmel announced the company has expanded its portfolio of automotive-qualified maXTouch touchscreen controllers with the mXT641T family. The new family is optimized for capacitive touchpads and touchscreens from 5 to 10 inches |
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The Largest-Ever Layoffs of the Company, Epistar to Layoff 65 Employees (2015.09.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The largest-ever layoffs of the company, Epistar Co., the nation’s No. 1 LED chipmaker is going to layoff 65 employees next week. As a matter of fact, it’s been viewed as a way to response to the emerging “Red Supply Chain” from China |
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EPDs Back on Track, E Ink’s August Revenue Grows 29% (2015.09.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Benefit from the increasing of shipments of new e-readers products, coupled with the stable shipments of smartbands and other wearable devices, Electronic Paper Display(EPD) suppliers E Ink’s Q3 revenue bounced up sharply, its August sales rushed to NT$1 |
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Foxconn Raising Share of Automation Involvement in Pepper Robot Assembly (2015.09.17)
According to the Topology Research Institute (TRI), a division of TrendForce, the combined rental and sales volume of Pepper a humanoid intelligent robot developed by Japanese telecom giant Softbank, will reach 27,000 units by 2018, with almost 90% of the customer base made up of general consumers |
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Brotherliness, The Emotional Part Behind the Foxconn-SPIL Alliance (2015.09.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Foxconn signed yesterday formally the cooperation agreement with SPIL, Taiwan's semiconductor assembly manufacture, realizing the oral commitment to legal document. The business benefit indeed exists, however the emotional part behind the agreement is the righteousness, or called Taiwanese brotherliness |
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Foxconn, SPIL Announce Collaboration on Smartphone Subsystem Packaging (2015.09.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd(SPIL). Chairman of the Board Lin Bough and Hon Hai/Foxconn Chairman Terry Guo yesterday together attended an Association Press Conference to explain Foxconn and SPILS’ collaboration strategy on smartphone subsystem package technology while also imploring shareholders not to sell their stocks to ASE |
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OMRON to Acquire U.S. Based Adept to Strengthen Industrial Automation Business (2015.09.17)
OMRON Corporation, and Adept Technology (Adept), a provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile robot solutions and services, today announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement whereby OMRON will acquire Adept |
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SMIC, CICIIF and Qualcomm Intend to Invest into SJsemi (2015.09.16)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd., (CICIIF), and a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated have announced the signing of a non-legally binding term sheet relating to a contemplated investment of $280 million dollars in the aggregate in SJ Semiconductor Corp |
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Xu Nai-wen: Maker is a Spirit, a Culture (2015.09.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Maker is an unmistakable trend all over the world. Xu Nai-wen, who is inspired by Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform allowing to create interactive electronic objects in 2009. Now he has become the official Reseller of Raspberry Pi, he believes that maker is a spirit, a culture |
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Sony, Olympus Announces 4K Surgical Endoscopy System to Be Commercialized (2015.09.16)
Sony, Olympus, and their medical joint venture - Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., are announcing that their jointly developed 4K surgical endoscopy system will be commercialized and made available for purchase in early October 2015 |
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India PC Market Declined 13% in the Second Quarter of 2015 (2015.09.16)
The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 2.2 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 13 percent decrease over the second quarter of 2014, according to Gartner.
“Consumers accounted for 48 percent of total PC sales in the second quarter of 2015,” said Vishal Tripathi, research director at Gartner |
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NB Shipments to Decline 4.3% in 2016, Says by Taiwan Research (2015.09.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan’s MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) pointed out that Notebook(NB) shipments will decrease by 4.3% in 2016, because of the limited benefit from NB replacement of Win 10 and the market erosion by 2-in-1 PCs |
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ROHM's USB Type-C Power Delivery Controller ICs (2015.09.16)
ROHM has recently announced the development of a new class of power controller ICs compatible with the latest USB Power Delivery (Rev2.0) and Type-C (Rev1.1) specifications. The BM92TxxMWV series supports not only conventional USB power supply modes up to 7 |
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TrendForce: Prices Dropped for Both LED Light Bulbs and Components in August (2015.09.16)
The global average price of 40W replacement LED light bulbs fell 1.5% in August to US$10.9, while the 60W replacement LED light bulbs fell 2.3% to US$14.9, based on the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce.
According to LEDinside analyst Allen Yu, the U |
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Using GPUs to Predict Storms and Other Weather Hazards (2015.09.16)
The Swiss have made significant advancements in their ability to predict storms and other weather hazards with higher levels of accuracy by using high performance GPUs.
The Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, is the first major national weather service to deploy a GPU-accelerated supercomputer to improve its daily weather forecasts |
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Should PC Brands Worry About the Microsoft Acquiring of AMD? (2015.09.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － The rumor has it again that AMD is going to offer for sale and Microsoft will likely takeover it, Samsung also intent to play a part in it. Should PC brands worry about the acquisition?
According to Fudzilla, an tech news website, Microsoft is seriously discussing with AMD about the merging affairs but the process is still ongoing with uncertainty |
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Microsoft Poses Threats to Asus and Acer by Acquiring AMD (2015.09.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rumors about Microsoft acquiring Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have been the most talk-about topic today. Besides, it is widely circulated that Intel is also allegedly considering purchasing the competition. One thing is for sure, Microsoft has shown its ambition acrossing PC, notebook, motherboard—PC hardware industry |
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Pegatron Expects Growth on Back of iPhone 6 Sales (2015.09.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus do not necessarily have to leave a negative impact on its partners in Taiwan. Pegatron Co., one of Apple Inc’s main iPhone assemblers, expects next quarter to be better than this quarter, supported by robust orders from its main client, according to the company |
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Industry’s Lowest Power ARM Cortex-A5-based MPU (2015.09.15)
Atmel launched a new series of Atmel SMART ARM Cortex-A5-based microprocessors (MPUs), delivering the world’s lowest power consumption for all MPUs in its class. The new MPUs deliver sub 200µA in retention mode with context preserved, 30µs ultra-fast wake-up and a new backup mode with DDR in self-refresh at only 50µA |
