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Financial Services Sector to Benefit from Southeast Asia and Taiwan 4.3% GDP Growth Amidst COVID-19 (2020.04.27)
Despite the numerous economic challenges the region is facing in 2020, the digital financial services industry is in an extremely strong position to offer highly relevant products which sufficiently meets the social and physical restrictions enforced on most of the population |
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IC Unit Shipments Forecast to Display First-Ever Back-to-Back Decline (2020.04.23)
IC Insights forecasts that worldwide IC unit shipments will register their first-ever back-to-back annual decline in 2020.
From 2013 through 2018, IC unit shipments were on a respectable growth path with an 8% increase logged in 2013, a 9% jump registered in 2014, a 5% increase displayed in 2015, a 7% increase shown in 2016, a double-digit growth rate of 15% in 2017, and a 10% increase in 2018 |
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Competition in NAND Flash Market to Intensify in 2021 as YMTC Unveils 128L Products on Schedule (2020.04.22)
According to the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, Chinese NAND Flash manufacturer YMTC submitted samples of its 128L 3D NAND products to storage controller chip suppliers in 1Q20. The company is aiming to begin wafer input in 3Q20 and start mass production by the end of the year |
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SiPearl Signs a Major Licensing Agreement with Arm for Its First-gen of Microprocessors (2020.04.22)
SiPearl, the company that is designing the high-performance, low-power microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, has signed a major technological licensing agreement with Arm, the global semiconductor IP provider |
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Machine Vision key for Industry 4.0 Growth in Asia-Pacific, Says GlobalData (2020.04.22)
The outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) could prove to be an important catalyst in the adoption of Industry 4.0 initiatives and machine vision in the Asia-Pacific region, as manufacturers strive to resume production. With Asia being the world’s hub of manufacturing, machine vision will see a strong growth in the region over the next five years, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company |
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HOLTEK New BS83B04L Ultra-Low Power I/O Touch MCU (2020.04.22)
Holtek announced the release of a new generation ultra-low power I/O Touch Flash MCU, the BS83B04L. This device has the special characteristic of ultra-low power having a single touch key standby current of less than 150nA at a voltage of 3V/25℃ |
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AAEON Unveils AI and Edge Computing Solutions Powered by NVIDIA (2020.04.22)
AAEON announced it is unveiling several new rugged embedded platforms—augmenting an already extensive lineup of AAEON AI edge-computing solutions powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform.
The new AAEON products provide key interfaces needed for edge computing in a small form factor, making it easier to build applications for all levels of users, from makers to more advanced developers for deployments in the field |
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AUO Teams Up with PlayNitride to Develop High Resolution Flexible Micro LED Display Technology (2020.04.21)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – AU Optronics Corp. has consistently invested in the research and development of next-generation advanced display technologies, strengthened its competitive edge, and partnered with PlayNitride Inc. to announce the world’s leading high resolution flexible micro LED display technology |
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Faraday Releases Licensable Gigabit Ethernet PHY on UMC 40LP Platform (2020.04.21)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Faraday Technology and United Microelectronics Corporation today announced that Faraday’s Gigabit Ethernet PHY IP is now licensable on UMC’s 40LP process. This silicon-proven Gigabit Ethernet solution is designed to meet the increasing SoC integration demands for Ethernet-enabled devices and industrial automation systems with shorter lead time |
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International Virtual Forum on COVID-19, Sharing Taiwan's Success Story (2020.04.21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - At present, many countries in the world are slowing down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, Taiwan continues to be one of the few that has successfully curbed the spread of the virus, all the while allowing its citizens to maintain their normal lives |
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Renesas Electronics Creates Open-Source Ventilator System Reference Design to Fight COVID-19 Pandemi (2020.04.19)
Renesas Electronics introduced a new open-source ventilator system reference design that customers can use to swiftly design ready-to-assemble boards for medical ventilators. Many regions are experiencing a critical shortage of ventilators as COVID-19 infections continue to rise and hospital demand exceeds supply |
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Global Semiconductor Capex Forecast to Drop 3% Again This Year (2020.04.19)
Using its “baseline” assumptions shown in the soon-to-be-released April Update to the 2020 edition of The McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of the Integrated Circuit Industry (MR20), IC Insights is not lowering its current -3% 2020 semiconductor industry capital spending forecast due to the Covid-19 outbreak |
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Covid-19 Underscores Need for Contact Center Resilency, Says GlobalData (2020.04.19)
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has created many operational issues for businesses across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. While many B2C businesses across sectors such as retail, tourism, and transportation are struggling to stay afloat, they cannot ignore their customers during the crisis |
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Kioxia Announces Launch of New Brand Consumer Product Portfolio (2020.04.15)
Kioxia Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of “KIOXIA” branded consumer products, including microSD/SD memory cards, USB memory and SSDs. Kioxia and its group companies started to operate under its new company name on October 1st, 2019 |
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TYAN Delivers Performance Boost to HPC and Storage Servers with New AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processors (2020.04.15)
TYAN announced support for high frequency AMD EPYC 7F32, AMD EPYC 7F52 and AMD EPYC 7F72 processor-based server motherboards and server systems to the market. TYAN's HPC and storage server platforms continue to offer exceptional performance to datacenter customers |
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COVID-19: A Great EtherCAT Slave IC Solution for Smart Factory (2020.04.15)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – The COVID-19 pneumonia epidemic has brought a huge impact on the global manufacturing industry, but it has also given global manufacturers a new opportunity to accelerate the development of smart factory industrial automation applications |
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COVID-19 Impact on Global Semiconductor Production to be Moderate but Severe on IDMs: MIC (2020.04.14)
MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a government think tank and IT research institute in Taiwan, has foreseen a moderate impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the production of the global semiconductor industry. However, if COVID-19 lingers longer than expected, the industry will eventually be affected by the decrease in consumer market demand, says MIC |
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STMicroelectronics Reveals Innovative Synchronous-Rectification Controller (2020.04.14)
The STMicroelectronics SRK1001 secondary-side synchronous-rectification controller introduces adaptive features that cut bill-of-materials costs, minimize circuit size, and simplify the design of power adapters, chargers, USB Power Delivery outlets, and lighting power supplies based on flyback topologies |
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AAEON GENE-APL7: Powering the Tools for Vaccine Research (2020.04.14)
As the number of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) cases continue to increase daily, medical researchers are working tirelessly to develop treatments and a vaccine. In the United States, where the number cases have exceeded 560,000, biotech developers are deploying blood and virus testing devices to help in this vital task |
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Pandemic-Induced Decline in Large-Size DDI Demand Temporarily Halts Tight Supply Issues (2020.04.13)
According to the latest investigations by the WitsView research division of TrendForce, disappointing 1Q20 shipment performances by panel manufacturers, combined with the continued acceleration of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the U |
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