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Smallest 60V Power MOSFET Boosts Power Density (2014.03.20)
Diodes Incorporated introduced the world’s smallest 60V N-channel power MOSFET with a sub-100mΩ on-resistance. With a footprint measuring 1.6mm x 1.6mm and a typical height of 0.5mm, the DFN1616-packaged DMN6070SFCL helps achieve higher power densities in space-critical products, including cellphones, ultra-thin LCD TVs and hand-held gaming controls |
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4K solutions across the entire video transmission path at NAB 2014 (2014.03.19)
Rohde & Schwarz offers UHD-capable products for post-production, ingest, storage, playout, encoding and multiplexing, and transmission applications. The company’s transmitter family helps North American and Latin American TV operators master the challenges of digital TV |
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World’s First Purpose-Built 802.11ac Wi-Fi Product (2014.03.19)
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. announced today the Ruckus ZoneFlex R700, the world’s first dual-band, three-stream indoor Wi-Fi product specifically designed from the ground up built on the new 802.11ac standard.
The R700 is the only 802 |
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Global TV Market Contracts for Second Straight Year in 2013 (2014.03.19)
The global television market shrank last year for the second year in a row after total shipments declined by 6 percent from already soft 2012 levels, accompanied this time by a rare deceleration in the liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV space in China, Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe, according to a new report from IHS Technology
Shipments worldwide of televisions in 2013 amounted to 225 |
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Taiwan's 4G LTE Testing Market Worth at NT$1 Billion in 2014 (2014.03.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — What a huge market! The output value of testing and certification services for 4G LTE-enabled mobile devices in Taiwan will reach an estimated NT$1 billion (US$33 million) this year, a global certification company said Tuesday |
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HTC Remains No. 2 Smartphone in Taiwan in 2013 (2014.03.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's HTC Corp. remained the second-largest smartphone seller on its home turf last year, despite its falling share in the cutthroat marketplace, tech-tracking firm International Data Corp. (IDC) said in a report released Tuesday |
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TWO MORE SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PLATFORM SOLUTIONS (2014.03.18)
Analog Devices(ADI) announced two software-defined radio (SDR) platform solutions and ecosystems. This brings its portfolio to four platform solutions that simplify rapid SDR system prototyping and development in applications ranging from defense electronics, RF instrumentation, communications infrastructure and open-source SDR development projects |
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Intel Core-based 19 Inch Industrial Touch Panel Computer with PCI or PCIe Slot (2014.03.18)
Axiomtek announced the arrival of the P1197E-861, a ruggedized 19-inch expandable industrial touch panel computer. The P1197E-861 supports 3rd & 2nd Generation Intel Core i7/ i5/ i3/ Celeron/ Pentium processors in LGA1155 socket with Intel H61 Express chipset |
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UL’s Taiwan New Large Battery Testing Lab Open (2014.03.18)
Taipei , Taiwan - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) on Monday announced that its Large Battery Testing and Hazloc Equipment Testing Center formally opened in Taiwan, will provide testing certification of electric motor vehicles, smart grid , data center and storage devices used by small and medium battery cells for Europe and America, Japan and Taiwan market |
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ALi Unveils Smart STB Solution M3932 Based on Latest Android 4.4 KitKat (2014.03.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan —ALi Corporation, a leading Set-Top Box (STB) solution provider, today announced the launch of M3932, a high definition smart STB SoC solution based on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat, targeting applications including smart DVB or IPTV set-top boxes, OTT multimedia players, hybrid set-top boxes, and TV dongles |
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China Smartphone Brand Sides with Taiwan Components Firms (2014.03.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China smartphone firms are active in rolling out new models to the market, which also seek cooperation with Taiwan components firms to be part of their suppy chain. Officer of ZTE Corp. comes to Taiwan and visits HDI firms here, Unitech and COMPEQ are likely to be its supply chain members
Lu Qian-hao, officer of ZTE says that ZTE a |
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IC Market for Total Personal Computing Systems to Jump 6% in 2014 (2014.03.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Following three consecutive years of declines, the IC market for total personal computing systems is forecast to increase 6 percent to $77.7 billion in 2014 and climb another 6 percent in 2015 to $82.1 billion, which will be just shy of the record-high $82 |
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TSIA Q4 2013 and Year 2013 Statistics on Taiwan IC Industry (2014.03.17)
According to WSTS, Q4 2013 worldwide semiconductor revenue reached US$79.9 billion, a year-to-year growth of 7.7% and down 0.8% on-quarter. Sales quantity reached 180.1 billion ICs, an 8.7% increase on-year and down 2.7% on-quarter |
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Cost-Saving System Management Design for Lithium Pedelec/e-Bike Batteries (2014.03.17)
ams AG today introduced an example design for lithium pedelec/e-bike batteries which implements accurate cell monitoring and balancing without the need for a microcontroller in the Battery Management System (BMS).
Battery pack and pedelec manufacturers which use the design will benefit from valuable bill-of-materials (BoM) cost savings and a simpler circuit design, compared to batteries in production today |
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Dow Continued to Support The Reading Ability of Taiwan's Remote Areas (2014.03.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Dow Chemical has announced that continued to work with CommonWealth Magazine Education Foundation, National Chengchi University AMBA and BCSD-Taiwan cooperation , to sponsor the "Reading of Hope" and "Corporate Sustainability Entrepreneurship Competition" plan, hoping to play the power of knowledge of education, driving social progress and sustainable development |
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Phase Extender, Slave Step-Down Controller for up to 240A Compatible with Digital Power System Manag (2014.03.16)
Linear Technology introduces the LTC3870, a dual phase synchronous step-down slave controller that can generate currents up to 240A when paired with a companion master controller by extending the phase count in multiphase applications |
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NCKU Students Win Out in Telecom Foundation's Video Match (2014.03.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lee Da-cheng and Deng Hau-yun, two sophomores from the College of Medicine at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) , southern Taiwan, took part in the “Click Taiwan” competition recently, which is hosted annually by the Chunghwa Telecom Foundation, to shorten the digital divide between the city and remote areas |
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New 32 bit MCU Series Support Full Speed USB 2.0 (2014.03.15)
Sonix Technology, the leading company of MCU, is delighted to introduce a new 32-bit MCU series, SN32F240 which support a wide range operating voltage and full speed USB 2.0 that also have excellent capability to anti-interference and ESD, low power consumption, etc |
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Class-Leading Miniature Pressure Sensor Powers Mobile Innovation (2014.03.14)
Demands for new and better smartphones and tablets will accelerate the global market for pressure sensors like the LPS25H to $375 million by 2017 for consumer electronic applications, according to IHS1.
The sensors improve indoor navigation, enabling accurate floor detection and enhanced location-based services |
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Industry’s smallest 15-A, multiphase DC/DC converter for personal electronics (2014.03.14)
Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the industry’s smallest 15-amp, multiphase step-down converter that meets power requirements of leading-edge quad-core processors and octa-core processors to extend battery run-time in smartphones and tablets |
