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Acer Reports February Consolidated Revenues of NT$11.23 Billion (2020.03.10)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announced its consolidated revenues for February 2020 at NT$11.23 billion, down by 17.1% month-on-month, 22.4% year-on-year. Year-to-February revenues was NT$24.78 billion, down by 20.4% year-on-year. The revenues reflected the coronavirus’ impact on supply chains, which are still recovering and are expected to return to normal by middle of the second quarter |
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HOLTEK New BH66F71662/52 Bluetooth Beacon Transmission Body Fat Scale MCUs (2020.03.10)
Holtek announces the release of its new Bluetooth Beacon transmission body fat scale Flash MCUs, the BH66F71662 and BH66F71652. The devices include a fully integrated Bluetooth Beacon transmission circuit, body fat scale circuit and 24-bit A/D converter, features which combine to make the devices suitable for use in a variety of four-electrode LED Bluetooth transmission AC body fat scales and other related products |
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Global Fab Equipment Spending Poised for 2021 Record High (2020.03.10)
Global fab equipment spending promises to rebound from its 2019 downturn and see a modest recovery this year before a sharp uptick drives record investments in 2021, SEMI reported today in the latest update of its World Fab Forecast report |
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FWS-2275: Solution for Secure Industrial Networks (2020.03.10)
AAEON announces their latest network appliance, the FWS-2275. Built rugged and designed to power a range of network applications, the FWS-2275 brings vital functions and security to industrial networks.
As more and more industries move towards connecting sites and devices through edge computing and Industrial IoT (IIoT) environments, network security is becoming more important than ever |
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MediaTek and Samsung Introduce World’s First Wi-Fi 6 8K TV (2020.03.09)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – MediaTek and Samsung introduced the world’s first 8K QLED TV equipped with MediaTek’s custom Wi-Fi 6 chipset, the Samsung 8K QLED Y20 model (Q950, Q900).
The flagship TV is the only 8K TV worldwide supporting Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, and will offer consumers a more seamless entertainment experience with smoother streaming and gaming, as well as unconstrained internet access |
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NEC and Siemens Partner to Provide AI Monitoring and Analysis Solution (2020.03.09)
NEC today announced a collaboration with Siemens in the IoT field to provide a monitoring and analysis solution for manufacturing that connects MindSphere, the cloud-based, open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system from Siemens, and NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) |
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As COVID-19 Outbreak Disrupts 1H20 Smartphone Production, 2020 Production Projected to Decline 3.5% (2020.03.05)
The smartphone supply chain is continuing to feel the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Owing to hindrances such as uneven factory work resumption statuses, a generally low rate of returning labor, and breaks in logistics and transportation, the supply chain has not been recovering as previously expected |
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Faraday Announces Low-DPPM Solution for a Wide Range of ASIC Applications (2020.03.05)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Faraday Technology today introduced its low-DPPM solution for diversified applications. Instead of utilizing costly automotive standard compliance methods, this solution supports non-automotive ASIC projects by adopting much more cost-effective and efficient ways to achieve low defect rates and meet high reliability requirements |
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unitech Introduces Its Rugged Smartphone for Retail Solutions – EA500Plus (2020.03.05)
unitech electronics has introduced the EA500Plus rugged smartphone combining strong features with powerful data collection. The EA500Plus provides convenient connectivity, reading capabilities and enhances the service level for a variety of vertical applications within the retail, hospitality and field service sectors |
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STMicroelectronics to Acquire Majority Stake in Gallium Nitride innovator Exagan (2020.03.05)
STMicroelectronics today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in French Gallium Nitride (GaN) innovator Exagan. Exagan’s expertise in epitaxy, product development and application know-how will broaden and accelerate ST’s power GaN roadmap and business for automotive, industrial and consumer applications |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2020 to Be Postponed to 13 - 17 July (2020.03.04)
Deutsche Messe announced today that HANNOVER MESSE is to be postponed in renouncing to the current situation regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19), originally scheduled from April 20 to 24, 2020, to July 13 to 17 2020.
The Hannover Region Health Authority has reassessed the current situation and highly recommends that the Robert Koch Institute's guidelines for major event be observed and implemented |
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NTHU Research Team Teaches Drone to Fly Like an Insect (2020.03.04)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Although unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are commonly used in the fields such as communications and agriculture, their use is hampered by their small size and limited battery capacity. However, a multi-discip |
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Gartner: Global Smartphone Sales Fell Slightly in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 (2020.03.04)
Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. In full year 2019, smartphone sales declined by 1.0%.
“2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved performances from North America and emerging Asia/Pacific,” said Anshul Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner |
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5G Driving Edge Computing Momentum in China: GSMA (2020.03.03)
Almost 90 per cent of mobile ecosystem players in China identified edge computing as a major revenue opportunity in the 5G era, according to a new GSMA survey.
The views of more than 20 leading mobile operators, network vendors |
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Marvell Announces OCTEON TX2 Family of Multi-Core Infrastructure Processors (2020.03.03)
Marvell today announced OCTEON TX2, the latest family of infrastructure processors targeting a wide variety of wired and wireless networking equipment including switches, routers, secure gateways, firewall, network monitoring, 5G base stations, and smart network interface controllers (NICs) |
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The New u-blox SARA-R4 Series Offers Best-in-class Security As Well As Integrated GNSS Technology (2020.03.03)
u-blox has extended its SARA-R4 family of LTE-M / NB-IoT and EGPRS cellular modules to include variants with the hardware and software features necessary to enable end-to-end security features and services for Internet of Things (IoT) data, devices, and ecosystems |
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Owing to COVID-19 Outbreak, 1Q20 Notebook Computer Shipment Expected to Decline about 26% YoY (2020.03.03)
Under the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, the notebook supply chain is facing many challenges in work resumption delays, labor shortages, material shortages, and logistic/transportation restrictions. TrendForce is hereby lowering its February notebook shipment forecast from 10 |
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HOLTEK New HT32F59041 Enhanced 24-bit A/D Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU (2020.03.03)
Holtek announced the release of its new Enhanced 24-bit A/D Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU, the HT32F59041. The device is especially suitable for high accuracy measurement products such as electronic scales, blood pressure meters, temperature meters, instrumentation etc |
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First European Processor Initiative Forum to Take Place in Paris (2020.03.02)
The European Processor Initiative is announcing the first EPI Forum to take place in Paris, France, on March 16-17, 2020.
EPI is going full speed ahead to meet the goals of our mission – European independence in HPC technologies and a favorable global position in the race towards exascale |
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Samsung Display Unveils OLED Display Optimized for 5G Era (2020.03.02)
Samsung Display Company today unveiled an optimized OLED display for 5G smartphones with newly reduced blue-light emission and lowered power consumption.
The tech giant said that the latest smartphone OLED display has earned certification of ‘Eye Care Display’ from SGS and validation of ‘Energy Savings’ from UL, for successfully lowering blue-light emission and power consumption, respectively |
