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TrendForce: Demands for Smart Robots to Soar as Global Labor Pool Shrinks (2015.06.23)
The soaring manufacturing costs in China are driving the country’s demands for industrial robots. Presently, manufacturing costs in China are not only higher than Southeast Asia, South Asia and Eastern Europe, but they are also catching up to the United States’ as well |
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Foxconn, SoftBank and Bharti Teams for Eco-Energy in India (2015.06.23)
Taiwanese design and manufacturing services provider Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn), Japanese telecom and Internet major SoftBank, and Indian business conglomerate Bharti Enterprises Limited (Bharti), came together with plans to form a joint venture, SBG Cleantech Limited (SBG Cleantech) to promote the adoption of clean and safe energy in India |
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System in Package to Be the Main Growth Momentum of ASE (2015.06.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwanese chip packaging company Advanced Semiconductor Engineering(ASE) Group, said today that the ASE remains growth on schedule quarter by quarter, System in Package(SiP) will be the main growth momentum, by the fourth quarter of this year is expected to account for 30% of revenue |
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Taiwan Sets up Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center in Silicon Valley (2015.06.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In order to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) announced the opening of the Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC-Taiwan) in Santa Clara in California on June 19 |
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Industry’s First Chromebase AIO Desktop With Touch (2015.06.23)
Acer America has announced the expansion of its Chrome OS line in the United States to include the Acer Chromebase DC221HQ series. Featuring two models, one with touch and another without, both Acer Chromebase configurations are ideal for customers wanting simplicity, security and speed in an affordable and space-saving form factor |
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Imec expands strategic partnership with Toshiba and SanDisk (2015.06.23)
Nanoelectronics research center imec, announced today at the Imec Technology Forum 2015 (Brussels) that Toshiba Corporation, SanDisk Corporation and imec have expanded their strategic partnership with Toshiba and SanDisk joining imec’s industrial affiliation program on advanced patterning |
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Leading TV Brands More Reliant on Chinese Manufacturers in 2015 (2015.06.23)
According to IHS Inc., TVs made by outsourcing specialists are expected to reach an industry record of 43 percent of LCD TVs shipped globally in 2015. Outsourcing manufacturing has become one of the most important business strategies for TV brands, because it can improve supply-chain cost management and increase time-to-market business opportunities |
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Synopsys Collaborates with Taiwanese Universities to Establish Joint Design Labs for IoT (2015.06.22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ Synopsys today announced its cooperation with National Taiwan University (NTU), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) to establish joint advanced design labs for Internet of Things (IoT) applications at the aforementioned schools |
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Gintech Energy to Build 350MW Cell Capacity in Thailand (2015.06.22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Gintech Energy Co., a photovoltaic (PV) developer, held its investor conference on June 22, and announced that it has set up Gintech (Thailand), a subsidiary under Gintech Energy, to establish 350MW of cell production capacity in Thailand |
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N3150NH – A Mini-ATX Board with Embedded Value (2015.06.22)
BIOSTAR is offering the N3150NH motherboard with the on-board Intel N3150 1.6G Quad-core processor, using a Mini-ATX form factor with a size of 17x17cm, builders are able to make creative designs for many different uses that fit into small enclosures |
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Taiwanese NB OEMs Begin Preparations for Win 10 Shipments (2015.06.22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to Taiwan's Economic Daily News, Microsoft's new generation operating system, Windows 10, is expected to formally hit the market on July 29. Taiwanese notebook OEM manufacturers, including Compal Electronics, Quanta, Inventec, and Wistron, have all received brand new customer orders, and will begin sending out shipments in July |
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Everlight and Epistar Cooperate in IR LED Products (2015.06.22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to Taiwan media reports, Taiwan LED maker Everlight has partnered with Epistar, to develop infrared application, ready to enter the automotive market.
Electromagnetic wavelengths of the infrared LED is between microwave and visible light with a wavelength of 760 nanometers (nm) to 1 millimeter (mm), a non-visible light with longer wavelength than red light |
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Bluetooth with on-chip NFC for Touch-to-Pair (2015.06.22)
Nordic Semiconductor announces that it is sampling the first member of its next generation nRF52 Series of ultra low power wireless solutions – the nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC). The nRF52832 redefines the single-chip Bluetooth Smart category by marrying barrier-breaking performance to power efficiency |
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Synopsys and UMC Expand 14-nm FinFET Collaboration (2015.06.22)
Synopsy and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) today announced an expanded collaboration to include Synopsys DesignWare Embedded Memory IP and the DesignWare STAR Memory System test and repair solution on UMC's second 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process qualification vehicle (PQV) |
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Jack Ma: Robots Play an Indispensable Role in our Life in 30 Years (2015.06.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba Group, stated that robots play an indispensable role in our life in 30 years from now, and the industry will grow in numbers from now.
Jack Ma attended SoftBank’s latest humanoid robot Pepper press conference in Japan on June 18 |
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IC Manufacturers Close or Repurpose 83 Wafer Fabs from 2009-2014 (2015.06.17)
According to IC Insights’ Global Wafer Capacity 2015-2019 report, Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older capacity (i.e., ≤200mm wafers) in order to produce devices more cost-effectively on larger wafers |
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Sony's Fully Automated Spectral Cell Analyzer (2015.06.17)
Sony Corporation announced the launch of its SA3800 spectral cell analyzer, a new flow cytometer equipped with a newly developed autosampler that features 3-dimensional drive (X, Y, Z axes). The SA3800 combines ease of operation with full automation, and its autosampler delivers high-speed analysis and processing performance |
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Imec to Present Successors to FinFET for 7nm and Beyond (2015.06.17)
At this week’s VLSI 2015 Symposium in Kyoto (Japan), imec reported new results on nanowire FETs and quantum-well FinFETs towards post-FinFET multi-gate device solutions.
As the major portion of the industry adopts FinFETs as the workhorse transistor for 16nm and 14nm, researchers worldwide are looking into the limits of FinFETs and potential device solutions for the 7nm node and beyond |
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Pegatron Expands Recruitment of Chinese Manufacturing Laborers (2015.06.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ Pegatron General Director Tong Zi-xian at a shareholders’ meeting stated that due to pressures making shipments during the second half of this year, which includes the traditional high season as well as new client products for the second half of the year, Pegatron is currently hiring personnel for their Chinese factories |
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Foxconn, Softbank to Open Robot Joint Venture (2015.06.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Foxconn Technology Group and Japan’s telecom services supplier Softbank Corp. are planning to set up a joint venture to produce humanoid robots, according to Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on front page on June 17 |
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