ERP Software Keeps Manufacturers Focused on Production, Profit

Manufacturers face a plethora of challenges every day, regardless of where they are located and the industries they serve.

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Taiwan market: Huawei to launch MateBook in 2017

Huawei Technologies will launch MateBook, a 2-in-1 notebook/tablet hybrid model, in the Taiwan market in 2017, according to the company's Taiwan sales agent XunWei Tech.

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Tatung signs with Taipei to set up rooftop PV systems

Tatung, a maker of electric machinery, electric home-use appliances and consumer electronics for own-brand sale, on November 30 signed with Taipei City Government for setting up rooftop PV systems at municipal organizations and schools with total installation capacity of 4MWp, which can generate electricity of 4.25 million kWh, equivalent to reduction in carbon emissions by 2,250 metric tons a year, according to Tatung.

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Foxconn to ship 60,000 Pepper robots in 2016, says paper

Foxconn Electronics is expected to ship a total of 60,000 Pepper robots from its plant in Shandong, China in 2016, valued at US$500 million, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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Apple reportedly begins to reduce orders for iPhone 7, say sources

Apple reportedly has begun to reduce orders for iPhone 7s as initial sales momentum has started fading, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply chain.

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Unity Opto to raise additional capital of NT$774.3 million

LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology will issue 58 million new shares at NT$13.35 per share to raise additional paid-in capital of NT$774.3 million (US$24.3 million), according to the company.

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ChipMOS and Tsinghua Unigroup to form joint venture in Shanghai

ChipMOS Technologies and Tsinghua Unigroup have announced an agreement to form a joint venture and to mutually terminate Tsinghua Unigroup's earlier private placement plan.

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Taiwan market: Lenovo unveils Moto Z, Moto Z Play

Lenovo has announced that it will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Senao International to promote two of its smartphones, the Moto Z and Moto Z Play, in the Taiwan market in mid-December.

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Leading China smartphone vendors reportedly to form consortium to secure AMOLED supply, say reports

First-tier China-based smartphone vendors Huawei Technologies, Oppo, Vivo and BBK, due to concerns that Apple may monopolize supplies of smartphone-use AMOLED panels from Samsung Display and Japan-based makers in the future, will cooperate with China-based flexible panel maker Royole to form a consortium for joint investment in local flexible AMOLED production in 2017, according to China-based media reports.

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Panasonic to produce OLED-equivalent LCD panels

Panasonic on November 28 announced that it has developed LCD panels with a contrast of one million-to-one and display quality equivalent to that of OLED panels. Panasonic will begin sampling in January 2017 and start production of 10- to 100-inch models specifically for use in medical care and automotive displays in the third quarter.

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LeEco to downsize personnel by 10%, say reports

China-based over the top (OTT) operator and smartphone and LCD TV vendor LeEco will reduce its personnel by 10% from 8,000 employees currently to 7,200 to cope with financial troubles, according to China-based media reports.

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QuickLogic Introduces eFPGA (Embedded FPGA)

The burgeoning IoT market's extremely wide variety of end products and product variants can be addressed using SoCs containing embedded programmable logic.

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QuickLogic to license FPGA cores

QuickLogic is to license its FPGA technology to SoC designers wanting hardware acceleration or reconfigurability. The FPGA core being licensed is ArcticPro eFPGA,. The initial foundry being used is GloFo, and the initial processes available are 65nm and 40nm with 22nm FD-SOI available next year. More foundries will be added next year. “With nearly three ...

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Can Intel Win Auto Brain Chip Race?

Can Intel take the checkered flag in the race for a brain chip in the automotive market? 18 months ago, the answer would have been... not so fast. The odds were bleak. That narrative, however, is beginning to change.

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NIDays 2016: Future trends, technologies and engineers

Future trends, technologies and engineers were the subjects for the keynote of NIDays 2016, National Instrument’s Graphical System Design Conference in London. “What keeps you engaged with engineering and science?”, asked Richard Roberts, Academic Marketing Engineer at NI. His answer was their ability to help create the future, and the keynote certainly offered plenty of ...

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SiC mosfet switches 1kV in TO-247 package

Wolfspeed (part of Cree) has introduced a 1,000V silicon carbide mosfet. C3M0065100K is a 65mΩ device in a four-lead TO-247-4 package – it has a second source pin for the driver. “This package provides lower switching losses with minimal gate circuit ringing due to the Kelvin gate connection,” said Richardson RFPD, which is stocking the ...

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MediaTek Entering Automobile SoCs

MediaTek announced its first products for the automobile market. The earliest version of the SoCs, slated for launch in Q1 in 2017, will support vision-based ADAS, high-precision millimeter wave radar, in-vehicle infotainment and telematics.

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Watson IDs Heart Disease

IBM's Watson acquires a new set of modules for diagnosing disease that increases their accuracy by 25-to-50 percent.

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Cray: U.S. Supercomputers Hit 3, 5 on Top500

In November 2016's Top500, USA's Cray supercomputers achieved 4 spots, but Cray is showing diversity with models for all categories of user formats, from the only single-cabinet petaflop computer (the Urika-GX) to the CS-Storm for Deep Learning to the Urika-GX for 24/7 protection from data breaches.

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Tomatoes: A Viable IoT Test Bed

We read so much about sensors, measurement, big data, and big IoT, but there's lots of good and useful work being done on a much smaller scale.

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Shoe sensor adds dead-reckoning to GPS

Raytheon UK has developed a positioning and navigation system that adds 3D dead-reckoning to global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs, GPS for example), allowing navigation inside buildings. Called ‘Strider’, it comes in two parts – a ‘boot-mounted unit’ (BMU) and a phone app. Inside the BMU are accelerometers, gyros and a pressure sensor (height). This communicates ...

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LuxLive: Vebatim’s AR111 and linear source

Verbatim used LuxLive in London to launch anti-glare AR111 retrofit LED bulbs and demonstrate a new range of linear LED products. Low glare is the big marketing point. “To avoid the uncomfortable glare, the lamps mimic the lighting effect of a traditional halogen lamp by emitting light indirectly via the reflector,” said the firm, which is ...

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RS gets former Farnell exec as president

Marianne Culver is the new president of RS Components. Culver is best known in the component distribution sector for the 10 years she spent at the RS rival, Premier Farnell, where she was director of supply chain/supplier management. Lindsley Ruth, CEO of Electrocomponents, believes Culver’s experience of global distribution is well suited to her new ...

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Elektra Awards 2016

Tomorrow evening is the date for the industry’s largest technology and business awards: the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2016. These are the individual success stories and technical and business achievements which will be recognised and presented to an international audience at the Gala Dinner which takes place this Tursday, on 1 December 2016 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park ...

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NIDays 2016: Industrial IoT routes itself into Time Sensitive Networking

National Instruments has outlined plans for supporting time sensitive networking for the deterministic handling of data – such as required for industrial IoT applications – at its NIDays Graphical System Design Conference. It is the attempt to answer some of the challenges for the transmission of large amounts of data deterministically – so called ‘Hard ...

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Printing makes tracks down to 0.13mm on flexi PET

Molex can print silver flexible circuits on polyester (PET) substrates with tacks as narrow as 0.13mm (0.005in) spaced by as little as 0.13mm. And it has a way to attach fine-pitch ICs. “The process creates a viable, cost-effective alternative to traditional flexible circuits: etched copper traces on polyimide,” said the firm. “Polyimide is more expensive than ...

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Intel sets up autonomous car operation

Intel has set up a new group called the Automated Driving Group (ADG) led by Doug Davis and Kathy Winter. Today’s announcement comes after CEO Brian Krzanich announced a $250 million investment for autonomous driving. Intel is teaming with Delphi and Mobileye for Self-Driving Cars and cars based on the Intel solution are expected to ...

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X-Fab launches mixed-signal design contest

X-FAB and efabless corporation have launched an open mixed-signal design challenge. The objective of this challenge is to give designers the opportunity to deliver a completed design IP for an ultra-low power voltage reference. The IP will be developed in X-FAB’s 350nm mixed-signal process with designers being granted access to the required models, design files ...

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Intel, Nvidia ready to unveil new platforms for CES 2017

Following the launches of its Y and U series 14nm Kaby Lake processors at the end of August, targeting ultra-thin notebooks and 2-in-1 devices, Intel is ready to unveil its H series Kaby Lake CPUs for high-performance and gaming notebooks as well as several desktop processors and 200 series chipsets for CES 2017 in January. Meanwhile, Nvidia is also ready to announce its entry-level GeForce GTX 1050 GPU for notebooks, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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HTC overall sales to remain stagnant in 2017

Overall sales at HTC are expected to remain stagnant in 2017 as its smartphone shipments are likely to remain slow, while it is having difficulty significantly ramping up shipments of the HTC Vive, according to industry sources.

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IoT and automotive to drive IC market growth through 2020, says IC Insights

IC sales for connections to the Internet of Things (IoT) are forecast to grow more than three times faster than total IC revenues during the last half of this decade, according to IC Insights. ICs used to embed IoT functionality into a wide range of systems, sensors and objects are expected to generate sales of US$12.8 billion in 2016.

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China software revenues reach CNY3.907 trillion in January-October, says MIIT

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY3.907 trillion (US$592.8 billion) in January-October 2016, growing 14.7% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Posiflex Technology obtains US 20-year patent for MT-series POS devices

Own-brand POS (point of sale/) equipment maker Posiflex Technology on November 29 announced that it has obtained a 20-year patent (No.9436226B2) from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its MT-series POS devices.

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Taiwan ShouDe International unveils toddler-care robot

Digital intelligent security system provider Taiwan ShouDe International Electronics has unveiled ibotn, a toddler-care mini robot, for launch in the Taiwan and China markets by the end of 2016, according to the company.

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Quanta Computer may benefit from Trump Made in USA-policy

If US President-elect Donald Trump realizes his protectionism-oriented Made in USA policy, US-based high-tech enterprises are expected to reduce their reliance on data centers abroad and add ones in the US. Consequently, Taiwan-based server maker Quanta Computer is likely to benefit because the company has set up two server assembly factories in Fremont, California, and Nashville, Tennessee, Japan-based Nikkei cited company senior vice president Mike Yang as indicating.

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Foxconn to distribute high year-end bonus to employees in Taiwan

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to distribute a total of 126 million shares to about 7,500 employees working in Taiwan as year-end bonuses. The shares will have a market value of NT$10.294 billion (US$324 million) based on the company's closing stock price of NT$81.30 during the November 28 session.

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Passive component maker Chilisin expanding business in auto sector

Chilisin Electronics, which manufactures inductors and power chokes, is expected to see revenues generated from the car-use segment account for 14% of the company's total revenues in 2017, according to a recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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ChipMOS shares to halt trading on November 30

Packaging and testing company ChipMOS Technologies will enter a trading halt on November 30, pending the release of material information, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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IEI Integration aims to hike revenue proportion from medicare-use products to 20% in 2017

Industrial computing device OBM and ODM IEI Integration has focused development on products used in medicare and aims to increase the corresponding revenue proportion from 13% in 2015 and 16% in January-September 2016 to 20% in 2017, the company said at a November 29 investors conference.

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Taiwan market: Huawei introduces Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro

Huawei has unveiled its latest flagship smartphones, the Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro, in the Taiwan market, with the Mate 9 to be available at NT$22,900 (US$719) early December and the Mate 9 Pro at NT$26,900 in mid or late December.

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Asustek tops Taiwan-based global brands in 2016, says MOEA

Asustek Computer has, for the fourth consecutive year, been appraised as the most valuable Taiwan-based global brand in 2016 with brand market value of US$1.748 billion, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

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1st Qubits on 300mm CMOS

Leti demonstrated the world's first solid-state qubit fabricated on a standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) 300 milimeter fabrication (fab).

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EEVblog #950 – Nixie Tube Display Project – Part 2

Some more info and experiments on driving Nixie tubes.
Open circuit cathode voltage, open collector vs totem pole / push-pull drivers, NIxie voltage drop and pre-biasing, and using the ULN2003 with zener clamping.
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Intel Snags Exec from ARM to Run IoT

Intel will separate its nascent automotive team from the company's IoT group. Previously, Intel's IoT and automotive teams were bundled together under one big IoT tent. Intel also named ex-ARM executive Tom Lantzsch to head the company's IoT branch.

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IoT to Get Security, Gateway Benchmarks

The EEMBC group has started work on benchmarks for Internet of Things security and gateways and has existing work in measuring IoT connectivity.

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Half-Ton Megaprocessor is Finally Finished

Boasting 42,400 transistors, 50,500 resistors, 10,500 LEDs, and 272,300 hand-soldered joints, the Megaprocessor is a computer to be reckoned with.

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Building Functional Safety and Security into Modern IIoT Enterprises and Ecosystems

Sponsored by Mentor Graphics

In order to be competitive in IIoT, you need to build or maintain an IIoT system that addresses safety issues and adheres to all possible security requirements. This informative whitepaper brings to you what successful industrial automation and IIoT leaders are doing for safety and security in their embedded development processes to stay competitive in a crowded and growing market place, while saving costs, running more efficiently, and improving their companies’ reputations.

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Leveraging Advanced Multicore Processors for Next-Generation Medical Systems

Sponsored by Mentor Graphics

Heterogeneous multicore systems—architectures combining two or more different types of microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs)—are quickly becoming the norm in the digital healthcare industry today. This whitepaper examines the developmental challenges surrounding heterogeneous multicore SoC design in medical/healthcare domain.

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M2M within the IoT – Pushing Security from the Cloud Down to Every Last Endpoint

Sponsored by Mentor Graphics

When designing for IoT and IIoT, security needs to be addressed from the Cloud down to each and every edge device. Protecting data is both a hardware and software requirement, as more data is being stored and analyzed in edge devices and gateways.

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In the air gesture control gets haptic feedback

Touch control has now moved into mid-air gesture control with tactile feedback. Bastien Beauvois describes some of the techniques for designing haptic touch interfaces As technology has advanced so has our way of interacting with it. The first mobile phone keypads aimed to replicate the familiar push-button approach of a traditional telephone handset. Twenty or ...

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Predicting Semiconductor Industry Growth: Drop the Crystal Ball and Use the Gompertz Curve

By using the well-tested Gompertz function, semiconductor companies have a way to determine areas in which to focus their attention and investments.

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Open Source SoC Debuts

Startup SiFive released its first open-source SoC based on the RISC-V instruction set and an Arduino development board to go with it.

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EEVblog #949 – World’s First Clamshell Laptop Teardown!

The Dulmont Magnum “Kookaburra” from 1983 is the only laptop to have even been designed and made in Australia, as well as being the world’s first “clamshell” laptop design.
Dave tears down this obscure retro classic based on the equally rare 80186.

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Precision magnetic field sensor hides many secrets

Allegro Microsystems has crammed a awful lot of electronics into a small package for its latest programmable precision linear magnetic sensing IC  – which includes both diagnostics and ESD capacitors. Sensible fields range from ±40 to ±1,800G. Called A1342, the monolithic BiCMOS IC has includes: a Hall sensing element, Hall temperature-compensating circuitry (both sensitivity and ...

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Texplained opens Nice lab for IC analysis

Three year-old French reverse-engineering and IC security analysis company Texplained of Sophia Antipolis, near Nice, has opened a new laboratory. The lab offers analyses of microchip security and helps companies protect ICs against counterfeiting and piracy. “Microchips are extremely vulnerable to security threats,” says Texplained CEO Olivier Thomas, “we approach, assess and solve microchip security ...

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TSMC introduces 12nm half-node

TSMC is going to introduce a half-node process at 12nm, reports Digitimes. The 12nm process will have better leakage and be lower cost than 16nm. It is being reported that the half-node process is a competitive response to the 14nm processes of Samsung and GloFo. However GloFo announced. 12nm FD-SOI last month. “In a world ...

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Mitac expects IoT for car business to grow dramatically in 2017

Taiwan-based Mitac International has recently landed orders from an US-based client for its Internet of Things (IoT) automotive applications, especially software for car fleet management, noted company president Billy Ho adding that the business will start contributing revenues and profits in 2017 and grow at least 10 fold from 2016.

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China market: China Mobile to start 5G experiment in 2017

China Mobile will take the initiative to implement its 5G communication networks by setting up seven experimental base stations in 4-5 cities in 2017, using 6GHz and below frequencies, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan market: Samsung appoints new head for mobile business unit

Samsung Taiwan has announced the promotion of Randy Lee to serve as deputy general manager of its mobile communications business unit. Lee will be responsible for marketing of Samsung's mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets and wearable devices in the local market.

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E Ink Holdings unable to resume operations of Hydis factory

EPD (electrophoretic display) electronic paper maker E Ink Holdings (EIH), in response to ex-Hydis Technologies employees protesting for the reopening of Hydis' factory in South Korea, indicated that production lines at the factory have been declared obsolete, and resuming operations would be absolutely impossible.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan top foundries to enjoy particularly strong 4Q16

Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will see their combined revenues drop only 0.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016 indicating a particularly strong fourth quarter, according to Digitimes Research.

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MediaTek to roll out new product line for automotive industry

MediaTek has announced plans to bring holistic, fully integrated system solutions to the automotive industry beginning the first quarter of 2017.

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Tech Volunteers Heed the Call

Disaster Tech Lab needs a few technically minded volunteers to help set up solar power and Wi-Fi networks in global disaster sites and refugee camps.

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1st Photonic Circuits Here

IMEC research institute claims to demonstrate the world's first sub-micron photonic circuits encoding "1s" and "0s" on the spin of optical photons.

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Lattice Deal May Hit A Snag

A buyer with ties to the Chinese central government and a U.S. company with dual-purpose technology is an alarming combination that could invite suspicion among regulators concerned about national security. This might become the case with Lattice deal.

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Taiwan 3Q16 international Internet bandwidth stands at 1.777Tbps, says TWNIC

Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 15 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached total bandwidth of 1.777Tbps as of the end of third-quarter 2016, increasing 0.42% on quarter and 10.30% on year, according to the government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC).

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Taiwan market: Seiko Epson launches Epson Pulsense PS-100

Seiko Epson has unveiled Epson Pulsense PS-100, a wrist band for 24-hour monitoring of heart rates and activities, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$3,990 (US$125), according to Epson Taiwan Technology & Trading.

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Kingston to restructure its Asia-Pacific operations

Memory module supplier Kingston Technology has disclosed plans to restructure its sales and marketing team in Asia Pacific, and will implement a mechanism to avoid employees from violating the company's ethics policy.

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About 6 polysilicon makers expected to be forced out of global market, says Bernreuter Research

Existing global oversupply of polysilicon will continue and lead to cutthroat price competition in 2018 and consequently, about six makers will then be forced out of the global market and spot market prices will drop from over US$14/kg at present to below US$12, according to Germany-based Bernreuter Research.

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China vendors to continue to serve as major players in global smartphone market in 2017

China-based smartphone vendors will continue to be the major players in the global smartphone market in 2017, with Huawei, Oppo and Vivo to take the third, fourth and fifth positions in the vendor's rankings in the year, according to Digitimes Research.

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Japan market: 3Q16 solar cell, PV module shipments down 13%, 6% on year, says JPEA

There were 385.766MWp of crystalline silicon solar cells and 1,664.631MWp of PV modules shipped in the Japan market during the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 (the third quarter of 2016), respectively decreasing 13% and 6% on year, according to the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA).

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TSMC to post up to 3% sequential drop in 1Q17 revenues

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post up to a 3% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues in the first quarter of 2017, but will enjoy revenue growth in the following quarter, according to industry sources.

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Walton profits to surge in 4Q16

Walton Advanced Engineering has started fulfilling orders for DRAM testing placed by Micron Technology in the fourth quarter, which will boost the backend house's operating profits, according to a recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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TSMC planning 12nm process technology

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is planning to roll out a 12nm process node to further enhance its competitiveness in the 28nm and more advanced technology segment, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan market: Acer sees desktop shipment growth in 2016

Despite Taiwan's weakening PC sales, Acer Taiwan still managed to achieve increased desktop sales in the country, boosting its share of the Taiwan desktop market from 25% previously to 30% currently and the percentage is expected to rise further to 35% in 2017. The growth in 2016 will partly be benefited by New Taipei City government procurement orders for desktops.

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DSRC No Dead End, Says Autotalks CTO

Vehicle-to-X communications (V2X) hold the promise of more safety, better traffic flow, and, in certain applications like platooning, significantly better fuel efficiency. Despite such benefits, there is a dissent about the underlying technology.

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SD Card Specs Diversify for Use Cases

SD Specification 5.1 establishes the new Application Performance Class to meet technical and market requirements to both run and store applications on SD memory cards

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Apple's T1: A Chip With Room to Grow

Touch screen or no touch screen the Apple Event brought us another, new Apple IC; the T1, which might be part of the groundwork for things to come.

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Inside SK Hynix's 3D NAND

TechInsights explores SK Hynix's U-shaped NAND cell architecture.

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Leti demonstrates qubit on CMOS wafer

French research labs Leti and Inac have demonstrated a quantum-dot-based spin qubit using a CMOS process on a 300mm FDSoI wafer. The device, developed with the University of Grenoble Alpes, consists of a two-gate, p-type transistor with an un-doped channel. See University of Sussex quantum gate “Our one-qubit demonstrator brings CMOS technology closer to the emerging ...

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for engineers

It's that time of again where businesses offer discounts for the holidays. Welcome to Cyber Monday: here are some deals to tempt an engineer DIYer's resolve.

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Researchers Claim Photonics Breakthrough

All optimal photonic computers are on the horizon with all the major players contributing the parts that will eventually obsolete the electronic computer and make Moore's Law passe.

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More on: Sussex quantum computer

The University of Sussex has proposed a route to a practical quantum computer, and has just demonstrated the core ingredient – a two-qubit quantum gate. ‘Practical’ is an important word here, according to Sussex professor of quantum technologies Winfried Hensinger, as while other quantum computer designs might in theory be scalable, they could require billions ...

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Rohm plugs stepper motor drive design into Arduino

Rohm Semiconductor has developed an evaluation kit for motor driver devices which is designed as a ‘shield’ to plug directly into the Arduino open source board.   There different versions of the kit for the supplier’s various stepper motor driver ICs– from standard, micro step, low voltage to high voltage. It covers supply voltages from 8V to 42V, enables up to 2.5A ...

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Brexit effect is not really hurting us, says distributor

Steve Rawlins, CEO, Anglia Components tells Electronics Weekly that the market remains buoyant and firms are taking a sensible and responsible approach to uncertainties about Brexit 1.     Are you concerned the Brexit vote is having negative effect on the UK manufacturing sector? Steve Rawlins: No not at all. UK manufacturing has been up for the last ...

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Global TV market to reach US$86 billion by end of year, says Futuresource Consulting

After a 2% decline in worldwide TV shipments last year, 2016 is showing signs of a turnaround, with the market flattening out to end the year on 225 million units, achieving a value of US$86 billion according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.

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LCD TV panel makers set lower shipment target for 2017, IHS Markit says

Restructuring of older display fabs, migration to larger-sized LCD TV panels and business strategy adjustments are some of the factors prompting LCD TV panel manufacturers to set a conservative shipment goal of 258.4 million units in 2017, a 1.2% decline from 2016, according to IHS Markit.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan server revenues may reach NT$600 billion in 2017

A recently published Digitimes Research Special Report notes that combined revenues from Taiwan-based makers' server motherboards, servers, storage and network equipment are expected to grow to NT$558.5 billion (US$17.45 billion) in 2016 and the amount will have a chance to reach NT$600 billion in 2017 as Intel's new Purley-based products will begin shipping in the second quarter of 2017, while demand for datacenter servers will continue to rise.

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Panasonic developing V2P technology

Under the Japan government's program of promoting application of information and communication technologies to next-generation ITS (intelligent transportation system), Panasonic is responsible for developing V2P (vehicle to pedestrian) technology to prevent pedestrians from being hit by vehicles, the company's technology director disclosed at an International Conference on Connected Car & Intelligent Transportation System at National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology in Taiwan on November 25.

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Laster Tech expects growth in 2017 revenues from China

LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech has about 90% of consolidated revenues coming from the China market and expects 2017 revenues from the market to increase significantly on year, according to the company.

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Taiwan 3Q16 economic growth estimated at 2.03%, says DGBAS

Taiwan's economic growth rate for the third quarter of 2016 is estimated at 2.03%, adjusted 0.04pp from the forecast made in August 2016, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on November 25.

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Digitimes Research: Samsung Display dominance in AMOLED to face challenge from China makers beginning 2019

Samsung Display has dominated the global supply of AMOLED panels used in smartphones, but China-based AMOLED makers will begin to challenge Samsung's dominant market status in 2019 as they increase output and China-based smartphone vendors are expected to increase adoption of locally-made panels, according to Digitimes Research.

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Kinpo Electronics lands orders for vacuum cleaners from Dyson, says paper

Kinpo Electronics has obtained OEM orders for vacuum cleaners from UK-based Dyson and began shipments from its factory in the Philippines in mid-November, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Schott showcases ultra-thin cover glass at C-Touch & Display 2016

Germany-based Schott AG showcased Schott AS 87 eco, high-strength ultra-thin cover glass for displays, camera lenses and fingerprint sensors, at C-Touch & Display 2016 (China International Touch Screen Exhibition) in Shenzhen, southern China, during November 24-26.

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Pegatron ready for trial production of Surface Phone, says paper

Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron, which has been working with Microsoft to produce Surface devices, is ready to begin trial production of Surface Phone, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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Cambridge and Jiangnan researchers use graphene for conductive textiles.

Researchers at Cambridge University and China’s Jiangnan University have found a way to deposit graphene-based inks onto cotton to produce electrically conductive textile. The researchers created inks of chemically modified graphene flakes that are more adhesive to cotton fibres than unmodified grapx The adhesion of the modified graphene to the cotton fibre is similar to ...

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Apple bags up 91% of Q3 smartphone profits

In Q3, 91% of the worldwide profit from smartphone sales was made by Apple, reports Strategy Analytics. Total smartphone operating profit in Q3 was $9.4 billion. Apple had $8.6 billion of that with the second, third and fourth most profitable companies, Huawei, Oppo and Vivo each making a profit of $200 million representing 2% of ...

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The Algorithm Ate My Homework

Algorithms are useful tools. But who's watching how they're used?

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Ray Tomlinson, the @ Sign, and Technical Progress

It may take a committee and years to develop standards, but sometimes the most pervasive ones are the result of one person's quick decision.

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EEVblog #948 – Nixie Tube Display Project – Part 1

Part 1 of an internet connected Nixie tube counter/clock display project.
What are Nixie Tubes? How do they work? How do you drive them?
Selecting a suitable driving solution and parametric searching.
Forum HERE

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (11/19-11/26)

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

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M&A Takes New Twists

The M&A frenzy in semiconductors seems to have entered a bold new phase that arguable leads to less competition.

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Wireless Charging Market Still Seeks Use Cases

Outside of cell phone users, the user base for wireless charging has not grown. Is this a lost opportunity?

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Weighing China's 1.1 Million Patents

U.S. innovators should not misconstrue the higher absolute number of patents filed in China in 2015 to imply anything about the strength of U.S. innovation or the U.S, IP marketplace.

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Plextek develops low cost VR for military training

Design firm Plextek says it has  completed a proof of concept project with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to create an immersive skills training system for trainee tank drivers and pilots using the virtual reality headset the Oculus Rift. Using a commercially-available laptop and the Oculus Rift headset, the VR system will be used to give potential tank drivers ...

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JTAG Tech and Altium map boundary scan devices

JTAG Technologies and Altium have combined to offer the circuit board designer the capability  to assess the JTAG/boundary-scan testing resources on their design before committing to layout. Called JTAG Maps it is available as a free extension for the Altium Designer tool. Boundary-scan device models (BSDLs) are used for JTAG/boundary-scan testing as they indicate which ...

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Novel sub-station power monitor gets Innovate UK grant

42 Technology has won an Innovate UK grant towards commercial development of a remote monitoring system for the UK’s network of electricity sub-stations, of which there are 400,000 according to 42. The phase one grant will see 42 Technology working with the UK’s Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC) in Glasgow (pictured) to develop the business ...

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Infineon acquisition aims at mass deployment of Lidar

Infineon has got into the Lidar business by acquiring the Dutch company Innoluce. Infineon’s aim is to reduce the cost of Lidar so far that it can be widely deployed. “We have further strengthened our leading position in automated driving by entering the Lidar market through the acquisition of Innoluce, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered ...

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Quantum computing without millions of lasers

Scientists at the University of Sussex found a way to hold ion-based qubits without lasers. “Quantum computing on a small scale using trapped ions is carried out by aligning individual laser beams onto individual ions with each ion,” said the University. “However, a large-scale quantum computer would need billions of quantum bits, therefore billions of ...

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LED industry still seeing hardships, says Nichia Taiwan president

Despite rebounding prices for LED products, development of the LED industry still faces problems due to overcapacity, according to president Dai Zhen-jia for Nichia Taiwan.

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Taiwan draws up 2017-2025 national digital development plan

The Taiwan government has drawn up a plan for national digital development during 2017-2025, dubbed DIGI+, with goals of attaining a digital economy valued at NT$6.5 trillion (US$205 billion) (29.9% of GDP), digital daily-life service coverage for 80% of the population, and coverage of 90% of the population with fixed-line broadband Internet-access download speed of 2Gbps in 2025, according to the Executive Yuan.

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ASE, VisEra obtain packaging orders for under-glass fingerprint sensors from Synaptics, says report

Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and VisEra Technologies have both landed packaging orders for under-glass fingerprint sensors from Synaptics, according to a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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India tablet shipments to grow 7.8% sequentially in 3Q16, says IDC

According to IDC, tablet shipments in India inclusive of slate and detachables clocked 1.06 million in the third quarter of 2016, remaining stagnant over the same period last year. However, total tablet shipments grew 7.8% in the third quarter of 2016 over the second quarter of 2016 as vendors prepared the channel to cater to the consumer demand for upcoming festive month.

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Medical PC solution provider Onyx Healthcare to debut on OTC market

Taiwan-based medical PC solution provider Onyx Healthcare, an associated company of Asustek Computer, will debut on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market on December 21.

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ITRI forms consortium to promote Micro LED

Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on November 24 formed Consortium for Intelligent Micro-assembly System (CIMS), an interdisciplinary platform for combing industries of display panels, LED, semiconductors and system integration to boost development of Micro LED technology in Taiwan.

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MediaTek mulling investment in electric car company NextEV

MediaTek reportedly intends to invest in electric car company NextEV with an aim to expand its business in the car electronics sector.

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Commentary: Can HTC build VR ecosystem in China?

HTC has exerted efforts to help China build up its VR industry in order to establish an ecosystem that will enable it to maintain its leading market position in the VR segment, but it remains to be seen whether HTC's efforts will bear fruit.

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Hiwin Technologies cooperates with Siemens to boost smart manufacturing

Precision motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies on November 24 signed an MoU with Siemens Taiwan for strategic cooperation to promote smart manufacturing based on Industry 4.0, according to Hiwin.

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Taiwan market: 4G mobile Internet-access download speeds average 49.44Mbps in 2Q16, says NCC

In the Taiwan market, 4G mobile Internet-access services reached an average download speed of 49.44Mbps and an average upload speed of 20.44Mbps in the second quarter of 2016, according to National Communications Commission (NCC).

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CPT to sell 34.65% stake in Giantplus Technology to Japan-based Ortus Technology

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) on November 24 announced that it will sell 152.982 million shares, equivalent to a 34.65% stake, of Giantplus Technology to Ortus Technology, a Japan-based industrial and automotive display maker, at NT$16.57 (US$0.522) per share for a total price of NT$2.535 billion.

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Global 2nd-hand handset sales to grow fast, says IDC

Global sales of second-hand handsets will increase from 81.3 million units in 2015 to 223 million units in 2020 at a CAGR of 22.3%, according to IDC.

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SMIC opens JV fab for analog and specialty IC manufacturing

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has announced the official inauguration of Ningbo Semiconductor International (NSI), established by China IC Capital - a wholly-owned investment fund of SMIC - Ningbo Senson Electronics, and Hua Capital.

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Adata disposes of Nanya shares

Adata Technology has announced plans to sell all its Nanya Technology shares, with the total transaction estimated at NT$333.46 million (US$10.45 million), according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

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Global 3Q16 mobile DRAM revenues increase 16.8%, says DRAMeXchange

Global sales of mobile DRAM increased 16.8% sequentially to US$4.59 billion in the third quarter of 2016, according to DRAMeXchange. Smartphone vendors were engaged in inventory build-ups during the quarter, while prices have been rising, said the price tracker.

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Friday Quiz: Wescon Test Products

How well do you recognize these test instruments from Wescon 1991?

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IoT needs a search engine

With more and more IoT devices being connected to the internet, and smart city data projects starting to be implemented, there is an urgent need to develop search solutions which will allow information from IoT sources to be found and extracted. So says the University of Surrey and Wright State University. “Search engines have come ...

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Pores stop gold wires cracking in membrane for medical wearables

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a way to build durable gold wires onto flexible, thin plastic film. “The finding might overcome a basic issue confronting medical engineers: how to create electronics that are flexible enough to be worn comfortably on or even inside the human body without ...

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Nanotherm PCBs available for automotive and avionics

Thermal PCB company Cambridge Nanotherm has introduced a Six Sigma PCB fabrication route with Elvia PCB Group. “Aimed at the most demanding and heavily regulated industries such as aerospace and automotive, applying the six sigma process ensures 99.99966% of all steps to produce a part are statistically free of defects. In other words, only 3.4 ...

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IR proximity detector works up to 1m

Vishay’s VCNL4100 is an infra-red proximity sensor that works up to 1m, and includes an ambient light sensor. Inside, it combines an IR (940nm)emitter, photo detectors for proximity and ambient light, a signal-processing IC, and an 8bit/16bit ADC. For ambient light sensing, sensitivity 16bit and up to 0.011375 lux/step, allowing sensing though low-transmittance (dark) lenses as well ...

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LuxLive: Wider and narrower beams from Plessey

Plessey has added to its Stellar family of beam forming modules with +/-7.5° and +/-25° (15° and 50° FWHM) options. They deliver over 3000 lm from a unit 5.6mm thick and 82mm in diameter – including optics, but excluding heatsinking. Key to including optics and LEDs in under 6mm of height is to use small ...

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NANO16: EU project for CNT interconnect

The EU R&D project CONNECT will develop carbon nanotube and metal-CNT composites for IC interconnect, the European Nanoelectronics Forum 2016 in Rome was told today. Novel CNT interconnect architectures for the exploration of circuit- and architecture-level performance and energy efficiency will be developed. CMOS compatibility as well as the challenges of transferring new processes into ...

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NANO16: Europe can be world leader in digital healthcare

Europe has the brains and the know-how to be the world leader in digital healthcare, Professor Shahid Ali of Salford University told this week’s European Nanoelectronics Forum 2016 in Rome. Giving patients the ability to monitor their own health and set their own health targets not only resulted in better health outcomes for patients, but ...

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NANO16: EU Angst At Communicating Achievements

The European Nanoelectronics Forum 2016 in Rome today raised an issue which applies to the entire workings of the EU government – how do we explain to the general public the usefulness of what we do? “There is concern about what policy makers do without involving the general public,” said Ben Ruck, Chair of ECSEL, ...

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China's Patent Record Won't Travel

China hit an impressive but limited milestone in intellectual property.

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Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments up slightly in October

A total of 722,000 smartphones were sold in the Taiwan market in October, increasing 5% from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail channels.

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Nichia set to begin Micro LED certification for large-displays

Japan-based Nichia has undertaken R&D of Micro LED for more than 10 years and is poised to begin the process of certification for large-size display solutions, with are likely to be commercialized in 2017, according to president Dai Zhen-jia for Nichia Taiwan.

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Global smartphone shipments to grow 4.5% in 2017, says TrendForce

Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 4.5% on year to reach 1.4 billion units in 2017, according to market research firm TrendForce.

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Taiwan solar cell makers face solar-grade monocrystalline wafer shortages

Taiwan-based high-efficiency PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline silicon solar cell makers have seen orders increase in the fourth quarter, but face short supply of solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafers, because AUO Crystal is the only Taiwan-based wafer maker and more than 80% of supply has to rely on China-based makers, according to industry sources.

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HTC denies rumors of selling its smartphone business

HTC has rejected market rumors saying that it plans to sell its struggling smartphone unit to China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology.

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Financially-troubled LeEco begins payment for accounts receivable, says Compal

Compal Electronics, in response to media reports that its client LeEco has run into financial difficulties, has disclosed it has already started receiving payments from the China vendor since mid-November under a scheme both sides have agreed on.

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Apple to add 10.5-inch models to iPad series in 2017, say Taiwan makers

Apple, in addition to existing 7.9-inch iPad mini, 9.7-inch iPad and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, will launch 10.5-inch iPad in 2017, with production to begin in December, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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China to review anti-dumping tariffs imposed on Korea polysilicon makers

China's Ministry of Commerce on November 22 announced that it will review anti-dumping tariff rates imposed on South Korea-based polysilicon makers in early 2014, with the review to be based on investigation of these makers' polysilicon exports to China in 2015.

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E Ink cooperates with Dalian DKE in China

E-paper maker E Ink Holdings (EIH), through its China-based small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panel and e-paper subsidiary maker Transcend Optronics, on November 23 signed a strategic pact with Dalian DKE LCD, a China-based maker of industrial LCD panels and modules, to promote e-paper applications in the China market, according to EIH.

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Digitimes Research: China mobile AP shipments to rise 11.6% in 4Q16

Shipments of mobile application processors for smartphones and tablets in China are expected to grow 11.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016, thanks mainly to seasonal factors and inventory build-ups for the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research.

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VIA unveils new kiosk solution

VIA Technologies has announced its latest kiosk solution, the VIA Artigo A830, featuring anti-static lightning and surge protection to ensure maximum reliability and durability in demanding indoor and outdoor environments.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 20 million LCD monitors in 4Q16

Taiwan-based ODMs and OBMs will together ship 20.158 million LCD monitors in the fourth quarter of 2016, decreasing 2.5% on quarter and 5.3% on year and accounting for 65.2% of the global total, according to Digitimes Research.

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Taiwan makers poised to use IR LED in biometrics

Taiwan-based epitaxial wafer and chip makers and LED packaging service providers have developed IR LED chips or devices for biometric applications, mainly iris and facial recognition, and are in the process of certification by potential clients. Shipments are expected to start shipping in 2017, according to industry sources.

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Apple captures 91% share of global smartphone profits in 3Q16, says Strategy Analytics

Apple captured a record share of profits in the global smartphone industry in the third quarter of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics.

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Taiwan October manufacturing production index up, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 110.97 for October 2016, increasing 2.10% on month and 5.67% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on November 23.

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EEVblog #947 – Chronos High Speed Camera Review

Dave takes a look at the 21,000fps Chonos Kickstarter high speed digital camera prototype.
Tesla500 Youtube Channel
World’s most powerful LED light – 5kW VIDEO
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Deep Thoughts Regarding the Bodacious Brain

There's more to building a brain than one might think. Should each cell reside in blissful ignorance or have some level of spatial awareness, for example?

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Where are the FPGA Architectures for the 21st Century?

Are there any weird and wondrous technologies waiting in the wings, or can we expect only bigger, better, faster, and shinier versions of traditional FPGA fabrics?

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Prime Your Brain for Brilliant Ideas at ESC Silicon Valley

This keynote introduces the neural processes that percolate insights into consciousness and explains how your brain selects and rejects ideas before you're even aware of them.

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Autumn Statement: Chancellor bets on driverless car tech

Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond outlined in the Autumn Statement the creation of an National Productivity Investment Fund to invest in the nationals digital infrastructure. But it will also see £100m invested in the development of infrastructure for autonomous vehicles, the much talked about ‘driverless cars’.   The Chancellor ear-marked £390m for transport technology, including £80m for charging infrastructure for electric ...

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Autumn Statement: Match tech investment with skills, says RAE

Government plans for new investment in infrastructure and R&D in the Autumn Statement, will be good for the engineering and technology sectors, says the Royal Academy of Engineering. This follows the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s commitment of £2bn per year by 2020 for research and development funding and £1bn for digital infrastructure. Professor Dame Ann Dowling, President of the Royal Academy ...

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Project volume hides India's solar reality

All is not well with the Indian solar industry. When US-based SunEdison declared bankruptcy on April 21, wiping out nearly $10 billion in market value, a pall of gloom descended over the industry.

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15 Views of Printed Electronics

Printed electronics showed progress in manufacturing gear and processes, e-textiles, sensors, batteries, and printed NFC tags at the IDTechEx event.

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NANO16: FD-SOI moves towards 22nm

Fifteen months into its course, the WAYTOGO FAST EU R&D project for promoting FD-SOI has achieved some significant targets the European Nanoelectronics Forum in Rome today was told. . Boosters for 14 and 28 FD-SOI have been investigated and developed . SOl wafers: +20% nFET loff/leff tradeoff . STRASS technique: +1.6GPa demonstrated (stress level > ...

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Spreadtrum places 40nm chip orders with UMC Xiamen fab

Spreadtrum Communications has placed 40nm chip orders with United Microelectronics' (UMC) recently-opened 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen, China, according to industry sources.

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US fab tool book-to-bill ratio slips below parity

The SEMI book-to-bill ratio for US manufacturers of semiconductor equipment slid to 0.91 in October 2016 after having stayed above parity for 10 straight months.

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ITRI unveils smart sensing solutions for use in daily life

Smart Microsystem Technology Center under government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has unveiled two smart sensing solutions for use in daily life: one for detecting residual pesticides staying in vegetable/fruit and the other for measuring pulse and blood oxygen saturation, according to ITRI.

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Taiwan market: Canon unveils EOS M5

Canon has unveiled EOS M5, a digital mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC), for launch in the Taiwan market, according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan).

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Castles Technology focuses overseas marketing on developing countries

EFT (electronic fund transfer) POS (point of sale) device maker Castles Technology is focusing overseas marketing on developing countries mainly because of strong competitors and intense competition in developed markets, the company said at a November 22 investors conference.

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Senao Networks nets NT$8.75 per share for January-September

Wireless networking/communication device maker Senao Networks has posted consolidated revenues of NT$1.524 billion (US$48.3 million), gross margin NT$26.27%, net operating profit NT$123.3 million, net profit NT$114.0 million and net EPS NT$2.32 for the third quarter of 2016.

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IBM new server produced by Wistron, adopted by Tencent

Power System S882LC, a new IBM-developed server featuring IBM Power 8 CPU and Nvidia-developed CPU-GPU and GPU-GPU communication protocol NVLink, and produced by Taiwan-based Wistron on an OEM basis, has been adopted by China-based Internet service operator Tencent for hyperscale data centers.

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Silicon Motion announces SD 5.1 controller solution

Silicon Motion Technology has announced that its flagship SM2703 SD controller now supports random read/write performance of up to 2000/800 IOPS to meet the A1 (Application Performance Class 1) requirements from the latest SD 5.1 specifications.

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Ardentec capex to exceed NT$5 billion over next 3 years

Wafer probing specialist Ardentec's capex for the next three years are set to exceed NT$5 billion (US$157 million), according to company president Chi-ming Chang.

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Taiwan market: Lenovo to launch Moto Z-series smartphones

Lenovo has announced that it will introduce its Moto Z-series smartphones and related accessories, Moto Mods, into the Taiwan market on November 30 - a move, which will mark the reentry of Motorola smartphones into the local market since the brand was acquired by the China-based vendor.

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India market: Handset shipments to reach 265 million units in 2016, says firm

Shipments of mobile handsets in the India market are expected to reach 265 million units in 2016, with smartphones accounting for 116 million units or 43.8%, according to Cyber Media Research (CMR).

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Taiwan market: HTC unveils HTC 10 evo for high-end segment

HTC has unveiled a new high-end smartphone, the HTC 10 evo, in the Taiwan market, aiming at ramping up its smartphone business for the fourth quarter of 2016. The company will start taking pre-orders from November 22-30 with the availability beginning in December.

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Digitimes Research: Top-5 vendors, top-3 Taiwan ODMs October notebook shipments down 22%, 12% on month

The five largest notebook vendors together shipped 10.19 million Windows units equipped with Intel processors in October, decreasing 22% on month, while the three largest Taiwan-based ODMs had combined shipments in the month slipping 12%, according to Digitimes Research.

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DRAM contract prices to rise 15% in 1Q17, says DRAMeXchange

DRAM contract prices are expected to rise about 15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2017 with prices for mainstream 4GB modules reaching US$20 on average, according to DRAMeXchange.

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Japan chip gear orders rise 7% in October, says SEAJ

Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted JPY139.3 billion (US$1.3 billion) in orders in October 2016 (three-month average basis), up 7.3% from JPY129.85 billion in September, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ).

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Acer places 2017 main notebook orders with Quanta, Compal

Based on Acer's RFQ (request for quotation) for the majority of its notebook orders in 2017, Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics are two major ODMs, according to industry sources.

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Manchester and Nottingham universities find graphene-beater.

Researchers at Manchester and Nottingham universities have come up with a better new material than graphene for electronics applications – Indium Selenide. InSe crystals can be made only a few atoms thick and are a better semiconductor than graphene. “Ultra-thin InSe seems to offer the golden middle between silicon and graphene,” says Nobel Laureate Sir ...

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SEMI book-to-bill goes negative

The SEMI book-to-bill went negative in October after 11 months in positive territory. The October b-to-b was 0.91. October bookings were $1.49 billion – 5.1% lower than September’s $1.57 billion, and 12.2% higher than the October 2015 bookings figure of $1.33 billion. October billings were $1.63 billion – 9% higher than September’s $1.49 billion, and ...

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Codasip and UltraSoc combine on RISC-V

Codasip, the RISC-V processor IP provider, and UltraSoC, the provider of semiconductor IP for on-chip analytics, are to integrate the Codix-Bk series of RISC-V cores with the UltraSoC environment. As RISC-V based SoCs enter the mainstream, the need for commercial support with production-quality debug, analysis and bring-up tools become critical. This collaboration provides the RISC-V ...

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Replacing Tantalum Bypass Capacitors with MultiLayer Ceramic Devices

In addition to exploding, Tantalum capacitors almost always fail to a short if you reverse their polarity or exceed their working voltage.

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Graphene: the ultimate loudspeaker cone material?

Graphene could improve loudspeakers, both in audio systems and phones, claims Canadian start-up Ora. To do this, the firm is replacing the cone and dome diaphragms of loudspeakers with a composite consisting of 95% graphene, 5% binder and possibly other materials. The result has been dubbed a ‘nanocomposite’ and branded ‘Grapheneq’. The composite is both ...

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Bosch CEO: Hanging on to Lead

The world's largest producer of automotive MEMS devices describes how it plans to hang onto the lead.

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Renesas Bounces Back, But How High?

Japan's once ailing Renesas Electronics has been blessed -- unintentionally -- by NXP's recent acquisition of Freescale. In an exclusive interview, Renesas executive explained the company's recent rise, its plan for a new embedded vision SoC billed as Mobileye alternative

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Parents must encourage primary school kids to love science and maths

Students should be encouraged to pursue a STEM career while they are of primary school age, according to 50% of STEM professionals responding to a survey by MathWorks, which was intended to reveal reasons behind the UK skill shortage. When asked to consider their own experiences; 40% said they were inspired to love the subjects by ...

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Photonics 3-D Modeler Born

Coventor Inc. has the world's first modeling and simulation tool specifically designed for photonic optical circuits.

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Open source community seeks “balance” in IoT radio regulations

The open-source community behind the MIPS processor is working with the US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the area of software controlled radio technology for IoT. Eric Schultz, community manager with the prpl Foundation will advise on how proposed FCC regulations may affect the open source community and the growth of the internet of ...

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Spray-on process yields quality organic semiconductors

UK scientists have grown high-quality mono-crystals of organic semiconductors, which are large enough to construct FETs on. Such FETs show good clean characteristic curves, although have comparatively low mobility. A common way to create organic semiconductor crystals is to dissolve the material in a solvent, then deposit the solution onto a surface. Subsequent evaporation of ...

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China to set aside PV installation capacity of at least 1GWp for super model power-generating stations

China's National Energy Administration (NEA) will reserve at least 1GWp from the target PV installation capacity for model PV power-generating stations to be set up in 2017 specifically for super model ones in which investors should qualify based on advanced PV technology, instead of bid prices, according to industry sources.

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Component maker Magic Technology reports strong earnings for 3Q16

Power inductor maker Magic Technology has reported net profits of NT$38.01 million (US$1.193 million) for the third quarter of 2016, representing a 103.9% growth from the previous quarter and a 15-fold increase from a year earlier.

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

Taiwan had 464,000 jobless citizens in October 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.95% which dropped 0.04pp point on month but rose 0.05pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on November 22.

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China firms headhunting talent from Taiwan fabless and DRAM companies

China's emerging memory companies have been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based fabless and DRAM firms, according to industry sources.

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PCB makers hike prices due to increased CCL cost

Taiwan-based PCB makers, in response to price hikes by CCL (copper-clad laminate) suppliers, have raised quotes to reflect increased costs, according to industry sources.

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SZS to expand MIM capacity in 2017

Notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) is planning to expand its MIM (metal injection molding) production capacity by over 30% through procuring two new continuous MIM furnaces, with the additional capacity expected to come into operation in the second half of 2017, according to the company.

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Coolpad warns of heavy losses for 2016

China-based smartphone vendor Coolpad has warned that it expects to post a net loss of HK$3 billion (US$387.09 million) for 2016, a significant retreat from a net profit of HK$2.325 billion recorded a year earlier.

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Quartz component maker Tai-Saw to issue new shares for capital expansion

Quartz component and SAW (surface-acoustic-wave) filter maker Tai-Saw Technology plans to issue nine million new shares through a cash capital expansion project. New funds raised from the project will be used to finance its capacity expansion plans and strengthen its financial capability.

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Southampton and St Andrews Universities join Leti Si photonics project

Leti has launched an Horizon 2020 project to enable mass commercialization of Si-photonics-based transceivers For data centres and super computing systems. The Leti-coordinated COSMICC project will combine CMOS electronics and Si-photonics with high-throughput, fiber-attachment techniques. These scalable solutions will provide performance improvement an order of magnitude better than current VCSELs transceivers, and the COSMICC-developed technology ...

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EEVblog #946 – Apple Raspberry Pi Cluster – PART 2

Part 2 of building the Raspberry Pi computer cluster.
Dave strips down an old Apple G5 PowerMac to use as the enclosure.
Forum HERE

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Taiwan aims at prevailing fixed-line Internet download speed of 2Gbps in 2025

The Taiwan government has set up a target prevailing download speed of 1Gbps for fixed-line broadband Internet-access services for 2020 and 2Gbps for 2025, according to industry sources.

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AimCore expanding PSS capacity

AimCore Technology has extended production from ITO glass used in touch panels to PSS (patterned sapphire substrates) based on nano-imprint lithography technology and is expanding monthly production capacity from 80,000 2-inch-equivalent PSS in the first quarter of 2016 to 200,000 units in the fourth quarter and to 320,000 units in 2017, according to the company.

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GigaDevice to merge with ISSI, say sources

Trading in GigaDevice Semiconductor has been suspended on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), paving the way for the NOR flash specialist to obtain shares of Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI), according to industry sources.

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Market for 10nm mobile chips to heat up in 2017

Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, MediaTek, Apple and Spreadtrum Communications are gearing up to roll out their 10nm mobile chips which will be shipped in smartphones during 2017.

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

Taiwan received export orders worth US$42.68 billion in total in October 2016, decreasing 0.7% on month but increasing 0.3% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on November 21.

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MediaTek intros technology enabling 4K video streaming

MediaTek has announced the launch of its UltraCast technology, a chipset-enabled streaming technology enabling users to enjoy 4K video content generated by their smartphones and stream it wirelessly to a 4K-ready television or set-top box.

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BOE Technology plans to start production at 10.5G factory in 2Q18

China-based panel maker BOE Technology began construction of a 10.5th-generation (10.5G) TFT-LCD factory with monthly production capacity of 90,000 glass substrates in northern China in December 2015 and plans to kick off production in the second quarter of 2018, according to the company.

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Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$10.3 billion in January-October, says MOEA

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,838 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$10.291 billion in January-October 2016, respectively decreasing 8.98% and increasing 178.96% on year, according to MOEA statistics released on November 21.

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Gigabyte partners with Blizzard to launch customizable PCs in South Korea

Gigabyte Technology is cooperating with game developer Blizzard Entertainment to release customizable gaming PCs under both Blizzard's Overwatch and Gigabyte's Aorus dual-brands and the company is also looking to secure its leadership in South Korea's motherboard and graphics card market with the PCs.

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Phison Jan-Oct pre-tax profits approach almost 2015 level

Phison Electronics' pre-tax profits totaled NT$4.42 billion (US$138.6 million) in the first 10 months of 2016, approaching nearly the NT$4.47 billion reported for all of 2015, according to the NAN flash device controller supplier.

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Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments up on year after two years of decline

Worldwide notebook shipments are estimated to reach 41.65 million units in the fourth quarter, up 6.4% sequentially as demand from the year-end holidays is expected to pick up strongly, while Apple's fourth-generation MacBook Pro products have entered mass production, helping related upstream supply return to a stable balance. Although Chromebooks and China-based brand vendors are expected to perform weakly in the quarter, their negative influences will only have a minor impact. The quarter will also see the industry enjoy its first on-year growth after eight consecutive quarters of decline.

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Macom Buys Applied for Comms

Macom has bid $770 million for Applied with plans to sell off its X-Gene ARM server SoC unit but cherish its "gold nugget" of networking chips.

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MACOM buys AppliedMicro

MACOM has bought AppliedMicro for $770 million – representing a 15% premium to its prior-acquisition market cap – but says it will dispose of AppliedMicro’s computer business within 100 days of the deal closing. MACOM thinks that Applied Micro’s connectivity business comprising OTN framers, MACsec Ethernet networking components and PAM4 platform is complementary. MACOM thinks ...

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Fast Track to Industrial IoT

It fits in a shirt pocket, runs on batteries, and provides a quick way to upgrade to Industry 4.0.

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Survey: Electronics design engineers not feeling the heat

The company behind the thermal simulation tool 6SigmaET has published a report,Heat is On, looking at some of the priorities of current electronics design.

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Software firm aims to empower women in technology

With a software programming industry saturated with men it is believed that software companies could be losing out on gifted women coders. Inspiring women from a young age to enter the technology industry could see software development companies receiving a greater number of female applicants. However, according to data released by Coupfy, more than half (56%) of women in ...

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Smart Home Needs Data Standards

There is a compelling need for companies to come together to develop and enforce a system of ethical data collection and processing in the smart home.

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Panasonic ties with UK streetlamp designers for smart cities

LED streetlight firm Schréder has signed an agreement with Panasonic, to co-develop products and infrastructure for smart cities. Schréder is a multi-national, with a Brussels HQ and a design centre in the UK. According to a company spokesman, the UK design centre was responsible for Shuffle (pictured), an interactive street column, launched in 2015, that ...

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Macroblock revenues and profits rise in 1Q-3Q16

LED driver IC supplier Macroblock has reported revenues for the first three quarters of 2016 increased 24.7% from a year earlier to NT$1.88 billion (US$58.7 million), while net profits hiked 78% on year to NT$163 million.

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Foxconn Group to ship over 30 million Luna phones in 2016, says paper

The Foxconn Group is expected to ship over 30 million Luna-branded smartphones in Korea and Indonesia in 2016, targeting the medium- to high-end segments, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Delta Electronics to acquire Unicom System

Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics will acquire a 100% stake in Unicom System Eng., a CIM (computer-integrated manufacturing) solution provider, at NT$351 million (US$11.1 million), according to Delta.

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Fujitsu’s 4Mbit ReRAM

Fujitsu Semiconductor and Panasonic have developed 4 Mbit ReRAM, claimed to be the densest ReRAM. The MB85AS4MT is an SPI-interface ReRAM product that operates with a wide range of power supply voltage, from 1.65V to 3.6V. Its average current in read operations is 0.2mA at a maximum operating frequency of 5MHz. It is targeted at ...

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Noose tightens round Uber

GMB, the union for professional drivers, is calling for HMRC to exercise legal responsibility for enforcement of the minimum wage laws and collection of taxes at Uber. An Employment Tribunal ruled that Uber’s drivers are employees so HMRC has legal responsibility to enforce minimum wage laws and collect national insurance contributions and PAYE taxes from ...

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Wistron to invest in iSAFE to step into telematics, industrial IoT solutions

Wistron has disclosed it will invest in iSAFE, a developer of automotive computing solutions, for developing telematics and industrial IoT (Internet of Things) solutions.

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AboCom Systems to upgrade production automation

Wireless networking/communication device maker AboCom Systems will invest US$1 million to upgrade automated production lines and increase efficiency in 2017, according to the company.

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APG submarine cable system completed, says CHT

Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), a submarine cable system connecting Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore has been completed and brought into operation, according to Chunghwa Telecom (CHT).

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HTC Vive shipments to lag behind Sony PSVR, Oculus Rift in 2016-2017

Shipments of the HTC Vive VR devices will lag behind those of Sony's PSVR and the Oculus Rift in 2016 and 2017 due to its disadvantage in pricing, according to an estimate of industry sources.

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Inventec expects 2017 revenues to grow 10-15%

ODM Inventec expects 2017 consolidated revenues to increase 10-15% on year, with growth mostly coming from servers and hand-held devices, according to company chairman Richard Lee.

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Booming notebook orders to last until 1Q17, say Taiwan makers

Shipments of notebooks from Taiwan-based ODMs will remain strong in the first quarter of 2017 as some brand vendors have been pulling in more orders on short supply of some key components, including display panels, memory products and graphics cards, according to sources from supply chain makers.

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Huawei to ramp up its share in global smartphone, notebook and tablet markets in 2017

China-based Huawei Technologies is expected to step up its cooperation with Taiwan-based ODMs to ramp up its share in the global smartphone, notebook and tablet markets, according to sources from Taiwan's IT products supply chain.

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70% of companies maintaining or increasing post-Brexit innovation investment, says CBI.

7 in 10 firms plan to maintain or increase spending on innovation says a CBI survey. As the UK develops its economic role in the world outside of the EU, the survey of over 800 businesses – supported by Deloitte and Hays – shows that 70% of respondents plan to increase or maintain their innovation ...

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EEVblog #945 – Thermal Powered Smartwatches Are GIMMICKS!

Thermal powered smartwates are nothing more than gimmicks.
Dave runs the numbers on the Matrix Powerwatch from Indieigogo.
Also some exercise testing shows up an unusual and undesired effect when using thermoelectric generators on your wrist.

Thunderf00t’s video HERE
Bluetooth Power Consumption Application Note HERE
The Peltier effect TEG used in the experiment HERE
The Wurth Energy Harvesting Kit HERE
Forum HERE

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10 Cool Discoveries at Japan Embedded

The Embedded Technology 2016 showcased a ton of embedded boards, each with a clear focus on how to enable 'low power' and 'embedded' IoT devices. Highlights include deep learning coming to embedded boards, emergence of smarter IoT building blocks.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (11/13-11/18)

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

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The Time Has Come to Build My Own Electronic Brain

Can you imagine a tall glass dome jam-packed with a three-dimensional array of LED-based neurons frantically flickering away in response to sound?

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IoT Networks Start to Sprout

The rise of multiple types of LPWAN networks, each with its own competing network protocol, has complicated the IoT picture.

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Virtual Reality Will Stay Hot

Virtual reality could be a killer app in more ways than one.

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Smartphone-Bound VR/AR to Be Boosted by Lasers

Microvision has teamed with STMicroelectronics to put an always-in-focus laser-based projector in every smartphone, for augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) headset.

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Smart Homes & IoT: What About Bob?

At Embedded Technology conference here, NXP executive broached the touchy topic of "smart home delays."

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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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