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Automobile Becomes a High Growth Market of NOR Flash Memory (2015.10.30)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Vehicle telematics systems are seeking for high-performance memory solutions, which motivates the proportion of NOR Flash in automotive applications to grow rapidly. The relevant suppliers have launched a series of new NOR Flash products to meet the automotive industry's needs |
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MediaTek Reports Third Quarter Revenue of NT$56,962 Million, Up 21.1% (2015.10.30)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － MediaTek Inc. today announced financial results of third-quarter ended September 30, 2015. Third quarter revenue was NT$56,962 million, up 21.1% sequentially, and down 0.9% year-over-year. The quarter-over-quarter growth was mainly due to seasonal demand, rising high-end product mix and favorable foreign exchange rate |
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Smartphone Vendors Ship over 340 Million Units in Q3, as Chinese Market Slackens (2015.10.30)
According to Juniper Research, the number of smartphone shipments reached 342.5 million in Q3 2015, with a slowed y-o-y growth of 8.4%.
Juniper Research noted that Apple posted another record-breaking quarter, with 48 million unit sales, compared to 39 million iPhones sold in Q3 2014 |
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Keysight Collaborates with China Southeast University on 5G Massive MIMO Research (2015.10.30)
Keysight Technologies today announced it will collaborate with China Southeast University to research test and measurement technologies for 5G Massive MIMO in China.
Massive MIMO uses a large numbers of antenna elements, working coherently, to generate steerable signal beams for multiple simultaneous users |
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ASRock Rack Launched Xeon D Server Motherboards (2015.10.30)
ASRock Rack released two new models of server motherboards for Intel Xeon D , D1540D4U-2T2O8R and D1520D4I. Intel Xeon D is the first SoC based on Intel Xeon Processor technology. Compared with its predecessor, the performance is enhanced per node/per watt |
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NEXCOM Partners with Indusoft to Deliver HMI Automation Solutions (2015.10.29)
NEXCOM US and InduSoft announced a technology and business partnership to bring complete HMI solution packages for the factory automation market. The task of configuring HMI software in an industrial computer will no longer be the burden of the end users’ |
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Innolux: Tablets to Face a Largest Downward of About 25% (2015.10.29)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － The world's third-largest LCD panel supplier Innolux said today that the demand for LCD panels is slowing down due to the global economic slowdown. The shipments of Innolux is expected to have nearly double-digit decline in the fourth quarter of this year |
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CHT and SAP Team up to Improve Enterprise Competiveness (2015.10.29)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is teaming up with SAP, a global company in enterprise software solution, to bring enterprise clients an even more comprehensive Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud service. The collaboration leverages both companies’ expertise in cloud technology and software to provide superior products, core technologies, and integrated marketing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) |
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Acer Allies with Rakuten Mobile to Sell Liquid Z330 Smartphone in Japan (2015.10.29)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Acer announces that its Liquid Z330 smartphone will be available through Rakuten Mobile in Japan, via both online channels and in brick-and-mortar Rakuten Mobile shops from mid-December.
Rakuten Mobile is an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) service launched by Fusion Communications Corp |
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Innolux Announces 3Q 2015 Consolidated Revenues of NT$ 88.8 Billion, Downs 5.3% YoY (2015.10.29)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Innolux Corporation (“INX”) today announced its 3Q 2015 consolidated revenues. Combined net sales for 3Q 2015 amounted to NT$ 88.8 billion, gross profit was NT$ 10.8 billion, for a gross margin of 12.1% |
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mTouch Sensing Controllers With Capacitive Touch (2015.10.29)
Microchip Technology Inc. announced the expansion of its MTCH10x mTouch sensing portfolio with the turnkey MTCH102-5-8 capacitive touch controllers.
In a hardware-only configuration, these 2, 5 and 8-channel controllers replace mechanical buttons with a simple digital output, making it easy to add proximity and touch detection to any application that is constrained by size, power or cost |
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Lamp Devices, Infrared Circuits, and CMOS Sensors to Have Double-digit Growth (2015.10.29)
The worldwide market for optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) has turned into a mixed bag of double-digit growth for several major product categories (lamp devices, infrared circuits, and CMOS image sensors) combined with single-digit declines in sales for nearly a dozen other categories (including most sensors, diodes, rectifiers, and power transistors) |
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Q3 LCD TV Shipments Reach 53.1M Units, Grow 8.3%, But May Drop in Q4 (2015.10.29)
Third-quarter LCD TV shipments worldwide stood at 53.1 million units, based on the latest reporting from WitsView, a division of TrendForce. Global shipments grew 8.3% quarterly due to the effects of the traditional peak season |
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Intel Edison Module Offers Google Brillo Support (2015.10.28)
Intel announced today that its Intel Edison compute module is one of the first platforms to support Brillo, which Google released source code for today via an invitation program.
Brillo and Weave form a solution for building connected devices |
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ASUS Tops Interbrand's Taiwan Global Brands Survey in 2015 (2015.10.28)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — ASUS has been recognized as the number-one Taiwanese brand for the third consecutive year in the Best Taiwan Global Brands Awards 2015. At the awards ceremony, Interbrand announced ASUS has an estimated brand value of US$1 |
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Solomon Systech Expands sales Offices in Japan and China (2015.10.28)
Solomon Systech Limited (“Solomon Systech”) announced that it has expanded its Japan sales office with the addition of a Technology Centre, and turned it into Japan Business and Technology Center (“Japan BTC”). In addition, the Company is also enhancing its presence in China with the establishment of a new office in Nanjing, China |
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Sony, Toshiba Sign MOU for the Transfer of Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities (2015.10.28)
Sony Corporation ("Sony") and Toshiba Corporation ("Toshiba") today announced that they have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding that confirms their intent to negotiate the transfer to Sony of certain Toshiba owned semiconductor fabrication facilities, equipment and related assets in Oita Prefecture, and also other related equipment and assets |
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Ayla Networks Set up a new Business Model in the IoT era (2015.10.28)
CALIFORNIA, USA — There’s no doubt that Internet of Things (IoT) will be one of the next big things in the IT industry. However, how to set up a business model to earn profit is a different story. Ayla Networks is a start-up in the US, and it has set up a new business model in the IoT era |
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Taiwanese Startup Launches World’s First Smart Mobile Electrotherapy Device: “U-GYM” (2015.10.28)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwanese startup U-GYM has researched and developed the world’s first smart mobile electrotherapy device, “U-GYM,” and shrunk what was originally large-sized electrotherapy equipment into a device that fits in the palm of the hand and enables consumers to conveniently manage their health at any time |
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First Brushed DC Motor Driver with Integrated Current Sensing (2015.10.28)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a family of three brushed DC gate drivers featuring the device with integrated current sensing. With this integration, designers using the DRV8871 can avoid the power loss, heat generation and cost associated with using external sense resistors |
