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Renesas Extends Bluetooth 5.0 Connectivity to RA Family of 32-Bit MCUs with Arm Cortex-M Core (2020.05.09)
Renesas Electronics introduced the first RA microcontroller (MCU) with an integrated Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy radio. The single-chip RA4W1 MCU includes a 48 MHz, 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 core and Bluetooth 5.0 core delivered in a 56-pin QFN package |
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TUV Rheinland Provides Local Certification for Sigfox Monarch (2020.05.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - There has been an explosion in sensor and transmission technologies due to Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. Sigfox, developed in France, has become a star wireless transmission technology and network application |
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Keysight Establishes New Testing Lab in Malaysia (2020.05.07)
Keysight Technologies has opened a new Regulatory Test Laboratory in Penang, Malaysia to deliver accredited electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing services for manufacturers of electronic devices and mission-critical industries across wireless communications |
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HiSilicon First China-Based Semi Supplier to be Ranked in Top-10 (2020.05.07)
The top-10 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O S D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1Q20. It includes six suppliers headquartered in the U.S., two in South Korea, and one each in Taiwan and China. The ranking includes four fabless companies (Broadcom, Qualcomm, Nvidia, and HiSilicon) and one pure-play foundry (TSMC) |
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AUO to Demerge General Display and Public Information Display Business (2020.05.07)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) announces that in order to advance the Company's value transformation strategy, AUO’s Board of Directors resolved yesterday to demerge AUO’s General Display and Public Information Display businesses to Da Qing Corporation (Da Qing), an entity wholly owned by AUO |
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SkyTraq Launches Small Multi-Band RTK Receiver (2020.05.07)
SkyTraq announced a 12mm x 16mm size PX1122R multi-band RTK receiver for centimeter-level accuracy positioning applications. It works with GPS/QZSS L1/L2C, Galileo E1/E5b, GLONASS L1/L2, and Beidou B1I/B2I signals concurrently |
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Virus Crisis Hits Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes (2020.05.06)
When 2020 began, global conditions pointed to single-digit percentage market growth this year for optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors (known collectively as O-S-D devices), but the outlook suddenly deteriorated in the first quarter due to the worldwide outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus |
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Renesas Introduces JEDEC-Compliant Precision Temperature Sensor for DDR5 Memory Modules (2020.05.06)
Renesas Electronics announced a new precision temperature sensor, the TS5111, targeting DDR5 memory modules as well as a host of other applications such as solid-state disks (SSDs), computing motherboards, and communications equipment that require accurate, real-time temperature monitoring |
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Faraday’s SoCreative!V Platform Accelerates SoC Development in Edge Applications (2020.05.06)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Faraday Technology announced its SoCreative!V SoC development platform based upon Faraday’s A500 SoC in UMC’s 28HPC process. The platform features an ARM Cortex-A53 Quad core with up to 1.4GHz clock rate; delivering an all-in-one solution with multiple |
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AAEON SD-WAN Solutions Powering Work-From-Home to Keep Business Running (2020.05.05)
The current COVID-19 pandemic situation has forced many companies to turn to conducting business remotely, with many employees working from home. AAEON, a major hardware manufacturer of network computing platforms and uCPE white box solutions, is providing stable, secure network solutions to power work from home with SD-WAN technology |
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New Vishay Intertechnology Wireless Charging Coils Offer Direct Replacements for EOL Devices (2020.05.04)
Vishay Intertechnology introduced new powdered iron based, WPC-compliant (Wireless Power Consortium) wireless charging coils that offer direct replacements for devices for which end-of-life (EOL) was announced in 2017. Offering a durable construction and high permeability shielding, the Vishay Dale receiver and transmitter coils provide high efficiency in a variety of industry-standard sizes |
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Semiconductor Downturn to Continue Into 2020 Due to COVID-19 Impact (2020.05.04)
Ahead of the COVID-19 virus, worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 12.2% in 2019 to $418 billion, according to the latest update of the IDC Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF). The global economy in 2019 grew at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in 2008, and US-China trade disputes grounded semiconductor sentiment and demand |
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Smartphone Production to Drop by 16.5% YoY in 2Q20, Setting Historical Record (2020.05.03)
According to the latest investigations by TrendForce, the global spread of COVID-19 in 2020 has brought about the greatest magnitude of declines in the smartphone market in recent years. Global smartphone production for 1Q20 fell by 10% YoY to around 280 million units |
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Taiwan-Thailand Medical Technology Collaborating Center to Ease the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020.05.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has been promoting the New Southbound Policy and funding local institutions to establish “Science and Technology Innovation Center (STIC).” MOST subsidized Pingtung Christian Hospital to establish the Taiwan-Thailand Medical Tech |
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Synopsys Introduces Its New 3DIC Compiler Soultion (2020.05.03)
Synopsys introduced its 3DIC Compiler platform to transform the design and integration of complex 2.5 and 3D multi-die system in a package. It provides an unprecedented fully integrated, high-performance, and easy-to-use environment, offering architectural exploration, design, implementation, and signoff with signal, power, and thermal integrity optimizations, all in one solution |
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Keysight Launches New 5G Core Network Test Solution - LoadCore (2020.04.29)
Keysight Technologies announced LoadCore 5G Core (5GC) Testing software – and China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) has selected LoadCore to validate performance using 5GC network equipment provided by major infrastructure vendors |
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Total Foundry Revenue to Undergo Single-Digit Growth in 2020, Owing to COVID-19 (2020.04.29)
According to the latest investigations by TrendForce, if the COVID-19 pandemic were to cause a break in the semiconductor supply chain, the industry would then be confronted with operational difficulties; the pandemic-induced decline in commercial and social activities may also potentially push back or even lower the traditional strong seasonality, thus affecting the foundry industry’s magnitude of revenue growth in 2020 |
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AAEON BOXER-8120AI: AI Monitoring for Fever and PPE Compliance (2020.04.28)
In light of the ongoing pandemic, nations around the world are putting into place various practices to help curtail the spread of COVID-19. One common rule among these is the requirement to wear masks or personal protective equipment (PPE) out in public, as well as barring anyone with a fever |
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HOLTEK New HT45F0058 Induction Cooker MCU (2020.04.27)
With a focus in the induction cooker application area, Holtek announces the release of its new induction cooker MCU, the HT45F0058. The device includes an internal hardware frequency jittering function, which can effectively reduce the IGBT VCE voltage and therefore reduce any generated electromagnetic interference (EMI) when the induction cooker operates in a high power condition |
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MOST and SmartLabs Cooperate Together to Fight COVID-19 (2020.04.27)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) cooperates with SmartLabs to kick-off the “SmartLabs Global Launch” program. SmartLabs is an international biomedical accelerator based on the Taiwan Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park |
