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“2015 Touch Taiwan” Jumps into a Technical Competition between AUO and INX (2015.08.26)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The “2015 Touch Taiwan” opened to the public on August 26, jumped directly into a technical competition between AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux Co. (INX) The two companies have been popularly known as the “two tigers of the panel industry”, both demonstrated a wide range of applications in ultra high definition television (UHDTV), medical use, car display and mobile PC display, etc |
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TrendForce: Car Sharing Is Ready to Take Off (2015.08.26)
By 2016, the global car sharing market is expected to exceed 15 million members with over 260,000 vehicles in service, according to Topology Research Institute (TRI), a division of TrendForce.
The emergence of car sharing services began with the founding of Zipcar in 1999 |
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Medical Applications Are Leading Advancement in 3D Printing (2015.08.26)
Gartner, Inc. said that 3D printing (3DP) technology has progressed rapidly in recent years, and that medical applications are leading to some of the most significant deployments of 3DP technology.
Gartner's 2015 Hype Cycle for 3D Printing reveals that 3DP of medical devices has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations, but certain specialist applications are already becoming the norm in medical care |
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XMC Form Factor SATA SSD for Industrial, Defense Applications (2015.08.25)
Microsemi Corporation announced an ANSI/VITA 42.3-2014-compliant PCI Express interface XMC form factor serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) solid state drive (SSD) for industrial and defense applications where ultimate security for data-at-rest is required |
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Troubled HTC to buy Back Treasury Shares (2015.08.25)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Trouled HTC announced on August 25 it will buy back 50 million treasury shares, which will account for 6 percent of the company’s outstanding shares, and will complete the process in two months. The company has declared earlier this month a program of business realignment that positions the company for significant profitable growth with a leaner and more agile operating model |
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AUO Launches New Lineup of ALCD TV Panels at Touch Taiwan 2015 (2015.08.25)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) announced today the company will participate in Touch Taiwan 2015 (Int’l Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition) from August 26 to 28. The complete series of ALCD TV displays will be showcased, incorporating numerous pioneering display technologies, along with the world’s slimmest UHD 4K LCD TV panel making its debut to show off perfectly rendered images with exquisite details and colors |
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TSMC Announces to Withdraw From Solar Manufacturing Operations (2015.08.25)
HSINCHU, Taiwan － TSMC today announced that TSMC Solar, its 100% owned subsidiary, will cease manufacturing operations at the end of August 2015 as TSMC believes that its solar business is no longer economically sustainable |
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Mission Impossible－ Electronic Paper Displays (2015.08.25)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － To have a movie-liked “Paper computer” is definitely a cool thing, however, in real life, your needs always overloaded for a paper. This is surely a Mission Impossible circumstances to Electronic Paper Displays(EPD) technology, too blank to accomplish everything |
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China Drives RF Power ICs Device Sales for Wireless Infrastructure Grew to over $1B in 2014 (2015.08.25)
According to ABI Research, China and the Asia-Pacific region in general continues to be the main driver for the RF Power Semiconductor devices that are sold into the mobile wireless infrastructure segment.
ABI Research’s Research Director Lance Wilson said |
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Cima NanoTech Joint Venture with Foxconn to Produce Projected Capacitive Touch Modules (2015.08.25)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Cima NanoTech, a developer and manufacturer of transparent conductive film solutions, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with Foxconn, to deliver the industry’s first cost-competitive, projected capacitive (pro-cap) solution for large format touch screens |
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UTC-300P Series POS System with 16:9 Widescreen Display for Diverse Applications (2015.08.25)
Advantech introduced the new UTC-300P series point-of-sale (POS) system, a multi-purpose all-in-one computing system. Equipped with an IP65-certified 15.6”/18.5” 16:9 widescreen display, this bezel-free, fanless, and slim POS system provides the ideal solution for various retail and hospitality applications and functions |
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SEMI to Hold South America Semiconductor Strategy Summit in Rio (2015.08.25)
SEMI today announced the second annual SEMI South America Semiconductor Strategy Summit (SA SSS) at the Sheraton Rio on November 10-12 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Unitec Semiconductor, ABI SEMI, and the Brazil Development Bank BNDES are making the event possible |
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e-Transactions to Reach $125B Annually by 2018, as China Overtakes US (2015.08.24)
New data from Juniper Research has revealed that the number of annual purchases made via mobiles, tablets, desktops and other connected devices should reach 125 billion annually by 2018, up by more than 60% on this year’s total |
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Apple Announces Replacing Some iPhone 6 Plus Cameras (2015.08.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Are you an iPhone 6 Plus user, have you been experienced blurry photos out of your iPhone 6 Plus. It might not be your fault. Apple announced replacing some iPhone 6 Plus cameras. Apple is recalling a batch of iPhone 6 Plus devices sold between the handset’s release date in September 2014 and January 2015, according to a statement on the company’s website |
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AUO to Exhibit Special-Sized AMOLED Displays for Wearables (2015.08.24)
HSINCHU, Taiwan, – AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) today announced that the company is going to showcase its latest AMOLED technolgy in terms of wearable applications at Touch Taiwan 2015.
AUO leverages the features of AMOLED and transflective LCD technologies to develop various ultra slim and light displays with low power consumption for wearable devices |
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Latest Family of eXtreme Low Power PIC MCUs (2015.08.24)
Microchip Technology announced the expansion of its eXtreme Low Power (XLP) PIC microcontroller (MCU) portfolio. Features of the new PIC24F “GB4” family include an integrated hardware crypto engine with both OTP and Key RAM options for secure key storage, up to 256 KB of Flash memory and a direct drive for segmented LCD displays, in 64-, 100- or 121-pin packages |
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Imec and Holst Centre Launch New EEG Headset for Consumer Applications (2015.08.24)
Today, imec, Holst Centre (set up by imec and The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, TNO), and the Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) faculty of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), announced the introduction of a new wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) headset that can be worn comfortably and achieves a high-quality EEG signal |
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ASUS: The New Taiwanese Smartphone Tycoon (2015.08.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － HTC might collapse, but this does not mean that Taiwan's smartphone industry also followed down. Instead, another new gaint has stood up. It is Asus, only second to Apple in market share in Taiwan of about 25%, its monthly shipments reached 0 |
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ASE Abruptly Announces 25% Stake Purchase of SPIL (2015.08.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) has a plan to purchase a 25% share in Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd (SPIL), which will be further specified this week. If this stock purchasing plan progresses smoothly, it will solidify ASE’s position as the leading company in the chip-packing market |
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You Must Know About “3D NAND SSDs” In 2016 (2015.08.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － The memory market seems still struggling now, however its progressed technology is thrilling really. Especially the NAND flash memory which using the new 3D stocking technology, will be listed in the market next year, to be expected to create a new growth momentum for flash memory market |
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