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Downtrend of Tablet CPU Shipment Continues with an Estimated 14% Decline in 2015 (2015.05.15)
Market saturation, the prevalence of large-sized smartphones, and ongoing threats from low-cost notebook PCs are anticipated to slow down growth of the global tablet market. According to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), Taipei-based ICT research institute, the market will enter the stagnation period in the next few years |
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Falling Smartphone Panel Prices Push LCD Makers to Reduce Cost (2015.05.15)
As smartphone panel selling prices continue to fall, display manufacturers are focused on finding ways to reduce production costs. For example, five-inch full-high-definition (FHD) mobile phone panels experienced a drastic year-over-year unit-shipment decline of 34 percent last year, but manufacturing costs fell only 14 percent |
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New Spectra-Q Engine for Quartus II Software (2015.05.15)
Altera Corporation unveiled its Spectra-Q engine, a new technology at the heart of the company’s proven Quartus II software, to accelerate design productivity and time-to-market for next-generation programmable devices. The Spectra-Q engine extends Altera’s Quartus II software leadership with new capabilities that deliver unprecedented compile time improvements, versatile and fast-tracked design entry, and drop-in IP integration |
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AMOLED Leaders Taking Another Step Forward with Flexible (2015.05.15)
According to the IHS, Responding to the latest trend, some panel makers have been preparing to start an AMOLED panel business in the near future in hopes that the panel could bring more added values. Following the launches of a wide range of smartwatches and smartphones using flexible AMOLED panels in recent days, hopes are high for a next wave of innovation in the display panel industry |
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Amazon Takes the No.1 in 2015 Supply Chain Top 25, Apple to New Category (2015.05.15)
Gartner, Inc. announced the rankings of 2015 Supply Chain Top 25 yesterday, has released the findings from its 11th annual Supply Chain Top 25. The top five include three from last year — Amazon, McDonald's and Unilever — one returning leader, Intel, and a newcomer to this elite group, Inditex |
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Market for PV Systems Heats Up due to Growing Demands in China (2015.05.14)
China’s domestic PV demand continues to rise in May. Hence, the leading PV companies are now expanding their businesses into the downstream sector, focusing on PV system in particular. This in turn drives the capacity expansion efforts along the entire supply chain, according to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce |
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DesignDRIVE, a New Evaluation Platform for Drive Subsystems (2015.05.14)
Texas Instruments (TI) announced DesignDRIVE — a single hardware and software platform that makes it easier for engineers to develop and evaluate solutions for many industrial drive and servo topologies.
The DesignDRIVE kit and example software offer an easy path to begin exploring a wide variety of motor types |
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Foxconn Invests in Cyanogen (2015.05.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Foxconn has reportedly made a strategic investment in Android-based open source platform developer, Cyanogen. The investment was part of an $80 million series C funding round for Cyanogen which completed its course in March this year |
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HTC Launches M9+ in its Home Market (2015.05.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taiwanese handset maker HTC finally launched its latest advanced flagship M9+ in its home market Taiwan. However, the M9 has just introduced less than two months, the company’s North Asia General Manager Dong Jun-liang is optimistic toward M9 will be its main driving force in the second quarter of this year, and “Duo flagships will have doubled effects in the market |
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MediaTek: Has No Plans for Microsoft Collaboration (2015.05.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － MediaTek yesterday in Taiwan at a product conference announced that in 2016, they will continue to launch LTE modem chips, which are manufactured in smaller sizes, and they also confirmed that they will continue using multi-core designs |
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World’s Most Energy-Friendly USB Microcontrollers (2015.05.14)
Silicon Labs introduced the industry’s most energy-friendly USB-enabled microcontrollers (MCUs). The latest addition to Silicon Labs’ award-winning EFM32 32-bit MCU portfolio, the new Happy Gecko MCUs are designed to deliver the lowest USB power drain in the industry, enabling longer battery life and energy harvesting applications |
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Helio X20: The World’s First Mobile SoC with Tri-Cluster CPU (2015.05.13)
MediaTek announces the launch of the MediaTek Helio X20 – the world’s first mobile processor with Tri-Cluster CPU architecture and ten processing cores (Deca-core). The Helio X20 continues MediaTek’s mission of delivering industry-leading computing performance coupled with unmatched power efficiency |
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Chinese Panel Makers Expand Capacities for TV Replacement (2015.05.13)
Major Chinese panel makers BOE Technology Group Co. (BOE), China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), and Nanjing CEC-Panda LCD Technology Co. (CEC-Panda) will begin mass production on their new Gen 8.5 fabs at the start of this year’s second quarter, according to the latest observation from WitsView, a division of TrendForce |
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New dsPIC33EP “GS” Family is Optimized for Digital Power Applications (2015.05.13)
Microchip Technology announced the 14-member dsPIC33EP “GS” family of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). The dsPIC33EP “GS” family delivers the performance needed to implement more sophisticated non-linear, predictive and adaptive control algorithms at higher switching frequencies |
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Dual (2.5A + 1.5A) Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Converter (2015.05.13)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8616, a 42V input capable, high efficiency dual synchronous monolithic step-down switching regulator. Its dual channel design delivers independent 2.5A and 1.5A continuous current to outputs as low as 0 |
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Upgraded CI20 with New Layout, FlowCloud and Wi-Fi (2015.05.13)
Imagination Technologies announces significant upgrades for its high-performance, low-power MIPS-based Creator CI20 development board featuring a PowerVR GPU. The new board includes full support for Imagination’s FlowCloud IoT platform; a square form factor; a modified board layout to optimise Wi-Fi speed and stability; and updated software for Linux and Android |
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Intel and eASIC Collaborate on Customized Cloud Solutions (2015.05.13)
Intel Corporation today announced plans to develop integrated products with eASIC Corporation that combine processing performance and customizable hardware to meet the increasing demand for custom compute solutions for data centers and the "cloud |
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Galaxy S6 Edge Has Narrow Victory over iPhone 6 in DxOMark; HTC M8 Comes in Last (2015.05.13)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Samsung's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6 Edge, is deemed by DxOMark as the best smartphone camera in the industry, topping all other competitors, including the camera on the iPhone 6. Unfortunately, Taiwanese handset maker HTC’s One M8 comes in last in terms of smartphone camera in the 21 tested smartphones |
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Audi, Ford, China Mobile, Volkswagen, IBM to Host Press Day Events at CES Asia (2015.05.13)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The International CES AsiaTM on May 13 announced that Audi, Ford, China Mobile, Volkswagen, IBM and JD.com will host press conferences as part of its official Press Day schedule. Open exclusively to registered CES Asia press and industry analysts, Press Day will showcase 2015 CES Asia exhibitor press conferences with major product and company news from 9 AM to 3:45 PM, Monday, May 25, at the Kerry Hotel |
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Will AUO Merge with Innolux? (2015.05.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — AU Optronics Co. (AUO) said the company Founder and Chairman Lee Kun-yao has resigned on May 11, which raised an issue again “Will AUO merge with Innolux in an attempt to compete with Korean and Chinese panel makers?” Zhang Xiao-biao, the Vice President of WitsView said “There is low possibility |
The ACPI specification enables the operating system, the central processing unit and peripheral equipment to integrate and exchange power usage message, simple and more effective co-management power.