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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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China LeTV Launches World’s First Type C Smartphones (2015.04.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － LeTV.com, a China based digital content provider, yesterday released its three new smartphones, all support USB 3.1 Type C interface, which are the first smartphones featuring Type C standard in the world.
LeTV’s new smartphones released in three models, respectively with Sharp 5 |
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Cree Introduces Industry’s Highest Performing LED Module (2015.04.15)
Cree builds on its industry-leading Cree LMH2 LED Module family with the introduction of the LMH2+, the industry’s highest performing LED module, delivering 30 percent better performance than the previous generation in the same form factor |
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IR Emitters Featuring SurfLight Technology Reduce Component Count and Solution Cost (2015.04.15)
Vishay Intertechnology broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the release of new high-speed 940nm infrared (IR) emitters in leaded and SMD packages.
Built on Vishay's SurfLight surface emitter chip technology, the Vishay Semiconductors devices provide up to five times greater radiant intensity than standard IR emitters |
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New 8-Port Fiber-to-the-Distribution-Point Solution Delivers Ultrafast Broadband (2015.04.15)
Lantiq announced availability of its new VINAX dp8 Fiber to the Distribution Point chipset, supported with a reference design to enable rapid deployment of 8-port broadband hybrid fiber/copper distribution point unit (DPU) with data rates of up to 300 Mbps per VDSL line – a milestone for the communications industry and the most efficient broadband access system in the market |
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IBM, Apple Expand Partnership to Help Medical Research in iOS APPs (2015.04.14)
IBM announced its Health Cloud and Watson cognitive computing capabilities will support health data entered by customers in iOS apps using Apple's ResearchKit and HealthKit frameworks. The move, which complements IBM’s new Watson Health business unit, will arm medical researchers with a secure, open data storage solution, as well as access to IBM’s most sophisticated data analytics capabilities |
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Fierce Competition at the COMPUTEX d&I awards (2015.04.14)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － The competition is fierce at the 8th annual COMPUTEX d&I Awards where nearly 300 products from 7 countries are registered to compete, and contenders include major international companies, such as DELL, Philips, HTC, Acer, and Asus |
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eSi-3260 Processor Core with SIMD DSP Targeting IoT (2015.04.14)
EnSilica has added to its family of eSi-RISC processor cores with the launch of the eSi-3260 targeted at IoT sensing nodes and always-on applications. The eSi-3260 combines advanced DSP functionality with the characteristic eSi-RISC small footprint and extremely low power consumption |
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ASUS Showcases Zen-Inspired Products at Milan Design Week 2015 (2015.04.14)
ASUS Design Center, the design studio within ASUS, is presenting its Zensation exhibition at Milan Design Week 2015 from April 14–19, 2015 at Milano Via Tortona 20. This exhibition showcases the design team's Zen-inspired philosophy of incorporating diverse elements to produce balanced, harmonious creations that provide incredible experiences and accessible beauty to users |
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