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Programmable Op-Amp Brings Power/Performance Flexibility (2014.12.29)
Diodes introduced its own variant of the TLC271 programmable op-amp.
The part offers a bias-select mode, enabling closer matching of power dissipation and AC performance with the specific requirements of battery-powered consumer and industrial products |
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Motech Merges with TSi to Become Top Solar Cell Maker (2014.12.29)
Taiwanese solar cell manufacturer, Motech, announced on December 26, 2014 that it will merge with Topcell Solar International Co. (TSi), and Motech will be the surviving company and remain the same company name post the merger |
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Taiwan to Launch VoLTE Service Next Year (2014.12.29)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ Taiwan’s high quality mobile voice service will begin next month. Taiwan Mobile and Far East expect in the first quarter of next year to launch the first 4G Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service, followed by Chunghwa Telecom, Vibo Telecom, and Asia Pacific Telecom |
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Taiwan PHS Service to Become History (2014.12.27)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ Taiwan First International Telecom Corp(FITEL), a PHS telecom service provider, was adjudicated the termination of the reorganization proceedings by Taipei District Court on Friday, declared bankruptcy, put a full stop on the Taiwan PHS service |
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Ten Tech-industry Magatrends of 2015 (2014.12.27)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－With the traditional 3C applications went into mature phase, the global high-tech industry will be more actively involved in the development of new applications in 2015. MIC, a Taiwanese market analysis institute, observed the whole technology industry and put forward ten major trends of 2015:
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EverDisplay Debuts its AMOLED Panels in Taiwan (2014.12.26)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) debuted its HD and FHD active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels in Taiwan, aiming at wearables, smartphones, and automotive industry. The company will also start making large panels (5 |
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CSR unlocks the Internet of Things with ARM mbed OS connectivity (2014.12.26)
CSR plc announced details of its upcoming release of connectivity solutions for the new ARM mbed operating system (OS) that will enable developers to produce complete Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with increasing speed and ease |
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Acer’s BYOC Helps Setting Smart Classroom in China (2014.12.26)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ Acer announced Thursday, its Build Your Own Cloud(BYOC) was used in setting smart classroom platform in to help teachers build cloud-classroom teaching environment.
The smart classroom was set in the Airport Park Elementary School in Chongqing China, which combined software and hardware, can assist teachers to develop interactive curriculum and application |
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Bigger Solar Players Set to Continue Market Domination (2014.12.25)
The global demand of solar power is expected to reach 51.4GW in 2015, with an annual demand growth rate of 16.5% and an increased installation of 7GW compared to 2014, according to EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce |
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MediaTek named Semiconductor Company of the Year at 2014 GSA Awards (2014.12.25)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek was named “Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award” for the third consecutive year (and for the fourth time in total) at the 20th annual Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Awards Dinner |
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TSMC’s Expansion Project in Taichung is Uncertainty (2014.12.25)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－ The expansion plan of Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) was overruled by Taiwan EPA Environmental Assessment Committee on Wednesday, may cause the NT$ 50 billion fab expansion plan of TSMC changed. But TSMC has preparatory, may transfer to the the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) |
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Demand for LED Chipsets Expected to Increase From 35.8 M in 2013 to 1.4B in 2018 (2014.12.24)
The demand for LED chipsets, primarily for the LED lighting market, is forecast to increase substantially through 2018.
According to DisplaySearch, demand for LED chipsets, measured in standard units (500 × 500 micron chip size), is expected to increase 293% from 35 |
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New NANO2 Subminiature Fuses Offer Smallest Footprint SMT Designs for 125VAC/250VAC Inputs (2014.12.24)
Littelfuse has introduced two new series of its popular NANO2 Subminiature Fuse, each of which provides surge tolerance and circuit protection against overload conditions for downstream components.
Both feature highly compact surface mountable packages for high design flexibility in space-constrained applications; the SMT design supports higher placement speed and higher yields during product manufacturing |
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Guidecare Announces the Newest AngelCare Series Smartwatch (2014.12.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Guidecare is a healthcare smartwatch provider, which is famous for the series of AngelCare. The newest AngelCare900 has been released on December 24 with new functions such as ECG, HRV, and the heart attack risk indicator, which is powered by MediaTek 6572, a dual core processor |
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Hon Hai Becomes Shareholder in China Harmony Enter EVs Market (2014.12.24)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－Hon Hai announced a NT$2.4 billion investment in Hong-Kong-listed China Harmony Auto Holding Limited and will research and develop electric vehicles together with China Harmony and expand into upstream automobile parts |
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Buck Converters Enable Smarter Power Regulation (2014.12.23)
Diodes introduced a series of synchronous buck converters for lowoutput
voltage power regulation in digital TVs, monitors and other high-density,
fast changing point-of-load system architectures. Employing adaptive constant on-time (AdCOT) control, the AP65450, AP65452 and AP65552 ensure high DC output accuracy, high efficiency and fast transient response |
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The Hot Sale PS4 Benefits Taiwanese Firms (2014.12.23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is the latest home video game console from Sony, which sold out 1.2 million units in the US on the Black Friday. Foxconn, Delta Electronics, Foxlink, and Jentech are major Taiwanese influences behind PS4 that also taken it as their driving force |
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Xilinx First to Move 20nm FPGAs into Volume Production (2014.12.23)
Xilinx announced that its Kintex UltraScale KU040 FPGAs are now the industry's first 20nm device to move into volume production. Customers can benefit from an estimated one year time to market advantage relative to its competition |
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2018 Automotive-Use LED Market Value to Reach US$ 2.5B (2014.12.22)
According to LEDinside, that even though automotive-use LED certification periods are long and the entry barrier for entering the supply chain is high, but its overall market revenue from 2014-2018 has a compounded growth rate of 9% |
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IPv6 over Bluetooth Smart protocol stack for nRF51 Series SoCs power IoT applications (2014.12.22)
Nordic Semiconductor ASA announces the launch of its nRF51 IoT (Internet of Things) Software Development Kit (SDK), an IPv6-ready complete Internet Protocol Suite for Nordic's market-leading nRF51 Series of Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) |
