Cunning Chronograph: Migrating to Custom Boards

In which we take a bunch of bedraggled breadboard circuits and migrate them onto super-duper sumptuous shields.

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Google SkyBender Drone Project Aims To Deliver 5G Wi-Fi

Project SkyBender joins the ranks of Google's Project Loon and Facebook's efforts to provide super-fast WiFi from drones and other airborne vehicles.

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iPhone, iPad Wireless Charging May Come By 2017

Apple is reportedly working on smoothing out issues with technology that lets consumers power up iPhones and iPads sans wires.

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Engineer: Promote Thyself!

Engineers need to learn that it's not what you know, it's who you know -- network, network, network!

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Mark Your Calendar: The ESC Boston 2016 Schedule Is Live!

As you'll see from the schedule, ESC Boston boasts a hand-picked selection of amazingly tempting tasty technical treats for your delectation and delight.

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Speaker Manufacturer Invests $9.4 Million in Florida Assembly Plant

MIRAMAR, FL—JL Audio Inc., a manufacturer of speakers and other audio components, will invest $9.4 million to expand its assembly plant here, retaining 294 jobs and creating 30 new ones.

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Russians' Report Memristors

Marvin Minsky, inventor of the Perceptron, may have died, but Russian scientists report they've made the first polymer memristor based Perceptron come alive.

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Feabhas provides hands-on coding with STM32F4 micros

Feabhas, the embedded software training company, is introducing STM32F4 ARM Cortex M4-based microcontrollers to its practical training sessions. According to Niall Cooling, CEO at Feabhas, software engineers no only need to be able to write complex code they also need to fit that code onto chips. “To ensure our C++11 /14 and C11 delegates get the most ...

Feabhas provides hands-on coding with STM32F4 micros

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BBC goes to BT for its web-based broadcast network

The BBC has chosen BT to provide its broadcast network from April 2017 in a seven-year deal worth over £100m. The move is interesting because it will use an internet-based network which is claimed to provide greater flexibility for the broadcaster. It will allow the BBC to introduce data-hungry formats – like Ultra HD (4K), 360-degree content. The new network ...

BBC goes to BT for its web-based broadcast network

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19 Insights on ICs

In a talk in Silicon Valley market guru Bill McClean predicted 4% growth in 2016 for semiconductor, but said China is a wild card.

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Baseband processor market fell 12% in Q3

The handset baseband processor market declined 12% in 3Q15, says Strategy Analytics, to reach $5.1 billion. Top five vendors were: Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung LSI, Spreadtrum and HiSilicon. Qualcomm faced strong competition but maintained its baseband market share leadership with 55% revenue share, followed by MediaTek with 23% revenue share and Samsung LSI with 7% revenue ...

Baseband processor market fell 12% in Q3

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Macronix expects return to profitability in 2H15

Macronix International expects to return to profitability in the second half of 2016, according to company president CY Lu.

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Xilinx ships 16nm Virtex

Xilinx is shipping a 16nm finfet Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA made on TSMC’s 16FF+ process. Xilinx says it is actively engaged with more than 100 customers on the UltraScale+ portfolio with design tools, and has already shipped devices and/or boards to over 60 of them. The devices join the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs and Kintex UltraScale+ on 16nm. Virtex ...

Xilinx ships 16nm Virtex

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Global smartphone shipments up 5.7% on year in 4Q15, says IDC

Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 399.5 million units during the fourth quarter of 2015, up 5.7% from a year earlier, according to the latest data released by IDC.

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SPIL swings to loss in 4Q15

IC packager Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) slipped into the red in the fourth quarter of 2015, with revenues falling 3.1% from a year earlier.

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Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight Electronics in the US

Japan-based LED maker Nichia on January 28 announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has judged that Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics and its US-based subsidiary Everlight Americas have infringed three Nichia patents.

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China-based Colorful to launch graphics cards in overseas markets

China-based Colorful, currently the largest graphics card vendor in the China market with shipments of over four million units for a market share of about 25% in 2015, is planning to enter Southeast Asia's graphics card market and expects the entry to boost its graphics card shipments to five million units in 2016, helping it to stand on an equal footing against the global largest brand vendor Asustek Computer and become a threat to Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology.

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Prospects for virtual reality, deep learning, autonomous cars: Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been outspoken with his predictions about future technologies and products, and developing industry trends. Huang recently sat down with DIGITIMES to share his comments on virtual reality (VR), deep learning and autonomous cars as Nvidia looks to strengthen its deployments in these three sectors.

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Alibaba 4Q15 revenues, profit up on year

China-based e-commerce operator Alibaba Group Holding has published its financial report for fourth-quarter 2015, with consolidated revenues of CNY34.543 billion (US$5.333 billion) growing 32% on year, net operating profit of CNY12.434 billion up 33%, and net profit of CNY12.456 billion up 108%.

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Taiwan 4Q15 economic growth estimated at -0.28%, says DGBAS

Taiwan's on-year economic growth for fourth-quarter 2015 is estimated at -0.28%, downward adjusted by 0.77pp from a previous forecast in November, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

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China market: Asustek launches low-cost motherboards

With Asustek Computer launching the Red Flag series motherboards, looking to compete against China-based vendors such as Colorful for China's mid-range and entry-level motherboard segments, Colorful has also prepared a series of motherboards to counter, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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China software industry posts 2015 revenues of over CNY4.3 trillion, says MIIT

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY4.325 trillion (US$688 billion) in 2015, growing 16.6% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Digitimes Research: Head up display demand increasing in vehicle display market

Head Up Displays (HUDs) are expected to account for a 6% market share in the vehicle display segment in 2016, up from 4% in 2015, according to Digitimes Research. HUDs present data on vehicle windshields without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoint.

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E Ink invests in Weifeng for e-tag partnership

E-paper maker E Ink has announced plans to invest in China-based Weifeng via its subsidiary. The two companies will form a partnership on ESL e-tags.

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Enterprise demand for flash storage to pick up and help chip prices to drop, says NetApp executive

Commenting on demand for flash-based storage, NetApp's vice president of Product, Solution & Services Marketing, Lee Caswell believes the adoption of flash-based storage by large enterprises will increase, helping NAND flash memory prices to drop.

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Global revenues from advanced batteries for utility-scale storage expected to reach US$3.6 billion by 2025, says Navigant

Improvements in advanced battery energy storage technologies, developing regional regulatory and market drivers, and emerging new business models are poised to make utility-scale energy storage a growing and viable part of the electricity grid in coming years. During the next decade, growth in advanced batteries for utility-scale energy storage applications is projected to be robust. According to a new report from Navigant Research, global revenues for advanced batteries for utility-scale storage are expected to grow from US$231.9 million in 2016 to US$3.6 billion by 2025.

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Commentary: Apple expected to see decreasing profits from hardware

Apple is expected to see difficulties maintaining strong hardware sales, as sales of iPhone, iPad and Mac-series products during its fiscal first quarter of 2016 were all weaker than expected. Since mature markets are unlikely to see significant growth, while the China market is filled with uncertainties, and Apple is lacking competitiveness in emerging markets, Apple is likely to focus more on its services such as Apple Pay, AppleCare and App Store to boost its profitability.

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LG Display reports 4Q15 financial results

LG Display has reported revenues in the fourth quarter of 2015 increased 5% to KRW7.496 trillion (US$6.22 billion) from KRW7.158 billion in the third quarter of 2015 but decreased 10% from KRW8.342 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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Samsung and Apple remain top semiconductor customers in 2015, says Gartner

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7% of the market, according to Gartner. Samsung and Apple together consumed US$59 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of US$0.8 billion from 2014.

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Handset baseband IC market declines 12% in 3Q15, says Strategy Analytics

The global cellular baseband processor market declined 12% from a year earlier to US$5.1 billion in the third quarter of 2015, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung LSI, Spreadtrum and HiSilicon grabbed the top-five baseband revenue share spots in the quarter.

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Everlight Electronics to start production at new factory in central Taiwan in 2Q16

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is constructing a new factory in central Taiwan and will complete the first phase and begin production in the second quarter of 2016, according to company chairman Robert Yeh.

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Flexium books record profits for 2015

Flexible PCB supplier Flexium Interconnect has reported record net profits of NT$2.76 billion (US$82.2 million) for 2015. EPS climbed to NT$10.83 from NT$6.40 in 2014.

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Chunghwa Telecom sets 2016 capex at NT$30.63 billion

Telecom carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set a budget of NT$30.63 billion (US$914 million) for capital expenditure in 2016, increasing 22.1% on year, company president Shih Mu-piao announced at a January 28 investors conference.

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ChipMOS shareholders approve Tsinghua investment

Shareholders of ChipMOS Technologies have approved the company's plan to sell a 25% stake to China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup. ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced that the required greater than 50% of shareholders of ChipMOS Technologies (ChipMOS Taiwan) have voted in person or by proxy to approve the proposed private placement with Tsinghua Unigroup. In total, 99.3% of the shares voted were voted in favor of the proposed private placement, representing approximately 88.7% of the total shares outstanding of ChipMOS Taiwan.

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Inventec Appliances hikes efficiency, cuts labor via automation

Smartphone and smart hand-held device ODM Inventec Appliances has increased overall production efficiency by over 20% and reduced the workforce at its factories in eastern China from 21,000 employees originally to 17,000-18,000 through automating production lines, according to company president David Ho.

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Parade looks to up to 8% revenue increase in 1Q16

Mixed-signal IC design house Parade Technologies expects to post consolidated revenues of between US$67 million and US$73 million in the first quarter of 2016 representing sequential growth of up to 8%.

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Macronix posts another year of losses

Macronix International, which specializes in the manufacture of NOR flash and mask ROM memory chips, has reported net losses of NT$4.19 billion (US$124.7 million) for 2015. Losses for the year, however, improved from the losses of NT$6.45 billion posted for 2014.

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Friday Quiz: Network Analysis

EE Times continues quizzing you on network analysis after a two-week break.

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Samsung, Apple Top Chip Buyers List

Electronics giants ranked first and second in semiconductor consumption in 2015 for the fifth straight year, according to market research firm Gartner.

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Why Opt For Chip Stack, FD-SOI in Image Sensors?

Before stampeding to FD-SOI for CMOS image censors (CIS), a few key questions need answering: How big is the CIS market? Why chip stacking in CIS? Why use FD-SOI? We asked Yole Developpement to help us break it down.

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JEDEC Looks To Push GDDR Limits

Graphics, compute and networking applications have increasing demands that can be met by GDDR5X while leveraging the existing GDDR5 ecosystem.

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Microchip training places available next month

Microchip still has places on its February training courses Subjects will cover the firm’s MPLAB X development environment, C for embedded engineers, the XC8 C compiler and programming its ‘core independent peripherals’ through its new MCC tool. All Microchip courses are in Wokingham Berkshire Training Reference Description Duration Price Pre-requisites TLS 0101 8 feb 2016 ...

Microchip training places available next month

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Displays define the system in industrial too

Displays can define electronic design in many industrial as well as consumer products, so making the right choice is important, writes Mike Logan Electronic systems are now being defined by the display. When designing wearable devices, for example, designers start with the desired form-factor (often a wrist watch style device) and create the system around ...

Displays define the system in industrial too

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IoT Frameworks Dig in for Battle

No winner emerged among competing application frameworks for the Internet of Things at CES, leaving analysts calling for a truce.

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Drone maker seeks UK fuel cells

Intelligent Energy of Loughborough has signed a letter of intent to develop hydrogen fuel cells for “a major drone manufacturer”, said Intelligent. “The deal will see the two companies work together in the first quarter of 2016 to develop technological solutions to increase drone flight time. The goal is for the deal to lead to a ...

Drone maker seeks UK fuel cells

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EEVblog #846 – Solar Panel Micrometeorite Impact!

Dave uses a microscope to examine the shattered LG Mono-X solar panel. Was it a micrometeorite impact?
And what are the odds of a micrometeorite impact on a typical solar power installation in a given year?

Forum HERE

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Playstation to Tesla, MIPS processor still going strong at 30

The MIPS R2000 microprocessor was launched in January 1986, thirty years ago this month. This was the first commercially-available microprocessor chipset to implement the MIPS instruction set architecture and the first RISC (reduced instruction set computing) processor sold through a licensing business model. It was the brainchild of Stanford University professor John Hennessy and the ...

Playstation to Tesla, MIPS processor still going strong at 30

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FDSOI Carries on Despite ST Re-org, Says COO

STMicroelectronics' withdrawal from the set-top-box business and the transfer of engineers to microcontroller and digital automotive work will not stop the adoption of fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) manufacturing process, according to Jean-Marc Chery, ST's chief operating officer.

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Keysight intros application specific radio tester on PXIbus

Keysight Technologies has introduced its first PXI-based radio test reference system with an audio library for military and public safety radios. According to Keysight, the PXI modular test platform which uses PC-based data processing has the flexibility and performance to test the latest multiple channel and wide bandwidth radio systems, while also supporting legacy analogue ...

Keysight intros application specific radio tester on PXIbus

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Skeleton gets €4m from sustainable innovation fund

Skeleton Technologies, the  ultracapacitor specialist, has received a €4 million investment from KIC InnoEnergy, an investment company for  promoting sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe’s energy industry. The €4m investment from KIC InnoEnergy – whose shareholders include ABB, EDF, Iberdrola and Total – will be used to further develop the competitive advantage of Skeleton Technologies’ ...

Skeleton gets €4m from sustainable innovation fund

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Samsung and Apple neck-and-neck in IC spend

Samsung and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7% of the market, according to Gartner, consuming a collective $59 billion-worth of ICs. Combined, the two companies spent $800 million more than last year but, while Apple’s share grew by 7.1%,  Samsung’s share declined 3.6%. Apple is now running neck-and-neck with Samsung. “Samsung ...

Samsung and Apple neck-and-neck in IC spend

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MIT fabs IC with different materials in same layer

MIT researchers have fabbed an IC by depositing ‘significantly different’ materials in the same layer, a few atoms thick. “The methodology is universal for many kinds of structures,” says researcher Xi Ling. “This offers us tremendous potential with numerous candidate materials for ultra-thin circuit design.” The technique also has implications for the development of  ultra-low ...

MIT fabs IC with different materials in same layer

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VIS expects 1Q16 revenues to rise 7-12% sequentially

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects its first-quarter revenues to increase 6.7-12.2% sequentially with gross margin rising above 30%.

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AUO reports profit for 2015

AU Optronics (AUO) has reported its consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter of 2015 were NT$83.44 billion (US$2.48 billion), down 6.6% from the previous quarter. Gross profit was NT$4.49 billion, with gross margin of 5.4%. Operating loss was NT$1.17 billion with an operating margin of -1.4%. AUO's net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 was NT$8.24 billion. Net loss attributable to owners of the company was NT$8.18 billion, with a basic EPS of -NT$0.85.

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Production of new 4K iPad Air to begin in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers

Apple is expected to unveil new models of its iPad Air in March 2016 and production will start in the second quarter, with General Interface Solution and TPK Holding to supply touch panels, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Apple estimated to ship 20 million Macs in 2016

Apple's Mac-series product shipments are expected to remain at a level similar to that of 2015 at around 20 million units in 2016, but despite flat shipment performance, new MacBook and iMac products for 2016 are expected to boost the company's overall product ASPs, according to sources from the supply chain.

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BenQ Materials expanding production of medical applications

BenQ Materials is constructing new facilities for producing medical products that will go into production in 2017, according to the company.

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NCC conditionally approves NHPEA taking over MBK stake in CNS

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on January 27 approved an investment proposed by Netherlands-based NHPEA Chrome Holding B.V. to acquire a majority stake in China Network Systems (CNS), the largest MSO (multi-system cable TV operator) in Taiwan, from MBK Partners HK Ltd., a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, on condition the buyer fulfills 20 stipulations, according to NCC.

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The market for advanced sensors in intelligent buildings expected to exceed US$1 billion in 2016, says Navigant

By providing data that can improve building performance, advanced sensors play a critical role in transforming regular facilities into intelligent buildings. These devices, which are growing in popularity, can strengthen the operations of specific building systems, such as lighting and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), but also support more comprehensive business and financial strategies. According to a new report from Navigant Research, global advanced sensor revenues are expected to grow from US$1.2 billion in 2016 to US$3.2 billion in 2025.

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Worldwide spending on digital transformation technologies will surpass US$2 billion in 2019, says IDC

According to IDC, worldwide spending on digital transformation (DX) technologies will grow to more than US$2.1 billion in 2019 with a CAGR of 16.8% over the 2014-2019 forecast period. Spending on DX technologies in the US will follow a similar trajectory, reaching nearly US$732 million in 2019.

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Digitimes Research: More fashion, sports gear, medical vendors step into smartwatch sector

New smartwatches displayed at CES 2016 indicate that more vendors of fashion products, sports gear, medicare devices and traditional watches have stepped into the smartwatch segment, a move which is likely to bring new ideas into the sector, according to Digitimes Research.

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Supply chain braces for possible merger of Vaio, Toshiba, Fujitsu PC units

Japan-based PC brand vendors Vaio (previously Sony), Toshiba and Fujitsu reportedly are ready to merge their notebook businesses into a company, a move which will affect Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, particularly Pegatron Technology, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Chunghwa Telecom forecasts profit decline for 2016

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has released its financial forecast for 2016 business operations, with net EPS expected at NT$5.15, declining 6.7% on year.

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Lite-On Technology to focus 2016 operations on 5 areas

EMS provider Lite-On Technology will transform its business operations in 2016 with a focus on five areas: cloud technologies, LED lighting, automotive electronics, biomedicine and industrial automation, according to company CEO Warren Chen.

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Motech to increase solar cell capacity in China

Solar cell maker Motech Industries, in order to hike production capacity in China, will shift part of its production capacity from Taiwan to its two factories in China, with the proportions of total capacity in Taiwan and China to be adjusted to 50:50 or 55:45, according to industry sources.

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UMC buys equipment from Lam, Tokyo Electron

United Microelectronics (UMC) has purchased a total of NT$1.96 billion (US$58.4 million) worth of equipment from Lam Research and Tokyo Electron for its 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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SPIL seeing orders shift away

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has seen some of its clients shift orders to other OSAT companies, and estimated more than NT$30 billion (US$893 million) worth of orders will be affected due to a potential acquisition of it by rival Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE).

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UMC expects flat performance in 1Q16

Foundry chipmaker United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments to stay flat sequentially in the first quarter of 2016, while softness in wafer ASPs will be offset by favorable NT dollar-US dollar exchange rate shifts.

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Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 150 million smartphones in 4Q15

Total shipments of smartphones by China-based vendors grew 8.8% on quarter and 18.3% on year to 154.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the latest data released by Digitimes Research.

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Corning reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 financial results

Corning has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2015.

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Casetek announces 4Q15 and 2015 results

Casetek, a chassis subsidiary of Pegatron Technology has announced operating revenues for the fourth quarter of 2015 of NT$12.33 billion (US$366.99 million), net profit of NT$2.16 billion, and EPS of NT$6.36.

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Realtek reports increased profits for 4Q15

IC design house Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$720 million (US$21.42 million) for the fourth quarter of 2015, up 20.4% sequentially. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.43 for the quarter.

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Providing Timing Synchronization in Ethernet Raises Many Issues

If you want to add Ethernet precision timing to a design, there are many choices to make.

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TI to Shutter Scotland Fab

Analog chip giant will close 150mm fab, transfer production to existing 200mm facilities.

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UMC Raises 2016 Capex to $2.2 Billion on Improving Outlook

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), the world's third-largest foundry, has raised its expected capital expenditure for 2016 to about $2.2 billion on expectations that the chip industry will emerge from a downturn around the second quarter of this year.

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Startup's Speech Recognition Hears Through Noise

very now and then, you see something that makes you say "Wow! I wish I'd thought of that!" This is one such occasion.

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Developing The Perfect IoT Battery

The ideal battery for IoT applications would favor energy density over power density, while minimizing battery self-discharge. An excellent battery technology for such applications is lithium thionyl chloride.

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The Actual Father of Electricity

Recently, while rummaging through the antique book section at my local bookstore, I came across Applied Electrical Measurements, written by Isaac F. Kinnard and copyrighted in 1956 by the General Electric Company. Being a geek for all things that make measurements possible I was giddy to add it to my library.

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VC Funding Up, Investing Down in Q4'15

Dow Jones Venture Source announced figures for venture capital funding and investment in the fourth quarter of 2015. Fundraising rose sharply while the number of funds remained the even, although investments in U.S.-based companies decreased.

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Set-Top Era Over, Says FCC

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a proposal to force pay-TV operators to adopt open formats so any systems or software developer can access their content.

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US firm patents flexible organic thin films for smartphone displays

A US-based thin-film technology developer says it has been granted a US patent for technology invented by Ashok Chaudhari and based on the work of the late Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, winner of the 1995 US Medal of Technology. The company Solar-Tectic LLC has developed the hybrid organic/inorganic thin-film which can be grown on inexpensive substrates, ...

US firm patents flexible organic thin films for smartphone displays

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A Match Made in Chip Verification Heaven: Simulation and Emulation

Given the complexity of chip designs and the various verification stages along the way, project teams use both simulation and emulation in their verification flows.

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Microsoft Open Sources Deep Learning, AI Toolkit On GitHub

Previously available to academic researchers, Microsoft's Computational Network Toolkit (CNTK) now has a friendlier open source license.

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ST Exits Set-Top Box Chip Biz, Plans Layoffs

STMicroelectronics NV has said it will stop developing products for the set-top box and home gateway markets and plans to lay off up to 1,400 workers out of its total headcount of more than 43,000.

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Could This Be The Hover Board?

It seems Max's dreams of riding his hover board around the neighborhood making even the coolest of cool kids turn green with envy may have to wait a while longer.

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Google's Deep Learning Comes to Movidius

Google will buy Movidius vision processing chips and license the entire Movidius software development environment. Google's goal is to expand its machine intelligence technology beyond the data center, by bringing it to mobile devices.

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India Preps RISC-V Processors

An India government lab expects to get up to $45 million to develop a 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor, while a team of academics is developing similar chips released as open source.

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Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Marvin Minsky Dead at 88

Minsky envisioned a future in which machines will possess intelligence as genuine as our own.

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Profile: RedRat, set-top box tester maker to the world

RedRat of Saffron Walden makes test equipment in the UK and exports 96% of its output – predominantly to America, South East Asia and India. The BBC, Sky, DirecTV, Comcast and Samsung are amongst the 300 customers it has supplied in over 40 countries – for testing set-top boxes, smart-TVs and broadcast equipment, amongst other things. Its main ...

Profile: RedRat, set-top box tester maker to the world

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GCHQ targets EM vulnerability of military systems

GCHQ’s information security arm and the UK’s National Technical Authority for Information Assurance has appointed an accredited laboratory in the UK to perform Tempest first-of-type platform testing. In addition to performing first-of-type platform testing, the laboratory run by TÜV SÜD will perform in-service Tempest testing to Ministry of Defence (MoD) requirements. Tempest testing is used ...

GCHQ targets EM vulnerability of military systems

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Verification is key as automotive chip design goes 28nm

IC design house Sondrel says that automotive SoC design is now starting to focus around  the 28nm process node. This is now a well-established and high yield node and so will support the automotive sector’s need for dielectric isolation (leakage current v speed trade off). This will mean that IC designers must address the design ...

Verification is key as automotive chip design goes 28nm

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Why LED lighting is so important to the chip market

The incandescent light bulb will soon no longer be the go-to choice for lighting. It has been a long time coming, but the cost structures normally associated with LED equivalents have dropped dramatically over the past 5 years or so, writes Tony Armstrong. It should be noted that the general LED lighting market represents around 57% ...

Why LED lighting is so important to the chip market

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3.3V clamp diode protects fast data lines

Vishay has released two bi-directional symmetrical (BiSy) ESD protection diodes for 3.3V working in portable electronics – they come in a 0.6 x 0.3 x 0.27mm package. Maximum leakage is <0.1μA at 3.3V, and typical capacitance is <0.29pF for 2.5A 45W VBUS03B1-SD0 and <14pF for the 6A 78W VCUT03E1-SD0 – ratings are for IEC 61000-4-5 8/20μs ...

3.3V clamp diode protects fast data lines

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SEMI book-to-bill 0.99 in December

The Semi book-to-bill ratio was 0.99 in December. December bookings were $1.34 billion, 8.6% higher than the November level of $1.24 billion and 2.8% lower than the December 2014 bookings level of $1.38 billion. December billings were $1.35 billion – 4.9% higher than the November level of $1.29 billion and 3.2% percent lower than the ...

SEMI book-to-bill 0.99 in December

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Inotera, Nanya post revenue and profit drops in 2015

Inotera Memories and Nanya Technology have both reported revenue and profit declines for 2015, as a result of falling DRAM ASPs.

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North American semiconductor equipment industry posts December book-to-bill ratio of 0.99, says SEMI

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.34 billion in orders worldwide in December 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.99, according to SEMI. A book-to-bill of 0.99 means that US$99 worth of orders were received for every US$100 of product billed for the month.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan panel shipments increase 2.7% in 4Q15

Taiwan panel makers' shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels reached 60.14 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 2.6% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.

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ST to close STB operation with 1400 job losses

ST is to close its set-top box operation which will result in job losses of around 1,400 people and the redeployment of 600 others. 430 jobs will be lost in France, 670 in Asia and 120 in the USA. ST’s Q4 saw profit drop to $2 million, revenue drop 5.5% sequentially to $1.67 billion, the ...

ST to close STB operation with 1400 job losses

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Taiwan Star Cellular aims at over 1 million 4G users by end of 2016

Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Star Cellular has set a goal of exceeding one million subscribers by the end of 2016, 3.5 times the number at present, according to company president Cliff Lai.

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Apple reports record fiscal 1Q16 results

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 first quarter ended December 26, 2015. The Company posted record quarterly revenues of US$75.9 billion and record quarterly net income of US$18.4 billion, or US$3.28 per diluted share.

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The global market for smart street solutions expected to reach US$5.3 billion by 2024, says Navigant

Technology is changing the way city streets are used, experienced, and managed, transforming them from points of physical connection to networked landscapes that enable a range of service innovations. According to a new report from Navigant Research, the global market for smart street solutions will grow from US$552.2 million in 2015 to US$5.3 billion by 2024.

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EMEA PC market contracted by 18.2%, says IDC

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an 18.2% decrease on year, according to IDC. After a strong shipment push of devices under Microsoft's Bing promotion from summer 2014 to January 2015, the focus for hardware manufacturers and their channel partners has been to deplete stock, leading to an 18% contraction for 2015 with 76.3 million PCs shipped in EMEA.

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Unity Opto Technology launches LED panel lights for aquariums

LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has launched LED panel lights specifically for use in aquariums for sale under own brand ONF.

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Increasing adoption of Ultra HD panels for notebooks may push down prices

As notebook brand vendors including Asustek Computer, Lenovo, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Micro-Star International (MSI) have been using Ultra HD panels for their high-end models, the increasing adoption is likely to drive down related panel prices, according to supply chain makers.

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Foxconn Interconnect Technology acquires Avago optical module business

Foxconn Interconnect Technology, a connector and cable harness maker belonging to the Foxconn Group, on January 26 announced that it has finished acquisition of the optical module business unit and related assets under US-based Avago Technologies.

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Tainergy expected to report profit for 2015, says paper

Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech is expected to record net EPS of NT$0.90-1.00 (US$0.027-0.030) for 2015, according to the Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN).

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Taiwan market: TWM launches VoLTE services

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has launched VoLTE (voice over LTE) services based on SRVCC (single radio voice call continuity) technology which features seamless switching from VoLTE to 3G to enable voice communications when users are beyond a 4G network. The service is available for users of iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus initially, according to the company.

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Digitimes Research: Vendors showcase more applications to promote personal security at CES 2016

Smart home device and service vendors were showcasing more devices and service applications dedicated to the promotion of personal security at the recently concluded CES 2016, according to Digitimes Research.

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Global 3Q15 smartphone and tablet AP markets decline, says Strategy Analytics

The global markets for smartphone and tablet applications processors (AP) both fell compared to a year earlier in the third quarter of 2015, according to Strategy Analytics.

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Huawei to lead smartphone vendors in shipment growth in 2016

Huawei is expected to lead smartphone vendors with the highest shipment growth rate in 2016 as other brands including Samsung Electronics, Apple and Xiaomi are likely to see their shipments stay flat or even decline on year, according to industry sources.

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HMI seeing weak 1Q16, but expects growth to restore starting 2Q

Electron beam (e-beam) inspection tool and solution provider Hermes Microvision (HMI) expects to post a weak first quarter of 2016, but sales will return to a sequential growth track starting the second quarter.

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Giantplus to run at full capacity through 1H16, says report

Giantplus Technologies expects to continue operations throughout the Lunar New Year holiday period as it is currently running at full capacity to meet demand from smartphone vendors, according to a report from UDN.

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EEVblog #845 – Oscilloscope FFT Comparison

Dave compares the FFT modes on 7 different oscilloscopes:
Rohde & Schwarz HMO1202 Series
Tektronix MDO3000
Keysight 3000X Touch
Lecroy WaveJet 354 Touch
GW Instek GDS-1104B
Rigol DS1054Z
Rigol DS2000
Which is the best?
Which one sucks the most?
Forum HERE

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Apple Forecasts First Quarterly Sales Decline Since 2003

Despite record quarterly sales and profit, Apple's stock takes a hit after firm forecasts a year-over-year sales decline due largely to a strong U.S. Dollar.

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Google Glass Sharpens Focus On Enterprise

Signs point to a sharper focus on the enterprise as Google Glass 2 designs surface and Google's consumer social media accounts for Glass shut down.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (1/24-1/30)

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

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The IoT Library: For Industrial Man-Machine Interfaces, Keep It Simple

One trick for easing the interface between human and machine is to match the complexity of the part you use to the complexity of the job in hand.

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Smart Watches Aid Workers at Sensor Assembly Plant

ANDERSON, SC—Workers at an automotive sensor factory here are wearing smart watches to alert them to production faults on the assembly line.

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You Gotta See This!

One can only imagine their sense of wonder if young kids could see these projected animations with their own eyes.

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SMIC to Benefit from $3 Billion Investment

The Shanghai Integrated Circuit Investment Fund (SICIF) has announced a plan to invest 20 billion yuan (about $3 billion) in foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) and two other Shanghai-based chip manufacturers, according to a Moody's Investors Service report.

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ISSCC Focuses on Image Processors for Autonomous Cars

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Automotive Ethernet Moving to Time-Sensitive Environments

Automotive systems designers need to understand current and emerging automotive technologies that require TSN over Ethernet, and how IP can be leveraged to meet the complex requirements.

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GPS module gets access to Galileo

Swiss GPS module maker uBlox has added Galileo satellite navigation reception to its M8 series. Galileo reception comes as part of the FW 3.01 software update and allows any M8 product to track: Galileo, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS and SBAS. BeiDou acquisition sensitivity has been boosted, and the Indian GAGAN augmentation system added. Power consumption is said to ...

GPS module gets access to Galileo

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Differential Phase & Gain Impact Video Quality

Learn how to measure differential phase & gain on a video ADC. The output has a direct effect on luminance and chrominance.

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Wireless cars must make test connection, says Keysight

Connected cars with wireless communications links, telematics and vehicle advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) will require increasing levels of electronic test, write John Russell, Bill Mckinley and Matt Hodgetts The technological sophistication of modern automobiles means that they are very different from the models of the past. In many areas conventional mechanical systems have been ...

Wireless cars must make test connection, says Keysight

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Sony buys Altair Semiconductor

Sony has bought Israeli LTE specialist Altair Semiconductor for $212 million. Sony’s intention is to marry its sensor prowess with Altair’s cellular capabilities to produce cellular connected networks for IoT. Ten year-old fabless Altair, founded by former TI execs, employs 220 people. The company has raised $120 million in venture capital

Sony buys Altair Semiconductor

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What if … we had radar that recognized us from the way we walk?

Sensors placed everywhere generating a broad stream of data will be the basis of applications for the internet of things of the future. These will be sensors that are many times smarter and more sensitive than the ones we have today. They will also be produced and installed in far greater numbers and be much ...

What if … we had radar that recognized us from the way we walk?

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Infineon launches SupIRBuck regulators

Today Infineon introduced the PMBus SupIRBuck voltage regulator family of DC-DC regulators with I²C/PMBus interface. The integrated PWM controller, MOSFETs and Bootstrap diode make them suitable For low output voltage and high current applications. Due to the programmable digital interface with remote testing using telemetry, customers will benefit from reduced design and test times. The SupIRBuck ...

Infineon launches SupIRBuck regulators

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Infineon launches SupIRBuck regulators

Today Infineon introduced the PMBus SupIRBuck voltage regulator family of DC-DC regulators with I²C/PMBus interface. The integrated PWM controller, MOSFETs and Bootstrap diode make them suitable For low output voltage and high current applications. Due to the programmable digital interface with remote testing using telemetry, customers will benefit from reduced design and test times. The SupIRBuck ...

Infineon launches SupIRBuck regulators

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Mouser, Fairchild, Littelfuse and Amphenol team up for USB Type-C

Mouser, Fairchild, Littelfuse, and Amphenol are co-operating to deliver the building blocks of  USB Type-C products. With suggested data rates up to 10Gbps and up to 100W of power and a reversible interface for mating, USB Type-C technology delivers a multifunctional, single cable for audio/video, data, and power. Fairchild’s USB Type-C portfolio includes discretes ranging from controllers to power switches ...

Mouser, Fairchild, Littelfuse and Amphenol team up for USB Type-C

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Sony acquires LTE chipmaker Altair Semiconductor

Sony announced on January 26 that it has reached an agreement with Altair Semiconductor and its major shareholders to acquire the company. The purchase price is US$212 million, and Sony expects to complete the acquisition in early February 2016.

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Global 2016 IC market to rise 4%, says IC Insights

Market research firm IC Insights has forecast that the global IC market will log a 4% increase in 2016, and fab capacity utilization rates will range from 90% to 93% with 12-inch fab capacity utilization rates coming higher at about 95%.

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GeoSat Aerospace & Technology uses drones to inspect PV modules

GeoSat Aerospace & Technology, a provider of satellite-based navigation, location, remote sensing and GIS (geographic information system) services, has used drones equipped with near infrared sensing instruments to inspect PV modules of rooftop PV systems or ground-mounted PV power-generating stations to detect abnormal hot spots or other defects for maintenance, according to the company.

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Taiwan LED makers expected to benefit from US objection to Philips selling Lumileds, says report

Philips has canceled the planned sale of an 80.1% stake in Philips Lumileds Lighting to China-based GO Scale Capital due to objections from US authorities concerned for the sake of national security. The move is expected to free Taiwan-based LED chip makers of the worries that China-based makers would obtain more than 2,000 patents from Lumileds via the sale and thereby pose a large competitive threat, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report.

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New Vision Display acquires OSD Displays

New Vision Display (NVD) has announced the completion of its acquisition of Florida-based OSD Displays – a provider of custom OLED, TFT and STN displays. OSDDisplays will continue to support its existing customer base, operating as a division of New Vision Display.

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SK Hynix reports revenue and profit growth for 2015

SK Hynix has announced consolidated revenues for 2015 increased 10% to KRW18.8 trillion (US$558.9 million) while operating profits grew 4% to KRW5.3 trillion. Net profits for the year came to KRW4.3 trillion, up 3% from 2014 levels.

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Fingerprint sensor market growth continues upward trajectory, says IHS

Fingerprint sensors, used primarily for mobile device login and payment security systems, have become an expected feature in high-end smartphones and, to a lesser extent, in tablets and notebooks. Led by Apple's iPhone, shipments of fingerprint sensors have grown from 316 million in 2014 to 499 million in 2015 and will continue to increase each year to peak at 1.6 billion in 2020, according to IHS.

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Oversupply to overshadow LCD market in 2016, says IHS

The ongoing issue of LCD oversupply – exacerbated by China's aggressive investment in production capacity as well as high fab utilization – will continue well into 2016. The supply of large-area LCD is expected to be 14% greater than demand in 2016, up from 12% in 2015, according to IHS.

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Second-generation Apple Watch to enter mass production in 2Q15

The second-generation Apple Watch is expected to enter mass production in the second quarter with Quanta Computer to be the sole manufacturer of the device, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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China market: Meizu to cut personnel, says report

China-based vendor smartphone Meizu plans to slash its workforce as part of its restructuring plan, with less than 5% of its total 4,000 employees to be affected, according to China-based sina.com report.

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Sony to Acquire Altair Semi For $212 Million

Japanese electronics giant plans to combine existing sensing technologies with Israeli startups LTE chipsets for new breed of IoT products.

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Which Coding Standard is Best for Embedded Software?

Even beginners can read the Embedded C Coding Standard in only one evening, but it will dramatically change the way they write their programs in the future.

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Cardboard Energy Harvester

EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, France) has invented a cardboard energy harvester suitable for wireless push-button switches and other similar applications.

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Linux Framework Attracts Support

A new working group will shepherd the OpenAMP framework for supporting multiple operating systems and processors within a system.

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Asia Pacific Telecom chairman to obtain 100% stake in Macquarie APTT Management

Lu Fang-ming, chairman for mobile telecom carrier Asia Pacific Telecom and vice president for Foxconn Electronics, has announced that Dynami Vision, a new company he wholly owns, will acquire a 100% stake in Singapore-based Macquarie APTT Management, a contract managing company of Singapore-listed APTT (Asian Pay Television Trust).

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China December mobile phone user base grows to 1.306 billion, says MIIT

There were 1.306 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2015, growing 0.16% on month and 1.53% on year, and 399.10 million (30.57%) of them were 3G users, 386.23 million (29.58%) were 4G users and 964.47 million (73.86%) were mobile Internet-access users, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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ASE-SPIL merger might result in orders loss, says report

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) acquisition of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) will be a positive for other IC assembly and test services companies, according to a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Order visibility prior to Lunar New Year remains unclear, say Taiwan IC designers

Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about the first quarter of 2016 citing unclear order visibility. Customers are still reluctant to place orders despite the approach of the Lunar New Year, according to sources at the companies.

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China Electric wins Yunlin County procurement of 19,000 LED street lamps

Taiwan-based lighting product vendor China Electric Mfg. at an open bid held by the government of Yunlin County, central Taiwan, to procure 61,400 LED street lamps at a budget of NT$460 million (US$13.7 million), has won procurement of 19,000 units, according to industry sources.

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Asustek eyes 30 million smartphone shipments in 2016; to push shipments in India, Brazil, Russia and Africa

Asustek Computer is aiming to ship 30 million smartphones in 2016 and become a worldwide top-10 smartphone vendor. To achieve the goal, India, Brazil, Russia and Africa will become major targeting markets for Asustek in 2016, according to sources from market watchers.

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Holtek posts record profits for 2015

Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard microcontrollers (MCU) and consumer electronics IC solutions, has reported record net profits of NT$806.8 million (US$24 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$3.97 billion for 2015. EPS came to NT$3.57.

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TSMC orders equipment worth NT$7 billion

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced two purchases of machinery equipment and engineering facilities for a total of NT$7.09 billion (US$211.5 million) from Dacin Construction, Fu Tsu Construction and Topco Scientific.

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Philips' $3 billion Lumileds Deal Blocked by US

Royal Philips (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has announced that a deal to sell an 80.1 percent interest in Lumileds, a vendor of LED-based lighting, has been terminated, because of concerns within the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

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Semiconductor R&D Spending Slows

The semiconductor industry spent slightly more on R&D in 2015, but the rate of growth was among the lowest on record, according to IC Insights.

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Mind-Blowing Special Effects

When Max's dad was first exposed to modern special effects in movies, he came out of the cinema with his hair standing up on end.

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ISSCC Focuses on Image Processors for Autonomous Cars

Upcoming International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) turns 63 and still promises never-before-seen silicon. Yet the boundaries between a one-off laboratory animal and a full commercial product release can be impressively small.

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Engineering Bloopers at DesignCon 2016

Steve Sandler's session on engineering bloopers was a hit at DesignCon 2016. In this video, he describes a logic gate whose design makes the chip impossible to properly decouple and about impedances that don't match.

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High-Temperature Electronics Operate at 300 degrees C

Sensors and actuators in industrial applications are increasingly deployed in environments with high temperatures. In the joint R&D project HOT 300, five Fraunhofer institutes have developed a number of basic technology components for high-temperature microsystems.

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VCO+PLL cuts phase noise in basestations

Analog Devices is aiming at basestations with a phased-locked loop (PLL) synthesiser with integrated voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). Called ADF4355, typical phase noise is -144dBc/Hz (1MHz offset) at 1.7GHz (typical), integrated jitter is ~150fsrms and the IC operates up to 6.8GHz. “The device’s higher frequency band offers throughput advances for makers of point-to-point microwave links, point-to-multipoint ...

VCO+PLL cuts phase noise in basestations

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Qualcomm, TDK Prep $3bn RF Joint Venture

Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) and TDK Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) have agreed to form a joint venture - RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. - to deliver radio frequency modules and filters for multiple applications, including IoT, drones, robotics and automotive electronics.

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Chip Stacks Take New Tacks

Chip stacks will be key to advances in semiconductors, but in logic TSVs are waning while fan-out techniques and SiPs are on the rise.

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Cool Computer-Controlled 3D Carving Machines

This powerful technology is capable of creating precision parts and designs from materials like wood, plastic, and metal.

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Why Integrated Cloud PLM Guarantees Product Lifecycle Visibility

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Shipping delays, quality failures and product delays can occur when your engineering and operations teams aren’t in sync. This whitepaper examines how an integrated cloud PLM system helps your product development teams have god-like visibility across their complete product lifecycle.

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Fingerprint sensors growing fast, says IHS

The fingerprint sensor market has grown from a 316 million unit market in 2014 to 499 million in 2015 and will continue to increase each year to reach 1.6 billion in 2020, says IHS.  Apple, which acquired fingerprint-sensor maker Authentec in 2012, continued to lead the fingerprint sensor market in 2015. Fingerprint Cards (FPC) was No.2 with Samsung and ...

Fingerprint sensors growing fast, says IHS

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Silicon Motion Proactively Launches 3D NAND Controllers

Client SSDs appear to be the early target for 3D NAND, even as planar TLC is still getting adoption and few vendors are actually shipping product in high volumes

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Protect Industry Against Cyberattack with These 7 Steps

A report from the Department of Homeland Security recommends seven strategies for protecting industrial control networks against cyberattack.

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On Resumes

A resume has to be a compelling sales document; here are some pointers.

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Government pumps cash into electric vehicle research

The government is giving £31m to a group of vehicle makers to create lightweight diesel engines, high energy density batteries, hybrid light commercial vehicles, fuel efficient hybrid engines and energy efficient off highway vehicles. This is part of a wider £74m commitment by the government. The group includes Jaguar Land Rover, the London Taxi Company ...

Government pumps cash into electric vehicle research

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Green Hills adds security to 64-bit ARM and Intel processors

Green Hills Software is offering a real-time, fast-boot platform for securely combining consumer operating systems such as Linux, QNX, Android or Windows with safety- and security-critical software on 64-bit multicore processors. Based on the supplier’s Integrity real-time operating system, the Multivisor virtualisation platform supports both ARM and Intel 64-bit architectures. Green Hills Software’s secure virtualisation ...

Green Hills adds security to 64-bit ARM and Intel processors

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PCB maker Apex reports strong earnings for 2015

PCB maker Apex International has reported net profits of NT$145 million (US$4.32 million) for the fourth quarter of 2015, down 41.8% sequentially but up 125.4% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$1.18 for the quarter.

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Foxconn invests in high-tech construction company Katerra

Icreate Investments, an investment arm of Foxconn Electronics, has invested US$51 million to take a 10.7% stake in the US-based smart building solution vendor Katerra, according to a Taipei-based Central News Agency (CNA) report.

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Asia Pacific PC market dips 8% in 2015, says IDC

PC shipments in Asia Pacific (including Japan) totaled 107.6 million units in 2015, according to IDC's preliminary results. This accounted for a 7.7% on-year decrease and a steeper contraction from the 5.7% on-year drop in 2014. In the fourth quarter of 2015, the market declined by 6.5% on year, reaching 26.9 million units, in line with IDC's initial forecasts.

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Senao Networks poised to acquire industrial computing device makers

Wireless networking/communication device maker Senao Networks has stepped into developing industrial computing technology and plans to acquire industrial computing device makers to expand R&D, according to company chairman Tommy Tsai.

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Korea government invests in public displays, says report

The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as US$6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News.

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ODMs eye gaming notebook orders

Seeing competition growing fierce in the gaming notebook market, notebook ODMs have been aggressively looking to land related orders from brand vendors. Compal Electronics is the manufacturer of Dell's Alienware series gaming notebooks, while Clevo has acquired gaming notebook orders from China-based Haier and Hasee as well as Europe-based Medion.

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Ennoconn to invest in Kontron Canada

Ennoconn, an industrial motherboard and all-in-one POS (point of sale/service) maker belonging to the Foxconn Group, will enhance cooperation with Germany-based embedded industrial computing solution developer Kontron AG by investing US$57.3 million for a 49% stake in Kontron's Canada-based subsidiary Kontron Canada, according to Ennoconn.

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TV continues to lead advertising market in Japan, online advertising coming on strong, says IHS

Though the Web would seem to be the obvious go-to medium for advertisers in the smartphone era, Japan-based advertisers are still primarily focusing their attention on TV commercials to deliver their brand message. In 2015, TV commercials accounted for 41% of total net advertising revenues in Japan, the world's third largest advertising market, while online ads made up only 23%. This situation stands in contrast to other mature markets, such as the US, UK, Australia and Nordic countries, where online ads dominate with an over 50% share, according to IHS.

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LTE testing equipment maker Alifecom looks to expand sales

Taiwan-based Alifecom Technology, which focuses on developing and manufacturing mobile wireless test solutions, plans to push sales of wireless testing devices, particularly LTE testing devices, into the IoT markets in the US, Europe and Asia, according to the company.

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Worldwide public cloud services spending forecast to double by 2019, says IDC

According to IDC, worldwide spending on public cloud services will grow at a 19.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) -- almost six times the rate of overall IT spending growth - from nearly US$70 billion in 2015 to more than US$141 billion in 2019. The new spending guide expands on IDC's previous public cloud services forecasts by offering greater detail on industry and geographic spending levels.

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Global revenues from solar PV installations expected to top US$1.2 trillion from 2015-2024, says Navigant

The global electric power industry is evolving into a model that offers more diversity, both in terms of generation and in the ownership of generation assets, and solar photovoltaic (PV) is one technology at the head of this change. Following years of unsustainable pricing and oversupply, demand for solar PV systems has finally caught up, with 2015 expected to be the year when the global solar PV market shifts and starts to compete with other technologies. According to a recent report from Navigant Research, global revenue from solar PV installations is expected to total more than US$1.2 trillion from 2015-2024.

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China Internet user base tops 688 million at end of 2015, says CNNIC

The number of Internet users in China increased to an estimated 688.26 million at the end of 2015, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

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Taiwan December manufacturing production index down on year, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 105.76 for December 2015, increasing 3.43% on month but decreasing 5.52% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

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Neo Solar Power lowers utilization at PV module plant

Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power, in response to decreased orders for PV modules, has lowered the utilization of production capacity at its PV module factory in Chunan, northern Taiwan, according to company CEO Sam Hong.

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Gigabyte 2015 EPS estimated at NT$2.90-3.10

Gigabyte Technology is expected to record net EPS of NT$2.90-3.10 for 2015 business operations, slipping 18.8-24.1% on year, according to market analysts.

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HTC announces key promotions

HTC has announced the promotions of Jason Mackenzie to global executive vice president and Andre Lonne, his successor as president of HTC Americas.

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Imagination may sell Pure

Imagination Technologies is considering a sale of its Pure digital radio business, a cut-back in its R&D spend and a sale and leaseback of its HQ, reports The Sunday Times. Pure is expected by analyst to lose £4.4 million this year. Imagination’s share has halved in the last three months to 122p and, in the ...

Imagination may sell Pure

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EEVblog #844 – Solar Panel Replacement

Dave replaces the shattered LG Mono-X solar panel on his home rooftop solar power system.
PV Output
Forum HERE

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Toshiba to Gut Chip Biz Sans Nand

Toshiba Corp. has decided to gut the company's semiconductor business-except for its NAND flash memory products, Japan's economic newspaper Nikkei reported Saturday morning.

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Security Outlook Bleak, Improving

The rise of the Internet of Things with more devices and data means many more security breaches are ahead but so are more secure SoCs, said an expert at DesignCon.

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Renesas releases award-winning ARM MCUs

Renesas Electronics has released software and microcontrollers for its Synergy development platform. The platform, winner of the 2015 Elektra Internet of Things Product Innovation Award, is notable because its software is pre-qualified for the development of embedded applications. The software combines a real-time operating system with drivers, libraries, software stacks, and application framework. All software ...

Renesas releases award-winning ARM MCUs

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Interesting Kickstarter: Electronic Hobby Projects Delivered to Your Door

Imagine each month an orange box arriving at your door containing the components and instructions to build that month's electronic hobby project.

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Embedded Board Standards Reach for the Sky, and Beyond

Standards-based modular systems continue to expand their range of applications in rugged and safety-critical systems design.

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Multiphase Power Supplies: Not Just For High Current

Power supplies with multiple phases have been traditionally used in applications such as servers, desktop personal computers and laptop computers. These systems require very high current, low-voltage supplies to power core processors. The currents in these applications can be in the hundreds of amperes. In recent years, designers of high-end audio systems have started to take advantage of the multiphase approach as well.

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The future of microwave cooking is solid-state

Microwave cookers are about to change as magnetrons are replaced by more flexible solid-state energy sources – or so says RF power transistor maker Ampleon, which was part of NXP until last year. It’s all about cooking speed and cooking control. The venerable magnetron does a fine job delivering microwave power, many would say, and ...

The future of microwave cooking is solid-state

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IC industry R&D grew 0.5% last year, says IC Insights

Semiconductor industry R&D spend grew by  0.5% in 2015, which was the smallest increase since the 2009 downturn year and significantly below the CAGR of 4% in R&D expenditures during the last 10 years, according to IC Insights’ McClean RePort 2016. The half-percent increase nudged worldwide R&D spending by semiconductor companies to a new record-high ...

IC industry R&D grew 0.5% last year, says IC Insights

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UltraSoC block gives SoC developers more debug choices

UltraSoC has developed Universal Streaming Communicator (USC) IP which allows the UltraSoC intelligent on-chip infrastructure to communicate via a broad range of physical media and commonly used serial communications protocols. This empowers silicon development teams to choose exactly the right debug methodology and architecture for any SoC, from cost-sensitive to high performance, says the company. The USC IP block ...

UltraSoC block gives SoC developers more debug choices

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Foxconn bids for Sharp

Foxconn’s four year pursuit of Sharp may be coming to an end with its $5 billion bid for the Japanese company. Back in 2012 Foxconn was discussing taking a 10% share in Sharp in return for $800 million but, as Sharp’s financial position declined and its share price fell, the amount Foxconn was prepared to ...

Foxconn bids for Sharp

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Quanta to increase investment in subsidiary ThinkTech

Quanta Computer will increase its investment in subsidiary ThinkTech Ind. E Com. DE Informatca SA by US$27.2 million.

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Foxconn ramps up Pepper robot output in China, say reports

Japan-based Softbank has announced it will begin selling its Pepper robots at 100 physical Softbank Shops on January 28, indicating that its production partner Foxconn Electronics has ramped up production, according to Japan-based media reports.

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Taiwan market: Dell launches XPS 13, XPS 15 notebooks

Dell has launched two Windows 10 notebooks, the 13-inch XPS 13 equipped with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor and 15-inch XPS 15 equipped with Core i7 processor in the Taiwan market. Both have Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 2GB GDDR5 GPUs. The XPS 13 is priced at NT$39,900-69,900 (US$1,186-2,078 and XPS 15 at NT$62,900-89,900 mainly depending on memory capacity, storage and display resolution, according to Dell Taiwan.

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Pegatron to buy back 50 million shares

Pegatron Technology on January 21 announced it will buy back 50 million common shares of its stock at a price interval of NT$46.30-80.00 (US$1.37-2.37) per share during the period from January 22 to March 21, 2016, or a maximum spend of NT$4 billion.

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Digitimes Research: Non-gaming VR applications showcased at CES 2016

VR (virtual reality) devices showcased at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) highlighted many applications beyond gaming to include education, medical care, social networking and industrial design, according to Digitimes Research.

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Over 300 exhibitors to be at 2016 Taipei Game Show

The 2016 Taipei Game Show will take place during January 29-February 2, with more than 300 exhibitors occupying about 2,000 booths, according to organizer, the Taipei Computer Association (TCA).

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Ruten to apply for listing in Hong Kong

Ruten, a C2C online auction platform operated by PChome eBay, will apply for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the first half of 2016 and expects to be listed as soon as the end of 2016 or in the first half of 2017, according to PChome eBay chairman Jan Hung-tze.

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LG increasing monthly capacity at LCD facilities

LG Display will increase monthly capacity at its Guangzhou-based LCD production facilities from 90,000 substrates to 120,000 by the end of 2016.

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Digitimes Research: Amazon launches Alpine chips to support its entertainment services

Following the acquisition of Annapurna Labs in January 2015, Amazon has recently launched its Alpine family chips for front-end network and multimedia applications. The Internet service provider aims to eliminate some transmission performance bottlenecks in front-end networks through Alpine solutions so as to facilitate the development of its multimedia entertainment services, according to Digitimes Research.

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Asustek, Gigabyte to ship 4.2-4.5 million own-brand motherboards each in 1Q16

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology are expected to ship 4.2-4.5 million own-brand motherboards in the first quarter of 2016, increasing 5-10% on quarter but slightly decreasing on year, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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China enterprises plan to step into production of N-type HIT solar cells

China-based enterprises, including Tianjin Zhinghuan Semiconductor, Jinneng Clean Energy Technology and China Power International Development, plan to invest in development and production of N-type HIT (heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer) crystalline silicon solar cells, according to industry sources.

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Full-duplex Wi-Fi developer raises $25m

Kumu Networks, the full-duplex W-iFi developer, has completed a Series C funding round raising another $25 million from Cisco, Verizon, Deutsche Telekom and Swisscom to add to the $20.4 million raised in its Series A and B funding rounds. Five year-old Kumu says that its full-duplex Wi-Fi technology allows radios to both transmit and receive ...

Full-duplex Wi-Fi developer raises $25m

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Friday Quiz: USB Type-C Connector, Part 2

Four more questions about USB Type-C connector that you need to answer.

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EEVblog #843 – David’s rPrint 3D Printer Design

David tells us how he designed his rPrint 3D printer. A university project he has been working on for the last 9 months.
Everything is custom, including the world’s lightest weight direct drive extruder head, Sarrus linkage build plate, linear rail guides, and his awesome bubble enclosure.
Not to mention his own custom controller, gcode interpreter, and highly optimised C++ string libraries.

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Huawei, Xiaomi to release sub-13-inch 2-in-1 devices

China-based Huawei Device is set to launch its first notebook in April using a 12.9-inch display and Windows 10, while Xiaomi Technology will launch a notebook with a sub-13-inch display and a dual-operating system (OS) design using Windows 10 and MIUI, according to a Chinese-language NetEase report.

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Clevo will not be affected by weak economy in China; to stop purchasing land, says chairman

Commenting on China's economy, Clevo chairman Kent Hsu said that the situation is not really good and property prices may take a long time to fall, but Clevo's real estate business will not be impacted by the upcoming downturn since most of its land was purchased at cheap prices. However, the company will stop purchasing land for the time being to observe the market.

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Average panel size increases in 4Q15, says MIC

Large-area LCD panels have been widely used for three major applications: notebooks, monitors and TVs. The global large-area LCD panel industry had a shipment volume of 148.4 million units in the third quarter of 2015, up 1.7% compared to the previous quarter. LCD TV panels had the highest growth rate of 3.1%, followed by monitors 0.9% and notebook panels 0.1%, according to MIC.

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

Taiwan had 453,000 jobless citizens in December 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.87% which dropped 0.04pp on month but rose 0.08pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on January 22.

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SAS adopts Huawei Technologies-developed FusionSolar smart PV solution

Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on January 21 had its Cayman Islands-registered subsidiary SAS Sunrise sign an MoU with China-based telecom and networking equipment vendor Huawei Technologies for adopting FusionSolar, a Huawei-developed smart solution for PV power-generating stations, as well as cooperation to promote Huawei-produced PV inverters and the development of PV power-generating stations around the world, according to SAS.

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ITRI starts operating Copper-electroplating Solar Cell Technology Platform

The Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories under the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on January 21 formally began operating a Copper-electroplating Solar Cell Technology Platform to allow Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers to undertake R&D using copper-electroplating technology and small-volume trial production at relatively low costs and risks, according to general director Robert Hu for the laboratories.

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Worldwide spending on 3D printing forecast to grow at a CAGR of 27% to more than US$26 billion in 2019, says IDC

According to IDC, global spending on 3D printing will grow at a 27% CAGR from nearly US$11 billion in 2015 to US$26.7 billion in 2019.

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China market: Force touch sensor demand to increase in 2H16

More China-based Android phone developers are ready to roll out new models featuring force touch screens in 2016, but orders for force touch sensors from China are unlikely to see significant increases until the second half of 2016, according to sources at Taiwan-based touchscreen IC specialists.

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Pure-play foundries put capex focus on 10nm processes, says Applied executive

The 2016 capex focus of pure-play IC foundries will be on 10nm process technology, according to Applied Materials Taiwan president Erix Yu. About half of the foundries' combined capex for the year will be spent on their respective 10nm process nodes.

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ChipMOS Bermuda, ChipMOS Taiwan to merge

ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced plans to merge with its 58.3%-owned subsidiary ChipMOS Technologies (ChipMOS Taiwan), with ChipMOS Taiwan to be the surviving company.

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Taiwan market: Smartphone sales to reach 7.5-8.0 million units in 2016

Smartphone sales in the Taiwan market are expected to stay flat at 7.5-8.0 million units in 2016 as compared to a year earlier, according to sources from local retail channels.

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Will Xilinx Join the M&A Party?

Speculation holds that Qualcomm may be targeting Xilinx for acquisition after programmable logic vendor's recent regulatory filing.

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IoT Shoots for the Stars

Arrayent, the inventor of the Connect Platform for Internet of Things brands such as Whirlpool, Pentair, Maytag Commercial Laundry, LiftMaster, and more just landed $15 million in Series C funding.

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Facebook Gears up for VR

Facebook announced today new software techniques for encoding and streaming video including video from 360-degree cameras and for virtual reality goggles. Clearly the Web giant wants to drive more rich content to its data centers, whether or not you think the Oculus Rift and its competitors will be big hits or belly flops this year.

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Mind-Bogglingly Stupid Rumors & Websites

Are you aware of any websites that purport to tell the truth about something so outrageously stupid that it brings tears to your eyes?

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Over-The-Air Charging Is The Future

The future of wireless charging doesn't lie in current coil-based systems, which aren't "really revolutionary." Further, standardization won't drive wireless charging adoption among consumers.

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Ford to use ADI single pair audio bus in cars

Ford has decided base its in-car infotainment network technology on a data networking systems supplied by Analog Devices. Called selected the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B), it is used to distribute audio and control data together with clock and power over a single, unshielded twisted-pair wire. The attraction of using a single, unshielded twisted-pair wire is that it ...

Ford to use ADI single pair audio bus in cars

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Cisco invests in IoT-in-the-cloud firm

Cisco’s corporate venture capital arm is making an investment in Kii, the Japanese cloud services provider used by internet of things (IoT) device developers. Cisco sees potential in Kii’s cloud software approach to facilitating the development of both business/industrial and consumer-focused IoT applications. A new Kii cloud software, dubbed the Thing Interaction Framework, focuses on common IoT use ...

Cisco invests in IoT-in-the-cloud firm

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Sony To Use FD-SOI in Stacked Image Sensors

At the FD-SOI Forum held here Thursday, the biggest FD-SOI news, which surfaced as chatter during coffee breaks at the Forum, is that Sony is looking to use FD-SOI for image signal processor on chip stack CMOS Image Sensors.

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Updated: Graphene tunes THz laser for the first time

Researchers at the University of Manchester have used graphene to actively tune output of a terahertz quantum cascade laser (QCL). This is the first time live control over the output spectrum of QCLs has been demonstrated, and it could lead to real-world applications – see more below. Quantum cascade lasers are not new. Physically, a ...

Updated: Graphene tunes THz laser for the first time

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Report: Analog, TI Both Pass on Maxim Purchase

Both Texas Instruments Inc. and Analog Devices Inc. have decided not to pursue an acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products Inc. according to a Bloomberg report that referenced unnamed sources.

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Curved LCD TV panel shipments expected to surpass 10 million in 2016

Curved LCD TV panel shipments are expected to surpass the 10 million mark in 2016 to approximately 12.5 million due to reduced pricing.

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Asustek gives BYD orders for about 1.5 million notebooks in 2016

Asustek Computer reportedly has outsourced orders for about 1.5 million notebooks to China-based EMS provider BYD, equivalent to less than 10% of Asustek's total notebook shipments in 2016, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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China market: Market share of smart TV vendors to change drastically in 2016

The landscape of the smart TV market in China is expected to undergo a drastic change in 2016 as local brands including Skyworth, Hisense and TCL have continued to ramp up their market share, while Xiaomi Technology and LeTV are actively promoting their low-priced models, according to industry sources.

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Acer founder Stan Shih praises Acer for managing to stay profitable

Acer founder Stan Shih, at a recent event, praised Acer for doing good work and pointed out that although Acer has seen its revenues drop, it still managed to stay profitable.

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Global sales of high-bay luminaires and lamps expected to peak at nearly US$23.5 billion in 2017, says Navigant

While the industrial and high-bay markets have traditionally represented challenging lighting applications, advances and price declines in LED technologies are driving sales of luminaires and lamps for these markets. Today, many high-bay LED products offer exceptional lighting quality in a price range that allows for paybacks from energy savings. According to a new report from Navigant Research, global sales of high-bay luminaires and lamps are expected to peak at almost US$23.5 billion in 2017.

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Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$4.8 billion in 2015, says MOEA

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,789 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.797 billion in 2015, respectively increasing 5.93% and decreasing 16.87% on year, according to MOEA statistics released on January 20.

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Consumer drone shipments to exceed 90 million and generate US$4.6 billion in revenues by 2025, says ABI Research

The consumer drone market continues to exhibit dramatic growth as users look to use them to enrich their pastimes and activities. According to ABI Research, more than 90 million consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will ship during 2025, up from 4.9 million in 2014 with a CAGR of 30.4% over the period. Consumer drone revenues in 2025 are forecast to reach US$4.6 billion.

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Semiconductor R&D growth slows in 2015, says IC Insights

Semiconductor industry spending on research and development grew by just 0.5% in 2015, which was the smallest increase since the 2009 downturn year and significantly below the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.0% in R&D expenditures during the last 10 years, according to IC Insights.

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Samsung to provide OLED monitor panels to Dell, say reports

Samsung Display is prepping to produce 30-inch Ultra HD (4K) OLED monitor panels for new high-end Dell products, according to a new Korea-based media report from MT News.

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SDRplay shipping $149 SDR receiver in volume

SDRplay of Wakefield, the 18-month-old software defined radio specialist, is now shipping its $149 software defined radio (SDR) receiver in quantities of 1,000 a month, Inspired by the SDR capabilities that even a simple 8-bit TV dongle can perform, SDRplay had the idea of partnering with Mirics to take their 12-bit wideband broadcast chipset and to ...

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