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39% of 2014 Chinese LED Package Market Went to General Lighting Sector (2015.07.23) According to the LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, the scale of the Chinese LED package market grew 19% year on year to US$8.6 billion in 2014, The growth of the Chinese LED package market will slow down in the next few years as LED prices continue to fall |
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High-Precision Battery Fuel Gauge IC (2015.07.23) Renesas Electronics announced its new lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery fuel gauge IC, the RAJ240500, designed to extend battery life for connected mobile devices such as tablets, notebook PCs and smartphones.
Leveraging its extensive design expertise in fuel gauge and charging ICs for mobile devices |
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Company Positioning is Crucial in Realizing Industry 4.0: Advantech (2015.07.23) TAIPEI, Taiwan — The so-called “WebAccess+ Solutions” are Advantech’s solutions of industrial automation. However, Albert Huang, Vice President at Industrial Automation Group of the company said that company positioning is crucial in realizing industrial automation or industry 4 |
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Robust Multipurpose Railway PC Bolster Video Analytics and Passenger Infotainment (2015.07.23) NEXCOM's robust railway computers, VTC 7220-R series, are compact yet powerful in enhancing passenger safety and amusement. The Intel Core i7-4650U processor, maximum 4TB storage support, plus EN 50155 certification allow the computers reliably to stream and store 24/7 surveillance footage or on-demand entertainment in HD |
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Acer’s Chrombook Booming in Educational Market (2015.07.23) TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to Economic Daily, Acer’s Chrombook is leading the market continuously, especially the booming educational market. This year, the shipment of Acer’s Chrombook in Taiwan will be more than 10,000 units, which is five times than last year |
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ROHM Acquires Digital Power IC Firm “Powervation” (2015.07.23) ROHM announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Powervation Ltd., a privately held digital power IC company that develops Digital Power Management system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for approximately $70M, in an all-cash transaction |
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Keysight Collaborates with NTT DOCOMO on 5G Wireless Communication Systems (2015.07.23) Keysight Technologies today announced its collaboration with NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan's largest mobile service provider, on development of next-generation 5G wireless communication systems.
Keysight will actively support the 5G research programs led by NTT DOCOMO, and provide test and measurement solutions and expertise for next-generation 5G wireless communication systems |
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Billion Electric to Support the Indonesia’s National Broadband Expansion Plans (2015.07.22) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Billion Electric aims to launch its comprehensive portfolios of mobile and broadband networking (xDSL, Fiber, 3G/4G LTE, M2M) equipment to support the Indonesia's broadband infrastructure plan.
Targeting the Indonesian wireless ISPs, Telcos, system integrators, channel partners, Billion launches a variety of networking solutions with extensive features for the enterprise, industrial, and home users |
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VIA Labs: Not Every USB 3.1 Has 10G Transfer Rate (2015.07.22) TAIPEI, Taiwan — VIA Labs, Inc., is a supplier of SuperSpeed USB Silicon and is a wholly owned subsidiary of leading technology platform provider, VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA Labs is listed as a contributor of USB Type-C and power design (PD), which is one of a select few to achieve USB-IF certification |
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NEXCOM's Digital Signage Players Enrich Shopping Experience in Hungarian Telcos (2015.07.22) NEXCOM said today that Hungarian telecom stores deploy 600 digital signage players from NEXCOM to enrich the shopping experience and simplify display management.
As competitions from physical and online stores heat up, the Hungarian telecom company seeks to increase more customer visits and dwell time with bombarding adverting infomercials and personalized in-store experience |
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Worldwide Mobile Data to Grow 59% in 2015 (2015.07.22) Global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 percent from 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. The rapid growth is set to continue through 2018, when mobile data levels are estimated to reach 173 million TB |
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Gaming Router Turn Smartphone into a Universal Remote Controller (2015.07.22) ASRock Gaming’s G10 is the combination of the internet of things and a powerful router. It learns the infrared signals of TV remote, and assigns it to smart phone with the ASRock Router APP, which is soon arriving to both Google Play and App Store |
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16- and 32-Megabit Advanced Low Power SRAMs (2015.07.22) Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the release of two new series of Advanced Low Power SRAM (Advanced LP SRAM), the low-power-consumption SRAM, designed to provide enhanced reliability and longer backup battery life for applications such as factory automation (FA), industrial equipment, and the smart grid |
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Taiwanese Firms to Enter the Supply Chain of Nintendo’s Next-Gen Game Console “NX” (2015.07.22) TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to industry rumors, trial production of Nintendo’s next-generation home gaming host (code number NX) will begin in October of this year, and Taiwanese semiconductor companies, such as Macronix, Foxconn, Pixart Imaging, and ASE, are likely to become its supply chain providers |
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Sony Mobile and ZMP to Establish Joint Venture for Enterprise Drone Solutions (2015.07.22) Sony Mobile Communications and ZMP have agreed to collaborate on the development and launch of enterprise solutions using autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles for image capture combined with cloud-based data processing. Sony Mobile and ZMP will jointly found “Aerosense Inc |
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Samsung Foundry to Add 10nm FinFET to Its Process Roadmap (2015.07.22) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Samsung Electronics announced yesterday that they are going to add 10nm to their foundry process roadmap with mass production scheduled from late 2016.
Hong Hao, Samsung Foundry senior vice president, discussed adding 10nm to their foundry process roadmap at annual press event |
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TrendForce: Panel Prices Continue to Fall in July (2015.07.21) According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, panel prices are starting to drop in face of two kinds of pressure – increasing price negotiations and rising channel inventories, prices for panels of all sizes to drop very soon |
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Magna Electronics Owns 3 out of the Top 10 Most Important Telematics Patents (2015.07.21) With the development of ICT and control system technologies, telematics has become a vital part of IoT (Internet of Things) architecture. By integrating GPS (Global Positioning Service) technology and transport infrastructure for various transport purposes, telematics aims to provide a smarter driving environment and to improve the efficiency of road use and reduce accidents, fuel consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions |
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USB Type-C Portfolio Focusing on Smallest Footprint (2015.07.21) Fairchild launched a comprehensive portfolio of USB Type-C solutions that enable manufacturers to quickly and easily add the next generation of USB functionality to smartphones, computers, power adapters and other devices with a USB port |
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Data Systems Consulting Co. Launches ERP-T100 (2015.07.21) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Data Systems Consulting Co. launched the ERP-T100 in Taiwan on July 21, and teamed up with Advantech in forming the “League of Smart Manufacturing Integration” along with eight MES firms in an attempt to establish an ecosystem for industry 4 |