Delta Electronics begins to ship smartphone-use slim heat-pipes

Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics has developed smartphone-use slim heat-pipes with thickness of 0.5mm and has begun small-volume shipments to China-based smartphone vendors, company chairman Yancey Hai said at a July 29 investors conference.

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Advantech sees profits up in 2Q16 and 1H16

Industrial computing device maker Advantech saw its net profits increase 11% on quarter and 10% on year to NT$1.46 billion (US$45.72 million) in the second quarter of 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.32 for the three-month period.

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Panels are in short supply, says Innolux chairman

TV and IT-use TFT-LCD panels are currently in short supply, Innolux chairman Wang Jyh-chau said at a July 29 investors conference.

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GCL System Integration Technology to expand solar cell capacity

GCL System Integration Technology will raise up to CNY3.346 billion (US$494 million) to expand solar cell production capacity, according to the company.

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Memory module maker Innodisk reports decreased earnings for 2Q16, launches new products

Innodisk has reported net profits of NT$94 million (US$2.944 million) for the second quarter of 2016, down 25.98% sequentially and 16.81% on year. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.50 compared to NT$2.04 a quarter earlier.

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ASE remains optimistic about 2H16

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reiterated the company's consolidated revenues will register sequential growth through the fourth quarter of 2016, staying optimistic about the second half of the year.

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IC material distributor Topco sees profits up in 1H16

IC material distributor Topco Scientific has reported net profits of NT$300 million (US$9.395 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 4.5% sequentially and 27.1% on year. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.84 compared to NT$1.76 a quarter earlier.

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MediaTek revenue growth to slow

MediaTek, which enjoyed stronger-than-expected revenue growth in the second quarter of 2016, will see its revenues grow at a slower pace in the second half of the year, according to industry sources.

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HMI posts NT$7.68 EPS for 2Q16

Taiwan-based Hermes Microvision (HMI), a provider of electron beam (e-beam) inspection tools and solutions, saw its second-quarter profits more than double on quarter with EPS reaching NT$7.68 (US$0.24).

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Socionext Bleeds Top Network SoC Talent to Acacia

A top slice of technical/management people at Socionext's Network SoC group already left and they'll be working at Acacia Communications. The move affects the survival of Socionext, while Acacia gains an upper hand in optical networking equipment chips.

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SPONSORED: microQSFP Sets New Standard for Data Centers

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Direct Drive Motors Make Robotic Touch More Human

The challenge of creating human-like robotic fingers may have just been solved.

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How Juno Gathers Solar Power 588 Million KM from Sun

NASA's Juno spacecraft is a study in low power equipment powered improved solar-cell efficiency and array-structure design.

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Nano-Sized Photo Detector Can Be Integrated on CMOS Chip

Researchers have developed an innovative photo detector for optical data paths that sets new size standards: a footprint of less than 100 square micrometer, ideal for integration on an integrated circuit.

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Startup Releases Vehicle-Agnostic Autopilot Software

Technology company Oxbotica has launched its mobile autonomy software Selenium. Though the developers demonstrated the software in a purpose-built concept car, they claim that it can be applied to more or less any vehicle. Another unique feature: the software gets its bearings without relying on GPS.

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China's LeEco to Acquire Vizio for $2 Billion

Upstart Chinese tech firm ponies up for one of North America's largest TV suppliers.

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Spray-On Solar Material Holds Promise

Metal halide perovskite thin film solar cells self-assemble on nearly any surface by merely spraying them on at room temperature.

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Three win Bosch engineering prize for women

Three young women engineers have been recognised by Bosch, as part of its BetweenUsWeCan campaign, “which supports efforts to improve gender diversity within engineering”, said the firm. The firm asked 18-25 year olds for visions of how the internet of things (IoT) might transform the way we live our lives. “Winners’ ideas included a sensor-based water irrigation ...

Three win Bosch engineering prize for women

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RasPi Maker May Be Sold to Avnet

The U.S. distributor has outbid Switzerland's Daetwyler Holding AG for the troubled Raspberry Pi maker.

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Samsung to start production of 64-layer 3D NAND this year

It looks as though Samsung will beat Toshiba to the punch on 64-layer 3D NAND with production starting by the end of the year. Earlier this week, Toshiba said it is sampling 64-layer 3D NAND with production scheduled for H1 2017. “Our goal is to mass-produce SSDs that use our 4G V-NAND within the year,” ...

Samsung to start production of 64-layer 3D NAND this year

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Sony Sells Industrial Battery Business

Sony is to sell most of its battery business to Murata for an undisclosed sum.

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ST Buys NFC, RFID Assets from AMS

STMicroelectronics NV has acquired NFC, RFID reader business from AMS AG for a sum of $77.8 million plus an additional sum based on how the business performs in future.

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ST buys ams’ NFC and RFID assets

ST has acquired ams’ NFC and RFID assets and Which relate related ST’s secure microcontroller solutions for $77.8 million. Approximately 50 technical experts from ams have been transferred to ST. “Security and NFC connectivity are key prerequisites for the broad rollout of mobile and IoT devices anticipated in the coming years. This acquisition builds on ...

ST buys ams’ NFC and RFID assets

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Why Avnet wants to buy Premier Farnel

Arrow and Avnet, the behemoths of the distribution channel have a problem. How do they get to design engineers at the genesis of their projects? How do they get ahead in demand creation? They are taking very different routes right now. Arrow has chosen to purchase electronics publications and websites, most recently EETimes in the ...

Why Avnet wants to buy Premier Farnel

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Spectrum launches LXI standard AWGs

Spectrum Instrumentation has launched a line of arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) based on the LXI instrumentation standard for generating electronic signals in automated test and remote applications. The generatorNETBOX series features seven new models to give users a wide choice of performance levels. Features of the LXI-based arbitrary waveform generators with 14 and 16 bit ...

Spectrum launches LXI standard AWGs

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Infineon launches 50mm solder bond thyristor/diode modules

Infineon has volume availability of thyristor/diode modules in solder bond technology with a 50 mm module and plans to launch additional module types with blocking voltages of 1800 V and 2200 V in 2017. Solder bond modules are for applications where the high robustness of pressure contact technology is not necessarily a must. Typical applications ...

Infineon launches 50mm solder bond thyristor/diode modules

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Global 2Q16 silicon wafer shipments rise, says SEMI

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the second quarter of 2016 when compared to first-quarter 2016 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

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Innolux turns to focus on shipping whole-set products to increase profits

With demand for panels returning stable in the third quarter of 2016, Innolux's utilization rate is currently full. The company will focus on selling whole-set products instead of just panels to increase its gross margins as panel prices have been dropping sharply.

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Taiwan 2Q16 economic growth estimated at 0.69%, says DGBAS

Taiwan's GDP growth for second-quarter 2016 is estimated at 0.69%, upward adjusted by 0.21 pp from the forecast made in May 2016, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

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Quanta Storage quits production of slim-type ODDs, steps into SSDs

Quanta Storage stopped production of slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) for notebooks at the end of 2015 and cleaned its inventory in the first quarter of 2016. The company stepped into OEM/ODM production of SSDs and began to offer enterprise server-use SSDs under own-brand Techman in the second quarter of 2016, according to the company.

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CHT spends only 22.2% of 2016 capex in 1H16

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set aside a capital expenditure (capex) budget of NT$30.6 billion (US$956 million) for 2016, but actual spending totaled only NT$6.8 billion, or 22.2% of the budget in the first half of the year, according to statistics released by the company.

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Gigabyte to ship 16.5 million motherboards, 3.5 million graphics cards in 2016

Gigabyte Technology globally shipped 7.8 million motherboards and 1.6 million graphics cards in the first half of 2016, and is expected to ship 16.5 million units and 3.5 million units respectively for the whole year, according to market analysts.

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All Ring posts record revenues and profits for 2Q16

Equipment maker All Ring Tech has reported net profits of NT$124 million (US$3.9 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$624 million for the second quarter of 2016. Both results hit record highs with EPS reaching NT$1.46.

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TPK Holding suffers net loss per share of NT$7.28 for 2Q16

Touch panel maker TPK Holding suffered a net loss per share of NT$7.28 (US$0.228) for the second quarter of 2016, the company disclosed at a July 28 investors conference.

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Flexium 2Q16 profits fall

Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has reported disappointing results for the second quarter of 2016, with net profits falling over 70% both on-year and sequentially. EPS for the quarter slid to NT$0.41 (US$0.01).

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Taiwan market: Flagship smartphones unable to boost 4G subscriptions, says TWM president

New flagship smartphones, including Apple's upcoming iPhone, are not expected to boost the number of 4G subscribers in Taiwan's telecom market in second-half 2016 because demand for replacement demand is shrinking, according to Taiwan Mobile (TWM) president James Jeng.

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Winbond posts NT$0.18 EPS for 2Q16

Winbond Electronics has performed relatively stably compared to other Taiwan-based memory chipmakers. The maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory chips has reported EPS of NT$0.18 (US$0.01) for the second quarter of 2016, and EPS of NT$0.40 for the first half of the year.

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Adlink Technology nets NT$0.70 per share for 1H16

Industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology posted net EPS of NT$0.70 for the first half of 2016, CFO Jeff Chou said at a July 28 investors conference.

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Spreadtrum LTE chipset adopted for new Samsung smartphone

Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its quad-core LTE mobile chipset, the SC9830i, has been adopted for a new Samsung smartphone slated for launch shortly.

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Western Digital announces 64-layer 3D NAND technology

Western Digital has successfully developed next-generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS3, with 64 layers of vertical storage capability, according to the company. Pilot production of the new technology has commenced at its Yokkaichi, Japan joint venture facilities and initial output is expected later in 2016.

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Parade cautious about 3Q16

Mixed-signal IC design house Parade Technologies expects to post revenues of between US$63 million and US$69 million for the third quarter of 2016, which would represent flat growth or an up to 8.4% sequential decrease.

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Sanan Optoelectronics to order for 17 MOCVD sets from Vecco

The largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics will place orders for 17 new-model MOCVD sets (one set is equivalent to two MOCVD sets producing 2-inch wafers) from US-based Vecco Instruments in the fourth quarter of 2016, with the equipment to be installed in 2017, according to industry sources.

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CGN Solar Energy Development to procure 900MWp of PV modules, say reports

China-based state-run CGN Solar Energy Development will set up 10 model PV power-generating stations with total installation capacity of 500MWp and eight ordinary stations with that of 400MWp in China and thus will procure PV modules via open tender. 25 PV module suppliers will participate in the open-bid, according to China-based media reports.

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Macronix remains in the red

Taiwan-based Macronix International, a manufacturer of flash and mask ROM memory chips mainly for consumer electronics applications, saw its net losses improve to NT$691 million (US$21.6 million) in the second quarter of 2016 from losses of NT$891 million in the prior quarter. EPS for the most recent quarter stayed negative at NT$0.19.

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Xiaomi announces new Mi Book Air notebooks

China-based Xiaomi has announced two new Mi Book Air notebooks, featuring 12.5-inch and 13.3-inch displays and priced at NT$16,000 (US$498) and NT$24,000, respectively. The 13.3-inch model also features a discrete graphics card from Nvidia.

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KYEC posts record profits for 2Q16

IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has reported net profits of NT$847 million (US$26.5 million) for the second quarter of 2016 hitting a record high. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.73.

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Vizio acquisition expected to push LeEco-Foxconn partnership

With LeEco Global's (LeTV) acquisition of Vizio, some market watchers believe Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), which has a tight relationship with LeEco and has been making frequent contact with the China-based maker recently, will likely push the establishment of a new TV platform ecosystem with LeEco's partnership.

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Surgery Update

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Friday Quiz: Data-Acquisition System IQ, Part 2

EE Times reproduces a quiz that originally appeared in EDN in 1976. This week, we cover questions 6-10 of the original printed article.

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Catchy Catechisms & Thought-Provoking Proverbs

In 100 mile-an-hour winds, even turkeys can fly.

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Wearables Try On Package Options

The fragmented market for wearable computers is pushing innovations in device packaging and interconnects said Qualcomm, Mediatek and others.

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Rambus Aims DDR4 PHY at Data Centers

Focus for company is improving interface between memory and CPU networking and data center customers

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Will Semi Industry Consolidation Hurt Innovation, R&D Spending?

Has the semiconductor industry finally reached the level of maturity that requires reduction in R&D spending to continue growing earnings as revenue growth slows? Maybe it does.

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Avnet makes £691m bid for Raspberry Pi supplier Farnell

Premier Farnell, online distributor and supplier of Raspberry Pi has agreed a £691m takeover by US giant Avnet, the business-to-business technology distributor headquartered in Phoenix. Avnet had been in a bidding battle for UK-based Premier Farnell, which owns the element14 brand, with Datwyler Technical Components UK. William Amelio, interim Chief Executive Officer of Avnet, said: ...

Avnet makes £691m bid for Raspberry Pi supplier Farnell

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Samsung Smartphones Gain, as iPhones Slip

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones and the second-largest chipmaker, today said its handset business improved just as iPhone maker Apple recorded its second quarterly decline in shipments.

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Understanding Firmware's Total Cost

In the make-versus-buy thinking for embedded firmware, be sure to understand the total cost of ownership.

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Industrial connector aimed at motors up to 830V and 40A

Twinhousing is an industrial connector shell for Amphenol’s Heavymate F series. Designed to accommodate two of the series modules, the metal housing is combined with an additional shielding frame for electromagnetic shielding. The plastic lever is designed for easy handling. Typical applications, particularly with the three-pole power module, are motor connections. Heavymate F connectors have ...

Industrial connector aimed at motors up to 830V and 40A

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Panasonic increases accuracy of IR sensor array

Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe has released a second generation of its Grid-EYE infrared array sensors with increased accuracy. The high gain (AMG8833 and AMG8834) and low gain (AMG8853 and AMG8854) sensors available they offer an improved NETD (Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference) of 0.16°C at 10Hz and of 0.05°C at 1Hz. For all models ...

Panasonic increases accuracy of IR sensor array

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Mouser adds SPICE simulation to MultiSIM PCB tool

The latest MultiSIM BLUE version of the NI Multisim circuit design tool which is available from Mouser Electronics is the Premium version features a Berkley SPICE simulation environment. This can be used to design and simulate circuits before laying them out in physical prototypes. Also to help with organising schematics, hierarchical design capabilities have been ...

Mouser adds SPICE simulation to MultiSIM PCB tool

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Just the right amount of water makes perovskite solar better

Moisture is the key to a mysterious improvement experienced in perovskite solar cells after manufacture, according to scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. The change, noticed when cell are left out in air, is due to improved doping distribution in the hole transport layer – which is spiro-MeOTAD doped with ...

Just the right amount of water makes perovskite solar better

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Subtlety is not always the answer for haptic feedback

MIT has discovered haptic feedback can be too subtle in research into preventing people tripping over objects. In particular, the team was finding ways to help astronauts step over things in their bulky space suits – which have big boots and poor downward visibility. The idea is to have sensors in the boot as well ...

Subtlety is not always the answer for haptic feedback

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Samsung 2Q16 operating profits rise 18% on brisk smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics has announced operating profits of KRW8.14 trillion (US$7.24 billion) for the second quarter of 2016, up 21.9% on quarter and 18% from a year earlier, while revenues increased 2.3% sequentially and 4.9% on year to KRW50.94 trillion.

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Corning posts stronger results for 2Q16

Corning has reported revenues for the second quarter of 2016 totaled US$2.36 billion, growing 15% sequentially and 1% on year, with net income coming to US$2.207 billion.

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SJSemi, Qualcomm announce mass production of 14nm wafer bumping

SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has begun mass production of 14nm wafer bumping for Qualcomm, the companies have jointly announced. Mass production of 14nm wafer bumping in China is part of Qualcomm's efforts to continuously drive the development of China's IC industry, according to their joint statement.

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China imports 71,000 tons of polysilicon in 1H16

China imported 71,000 tons of polysilicon for making solar wafers in the first half of 2016, increasing 18.1% on year, according to industry sources.

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High Performance Mixed Signal drives NXP

NXP had Q2 revenues of $2.37 billion, up 57% on Q2 2015 and up 6% on Q1. The core high performance mixed signal business delivered Revenue of $2.01 billion, an increase of 76% year-on-year, and an increase of approximately 5 percent from the prior quarter. The standard product segment, which is being sold to China, ...

High Performance Mixed Signal drives NXP

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Flanders invests €30m in Imec

The government of Flanders is putting €30 million into the imecXpand investment fund aimed at companies that work on commercialising IoT technology. The goal is to build a fund of €100 million for which Imec is looking towards private partners and the European investment fund. “The fund will support start-ups that do not have access ...

Flanders invests €30m in Imec

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Surrey 5G centre partners with Digital Greenwich to plan smart cities

The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) and Digital Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, have teamed-up to create technology, standards and services for smart cities. 5GIC will provide the technological foundations on which Digital Greenwich will build test beds and trials leading to commercial smart city solutions. Digital Greenwich will host ...

Surrey 5G centre partners with Digital Greenwich to plan smart cities

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Coretronic nets NT$1.13 per share for 1H16

Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has posted net EPS of NT$1.13 (US$0.035) for first-half 2016, during which it shipped 27.18 million units of energy saving BLUs and 556,000 projectors, the former dropping 29% and the latter rising 10% on year.

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MLS upbeat about synergy with Osram

Germany-based Osram will sell its lamp business unit, Ledvance, to a China-based consortium of which LED packaging service provider MLS is one of the three members. The acquisition is motivated by the complementarity between MLS's large packaging capacity and Osram's international brand reputation, according to MLS president Lawrence Lin.

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AUO to start 6G LTPS production in eastern China in 4Q16

TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) will begin production at its 6G LTPS panel plant in Kunshan, eastern China, in fourth-quarter 2016, said company president and COO Michael Tsai at a July 27 investors conference.

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Nanya, Inotera deals with Micron still proceeding

Taiwan-based DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have both reached deals with Micron Technology of the US, which will have Inotera become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Micron, and have Nanya subscribe to up to NT$31.5 billion (US$958 million) worth of new Micron shares. The deals continue to proceed despite a delay in closing the transactions, according to Pei-Ing Lee, president of Nanya and chairman of Inotera.

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Nuvoton reports NT$1.25 EPS for 2Q16

Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics specializing in MCU products, has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2016 increased 62.5% on year to NT$260 million (US$8.11 million). EPS for the quarter reached NT$1.25 compared with NT$0.76 a year earlier.

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Analog Devices, Linear to merge

Analog Devices and Linear Technology have entered into a definitive agreement under which Analog Devices will acquire Linear in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at approximately US$30 billion, according to the companies. Upon completion of the acquisition, Analog Devices will be the premier global analog technology company with approximately US$5 billion in anticipated annual revenues.

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UMC looks to 2-3% shipment growth in 3Q16

United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post 2-3% sequential growth in wafer shipments for the third quarter of 2016, with wafer ASPs staying flat.

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BlackBerry launches new Android smartphone

BlackBerry has launched its second Android smartphone, the DTEK50, priced at US$299. The DTEK50 features a 5.2-inch display with a 1920 by 1080 resolution, Qualcomm 8-core Snapdragon 617 CPU, 13-megapixel main camera and 8-megapixel front-facing camera, and supports Quick Charge 2.0 fast charging technology.

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SPIL reports NT$0.90 EPS for 2Q16

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced net profits of NT$2.81 million (US$87.6 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 75.1% sequentially but down 23.6% on year.

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Pegatron automates factory in Shanghai, says chairman

Pegatron Technology chairman TH Tung has commented on China-based media reports that Pegatron's factory in Shanghai, China has recruited fewer workers than in 2015, saying that Pegatron has adopted Industry 4.0 concepts to automate production at the factory to reduce workforce while maintaining output.

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Nanya 2Q16 profits fall

DRAM maker Nanya Technology has announced net profits for the second quarter of 2016 declined 78.5% sequentially to NT$397 million (US$87.6 million) with EPS reaching NT$0.14.

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Connector maker Sinbon reports earnings for 2Q16

Connector and cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics has reported net profits of NT$308.41 million (US$9.26 million) or NT$1.42 per share for the second quarter of 2016.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships nearly 8.5 million LCD TVs in 2Q16

Taiwan-based makers shipped 8.448 million LCD TVs in the second quarter of 2016, increasing 14.9% on quarter and 6.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

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Digitimes Research: Over 4,000 models of LTE-enabled devices launched as of February 2016

Based on GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) statistics, there were 4,416 models of LTE-enabled mobile terminal devices cumulatively launched around the world as of the end of February, an addition of 1,770 models from a year earlier. 1,311 or 74.1% of the additions were smartphones, according to Digitimes Research.

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Tesla-Mobileye Rift: Divorce or Lover's Spat?

Mobileye's CTO's comments about Tesla during its Q2 financial reporting illustrates not just the love lost between the two proud technology companies, but what it would take for them to pursue "safety" in the ear of autonomous driving.

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FPGA Mezzanine Card + IP Forms Imaging/Video Engine

Microsemi has announced an imaging/video solution for the development of low power and reliable video processing applications, comprising an FPGA mezzanine card (FMC), intellectual property (IP) suite and graphical user interface.

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FPGA Manager IP Eases Data Streaming

Enclustra says its FPGA Manager IP transfers data efficiently between a host and a FPGA over different interface standards like USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet and PCI-Express.

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STMicroelectronics Returns to Profit in Q2

STMicroelectronics NV, one of Europe's largest chip companies, has announced a net profit on revenues that were down slightly year-on-year for the second quarter of 2016.

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ARM Achieves Another Successful Quarter

Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc achieved revenues of GB pound 267.6 million (about $350 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 17 percent from revenues in 2Q15.

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Was Microsoft Built on Stolen Goods?

The rumor that Microsoft copied DRI's CP/M operating system and sold it to IBM as MS-DOS is getting a new hearing. Software forensics expert Bob Zeidman will reveal new findings from his examination of previously unavailable source code.

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Marvell Swings to Loss in Delayed Quarterly Report

New CEO Matthew Murphy says he is looking to trim the fat and focus on profitable businesses.

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A Man, a Wife, a Boy, and a Pound of Ground Sirloin

Every now and then, a younger person says or does something so strange that it makes you want to scream "What!?!?"

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New Guidance for Medical Device Applications to FDA

Medical device developers preparing pre-market submissions to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can refer to new and updated guidance. Published by FDA in mid-June.

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Even reputable companies can have IoT security flaws

Security company Rapid7 has found multiple security flaws in Osram’s Lightify remote-controlled lighting system. “Practical exploitation effects ranging from the accidental disclosure of sensitive network configuration information, to persistent cross-site scripting [XSS] on the web management console, to operational command execution on the devices themselves without authentication,” said Rapid7, whose lead researcher Deral Heiland discovered the ...

Even reputable companies can have IoT security flaws

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Western Digital Claims First 64-layer 3D NAND Memory

Disk drive vendor Western Digital Corp. has claimed that it -- with Toshiba Corp. -- has developed the world's first 64-layer 3D NAND memory and that it is in pilot production at joint-venture production facilities at Yokkaichi, Japan.

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24-Bit 2Msps SAR ADC with Digital Filter Simplifies Your System

The LTC2380-24 is a versatile 24-bit SAR ADC that combines state-of-the-art performance at a sampling rate of 2Msps with flexibility and ease of use.

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UMC Sees Jump in 28nm Demand

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), Taiwan's second largest foundry, said it's seeing stronger demand for 28nm products, driven by customers in the smartphone business.

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China Likely to Narrow Chip Gap, IC Insights Says

China, which in dollar terms imports more semiconductors than oil, is likely to narrow its chip trade deficit by the end of this decade, according to market research firm IC Insights.

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First low temperature tantalum deposition with fab-level accuracy

Tantalum metal has been deposited with sub-nanometer control for the first time at low temperature without plasma by Wayne State University scientists Kyle Blakeney and Professor Charles Winter “This opens up the prospect of using tantalum in layers just a few nanometers thick as the liner for interconnect wiring in the complex geometries of next-generation electronic chips,” ...

First low temperature tantalum deposition with fab-level accuracy

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Medical dc-dc converter drives IGBT and SiC mosfet gates

  Murata has announced the MGJ1 1Watt dc-dc converter series for driving high and low-side IGBTs and SiC mosfet gate circuits. With isolation up to 5.2kVdc, output combinations include: +15/-5, +15/-9 or +19/-5V. Input choice is +5, 12 or 24Vdc. “The MGJ1 provides optimised voltages for powering gate drives for best system performance and efficiency. ...

Medical dc-dc converter drives IGBT and SiC mosfet gates

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Report: Tsinghua Takes Control of XMC

China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd., a state-controlled conglomerate that has acquired numerous chip companies, has taken over XMC, otherwise known as Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., according to a Bloomberg report.

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Alert for Oxide Users from ReRAM/RRAM Camp

A new investigation of ReRAMs/RRAMs demonstrates that the electric field-driven movement of oxygen ions causes disruptive changes in the structure of oxides on a much larger scale than ever previously imagined.

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Home Networks Try To Be Civil

Vendors are making slooooow progress toward interoperable environments for the consumer Internet of Things.

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Tosiba sampling 64-layer 3D NAND

Today, Toshiba starts samoling a 64-layer 3D NAND memory. The Chip has 3-bit-per-cell technology and has a 256Gbit (32GB) capacity. next on the development roadmap is a 512Gbit (64GB) device, also with 64 layers. The new device succeeds the 48-layer BiCS FLASH, and delivers a 40% larger capacity per unit chip size than 48-layer stacking ...

Tosiba sampling 64-layer 3D NAND

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ST expects strong Q3

ST had Q2 revenues of $1.7 billion up from $1.6 billion in Q1 but down from the $1.76 billion of Q2 2015. There was an operating profit of $28 million compared to Q1’s loss of $33 million. Auto and discretes had revenues of $721 million up 7.5% on Q1; analogue snd MEMS did $376 million ...

ST expects strong Q3

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ADI to buy LTC for $14.8bn

Analog Devices is to buy Linear Technology for about $14.8 billion. “Growth has been hard to come by in the industry over the past several years,” said ADI CEO Vincent Roche, ‘those who have the balance sheets are using them.” 58 million new ADI shares will be created and $7.3 billion borrowed to pay for ...

ADI to buy LTC for $14.8bn

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E-sports expected to push demand for gaming notebooks, desktops in 2H16

Many e-sports contests will be held around the world in the second half of 2016 and this is expected to stimulate demand for gaming notebooks and desktops. Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Lenovo, Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Acer are expected to see rising gaming product sales in the third quarter, according to industry sources.

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Hangzhou factories concerned about impact of air pollution controls during G20 Summit

China will for the first time host the G20 Summit in Hangzhou City, eastern China, during September 4-5. In order to secure clean air during the meeting, the China government will temporarily control production at air-polluting factories within 150km of Hangzhou, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. As there are many electronic components factories in the area, there are concerns about the negative impact of the temporary controls.

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Passive component maker Prosperity Dielectrics reports increased earnings for 1H16

Passive component supplier Prosperity Dielectrics has reported net profits of NT$139 million (US$4.34 million) for the first half of 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$0.76 for the January-June period, higher than the NT$0.74 for all of 2015.

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Osram to sell lamp business unit to China-based consortium

Germany-based Osram has announced it has decided to sell its lamp business unit, Ledvance (LED + Advance), to a China-based consortium consisting of strategic investor IDG Capital Partners, LED packaging service provide MLS and Yiwu State-owned Assets Operation Center.

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Digitimes Research: Launch of Android-based Pepper to ramp up market size

SoftBank's launch of Android-based Pepper service robots will encourage Android software developers to develop applications for Pepper, which in return will help ramp up Pepper's market size and its ecosystem, according to a Digitimes Research report on the latest market trends in Japan's digital home market for the second quarter of 2016.

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Foxlink developing service-oriented robot products

Connector maker Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry) is interested in the service robot market and has been taking related development projects for entering the sector, according to the company.

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AimCore 2Q16 operations may turn profitable

ITO glass maker AimCore Technology, which has diversified into producing PSS (patterned sapphire substrates) and NPSS (nanometer-scaled PSS), is likely to report profits for second-quarter 2016, according to industry sources.

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AUO reports operating profit for 2Q16

AU Optronics (AUO) returned to profitability at the operating profit level in the second quarter of 2016, with consolidated revenues rising 12.6% sequentially to reach NT$80.09 billion (US$2.49 billion) on strong demand for TV panels and steadily rising prices.

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Young Optics suffers 1H16 net loss per share of NT$1.26

Optical component and module maker Young Optics posted a net loss per share of NT$1.26 (US$0.039) for the first half of 2016, the company said at a July 26 investors conference.

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Wafer shipments at record level

Q2 wafer area shipments reached their highest quarterly recorded level at 2,706 million square inches, up 6.6% increase from 2,538 million square inches in Q1. “Silicon shipment growth continues to gain momentum resulting in a quarterly volume shipment high,” says Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman SEMI SMG and svp at Siltronic, “although year-to-date shipments are effectively ...

Wafer shipments at record level

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ARM sparkles

ARM’s Q2 revenues grew 17% on Q2 2015 to £267.6 million with pre-tax profit up 5% to £130 million. “ARM is continuing to invest in products that will support our partners’ roadmaps as they develop next-generation technologies such as 5G networks, autonomous vehicles and the Internet of Things,” said CEO Simon Segars, “our recent acquisition ...

ARM sparkles

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Notebook players less keen to adopt USB Type C

While the USB Type-C interface is seeing growing popularity among smartphones and tablets, notebook and all-in-one (AIO) PC vendors are less aggressive about adopting the technology into their latest products because of design and cost issues, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Samsung likely to unveil Galaxy Note 7 on August 2

Samsung Electronics has announced a product event on August 2 in New York City where the vendor is expected to officially announce its new flagship smartphone for the second half of 2016, the Galaxy Note 7.

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Taiwan to be flexible in allocating frequency band for IoT, says minister

The Taiwan government, specifically for IoT application, will allocate frequency band units based on flexibility and application-oriented considerations, according to minister of transportation and communications Ho-Chen Tan.

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ET Solar, LONGi set up joint venture for PV module marketing

China-based PV module maker and PV EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor ET Solar and mono-Si solar wafer maker Xi'an LONGi Silicon Materials have established a joint venture specifically for marketing the former's mono-Si PV modules mainly in overseas market, according to industry sources.

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State Power Investment procures 2.75GWp of PV modules

China's state-run State Power Investment, the largest PV power generation investor in China, has recently procured 2.75GWp of PV modules via open-bid competition, according to industry sources.

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Chip orders for notebooks from Huawei and Xiaomi falling, say sources

Chip orders for notebooks from Huawei Device and Xiaomi have fallen rapidly recently, according to industry sources.

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OLED to become leading smartphone display technology in 2020, IHS says

Although liquid-crystal display (LCD) has dominated mobile phone displays for more than 15 years, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology is set to become the leading smartphone display technology in 2020, according to IHS Markit.

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PTI posts profit growth in 2Q16

Packaging and testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) has posted net profits of NT$1.13 billion (US$35.2 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 20.1% sequentially, while consolidated revenues increased 6.6% on quarter to NT$11.32 billion. EPS came to NT$1.45 compared with NT$1.21 reported for the first quarter.

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Realtek 2Q16 profits soar over 70%

Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has announced net profits surged more than 70% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016 with EPS reaching NT$2.02 (US$0.06).

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships over 269 million small- to medium-size panels in 2Q16

Taiwan-based makers shipped 269.249 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels during the second quarter of 2016, slipping 0.5% on quarter and 6.3% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

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EEVcomments #1

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ADI to Acquire Linear Tech for $14.8 Billion

Latest semiconductor industry blockbuster deal would combine analog chip heavyweights.

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Beam Up My EV Charge, Scotty -- But Not Yet

Qualcomm revealed its first wireless electric vehicle charging license agreement with a major tier one. The market momentum behind EV charging has picked up steam, as multiple RFQs from major car OEMs are flying around, said a Qualcomm executive.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (7/24-7/30)

Whether you're looking for linear regulators or server SoCs, Electronic Design has you covered. We've rounded up some of the latest products to help optimize your applications, devices, and systems.

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Smart, connected sensors support Industrial IoT development

Smart sensors using the IO-Link protocol will help boost industrial IoT development.

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Novel wet etch makes better finfets

University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to wet-etch tall clean fins for finfets. It works for indium phosphide, but not for silicon – yet. The aim was to etch tall fins with vertical sides and few surface blemishes. “We use a technique that gives a much higher aspect ratio, and the sidewalls are ...

Novel wet etch makes better finfets

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Smartwatches Give Mobile Uptick

Smartwatches will dominate wearables which are driving growth and excitement in mobile amid a slowing smartphone market, said analyst Linley Gwennap.

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What Separates Huawei from Ericsson

On the day its biggest rival Ericsson lost a CEO under mounting pressure from investors, Huawei Technologies based in Shenzhen, China Monday reported a 40 percent jump in first-half sales.

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Oscilloscopes: Siglent's SDS 2000X Hits Homerun

Siglent's new SDS 2000X series of scopes do a good job for a low price.

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X-Fab presents First-Time-Right and X-Cite awards

X-FAB Silicon Foundries today announced the first winners of its annual First-Time-Right Award and semi-annual X-Cite Award. iC-Haus GmbH and New Japan Radio each won the First-Time-Right award for mastering significant implementation challenges in developing analogue and mixed-signal ICs that fulfill the target specification at first design iteration. Fabless semiconductor company MinDCet NV won the ...

X-Fab presents First-Time-Right and X-Cite awards

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Raspberry Pi becomes vehicle ECU

Electric two-seat pedal cars in Germany are getting an on-board computer thanks to masters student Adrien Hoffet and a Raspberry Pi . The Twike, manufactured by Fine Mobile in Germany, is half-bike and half-electric car for one or two people: it has a 3kW motor (8kW peak), pedals, a lightweight frame, and weather-proof body.  Maximum speed ...

Raspberry Pi becomes vehicle ECU

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Stadium builds global power business

Stadium has created an enlarged power supply business by combining its Stadium Power and Stontronics brands. Called Stadium Stontronics, the business which supplies standard and custom power supplies up to 10kW, will operate from Reading in the UK and Hong Kong. It will also have regional design centres in Norwich and Shanghai. The business will use ...

Stadium builds global power business

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ams buys optical sensor firm in Germany

Austrian sensor and analogue IC manufacturer ams has acquired spectral sensing systems specialist MAZeT for an undisclosed amount in cash. Germany-based MAZet’s capabilities in IC and filter design and software system development are used in industrial and medical. Its sensors being used in applications including airplane interior lighting, agricultural sensors, and medical skin lesion analysis. Thomas Riener, general ...

ams buys optical sensor firm in Germany

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FDSOI to Get Embedded MRAM, Flash Options at 28nm

Samsung Foundry is going to offer both spin torque transfer magnetic RAM (STT-MRAM) and flash as embedded non-volatile memory options on its 28nm FDSOI manufacturing process.

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POS device supplier Posiflex reports strong earnings for 1H16

Own-brand POS (point of sale) equipment maker Posiflex Technology has reported net profits of NT$175 million (US$5.43 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 48% on quarter and 11% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.5 for the quarter.

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Intel Dalian fab put into operation, says report

Intel's 12-inch fab in Dalian has been put into operaton for the manufacture of non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) chips, according to a ChinaNews website report.

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AMD introduces new professional graphics

AMD has unveiled new solutions to address modern content creation and engineering: the new Radeon Pro WX series of professional graphics cards. The new brand, targeting 10 million professional graphics users is created based on the Polaris architecture.

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SK Hynix profits fall

SK Hynix has announced consolidated revenues increased 8% sequentially to KRW3.94 trillion (US$3.47 billion) in the second quarter of 2016 thanks to "increased product shipments beyond expectation, courtesy of memory demand recovery." However, due to falling prices of memory chips, SK Hynix' operating profits decreased 19% on quarter.

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Component makers to see weak orders for tablets and wearables

Upstream component makers have seen weaker-than-expected orders for tablet and wearable products since the early first half and the issue is expected to continue in the second half of the year and will hurt the makers' revenue performances in 2016.

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Ritek steps into bio-testing optical discs

Ritek has extended its optical disc production from the IT segment to bio-testing and begun shipments to Europe-based clients, according to company chairman and CEO Gordon Yeh.

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Amazon testing delivery drones in UK

The CAA has given Amazon exceptions from rules around the operation of drones in certain areas. It will be able to test drones which are out of sight of an operator. It will be able to trial sense and avoid technology. It will be able to have one pilot control multiple drones. Amazon is developing ...

Amazon testing delivery drones in UK

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China may lower target PV installation capacity in 13th 5-year plan

The China government, in response to waste of electricity generated by PV power stations that could not be on grid due to insufficient local power grids, is likely to downward adjust the target total PV installation capacity of 150GWp in the 13th Five-year (2016-2020) National Development Plan, according to industry sources.

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HTC to face increasing competition in VR market in 2H16

HTC is expected to face increasing competition from other brand vendors in the VR (virtual reality) market in the second half of 2016 as VR or AR (augmented reality) devices appear to be hot-selling items for the forthcoming year-end holiday shopping season, according to industry sources.

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Pepper enters Taiwan service market

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has started selling its Pepper robot in Taiwan via its subsidiary and will initially focus on the B2B market mainly. Several Taiwan-based telecom carriers, banks and hypermarts have placed orders with a total volume of over 100 units.

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Raydium reports NT$2.69 EPS for 1H16

LCD driver IC design house Raydium Semiconductor has announced its net profits increased 19% from a year earlier to NT$167 million (US$5.2 million) for the first half of 2016 with EPS reaching NT$2.69.

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Win Semi looks to low single-digit revenue growth in 3Q16

GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors expects its third-quarter revenues to increase by a low single-digit percentage point sequentially, with gross margin maintained at the prior quarter's level.

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Kinsus nets NT$1.35 per share for 2Q16

IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported net profits of NT$603 million (US$18.7 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 17% on quarter, with EPS reaching NT$1.35 compared with NT$1.16 in the prior quarter.

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Holtek 2Q16 profits rise 20% sequentially

Microcontroller (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$201 million (US$6.25 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 20.2% sequentially. EPS for the quarter reached NT$0.89.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan smartphone ODM/OEM shipments drop in 2Q16

Taiwan-based ODMs/OEMs shipped 12.06 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2016, slipping 13.5% on quarter and 43.5% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

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Panel cutting service provider Nanoplus to debut on Taiwan emerging stock market, says paper

Nanoplus Tech, a Taiwan-invested nano particle/thermal materials and laser cutting technology developing company in Kunshan, China, will debut on Taiwan's emerging stock market in August, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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TI Stays Steady Without Blockbuster Deal

Texas Instruments, which has shied away from the sort of blockbuster acquisitions made by peers over the past two years, continues to post strong sales and profits.

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IP Pioneer Mark Templeton Dies

Co-founder and former president of Artisan Components drown July 17 while kayaking on Oregon's Rogue River.

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'Poison Pill' Fuels Speculation of Micron Takeover

Stock price rises 6% on news of shareholder rights issue designed to prevent individual or entity from amassing more than 5% of memory chip vendor's common stock.

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Flash Media Data Destruction Guaranteed

If an SSD suddenly fails in an enterprise environment, it can't usually be wiped successfully, so DestructData created the FlashEx for optimal physical destruction

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The IoT Library: Integrating Smart Power & Tech Key to Smart Home

Despite all our advances notwithstanding, few people have ever actually seen a smart home, while even fewer have ever lived in one. Full potential of the smart homes and commercial buildings requires a new approach.

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Artificial Pancreas Race Includes Motivated Underdog

Bigfoot Biomedical goes up against Medtronic and other big players in the race to get an artificial pancreas to market.

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Hearables: Next Big Consumer Thing

Hearing aids, the first "hearable," helped people with damaged hearing but may now enhance the hearing of people with normal hearing.

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Low-profile locking connector for LED lighting

AVX has added a locking plug to its 70-9159 series of low-profile 5A board to board connectors. Part of its ‘Stript’ insulator-less single contact range, the gold-plated beryllium-copper (BeCu) spring contacts have a positive latching mechanism and can absorb a 1mm of tolerance in the x and y direction. Led lighting is one intended application – the ...

Low-profile locking connector for LED lighting

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Audio Rises for Event Detection

Audio is heading from pure playback to enabling "input, trigger and analytics in contextual awareness," says an industry executive. But what will take microphones to play as important a role as cameras to add "intelligence" to autonomous cars?

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The IoT Library: Integrating Smart Power & Tech Key to Smart Home

Despite all our advances notwithstanding, few people have ever actually seen a smart home, while even fewer have ever lived in one. Full potential of the smart homes and commercial buildings requires a new approach.

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Autonomous Automotive Sensors: How Processor Algorithms Get Inputs

Sensor electronics combined with better and more refined software algorithms will ultimately enable a safe fully-autonomous vehicle within the next ten years.

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Startup's IoT SoC Packs a Punch

Startup Greenwaves is working on a high performance SoC to make nodes on the Internet of Things capable of machine learning and high data rates.

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5G could have slow take-up after 2020

If 5G mobile phone services launch in 2020 it is being predicted that there could be 24 million 5G subscriptions worldwide by the end of 2021 for mobile and fixed broadband services, according to Ovum. To put this into perspective, there are over 5 billion mobile phone users today. So this prediction indicates a modest ...

5G could have slow take-up after 2020

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Intel and Samsung invest in fast memory start-up

Intel and Samsung have identified a new fast memory access technology and have made venture investments in the company behind it. Western Digital has also invested in US-based Kazan Networks that has closed a $4.5m Series A funding round. The communications interface technology is used to access solid-state drives (SSDs) used in datacentre storage and ...

Intel and Samsung invest in fast memory start-up

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Rebound in notebooks in Western Europe boosted PC shipments in EMEA in 2Q16, says IDC

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) performed above expectations, reaching 16.1 million units in the second quarter of 2016 - a 4.7% on-year decrease, according to IDC. Looking at regions, Western Europe stabilized at negative 0.8%, while Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East and Africa remained constrained respectively at negative 8.5% and negative 13.3%.

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Adlink-invested measurement product firm JYTek to push into China, says paper

JYTek, a firm with investments from Taiwan-based IPC maker Adlink, will begin operation on July 26. It will focus on measurement products in China and will establish an open platform for measuring, according to a Chinese-language CNA News report.

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Pegatron sees weak 2Q16; expected to have strong 3Q16, says paper

Pegatron Technology is expected to see its net profits reach only NT$250 million (US$7.78 million) in the second quarter, down 40% sequentially, and EPS of only around NT$1 despite having high gross margins in the second quarter, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report citing market watchers.

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Digitimes Research: MWC Shanghai focuses on smart services

While Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona during February 22-25 focused on unveiling of new smartphones and exhibiting advance telecom technologies, MWC Shanghai 2016 during June 29-July 1 featured smart service applications and the telecom industry ecosystem in China, according to Digitimes Research.

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Vendors to launch smartphones supporting biometrics recognition

Smartphone brands have been gearing up efforts to develop biometrics recognition technology, aiming to ramping up their market share with high-end models featured biometrics functionality, according to industry sources.

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China market: Oppo raises 2016 smartphone shipment target to 100 million units, says paper

China-based smartphone vendor Oppo reportedly has raised its shipment target for 2016 to 100 million units, from the revised 80 million set in June, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Silicon Motion raises 2016 revenue outlook

Silicon Motion Technology has revised upward its revenue outlook for 2016 after posting record results for the second quarter.

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Oculus tying up with Asustek to promote Rift, says paper

Oculus VR will partner with Asustek Computer to promote the sale of Oculus Rift in the Taiwan market, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Taiwan June manufacturing production index down on month, up on year, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 108.76 for June 2016, decreasing 0.46% on month but increasing 1.58% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on July 22.

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Wah Hong Industrial to start Cd-free QDEF production in 4Q16

Optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial, through technological cooperation with UK-based heavy metal-free nanomaterial maker Nanoco Technologies, will begin production of cadmium (Cd)-free quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the company.

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Ardentec to buy 75% stake in Giga

Semiconductor wafer testing service provider Ardentec has agreed to acquire up to 75% of its Taiwan-based firm Giga Solution Tech for NT$24 (US$0.75) per share, or a total of about NT$2.17 billion.

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Galileo and Japan’s QZSS constellation to be integrated

Talks are starting on integrating the GPS satellite constellations of the EU and Japan. It is hoped that an integrated constellation will help the development of autonomous vehicles, farm machinery and construction equipment by allowing those made in Japan and the EU to use GPS signals from either constellation. Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System and the ...

Galileo and Japan’s QZSS constellation to be integrated

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SPONSORED: C&K's New Switch Selection Tool--Developed for Design Engineers

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EEVblog #905 – REPAIR: HP85 Vintage Computer

Dave screwed up and now he has to fix it.
What went wrong with the vintage Hewlett Packard HP85 personal computer?
Forum HERE

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EEVblog #904 – Hewlett Packard HP85 Professional Computer

1979, a screaming 613KHz clock, killer graphics, and it’s a Hewlett Packard, it doesn’t get much better than this!
Dave powers up the the classic HP85 Scientific / Engineering Professional Personal Computer and has a play around.
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Kaiser Permanente Foresaw Health Data Was King

Kaiser Permanente saw value of healthcare data early on. An interview with Dr. John Mattison, chief medical information officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California, tells why.

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Win a Rugged Hand-Held Oscilloscope

A two-minute video may win you a handheld or a Go

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SoftBank/ARM Deal: Political Hurdles Ahead?

The deal could also face hard scrutiny by the European Commission, which is now becoming more critical about consolidation in the technology sector.

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Qualcomm's China Compromise Pays Off

Qualcomm makes progress and profits from its agreement with China's NDRC, in quarterly results.

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Vitamin Inspires Solar Flow Batteries

Researchers at Harvard University have identified a new class of high-performing organic molecules, inspired by vitamin B2, that can safely store electricity from intermittent energy sources like solar and wind power in large batteries.

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MLCC sits between NP0/C0G and Z7R in size and stability

Kemet is aiming at timing, filtering and phase-locked loops (PLLs) with a ceramic capacitor that has double the capacitance of CoG/NP0 types. Made to meet the U2J specification, the family has a linear -750±120ppm/ºC temperature coefficient – compared to zero for C0G/NP0 and non-linear for X7R – and works from -55 to +125ºC. “It also provides ...

MLCC sits between NP0/C0G and Z7R in size and stability

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Discovery means robot centipedes can move fast as well as turn quickly

Deepening understanding of centipede walking could improve robot locomotion, according to the University of Kyoto, which has been studying centipede movement for years. Its latest finding is that being on the point of instability balances straight-line and turning performance in multi-legged robots. The questions the researchers set themselves was: with all the friction created by ...

Discovery means robot centipedes can move fast as well as turn quickly

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EEVblog #903 – HP85 Vintage Computer Teardown

1979, a screaming 613KHz clock, killer graphics, and it’s a Hewlett Packard, it doesn’t get much better than this!
Inside the classic HP85 Scientific / Engineering Professional Personal Computer.
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Sensor sales soar but ASPs sink

Sensor unit sales keep hitting new records but price erosion is curbing dollar growth, says IC Insights. Despite double-digit percentage increases in annual unit shipments, semiconductor sensor sales growth has become uncharacteristically lethargic because of steep price erosion in several major product categories. Strong unit demand is being fueled by new wearable systems, greater automation ...

Sensor sales soar but ASPs sink

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SEMI book-to-bill at parity

The SEMI book-to-bill for June was at parity – the lowest b-to-b ratio of the year. June bookings were $1.71 billion – down 2.1% on May’s 2016 $1.75 billion, but up12.9% on the June 2015 order level of $1.52 billion. June billings were $1.71 billion – up 7% on May’s $1.6 billion, and 10.2% higher ...

SEMI book-to-bill at parity

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Gudeng lands wafer carrier orders from SMIC, says paper

Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer mainly specializing in mask solution products, has obtained wafer carrier orders from China-based IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), the Chinese-language Wealth News newspaper has reported. The orders are expected to boost Gudeng's revenues in the second half of 2016.

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Epistar AlGaInP LED chip order visibility through October, says paper

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received booming orders for AlGaInP LED chips with shipments scheduled through October 2016, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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MSI becomes the largest gaming notebook vendor worldwide, says paper

Micro-Star International (MSI) has become the largest gaming notebook player worldwide with a market share of 19%, surpassing Asustek's 15%, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report citing market watchers.

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Wistron slightly reduces 2015 dividend

Wistron on July 21 decided to reduce its dividend per share for 2015 from NT$1.20 (US$0.04) in cash and NT$0.03 in stock to NT$1.1965 and NT$0.02991 respectively, according to the company.

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Sensor sales keep hitting new records but price erosion curbs growth, says IC Insights

Despite strong double-digit percentage increases in annual unit shipments, semiconductor sensor sales growth has become uncharacteristically lethargic because of steep price erosion in several major product categories, according to IC Insights.

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Samsung invests in China-based BYD

Shanghai Samsung Semiconductor, a unit of Samsung Electronics, has acquired 52.26 million shares of BYD Electronic for CNY3 billion (US$449 million), according to an announcement by the China-based electric vehicle maker.

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Fab tool book-to-bill slips

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00 in June, down from 1.09 in May, according to SEMI.

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Wireless charging to become major feature in mobile devices

More mobile devices are expected to feature wireless charging which will stimulate demand for related analog ICs and protective components, according to industry sources.

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Worldwide smartwatch market experiences first decline as shipments fall 32% in 2Q16, says IDC

For the first time, the worldwide smartwatch market saw an on-year decline of 32%, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Smartwatch vendors shipped 3.5 million units in the second quarter of 2016, which was down substantially from the 5.1 million shipped a year ago. Apple held the top rank by shipping 1.6 million watches. However, it was the only vendor among the top-5 to experience an annual decline in shipments. In fairness to Apple, the on-year comparison is to the initial launch quarter of the Apple Watch, which is in many ways the same product offered in the most recent quarter with price reductions.

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VC funding up but deals down

Q2 VC funding moved higher but the number of deals dropped, says a report from KPMG and CB Insights, at the current rate, 2016 deal activity will barely top 2013’s numbers. The reason funding moved higher while deal activity dropped is that some larger startups such as those of Snapchat, Didi Chuxing, and Uber all ...

VC funding up but deals down

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Foxconn-incubated Ceewa launches sports drone

Ceewa Intelligent Drones Technology based in Nanjing, eastern China, a start-up cultivated by an incubation center jointly established by Foxconn Electronics and China's Alibaba Group, has launched its first sports drone. Foxconn helped in product development and production. Ceewa is developing a second-generation model also with Foxconn's assistance, according to industry sources.

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Sharp to roll out new smartphone utilizing MediaTek 10-core chip, says report

Sharp is reportedly engaged in the development of a new smartphone utilizing MediaTek's 10-core Helio X20 chip (dubbed MT6797).

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Innolux cooperates with Next Biometrics to develop flexible fingerprint sensor

Innolux has cooperated with Norway-based Next Biometrics Group ASA to develop the world's first flexible fingerprint sensor based on Next's active thermal sensing technology, according to Innolux.

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ChinaJoy 2016 to take place in Shanghai

The China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy) 2016 will take place in Shanghai, eastern China, during July 28-31, with enterprises including Google, Sony, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, AMD and Electronic Arts to attend.

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Taiwan June unemployment rate up, says DGBAS

Taiwan had 459,000 jobless citizens in June 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.92%, up 0.08pp on month and 0.21pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on July 22.

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Micron to acquire Cando plant

Micron Technology plans to buy touch panel maker Cando's plant in central Taiwan, which will be operated by Powertech Technology (PTI) to provide the US memory vendor packaging and testing services, according to industry sources.

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Worldwide semiconductor capital spending to drop 0.7% in 2016, says Gartner

Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to decrease 0.7% to US$64.3 billion in 2016, according to Gartner. This is up from the estimated 2% decline in Gartner's previous quarterly forecast.

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TWM to cooperate with Nokia in 5G

Mobile Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) on July 21 signed an MoU with Nokia for 5G cooperation consisting of progress from 5G laboratories to a 5G experimental network and forming a strategic alliance, according to TWM.

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Spreadtrum LTE chipset adopted for Samsung Galaxy Tab A7.0

Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its quad-core LTE mobile chipset, the SC9830i, has been adopted by Samsung Electronics for the vendor's Galaxy Tab A7.0-series tablets.

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NASA, Taiwan to Develop Robotic Lunar Lander

Several Taiwanese research institutions have signed an agreement NASA to jointly develop an unmanned lunar lander that could crawl the moon's surface as early as 2020, according to Taiwan's state-run Central News Agency.

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Future of Electric Bikes: Forget Tour de France

Is it even possible to cheat in Tour de France with a micro-motor? Can something so heavy and large be concealed?

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Friday Quiz: Data-Acquisition System IQ, Part 1

EE Times reproduces a quiz that originally appeared in EDN in 1976.

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ASML Reports Progress on EUV

ASML took orders for four pre-production EUV systems in its latest quarter, fueling hopes the new lithography scanners will be ready for 5nm chips in 2020.

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Gartner Again Trims Forecast for Chip Capex Decline

Market research firm now expects a modest 1% year-to-year decline in semiconductor capital spending despite supply glut.

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AI Drives Startup to Map Deep Learning Computer

AI is driving hardware innovation. Wave Computing has leveraged the well-understood dataflow technology, and designed a new processing unit, called Dataflow Processing Unit (DPU), that can natively support Google TensorFlow and Microsoft CNTK.

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Versatile FPGA IP Handing, Creation, and Packaging

The IEEE has ratified the 1735-2014 IEEE Recommended Practice for Encryption and Management of Electronic Design Intellectual Property (IP) specification.

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Dassault Systèmes agrees CST acquisition

Dassault Systèmes, the design software arm of the French aerospace group, has agreed to acquire Computer Simulation Technology (CST), the German electronic simulation specialist for €220m. CST’s simulation software tools are used in transport, aerospace and defence, and energy industries to evaluate electromagnetic effects during every stage of electronic system design processes. Customers include Airbus ...

Dassault Systèmes agrees CST acquisition

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US debates LED street lighting safety

The Lighting Research Center of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has issued a cautious rebuff to a report on LED street lighting from the American Medical Association (AMA). Last month, physicians at the AMA annual meeting adopted guidance on how street lighting planners should select LED lighting. “Despite the energy efficiency benefits, some LED lights are harmful ...

US debates LED street lighting safety

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GE Plans Software Platform For Creating 'Digital Twins'

GE already uses an internal platform for modeling jet engines, turbines, and other physical assets. Now, the company will be offering it as a service by the end of 2017.

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Sensors, Peripherals to Dominate Wireless by 2021

Wireless sensor nodes and connected peripherals will outnumber hub devices such as smartphones and PCs in 2016 and increase their holding through 2021, according to ABI Research.

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Sewing creates medical sensors

Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts have used threads, stitching and embroidery to construct sensors for use on skin and inside animals. Central to the technology are functionalised threads – coated to make pH sensing electrodes, or to measure strain, for example. The aim has been to develop a tool kit of bio-compatible materials that ...

Sewing creates medical sensors

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Keysight extends PXI calibration to other suppliers

Keysight Technologies says it will now offer calibration services for PXI modular test systems from other suppliers. Keysight will offer calibration services for test equipoment, as well as electrical, physical, dimensional and optical equipment from virtually any manufacturer. PXI and AXIe instruments are being used as part of integrated test setups with traditional benchtop instruments ...

Keysight extends PXI calibration to other suppliers

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Firm creates cyber-security team in Gloucester

Roke Manor Research is opening a new office in the UK specialising in cyber security. The office in Gloucester will initially employ 20 new staff. It will work with defence, government and commercial customers in the region. David Cole, managing director of Roke, said: “As a key cyber security adviser to UK Government, we are ...

Firm creates cyber-security team in Gloucester

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ARM aims to build trust in IoT security

With billions of  wireless devices expected to be connected to the internet over the coming years processor firm ARM has worked with Intercede, Solacia and Symantec to assess the security challenges of connecting devices across multiple sectors; including industrial, home, health services and transportation. As a result the companies have collaborated on the Open Trust ...

ARM aims to build trust in IoT security

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UK manufacturer sees benefits of robotics technology

Icon Plastics has expanded its workforce and production facility following a £200,000 investment in new equipment to meet rising demand. The Tees Valley business has installed two Negribossi Canbio ST machines, bringing the total number of plastic injection moulding machines at the Eaglescliffe site to 27. The new machines use robotics-based technology and computer design ...

UK manufacturer sees benefits of robotics technology

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Qualcomm sees 5G promise

Qualcomm had Q2 revenue of $6 billion for a net profit of $1.4 billion. Compared to Q2 2015, the revenue was up 2% and profit up 22%. It expects $6.2 billion revenue in Q3. Progress has been made in licensing in China but negotiations with hold-outs are continuing while a lawsuit against hand-set maker Meizu ...

Qualcomm sees 5G promise

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Asustek to elect new directors and supervisors

Asustek Computer will host an investors conference on July 28 and elect new directors and supervisors. The company's CSO Ted Hsu, who left Pegatron Technology and joined Asustek in April, is expected to become a nominee, while vice president of Asustek's Open Platform Business Jackie Hsu is also expected to join the board of directors.

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HTC to partner with HP and launch Vive branded PCs

High Tech Computer (HTC), in addition to strengthening its software-hardware integration and retail channel expansion, is reportedly planning to release HTC Vive-branded PCs bundled with its HTC Vive to provide consumers virtual reality (VR) solutions at a friendlier price level. HTC will acquire PCs from HP and rebrand them under HTC Vive, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. HTC has not confirmed the news.

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Taiwan market: Taiwan Taxi introduces Gama Pay mobile e-payment services

Online game developer and operator Gamania Digital Entertainment on July 20 announced that Taiwan Taxi, the largest taxi service provider in Taiwan, has introduced Gama Pay, mobile e-payment services operated by its subsidiary Gash Pay.

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China Mobile 4G user base tops 428 million

China Mobile saw its number of 4G (TD-LTE and FDD-LTE) mobile subscribers increase by 19.225 million in June to 428.541 million at the end of the month, according to the company.

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Intel sees high single digit decline for PC market this year

Intel had Q2 revenue of $13.5 billion, operating income of $1.3 billion and net income of $1.3 billion, The company generated approximately $3.8 billion in cash, paid dividends of $1.2 billion, and used $804 million to repurchase 26 million shares of stock. Net income was halved to $1.3 billion after a $1.4 billion charge for ...

Intel sees high single digit decline for PC market this year

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RFEL supplies core for Arizona Radio Observatory

RFEL, the Isle of Wight signal processing specialist, is supplying one of its HyperSpeed FFT IP cores to the Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO). They are developing a new high performance radio astronomy spectrometer system where RFEL’s core forms a key component to improve sideband separation in their heterodyne receivers. To support the receiver’s wide signal ...

RFEL supplies core for Arizona Radio Observatory

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Panasonic to enter robot control industry

Panasonic has announced plans to cross into the robot control equipment market as the company is optimistic about demand for robots from they factory and medical care segments and the company expects the market's scale to reach several tens of billions of yen by 2020, according to a Japan-based Kyodo News report.

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PMOLED more competitive than AMOLED for small-size panels, says RiTdisplay chairman

PMOLED (passive-matrix OLED) is more competitive than AMOLED (active-matrix OLED) for small-size, especially below 2-inch, panels mainly because of much lower production costs and easier customized production, according to chairman Wang Ding-chang for PMOLED panel maker RiTdisplay.

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Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$5.5 billion in January-June, says MOEA

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,625 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$5.503 billion in January-June 2016, respectively decreasing 6.66% and increasing 176.76% on year, according to MOEA statistics released on July 20.

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Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to introduce Pepper into local market

Asia Pacific Telecom, one of the five 4G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will officially introduce Pepper, a service robot jointly developed by SoftBank and Foxconn Electronics, into the Taiwan market on July 25, with the availability of the robot to begin in September, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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Epistar hikes prices for large-size LED chips due to higher DLC standards

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in response to higher LED lighting standards specified in DLC (DesignLights Consortium) 4.0, has increased quotes for large-size LED chips specifically used to make LED lighting for sale in the US market by 30-40%, according to Taiwan-based LED packaging service providers.

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1H16 global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments down in volume, up in area on year, says IHS

There were 320 million large-size (above 9-inch) TFT-LCD panels shipped globally in the first half of 2016, decreasing 6% on year, but the corresponding total area of 78.4 million square meters increased 2% due to increased average screen sizes for LCD TVs and notebooks, according to IHS.

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Asustek to raise UK PC prices by 9% in October

With the depreciation of the British pound because of the Brexit vote, Asustek has decided to raise prices in the UK by 9% in October, while Acer still has not yet reached a final decision. Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell both recently announced they will increase PC prices in the UK by 9-10%.

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STATS ChipPAC performing below expectations, says report

The performance of STATS ChipPAC still has been lower than expected in recent quarters following its acquisition by China-based Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology for US$780 million in early 2015, according to a media report in China.

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Latin America on track to install 2.7GW of solar-PV capacity in 2016, IHS says

Across Latin America, public tenders for photovoltaic (PV) projects are raising the pulse of the market, but challenges remain. A recent spike in new solar installations in Latin America is putting the region on track to reach 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of installed photovoltaic (PV) module capacity in 2016, according to IHS Markit.

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ASML expects to post record sales for 2016

Lithography equipment supplier ASML expects to post record sales for 2016. "The ultimate level will depend on the timing of our EUV revenue recognition and the size of the combined 10/7 nanometer node ramp," said company president and CEO Peter Wennink.

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Chilisin 2016 EPS to reach NT$5.50-5.80

Chilisin Electronics, which manufactures inductors and power chokes, is expected to see its 2016 EPS reach between NT$5.50 (US$0.18) and NT$5.80 compared with NT$4.41 a year ago, a recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report quoted market watchers as saying.

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TSMC spends NT$2.2 billion on equipment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent a total of NT$2.19 billion (US$68.2 million) on machinery equipment from Applied Materials, Daifuku, Entegris and Kashiyama, according to filings the company issued with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on July 19 and 20.

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Corning unveils Gorilla Glass 5

Corning has unveiled its latest Gorilla Glass 5 to provide mobile devices with a new cover glass designed to give better protection against breakage from everyday drops.

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Software solution provider GrandTech reports increased earnings for 2Q16

GrandTech CG Systems, a Taiwan-based supplier of IT products and a software solution provider, has reported pre-tax earnings of NT$49.58 million (US$1.55 million) for the second quarter of 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$0.92 before taxes for the period.

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Digitimes Research: Technology remains key to MediaTek growth

MediaTek should remain focused on enhancing its technology to better compete against rivals including Qualcomm, Spreadtrum and HiSilicon, and to explore new growth opportunities outside the China market, according to Digitimes Research.

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Taiwan June export order value up on month, down on year, says MOEA

Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.70 billion in total in June 2016, increasing 5.9% on month but decreasing 2.4% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on July 20.

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