Intel expands IoT coverage

Following Qualcomm's US$47 billion acquisition of NXP to quickly expand its competitiveness in Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city applications, Intel has also recently unveiled its latest IoT roadmap and will push a new series of processors targeting IoT applications including industrial machine, video conferencing, manufacturing and channel retail, and will expand its influence in the government procurement and enterprise markets.

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Coretronic sees BLU shipment growth in 3Q16

Coretronic shipped 15.44 million energy-saving products, mainly backlight units (BLUs) and touch modules, as well as 343,000 projectors and projection systems in third-quarter 2016, respectively growing 14% and 10% on quarter, the company disclosed at an October 31 investors conference.

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GLT 3Q16 gross margin hits record

Light guide plate maker Global Lighting Technologies' (GLT) gross margin of 29.09% for third-quarter 2016 hit a quarterly record, according to the company.

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Young Optics sees 3Q16 operating loss

Optical component and module maker Young Optics has posted net operating loss of NT$20.4 million (US$648,000) for third-quarter 2016, suffering net operating losses for three consecutive quarters.

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LandMark 3Q16 gross margin hits record low

LandMark Optoelectronics, a producer of GaAs- and InP-based epitaxial wafers for optical communication components, has posted gross margin of 57.62%, the lowest quarterly level for the company.

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Innolux to start operation of 8.6G line in January 2017

TFT-LCD panel maker Innolux will begin production at the world's first 8.6G fab in southern Taiwan in January 2017, according to the company's associate vice president and general manager of TV Product Hung Mao-sheng.

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Innolux 3Q16 operations turn profitable

TFT-LCD panel maker Innolux recorded net operating profit of NT$3.859 billion (US$122 million) for the third quarter of 2016, swinging into profitability from consecutive operating losses from fourth-quarter 2015 to second-quarter 2016, according to the company.

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Delta Electronics expects automation products to drive growth in 2017, says chairman

Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics expects industrial automation products and components as well as automotive electronics to drive growth in 2017, according to company chairman Yancey Hai.

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Taiwan market: Oppo launches mid-range A39 smartphone

China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has introduced a mid-range smartphone, the A39, into the Taiwan market, priced at NT$7,490 (US$237) unlocked.

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MediaTek expects 4Q16 revenues to fall up to 15%

MediaTek expects its revenues to fall up to 15% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016 with gross margin raning from 33.5% to 36.5%.

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Silicon Motion enjoys strong shipments for SSD, eMMC solutions

NAND flash device controller supplier Silicon Motion Technology saw revenues generated from its embedded storage products increase over 15% sequentially to account for about 80% of company revenues in the third quarter of 2016.

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Primax reports strong earnings for 3Q16

Primax Electronics has reported that its net profits rallied 31% on quarter and 18% on year to NT$633.26 million (US$20.024 million) in the third quarter of 2016, buoyed by increased shipments of acoustic products. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.28 for the July-September period.

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Taiwan Mobile sees earnings down slightly in 3Q16

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has reported net profits of NT$3.98 billion (US$128.85 million) for the third quarter of 2016, down 3% sequentially and 4% on year. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.45.

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Connector maker Sinbon 3Q16 earnings ebb down

Connector and cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics has reported that its net profits declined 4.6% sequentially to NT$294.2 million (US$9.303 million) in the third quarter of 2016, affected by seasonality. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.31.

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IPC maker Advantech 3Q16 earnings hit record high

IPC and embedded solution supplier Advantech has reported net profits of NT$1.46 billion (US$46.17 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 0.2% sequentially and 19.5% on year. Third-quarter earnings, which were the company's quarterly record, translated into an EPS of NT$2.32 for the July-September period.

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Win Semi posts record 3Q16 profit

GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors has announced net profits of about NT$1 billion (US$31.7 million) for the third quarter of 2016, hitting a record high. EPS for the quarter reached a record NT$2.14.

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Microsoft Speeds Open Hardware

Microsoft revealed early specs of ts next-generation data center server and said work on open hardware needs to become as fast and flexible as open source software.

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President Obama sets up semiconductor working group

President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has formed a working group to strengthen the US semiconductor industry. The group consists of: John Holdren(Director, OSTP; PCAST Co-Chair); Working Group Co-Chair Paul Otellini (Former President and CEO, Intel); Working Group Co-Chair Richard Beyer (Former Chairman and CEO, Freescale Semiconductor) Wes Bush (Chairman, ...

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Ford & QNX Bypass Tier 1 Middlemen

BlackBerry Limited announced Monday an agreement with Ford Motor Company, under which the automotive giant will expand its use of BlackBerry's QNX and its security software in Ford vehicles.

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U.S. Convenes Chip Study Group

The Obama administration convened top semiconductor executives to make recommendations on what the sector needs to deal with threats from China and a slowing Moore's law.

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Measurement Conference Calls for Tutorials, Deadline this Week

Get your session accepted to IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference and visit Italy in May, 2017.

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What Is Best & Worst STEM-Related Music Ever?

We've all seen hard disk drives being used to play music, but what about robots and Tesla coils?

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Low Iq Surge Stopper for High Reliability Current Sensitive Applications

Protecting sensitive electronic circuitry from voltage transients is an essential part of any system, be it automotive, industrial, avionic or battery-powered portable applications.

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Samsung, Bosch Bet on AI Chip Startup

Startup Graphcore announced a $30 million investment from partners including Samsung and Bosch for its processor designed for machine learning.

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2016 Best Practices for NPI & NPD Success

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Autonomous peripherals for PIC18F MCUs

Microchip has added ‘core independent peripherals’ (CIPs)- peripherals that inter-operate whilst the core is sleeping – to its high-end 8bit PIC18F microcontrollers. Added to create the PIC18F ‘K40’ family, there are 10 devices with 16-128kbyte of flash in packages with 28-64 pins. “CIPs provide developers with the ability to accomplish tasks in hardware whilst freeing-up the ...

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Halloween Robots: Trick or Treat?

Will a robot come to your door for trick or treating any time soon?

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Watson Wins GM

At the keynote speech during the World of Watson 2016 conference (Oct. 24-28, Las Vegas) IBM chief executive officer (CEO) Ginni Rometty invited General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra to jointly announce that IBM's augmented intelligence (AI) called Watson would be integrated with every new car equipped with OnStar connectivity (renamed OnStar-Go). The U.S. Secretary of Education also endorsed Watson.

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MediaTek May Be Among First with 10nm SoCs

MediaTek, Qualcomm's largest rival in the smartphone silicon business, said it aims to be among the chip industry's first companies with 10nm products on the market starting in the second quarter next year.

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Cloud security system spots software hacks in cars

Secure software for connected vehicles that uses cloud services, will be demonstrated at TU-Automotive Europe 2016 in Munich this week (2-3 November). The intrusion detection system (IDS) for connected vehicles is the result of a collaboration between connected vehicle software firms Harman and Airbiquity. With the increasing dependency on software to power vehicle systems and features, making vehicles secure ...

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Yorkshire firm adds 3D force sensing to notebooks

Peratech, the Yorkshire-based sensor materials firm, is collaborating with several notebook computer manufacturers to incorporate its 3D force-sensing technology. The firm is developing its QTC force sensors for use in notebook PCs. The sensors, which consist of nanoparticles printed and encapsulated in ultrathin (down to 50 µm) polymer membranes, can be configured to sense an ...

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Industrial IoT node comes in kit-form

Eurotech is offering IoT designers a development kit that bundles all the hardware and software needed to prototype as sensor-based IoT device with data support in the cloud. The ECDK 4001 development kit is intended to allow designers to model specific IoT applications based on a template that includes the various elements typical of an industrial IoT chain – gateway, PLC, ...

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EVs Will Innovate on Land, Sea, Air

Hybrid and pure electric land, water and air vehicles are becoming one business increasingly served by the same companies, but the vehicles and their components are changing out of all recognition.

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ARM edges towards VR and AR on the handset with G-51 and V-61 Mali cores

ARM has launched two Mali cores – the V61 with VP encode and the Vulkan-enabled G51. The cores are aimed at 14/16nm finfet processes for phones coming out in 2018. The target is the emerging VR and AR functionality. These are seen as handset capabilities which are coming, but still to come. “We have delivered ...

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Bristol start-up Graphcore raises $30m

Graphcore, a Bristol-based AI start-up headed by Nigel Toon formerly of Icera, picoChip and XMOS, has raised $30 million in VC money. Backers include Samsung, Bosch and Hermann Hauser. Graphcore is developing processors specifically for machine learning – an approach which, it says, will deliver up to 100x more performance than off-the-shelf GPUs. Graphcore calls ...

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Imec ‘Beyond CMOS’ programme demoes spin waves in majority devices

Imec has demonstrated the generation and detection of spin waves in sub-micron-sized magnetic waveguides with wavelengths smaller than 350nm traveling over 10 micrometer in a 500nm wide waveguide, and has proposed models for majority operation in nanoscale spin-wave structures. Spintronic majority gate devices promise alternatives to CMOS technology for certain applications, for example for arithmetic ...

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EEVblog #938 – Tesla Solar Roofs – Are They Viable?

Solar Freakin’ Roofs!
How viable is Tesla’s Solar Roof concept?
What did Elon Musk not mention at the product launch?
UPDATE: Yes, the press kit mentions they all have identical looking solar and non-solar tiles to chose from for shaded/inefficent areas.

How efficient are they?
Who much energy is required to manufacture them?
What about optimum angle to the sun?

Energy required for existing roof construction HERE
International Energy Agency on Efficiency HERE
US Government on PV Energy Payback HERE
List of solar single companies that have gone bust HERE
Dow Chemical Solar shingles goes out of business HERE
Solar shingle efficiency HERE
Sun position and angle/elevation calculator HERE

Forum HERE

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Recruitment in a Time of Consolidation

The "cost synergies" analog companies promote to their investors when Big Companies merge can be interpreted as a head-count reduction, which will likely affect engineers. EE Times approached one of the industry's best-known recruiters for comment.

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Accident on a Dark Freeway

Where are the solutions that could have helped in a wrong-way-driver accident like this? Let's fix it.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (10/23-10/29)

Here we've rounded up some of the latest products to optimize your applications, devices, and systems.

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Thank Goodness for Makers

Did you ever fear that hobby electronics was fading away, and were you surprised by the emergence of the Maker Movement?

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16 Views of ARM TechCon

ARM's annual event was all about building and securing the Internet of Things with help from Softbank.

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$35B Qualcomm Question: What Next?

Now that Qualcomm has announced its NXP acquisition, it's time to examine the deal's potential consequences. Qualcomm, $35 billion chip company, will affect both the combined companies' internal operations and competitors on the market -- especially in the automotive segment.

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Wireless charging in a Starbucks near you sometime soon

Wireless charging points for mobile phones are starting to appear in some McDonald’s and Starbucks stores, and wireless charging for consumer phones is expected to increase dramatically in the next year. “McDonald’s, Starbucks, Marriott and Hilton already offer wireless charging in some locations, and further penetration of the technology in more public areas will intensify ...

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ADI buys deterministic Ethernet chip firm

Analog Devices has moved into the market for real-time Ethernet with the acquisition of US-based firm Innovasic, which has developed interface chips for deterministic Ethernet. Seen as a high speed alternative to the serial fieldbus networking protocol in  factory automation, robotics and industrial IoT, real-time Ethernet is the focus of a new standards push for robust, synchronised networks. ...

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Tiny RF connector designed for 5G small cells

Connector makers Huber+Suhner, Radiall and Rosenberger are developing a new RF connector system for small cell mobile basestations. To be shown for the first time at next month’s Electronica exhibition, the small format coaxial connector system is being proposed by the suppliers for use in both 4G and upcoming 5G networks. Designed with robustness, small ...

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Microsoft introduces Surface Studio, Windows 10 Creators Update

Microsoft has unveiled a series of new products, including Surface Studio, Surface Dial and a more powerful Surface Book and plans to launch the Windows 10 Creators Update in early 2017 to enable anyone to create, share and experience in 3D and mixed reality.

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Delta sees net profits grow over 30% on quarter in 3Q16

Delta Electronics, a supplier of power and thermal management solutions, has reported net profits of NT$5.666 billion (US$178.94 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 31.77% sequentially but down 3.9% on year. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$2.18.

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France-based Ciel & Terre International taps Taiwan market

Ciel & Terre International, a France-based EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor for rooftop PV systems and ground-mounted PV power-generating stations, has set up a subsidiary, Ciel & Terre Taiwan, for promoting floating PV systems in the Taiwan market, according to industry sources.

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Radiant Opto-Electronics 3Q16 gross margin hits record

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has reported third-quarter 2016 gross margin of 18.03% a record high.

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DrayTek shifts production capacity from China to Taiwan

Own-brand router, switch and wireless access point maker DrayTek has moved production capacity from Changshu, eastern China, to Taiwan because production in China is no longer competitive, according to the company.

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Over 57 million LCD TVs shipped globally in 3Q16, says Witsview

There were 57.15 million LCD TVs shipped globally in the third quarter of 2016, growing 14.4% on quarter and 5.8% on year, according to WitsView.

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Chunghwa Telecom sees profits decline in 3Q16

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profits of NT$9.6 billion (US$303.03 million) for the third quarter of 2016, decreasing 18.7% from a year earlier. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.24.

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Headset maker Merry 3Q16 earnings higher than expected

Headset maker Merry Electronics saw its net profits increase 187% on quarter and 259% on year to NT$916 million (US$28.91 million) in the third quarter of 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$5.01 for the quarter, which was higher than expected.

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Pogo-pins aimed at wearables

Harwin has a new range of surface-mount vertical spring-loaded pogo-pins, and pads for them to land on. “Pogo-pin connectors have multiple applications, including wearable medical and fitness devices, mobile phones, car stereos, and notebook and tablet computers,” said the firm. Pins have a free height from 2.4 to 8.2mm and are also available as multi-contact ...

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Imec spin-off diagnoses epilepsy

Imec spin-off Epilog improves epilepsy diagnosis through an automated service that accurately and efficiently analyzes large amounts of EEG-data. Epilepsy, a condition characterized by uncontrolled brain activity, is a complex pathology that occurs in many different forms. The screening and treatment of epilepsy is a difficult and time-consuming process. Moreover, about one third of the ...

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Friday Quiz: Switching

Switching is an important part of automated test.

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China market: More white-box vendors step into VR device market

In view of fast growing demand for VR, China-based white-box smart wearable and mobile device vendors have stepped into the development and production of head-mounted VR devices, according to industry sources.

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AUO 3Q16 operations turn profitable

AU Optronics (AUO) saw its operations swing from net operating loss of NT$4.981 billion (US$158 million) for the first half of 2016 to net operating profit of NT$5.759 billion for the third quarter, the company announced at an October 27 investors conference.

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Taiwan aims at cumulative PV installation of 20GWp in 2025, says MOST

The Taiwan government has set target cumulative PV installation capacity of 6.5GWp for 2020 and 20GWp for 2025, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

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Google Pixel XL manufacturing cost in line with rival smartphones, IHS finds

The cost to manufacture the Google Pixel phone closely matches that of its intended rivals, especially since Google's new offering figures to target the same class of high-end users that normally flock to flagship smartphone models from Apple and Samsung, according to IHS Markit.

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Acer, Asustek adjusting notebook strategies for 2017

Acer and Asustek Computer will adjust their strategies for marketing notebooks in 2017, with Acer to decrease shipments of entry-level models and focus on gaming, 2-in-1 and slim models, while Asustek plans to reduce its number of OEM suppliers, according to supply chain makers

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Taiwan ITRI, Seria develop new technology for PCB production

Taiwan's ITRI has teamed up with Japan-based Seria Engineering to develop a new process technology for the manufacture of PCBs, which has been showcased at the TPCA (Taiwan Printed Circuit Association) Show 2016 running from October 26-28.

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AUO to inaugurate 6G LTPS TFT-LCD factory in China in mid-November

AU Optronics (AUO) will inaugurate a 6G LTPS TFT-LCD factory in Kunshan, eastern China, on November 16 and start production later in the fourth quarter. AUO expects production capacity to be fully utilized by the end of 2017, according to the company's Mobile Solution Business Group general manager Sean Chen.

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ASE nets NT$0.72 per share for 3Q16

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported net profits of NT$5.51 billion (US$173.9 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 27% sequentially but down 14% on year. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.72.

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Flexium sales and profits rebound in 3Q16

With shipments for customers' new mobile devices kicking off, flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect saw its revenues and profits rebound in the third quarter of 2016.

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Macronix swings to profit

Macronix International has reported net profits of NT$633 million (US$20 million) for the third quarter of 2016 ending an 18-quarter string of losses. EPS for the third quarter came to NT$0.18.

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Qualcomm to acquire NXP for NT$47 billion

Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors have announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, under which Qualcomm will acquire NXP. Pursuant to the agreement, a subsidiary of Qualcomm will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of NXP for US$110 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately US$47 billion.

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Google self-driving car unit to be spun out.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is to split off its autonomous driving unit into a standalone subsidiary, reports the Nikkei. Currently the autonomous driving operation is part of Alphabet’s X innovation lab. The news was given to the Nikkei Innovation Forum in East Palo Alto earlier this week by John Krafcik who was recruited from Hyundai ...

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Samsung Chips Offset Smartphone Disaster

Samsung Electronics said strength in its semiconductor business offset the impact to its mobile phone business caused by exploding batteries in its flagship Galaxy Note 7 products.

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$22 FPGA-Based Logic Analyzer Packs a Punch

The FPGA-based SUMP2 logic analyzer is useful for large FPGA development, but is also able to scale way down to work on a $22 Lattice iCEstick FPGA+USB board.

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Diode's Analytical Model Bridges Solid-State Reality and Physics Theory

This model yields accurate analysis of silicon diodes, avoiding the complex iterative calculations for determining voltage drop across a diode.

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Qualcomm-NXP Deal Targets Connected World

Qualcomm Inc. announced Thursday a definitive agreement to acquire NXP, creating a a combined company with annual revenues of more than $30 billion.

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Best Source for Low-Cost High-Quality Cables?

Even if you are happy employing low-cost cables for your hobby projects, would you use them for a commercial product?

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Watson Use Proliferating

IBM's annual World of Watson released a plethora of new capabilities plus enumerated multiple new design wins, from the Toronto Raptors to General Motors.

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Qualcomm buys NXP

Qualcomm is to buy NXP for $39 billion in cash valuing NXP shares at $110 each – 34% above their value before news came out that the deal was underway. Qualcomm will pay for the acquisition using cash and new debt. The combined company is expected to have sales of $30 billion a year. The ...

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FCC Orders Seller to Halt Marketing RF Power Amps

North Carolina online retailer forced to remove FM amplifiers from its web site.

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Microlease expands in UK to meet European demand

Microlease has opened an extension to its office and warehouse facilities in Harrow, north London to support its expanding European business. This represents a £500,000 investment for the test equipment rental and management business. Its European team is now 225 strong, with 175 people based in the UK. There is also a third laboratory area for ...

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Microchip targets IoT designs with Sigfox chip

Microchip says it is now selling an RF transceiver supporting the Sigfox wide area wireless protocol being used for IoT networks. This is the FCC-certified ATA8520E transceiver with an integrated AVR micro controller. A FCC-certified development board is also available. Microchip is offering a Sigfox-certified ATA8520-EK as a standalone kit, or it can be bought as a kit ...

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Do Automakers Still See Hackers as a Hoax?

Earlier this week, when the Department of Transportation laid out cybersecurity guidance for carmakers, U.S. Transportation Secretary called cybersecurity "a safety issue." The latest survey, however, found that automakers still haven't made cybersecurity a priority in vehicle development.

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USB Type-C driver supports 10Gbit/s video

Texas Instruments has released a slew of 10Gbit/s USB Type-C products. TUSB1046-DCI, for example, is a VESA USB Type-C Alt Mode re-driving switch supporting USB 3.1 data rates up to 10Gbit/s and DisplayPort 1.4 up to 8.1Gbit/s for downstream facing port (Host). 10Gbit/s is ‘SuperSpeedPlus’, compared with 5Gbit/s ‘SuperSpeed’. The device is used for configurations ...

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IET Savoy Place re-opened by Princess Royal

The London headquarters of the Institution of Engineering and Technology has been officially reopened by HRH The Princess Royal after two years of renovation of the historic building on the banks of the Thames in Savoy Place. To mark the official reopening, HRH The Princess Royal, who is an Honorary Fellow of the IET, sealed ...

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Good Q3 for ST

ST saw Q3 revenue grow 5.5% sequentially and 1.9% y-o-y to $1.8 billion with a gross profit of $64203 million, gross margin of 35.8% and cash generation of $178 million. The. Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) revenues increased sequentially 7.1% driven by motion MEMS and microphones. MCU and Digital ICs Group (MDG) increased 5.5% on ...

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Fujitsu – Lenovo PC initiative seeks government funding

Fujitsu and Lenovo are exploring a strategic cooperation in the research, development, design and manufacturing of PCs with funding from the government-owned Development Bank of Japan. Fujitsu transferred its Japan PC business to Fujitsu Client Computing Ltd (FCCL) on February 1, 2016. Since then, Fujitsu has been considering various options for its PC business. Lenovo, ...

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Largest torque sensor ever, from the Isle of Wight

Datum Electronics has built a record-breaking torque transducer, weighing 4.6tonnes and able to measure 10,000,000Nm (10MNm) torque. . As a comparison, 80Nm of torque is needed to tighten a nut on your car wheel. The Isle of Wight firm developed it with Solent LEP and the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board. An extension of Datum’s 425 Series, it ...

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MLCC maker Walsin sees earnings up in 3Q16

MLCC maker Walsin Technology saw its net profits grow nearly 30% sequentially to NT$711 million (US$22.52 million) in the third quarter of 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.22 for the three-month period.

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CIS module maker Asia Tech Image reports strong earnings for 3Q16

CIS module maker Asia Tech Image has reported net profits of NT$113 million (US$3.579 million) for the third quarter of 2016, increasing 51% from a quarter earlier. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.82.

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VIA Technologies reports decreased profits for 3Q16

Embedded system and device provider VIA Technologies has reported a net profit of NT$35 million (US$1.109 million) for the third quarter of 2016, down 43.5% from the previous quarter. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$0.07.

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Taiwan market: PChome InterPay launches mobile 3rd-party e-payment services

PChome InterPay, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PChomePay which in turn is a subsidiary of web portal and e-commerce operator PChome Online, on October 26 began to provide mobile third-party electronic payment services in the Taiwan market, with 8.8 million users of Ruten, a C2C online auction platform operated by PChome Online, being initial target users.

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Decreasing sales of iPhone, iPad, iMac products cause to first annual decline for Apple

A decline in sales of iPhone, iPad and iMac products has resulted in the first decline in annual revenues for Apple in 16 years in fiscal 2016. Apple saw its revenues drop to US$217 billion from US$233.7 billion a year earlier.

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Rugged connector sews-in without electronics experience

Mag‑Net is the world’s first C4I2 MIL-spec connector specifically designed for textile mounting, according to its manufacturer TT Electronics. “Unlike circular barrel connectors, mag‑Net is a robust, flush rectangular solution with a self-aligning, automatic magnetic latching system that enables the easiest‑ever, one-handed blind mating,” claimed the firm. Intended for equipment connection to soldier-worn garments and ...

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ARM Fellow Surveys Moore's Law

Despite challenges, ARM's head of silicon research remains optimistic on the outlook for semiconductors at 3nm and beyond.

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Epileds and High Power Lighting cooperate to offer UV-C LED products

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epileds Technologies has cooperated with invisible LED packaging service provider High Power Lighting to produce UV-C LED products and will offer such products in UV wavelength of 265-275nm for use in food sterilization and air and water purification, according to industry sources.

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UMC 28nm technology accounts for 21% of 3Q16 revenues

United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its 28nm technology account for more than 20% of the foundry's total wafer sales for the first time.

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China market: Xiaomi unveils 2 flagship smartphones

Xiaomi Technology has unveiled two flagship smartphones, the Mi Note 2 and Mi MIX, looking to rekindle its sagging smartphone business. Both models are to be available in early November.

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Acer pushing new projects, says CEO

Acer has started several new initiatives and will make announcements about these projects in the next couple of weeks, company CEO Jason Chen revealed at a recent press event.

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Corning net income rises 34% on year in 3Q16

Corning has reported net income of US$284 million for the third quarter of 2016, decreasing 87% on quarter but increasing 34% on year. Net sales for the quarter came to US$2.51 billion, up 6% sequentially and 10% on year.

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UMC 14nm FinFET ready for production in 2Q17

United Microelectronics (UMC) is expected to move its 14nm FinFET process to volume production in the second quarter of 2017, with Bitcoin mining company BitFury being the first customer, according to industry sources.

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Component shortages putting pressure on smartphone players

With component quotes rising rapidly due to shortages, sources from the upstream supply chain expect second-tier or lower smartphone players to face increasing pressure from competition in 2017 as most of the component shortages are unlikely to be resolved in the short term.

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Microsoft to partner with Changhua government to push cloud for education

Microsoft Taiwan has cooperated with the government of Changhua County, Taiwan to push a cloud-based education project, hoping to help Changhua to become a development center for IT talent.

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KYEC posts another quarter of record profits

IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has reported net profits of NT$877 million (US$27.8 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 3.5% sequentially and hitting a record high for the second consecutive quarter. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.75.

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Nanya 3Q16 profits jump; Inotera turns profitable

Nanya Technology saw its net profits jump 253% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016, while Inotera Memories returned to profitability.

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PC demand to enjoy growth thanks to new processors from AMD and Intel

PC brand vendors expect demand for PCs to enjoy strong growth in the first quarter of 2017 as Intel will begin mass shipping its Kaby Lake processors, while AMD will also launch its next-generation Zen-based processors.

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Phison reports strong pre-tax earnings for 3Q16

Phison Electronics, which supplies controller solutions for memory devices, has reported pre-tax profits of NT$1.544 billion (US$48.9 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 26.88% from the previous quarter. Pre-tax EPS for the quarter stood at NT$7.82.

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Alchip to set up subsidiary in Hefei

Alchip Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of ASIC/SoC design services, has signed an MoU with the Hefei city government of China's Anhui province to set up a subsidiary locally.

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RTOS trends and challenges

Third-generation firmware development, but second-generation debugging?

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EEVblog #937 – Retro Canon Still Camera Teardown!

How did you take “digital” photos in the 1980’s and early 90’s?
With an analog still video camera that stored images on a PAL format 2″ video floppy disks, that’s how!
Enter an age before SD cards, flash memory, JPG files, and USB!

A teardown of a 1991 vintage Canon Ion RC-260 Still Video Camera.
Forum HERE

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Security flaw found in industrial IoT controller

A security flaw has been discovered in Schneider Electric’s Unity Pro software for managing and programming industrial controllers across the globe – and has been subsequently fixed. The flaw was found by secrity firm Indegy Labs, and would allow industrial control boxes overseen by Unity Pro to be disrupted. “The vulnerability in Unity Pro allows any ...

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Open Bionics founder to speak at NIDays in London

James Dyson Award winner Joel Gibbard will present his personal view of technical innovation, which includes a little bit of playfulness, at NIDays in London next month (29 November). The CEO and co-founder of Open Bionics believes that technology with “a little bit of creativity and playfulness can change people’s lives for the better”. And ...

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Cadence Breaks Down Automotive ISO 26262

As automakers start adding more and more ADAS features, the complexity of software code and SoCs deployed inside vehicles has been skyrocketing. Chip suppliers are under tremendous pressure to prove prove the functional safety of their products.

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Stamped alternative to pogo-pins

Plastronics has developed a stamped alternative for traditional fine-pitch ‘pogo-pins’ – the spring- loaded contacts used for temporary electrical connections in test jigs, for example. “For decades the spring-loaded probe aka pogo-style pin has delivered excellent mechanical and electrical performance in a highly compliant contact,” said the Texas firm. “However, this often came at a high ...

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Zynq Goes Pynq

The PYNQ-Z1 allows you to create embedded systems using the Python language and associated libraries in conjunction with the Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC FPGA.

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Does Engineering Education Need a New Focus?

Resolving the many conflicting demands on what engineering students need to learn, and how they should learn them, is a problem with no single solution.

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DVCon India Panel Gauges Future Verification Flow

This transcript of a panel discussion that took place at DVCon India is chock-full of interesting information and invaluable advice.

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TSMC Likely to Lock up Apple A10, A11 Orders

TSMC will probably make nearly all of the A10 and A11 processors for Apple this year and next because of a competitive advantage the Taiwan foundry has gained in packaging technology called InFO (Integrated Fan Out), according to analysts.

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Beta Layout prototypes 3D interconnect devices

Beta Layout is offering a single-source prototyping and small-series manufacturing service for 3D mechatronic interconnect devices (MIDs). It will be demonstrated at the Electronica exhibition in Munich next month. With this prototyping service the company produces circuit carriers of the three-dimensional circuit boards using 3D printing. The advantage of the this technique, says Beta Layout, is that ...

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Renesas troika promotes IoT security with ARMv8-M

Renesas Electronics, Express Logic and IAR Systems are to collaborate on the development of a secure IoT platform based around ARM’s v8-M architecture. It will involve Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS and IAR’s Embedded Workbench software development environment, both of which support ARM’s TrustZone security hardware within ARMv8-M. “These technologies will be a foundation for the ...

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Murata aims passives at Nordic Semi 2.4GHz radio chips

Murata has released two kits of passive components matched to Nordic Semiconductor Bluetooth and ANT 2.4GHz wireless reference designs based around nRF51x22 and nRF52x32 chips. “The inclusion of all the passive components needed in one package greatly reduces the amount of time and effort required by designers to procure sample-use components,” said Murata. Kits include ceramic ...

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Touchscreens can recognise objects, says Zytronic

Touch sensors that have an object recognition capability will mean that touchscreen in shops or museums will be activated to display information when specific objects or products are placed on the screen. A technology collaboration between Tyne & Wear-based touch sensor firm Zytronic and Tangible Display from France will demonstrate an object recognition capability on multi-touch ...

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Brexit and Indiegogo, Arrow Europe president talks to EW

Martin Bielesch, European president of Arrow Electronics talks to Electronics Weekly, about taking a global view of the UK referendum vote, how he sees potential in crowd-funded projects and the inevitable ever-presence of IoT for the broadline component distributor’s business. Are you concerned the Brexit vote in the UK is having negative effect on the European market? ...

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Intel aims at IoT edge with Atom processor

Intel has announced Atom processors for IoT ‘edge’ processing – pre-processing data to reduce its bulk before it is sent on to the internet. “IoT is expected to be a market with 50 billion devices creating 44 zettabytes [44 giga terabytes] of data annually by 2020, require much more processing power at the edge in ...

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UltraSoC adds to support for AMBA-5 CHI

UltraSoC has extended the capabilities of its on-chip monitoring and analytics semiconductor intellectual property (IP), to include debug, monitoring and analysis features for the ARM AMBA-5 Coherent Hub Interface (CHI). The CHI Monitor is the newest in UltraSoC’s family of protocol-aware monitors for interconnect and extends that from bus monitors to debugging and fine-tuning the ...

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ARM enhances IoT security

ARM has released what it calls its most comprehensive product suite ever to deliver new levels of security, efficiency, low-power connectivity and device life cycle management for the IoT. With new processors, radio technology, subsystems, end-to-end security and a cloud-based services platform, ARM is aiming to increase the rate at which IoT scales globally. “As ...

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Nvidia to sell Titan X via channel partners instead of graphics card players

Nvidia's new top-end graphics card, the Titan X, is expected to make its debut in countries including Japan, China and Taiwan in November, priced as high as NT$40,000 (US$1,268). However, Nvidia so far only plans to release its Founders Edition model, leaving Taiwan-based graphics card players such as Asustek computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) on the bench over the business opportunity, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Micro LED technology stands 50% chance of success, says EOSRL head

Based on existing development and established supply chain of Micro LED, the possibility of successful development in terms of commercial applicability is about 50%, according to general director Wu Chih-I for Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL) under the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

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Global smartwatch shipments decline 51.6% on year in 3Q16, says IDC

The worldwide smartwatch market experienced a round of growing pains in the third quarter of 2016 during which total shipments declined 51.6% on year to 2.7 million units, according to data from IDC.

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Digitimes Research: Japan CE market sees decreased DSLR sales, focus on VR, takeoff of drone demand in 3Q16

The Japan CE (consumer electronics) market in the third quarter of 2016 was characterized by declining sales of DSLR cameras, focus of the 2016 Tokyo Game Show (TGS, September 15-18) on VR games and devices, takeoff of demand for drones and popularity of Amazon Prime Music, according to Digitimes Research.

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Toshiba packages controller with NAND

Toshiba has added to its managed NAND devices with the addition of an Embedded Multimedia Card (e-MMC) and a Universal Flash Storage (UFS) which integrate NAND flash memory and a controller chip in a single package. This saves space and relieves host processors of the burden of key memory management functions including bad block management, ...

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship 309 million small- to mid-size panels in 3Q16

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD makers shipped 309.749 million small- to medium-size panels in the third quarter of 2016, increasing 15.0% on quarter and 0.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

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Lextar developing human-centric lighting with Europe vendors

Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics has disclosed it is cooperating with Europe-based lamp vendors to develop human-centric lighting featuring control systems that adjust color temperatures to simulate light at different times of the day.

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ASE ready to enter volume production of fan-out wafer-level packaging

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reportedly obtained orders for fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) from Qualcomm, MediaTek and HiSilicon with volume production set to kick off by the end of 2016, according to industry sources.

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Cadence IP tools certified on Samsung 10nm process technology

Cadence Design Systems has announced that its complete suite of digital and signoff tools has been certified for Samsung Electronics' Process Design Kit (PDK) and Foundation Library on the vendor's second generation of 10nm LPP (Low Power Plus) process.

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Automotive electronic device ODM Tung Thih sees earnings increase in 3Q16

Automotive electronic device ODM Tung Thih Electronic has reported a pre-tax profit of NT$134 million (US$4.23 million) for September, bringing pre-tax earnings for the third quarter to NT$298 million, increasing 6.05% from a year earlier.

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Automated testing solution provider Chroma ATE reports strong earnings for 3Q16

Automated test and measurement solution provider Chroma ATE has reported net profits of NT$570 million (US$17.99 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 30% sequentially and 19% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.52 for the quarter.

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Navigation device maker PaPaGo reports losses for January-September

Taiwan-based own-brand navigation device maker PaPaGo has reported a net loss of NT$67.71 million (US$2.137 million) on revenues of NT$538.54 million for the first three quarters of 2016.

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PTI expects another quarter of record revenues

Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its revenues to increase by a low single-digit percentage point sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016, which will mark the second consecutive quarter of record revenues for the packaging and testing company.

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SPIL 3Q16 profits fall despite record revenues

Siliconware Precision Industries' (SPIL) net profits fell 4.2% sequentially to NT$2.69 billion (US$85 million) in the third quarter of 2016 while revenues climbed to a record NT$21.96 billion.

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SK Hynix 3Q16 profits rise 60%

Memory chipmaker SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW726 billion (US$640.5 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 60% sequentially, while consolidated revenues increased 8% on quarter to KRW4.24 trillion.

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Winbond nets NT$0.18 per share for 3Q16

Winbond Electronics, a memory chipmaker specializing in specialty DRAM and flash memory, has reported net profits for the third quarter increased 2.7% sequentially to NT$660 million (US$20.9 million). EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.18.

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China a growing threat in mature technologies, says TSMC chairman

China-based foundries have been fast expanding their production capacity for 28nm and more mature process technologies which could pose a threat to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), said Morris Chang, chairman for the Taiwan-based foundry, at a recent company event.

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Apple announces fiscal 4Q16 results

Apple has announced quarterly revenues of US$46.9 billion and net income of US$9 billion, or US$1.67 per diluted share, for its fiscal fourth-quarter ended September 24, 2016. These results compare to revenues of US$51.5 billion and net income of US$11.1 billion, or US$1.96 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.

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Kinsus nets NT$3.92 per share for 1Q-3Q16

IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported net profits of NT$1.75 billion (US$55.2 million) for the first three quarters of 2016, down 12.1% on year, with EPS reaching NT$3.92 compared with NT$4.46 a year earlier.

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HTC losses narrow for 3Q16

HTC managed to narrow its net losses to NT$1.8 billion (US$57.1 million) in the third quarter of 2016, down from NT$3.1 billion recorded a quarter earlier. EPS for the third quarter was a negative NT$2.18 compared to negative NT$3.17 in the previous quarter.

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Ladybird and Enid Blyton Books for Grown-Ups

A bevy of books spoofing classic characters and genres are leaping into the limelight to tumultuous applause.

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SUSE Preps Linux for ARM Servers

SUSE said it will ship before the end of the year commercial versions of Linux for ARM servers and for storage systems.

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V2X Radio War Still Smoldering in China, Europe

The battle over radios for connected cars is hardly over. For the cellular industry, V2X is a nice-to-have "feature" for its networks. But V2X advocates see it a life-saving system ready for deployment by using IEEE 802.11p.

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EW BrightSparks celebrates the future of electronics engineering

Electronics Weekly is teaming up with RS Components to launch a new programme, EW BrightSparks, highlighting the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today.

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Interview: RS Components CEO bullish on future of UK electronics

Lindsley Ruth, the CEO of RS Components, says individuals can still make a difference in electronics and sees opportunities ahead in the future.

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Samsung's Battery Problem Highlights Broader Engineering Issues

Given the relative rarity of the battery problems with Samsung's smartphone, how do you determine the root cause with confidence?

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IoT Networks Get New Provider

M2M Spectrum Networks picked for its licensed sub-GHz bands in the U.S. the LoRa variant of Link Labs to serve users in the industrial Internet of Things.

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ARM Takes the IoT High Ground With Chip to Cloud Offering

To simplify IoT design with embedded security, ARM has developed a suite of cores, software, and services to handle chip to cloud interaction.

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Intel, ARM Battle over IoT

Intel and ARM load up enhanced processors as their battle over the Internet of Things heats up this week.

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AMD reports 3Q16 results

​AMD has announced revenues for the third quarter of 2016 of US$1,307 million, operating losses of US$293 million, and a net loss of US$406 million, or US$0.50 per share. Non-GAAP1 operating income was US$70 million and non-GAAP1 net income was US$27 million, or US$0.03 per share.

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Fujitsu adopts Cadence Palladium Z1 enterprise emulation platform

Cadence Design Systems, has announced that Fujitsu has adopted the Cadence Palladium Z1 enterprise emulation platform for the development of the ARMv8-based Post-K computer. The Post-K computer is the next-generation flagship supercomputer in Japan that reaches performance targets that are a maximum of 100 times faster than the K computer, which is the original 10-petaflop supercomputer that started full-scale operation in 2012. After a rigorous multi-vendor selection process, Fujitsu decided to use the Palladium Z1 enterprise emulation platform exclusively for its advanced server and supercomputer development.

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Cvilux looking to expand into Germany industrial and automobile industries

Taiwan-based connector maker Cvilux Group had participated in Electronica hosted from November 8-11 in Munich, Germany and via the participation, the company hopes to maintain its existing partnerships and push into Germany's industrial and automobile industries. Cvilux has showcased its latest products including USB Type-C based connectors.

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GMT to see VCM driver IC shipments expand significantly in 2017

Analog IC vendor Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) is expected to see its shipments of VCM (voice coil motor) driver ICs expand significantly in 2017 thanks to increasing adoption of dual-lens cameras by smartphone vendors, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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EMEA PC market stabilized in 3Q16 thanks to strong commercial notebook shipments in Western Europe, says IDC

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) performed above expectations, reaching 17.9 million units and posting a 3.3% on-year decrease in the third quarter of 2016, according to IDC. Notebook shipments increased by 0.7%, supported by interest in new thin and light solutions from Western European enterprises and by political stabilization in the Middle East and Africa.

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Foxconn to expand its operations in India in 2017, says paper

Foxconn Electronics plans to expand significantly its operations in India in 2017, with projects including building a new production for production of iPhone devices, restoring a number of old plants and establishing new business outlets, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Digitimes Research: Mobile telecom carriers prefer LPWA technologies on unlicensed bands for IoT operations

SK Telecom, the largest mobile telecom carrier in South Korea, began to provide nationwide IoT (Internet of Things) services in July 2016 through adopting LoRaWAN (long range wide area network), a non-cellular LPWA (lower-power wide area) technology, on unlicensed frequency band units instead of Narrow Band-IoT (NB-IoT) on licensed band units released by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in June 2016, and this signals mobile telecom carriers' preference for non-cellular mobile communication standards using unlicensed band units for IoT business operations, according to Digitimes Research.

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Component shortages expected in PC market after November

With smartphone vendors having been aggressively placing short-term orders for the fourth quarter, several component suppliers have been delaying their shipments to PC vendors recently and the action could relatively impact these PC vendors' shipments in the quarter.

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

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 109.14 for September 2016, decreasing 3.03% on month but increasing 6.47% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 24.

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Demand for handset-use panels to remain strong until end of 2016

Demand for panels used in feature phones as well as entry-level, mid-range and high-end smartphones mainly from China-based vendors has turned strong recently and strong demand will remain until the end of 2016, according to industry sources.

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Avnet completes acquisition of Premier Farnell

Avnet has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell in an all cash merger for GBP1.85 (US$2.26) per share, which equates to an equity value of approximately GBP691 million.

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Nichia accuses HTC Japan-based subsidiary of infringing on white LED patents

Japan-based Nichia on October 18 filed a charge with the Tokyo District Court against HTC Nippon, Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC's Japan-based subsidiary, and Kanematsu Communications, HTC Nippon's distributor, because the white LEDs in the HTC smartphone Desire 626 that the two companies sell in the Japan market infringes on Nichia's white LED patents JP5177317 and JP5610056, according to Nichia.

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EnSilica opens Oxford RF design centre

EnSilica, the semiconductor IP sepecialist, has further expanded its network of specialist design centres with the establishment of a new facility near Oxford focusing on RF and low power sensing applications. The new RF and low power sensing design centre will be headed up by Alan Wong (pictured third from left front row) who joined ...

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University of Texas wins RoboCup 2016 final in Beijing

The University of Texas at Austin won the Beijing RoboCup 2016 competition beating the University of New South Wales Runswift by an comprehensive 7-3 in the the final. “We lost to a really good team,” said Jeremy Collette of the New South Wales team, “the American team was really good, they deserve to be the ...

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EEVblog #936 – Mailbag

Old component bonanza Mailbag!
Forum HERE

SPOILERS:
TI-74 BASIC pocket computer teardown from 1985
OpenMYR WiFi Motor Kickstarter

Several 4-banger calculators
GEZE automatic roller door controller teardown
E-Book reader teardown and PCB bypassing techniques
Switch & Lever

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ST said to appoint London headhunter to find a CEO

ST has appointed a head-hunter to find it a new CEO, reports Bloomberg. The contract of CEO Carlo Bozotti expires in May when he will be 64. The headhunter is said to be the London company SpencerStuart. They will have to deal with the problem that the French and Italian governments each own 14% of ...

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EEVblog #936 – Mailbag

Old component bonanza Mailbag!
Forum HERE

SPOILERS:
TI-74 BASIC pocket computer teardown from 1985
OpenMYR WiFi Motor Kickstarter

Several 4-banger calculators
GEZE automatic roller door controller teardown
E-Book reader teardown and PCB bypassing techniques
Switch & Lever

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Functional Safety and the FPGA World

Autonomous driving is just one application example where functionally safe designs are required.

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TI introduces convenient Bluetooth modules

Texas Instruments has expanded its wireless connectivity module range with a Bluetooth low energy module with built-in antenna. Part of the firm’s SimpleLink range, the module is pre-certified for FCC, IC, CE and TELEC regulations. “TI also offers certified software stacks for the Bluetooth specification,” said the firm. “Additionally, developers have the flexibility to use the module as a ...

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Foxconn Employs 40,000 Robots

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan—In 2011, Foxconn announced a plan to replace 500,000 mainland Chinese workers with 1 million robots over the next three to five years. So far, the electronics manufacturing services provider has installed 40,000 robots across China. MORE

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EBV creates new products business

EBV Electronic has combined its own branded semiconductor business with its main distribution and support activities in a new business unit called Product Innovations. The distributor said that it is combining sales and support activities, but the established brand names of EBVchips and EBVsolutions will remain unchanged. The German distributor set up the EBVchips business to develop and sell ...

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Movidius to Push AI at Edge of Network

Movidius has partnered with China's Hikvision to penetrate artificial intelligence deeper into surveillance cameras. Movidius CEO Remi El-Ouazzane says deploying AI at network edge is massive trend.

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Qualcomm-NXP: Another Testosterone-Driven Deal?

Hard questions are arising. It comes back to finding the justification for this deal. Does this deal really make sense for Qualcomm?

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ARM TechCon: FPGA module has 16Gbit/s I/O

Prototype design can now take advantage of Xilinx Virtex UltraScale technology with the latest FPGA modules from Pro Design. The proFPGA product series, which will be demonstrated at ARM TechCon in California this week (26-27 October), are intended to be used for ASIC and IP prototyping, real time system integration and pre-silicon software development. The five new ...

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ARM TechCon: mbed platform speeds IoT node design

ARM TechCon which takes place in California this week (26-27 October) will major on design platforms for IoT networks and gateways. Key to this is the ARM open environment called mbed OS 5 which incorporates a real-time operating system (RTOS) in the core of the operating system. For example, IoT gateways modules from u-blox now make ...

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Test with Low Voltage, Fix Low-Temperature Failures

Testing automotive ICs with low voltages let us find and eliminate failures that only occur at low temperatures.

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Dyn cyber-attack came from incurable IoT devices

Last weeks huge internet attack on internet firm Dyn, said to have affected Twitter, Spotify and PayPal amongst other big names, was at least in part launched from IoT security cameras that continue to be a threat, according to security specialist Brian Krebs. The attack was ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDoS), where many – thousands or ...

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IT spend to top $3.5trn

Driven by growth in software and IT services revenues, worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $3.5 trillion in 2017, up 2.9% from 2016’s $3.4 trillion, says Gartner. Software spending is projected to grow 6% in 2016, and another 7.2% in 2017 to total $357 billion. IT services spending is expected to grow 3.9% in ...

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GloFo jv China fab deal on hold

GloFo’s plan to get control of a cut-price fab in China has run into trouble, reports Digitimes. GloFo had an agreement with the regional government of Chongqing province to equip an old fab with 40nm 12-inch equipment whereupon it would obtain 51% of the jv with the Chongqing government owning the fab. According to Digitimes’ ...

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Taiwan September unemployment rate down on month, up on year, says DGBAS

Taiwan had 469,000 jobless citizens in September 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.99% which dropped 0.09pp on month but rose 0.10pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on October 24.

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ICP DAS expects new products to drive 4Q16 revenues

Taiwan-based industrial and Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider ICP DAS expects its fourth-quarter revenues to be driven by new IoT products, which are expected to obtain certification by November and start shipping in December.

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Black Cattle Food sets up 6G AMOLED factory in China

China-based food maker Black Cattle Food's subsidiary on October 21 started construction of a 6G AMOLED factory in Hebei Province, northern China, with investment of nearly CNY30 billion (US$4.48 billion), according to China's media.

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North American semiconductor equipment industry posts September book-to-bill ratio of 1.05

North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted US$1.60 billion in orders worldwide in September 2016 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.05, according to SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.05 means that US$105 worth of orders were received for every US$100 of product billed for the month.

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Samsung rolls out 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM package

Samsung Electronics has introduced an 8GB LPDDR4 mobile DRAM package designed for Ultra HD, large-screen devices. The 8GB mobile DRAM package utilizes four of 16Gb LPDDR4 memory chips and 10nm-class process technology.

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FET to budget NT$10 billion on acquisitions and investments in 2017-2019

Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to allocate NT$10 billion (314.89 million) for acquisition and investment projects in the next three years in order to maintain its growth momentum, according to company president Yvonne Li.

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MCU maker Nuvoton reports strong earnings for January-September

Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics, has reported net profits of NT$144 million (US$4.534 million) for the third quarter of 2016, down 45% on quarter and 2.02% on year. The earnings translated an EPS of NT$0.69 for the July-September period.

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More than 30 IC design houses to vie for fingerprint sensor market in 2017

More than 30 IC design houses will vie for the growing fingerprint sensor market in 2017 due to the increasing penetration of the identification chips in the high-end smartphone segment, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan market: iPhone 7 tops market share in September, says paper

There were 684,000 smartphones sold in the Taiwan market in September, increasing 3.1% on month, and iPhones had the largest market share at 29% in sales volume and 61.6% in sales value, according to the Apple Daily citing retail channels.

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Yilan County Government sets up over 1,000 indoor W-Fi access points

The government of Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, has cooperated with mobile telecom carriers including Chunghwa Telecom and Taiwan Mobile to set up more than 1,000 indoor Wi-Fi access points around the county for free public us, according to the government.

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Taichung City adopts LED smart lighting solutions from Philips

The government of Taichung City, central Taiwan, has signed a strategic cooperation MoU with Netherlands-based Philips Lighting Holding B.V. to adopt its LED smart lighting solutions.

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Mission Critical in Auto SoC: Interconnect IP

The average number of IP cores integrated into automotive SoCs is growing from about 20 today to more than 100 within the next five to ten years.

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Incandescent Lamps and Service Life

Why would this incandescent light bulb still work after 100 years? What keeps it going and what design lessons can we learn?

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Signing Off

Embedded systems columnist and EE Times ACE Award Contributor of the year Jack Ganssle says: "Adieu dear friends. It's time to move on."

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TSMC, GF/Samsung Battle at 7nm

Globalfoundries and Samsung will detail at IEDM a 7nm process with EUV it claims has the highest density to date.

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U.S. Protecting Us from AI

From lost jobs to nuclear holocaust, any negative impact artificial intelligence could have on society is what the U.S. government wants to head-off.

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Better touch screens, from Nottingham

Binstead Designs of Nottingham has developed a way to increase touch-screen resolution without increasing the number of electrical connections. A 4×7 array of touch points delivered by eight connections using Binstead’s patented scanning technique.  It is said to work with both resistive and projected capacitance screens, and only requires connection along one edge of the display. ...

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Tech start-ups pick up awards from Deloitte

Three new tech businesses from the UK were named winners of the 7th annual Cambridge Wireless Discovering Start-Ups competition in London this week in an event hosted by Deloitte. The winners –  8power with its smart, self-powered wireless sensors, risk analytics company AlgoDynamix and satellite positioning specialist Focal Point Positioning – were chosen from 10 finalists who presented ...

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Heart-rate sensor on a chip from Osram

An optoelectronic sensor IC from Osram Semiconductors can be used to monitor heart rate and blood oxygen levels. The BioMon optoelectronic sensor is available from distributor Intelligent LED Solutions in three variants, each of which is available mounted on a reference design board that will enable early stage development and prototyping. The heart rate and ...

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ARM Cortex MCUs get fast trace probes

Segger wants to make it easier to get true instruction trace up and running with its new Cortex-M Trace reference board. The firm believes that the main reason that developers do not use trace probes is the complexity of the tools. By referring to a tutorial on the firm’s website, engineers can experience streaming trace, ...

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Optical probes work for high speed measurement, says Tektronix

Dean Miles  describes how an optically isolated probe can overcome common mode interference measurement challenges. Advancements in power conversion components have far outpaced the ability to accurately measure and characterise these designs. Engineers working on power device designs involving GaN and SiC technologies and other high-speed applications currently have no way to accurately measure differential ...

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LeEco enters US market

China-based LeEco has announced it will enter the US market with products including LCD TVs, smartphones, virtual reality products, cars and bicycles and the company's entry is expected to benefit its supply chain partners including Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), Amtran, Compal Electronics, Pegatron Technology and MediaTek, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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MIRDC working on communication standards for LED equipment

Taiwan government-sponsored Metal Industries Research & Development Center (MIRDC), under the auspices of Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, has drawn up a draft communication protocol for LED manufacturing equipment, according to MIRDC.

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Passive component maker Mag.Layers sees EPS hit 6-year high in 3Q16

Passive component and module supplier Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics has reported net profits of NT$127 million (US$4.018 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 47.67% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.55 for the quarter, the company's highest quarterly EPS in six years.

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Taiwan market: Gamania provides mobile e-payment services Gama Pay

Online game developer and operator Gamania Digital Entertainment has started operation of Gama Pay, smartphone-based third-party mobile e-payment services, in the Taiwan market, becoming the second operator of such services next to allPay.

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October medium- to large-size TV panel pricing up significantly, say research firms

LCD TV vendors have focused on marketing 40-inch and larger models because 32-inch LCD TVs have become profitless amid rising panel prices. As a result, medium- to large-size TV panel prices have increased by US$8-15 per panel on month in October, according to research firms.

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Leadtek pushing into medical market

Taiwan-based professional graphics card vendor Leadtek Research has been aggressively pushing into the medical electronics market during the past few years and has recently sent its newly developed wearable medical device to be certified by Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare. The company expects hospitals in Taiwan will start adopting the device after the certification is finished at the end of November.

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China market: Smartphone vendors to buy more panels and other parts from local suppliers in 2017

China-based smartphone vendors are expected to purchase more parts and components such as LCD panels from local suppliers for their smartphone production in 2017 amid their growing presence in the global market, according to sources from Taiwan handset supply chain.

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SEMI book-to-bill stays positive.

SEMI’s September book-to-bill ratio was 1.05. September bookings were $1.60 billion – 8.5% lower than August’s $1.75 billion, and is 3.2% higher than the September 2015 order level of $1.55 billion. September billings were $1.53 billion – 10.2% lower than August’s $1.71 billion, and 2.6% higher than the September 2015 billings level of $1.50 billion. ...

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Toshiba adds to auto MOSFETs

Toshiba has expanded its family of automotive power MOSFETs with the TK1R5R04PB – the first device in its new low-resistance D2PAK+ package. While the D2PAK+ has the same footprint as a conventional D2PAK (or TO-263) package, it offers reduced package resistance. This is thanks to a source pin that is much wider near to the ...

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India market: 35 million smartphones shipped in 3Q16, says Counterpoint

Shipments of smartphones totaled 35 million units in India in the third quarter of 2016, increasing 21% on quarter and 25% on year, according to data released by Counterpoint Technology Market Research.

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China Mobile nets CNY88.1 billion for January-September 2016

Mobile telecom carrier China Mobile recorded net profit of CNY88.1 billion (US$13.39 billion) for January-September 2016, growing 3.1% on year, according to the company's financial report released on October 20.

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PChome JV provides e-payment services in Thailand

Taiwan-based web portal and online shopping platform PChome Online has announced its joint venture PChome Thailand will operate electronic payment services in the Thailand market.

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Nichia wins patent infringement litigation in Japan

The Tokyo District Court has judged that Tachibana Eletech and E&E Japan infringed on Nichia's Japan patent No. 2780618 for blue-light LED products, coded 1254 and 7344, they imported and sold in the Japan market and therefore should indemnify Nichia, according to Nichia.

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Baidu adopts Xilinx to accelerate machine learning applications in the data center

Xilinx has announced that Baidu is utilizing Xilinx FPGAs to accelerate machine learning applications in their data centers in China, and the pair is collaborating to further expand volume deployment of FPGA-based accelerated platforms.

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Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$10 billion in January-September, says MOEA

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,549 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$10.084 billion in January-September 2016, respectively decreasing 7.95% and increasing 204.34% on year, according to MOEA statistics released on October 20.

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Qualcomm to return to TSMC but not for 10nm, sources claim

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to win back its Qualcomm business with 7nm production, not 10nm, industry sources have claimed.

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Globalfoundries China fab put on hold

The government of Chongqing has put on hold a deal with Globalfoundries for a joint venture 12-inch fab, according to industry sources.

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StarChip security IC fabricated on HHGrace eNVM process

Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing (HHGrace), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hua Hong Semiconductor, and StarChip, a developer of smart card ICs, have jointly announced that StarChip's SCB136I-series security chips for bank cards are being fabricated on HHGrace's 110nm embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) process platform.

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Verizon launches MediaTek-powered smartphone

Verizon Wireless has launched the first-ever MediaTek-powered CDMA/LTE smartphone. The LG Stylo 2 V marks its debut as a certified smartphone chipset provider for Verizon, according to MediaTek.

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Taiwan sees increased September export order value, says MOEA

Taiwan received export orders worth US$42.96 billion in total in September 2016, increasing 13.3% on month and 3.9% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 20.

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ASML on track to post record 2016 sales

ASML remains on track to post record sales for 2016, according to the lithography equipment supplier, which reported higher-than-expected sales for the three months ending September.

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Digitimes Research: Global large-size panel shipments to grow at CAGR of 0.3% in 2016-2021

Global shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT-LCD panels will increase from 673.37 million panels in 2016 to 684.60 million units in 2021, with a CAGR of 0.3% for the 5-year period, according to Digitimes Research.

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Neo Solar Power to float overseas convertible bonds

Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power will float 3-year overseas convertible bonds on the Singapore Exchange on October 27 and expects to raise US$120 million, according to the company.

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Friday Quiz: Max the Magnificent, Part 2

Did you actually think that with our first Max quiz, we had Maxed out on Max questions? Fear not, for he gives us so much material to work with.

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DRAM Pushes Up Chip Forecast

IC sales could grow 1% this year, up from a previous forecast of a 2% decline, according to a new report from IC Insights.

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Semi market to shrink this year, reports Gartner

Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to total $332 billion in 2016, a decrease of 0.9% from 2015, according to Gartner. This represents two consecutive years of revenue decline, which has happened only once in history. But the outlook for the semiconductor market is improving. “The worst appears to be over, with a stronger outlook for ...

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Digi ConnectCore for i.MX6UL

Get to market faster and connect your next product to the Internet of Things with the smallest, smartest and most secure SOM available today: Digi ConnectCore(R) for i.MX6UL.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (10/16-10/22)

Here we've rounded up some of the latest products to optimize your applications, devices, and systems.

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Semi market to grow this year, reports IC Insights

IC Insights has raised its IC market forecast for 2016 by three percentage points from a 2% decline to a 1% increase and its 2016 IC unit volume shipment growth rate forecast from 4% to 6%. A large portion of this revision is due to a strengthening DRAM market. Although the average third quarter sequential ...

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Analogue dc-dc battery charger includes MPU

Taking the microcontroller to an extreme, Microchip has created an 8bit MCU that is more analogue power supply than processor. Called MCP19124 and MCP19125, “this unique product family combines the performance of a high-speed analogue solution, including high-efficiency and fast transient response, with the configurability and communication interface of a digital solution”, said Microchip. And ...

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LeEco is China's Disruptive Hybrid

China's LeEco is coming to the U.S. with ultra low cost smartphones and smart TVs and an R&D center for them and deep-learning services.

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America II goes in to design and manufacturing services

America II, the US component distributor, is moving into the services business. As well as its main component distribution business it will offer product design, manufacturing and failure analysis services. It is also moving into the market for PCB design and manufacture. Within the last two years America II has been growing its market presence in mainland Europe and other ...

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