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Global Broadband Growth Slows Sharply: 4 Billion Still Offline (2015.09.22)
Broadband Internet is failing to reach those who could benefit most, with Internet access reaching near-saturation in the world’s rich nations but not advancing fast enough to benefit the billions of people living in the developing world, according to the 2015 edition of the State of Broadband report |
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Self-Service Systems for Transport Terminals (2015.09.21)
Advantech announced the launch of ITA-1611 and ITA-1711, industrial-grade platforms equipped with the latest Intel Celeron J1900 processor and designed to serve as automatic ticket vending machines and self-service systems at transport terminals |
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E Ink, RIMOWA Launch Electronic Paper Equipped Smart Suitcases (2015.09.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - E Ink has found a new application of its Electronic Paper Displays, the smart suitcases. The product combines Bluetooth technology and software App, can reduce the use of baggage tags, while improving baggage drop-off times |
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Amazon Adopts MediaTek’s Chips in its new Android Fire TV and Fire Tablets (2015.09.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek Inc., the world’s fifth-largest chip designer, announced on September 20 that Amazon.com has adopted its cutting-edge single chips for its new Android Fire TV and Fire tablets. Therefore, this deal deepens MediaTek’s partnership with Amazon |
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Delta Provides Photovoltaic Inverters to Largest Solar Power Plant in Namibia (2015.09.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Delta announced today it has provided M50A series photovoltaic (PV) inverters with industry-leading efficiency of up to 98.6% to the Obmuru Solar Photovoltaic Park, the largest solar power plant in Namibia with 4 |
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The End of GPS-only Modules (2015.09.21)
In the past, the only satellite system available globally was GPS (operated by the United States), and any GPS receivers or modules had to rely on their satellites to function.
This has changed in recent years, as other satellite navigation systems have begun to operate (or semi-operate) to compete with GPS |
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Global PC System Shipment Decline to Soften in 2016 (2015.09.21)
Of the total global IT systems, desktop PC and server will be the only two sectors to witness year-on-year shipment growth in 2016, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a government-backed ICT research institute in Taiwan |
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Panel Makers to Have Challenges Staying Profitable in Q4, TrendForce Says (2015.09.21)
Prices of TV panels continue to drop and are approaching to the products’ cash costs, the pressure relating to business operation is going to multiply for panel makers as they go into the fourth quarter, according to the latest report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce |
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DRAM Module Prices Would Bounce Back (2015.09.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily, DRAM price is going to steady due to the decrease of inventory and capacity. China and western countries are entering to supplementary season that will further lift up the DRAM module price |
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Taiwan LCD Makers Lay Off in Response to Tightening Economy (2015.09.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Recently, the display panel market has been sluggish and has even begun to shrink. Two major Taiwanese display panel manufacturers, Innolux and AU Optronics Corporation (AUO), have begun to streamline their workforce |
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IC Market for Personal Computing Devices Forecast to Decline in 2015 (2015.09.19)
According to IC Insights that tablet growth lost significant momentum in 2014 and then nearly stalled out in the first half of 2015 due to the rise in popularity of large-screen smartphones and the lack of interest in new tablets that do not add enough features or capabilities to convince existing users to buy replacements |
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Micron Establishes $0.2M SGD Endowment at Singapore's University (2015.09.18)
The Micron Technology Foundation today announced the establishment of a $206,000 SGD endowment to support and groom engineering students from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). With matching funds from the Singapore government, the core endowment will total $500,000 |
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Real-Time Wireless Power Transfer Test Software (2015.09.18)
Keysight Technologies introduced a wireless power transfer analysis option for its E5072A, E5061B, and E5063A ENA series network analyzers. With this software option, the ENA Series network analyzers are now able to effectively address the needs of emerging wireless power transfer (WPT) markets |
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ASE Has Acquired Over 5% Shares of SPIL (2015.09.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ASE was not giving up its acquisition plan of the SPIL. The company said today that it has acquired more than 5% of SPIL outstanding shares, which means the acquisition has been officially established.
According to the ASE’s plan, the tender offer will end on the Sept |
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Innovative Technology Projects Show at TAF till Dec. (2015.09.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The concept of innovation and entrepreneurship have gone viral globally, the “Technology, Happiness on the way Innovative Technology Projects@TAF” is arranged by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and presented by 13 local research firms is being held at Taiwan Air Force (TAF) in an attempt to demonstrate how the technology makes lifes more convenient |
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South Korea Signs TD-LTE Cooperation Agreement with China Mobile and ZTE (2015.09.18)
ZTE announced the signing of a cooperation agreement on TD-LTE technology with China Mobile Research Institute and South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP).
The tripartite Memorandum of Understanding will cover in-depth cooperation on technologies including TDD/FDD data roaming and VoLTE, addressing possible interconnection and interoperability issues as TD-LTE networks are constructed in South Korea |
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Intel Capital Makes Investments in Eight Chinese Companies (2015.09.18)
Intel Capital today announced $67 million of investments in eight Chinese technology companies, including 99cloud, Bluebank, Hampoo, Ninebot, Nuovo Film, PraFly, AWcloud, and TELINK.
Intel is celebrating its 30th anniversary in China and demonstrating its long-term commitment to fostering Chinese technology innovation and accelerating China Technology Ecosystem (CTE) development |
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Synopsys Successfully Tapes Out Broad IP Portfolio for TSMC 10-nm FinFET Process (2015.09.18)
Synopsys today announced the successful tape-out of a broad portfolio of DesignWare Interface and Foundation IP on TSMC's 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process, reducing risk for designers who want to take advantage of the power, area and performance improvements offered by the process |
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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 |
The ACPI specification enables the operating system, the central processing unit and peripheral equipment to integrate and exchange power usage message, simple and more effective co-management power.