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Prices of LED Package Products Remain Stable in July, Says TrendForce (2018.08.08)
The prices of mainstream LED package products remained stable in the Chinese market for July 2018, says LEDinside, a division of TrendForce.
“Demand in the lighting market remained sluggish in July, but price decline has not been observed yet”, says LEDinside analyst Terri Wang |
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Acer Reports Highest Net Income of NT$881 Million for Q2 in Eight Years (2018.08.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announced today its financial results for Q2 2018: consolidated revenues were NT$58.48 billion, growing 9.1% year-on-year; gross profits were NT$6.43 billion with 11% margin; operating income was NT$930 million with 1 |
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Marvell Introduces Industry's First NVMe-oF SSD Converter Control (2018.08.08)
Marvell announced the industry's first NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) SSD converter controller, the 88SN2400, for cloud and enterprise data centers. The 88SN2400 controller is designed and optimized to convert an NVMe solid state drive (SSD) into an NVMe-oF SSD, providing a revolutionary architecture that increases utilization and scalability of SSDs within the data center to ultimately lower total cost of ownership (TCO) |
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INVISTA to Build World-scale Adiponitrile Facility in China by 2023 (2018.08.08)
INVISTA has begun work to bring its latest adiponitrile (ADN) technology to China to satisfy the strong, local demand for the nylon 6,6 intermediate chemical. Engineering for a minimum 300,000-ton plant is underway at an estimated investment in excess of $1 billion |
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HOLTEK New BH45F68 Blood Glucose Meter MCU (2018.08.07)
Holtek announced the release of a new highly functionally integrated and high cost-effective Blood Glucose Meter dedicated Flash MCU, the BH45F68. As an application specific device, it contains a fully integrated, high performance blood glucose measurement circuit |
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Industry’s First Automotive Security Development Kit (2018.08.07)
The new CryptoAutomotive In-Vehicle Network (IVN) TrustAnchor/Border Security Device (TA/BSD) development kit from Microchip Technology Inc. enables OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to introduce security to networked vehicle systems, starting in areas of priority, with the highest level of protection and without disruption elsewhere |
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Worldwide IaaS Public Cloud Services Market Grew 29.5% in 2017, Gartner Says (2018.08.07)
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Amazon was the No. 1 vendor in the IaaS market in 2017, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and IBM |
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Samsung Starts Mass Production of Industry’s First 4-bit Consumer SSD (2018.08.07)
Samsung Electronics today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 4-bit (QLC, quad-level cell) 4-terabyte (TB) SATA solid-state drive (SSD) for consumers.
Based on 1-terabit (Tb)* V-NAND with outstanding performance equivalent to the company’s 3-bit design, Samsung’s QLC SSD is expected to bring a new level of efficiency to consumer SSDs |
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Toshiba Memory Develops Ethernet-Attached Native NVMe-oF SSD Prototype (2018.08.07)
Toshiba Memory Corporation today announced that it has developed an native NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) SSD for direct Ethernet access to data for highly scalable storage architectures, conforming to the NVMe-oF Specification Version 1 |
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China Smartphone Units Drop by 6% YoY while Average Selling Prices Grow by 15% in 2Q18 (2018.08.07)
According to preliminary data of the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the Chinese smartphone market shipped 105 million units during the second quarter of 2018, resulting in a 5.9% year-over-year (YoY) decline. However, the pace of decline has narrowed compared to 1Q18 as channel activity normalized and new products were marketed |
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TSMC Hit by Virus: Q3 Revenue Falls 2% (2018.08.07)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) had been hit by a computer virus “WannaCry” which caused computer systems and fab tools to cease functioning in three factory zones. Due to the influence of the machinery stopping, third quarter revenues will shrink by 2% |
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TrendForce Expects Prices of Lithium-ion Batteries to Increase by 5~15% in 3Q18 (2018.08.06)
Cobalt prices have reached another record high in 1Q18, according to the data from EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. As the result, the prices of lithium-ion battery cells are estimated to increase by 5~15% QoQ in 3Q18, but would have a chance to remain flat in the fourth quarter |
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Adopting Smart Digital Technologies Has Become Vital for Manufacturing Firms, Says GlobalData (2018.08.06)
At a time when increased visibility across factory floor and supply chain operations is gaining importance more than ever to boost productivity and gain competitive advantage, adopting smart digital technologies (smart manufacturing) has become imperative for manufacturing firms, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData |
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HOLTEK New Arm Cortex-M0+ based 32-bit Flash MCU Series HT32F502xx (2018.08.06)
Holtek announced the release of its new Arm Cortex-M0+ based 32-bit 5V wide voltage Flash MCU Series, the HT32F502xx. This new device series, includes the HT32F50220, HT32F50230, HT32F50231, HT32F50241, all of which have an operating speed of up to 20 MHz and a single power supply operating voltage range of 2 |
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Over 75% of Taiwanese Gamers Play Games on the Go: MIC (2018.08.06)
Taipei-based, government-backed IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute) conducted a survey on Taiwanese gamers and the findings show that up to 75.5% of gamers play smartphones/tablet app games, followed by play PC online games (27 |
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UMC and Avalanche Technology Partner for MRAM Development and 28nm Production (2018.08.06)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - United Microelectronics Corporation and Avalanche Technology, Inc., the next generation STT-MRAM (Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic RAM) leader, today announced that they have entered a partnership for joint development and production of MRAM to replace embedded flash |
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Toshiba Memory Corporation Announces Merger with K. K. Pangea (2018.08.01)
Toshiba Memory Corporation today announced that it consummated the merger with K. K. Pangea which is its parent company on August 1, 2018.
The company name after the merger is Toshiba Memory Corporation. Today the company also introduces the executive officer system to improve the efficiency of business execution and strengthen the corporate governance |
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Global GDP Impact on Worldwide IC Market Growth Forecast to Rise (2018.08.01)
In its recently released Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2018, IC Insights forecasts that the 2018-2022 global GDP and IC market correlation coefficient will reach 0.95, up from 0.88 in the 2010-2017 time period. IC Insights depicts the increasingly close correlation between worldwide GDP growth and IC market growth through 2017, as well as its forecast through 2022 |
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Toshiba Develops 40V N-channel Power MOSFETs with Improved Thermal Performance (2018.07.31)
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage start mass production and shipments of “TPWR7904PB” and “TPW1R104PB”, 40V N-channel power MOSFETs for automotive applications. They are housed in the DSOP Advance(WF) packages that deliver double-sided cooling, low resistance, and small size |
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AAEON Partners Everlight to Create Taipei’s Smart Street Light System (2018.07.31)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – AAEON yesterday joined with Everlight Electronics to participate at Taipei City Government’s "Innovative Works Smart Taipei Taipei LED Street Light Results Presentation." The presentation showcased the latest smart street light solutions and highlighted the work being done to turn the city into a global leader for cost-effective energy efficiency |
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