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Wideband 2GHz to 14GHz Mixer with Frequency Doubler (2015.08.13)
Linear Technology announces the LTC5549, a double-balanced mixer that can operate either as an upconverter or downconverter, with a very wide RF frequency range from 2GHz to 14GHz. The LTC5549 offers exceptionally high linearity of 24 |
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Broadband CPE Shipments to Reach 153.6M with 12% Increase in Fiber-optic Devices (2015.08.13)
According to ABI Research, worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments are expected to reach 153.6 million by the end of 2015.
“Fiber-optic broadband CPE device shipments are expected to increase 12% in 2015 although DSL and cable CPE device markets are likely to see a slight decline in total shipments,” comments Jake Saunders, VP and Practice Director |
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Technavio: Electric Bus Market in China to Grow Nearly 30% CAGR From 2015-2019 (2015.08.13)
Technavio has published a new report on the electric bus market in China, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 30% from 2015-2019.
According to the new report by Technavio, the increasing need to reduce vehicle emissions is one of the major factors driving the global electric bus market |
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IHS: AMOLED Industry Shifting From Rigid to Flexible (2015.08.13)
According to the IHS report, the paradigm of small- and medium-sized panel makers are rapidly shifting from rigid OLED panels to flexible AMOLED panels. This is driven by a rapid fall in low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) LCD prices from the first half of 2014 and thus weak price competiveness of small- and medium-sized AMOLED panels |
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20 Year Anniversary + 40,000 Visitors at SEMICON Taiwan 2015 (2015.08.13)
TAIPAI, Taiwan ─ Celebrating its 20th anniversary, SEMICON Taiwan 2015 (2-4 September) highlights opportunity, innovation, and sustainability to inspire the next big idea. SEMICON Taiwan 2015 will be the largest ever ─ with over 700 exhibitors occupying more than 1,400 booths and attracting more than 40,000 visitors |
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Sales of CMOS Image Sensors to Hit Record-high Levels Each Year Through 2019 (2015.08.13)
After leveling off in the second half of the last decade, CMOS image sensors are in the midst of a strong new wave of growth, which is being driven by a broad range of applications and promises to lift worldwide sales to record-high levels each year through 2019, according to the IC Insights |
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ASUS Hands with Foxconn on India Smartphone Market (2015.08.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Asus confirmed yesterday that the company has contracted with Foxconn to produce smartphone in India and the first shipment of Zenfone which made in India will be released on August.
Asus CEO Jerry Shen confirmed that Asus and Foxconn have signed the OEM contract to produce ZenFone 2 which equipped with Qualcomm processor chip in India, and the production capacity will be 200,000 per month at early stage |
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24-bit Delta Sigma A/D and LCD Flash MCU (2015.08.12)
Holtek announces the release of its new 24-bit Delta Sigma A/D with LCD Flash MCU, the HT67F5660. The internal Delta Sigma A/D converter has an effective number of bits (ENOB) of up to 18 bits and with its abundant hardware resources and flexible functions |
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Imec Extends Its GaN-on-Si R&D Program, Welcomes New Partners to Join (2015.08.12)
imec, world-leading nano-electronics research center, announced today that it is extending its Gallium Nitride-on-Silicon (GaN-on-Si) R&D program, and is now offering joint research on GaN-on-Si 200mm epitaxy and enhancement mode device technology |
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Taiwan to Approve 12-inch TSMC Fab in Mainland China (2015.08.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News media reports, the Ministry of Economic Affairs will as soon as next week announce new procedures for 12-inch wafer manufacturers to invest in Mainland China. This will enable Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to establish 12-inch wafer fab in Mainland China with “sole proprietorship |
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Taiwanese IP Camera Shipment Volume Tops 2.33 Million Units in 1H 2015, Up 14.9% YoY (2015.08.12)
The global IP camera market is projected to grow flourishingly in 2015. Two factors however dragged Taiwanese IP camera makers' shipment performance in the first half of 2015.
The first factor is Chinese players' aggressive move into overseas markets and abundant resources for product R&D |
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TrendForce: Global DRAM Industry Revenue Fell 4.8% in Q2 (2015.08.12)
DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, reports the global DRAM industry revenue reached US$11.4 billion in the second quarter, down by 4.8% from the previous quarter. Industry revenue fell despite bit supply growth due to an about 10% quarterly decline in the average contract price |
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Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov Visits Lextar Headquarter in Taipei (2015.08.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Lextar today held a very special Tech Talk －Graphene Tech Talk event, and had Sir Konstantin Novoselov, the Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2010, to be the lecturer.
Sir Novoselov gave a talk about Graphene, introducing its characteristic and its future applications |
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Avago and Broadcom Announce Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period (2015.08.11)
Avago Technologies and Broadcom Corporation today announced the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the "HSR Act"), as amended, has expired with regard to their previously announced transaction |
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Rafael Microelectronics Ranks Global Top Three TV Silicon Tuner supplier (2015.08.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Rafael Microelectronics announced today that in 2014 the company has shipped more than forty million Hybrid Silicon Tuners, accounted global market share of 22%, ranked the world's top three suppliers of silicon tuner |
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Calin’s Curved HUD Glass to be Shipped at the End of This Year (2015.08.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Calin Technology, a Taiwanese high-precision optical lens and components manufacturer, said that its curved glass of automotive head-up display (HUD) is on the progress of certification and the mass production which will be shipped at the end of this year |
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Industry First 256GB, 3D V-NAND Flash Memory (2015.08.11)
Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 256-gigabit (Gb), three-dimensional (3D) Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory based on 48 layers of 3-bit multi-level-cell (MLC) arrays for use in solid state drives (SSDs) |
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2-pin, Self-Powered Serial EEPROM Targeting the IoT, Battery, Consumable and Cable Identification Ma (2015.08.11)
Atmel Corporation launched the industry’s most innovative Single-Wire EEPROM with only two-pins—a data pin and ground pin for operation—making the new family ideal for the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, consumable, battery and cable identification markets |
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Stanford, NVIDIA Cooperate on More Immersive VR Display (2015.08.11)
NVIDIA announced that the company is collaborating with Stanford University to demonstrate a new technology at this week’s SIGGRAPH graphics conference that makes VR more natural and comfortable.
NVIDIA said, the basic principle of VR remains the same as when Sir Charles Wheatsone invented the first stereoscopic headset in 1838 |
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Lowest Jitter Network Synchronizer Clock (2015.08.11)
Silicon Labs introduced the industry’s highest-performance, most cost-effective packet network synchronizer clock. The new Si5348 clock IC combines best-in-class jitter performance with the industry’s smallest footprint and lowest power in a highly integrated, standards-compliant solution |
The highly integrated chipset, but only in recent years happened, if the CPU is the brain of the computer, Chipsets can be regarded as the heart of the computer.