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Immersing the Charm of Dechnology at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (2015.03.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — “Dechnology” is a new word, which is a combination of design and technology. The annual exhibition “Discovering Technology Treasures 2015” that is arranged by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and presented by 19 local research firms will be held at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park on March 27 to April 22, aiming to demonstrate the charm of dechnology |
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CAN Flexible Data-Rate Transceiver Meets and Exceeds Global Automotive Requirements (2015.03.24)
Microchip Technology announced a new family of CAN FD (Flexible Data-Rate) transceivers, the MCP2561/2FD. As an interface between a CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol controller and the physical two-wire CAN bus, these transceivers can serve both the CAN and CAN FD protocols |
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World’s Smallest Digital STB Tuner ICs with Integrated Loop-Through Technology (2015.03.24)
Silicon Labs introduced a new family of high-performance digital set-top box (STB) tuner ICs designed to reduce the cost, complexity and power consumption of cable, terrestrial, hybrid terrestrial/satellite and IP-based STB products |
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Hon Hai, Tencent and Harmony Car Team Up for Smart EVs (2015.03.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Hon Hai / Foxconn Technology Group today announced that signed a "strategic cooperation framework agreement" with Tencent and Harmony car to cooperate on the development of internet and smart Electric vehicles in Zhengzhou City, China |
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Peter Chou to Head HTC’s Future Development Lab (2015.03.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese handset maker HTC announced executive personnel changes on March 20, former chief executive officer Peter Chou, who had been in the position for more than a decade, is now to head HTC’s Future Development Lab, while Chairperson and Co-Founder Cher Wang as its new Chief Executive Officer, the company said in a statement |
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5GHz PA Extends Range and Reduces Costs of 11ac (2015.03.23)
Microchip Technology announced its new SST11CP22 5 GHz power amplifier module (PAM) for the IEEE 802.11ac ultra high data rate Wi-Fi standard. This PAM delivers 19 dBm linear output power at 1.8% dynamic EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) with MCS9 80 MHz bandwidth modulation |
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100V Flyback Controller Now Offered in Military -55°C to 150°C MP Grade (2015.03.23)
Linear Technology Corporation announces a new military MP grade version of the LT3748, a high input voltage isolated flyback DC/DC controller. This device simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter by not requiring an opto-isolator, third winding or signal transformer for feedback since the output voltage is sensed from the primary-side flyback signal |
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Enterprise IT Spending in Southeast Asia to Reach $62 Billion by 2018 (2015.03.23)
According to forecasts from Gartner, by 2018, enterprise IT spending in Southeast Asia will total $62 billion. The Southeast Asia region comprises 11 countries of which Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand spend the most on IT and account for roughly 80 percent of IT spend in the region |
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Taiwan Invents Light-power Harvesting Technology for IoT (2015.03.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwanese national research center, National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL) has researched and developed an 3D Integrated light harvesting technology that can be applied to Internet of Things chips. Chips that can capture light energy can be integrated into IoT chips using a 3D stacking method, which will enable chips to generate power using ambient light |
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Taiwanese Firms Place High Hopes on Win 10 (2015.03.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — According to a reliable source that the latest operating system (OS) from Microsoft, Windows 10 will be launched earlier than expectations, which will surely be all the rage expecially in changing PC. Acer, ASUS, and Quanta, etc, these Taiwanese firms place high hopes on Windows 10 |
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“HealthCare” Most Profitable Application for Smartwatches (2015.03.20)
The launch of the Apple Watch could be considered to have lit a beacon for the future of smartwatches. However, overall smartwatches are in a grey area, and consumers still have ambivalent attitudes towards them. Not only are they highly replaceable but their price ranges have also still not been established |
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Software Development Kit for SmartMesh IP (2015.03.20)
Linear Technology’s SmartMesh IP wireless sensor networking products now provide the ability to program industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications directly on the embedded ARM Cortex-M3, running Micrium’s µC/OS-II real-time operating system |
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Direct Bonding is No Longer Limited to High-End Products (2015.03.20)
Accroding to IHS, the application of direct bonding is no longer limited to high-end products. Direct bonding is now applied to mid- to-low cost smartphones, and the yield rate for smartphones has reached a relatively high level, resulting in a drop in extra costs |
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Global Devices Shipments to Grow 2.8% in 2015 (2015.03.20)
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are estimated to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, an increase of 2.8 percent over 2014 according to Gartner, Inc. In spending terms, the global computing devices market (PCs and ultramobiles) is on pace to reach $226 billion, a 7 |
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New StrataDNX Switch SoCs for Carrier and Data Center Networks (2015.03.19)
Broadcom announced its next generation addition to the StrataDNX ("Dune") family of switch system-on-chip (SoC) devices. These new SoCs have been adopted by top tier equipment makers worldwide and provide a complete solution for the service provider network ranging from dense compact switching and routing platforms to large-scale multi-chassis routers |
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TYAN Showcases First Commercialized Power8 Based System At Openpower Summit 2015 (2015.03.19)
TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and subsidiary of MITAC Computing Technology Corporation, will demonstrate the TYAN TN71-BP012, the first commercialized POWER8 based solution during the OpenPOWER Summit 2015.
The OpenPOWER Summit 2015 takes place March 17-19 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California |
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In 2020, 10nm Will Occupy 55% of Revenue: TSMC (2015.03.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mark Liu, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) gave a speech under the topic “Growth Beyond Mobile” on March 18, referring to Internet of Things (IoT) will be the main growth driver of semiconductor industry, he further forecast that the 10nm will occupy 55 percent of revenue in 2020 |
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Etron Completes development of Type C and USB-PD 2.0 Chips (2015.03.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwanese chip provider, Etron, is sparing no efforts in developing USB 3.1 Type C products. Currently, it has completed the development of USB 3.1 Type C and second-generation USB electric power transmission (USB-PD 2 |
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Market for Medical Semiconductors Seen Rising to $8.2 Billion in 2018 (2015.03.19)
IC Insights reported that smaller and more powerful medical systems are driving up sales of ICs, sensors, and other devices for the medical semiconductor market.
IC Insights believes medical semiconductor sales growth will strengthen this year and next before sliding back in the next expected economic slowdown in 2017 |
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A Scientist Wants to Help Poorest Farmers By Drones and GPUs (2015.03.18)
At nVIDIA GPU Technology Conference this week, Bingcai Zhang, a technical fellow with defense contractor BAE Systems, wishes he could help his brother, who still works on the 20-acre rice farm in China’s Hubei province where Zhang grew up |
Overall, the number of times the Bus specification standard is rising between mainframe computers and peripherals, data transfer speed, capacity and quality of the application process. Let's Introduction to several important bus application specifications.