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China’s Sapphire Industry Picks Up as Apple Watch Hits the Market (2015.03.10)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, pointed that Apple Watch will have a watch cover made of sapphire glass, which has provided an unprecedented, game-changing opportunity for China’s sapphire industry.
LEDinside’s Senior Analyst Figo Wang further stated the sapphire manufacturing will likely become a globally competitive section of China’s materials industry |
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Apple Watch, a Boost to Taiwanese Supply Chains (2015.03.10)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Time to countdown for the Apple Watch release date, which has officially been set for April 24 with pre-orders beginning on April 10, the company announced at its press conference in the US on March 9. Taiwanese supply chains are busy for Apple Watch in a light of it is widely circulated that Apple Watch will be shipped out 24 million units in 2015 |
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Taiwanese Supply Chains Behind iPhone 6s/iPhone 6s Plus (2015.03.10)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — After Apple Watch, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are no doubt the next boost to Taiwanese Apple supply chains. It is widely circulated that Taiwanese supply chain will be prepared the components at the second quarter of this year in a light to prevent it from short supply |
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3V 16, 32, 64MB Serial Quad I/O Interface Flash Memory (2015.03.10)
Microchip Technology announced a new family of 3V Serial Quad I/O interface (or SQI interface) SuperFlash® memory devices—the SST26VF. This three-member “26 Series” SQI interface family is available with 16-Mbit, 32-Mbit or 64-Mbit of memory, and is manufactured using Microchip’s high-performance CMOS SuperFlash technology, which provides the industry’s fastest erase times and superior reliability |
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Fully Programmable MEMS Chipset to Empower Embedded Ultramobile Near-Infrared Analysis (2015.03.10)
Texas Instruments (TI) announced the expansion of its near-infrared (NIR) chipset portfolio with the industry's first fully programmable micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) chipset that enables ultramobile analysis for a 700-2,500 nm wavelength range |
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ASUS Kicks Off Global ZenFone 2 Launch in Taiwan (2015.03.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — ASUS released its ZenFone 2 in Taiwan today at an event marking the global launch of the new flagship ASUS smartphone series. More than 1,000 ASUS enthusiasts—known in Taiwan as “ZenFans”—joined in the celebration that took place at the National Taiwan University Sports Center in Taipei |
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Digitalization Has Moved To Center Stage For CIOs In India (2015.03.09)
According to Gartner’s 2015 CIO Agenda survey results, the 2015 CIO Agenda survey showed that issues experienced by CIOs are far from universal and real differences exist at both a regional and country level.
Gartner has been conducting a global CIO survey for more than 10 years |
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Apple Watch Ignites the Fire of Wearables (2015.03.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The highly anticipated Apple Watch is going to hit the market on April, Apple Watch is the debuted first wearable product from Apple so that it has been in the limelight. However, HTC Grip, Samsung Gear S, LG Watch Urbane LTE, and Huawei Watch are also jumping into the fray |
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Taiwanese Analyest: Apple Watch Will be the Major Growth Driver of Wearables (2015.03.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Apple's biggest new product since the iPad, and its first all-new product line since that tablet debuted in 2010, will be trying to carve out a space for wearable tech on your wrist. Apple is going to hold a Apple Watch press conference in the US on March 9, Taiwanese tech analyst gave positive reviews on it, saying that it will be the major growth driver of wearables in the future |
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60V Triple Output, 29µA IQ Buck/Buck/Boost DC/DC Controller Maintains Regulation in Automotive (2015.03.09)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3899, a triple output (buck, buck, boost) 29µA quiescent current, synchronous DC/DC controller that maintains output voltage regulation over a 2.2V to 60V input range. A 12V car battery can droop to less than 4 volts during engine restart or cold crank, causing reset of infotainment systems and other electronics that operate from 5 volts and higher |
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Akustica Introduces Two New High Performance Microphones (2015.03.09)
Akustica expands the Bosch consumer MEMS sensor portfolio with the addition of two new, highly robust, high performance analog microphones. The AKU151 is a tiny, top-port microphone with both high SNR and high acoustic performance density (SNR/mm3), and the AKU350 is an ultra-high performance 67dB SNR bottom-port microphone |
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The Most Watched Parts and Components in January (2015.03.09)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to search data from CTIMES’ English Website, in January 2015 the product with the highest number of searches was the STMicroelectronics pressure sensor: LPS25H, followed by the Texas Instruments analog to digital converter (ADC): adc12j4000 |
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Industry First Zero Standby Power PSR Solution for High-Power AC/DC power Supplies (2015.03.07)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the industry's first zero standby power controller chipset with the lowest standby power consumption for AC/DC flyback power supplies up to 75 W.
Taking power supply efficiency to the next level |
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Apple's iPhone Revenues in the Greater China Market Grows 156.6% in 4Q 2014 (2015.03.07)
MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a Taipei-based ICT research institute, pointed that shipment volume of the global mobile phone industry totaled around 531.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, up 8.9% sequentially, and of total 531 |
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ALT LED Lighting Gets the US UL Certification (2015.03.06)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Aeon Lighting Technology, Inc. (ALT) is the first LED lighting company to transfer the technological know-hows of the server industry to LED lighting. The company has built the world first LED lighting MR16LED that can be used in a completely closed-type lamp, and it received the US UL closed-type lamp certification |
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Samsung Boasts of Performance, LG Leads in Mid-tier Handsets (2015.03.06)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 has come to an end, it is believed that Samsung and LG, the two Korean handset providers worked in a different ways based on their strategy. Samsung boasts of performance, while LG keeps the leading status in mid-tier handsets |
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World-First ARM Cortex A72-Based Tablet SoC–MT8173 (2015.03.06)
MediaTek announced the first tablet system-on-chip (SoC) in a family that features an ARM Cortex-A72 processor, the industry’s highest-performing mobile CPU. The Quad-core MT8173 is designed to maximize the benefits of the new processor and greatly increase tablet performance, while extending battery life to ensure a premium tablet experience |
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Orders Return but Prices Remain Weak for the Erratic March PV Market (2015.03.06)
EnergyTrend reported that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced it will make a substantial cut to the PV rate in its feed-in tariff (FiT) program for renewable energies. The rate of return for the PV system as a whole has also been revised significantly downward |
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High Efficiency Switching Surge Stopper Protects Against 200V & Higher Transients (2015.03.06)
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC7860, a high efficiency switching surge stopper with overvoltage and overcurrent protection for high availability systems. During normal operation the LTC7860 turns on an external P-channel MOSFET continuously to pass the input voltage through to the output with minimum conduction loss |
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Stronger Competition Forecast for Mobile Phone Display (2015.03.06)
Global mobile phone display module shipments in 2015 are expected to rise just 4% Y/Y to reach 2 billion units, leading to even stronger competition among mobile phone display manufacturers. According to a new report from IHS |
