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Wistron: We are not Fall Behind in Terms of the Defect-free Rate (2015.02.13)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Wistron held its year-end dinner on February 12, Lin Xian-ming, Chairperson of the company, said that it has already passed by the hardship of 2014. He forecast that the shipment of notebooks will be the same amount that of in 2015, and smart devices will be the growth drivers |
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Compal Electronics and Wistron Become Apple's 2015 Supply Chains (2015.02.13)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — According to the annual report of Apple, Taiwanese firms Compal Electronics and Wistron are listed in the Apple's 2015 Supply Chains, assembling iPhone and iPad, respectively.
Meanwhile, Wistron, Foxconn, and Pegatron are supply chains for assembling iPhone, while Compal Electronics, Foxconn, and Pegatron are responsible for assembling iPad |
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Over 40% Industrial Robot Patents are Used for Mechanical Engineering Sector (2015.02.12)
According to a report from MIC, an ICT research institute in Taiwan, 45% of industrial robot patents are used for Mechanical Engineering sector followed by Instruments and Electrical Engineering; 33.1% of Control is the highest share |
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ASUSTOR Launches Exclusive Mobile NAS Management App AiMaster (2015.02.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — ASUSTOR, an innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has announced the release of the new innovatively enhanced version of the AiMaster mobile app on February 11. This new version of AiMaster is the first mobile app in the NAS industry that allows users to initialize their system and create RAID volumes along with other basic configurations |
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One out of Three Smartphones is Powered by MediaTek (2015.02.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek, a smartphone chips developer, announced that it has sold out 35 million units of smartphone chips, which increased by 50 percent year-on-year. In other words, every one out of three smartphones is powered by the company's chip |
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Power Integrations’ Flexible Power Supply Design Tool Available as a Cloud-Based App (2015.02.12)
Power Integrations announced that its powerful, flexible power supply unit (PSU) design tool, PI Expert Suite, is now accessible as a cloud-based app. Previously, users downloaded the tool to a local PC or workstation; with the cloud-based version designers may access the design tool from any internet browser and can be sure that they are always using the most up-to-date version |
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SDN Will Unlock Billion Dollar Market in Asia Pacific by 2018 (2015.02.12)
The Software-Defined Networking (SDN) market will surpass the $1 billion mark by 2018 in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) alone, says International Data Corporation (IDC).
According to the latest technology assessment from IDC, the APEJ SDN market, consisting of spending from the enterprise and cloud service provider segments, will grow from $6 |
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FLUX and the Incubation of the Consumer 3D Printer Industry (2015.02.12)
FLUX is the brainchild of four National Taiwan University students who recently made headlines by raising more than US$1million through a Kickstarter campaign to find backers to fund an innovative 3D printer.
Now Simon Ko, Jim Yu, Shawn Lin and Yen Feng are pouring their efforts into delivering their 3D printer product to the 2,707 backers who are helping to make their dream into a reality |
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Radiation-Hardened Mixed-Signal ASICs for Space (2015.02.12)
Atmel announced its next generation radiation-hardened (rad-hard) mixed-signal ASIC platform for high-performance and high-density solutions for space applications. Manufactured on 150 nm Silicon on Insulator (SOI) process, the ATMX150RHA adds to Atmel’s portfolio of rad-hard solutions |
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TSMC to Share NT$35.3 Billion Profits to Employees (2015.02.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － TSMC's revenue in January recorded at historical high of NT$ 87.12 billion. In addition, TSMC announced yesterday that would share NT$ 35.3 billion profit to its employees, as the dividend, the average dividend is about NT$0 |
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Mobile DRAM Industry Valued Over US$3.6 Billion in 4Q14 (2015.02.11)
DRAMeXhchange reports that worldwide mobile DRAM revenue totaled US$3.607 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014, representing a 27.8% of DRAM industry value and a 4.2% quarterly increase.
DRAMeXchange's Assistant Vice President Avril Wu noted that mobile DRAM made up nearly 40% of all DRAM shipments, more than ever before |
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Axiomtek’s tBOX323-835-FL Wins Taiwan Excellence Award 2015 (2015.02.11)
Axiomtek announced today that the tBOX323-835-FL, its high performance railway PC, has received the prestigious “2015 Taiwan Excellence Award”. Among 448 participating companies and 1,155 competing products, the tBOX323-835-FL has been awarded for its innovative and seamless design |
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Viewing 3D Printing and Taiwanese 3D Printing Firms (2015.02.11)
As a new industry, 3D printing is rapidly attracting the whole world’s attention (truly, we should look upon it as an industry rather than a type of technology). Regardless of whether they are supporters or opponents of 3D printing, observers will all bring up a number of opinions about its development and make 3D printing into the most watched technology of 2015 |
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Pixart's New Technology Will be Introduced After the 2nd Quarter (2015.02.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Pixart is an advanced digital imaging IC design company, which specializes in CMOS image sensors and related image application IC design, research, production and sales. The company held a investor conference on February 10, forecasting there will be a new technology to be introduced after the second quarter |
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Taiwan Ocean University Puts IoT Into Formal Use (2015.02.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) opened an Internet of Things (IoT) integration laboratory, aiming at researching possibilities of smart life, and connecting Internet with objects and human beings to make our living environment more digital |
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IC Insights: DRAM bit volume Forecast to Increase 24% in 2015 (2015.02.11)
According to a report from IC Insights that DRAM bit volume grew by an average of 67% per year from 1995-2005. In the 10 years since then, however, bit volume growth has averaged 43% per year.
IC Insights pointed that worldwide economy mired in recession reduced bit volume growth to an all-time low of 21% in 2009—quite a contrast to the 1990s to 2000 when annual DRAM bit volume growth remained above 70% |
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STM and YOGITECH Release Safety Design Package (2015.02.11)
STMicroelectronics (STM) and YOGITECH, a leader in providing functional safety solutions, have completed development of a flexible software-design support package that streamlines certification of safety-critical systems featuring STM32 microcontrollers |
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Big Data is a Crucial Issues for Taiwan Startups (2015.02.10)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Big Data is important in the applications of Internet of Things (IoT) and gaming industry, but the fact is Taiwan startups haven't made the best use of Big Data, which is an Achilles heel for newly Taiwan startups |
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MediaTek Sees 4G Cell Phones As the Growing Momentum in 2015 (2015.02.10)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － MediaTek held investor conference yesterday and announced 2014 financial results. MediaTek said at the meeting that they were optimistic about the chips shipments of smart phones, 4G cell phones and tablets this year, which will be higher than last year |
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A Compact Com Express Module from Portwell Equipped With 5th Generation Intel Core CPU (2015.02.09)
Portwell announces the release of the PCOM-B633VG, a Type 6 COM Express Compact (95mm x 95mm) module based on the 5th generation Intel Core processor. The COM Express module delivers optimized value models and service levels by running multiple applications securely and reliably on virtualization-optimized platforms |
