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HTC Vive Won Best Hardware of 2015 Gamescom (2015.08.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — HTC Vive won the best hardware of 2015 Gamescom. HTC Vive is an upcoming virtual reality head-mounted display being developed in co-production between HTC and Valve Corporation. It is also part of Valve Corporation’s SteamVR project |
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Tsinghua-Micron Acquisition May Change the Landscape of Global Memory Industry (2015.08.21)
In a report by Wall Street Journal on July 14, 2015, China`s Tsinghua Unigroup is alleged to acquire the largest US memory company Micron. While the news has yet to be confirmed by both companies, it has already aroused considerable interest in the worldwide semiconductor industry and evoked heated discussions in China as well as overseas |
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Romteck Australia Collaborates with u-blox to Upgrade Remote Monitoring Systems (2015.08.21)
Romteck Australia collaborates with u-blox to upgrade its product portfolio. One of Romteck’s flagship products, Romteck ASE (Alarm Signaling Equipment), is part of the collaboration.
Designed to overcome the shortcomings of more traditional fire alarm systems |
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ASUS Introduces ZenFone 2 Deluxe with 256GB Built-in Storage in Brazil (2015.08.21)
ASUS CEO Jerry Shen today announced the pricing and availability of ZenFone 2, ZenFone 2 Deluxe, ZenFone 2 Laser and ZenFone Selfie for users in Brazil. The announcements were made at the iconic Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo, designed by the world-famous architect Oscar Niemeyer |
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Semiconductor Equipment B/B Ratio Bounce to Positive Level of 1.02 (2015.08.21)
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.59 billion in orders worldwide in July 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.02, according to the July EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI |
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HTC Considers Factory Sale in Shanghai (2015.08.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — It is widely circulated that the struggling HTC Corp. is in talks to sell its smartphone manufacturing factory in Shanghai to an unidentified Chinese company to address its mounting financial woes. The company withheld comment on this |
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Innolux to Showcase 65-inch 8K 3D TV Panel in Touch Taiwan 2015 (2015.08.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Innolux Corporation, a Taiwanese TFT LCD Panel manufacturer, will showcase a series of Ultra High-resolution display panels, integrated touchscreen solution, and 65-inch 8K4K 3D TV panel in the “Touch Taiwan 2015”, which to be held on August 26-28 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center |
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Foxconn Invests US$200M in India Online Marketplace, Snapdeal (2015.08.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － FIH Mobile Limited (FIH), a subsidiary of the Hon Hai Group, announced yesterday that through the Singaporean company Wonderful Stars, it will invest US$200 million in Jasper Infotech Pvt and acquire a 4.27% stake in Snapdeal |
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LED Components Market in Japan to Grow at a CAGR of 9.3% (2015.08.20)
According to Research and Markets that the LED components market in Japan to grow at a CAGR of 9.3% during the period 2014-2019.
APAC is the major producer of LED components and is home to the four major manufacturing countries: Japan, Taiwan, China, and South Korea |
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New high temperature adhesives and encapsulants for applications up to +250 °C (2015.08.20)
DELO Industrial Adhesives presents new one-component epoxy resins based on anhydrides with an operating temperature range of -65 °C to +250 °C. They are particularly suitable for bonding or encapsulating sensors and semiconductors |
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Rambus' New DDR4 RDIMM and LRDIMM Chipset (2015.08.20)
Rambus introduced the R+ DDR4 server memory chipset, RB26, for RDIMMs and LRDIMMs, delivering superior performance and capacity for both the enterprise and data center server markets.
The first in a family of R+ chips, the RB26 is an enhanced |
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Quantum Dot Technology May Lead a New Generation of LED Lighting (2015.08.20)
According to a news announcement from Oregon State University(OSU) of Engineering, that the “quantum dots” may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while using less toxic materials and low-cost manufacturing processes that take advantage of simple microwave heating |
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Low-cost 32-Bit MCUs Shipments Surge But Falling Prices (2015.08.20)
Microcontrollers are in the middle of an incredible wave of unit growth, but unprecedented price erosion is keeping a lid on the increase of revenues, according to IC Insights. The market intelligence firm forecasts microcontroller shipments rising 33% in 2015 to 25 |
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Microchip Expands PIC32MX1/2 32-bit MCUs Series for Touch-Sensing and Embedded-Control (2015.08.19)
Microchip Technology announced a new series within its PIC32MX1/2 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) family that features a large 256 KB Flash configuration and 16 KB of RAM in small-footprint packages. These latest additions to this popular MCU family provide flexibility to low-cost applications that need complex algorithms and application code |
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New Ultra-Low-Power ARM Cortex M0+ MCUs (2015.08.19)
Atmel Corporation announced the company has expanded its popular family of secure, ARM Cortex M0+-based MCUs with the SAM L22 series. The new devices offer an ultra-low power capacitive touch with a segment LCD controller that can deliver up to 320 segments, making the devices ideal for low-power applications including thermostats, electric/gas/water meters, home control, medical and access systems |
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Compal More Likely Than Wistron to Generate Earnings Growth in Apple’s Supply Chain (2015.08.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Compal Electronics Inc. said on August 18 it expects tablets and televisions to be its main growth drivers in this quarter, while notebooks and handsets come in second. However, as the company become an assembler of iPad, which is also a plus |
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Chile Announces Acer as Official Notebook for “Connected for Learning” Program (2015.08.19)
Acer America has announced that its Aspire E Series notebooks have been selected by the Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas (JUNAEB) in collaboration with the Chile Education Ministry to be the sole provider of notebooks for “Connected for Learning” this year |
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China Is the Fastest-Growing Small-Customer ICs Market (2015.08.19)
According to Gartner, startups and small electronics companies spent US$78.3 billion on semiconductors in 2014, representing 23 percent of the total semiconductor market.
Gartner noted that semiconductor companies need to diversify their sales strategy to focus on the large number of smaller organizations that offer fast and stable growth, rather than relying on big deals from large customers that are in a constant state of flux |
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ASMedia’s USB 3.1 Host Controller Chip Certificated by USB-IF (2015.08.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － ASMedia’s USB 3.1 Host Controller chip ASM1352R has certificated by USB-IF, which make it to be the world’s first USB-IF licensed USB 3.1 Host Controller chip.,
ASMedia Technology, a Taiwanese USB3.0 PCIE bridge and Switch IC provider, stressed that ASM1352R is an USB Host Controller chip specially designed for bridging USB 3 |
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Intel to Release Super SSDs in 2016 (2015.08.19)
Intel announced in the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) that the company scheduled to release a new SSDs line which is based on the 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology beginning in 2016.
The newsly SSDs line will use Intel Optane technology, which is based on the revolutionary 3D XPoint non-volatile memory media and combined with the company's advanced system memory controller, interface hardware and software IP |
