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The Future of Sapphire Front Cover Market Depends on Apple’s Strategy (2014.10.02) IHS Inc., has forecast the price of sapphire front covers based on a scenario of the sapphire covers to be applied on the next iPhone in 2015 and made a forecast of the growth potential of the sapphire cover market through an analysis of the sapphire cover production cost |
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Mitsui Chemicals, ITRI Establish STOBA Battery Production Base (2014.10.01) TAIPEI, Taiwan-Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on Monday announced an exclusive agreement for STOBA high-safety battery materials with Mitsui Chemicals and the establishment of a STOBA production base in Taiwan in 2016 |
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Innostor Technology ISH-1 Aiming at Smart Home System (2014.10.01) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Memory controller IC supplier, Innostor Technology rolled out the wireless personal Cloud product in a bid to hold opportunity of smart home. The main goal of Innostor Technology is to develop high value-added products base on various internal leading edge core technologies within a very challenging and competitive schedule in order to win market timing |
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Infortrend Offers Enhanced EonStor DS 1000/DS 3000 SSD Optimization and Data Security (2014.10.01) TAIPEI, Taiwan — iCloud hack leaks nude pictures of over 100 celebs that poses a threat to all the Cloud users and the information security is taken more seriously than ever. Infortrend announced enhanced SSD optimization with 4-level automated storage tiering support and drive wear indication for the EonStor DS 1000/DS 3000 series |
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Energy Harvesting Everywhere (2014.09.30) As smartwatches, the Internet of Things, and wearable electronics gradually become mainstream applications, their power supply problems will also create major challenges for the development of future applications.
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Two Taiwanese Firms Become Apple Watch IC Substrate Suppliers (2014.09.30) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Two Taiwanese IC substrate firms, Kinsus Interconnect Technology and Nan Ya PCB outshined the Japanese IC substrate big firm Ibiden to become the Apple Watch IC substrate suppliers. It's rarely seen that the Taiwanese component firms to get all Apple's orders |
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New Hardware and Software for Brocade MLXe Routers (2014.09.30) Brocade announced new hardware modules and software for the Brocade MLX Series routers with the capabilities to address the bandwidth, scale, and performance needed for the networks of today; providing a seamless path to open, software-driven programmable networks that the industry refers to as the "New IP" |
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UWin Nanotech Wins Gold Medal in INST (2014.09.29) TAIPEI, Taiwan — UWin Nanotech Co. is one of the participants and a supplier of Green Alchemy in IT industry. It independently conducts research and development in order to carry out environmentally friendly gold stripping. UW-700, an electrolyte gold stripper, is their secret weapon, and won the gold medal in the 2014 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart (Taipei INST) |
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Taiwan and UMich Collaborate on Connected Vehicle Research (2014.09.29) TAIPEI, Taiwan-The Automotive Research and Testing Center (ARTC) won the Intelligent Transportation System’s (ITS) World Congress Best Paper Award. In addition, it has co-signed a letter of intent with University of Michigan to conduct connected vehicle research |
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Lenovo Set to Close Acquisition of IBM Server Business (2014.09.29) Lenovo and IBM announced today that conditions for Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business have been satisfied and the parties anticipate they will begin closing the transaction effective on October 1, 2014. The acquisition will make Lenovo the third-largest player in the $42 |
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Gen-2 TMBS Rectifiers Offer High Efficiency for Telecom Power Supplies and LED Lighting (2014.09.26) Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced 15 new 200 V Gen-2 TMBS Trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers featuring a wide range of current ratings from 5 A to 30 A in four power package options. With low forward voltage drops down to 0 |
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Start-ups and Virtualization in the spotlight at Small Cell Forum (2014.09.26) The Small Cell Forum has closed its 27th Plenary meeting, CEO Sue Monahan announce a new membership for Start-Ups. Open to companies with gross annual revenue of less than £306,000, the annual membership is just £750 and will enable Start-Up firms to help shape the future of small cells and the work of the Small Cell Forum |
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Japanese Professors Study Human Communication with Human-Like Robot (2014.09.25) Takayuki Nagai and Tetsuro Nishino, two professors of University of Electro-Communications(UEC), are working on creating robots with human-like intelligence and, importantly, with "hearts and minds".
"The key to the success of our research is creating robots that can both adapt to their environment and communicate naturally with humans," says Nagai, a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems |
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ASRock to Sponsor Taipei Cricket Association (2014.09.25) TAIPEI, Taiwan – ASRock announced today that the company became a Sponsor of the Taipei Cricket Association (T.C.A.).
Established in 1985, Taipei Cricket Association, commonly known as T.C.A. is the first Private Cricket Club based in Taipei, Taiwan |
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The Rising of Chinese Servers, Chance or Threat to Taiwan? (2014.09.25) TAIPEI, Taiwan — As one of the goals of China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) is to advance the local content rate of NB components to 30 percent in 2015. At the same time, Chinese brands are emerging in the server market with more investment in the data center in China, which drives China to rank No |
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Huawei and Samsung Wins LTE Asia Awards (2014.09.25) Informa Telecoms & Media today announced the winners of the inaugural LTE Asia awards at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore , the winners of the LTE Asia 2014 Awards are: Polystar, SK Telecom, Cisco, Gigamon, SA, Samsung, Huawei and Mavenir Systems |
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Taiwan Government Approves Two Cases for Hon Hai to Invest in Mainland China (2014.09.24) TAIPEI, Taiwan-The MOEA Investment Commission on Monday approved two cases for Hon Hai to invest in Mainland China. The total amount is NT$18 billion and is divided between Henan Fu Tai Hua Precision Electronics’ smartphone assembly and Hong Fujian Precision Electronics’ tablet computer assembly operations |
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New AC/DC Product to Include Synchronous Rectifiers (2014.09.23) Dialog Semiconductor plc launched its iW671 synchronous rectifier designed to enable small, higher power adapters for mobile devices.
The iW671 replaces the secondary-side Schottky diode used in conventional power supplies with a more efficient MOSFET and works with Dialog’s iW1786 or iW1787 primary-side controllers to deliver efficiency greater than 88% |
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Today’s Big Kids’ Ironman Dream (2014.09.22) If the majority of girls’ dream is wishing to be able to become a Barbie doll, then the majority of boys’ dream is probably wishing that they could become Superman and save the world or that they could wear a cool suit of armor with many functions like Ironman |
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Macroblock MBI5153 Receives Orders From China (2014.09.22) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Macroblock MBI5153 received orders from Chinese firms, including Liantronics Co., Luxon, and Donshan Precision Manufacturing Co., which is designed for LED video applications using internal Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control with selectable 14-bit / 13-bit color depth |