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Apple, IBM and Japan Post Group to Deliver Elderly Services in Japan (2015.04.30) Japan Post Group, IBM and Apple today announced a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at improving the quality of life for millions of Japanese senior citizens. Built on the global partnership Apple and IBM announced last year, the new initiative will deliver iPads with IBM-developed apps and analytics to connect millions of seniors with services, healthcare, community and their families |
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Global LCD TV Shipments Totaled 51.4M in Q1, Says WitsView (2015.04.30) According to the latest report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, the global shipments of LCD TVs in the first quarter of 2015 totaled 51.4M units, a quarterly decline of 24%. In addition to the first quarter being an off-peak season, there were other forces causing the shipment decline |
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Foxconn Invests US$ 6M in Taiwanese Educational Software Company BoniO (2015.04.30) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Foxconn Technology Group yesterday announced that the company will invest US$ 6 million to share in BoniO, a Taiwanese educational software company co-founded by Professor Ye Bing-Cheng and stundents of National Taiwan University, to expand its business strength in the education software market |
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COMPUTEX to Supply One-Stop Shopping for 3C Peripherals (2015.04.30) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Asia’s largest information and communication exhibition, COMPUTEX 2015, will commence in April. One of the sponsors, Taipei Computer Association (TCA) said that will Supply One-Stop Shopping Service for 3C Peripherals |
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RT720 - A Broadband Silicon Tuner for Satellite (2015.04.30) The RT720 is a new broadband silicon tuner that can support two new UHD (Ultra High Definition) satellite standards: 4K resolution Broadcasting Satellite Digital - 4K BS, and Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second Generation Extended - DVB-S2X |
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IBM Takes One More Step Toward Quantum Computer (2015.04.30) IBM scientists today unveiled two critical advances towards the realization of a practical quantum computer. For the first time, they showed the ability to detect and measure both kinds of quantum errors simultaneously, as well as demonstrated a new, square quantum bit circuit design that is the only physical architecture that could successfully scale to larger dimensions |
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Symtavision Launches of SymTA/S 3.7 and TraceAnalyzer 3.7 (2015.04.29) Symtavision has launched SymTA/S 3.7, further strengthening and improving timing design and verification for automotive Ethernet and multicore systems.
SymTA/S 3.7 introduces new Ethernet timing design and verification features including the modeling and analysis of dynamic data chains and data dependent dynamic Ethernet frame packing as well as faster system distribution analysis compared to previous versions |
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5G WiFi Wave 2 Solutions for Enterprise Access Points and Cloud-Managed Wireless Networks (2015.04.29) Broadcom Corporation announced a new family of 5G WiFi Wave 2 solutions for enterprise wireless access points (APs). The expanded portfolio delivers the quality, reliability and capacity required for all segments of the enterprise and cloud WLAN markets including campus, education, hospitality, healthcare and public venues |
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New OPTIGA TPM Security Controller with SPI Bus (2015.04.29) Infineon Technologies AG announced that its new OPTIGA TPM (Trusted Platform Module) with SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) has achieved Common Criteria Certification EAL4+.
The OPTIGA TPM family provides hardware-based security for system applications across industrial, embedded, mobile or tablets as well as traditional computing environments |
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The Latest Members of IDT’s Timing Portfolio Deliver Cost Savings (2015.04.29) Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) announced the expansion of its leading portfolios of programmable timing devices with the introduction of the 5P11xx family of low-jitter universal output fanout buffers. The devices provide high performance with just 200 fsec of additive jitter, while offering greater flexibility to design engineers |
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Macronix’s Loss Greatly Reduced; NAND Is The Key of Profit (2015.04.29) TAIPEI, Taiwan – Macronix International today announced the unaudited financial results for the first quarter of this year, that net revenues decreased 21% sequentially and decreased 2% over the first quarter 2014 to US$149 |
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Closer Relationship with Apple, Foxconn to Sell the Second-Hand iPhone (2015.04.29) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Foxconn is the major OEM partner of Apple, now the Taiwanese OEM giant has a even more closer relationship with Apple by means of selling the second-hand iPhone, officially. Started from April 15, users hooked up to the Fulianwang (flnet |
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Industry's First Ultra HD Devices with NAGRA NOCS3 Security Certification (2015.04.29) Broadcom Corporation announced that it is the industry's first to receive NAGRA NOCS3 certification for HEVC and Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD) set-top box (STB) systems-on-a-chip (SoCs). The security architecture supports the latest in content protection, ensuring the delivery of premium content and services to multiple TVs and devices in the home |
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SIGFOX and TI Collaborate to Deliver Internet of Things Connectivity (2015.04.29) SIGFOX, and Texas Instruments (TI) announced the two companies are working together to increase IoT deployments using the Sub-1 GHz spectrum. Customers can use the SIGFOX network with TI's Sub-1 GHz RF transceivers to deploy wireless sensor nodes that are lower cost and lower power than 3G/cellular connected nodes, while providing long-range connectivity to the IoT |
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Benecke-Kaliko Helps in Measuring Emissions in Automotive Interiors For Asian Customers (2015.04.28) Benecke-Kaliko is also able to provide optimal support to Asian customers in measuring emissions in automotive interiors. To ensure this, the specialist in decorative automotive interior materials tasked its labs with analyzing the bag measuring method commonly used in Asia and examining the factors which influence the results |
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Inotera Keeping on Track to 20nm Technology, Rolls Out Products in Q2 (2015.04.28) TAOYUAN, Taiwan - Inotera Memories, Inc. today announced consolidated sales revenues of NTD 18,454 million, net income of NTD 7,269 million for the first quarter of 2015. And company is on track to start 20nm ramp, expects to introduce a multiple product portfolio through implementation of 20nm migration, and will convert about 80% of its total wafer-start capacity to 20nm technology by the end of this year |
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Magellan and Abalta Announce Strategic Partnership at Auto Shanghai 2015 (2015.04.28) Magellan and Abalta Technologies, have formed a strategic partnership featuring Magellan's SmartGPS Eco navigation and content platform and Abalta's WEBLINK platform. Magellan is a long-time leader of innovative GPS devices and content services for vehicles, fitness, outdoor, and mobile navigation |
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HOLTEK BS83B04A-4 New Touch Key Flash MCU (2015.04.28) Following the successful release of the BS83A04A-3/-4, Holtek is now delighted to announce the release of a new Touch Key Flash MCU, the BS83B04A-4. In addition t to having the advantages of its predecessor devices, this new MCU also consumes less power, has a higher touch switch detection update rate as well as improved anti-power interference abilities |
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World's First Multichannel Inductance-To-Digital Converters (2015.04.28) Texas Instruments (TI) announced the world's first multichannel inductance-to-digital converters (LDCs). The four new devices in the LDC1614 family expand the innovative LDC portfolio, a data converter category that TI first introduced in 2013 |
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A Fire Broke out at Unitech PCB Co. Tucheng Plant (2015.04.28) TAIPEI, Taiwan — A fire broke out at the Xinbei City-based Unitech PCB Co. Tucheng factory on the evening of April 27, and 241 firefighters and 75 fire engines tried to tackle the flames, 621 employees were evacuated from the scene |