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Water Rationing in Taiwan Influences Global PCB Supply (2015.04.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Due to water shortages in Taiwanese water reservoirs, measures have been implemented to limit water supplies, and this has caused electronic component supplies to be stretched thin, triggering price increases |
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Small but Powerful Hi-Fi B85S1 Motherboard (2015.04.20)
The newest motherboard based on Intel B85 single chip architecture by BIOSTAR is ready to work hard, play hard and fit in. The Hi-Fi B85S1 supports Intel’s 4th generation Core i7 and Core i5 processors in the 1150 package and is value designed in a Micro ATX form factor with 2 channel DDR3 slots for 16GB, enough to handle any modern computing requirements and be usable in small or tight spaces |
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3.75 Billion Wi-Fi Connected Devices will be Shipped Worldwide by 2019 (2015.04.20)
Driven by flourishing demand for smartphones and IoT (Internet of Things), global shipment volume of Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) connected devices reached around 2.27 billion units in 2014, up 18% year-on-year, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a Taiwan-based ICT research institute |
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3S Announces Industry’s Smallest and Lowest-power MEMS Microphones (2015.04.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwanese IC designers Solid State System (3S), announced yesterday that it has rolled out a new MEMS microphones featuring with industry's smallest size and lowest operating voltage. Its operating voltages can be reduced to 1 |
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NEXCOM Shows Industry 4.0-ready IoT Automation Solutions at Hannover Messe (2015.04.17)
At Hannover Messe, NEXCOM wins high appraisal on its Industry 4.0-ready IoT Automation Solutions from worldwide visitors. As manufactures are enthusiastic about tapping the power of big data analysis, lack of access to field data presents quite a challenge |
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New CC-RL C Compiler for RL78 Microcontrollers Triples Processing Performance (2015.04.17)
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of the new CC-RL C compiler for the RL78 Family of 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The new CC-RL C compiler takes advantage of the trusted RL78 MCU Group's low-power innovations and achieves increased processing performance to respond to industry needs for high performance and low power consumption in home appliances, industrial, and automotive systems |
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Slave Controller With Integrated PHYs for Industrial and IoT (2015.04.17)
Microchip Technology Inc announced the LAN9252 stand-alone EtherCAT slave controller with two 10/100 PHYs. This highly integrated device’s dual 10/100 Ethernet transceivers support both fiber and copper, along with cable diagnostics capabilities |
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60V Dual Output Synchronous Step-Down Controller with Only 29µA in Standby (2015.04.17)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3892, a high voltage dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that draws only 29µA when one output is active and 34µA when both outputs are enabled. The 4.5V to 60V input supply range is designed to protect against high voltage transients, ensuring continuous operation during automotive cold crank and to accommodate a broad range of input sources and battery chemistries |
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Japan is Fading Out From the Semiconductor Business (2015.04.17)
According to IC Insights’ report, in 2014, there were only two Japanese companies—Toshiba and Renesas—that were among the top 10 semiconductor suppliers. Assuming the NXP/Freescale merger is completed later this year, Toshiba will be the lone Japanese company left in the top 10 ranking |
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Samsung Electronics Producing Industry’s First M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD for PC Market (2015.04.16)
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has started mass production of the industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) which has an M.2 form factor for use in PCs and workstations. Samsung is also the first in the industry to announce that it has begun shipping NVMe SSDs to OEMs for the PC market |
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Q1 Smartphone Shipments Totaled 291.2M Units with Huawei Becoming Top Chinese Brand (2015.04.16)
According to TrendForce’s latest research, the global smartphone shipments for the first quarter of 2015 reached 291.2M units, a drop of 9.2% compared with the prior quarter. The decline, which was larger than the initial estimation, was attributed to the weak smartphone market in China |
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TSMC to Enter 7nm and 10nm Era In 2016 (2015.04.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) said at the investor conference today that its next generation advanced process technologies, including 10nm and 7nm, is progressing well, and expected to delivery to customers in 2016 |
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TSMC: Smartphones Continues to Be the Main Growth Momentum (2015.04.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - TSMC today said at its investor conference, the smartphone is still its main growth momentum, benefited by that, TSMC will remain approximately 10% revenue growth in the next five years.
Mark Liu, TSMC Co-CEO, said that with more functions and integrations in smartphones, will drive the demands of silicon chips to grow, he expected smartphones is still a major growth momentum of TSMC in the next few years |
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TSMC Forecasts Q2 Revenues to Decline for Low Demands of Smartphones (2015.04.16)
Taipei, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) today held its investor conference of the first quarter this year, and announced its Q1 revenue, while forecasted its Q2 revenue of this year to decline about 7% to 8% |
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Power Integrations’ New Charger Design for Smart Mobile Devices (2015.04.16)
Power Integrations announced RDK-420, a new reference design kit for a 10 W CV/CC USB charger based on the company’s revolutionary InnoSwitch-CH family of highly integrated switcher ICs. InnoSwitch ICs combine the primary-side switch together with primary and secondary controllers and feedback circuits into a single, worldwide safety-rated, surface-mount package |
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Nuvoton Introduces Ultra-Low Power Audio CODEC for Mobile Audio Applications (2015.04.16)
Nuvoton Technology introduced the NAU88L24, a flexible, cost-effective stereo-audio CODEC for mobile-audio applications, especially optimized for tablet device. The newest member of Nuvoton’s flagship emPowerAudio family, the NAU88L24 delivers exceptional audio performance at battery-friendly power levels: 103dBA stereo digital-to-analog converter (DAC) signal-to-noise (SNR), and 101dBA stereo analog-to-digital converter (ADC) SNR |
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Delta Shines its Smart Solutions for Automation at Hannover Messe 2015 (2015.04.16)
Delta Electronics is showcasing its smart and highly integrated solutions for industrial automation and energy management applications at Hannover Messe 2015.
Since 2012, Delta has delivered close to 200 solutions projects that achieve 20% to 40% in energy savings to customers around the world |
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Taiwanese Firms Showcases Industry 4.0 Applications at HANNOVER MESSE (2015.04.16)
HANNOVER MESSE Exhibition held in the April 13, the themes of this year were Industry 4.0, industrial Internet of Things, energy efficiency, smart grid and industrial automation applications. Taiwanese manufacturers included Delta Electronics, TECO Electric & Machinery, HIWIN Technologies and NEXCOM all joined the exhibition, showcasing their latest industrial applications |
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Industry Experts Give Recycling Business Insight in India and the Middle East (2015.04.15)
For the upcoming World Recycling Convention & Exhibition in Dubai, the BIR Non- Ferrous Metals Division under the interim presidency of David Chiao (Uni-All Group Ltd, USA) offers a programme that puts emphasis on business in the Middle East and India, with guest speakers from both regions giving an expert insight into their respective markets |
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VIVOTEK Launches New P2P Service Application to Secure Video Transmission (2015.04.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan –VIVOTEK announced today the launch of its self-developed P2P service application, the EZConnect. Through a server hosted by VIVOTEK, the EZConnect effectively bridges and tunnels video requests between client devices (e |
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