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Global Smartphone Shipments in 2014 Totaled 1.167B with Samsung and Apple as First and Second (2015.01.20)
Global smartphone shipments totaled 1.167 billion units in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, with combined shipments of Chinese brands reaching 453.4 million units. Chinese vendors thus managed to encompass almost 40% of the global shipments and represent six of the top ten smartphone brands worldwide |
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New Microchip GestIC Controller Enables One-step Design-in of 3D Gesture Recognition (2015.01.20)
Microchip Technology announced the second member of its award-winning and patented GestIC family. The new MGC3030 3D gesture controller features simplified user-interface options focused on gesture detection, enabling true one-step design-in of 3D gesture recognition in consumer and embedded devices |
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Chobby Lai: Renishaw Applies 3D Printing in Tooling (2015.01.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Renishaw, a global engineering technologies company, its Taiwan subsidiary held a year-end lunch for media introducing the company's strength and goals in 2015. General Manager Chobby Lai said that the company currently focused on applying its 3D printing technology in tooling, dies, and molds, especially manufacturing airplane's interior equipments |
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New Ultra-Low Power Flash Memory From Macronix Targets Wearable Devices (2015.01.20)
HSIHCHU, Taiwan – Macronix has launched a new family of wide-voltage, ultra-low-power NOR Flash memory products designed for next-generation wearable devices. The MX25R family features power consumption that is 60% lower than that of traditional devices and a Vcc wide-voltage span of 1 |
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Taiwanese Foxlink May OEM New Apple Stylus (2015.01.20)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － According to Taiwan meadia reported, Apple is going to release 12-inch iPad, equipped with a new stylus, and a Taiwanese firm, Foxlink, will OEM this new accessory.
The report quoted the words of Ming-Chi Kuo, a analyst from KGI Securities Investment Advisory Company, that Apple will release a optional accessories stylus for new 12 |
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Indian Public Cloud Services Market Will Reach $838 Million In 2015 (2015.01.20)
According to Gartner, public cloud services revenue in India will reach $838 million by the end of 2015, an increase of almost 33 percent, or $206 million over 2014 revenue of $632 million. In 2015, public cloud services revenue is driven by high rates of growth in key market segments, cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS), cloud management and security services and cloud application infrastructure platform as a service (PaaS) |
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Apacer and Phison Form a Partnership for Storage Market (2015.01.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Apacer Technology and Phison Electrinics today jointly announced a strategic partnership between the two sides through purchasing private equity. Phison will acquire 15,000,000 private equity shares of Apacer of NT$ 25 |
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Advantech to Launch the IoT Platform at the Smart City Summit & Expo Tomorrow (2015.01.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Smart City Summit & Expo will be held at the TWTC NANGANG Exhibition Hall in Taipei on January 19, Taiwanese industrial PC giant, Advantech announced that three Internet of Things (IoT) platforms plus two virtual reality domains will be showcased |
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AME Introduces High Efficiency 2A Synchronous Boost Converter (2015.01.19)
AME Microelectronics announced the launch of a series of DC-DC boost converter - AME5125, This boost converter is designed by hysteretic current control topology to obtain maximum efficiency and integrated MOSFET.
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HOLTEK New HT7A6312 Power Control IC for Household Appliance Applications (2015.01.19)
Holtek’s new HT7A6312 is a power control IC that can be applied for use in both non-isolated or isolated AC/DC power design with a full range voltage input. This AC/DC power control IC, with its advantages of low standby power consumption and high efficiency, will see prominent use in the household appliance application area |
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TSMC and UMC to Increase 8-inch Foundry Capacity in China (2015.01.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwanese IC foundries are increasing their local 8-inch silicon wafer production capacities in China. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to increase the monthly 8-inch wafer production capacity in its Shanghai Songjiang factory to 120,000 wafers, which is a 60% increase |
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Taiwan Turns On The Engine of E-Commerce By Passed Third-Party Payment Regulations (2015.01.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan's Electronic Payment Institution Regulations has passed by Legislative Yuan last Friday. According to the new law, a company who have capital of more than NT$5 hundred million can provide internet paymant services or payment platform; as to user, the daily trading limit may not exceed a total of NT$ 50,000 or its equivalent in foreign currency |
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Samsung Electronics Starts Mass Producing 8GB GDDR5 (2015.01.17)
Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) GDDR5 DRAM, based on the company’s leading-edge 20-nanometer (nm) process technology. GDDR5 is the most widely used discrete graphics memory in the world |
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High-Performance Crystal Oscillators with Best-in-Class Jitter Performance (2015.01.17)
Integrated Device Technology (IDT) expanded its comprehensive timing portfolio with the introduction of two new families of crystal oscillators. The IDT XU and XL families offer unparalleled features and flexibility at an industry-leading price-vs |
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AcBel Polytech to Launch More Industrial use Product Lines (2015.01.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — AcBel Polytech had suffered from slump in sales since the thrid quarter of 2014 because of loss of big server customers that led to bad performance of industrial power supply. The company to launch more industrial product lines to 50 percent to maintain its revenue |
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UBS: Semiconductor Industry to Combine the Smart Appliances (2015.01.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — An analyst from UBS pointed out that one of the trends of semiconductor industry in 2015 is to crossover businesses, platforms in a bid to collaborate with one another. Network firms to combine with smart appliances is one of the possible way to work it out |
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Taiwan’s ITRI Developing Lightweight Exoskeleton Technology for Disabled (2015.01.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute(ITRI) is developing an exoskeleton technology to provide affordable aids for disabilities, to rebuild their mobile ability with cheaper and lighter design.
Artificial exoskeleton is an emerging technology with two main purposes: First |
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First 4M Logic Cell Device, Offering >50M Equivalent ASIC Gates and 4X Capacity (2015.01.16)
Xilinx has delivered the industry's first 4M logic cell device which offers 50M equivalent ASIC gates and 4X more capacity than competitive alternatives. First shipments of the Virtex UltraScale VU440 FPGA are ideal for next-generation ASIC and complex SOC prototyping and emulation |
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New Vishay IHLP Inductors in 2020 Case Size Offer High-Temperature Operation to +155 °C (2015.01.16)
Vishay Intertechnology launched two new IHLP® low-profile, high-current inductors in the 2020 case size with high operating temperatures to +155 °C. Offering low profiles of 3 mm, the Vishay Dale IHLP-2020CZ-51 and automotive-grade IHLP-2020CZ-5A provide a wide range of inductance values from 0 |
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Public Cloud Services In Mature APAC and Japan To Reach $7.4B in 2015 (2015.01.15)
According to Gartner, the public cloud services market in the mature Asia/Pacific and Japan (APJ) region is on pace to grow 14.2 percent in 2015 to total $7.4 billion, up from $6.5 billion in 2014. Cloud management and security services, the fastest growth segment of the cloud services market in mature APJ region, is expected to grow 29 |
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