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Building the Age-Friendly City (2014.12.03)
With the rising tide of elderly people, Taiwanese society will formally move from “ageing” to “aged” in three some years. There is no way to stop the ageing of the population structure, but Taiwan is working hard at studying how to create a living environment that is elder friendly |
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E Ink Announces Kobo eBook Access Program (2014.12.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — E Ink, an ePaper product and technology visionary, and creator of the reading screens, Wednesday announced an initiative to give E Ink's hardware partners the option to offer their customers access to Kobo's world-class catalogue of more than four million eBooks |
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Chinese ODM firm HaiPai Noble Technologies Opens a Branch in Taiwan (2014.12.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The demand of mid-tier handsets is rising, which benefits ODM firms. Taiwanese handset developers sought ODM in China in thw past, now the trend has been changed since the Chinese top three ODM firm HaiPai Noble Technologies opened an office in Taiwan, aiming at the mid-tier handsets orders from HTC, ASUS, and Acer |
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IDC: 3rd Platform Will Bring Innovation, Growth, and Disruption Across All Industries in 2015 (2014.12.03)
International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced its top ten predictions for the worldwide information and telecommunications technology (ICT) industry in 2015. The driving force behind all of IDC's predictions is the industry's accelerating transition to the 3rd Platform for innovation and growth, built on the technology pillars of mobile computing, cloud services, big data and analytics, and social networking |
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HOLTEK New HT45F5Q Charger Flash MCU Features New Charger Management Module (2014.12.03)
With the charger product application area firmly in its sights, Holtek presently announces the release of its new A/D Flash MCU, the HT45F5Q. When compared with traditional MCU solutions for these applications, this new device has greatly enhanced MCU resources and the added feature of a new charger management module unit |
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Ultrathin 1.8mm,3A µModule Regulator in LGA Package for PCIe, ATCA, microTCA Cards (2014.12.03)
Linear Technology introduces the LTM4623 3A µModule (micromodule) step-down regulator in an ultrathin 1.8mm profile LGA package with only a 6.25mm x 6.25mm footprint. With solder paste, the package height is less than 2mm, meeting the height restrictions of many PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMC) for AdvancedTCA carrier cards in embedded computing systems |
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196 HVC ENYCAP Hybrid ENergY Storage Capacitors Save Space With Highest Energy Density (2014.12.03)
Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new series of hybrid ENergY storage capacitors — ENYCAP™ — with low 2.5 mm profiles that feature industry-high energy density of 13 Ws/g. Offering designers exceptional flexibility and enhanced charge and discharge performance for energy harvesting and power line backup applications |
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Acer Expands Liquid Smartphone Sales to the Caribbean (2014.12.03)
TAIPEI, Taiwan－Acer announced today that its Android-powered Liquid E700 smartphones are available at Digicel stores in Bermuda, Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
This follows the successful launches of Acer smartphones across Pan America earlier this year in Canada, Chile and Mexico |
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HOLTEK New HT82V73A Low Voltage 1.5W Audio Amplifier (2014.12.02)
The HT82V73A forms a new addition to the Holtek range of audio amplifiers. With the advantages of low voltage operation, this monophonic audio power amplifier device has special features such as low power consumption, high power output, high fidelity and excellent audio frequency response |
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NCC is About to Annouce the Information Security Investigation of 12 Handsets (2014.12.02)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — On August, it is said that the Chinese Android smartphone firm Xiaomi caught collecting users' data and directly sending it back to its Beijing server, especially posing a serious information security threat to Taiwanese users |
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India Leads Growth of Smartphone Market; China Continues to Slow (2014.12.02)
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the smartphone market in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) posted a moderate 6% Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) and 24% Year-on-Year (YoY) growth in 2014 Q3. This trend reflects a decline in growth from previous years and is a result of its largest market, China, having seen the last of the heydays of heady growth in the smartphone market |
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Gemalto Teams Up With Chunghwa Telecom To launch NFC Services in Taiwan (2014.12.02)
Gemalto has teamed up with Chunghwa Telecom, the largest operator in Taiwan with 10 million subscribers, to secure their mobile NFC services. This commercial launch, supported by MasterCard and four leading Taiwanese banks, uses Gemalto's UpTeq Multi-tenant NFC SIM and embedded software to host mobile payment and Mifare transit purse on a single card |
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Taiwan Teenagers Enthusiastic about Using CellPhones Internet (2014.12.02)
TAIPEI,Taiwan－ According to a survey of Taiwanese teenagers’ Internet behavior which was carried out by Insight Xplorer and Foreseeing New Innovative Digiservices (FIND) together with several brand manufacturers in Taiwan, Taiwanese teenagers are extremely enthusiastic about using cellphones to surf the Internet |
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NXP Appoints New VP, Taiwan Sales and Country Manager (2014.12.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan– NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced that Mr. Frank Chen has joined NXP as the VP, Taiwan Sales and Country Manager effective 1st December 2014. Frank is based in Taipei and responsible for Sales across all NXP products in Taiwan and the Country Manager |
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Foxconn Invites Media to see the Xiaomi Mi 4 Production Line (2014.12.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Chinese handset giant Xiaomi held its Xiaomi Mi 4 Media Day in Langfang factory in Hebei, China under the permission of Foxconn Chairperson Terry Gou, invited 30 media to visit the production line.
Xiaomi announced on their weibo official account
, saying that Xiaomi Mi 4 has reached its productivity goal by manufacturing a million units in the first two months |
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Three Taiwanese IC Firms are Qi-certified (2014.12.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Though the wireless charging IC seems a low-volume production, Taiwanese IC firms like ENE Technology, Richtek Technology, and Holtek Semiconductor are Qi-certified. Take ENE Technology into account, the company's wireless charging products including sender and receiver, and the product ranging from IC and module, now at the sample presentation |
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u-blox’s Automotive 4G LTE Module Certified for All Major Networks in North America (2014.12.01)
Swiss u blox, announces that its Cat.4 TOBY-L200 4G LTE module has achieved “network compatible” status for North Americas largest LTE networks. In the u-blox tradition of miniaturization and reliability, TOBY-L200 is the world’s smallest Category 4 LTE module and operates at automotive temperatures (-40°C…+85°C) |
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India Is The Fastest Growing Smartphone Market In APAC In Q3 (2014.11.28)
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), India was the fastest growing market in Asia/Pacific with a quarter-on-quarter growth of 27% in Q3 2014 (July – September). The market observed exceptional growth owing to festive demand and recorded a new high in smartphone shipments in Q3 2014 |
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Triac Dimmable LED Lamp Driver Increases Performance and Cost Savings (2014.11.28)
Diodes Incorporated introduced the AP1695. This LED lamp driver optimizes the design of sub 12W triac dimmer-compatible LED lamps by featuring a dimming range of 1 to 100% and up to a 30% reduction in bill of materials (BOM) cost |
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Gentek Relies on LTE, IP STB, and Home Automation Products (2014.11.28)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Gemtek held its investor conference on Thursday, LTE, IP STB, and Home Automation will be their driving force in 2015. The company is a provider of Wireless Broadband solutions and WLAN products, offering a wide range of solutions from residential to business, Cloud Foundry is one of their next big things |
