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Toshiba Memory to Rebrand as “Kioxia” in October (2019.07.18)
Toshiba Memory Holdings announced today that it will officially change its name to Kioxia Holdings Corporation on October 1, 2019. The name Kioxia (kee-ox-ee-uh) will be adopted for the names of all Toshiba Memory companies, largely effective on the same date |
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Samsung Begins Mass Production of Industry’s First 12Gb LPDDR5 Mobile DRAM (2019.07.18)
Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 12-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, which has been optimized for enabling 5G and AI features in future smartphones. The new mobile memory comes just five months after announcing mass production of the 12GB LPDDR4X, further reinforcing the company’s premium memory lineup |
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IC Insights: Semi Content in Electronic Systems Forecast to Drop to 26.4% in 2019 (2019.07.18)
IC Insights forecasts that the 2019 global electronic systems market will grow 4% to $1,680 billion. In contrast, the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to drop by 12% this year to $443.8 billion after exceeding the $500 |
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TSMC Reports Second Quarter Revenue of NT$241.00 Billion, 10.2% Increase QoQ (2019.07.18)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - TSMC today announced consolidated revenue of NT$241.00 billion, net income of NT$66.77 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$2.57 (US$0.41 per ADR unit) for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Year-over-year, second quarter revenue increased 3 |
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Taiwan and France Collaborate to Bring Eiffel Tower Monitoring Technology to the Shezi (2019.07.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taipei City and French innovation company, Morphosense, are collaborating to introduce the monitoring technology used on the Eiffel Tower to the Shezi Bridge. The deployment of the “Shezi Bridge Structural Monitoring Verification System” structural monitoring system began in June in order to remotely collect data and provide real-time warnings and notifications |
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Covestro Pushing the Boundaries for a Sustainable and Digital World (2019.07.17)
Sustainable and digital: at the plastics trade fair K 2019 in Düsseldorf, materials manufacturer Covestro presents innovative material solutions that provide answers to the great challenges of the world. In doing so, the company continually pushes boundaries, in order to improve people’s lives and generate added value for customers, but also, above all, to reduce environmental influences |
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congatec Presents 10 New High-end Modules for Embedded Edge Computing (2019.07.17)
congatec announced 10 new COM Express Type 6 modules featuring the best and latest Intel embedded processor technology. The four Intel Xeon, three Intel Core, two Intel Celeron and one Intel Pentium processors are all based on the same Intel microarchitecture (codenamed Coffee Lake H) |
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CyberLink to showcase FaceMe AI Facial Recognition Engine at RetailNOW 2019 (2019.07.17)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - CyberLink Corp. will be demonstrating AIoT solutions powered by FaceMe, the company’s award-winning facial recognition engine, at RetailNOW 2019. Facial recognition is transforming retail by enabling a whole new level of shopping customization, through traffic and visitor data analysis, dynamically updated ad displays, VIP customer identification and more |
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Gartner: Leading Organizations Expect to Double the Number of AI Projects Next Year (2019.07.17)
Organizations that are working with artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) have, on average, four AI/ML projects in place, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Of all respondents, 59% said that they have AI deployed today |
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Hyundai Mobis Develops Driver State Warning System Monitoring Driver's Gaze Direction (2019.07.17)
Hyundai Mobis succeeded in developing a driver state warning system that can recognize the driver's face and even track their eyes. The system is expected to contribute to preventing big traffic accidents caused by careless driving |
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Electronic Chip Mimics the Brain to Make Memories in a Flash (2019.07.17)
Researchers from RMIT University drew inspiration from an emerging tool in biotechnology – optogenetics – to develop a device that replicates the way the brain stores and loses information.
Optogenetics allows scientists to delve into the body’s electrical system with incredible precision, using light to manipulate neurons so that they can be turned on or off |
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Swissbit Introduces Industrial Grade 3D-NAND-SSD (2019.07.16)
3D-NAND-based SSD’s are common in consumer markets. Swissbit is now pleased to introduce a range of 3D-NAND-SSD products that are specifically optimized for demanding industrial- and NetCom applications. The X-75-range includes product versions with 2 |
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MOST Calls for Startups for CES 2020 (2019.07.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) is going to lead 80 startups to CES 2020, and hope to catch attentions from international by having its national pavilion.
“TTA is now calling startups for CES 2020” announced by Dr |
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IDC: IoTs Spending in Asia/Pacific to Reach USD 398.6 Billion by 2023 (2019.07.16)
The latest update of the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide reveals that the Asia/Pacific region will be the global leader for Internet of Things (IoT) Spending in 2019 with around 35.7% of the WW spend, followed by United States of America and Western Europe with 27 |
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Tencent’s AI Investments Concentrate on Robotics: MIC (2019.07.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tencent has been actively investing in AI, mainly through its AI incubator and investment department. The incubator, under the open AI platform, is responsible for finding entrepreneurs with potential, while the investment department invests in project partners, according to Taipei-based government-backed research institute MIC (Market Intelligence& Consulting Institute) of III (Institute for Information Industry) |
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E Ink Joins AirFuel’s Wireless Charging Alliance – Promotes Battery-Free E-Paper Device (2019.07.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - E Ink Holdings Inc. announced that they have joined the AirFuel Alliance as a member of the alliance’s board of directors.
In the alliance with AirFuel, E Ink will promote the development of electronic paper technology |
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Taiwan’s NTU Discovers A New Catalyst to Fight Against Global Warming (2019.07.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Through long-term support provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), a multinational research team including National Taiwan University utilized their exclusive “operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy” to discover a new catalyst – single-atom iron with a high valence of +3 – that can perform a superior activity and potentially substitute for gold |
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Keysight Technologies Announces Automotive Cybersecurity Program (2019.07.15)
Keysight Technologies announced a new automotive cybersecurity program that enables automotive security professionals at car manufacturers (OEM) and their suppliers (Tier 1) to ensure the safety of their vehicles with proactive protection against cyberattacks throughout the R&D and production process, as well as post sales |
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Powerline Communication Development Toolset from STMicroelectronics (2019.07.15)
A new plug-and-play powerline communication (PLC) development toolset from STMicroelectronics accelerates the development of turn-key powerline networks by providing all the hardware and software components needed to build and run a PLC application |
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Prices for Mid- and Large-sized LCD Panels Keep Falling in 3Q, Says TrendForce (2019.07.11)
According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, prices for mid- and large-sized LCD panels are unlikely to stop falling in 3Q19, mainly due to the trade war that raged on in 2Q. Some LCD brands have already stocked up beforehand as well as raised inventory levels of completed devices in North American regions |
The ACPI specification enables the operating system, the central processing unit and peripheral equipment to integrate and exchange power usage message, simple and more effective co-management power.