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Acer Reports Q318 Results: Highest Operating Income for Q3 in Eight Years (2018.11.07) TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announced today its financial results for Q3 2018: consolidated revenues were NT$65.33 billion, growing 7.8% year-on-year; gross profits were NT$6.89 billion with 10.6% margin; operating income was NT$1.17 billion, marking the highest for the third quarter over eight years, with 1 |
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Industry’s Smallest Multi-output MEMS Clock Generator Offers Up to 80% Board Space Savings (2018.11.07) Microchip Technology announced the industry’s smallest MEMS clock generator. This new device can replace up to three crystals and oscillators on a board, reducing timing component board space by up to 80 percent. The DSC613 clock family eliminates the need for an external crystal by integrating a low-power and high-stability Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) resonator |
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HOLTEK New HT45F4050 A/D NFC Flash MCU (2018.11.07) Holtek announces the release of its new A/D Near Field Communication, NFC, Flash MCU, the HT45F4050. The device’s most exceptional feature is its fully integrated NFC Tag interface. This high level of functional integration means that NFC terminal product solutions do not require separate MCU and NFC Tag IC devices, resulting in greatly reduced manufacturing BOM costs |
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Global Shipments of Smart Speakers to Grow by 53% YoY, Says TrendForce (2018.11.07) TrendForce has published a new report profiling the latest trends in the global smart speaker market. According to data in the report, the global shipments of smart speakers are expected to reach 62.25 million units in 2018.
Driven by the expansion of Google Home into more regions and the growth of smart speaker market in China, the shipments would increase further by 53% YoY, reaching 95 |
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Highly Concentrated IT Market with Reduced Profits to Drive Business Transformation in IT Sector (2018.11.07) Among the Top 10 Taiwanese businesses in 2017, six were IT hardware brands, which account for 72% of the top ten’s revenues, according to the Taipei-based, government-backed IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) |
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Advantech Publishes Newest IoT Platform Architecture WISE-PaaS 3.0 (2018.11.06) Smart systems company Advantech in Suzhou, China held their first annual Internet of Things summit. At the summit , five thousand Advantech customers and partners from around the world witnessed Advantech publish their newest IoT platform architecture WISE-PaaS 3 |
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Toshiba Develops High-Speed Algorithm and Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning Processor (2018.11.06) Toshiba Memory Corporation today announced the development of a high-speed and high-energy-efficiency algorithm and hardware architecture for deep learning processing with less degradations of recognition accuracy. The new processor for deep learning implemented on an FPGA achieves 4 times energy efficiency compared to conventional ones |
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Keysight Enables Engineers to Speed Test Development Times (2018.11.06) Keysight Technologies announced the Keysight DAQ970A data acquisition system (DAQ) to speed test development times with rapid measurement and scan rates, expanded measurement types and ranges, as well as simple test sequence automation |
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TYAN Launches Entry Server Platforms Optimized for the New Intel Xeon E-2100 Processors (2018.11.06) TYAN introduced new Intel Xeon E-2100 processor-based server motherboards and systems to the market. The new lineup is designed to offer enhanced performance, advanced security, and reliability of cost-effective entry server solutions |
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BOXER-6841M, a Box PC Builts for Both Edge AI and Machine Vision Applications (2018.11.06) AAEON launches the BOXER-6841M, a box PC built for both edge AI and machine vision applications. The controller is available in six different SKUs, with four AI models featuring PCIe(x16) slots for the installation of Nvidia® GPUs, and two machine vision models fitted with a pair of PCIe(x8) slots for frame grabber cards |
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FlexTech Taiwan Committee Launched to Advance Flexible Hybrid Electronics (2018.11.06) TAIPEI, Taiwan – SEMI Taiwan today announced the formation of the FlexTech Taiwan Steering Committee. Serving as a platform that connects industry, academia, research and government, the committee will focus on identifying market trends and needs, solving technical challenges and accelerating innovation and business development to advance the flexible hybrid electronics industry and open business opportunities for its members |
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Accenture to Open New R&D Lab in Shenzhen, China, Focusing on AI, Robotics and Industry X.0 (2018.11.05) Accenture will open an Accenture Lab in Shenzhen, China, in the first half of 2019 that will specialize in applied research and development (R&D) activities in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, as well as Industry X.0, which is Accenture’s business area focused on helping companies redefine smart connected software and physical products |
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Intel and Tencent YouTu Team on AI Products (2018.11.05) At the Tencent Global Partner Conference, Intel announced new artificial intelligence (AI) collaborations with Tencent YouTu Lab: DeepGaze, an AI camera, and YouBox, an AI box.
Customer analytics, enabled by AI, can help retailers predict sales performance based on trends and real-time tracking of shoppers’ activity and product turnover |
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Contract Prices Have Started to Drop in PC DRAM Market This October, Says TrendForce (2018.11.05) Contract prices of PC DRAM products have started to turn downward sharply this October as major suppliers have completed most contract negotiations, reports DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The average price of 4GB PC DRAM modules for 4Q18 contracts has dropped by 10 |
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HOLTEK New HT66F0195 – 8Kx16 A/D MCU with EEPROM (2018.11.05) Holtek announces the release of a new addition to its A/D type Flash MCU range with the new HT66F0195. As an extension product of the HT66F0185, this new device provides an enhanced level of system resources. The program memory sees an increase to a capacity of 8Kx16, the data memory is increased to 512 bytes and the A/D converter has been expanded to 12 channels |
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A Smart 3D Endoscope Visualization System Integrates 2D and 3D Function (2018.11.02) TAICHUNG, Taiwan - MonoStereo, a smart 3D endoscope visualization system, integrates the benefits of 2D and 3D function, providing an advanced 3D endoscope image for better endoscopic surgery.
This surgical image breakthrough was selected by RESI (Redefining Early Stage Investment) New York 2018 Innovation Challenge Companies as one of the finalists who stands out from hundreds of competitors globally |
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IC Insights: Quarterly YoY Growth Slows Substantially for IC Market (2018.11.02) IC Insights pointed that IC market is expected to enter a period of cyclical “cooling” after an extended period of very strong growth.
Figure illustrates the worldwide quarterly year-over-year IC market increases from 1Q through 3Q and IC Insights’ forecast for 4Q of this year |
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Keysight, SGS Extend Collaboration on 5G Conformance Testing (2018.11.02) Keysight Technologies announced that the company has extended its collaboration with SGS, a world-leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, on 5G conformance testing.
SGS has been leveraging Keysight’s solutions for more than 10 years |
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Overcoming High-Precision Challenges in Manufacturing with Solid Quality as the Foundation (2018.11.02) Chien Wei Precise Technology Co., Ltd. is undoubtedly the leader of the Taiwanese tool industry, and this is especially true in the domain of precision manufacturing. They are one of the few tool and machinery companies capable of crossing over from the field of IC semiconductors to ultra-precision optics |
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Avalue Debuts APC-series Fanless Multi-touch Panel PCs (2018.11.01) Avalue Technology has debuted the APC-series multi-touch panel PCs. With an IP65-rated water-resistant and dust-tight front side, fanless design for noise-free operation, low power consumption, compact exterior and versatile extensions, it provides better interaction and meets a wide variety of application requirements |