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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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Microsoft Teams up with Taiwanese Partners in Developing IoT (2015.05.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Microsoft Taiwan announced the collaboration with Wistron Co., Advantech, BenQ, to name a few on May 12, and showcased the wide ranges of application of Internet of Things (IoT). By the Azure IoT servie, objects that can be intelligent and connected to cloud as well as Big Data |
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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 |
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IoT Adoption in India Will Advance at a Slow Pace Through 2020 (2015.05.12)
Indian enterprises are at the early stages of understanding the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on their business, according to Gartner, Inc. While the concept of IoT is not completely foreign to Indian enterprises, adoption will advance at a slow pace through 2020 |
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Avalue Is Ready to Get in MES Applications for Industry 4.0 (2015.05.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – To meet the era of Industry 4.0, the trend of intelligent manufacturing and the trend IoT (Internet of Things), Avalue Technology integrate professions of industrial computer designs and experience of providing services to automation customers to get into this market |
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World's Fastest 16bit ADC, Four-Channel 14bit ADC (2015.05.12)
Texas Instruments (TI) announced the ADS54J60, the industry's first 16-bit 1-GSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and the first to achieve over 70dBFS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at 1-GSPS. TI also announced the highest density four-channel 14-bit 500-MSPS ADC, the ADS54J54 |
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Keysight Works with MediaTek on Mobile Chipset Manufacturing Test (2015.05.12)
Keysight Technologies today announced that it has worked with MediaTek on the release of a manufacturing test solution for the MediaTek MT6735 mobile chipset, based on the Keysight E6640 EXM wireless test set.
The MT6735, released in October of 2014, is an LTE 64-bit mobile SoC platform with integrated modem, RF and CorePilot technology, for use by global operators targeted at the emerging mid-range smartphone market called, Super-mid |
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JSR and imec Partner to Develop Next-Gen EUV Lithography Resist Solutions (2015.05.12)
JSR Corporation and imec today signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to partner in enabling manufacturing and quality control of EUV lithography materials for the semiconductor industry. This partnership will be formalized by establishing a joint venture with imec as minority shareholder |
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TI Tops Analog ICs in Marketshare (2015.05.12)
According to the IC Insights’ report, the top 10 analog IC suppliers accounted for 57% of total analog sales in 2014, up slightly from 56% in 2013, Texas Instruments was again the leading supplier of analog devices in 2014 with $8 |
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Non-volatile, Instant-on MachXO3 FPGA Line (2015.05.11)
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the MachXO3LF device, the newest member of its MachXO3 FPGA family, which provides essential bridging and I/O expansion functions to meet the increasing connectivity requirements of communications, computing, consumer and industrial markets |
