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MediaTek Introduces New Helio A Series Chipset Family for Mid-Market Affordable Smartphones (2018.07.17)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - MediaTek today unveiled its Helio A series, expanding its Helio family of feature-packed and power-efficient chipsets with the company's new Helio A22 system-on-chip (SoC). MediaTek's commitment to continuing to "change everything" can be seen throughout the "Advanced" Helio A series and its mission to power more innovative and more capable smartphones designed to meet the demands of today's mid-market consumer |
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Nuvoton and SEGGER Collaborate to Provide Embedded emWin GUI Software (2018.07.17)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – Nuvoton Technology Corporation and SEGGER, a full-range supplier of software, hardware and development tools for embedded systems, co-announced that licensed embedded emWin GUI library is now available for developers using Nuvoton’s microcontrollers (MCU) |
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MIC: 75.5% of Taiwanese Gamers Play on Smartphones, 40% Paying (2018.07.16)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute carried out a survey on the behavior of online gamers in Taiwan and found that of the different types of digital games, up to 75.5% of gamers preferred smartphone and tablet APP games, which was a dramatically larger figure than for online games, which was the second most popular type of game and accounted for 27 |
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Apple Launches New Clean Energy Fund in China (2018.07.16)
Apple announced a new first-of-its-kind investment fund in China to connect suppliers with renewable energy sources. As part of Apple’s commitment to address climate change and increase the use of renewable energy within its supply chain, 10 initial suppliers and Apple will jointly invest nearly $300 million over the next four years into the China Clean Energy Fund |
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Smartphone Displays Set to Move Rapidly to 18:9 in 2H 2018, IHS Markit Says (2018.07.16)
With every smartphone brand applying the 18:9 and wider aspect ratio screens to its newer models, the rate of adoption is expected to quicken in the second half of 2018. Smartphones using 18:9 and wider aspect screens are forecast to increase to 66 percent of total smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2018, soaring up from 10 percent in the same period last year, according to business information provider IHS Markit |
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PC Shipments Grew For the First Time in Six Years, Gartner Says (2018.07.16)
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.1 million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1.4 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. This is the first quarter of year-over-year global PC shipment growth since the first quarter of 2012 |
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MediaTek’s NB-IoT MT2625 SoC Validated by SoftBank (2018.07.12)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – MediaTek announced that it has completed validation (interoperability tests) of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank Corp. to set the stage for future commercial NB-IoT applications within Japan |
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Toshiba Starts Shipment of UL508 Certified Photorelays for Industrial Control Equipment (2018.07.12)
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has obtained US safety standard UL508 certification for the following eight photorelay products: 4pin SO6 package series “TLP172GM”, “TLP176AM”, and “TLP3122A”; and DIP4 package series “TLP240A”, “TLP240D”, “TLP240G”, “TLP240GA”, and “TLP240J” |
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VR Market Shipments at 4.65 Million Units in 2018, TrendForce Forecasts (2018.07.12)
According to the latest research by TrendForce, the global VR market sees marginal growth this year, and will remain inactive till the year-end due to the conservative attitude of most manufacturers and lack of new products |
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AVX Reeleases Unique Three-Piece STRIPT Contact System for Linear LED & Coplanar PCB Connections (2018.07.12)
AVX Corporation developed a cost-effective, ultra-high-reliability, three-piece STRIPT contact system for linear LED and coplanar PCB connections in off-road vehicle lighting applications. Designed to absorb broad end-to-end mating tolerances |
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Siemens Assists Taoyuan City in Creating an Advanced Smart MRT System (2018.07.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A construction team consisting of Siemens Limited Taiwan, Hyundai Rotem Company, and BES Engineering Corporation has successfully been awarded a contract for the Taoyuan MRT EMS System and will assist Taoyuan City Government in creating the most advanced smart MRT system in Taiwan |
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Industry Overshooting Capital Spending Needs for NAND Flash Memory (2018.07.11)
IC Insights compares the estimated required capex needed to increase NAND flash bit volume shipments 40% per year, sourced from a chart from Micron’s 2018 Analyst and Investor Event in May of this year, versus the annual capex targeting the NAND flash market segment using IC Insights’ data |
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New DLP Pico Controllers Enable Precision Light Control and High Image Quality (2018.07.11)
Texas Instruments (TI) announced new DLP Pico controllers that deliver advanced light control capabilities in smaller form factors for mass-market 3D scanners and 3D printers. DLPC347x controllers offer the micron-to-sub-millimeter resolution typically found in high-performance, industrial-grade applications in a smaller form factor for desktop 3D printers and portable 3D scanners |
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Synopsys and IMECAS Collaborate to Offer Silicon Photonics in China (2018.07.11)
Synopsys and the Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS) announced that a new, production-ready silicon photonics process design kit (PDK) based on IMECAS' 8-inch CMOS process is now available in the Synopsys PhoeniX OptoDesigner photonic integrated circuit (PIC) layout software |
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Samsung Electronics Starts Mass Production of Fifth-Generation V-NAND (2018.07.10)
Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing its fifth-generation V-NAND memory chips with the fastest data transfers now available. In the industry’s first use of the ‘Toggle DDR 4.0’ interface, the speed for transmitting data between storage and memory over Samsung’s new 256-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND has reached 1 |
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Siemens and Alibaba Cloud Partner to Power IIoT in China (2018.07.10)
Siemens and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to partner to foster the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) in China.
The two companies will leverage each other’s technology and industry resources to build a unique IoT solution to support Industrie 4 |
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Toshiba Develops Low Reverse-Current Schottky Diode with Improved Thermal Performance (2018.07.10)
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation announces the launch of a new Schottky barrier diode product “CUHS10F60.” The device is targeted at applications such as rectification and backflow prevention in power supply circuits |
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All the Power of a Mini-ITX SBC on a 4” Board – the AAEON EPIC-KBS8 (2018.07.10)
AAEON releases the EPIC-KBS8, a powerful and expandable embedded controller purpose-built for retail and fintech applications.
The EPIC-KBS8 features a 6th/7th Generation Intel Core i socket-type processor and up to 16GB DDR4 SODIMM memory |
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NEC to Build the Bay to Bay Express Cable System (2018.07.09)
The Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE) consortium, composed of China Mobile International, Facebook and Amazon Web Services, signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States |
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Global Electric Vehicle Market Continues to Expand as Power Battery Prices Decrease, Says TrendForce (2018.07.09)
The global electric vehicle market continues to expand while the oil prices increase, power battery prices decrease, and countries have been proposing stricter CO2 emission targets for vehicles. EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, forecasts that the market share of electric vehicles will reach 5% in 2020 and 8~9% in 2023 |
