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Faraday Releases 28G Programmable SerDes at 28nm for Networking ASIC (2019.08.12)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Faraday Technology announced the availability of its 28Gbps programmable SerDes PHY IP on UMC 28HPC process technology. Faraday leads the ASIC industry by successfully delivering this silicon-proven IP solution, enabling the infrastructure of 100G Ethernet and most xPON applications with this single SerDes for customers |
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Samsung Announces Industry’s First 108Mp Image Sensor for Smartphones (2019.08.12)
Samsung Electronics today introduced 108 megapixel (Mp) Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX, the first mobile image sensor in the industry to go beyond 100 million pixels.
With the latest addition, Samsung will expand its 0.8μm image sensor offerings from its recently announced ultra-high 64Mp to 108Mp, a resolution equivalent to that of a high-end DSLR camera |
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For Taiwanese Brands’ Smart Speakers, Educated Niche Groups are the Key (2019.08.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) has conducted a “Smart Speaker Consumer Survey” aimed at Taiwanese consumers and found that 21% of consumers already utilize smart speakers with as many as 77% of users willing to use them in the future |
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2Q DRAM Revenue Falls by 9.1% QoQ, with 3Q Quotes Still Set to Fall, Says TrendForce (2019.08.08)
According to investigations by DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, quote trends for various products, including commodity DRAM, server DRAM and consumer DRAM, fell by nearly 30%, with the exception of discrete mobile DRAM/ eMCP products, whose declines fell within the 10 -20% range |
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New Tariffs on Tech Products Could Increase Costs by Another $1 Billion Per Month, Says CTA (2019.08.08)
Tariffs on consumer technology products are projected to increase by $1 billion or more if the new 10% tariffs on imported Chinese products take effect on Sept. 1, according to new data from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), compiled and analyzed by The Trade Partnership |
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TYAN Launches AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processor Based Server Platform (2019.08.08)
TYAN is offering 2nd Gen AMD EPYC Processor-based server platforms to deliver a new level of performance to power the modern datacenter.
TYAN’s first-wave offerings include a 2U single-socket Transport SX TS65-B8036 server and the single-socket Tomcat SX S8036 server motherboard |
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Global Notebook Shipments in 2Q Grows by 12% QoQ (2019.08.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to the latest notebook shipments report by TrendForce, concerns over the US-China trade dispute and the Intel CPU shortage originally casted a conservative cloud over the overall outlook for the market in 2Q19 |
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76% of IC Products Expected to See Flat/Negative Growth in 2019, Says IC Insights (2019.08.08)
IC Insights forecasted that the growth rates of IC product in 2019 are expected to be heavily weighted toward the negative side of the chart, with nine segments forecast to see a sales decline of 10% or more and 16 product categories expected to experience flat sales or a single-digit decline in revenue growth |
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Taiwan's Tech Tycoons Assembled to Discuss National Industry Development (2019.08.07)
TAIPEi, Taiwan - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on last Friday held a “Strategic Peak Roundtable Discussion,” which was hosted by Vice-President Chen Chien-jen, and featured TSMC Founder Morris Chang in attendance, along with representatives from US silicon Products Co |
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HOLTEK New HT66F2630 High Accuracy/Low Current LIRC &A/D MCU (2019.08.07)
Holtek announced the release of its new high accuracy/low current LIRC and A/D Converter Flash MCU, the HT66F2630. The device provides a very low standby power consumption solution for products which require a timed wake-up for power saving and extended battery life |
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Smartphone Shipments in China Fell 6% in Q2 2019, IDC Reports (2019.08.07)
According to preliminary figures in the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , smartphone shipments in China stood at 98 million units in the second quarter of 2019, down 6% from the same period last year. This was better than expectations of an 9% contraction |
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Cadence and UMC Collaborate on Certification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Flow for 28HPC+ Process (2019.08.07)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC") today announced that the Cadence analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has achieved certification for UMC’s 28HPC+ process technology |
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“Taming the Weather” The New Relationship Between Man and Nature (2019.08.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Dr. Shiuh-Shen CHIEN, professor in geography, environment and development studies at National Taiwan University who has published a series of paper on sustainability research and volume geography studies, finds that weather modification practice is surprisingly popular in China |
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KYOCERA to Strengthen Open Innovation in AI and IoT with New Research Center (2019.08.07)
Kyocera announced the opening of the new Minato Mirai Research Center in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The center was created with the aim of promoting open innovation and the development of new business and technologies |
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Toshiba to Showcase Industry’s Fastest-class PCIe 4.0 SSDs (2019.08.07)
Toshiba Memory Corporation announced that it has developed the industry’s fastest-class PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs for enterprise applications that achieve a sequential read performance of over 6.4GB/s. A reference display and a demo of the new CM6 Series SSDs will be showcased in Toshiba Memory America’s booth (#307, Hall A) at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, USA, which will be held until August 8 |
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AI Augmentation Will Create $2.9 Trillion of Business Value in 2021, Gartner Says (2019.08.07)
In 2021, artificial intelligence (AI) augmentation will create $2.9 trillion of business value and 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity globally, according to Gartner, Inc.
Gartner defines augmented intelligence as a human-centered partnership model of people and AI working together to enhance cognitive performance |
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AEON Presents Its AI Platforms Powered by Intel Movidius Myriad X (2019.08.06)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – AAEON presents its AI platforms powered by Intel Movidius Myriad X. As the first company to produce an mPCIe module to feature the Intel Myriad X VPU, AAEON is continuing to lead the industry in offering powerful, flexible AI platforms with Intel solutions |
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Samsung Electronics Introduces New 3D Memory With Sixth-gen V-NAND SSDs for Client Computing (2019.08.06)
Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing 250-gigabyte (GB) SATA solid state drive (SSD) that integrates the company’s sixth-generation (1xx-layer) 256-gigabit (Gb) three-bit V-NAND for global PC OEMs. By launching a new generation of V-NAND in just 13 months, Samsung has reduced the mass production cycle by four months while securing the industry’s highest performance, power efficiency and manufacturing productivity |
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Acer Joins the 2019 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Azerbaijan as Official Sponsor (2019.08.06)
As the Official Sponsor for IOI 2019, Acer is the sole supplier of notebook PCs for contestants and staff, in addition to servers, to run contest management systems for the event held from August 4 - 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. After the contest, the Acer notebooks will be donated to ADA University and the Ministry of Education to support computer science programs for young scientists |
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UWin Nanotech Develops Rare Earth Metals Recycling Technology (2019.08.06)
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The America China Trade War has caused people to once again pay attention to the “Rare earth metals”. Although it is listed as a national strategic mineral, it is actually is not particularly rare; furthermore, it is also widely used in a wide variety of electronic and industrial products |
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