Micron to Cut Jobs

Memory chip maker will shed unspecified number of jobs in cost-cutting move amid challenging market conditions.

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Huawei ships 28.3 million smartphones in 1Q16, says report

China-based vendor Huawei Technologies shipped 28.3 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2016, hiking 64% on year, and aims to ship 140 million units in 2016, according a Chinese-language Tencent report citing Huawei's end product manager Kevin Ho.

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University team develops technology to recycle solar cell waste

The Department of Resources Engineering under National Cheng Kung University has developed oily slurry recycling technology to process waste from crystalline silicon solar cell production.

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TSMC discloses NT$4.4 billion worth of facility construction for Nanjing site

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has spent NT$4.4 billion (US$136.7 million) on factory building construction with China Construction First Division Group Construction & Development for a new manufacturing site in Nanjing consisting of a 12-inch fab and a design service center, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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ASE, SPIL sign merger deal

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) jointly announced on June 30 they have officially entered into a merger agreement reached on May 26.

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Short lead-time orders set to buoy UMC 3Q16 revenues

A pull-in of short lead-time orders for 28nm and 40nm chips will buoy revenues at pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) during the third quarter of 2016, according to industry sources.

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Huawei to launch VR device in July

Huawei Technologies will launch a head-mounted VR (virtual reality) device in mid-July 2016. In order to encourage content development, Huawei has set up a platform and SDK to tout independent software developers, and the top-100 developers will share 100% of content sales for the first year, according to the company's Handset Product Line president Kevin Ho.

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ASE buys equipment from Teradyne

Packaging and testing company Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has purchased equipment from automated test equipment supplier Teradyne for a total of NT$625.95 million (US$19.37 million), according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Friday Quiz: Intelligent Instruments, DMMs Part 1

Can you name these "intelligent" DMMs featured in an EDN article from 1982?

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Rambus to Buy Inphi's Memory Business

Deal, worth $90 million, expands Rambus technology in server memory interface chips.

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The Way a Camera Store Should Be

Do you bemoan the passing of the privately-owned shops of yesteryear with their accompanying service and expertise?

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Dissecting Phase Change Memory: Atom by Atom, Bond by Bond

The innovative application of a mix of simulation techniques has provided a team at IBM with a unique ability to view the connection between atomic bond type, drift and electrical conductivity in PCM devices. Results overturn some old ideas of band gap expansion.

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Not-So Quiet Race in Wide Band Gap Semiconductor

Wide band gap semiconductor materials (diamond, silicon carbide, and gallium nitride) are well positioned to play important roles in the next and future generations of consumer and military/defense electronics capability.

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Nano-structured InGaN LED Yields White Light

The holy grail of LED lighting, achieving white light in the most efficient and cost-effective way is a hot topic, both among established manufacturers and in academia.

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Run a Secure IoT Cloud Server for $8/Year

For most small-scale operations and DIY projects, a low-cost Virtual Private Server (VPS) is more than adequate.

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Input structure boosts analogue ESD protection

Toshiba has revealed details of an electrostatic discharge protection scheme for 0.13μm analogue power semiconductors. “ESD protection is much more robust, up four times, and the standard deviation is only 1/12 that of the conventional structure,” claimed the firm. 3D simulation revealed that lattice temperature increase due to the current flowing at the highest electric field ...

Input structure boosts analogue ESD protection

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Current transformers shape up for wind power systems

Harting has announced a range of current transformers with an eye to wind energy system developments. The window type current transformers can be used to measure the feed from decentralised power generation plants for billing activity with the network operator. The transformers incorporate a transducer that has a rectangular shape with a cut that is ...

Current transformers shape up for wind power systems

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Touch sensor will measure force too

Zytronic, the supplier of rugged projected capacitive touch sensors, has added force sensing to its sensor range which will allow systems to differentiate between a soft and hard touch. Force or pressure sensing is becoming available on smartphones and UK-based Zytronic is bringing it to retail and industrial applications. Its approach is based on a ...

Touch sensor will measure force too

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PXIe-based wafer tester has 10fA current sensitivity

NI has introduced a PXIe module source measure unit (SMU) with a measurement sensitivity of 10fA and capable of driving a voltage output up to 200V. The PXIe-4135 SMU has the low-current accuracy and can provide up to 68 channels in a single PXI chassis for wafer-level parametric test, materials research and characterisation of low-current ...

PXIe-based wafer tester has 10fA current sensitivity

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Opto-isolated IGBT pre-driver for in-vehicle inverters

Toshiba has announced an opto-isolated IGBT pre-driver IC for automotive inverters within electric and hybrid vehicles. Called TB9150FN, it includes a number of protection functions. with various enhanced protective functions “It integrates a photo-coupler that secures high-level isolation characteristic between control [primary side] and drive [secondary side]. It incorporates a precise IGBT temperature detection function, ...

Opto-isolated IGBT pre-driver for in-vehicle inverters

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China Mobile showcases smart robot at MWC Shanghai

China Mobile is exhibiting a cloud computing-based smart robot at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai taking place June 29-July 1.

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HTC, investment firms to form VR venture capital alliance

HTC has announced that it has teamed up with a total of 28 venture investment companies, including Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners, to form the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA) to promote the development of the global VR industry and its ecosystem.

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UMC orders equipment for Xiamen fab

United Microelectronics (UMC) has purchased NT$562.88 million (US$17.42 million) worth of equipment from ASML for its 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and 800 processors to support Google Tango

Qualcomm has announced that it will expand support for Tango technology to Snapdragon 820 and to future Snapdragon 800 and 600 tier processors.

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Taiwan market: Acer launches new notebook, to boost share to 24% in 4Q16

Acer has unveiled its new notebook, the Aspire S13, for sale in the Taiwan market in the second half of 2016. The Aspire S13 features a 13.3-inch display, an Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU and supports USBType-C, 802.11ac MU-MIMO technologies and with a built-in precision touchpad, supporting Windows 10's touch gestures. Prices range from NT$29,900-33,900 (US$927-1,051)

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Silicon Labs sampling multiband wireless Gecko chips

Silicon Labs is sampling multiband Wireless Gecko SoCs which enable developers to use the same multiprotocol device for operation in 2.4 GHz and multiple sub-GHz bands. The devices are designed to support standards-based and proprietary 2.4 GHz protocols for short-range connectivity and proprietary sub-GHz protocols for long-range connectivity. A single hardware design can support multiple ...

Silicon Labs sampling multiband wireless Gecko chips

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Mouser signs up Via Technologies

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement With Via Technologies. The VIA product line of integrated boards and modules enables the development of embedded system designs based on industry-standard PicoITX and ETX form factors. The VIA EPIA-P910 integrates the performance of a 1.2GHz VIA Eden X4 processor with a media system processor (MSP), two USB ...

Mouser signs up Via Technologies

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Video Compression in a Pinch

Clouds surround digital video with compression gains expected to fall far short, but Microsoft and Google shared promising work on augmented reality and royalty-free codecs.

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Microsoft said to release Surface AIO in 3Q16

With its success from Surface 2-in-1 devices, Microsoft reportedly is cooperating with upstream supply chain players to develop an all-in-one (AIO) PC under the Surface brand and will launch the model in the third quarter of 2016 at the earliest, according to industry sources. However, Microsoft did not confirm the report.

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GET may see operating loss in July

Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) is likely to see business operation swing from profitability to operating loss in July 2016 due to drops in product price, company president Swean Lin said at a shareholders meeting on June 29.

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Tatung to complete 60MWp PV installation in Taiwan by end of 2016

Own-brand electric machinery and consumer electronics maker Tatung has so far completed PV systems with total installation capacity of 50MWp in Taiwan and will install another 10MWp by the end of 2016, according to the company senior vice president Lin Hur-long.

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MediaTek joins China Mobile 5G project

MediaTek has announced its participation in China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center project.

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TSMC 3Q16 revenues to rise almost 20%, says report

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post nearly 20% sequential growth in third-quarter revenues, as shipments for Apple's A10 processors will kick off soon, according to a report by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).

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TSMC orders equipment for NT$3 billion

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced purchases of manufacturing equipment and facilities totaling NT$3.05 billion (US$94.4 million) from Tokyo Electron, Lam Research International, Applied Materials, Marketech International and Mega Union Technology.

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ASE expects merger with SPIL to create synergies

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its merger with Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) to create synergies, and both companies will be able to derive considerable benefits from merging, according to ASE COO Tien Wu.

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HTC invests more capital into overseas subsidiary

HTC has invested an additional US$2 million into its overseas subsidiary HTC (BVI). The new capital is to finance future investment projects to be carried out by the subsidiary.

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GDDC running PV power-generating station in New Jersey

GD Development (GDDC), a Taiwan-based company engaged in investment, construction, operation and maintenance of PV power-generating stations, has completed a PV station in Lumberton Township, New Jersey State, in the US. Operations began in April 2016, according to the company.

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Power Electronics Driven By Electric Vehicles

Vehicle hybridization will drive the power electronics market for the foreseeable future, in what French firm Yole Developpment forecasts as "the golden era for electric vehicles."

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AMD Buys PC Gaming Software Firm

Chip vendor says software designed for Radeon will help "future proof" graphics processors.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (6/26-7/2)

Whether you're looking for development boards or IoT gateways, Electronic Design has you covered. We've rounded up some of the latest products to help optimize your applications, devices, and systems.

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IIoT Going Overboard

In the industrial Internet of Things, there can be too much of a good thing.

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Educational Tool Equips Engineers with Real-World Power Expertise

Texas Instruments has launched a toolkit that provides real world experience of power designs for both professionals and students.

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Escaped Russian Robot Faces Death Penalty

Russian robot makes a break for freedom from the facility where its capabilities are being evaluated.

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UL Bringing 'Adult Supervision' to IoT--Really?

In early April when UL launched its new cybersecurity standard, dubbed UL 2900, reactions from the IoT market were split. Three months later, is it proving an extra burden or a benefit to the IoT community?

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5W Full Bridge AutoResonant Transmitter IC Simplify Wireless Power Design

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Deadline for IoT Design Early-Bird booking approaches

Electronics Weekly is hosting the IoT Design 2016 event in London on 15 September 2016. And note that the deadline for early bird offers expires on 30 June.

Deadline for IoT Design Early-Bird booking approaches

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UDC buys BASF OLED assets

Universal Display Corporation has bought the OLED intellectual property assets of BASF, through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland for approximately €87m. “Representing 15 years of research and development, the assets include over 500 issued and pending patents around the world, in 86 patent families,” said UDC. “Largely consisting of phosphorescent materials and technologies, the portfolio has ...

UDC buys BASF OLED assets

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BASF Sells Its OLED IP to Universal Display

US-based Universal Display Corporation announced it has acquired the OLED intellectual property assets of German chemical company BASF SE, through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland Limited for approximately euro 87 million.

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Disney Adds Position-Finding Visible Light Communications System

Researchers at Disney Research and ETH Zurich have demonstrated the addition of position finding to use of LED bulbs to both illuminate a room and provide a communications link in that room.

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Intel Renews Deal with Irish Research

vIntel Corp. has renewed its research partnership with Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland, for a further three years and worth $1.5 million.

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Intel invests $1.5m in IoT chip R&D in Ireland

Intel has committed to invest $1.5m over the next three years in research in semiconductor materials, devices and photonics technologies at Tyndall National Institute,  the Irish ICT research institute. Intel has been investing in research at the Cork-based institute since 2009. Bernie Capraro, Research Manager, Silicon Technology at Intel Ireland, said: “The standard of work from ...

Intel invests $1.5m in IoT chip R&D in Ireland

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HD audio is perceptibley better than CDs

HD audio is not just nonsense – it can be distinguished from CD audio by ear, according to Queen Mary University of London. The University has just done a meta-study of over 12,000 different trials from 18 studies where participants were asked to discriminate between samples of music in different formats. “Audio purists and industry ...

HD audio is perceptibley better than CDs

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Personal healthcare terminals need good power design

Portable medical monitors and terminals will move more healthcare to the patient’s home and this is creating special requirements for designing the power systems which allow safe and reliable operation, writes Tony Armstrong Portable and wireless medical instruments rely on low power operation, however, unlike many other low power applications, these types of medical products ...

Personal healthcare terminals need good power design

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Applied etches to two atomic layers precision

Applied Materials has come up with a new etch technology capable of a precision of two atomic layers. The system, called Selectra, is already installed in 10nm process flows at five customers – three of them logic manufacturers and two of them memory manufacturers. It is being used for 3D NAND production. “Selectra has been ...

Applied etches to two atomic layers precision

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Core i3 industrial PC fits in 1.9 litres

Aaeon Boxer 6638U is an industrial computer from Review Display Systems based around Intel’s Core i3-5010U. At 197 x 174 x 55mm, it is the smallest member of the Boxer family yet. “This embedded PC is constructed in such a way that access to the devices interior is easy, just by removing screws at the base ...

Core i3 industrial PC fits in 1.9 litres

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Philippines PC market hits record-high shipment levels in 1Q16, says IDC

The performance of the Philippines PC market in the first quarter of 2016 exceeded expectations, posting the highest shipment levels since the third quarter of 2014. According to IDC data, PC shipments reached 518,645 units, growing 7% on year. Such robust growth reinforces the Philippines PC market's position as among the few in the world to still see growth.

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India PC shipments declined 7.4% in 1Q16, says Gartner

PC shipments in India totaled nearly two million units in the first quarter of 2016, a 7.4% decrease over the first quarter of 2015, according to Gartner.

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China software revenues near CNY1.8 trillion in January-May, says MIIT

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY1.798 trillion (US$275.6 billion) in January-May 2016, growing 14.9% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Industry integration, 5G and IoT applications: Q&A with Qualcomm president Derek Aberle

Qualcomm president Derek Aberle spared his time with Digitimes for an exclusive interview recently and shared his insights into a number of major issues facing the global semiconductor industry, including industry integration, future development of end-market products, and future cooperation between Qualcomm and Taiwan's technology companies.

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China May mobile communication user base grows to 1.297 billion, says MIIT

There were 1.297 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2016, increasing 0.14% on month and 0.33% on year, and 237.98 million (18.35%) were 3G users, 584.58 million (45.09%) were 4G users and 1.028 billion (79.26%) were mobile Internet-access users, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Qualcomm aims to roll out 5G SoC solutions in 2018-2019

Qualcomm aims to roll out the world's first 5G SoC solution in 2018-2019 as 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is expected to finalize 5G technology standards sometime in 2018, according to company engineering vice president Durga Prasad Malladi.

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Imagination and 3Glasses promoting ray tracing for VR.

​​ Imagination and China’s 3Glasses are collaborate to promote ray tracing technology for virtual reality devices. Ray tracing technology enables more immersive games and apps with real-life dynamic lighting models that enable advanced lighting effects, dynamic soft shadows, and life-like reflections and transparencies, previously unachievable in a mobile form factor. Imagination’s PowerVR Wizard Ray Tracing ...

Imagination and 3Glasses promoting ray tracing for VR.

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Infineon starts volume production of SSR controllers

Infineon has begun volume production of its IR1161L and IR11688S secondary synchronous rectification (SSR) family of Controller ICs for SMPS applications. The IR1161L and IR11688S SSR ICs meet the new 2016 standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy and the “European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centre” which demand a 1 ...

Infineon starts volume production of SSR controllers

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Applied Micro launches Mudan storage platform

Applied Micro has announced Mudan – a full Ceph storage reference platform built on 64-bit ARMv8-A technology using Applied Micro’s X-Gene to coincide with the upstream release of Ceph 10.2.1 (Jewel) and runs on RHELSA7.2. Mudan is a fully-featured storage reference platform with a total of 14 storage disks in a 12+2 configuration with a ...

Applied Micro launches Mudan storage platform

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Secure your data with Self-Encrypting Drives

A self-encrypting drive (SED) automatically and continuously encrypts the data on the drive without any user interaction.

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SAS yet to see China demand rebound

Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has not yet seen rebounding orders from China-based clients although China has set target installation capacity of 18.1GWp for PV power-generating stations to be established in the country in 2016, according to company president Doris Hsu.

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LTE Cat-M1, LTE Cat-NB1 to become mainstream IoT technology, says Qualcomm

While 5G mobile communication technology is expected to play an essential role in IoT (Internet of Things) applications, two narrowband LTE technology standards - LTE Cat-M1 (machine type communication) and LTE Cat-NB1 in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) Release 13 - will become mainstream technology for IoT applications, according to Qualcomm at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2016.

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Robot maker Hiwin looks to strong performance in 3Q16

Mechanical component and robot maker Hiwin Technologies expects its sales performance for the third quarter of 2016 to be better than that in the previous quarter, buoyed by recent appreciation of Japanese yen and brisk demand for high-end machine tools in China, according to company chairman Eric Chuo.

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Flexium expects sales rebound in July

Flexible PCB manufacturer Flexium Interconnect expects to see its sales rebound starting July, and reach their peak for 2016 in the fourth quarter.

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Fingerprint sensor startup raises nearly NT$200 million

Eminent Electronic Technology, an Elan Microelectronics subsidiary specializing in the design of fingerprint sensors, has completed a capital increase by raising nearly NT$200 million (US$6.17 million), according to the company.

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Egistec seeing strong fingerprint sensor orders through end-2016

Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) expects to enjoy strong orders through the end of 2016. Egistec has obtained new orders from a South Korea-based customers, and is looking to break into the supply chain of China's brand handset vendors in the fourth quarter, according to company chairman and CEO Steve Ro.

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IC design houses allocating 28/40nm orders to UMC, SMIC

IC design houses have allocated more of their 28/40nm chip orders to United Microelectronics (UMC) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) due to tight supply from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to industry sources.

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China market: Subor Electronics teams up with AMD to develop VR gaming chip, says report

China-based educational electronics device provider Subor Electronics Technology has signed a contract with AMD to develop a VR gaming-enabled chip in order to enter the educational VR market, according to media reports in China.

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TCL sees smartphone shipments decline nearly 13% on year in May

TCL has reported that its smartphone shipments declined 12.7% on year to 3.219 million units in May, but shipments of LCD TVs grew 16.1% to 1.305 million units in the month.

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Digitimes Research: Samsung Display AMOLED shipments to increase to 560 million units in 2019

Samsung Display has dominated global production and supply of smartphone-use AMOLED panels and will maintain the leading status over the next few years, with its shipments to increase to 560 million units in 2019, hiking 114% from 2015, according to Digitimes Research.

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Commentary: Samsung Display to continue dominating AMOLED market until 2H17

A number of flat panel makers in Japan, Taiwan and China are said to have drawn up plans to ramp their AMOLED production capacity in order to counter the dominance enjoyed by Samsung Display in the segment. But these makers are still taking a cautious attitude toward new investments.

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Aquantia Rolls Second-Gen AQrate Chips

Startup, considered a prime candidate for IPO, also marks milestone in NBASE-T PHY shipments.

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EEVblog #894 – Keysight U1461A Insulation Resistance Multimeter Teardown

Inside the Keysight U1461A Insulation Resistance Multimeter
Forum HERE

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Google Fellow Talks Neural Nets, Deep Learning

We are already living with deep learning and large-scale neural networks, as evidenced by the growing number of applications that rely on computer vision, language understanding, robotics and more. Google Senior Fellow Jeff Dean discusses what he wants most from neural networks and machine learning.

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Terahertz Waves for Production-Line Inspection?

Using various slices of the RF spectrum for sensing rather than communications has fascinating potential and some impressive implementations, but there are still many significant challenges, especially in the terahertz (sub-mm) band.

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PCIe 4.0 Heads to Fab, 5.0 to Lab

Chips using PCI Express 4.0 are preparing to tape out although the spec isn't done; work a 5.0 version will start next year targeting 16 or 32 Gbits/second.

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Europe goes for IoT network technology without UK

LoRa, which is bidding to be an IoT wide-area wireless network technology, is being adopted across Europe, but not yet in the UK. Gothenburg in Sweden is the latest city to see a deployment of LoRa wireless network technology as part of a smart city project. This follows announcements of LoRA deployments in France and ...

Europe goes for IoT network technology without UK

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Magnetic speed sensor rejects offsets

Allegro MicroSystems’ surface-mount magnetic speed sensor contains a compensating circuit that reduces the detrimental effects of magnet and system offsets. “Digital processing of the analogue signal provides zero-speed performance independent of air gap as well as dynamic adaptation of device performance to the typical operating conditions found in automotive applications, including reduced vibration sensitivity,” said the ...

Magnetic speed sensor rejects offsets

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Analog IC firm On-Bright to post growth through 3Q16

Following a disappointing first quarter, analog IC firm On-Bright Electronics is set to enjoy revenue and profit growth through the third quarter of 2016, according to industry sources.

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Neural Network from CEVA

CEVA, has introduced its CDNN2 (CEVA Deep Neural Network), its second generation neural network software framework for machine learning. CDNN2 enables localized, deep learning-based video analytics on camera devices in real time. This significantly reduces data bandwidth and storage compared to running such analytics in the cloud, while lowering latency and increasing privacy. Coupled with ...

Neural Network from CEVA

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China to build $600m IC Science Park

Taking a leaf from its neighbour Taiwan’s book, China is to set up a Science Park. Taiwan had a famous success with the Hsinchu Science Park near Taipei then added two more in the middle and south of the island. China will build a park specifically for ICs near Beijing called the Zhongguancun Science Park. ...

China to build $600m IC Science Park

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SMIC buys LFoundry

SMIC, has bought a 70% stake in Italy’s small foundry LFoundry for €49 million. LFoundry has total capacity of 40k 8″ wpm. Its 2015 revenue was €215 million. LFoundry mostly makes automotive, security, and industrial ICs including CIS, smart power, touch display driver IC’s and embedded memory. “This allows us to enter the automotive market,” ...

SMIC buys LFoundry

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Taiwan market: Commtiva to market Sharp smartphones starting July

Taiwan-based Commtiva Technology, a smartphone marketing arm of Foxconn Electronics, will begin to market Sharp's smartphones in Taiwan in the first half of July, according to the company.

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ASE seeing better sales in 2H16

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects to post sequential revenue growth through the fourth quarter of 2016, according to company COO Tien Wu. Revenues for the second half of the year will outperform the first half.

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HTC to start marketing Vive via retail shops in Japan

HTC has announced that it will hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 7 to promote sales of its HTC Vive through physical retail shops in Japan.

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TSEC raises capital

Solar cell maker TSEC has announced that it has finished raising additional paid-in capital of NT$900 million (US$27.7 million) through issuing 75 million new shares for sale at NT$12 per share, with the funds to be mainly used to expand production capacity.

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Global panel supply in 3Q16 likely to be tight, says WitsView

Global panel supply is likely to be tight with prices continuing to rebound in the third quarter of 2016, as demand is expected to pick up, according to WitsView.

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Global Unichip June revenues to rise, says report

IC design service company Global Unichip is expected to see its June revenues rise above NT$1 billion (US$30.7 million) and hit a 46-month high, buoyed by orders for 28nm products, according to a report by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).

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UMC to enjoy full utilization of 28nm capacity through 4Q16, says report

United Microelectronics (UMC) is expected to enjoy full utilization of 28nm production capacity through the fourth quarter of 2016, thanks to rising orders from Qualcomm and Marvell, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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Winbond buys equipment for NT$2.06 billion

Winbond Electronics has disclosed three purchases of machinery equipment from Applied Materials, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron for a total of NT$2.06 billion (US$63.37 million), according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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MediaTek launches Helio X20 development board

MediaTek has launched a development board based on the company's high-end Helio X20 mobile processor, which the company claimed is the industry's first development board using Tri-Cluster, deca-core and ARM Cortex-A72 technology.

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AMD, Nvidia next-generation graphics card competition to begin earlier

Seeing that AMD is ready to release its new Polaris-based Radeon RX 480 graphics card soon and company vice president Raja Koduri steadily managing the Radeon graphics technology business, Nvidia has decided to start selling its GeForce GTX 1060 products, which were originally set to launch in August, in the near future to defend from the competition. With the competition between the next-generation graphics cards shifting forward, graphics card players have turned to focus on preparing for new products.

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Wistron buys back 15.46 million treasury stocks

Wistron spent NT$331.75 million (US$10.2 million) to buy back 15.46 million treasury stocks at a price point of NT$21.46 per stock on June 27, according to a company's posting on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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JDI to sell factory in southern China to Jiangxi Holitech Technology

Japan-based panel maker Japan Display Inc. (JDI) will sell a small- to medium-size LCD module factory in southern China owned by Morningstar Optronics Zhuhai (MOZ) to China-based touch panel maker Jiangxi Holitech Technology at JPY1.65 billion (US$16.15 million), according to Japan-based Nikkan Industrial News.

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Efun Technology to begin shipments of quantum dot enhancement film

Optical film maker Efun Technology has developed quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF) and will start shipments in the third quarter of 2016, with QDEF to be initially used in panels of professional notebooks used outdoor, according to the company.

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Sensor Expo Highlights Energy Harvesting

Using environmental energy to power remote sensor nodes remains a high interest item among system designers, especially those choosing wireless sensor node (WSN) components for remote and/or hazardous locations. At the Sensor Expo conference in Santa Clara, Calif., presenters at an energy harvesting and power symposium agreed that energy harvesting systems still require juggling many variables.

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Carbon Nanotubes: Been There, Done That?

A second wave of CNT consolidation is likely because some key markets are expected to take off faster than others and the rewards are not prone to be spread evenly.

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How Do You Update 1 Billion IoT Devices?

IoT devices need over-the-air firmware and software updates, but that must be done quickly and securely. Resin.io, which just got $9 million in funding from GE Ventures, Ericsson and others, thinks it has answers to such hard IoT problems.

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If You Could Have the Ideal Programmable Logic Device, What Would it Be?

An early FPGA advert from 30 years ago really emphasizes the tremendous strides that have been made in programmable logic technology.

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Nonvolatile DIMMs Boost App Performance

Mainstream support from HP Enterprise and Microsoft are giving the persistent memory a push as it's now easier to integrate them into more systems to accelerate applications

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Brexit Ripples Through Tech Community

UK voters gave a thumbs up for leaving the European Union, generating concerns in the tech community over the ease of finding jobs and potential company relocations.

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iPhone 7 Photos Leak, Indicating Camera Improvements

Leaked photos purportedly show the rear casing for Apple's upcoming iPhone 7, which features a much larger opening for the camera sensor.

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Samsung's 3D V-NAND 32L vs 48L--Just Vertical Expansion?

TechInsights discusses the structural differences between Samsung's 32L and 48L 3D V-NAND.

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Microchip extends PIC32 range downwards

Microchip has created the lowest power and least costly family of PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs), positioned between the PIC24F XLP and PIC32MX families, and the first PIC32s to have the firm’s ‘core independent’ peripherals. Called PIC32MM, family is aimed at IoT, consumer, industrial and motor control applications. Key figures are: sleep down to 500nA and a 4x4mm package. The ...

Microchip extends PIC32 range downwards

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Nvidia Builds Connections to AI Researchers

Qualcomm followed Ericsson and others rolling out prototype 5G products as the 3GPP finished 4G standards for the Internet of Things.

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CMOS Image Sensor Market Strengthens on Added Functions

Functionality beyond simply taking "snaps" is pushing change in the CMOS image sensor market and has caused market researcher Yole Developpement to increase its market size forecast for the years to come.

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EEVblog #893 – Mailbag

More Mailbag Monday
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Infinity PV organic printed solar cells:
Panasonic 840 JE-840U calculator teardown
LED controller car computer thingo teardown
Old school parallel port software protection dongle teardown
World’s first logic IC! The Fairchild µL900 series, as used in the Apollo guidance computer.
Dave is taken to task about his religious rant in a previous video. Can he destroy Dave with a logical argument?
Expert witness court case letter.
Cheap ebay soldering iron of death teardown
Cheap BEC brand voltage regulator for model airplanes, is it any good? Will it meet it’s claims?
Silego GreenPAK Dual-Supply Programmable Mixed Signal Matrix

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Qualcomm offers 6GHz radio chips for early 5G launch

Qualcomm has developed a prototype radio system for 5G mobile communications research and first network trials. Interestingly, this latest 5G prototype system from Qualcomm operates in the sub-6GHz spectrum bands and not in the millimetre-wave (28-65GHz) frequency bands. However, this just confirms the likelihood of a two stage introduction of 5G services over the next ...

Qualcomm offers 6GHz radio chips for early 5G launch

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Healthcare providers in Middle East and North Africa to spend US$2.78 billion on IT in 2016, says Gartner

Healthcare providers in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US$2.78 billion on IT products and services in 2016, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending by healthcare providers (which includes hospitals and physicians' practices) on internal services, software, IT services, data center systems, devices and telecom services.

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Meaningful use cases help spur spending on IoT in CEE, says IDC

In a new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide, IDC forecasts that organizations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will invest more than US$11.2 billion in Internet of Things (IoT) hardware, software, services, and connectivity this year. And IDC expects IoT revenues in the CEE region will post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9% over the 2016-2020 forecast period, reaching US$24 billion in 2020.

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Intel to initialize 3rd wave of layoffs that could affect Taiwan suppliers

Intel will start its third wave of layoffs at the end of June, targeting mainly its worldwide sales and marketing units. The move is expected to affect players in Taiwan's supply chain, according to industry sources.

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Acer, Starbreeze to set up JV for VR head-mounted displays

Acer and Sweeden-based game creator Starbreeze AB have announced the establishment of a joint-venture, tentatively named Acer Starbreeze, specifically for design, production, marketing and sale of StarVR (virtual reality) head-mounted displays.

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Lite-On Technology expects growth for 2Q16

EMS provider Lite-On Technology expects quarterly growth in second-quarter 2016 as sales have been better than expected, company CEO Warren Chen said at a shareholders meeting on June 24.

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Innolux constructing 8.6G LCD fab

TFT-LCD panel maker Innolux is constructing the world's first 8.6G fab in southern Taiwan, with installation of equipment beginning in June and production to begin as early as the end of 2016, according to the company's associate vice president and TV product general manager Hung Mao-sheng.

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CHT to purchase 4G equipment from Ericsson and Nokia, says paper

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that it plans to purchase up to NT$2.49 billion (US$76.72 million) and NT$1.947billion of 4G equipment from Ericsson and Nokia, respectively, in the second half of 2016, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

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Power transistor market growing at 4% CAGR

After dropping 7% in 2015 to $12.3 billion, power transistor sales are expected to stabilize and begin a modest recovery in 2016, growing by a little over 1% to $12.4 billion, says IC Insights. Power transistors—the $12 billion growth engine in the $21 billion discrete semiconductor market—have faced a choppy uphill climb since surging in ...

Power transistor market growing at 4% CAGR

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ASE, SPIL vow to execute joint share-swap deal

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) now expect to start the execution of a joint share-exchange MoU reached between the two companies in May by June 30, 2016 instead of the previously-agreed June 25, as the pair are still negotiating, according to the companies.

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Sony to ship 9 million PS VR headsets in 2016, says paper

Sony is expected to ship up to six million units of PlayStation VR (PS VR) headsets in 2016, accounting for 67% of the global VR HMD market, according to a Chinese-language Liberty Times reports, citing data fromTaipei-based Topology Research Institute.

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Fab toolmakers seeing significant 12-inch fab expansion in China

Capacity expansions are expected to take place at more than 10 12-inch wafer fabs in China over the next five years, according to sources at semiconductor equipment providers, which are eyeing surging 12-inch fab tool demand from the region.

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Quanta to launch 360-degree VR add-on camera

Quanta Computer has developed a 360-degree live VR (virtual reality) streaming add-on camera through cooperation with ImmerVision, a Canada-based developer of immersive optical and imaging technology, and will launch the product at the end of 2016, the Taiwan-based ODM's chairman Barry Lam said at a shareholders' meeting on June 24.

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Samsung, Huawei reportedly lowering smartphone shipment targets for 3Q16

Some leading Android smartphone vendors including Samsung Electronics and Huawei have lowered their shipment targets for the third quarter as well as for the entire year of 2016 due to slacking demand for high-end smartphones globally, according to industry sources.

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Solartech to expand PV module capacity

Solartech Energy will expand annual PV module production capacity from 60MWp currently to 120MWp, or 180MWp if demand is strong, by the end of 2016, company chairman and CEO Liu Kong-hsin said at a shareholders' meeting on June 24.

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Compal aims at revenue proportion of 35% for non-notebook products in 2016

Compal Electronics saw non-notebook revenue proportion rise from 23% in 2014 to 28% in 2015 and aims to increase it to 35% in 2016, company president Ray Chen said at a shareholders' meeting on June 24.

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SMIC to buy 70% of LFoundry

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reached an agreement with LFoundry Europe (LFE) and Marsica Innovation (MI) to acquire a 70% stake in LFoundry for EUR49 million (US$54.5 million), according to the companies.

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HTC seeks to spin off VR business

The establishment of an independent VR (virtual reality) subsidiary will help HTC build alliances with, or solicit equity investment from, potential strategic partners, HTC president for global sales Chia-lin Chang said at the company's latest general shareholders meeting.

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5G, Cellular IoT Step Ahead

Qualcomm followed Ericsson and others rolling out prototype 5G products as the 3GPP finished 4G standards for the Internet of Things.

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Silicon Valley Becomes U.S Ambassador

President Obama suggested Silicon Valley is part of his foreign policy in a session at a startup event that included Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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A (Good) Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

At some stage, a cheap-and-cheerful camera coupled with a point-and-click technique fails to satisfy one's artistic urges.

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SMIC Buys Italian Chip Foundry

Deal for Italy's LFoundry represents first overseas expansion for China's biggest wafer foundry.

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FAQs of Phase-Change Materials

Sponsored by Henkel and BERGQUIST

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System Scaling Key to Semiconductor Progress

System scaling technologies exist but can't go mainstream until IC designers and manufacturing experts cooperate.

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IBM emerging technology specialist to speak at IoT Design 2016

We are very pleased to announce that IBM will be presenting a paper at the IoT Design 2016 event, organised by Electronics Weekly.

IBM emerging technology specialist to speak at IoT Design 2016

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19 Views of Sensors Expo

A walk around the Sensor Expo show floor revealed a widely diverse market of companies, technologies and markets seeking more integrated, lower cost components.

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TDK adds to DC-DC converter series

TDK Corporation has added two models to the TDK-Lambda i6A series of step-down, non-isolated DC-DC converters. The i6A4W is capable of supplying currents of up to 20A, and the i6AN allows the creation of negative voltages delivering currents up to 8A. Both can be used in conjunction with the previously announced 14A rated i6A series ...

TDK adds to DC-DC converter series

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Brexit: UK reminded to implement EU Directive on EMF

The EU has reminded member states that they are required to implement EU occupational health & safety directive 2013/35/EU on electromagnetic fields in national law no later than 1 July 2016. Despite the Brexit vote, it is expected that this EU Directive will be implemented in the UK. Directive 2013/35/EU defines minimum regulations for the ...

Brexit: UK reminded to implement EU Directive on EMF

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Brexit: electronics supply chain can get through this, says ECSN head

The electronics supply chain is strong enough to get through the period of business uncertainty which will follow the UK decision to leave the EU, says Adam Fletcher, chairman, ecsn. The head of the body which represents UK electronic component distributors and suppliers believes the sector should  “keep its heads down” and try to continue ...

Brexit: electronics supply chain can get through this, says ECSN head

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Acer expects Europe operation to be affected by UK vote

Acer CEO Jason Chen has pointed out that the UK's departure from the EU will weaken demand in the Europe market because of weakened consumer confidence and exchange rate fluctuations. However, how serious the impact may be remains to be seen, he said.

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Power transistors to see less volatility in second half of decade, says IC Insights

Greater demand for energy efficiency in systems, cars, portable electronics and new connections to the Internet of Things (IoT) will steadily drive power transistor sales to new record-high levels in the next three years, according to IC Insights.

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Acer achieves breakthroughs in non-PC businesses, says chairman

Acer chairman George Huang has said the company's new business development is heading to the right direction and has achieved breakthroughs in areas including virtual reality (VR), medical care and robot. However, the company's transformation will still need some more time to be completed.

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Taiwan market: APT to launch VoWiFi services

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) plans to launch new LTE telecom services, including VoWiFi, according to company chairman Fang-ming Lu.

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Taiwan sets 2025 target renewable energy installation capacity at 27.423GW

The Bureau of Energy under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, in line with the Taiwan government's goal of no nuclear power generation in 2025, has set a target total installation capacity of 27.423GW for all types of renewable energy by 2025, 2.19 times the level set a few years ago.

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Brexit: Tech sector must play its part to prepare, says techUK

Julian David, CEO of techUK, representing the technology and IT sector has said that the UK vote to leave the EU was not the outcome that the majority of techUK members were hoping for. “It opens up many uncertainties about the future. However, the UK tech sector will play its part in helping the UK ...

Brexit: Tech sector must play its part to prepare, says techUK

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ARM and Marvell develop ARMADA networking board

ARM and Marvell have developed the ARMADA 8040 networking community board, targeting OpenDataPlane (ODP), OpenFastPath (OFP) and ARM network functions virtualization (NFV) ecosystem communities. The board is based on a quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor and includes full CPU and I/O virtualization, an advanced networking packet processor and rich state-of-the-art connectivity. Collaboration with the software ecosystem ...

ARM and Marvell develop ARMADA networking board

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Compal chairman expects Taiwan exports to benefit from rising Japanese Yen

Commenting on the UK's referendum over EU membership, Compal Electronics chairman Rock Hsu said the passing of the referendum it is likely to affect Taiwan, Asia and even the UK itself in many ways.

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Digitimes Research: Samsung Display, LG Display to keep expanding AMOLED capacities

Samsung Display and LG Display, in order to put pressure on competitors, has focused on AMOLED panels and will continue expansion of AMOLED production capacities, with combined AMOLED capacity to increase at a CAGR of 33.1% during 2015-2019, according to Digitimes Research.

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Beijing to build new IC industrial park with total investment of CNY4 billion, says report

A total investment of CNY4 billion (US$608 million) will be poured into the establishment of a new IC industrial park at the Zhongguancun (Haidian) Science Park in Beijing, according to a report from China's Beijing Business Today.

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Chenbro to expand capacity to meet growing demand from data centers

Rack-mount and tower server chassis maker Chenbro Micom, in view of growing demand from data centers, will expand production capacity in China, pushing its sales in North America, and set up service centers in Europe, according to the company,.

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Gigastorage expects solar-grade silicon wafer operations to turn profitable in 1Q17

Gigastorage expects its solar-grade silicon wafer operations to swing from the red into profitability beginning the first quarter of 2017, company chairman Jimmy Chen said at the 2016 shareholders meeting on June 23.

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China makers count on government subsidies for profits, says report

The amount of government subsidies received by major players in China's flat panel, semiconductor and LED industries reached 20-50% of their recurring net income in the latest three years thanks to the China government's subsidy policy, according to a Korea-based ET News report.

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Getac expects strong 2H12

Ruggedized PC player Getac Technology expects its second-quarter operating profit to grow on year, and it is optimistic about its performance in the second half of 2016 thanks to aggressive promotion for its software/hardware integrated solutions and services plus cooperation with DHL and growing demand in China, Africa and Europe, according to company chairman James Hwang.

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MediaTek rolls out 4G solutions for vehicle recorder market

MediaTek and downstream device designers have jointly come out with smart rear-view camera modules, built utilizing MediaTek's 4G solutions.

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Largan expected to keep lead in smartphone dual-lens module

Although adoption of dual-lens cameras for smartphones is not yet popular, Largan Precision is expected to maintain its leading market status in technology and production capacity of smartphone-use dual-lens modules, according to industry sources.

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Shenzhen Stock Exchange questions NavInfo acquisition bid for MediaTek China unit

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has sent an inquiry letter to NavInfo expressing concerns that NavInfo's acquisition price for AutoChips, a China-based unit of MediaTek, could be too high.

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Apple developing Micro LED panels for Apple Watch, say Taiwan makers

While Apple adopted OLED panels for Apple Watch, the company is developing Micro LED panels which may be used in place of OLED at the earliest in the second half of 2017, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Taiwan May manufacturing production index up on month, year, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 109.35 for May 2016, increasing 5.90% on month and 1.93% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on June 23.

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Marketech 2016 profits to hit 12-year high, says report

Automation equipment specialist Marketech International is expected to see its profits for 2016 climb to a 12-year high with EPS reaching between NT$3 (US$0.09) and NT$3.50, a Chinese-language Commercial Times report quoted market watchers as saying.

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Sonix 2Q16 revenues to rise 50-60%, says report

Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology is expected to see its second-quarter revenues increase 50-60% sequentially, a report by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) quoted market watchers as saying.

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Neo Solar Power unveils 3 high-efficiency solar cell models

Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power has unveiled Hello 22, a N-type HIT (heterojunction with intrinsic thin film) monocrystalline solar cell, Black 21, a P-type PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline cell, and Black 21-BiFi, a double-side model of Black 21, according to the company.

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Taiwan market: 641,000 handsets sold in May, says CNA

There were 641,000 handsets, mostly smartphones, sold in the Taiwan market in May, decreasing 1.3% on month, according to Taiwan-based Central News Agency (CNA).

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Friday Quiz: RF Power Measurements

RF and microwave engineers as well as those who design RF modules into products often have to measure transmitter power and power at the receiver.

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Amazing: 3D Models Generated from 2D Photos

The mind boggles when you try to imagine combining deep neural network embedded vision systems with this 3D model extraction technology.

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FAA Commercial Drone Rule to Open for Business

The FAA's new drone rule, which takes effect in August, means any number of commercial uses are now possible. That is, once a business owner finds a certified drone pilot.

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COM Express gets Intel Xeon quad-core 14nm processor

Embedded board design kits for COM Express Type 6 modules based on the 6th generation of Intel Core processors, these are the previously codenamed Skylake U and H processors, have been introduced by Avnet Embedded. The Skylake H CPUs range from Celeron dual-core, Core i3, i5 and i7 all the way up to Xeon quad-core 14nm ...

COM Express gets Intel Xeon quad-core 14nm processor

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Foxconn VP Wins Robotics Award

ANN ARBOR, MI—Foxconn vice president Chia Day has won 2016 Engelberger Robotics Award for automating electronics assembly at the contract manufacturer’s electronics factories in China.

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Microfluidics-Based Pressure Sensor Takes Loads, Bends

Researchers have devised a thin and flexible pressure sensor that not only measures compressive loads from a very wide range (2 kPa to 400 kPa) but can distinguish bending or stretching loads.

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STM32 developers get access to low-layer APIs

STMicroelectronics has added low-layer application program interface (LL API) software to its STM32 development tool set. This is for experienced designers and will allow them to work with the ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers (MCUs) down to register-level code, to controlling device peripheral and to optimise performance and run-time efficiency. The LL APIs are integrated into the STM32Cube ...

STM32 developers get access to low-layer APIs

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Wanted: Clinical Pull, Not Tech Push

Doctors' roles and patients' expectations have dramatically changed over the last decade. Is today's engineering community designing what the healthcare community is looking for?

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Fab Tool Book-to-Bill Remains Above Parity

Ratio of bookings to billings among North American semiconductor equipment manufacturers has been greater than 1.0 each month of 2016.

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White Paper: Panasonic’s infrared array sensor explained

Recently, the progress of uncooled infrared (IR) sensors has been remarkable due to microelectronic systems (MEMS)-based pixel structure, in which free standing thermal isolation structures are adopted with thin film IR absorbers. Many applications are being developed, such as thermography, human detection, night vision and so on. Quantification of this energy allows users to determine ...

White Paper: Panasonic’s infrared array sensor explained

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Women engineers needed to address skills shortage

UK head of a leading engineering company believes women have the potential to solve some of the world’s biggest engineering problems and address the skills shortage in the sector. On National Women in Engineering Day, the president of Bosch UK believes the internet of things (IoT) could be an opportunity to encourage more woman to ...

Women engineers needed to address skills shortage

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GPS chip adds inertial dead-reckoning for car tracking

u-blox of Switzerland has introduced a GPS receiver that works with inertial sensors to add dead-reckoning navigation when satellites signals are weak or before the receiver has locked-on. It requires an external MEMS inertial sensor and flash memory, and also works with other satellite navigation (GNSS) systems (list below). “EVA-M8E adapts automatically to installations anywhere ...

GPS chip adds inertial dead-reckoning for car tracking

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Danish firm creates “first” IoT hearing aid

A Danish company has created an internet connected hearing aid. The designer, Oticon says it will allow the hearing aid to communicate directly with connected devices such as door bells, smoke detectors and baby alarms. Called Opn, the hearing aid is compatible with the web-based service IFTTT (If This Then That) for communicating with other ...

Danish firm creates “first” IoT hearing aid

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Fulltech looks to high-end fiber fabrics for 2016 growth

Taiwan-based Fulltech Fiber Glass, which makes fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, expects brisk demand for electronic-grade fiber fabric products for high-end smartphones and servers, and car-use electronics applications to drive its revenue growth in 2016.

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Taiwan market: Sony unveils Ultra HD filming solutions

Sony has launched a full series of Ultra HD professional filming and storage solutions in Taiwan. Since Sony is already the largest professional video camcorder vendor worldwide, the new Ultra HD product line is expected to further expand its market share.

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Foxconn chairman expects channel retail business to grow strongly in 1 year

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo has told investors that the company has already resumed its channel retail business, but he refused to provide details on the business' current status. However, he believes the business will achieve great results in many markets including China after one year.

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AOpen expects partnerships with Microsoft and Google to show results in 2H16

Taiwan-based digital signage player AOpen has partnered with Microsoft and Google to provide solutions that cover both front-end hardware and back-end big data analysis, and expects the new solutions to achieve some results in the second half, according to company chairman Bernie Tsai.

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Google plans to use renewable energy for data center expansion in Taiwan

Google has not changed plans to expand its existing data center in central Taiwan, but plans to purchase renewable energy instead of constructing a power plant, and hopes to help the Taiwan government set up a renewable energy certification system, according to the company's Director of Operations, Data Center Energy and Location Strategy, Gary Demasi.

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Nanya to deal out cash dividend of NT$2.80 for 2015

Shareholders of Nanya Technology have approved the distribution of a NT$2.80 (US$0.09) cash dividend for 2015, according to the DRAM maker.

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Foxconn pushes new strategy to help Sharp transform

At the company's investor conference on June 22, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo said that several of Foxconn's vice presidents will join Sharp's board of directors to help Sharp transform over three stages of planning.

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Improved product mix to boost FocalTech gross margins, says president

FocalTech Systems' gross margin is set to rise above 20% in 2016 thanks to an improved product mix, according to company president Ming-Cheng Liao.

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Automotive semiconductor market grows slightly in 2015 while ranks shift, IHS says

Despite slowing growth for the automotive industry and exchange rate fluctuations, the automotive semiconductor market grew at a modest 0.2% on year reaching US$29 billion in 2015, according to IHS.

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Zeolites could make LEDs cheaper and more efficient

Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Strasbourg, and CNRS have discovered a new phosphor that could make next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting even cheaper and more efficient. The team used highly luminescent clusters of silver atoms and the porous framework of minerals known as zeolites. Silver clusters consist of just a few silver ...

Zeolites could make LEDs cheaper and more efficient

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Ekinops transponder/muxponder line doubles network capacity

Ekinops is introducing a flexible rate transponder/muxponder line which allows network operators to quickly and easily double their transport capacity. Using an advanced digital signal processor (DSP) combined with Ekinops’ enhanced T-Chip (Transport-on-a-Chip) technology to support both DP-QPSK and 16QAM modulation formats on a single line card, Ekinops is able to deliver a low-cost, programmable ...

Ekinops transponder/muxponder line doubles network capacity

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TT Electronics launches SiC power MOSfet.

TT Electronics has launched a SiC power MOSFET for high temperature, power efficiency applications with a maximum junction temperature of +225°C. As a result of this operating potential, the package has a higher ambient temperature capability and can therefore be used in applications, including distribution control systems with greater environmental challenges, such as those in ...

TT Electronics launches SiC power MOSfet.

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Everlight plays down impact of Japan patent infringement ruling

The Tokyo District Court in Japan has ruled that Japan-based Tachibana Eletech and E&E Japan have infringed Japan-based Nichia's patent JP3972943 regarding LED technology for imported blue-light LED products made by Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics, according to Nichia.

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CPT at full capacity with order visibility through 3Q16, says president

Small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has fully utilized production capacity at a 4.5G fab and a 6G one since mid-February 2016 and has landed orders with shipments scheduled through the third quarter of 2016, according to company president Lin Sheng-chang.

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China market: Xiaomi likely to launch smartwatch in September, says report

Xiaomi Technology is expected to launch its first smartwatch in September at the earliest. The Mi smartwatch is likely to come with a 1.3-inch round display powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU with 512MB RAM, according to media reports in China.

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PCB maker Unimicron expects sales momentum to continue to November

PCB maker Unimicron Technology expects its sales momentum to continue to November thanks to its increasing penetration in telematics, mobile devices and IoT markets, according to company chairman Tze-chang Tzeng.

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Digitimes Research: NFC-based mobile payments will struggle to replace 3rd-party e-payments in China

While the launch of Apple Pay services in the China market on February 18, 2016 has stimulated use of NFC-based mobile payment services, NFC services will find it difficult to replace third-party e-payments, such as Baidu Wallet, Alipay, TenPay and YeePay, mainly because NFC-enabled POS devices are not deployed widely enough and only high-end and some mid-range smartphone models support NFC, according to Digitimes Research.

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Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments in China to decrease 2.9% in 2016

China's tablet-use application processor (AP) shipments are expected to decrease 2.9% in 2016 as a result of poor tablet sales, according to Digitimes Research.

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Columbus, Ohio Gets Smart

Columbus, Ohio's smart city plan includes driverless cars, smart signals designed for better traffic and personal transit service including Uber, Car2Go and a new ride-share program.

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Consolidation Shuffles Automotive IC Vendor Rankings

NXP and Infineon moved up the list of automotive chip suppliers last year based on big acquisitions.

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Thinking Beyond Stop-Start

As the country's corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards rise, what are car manufacturers to do?

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Atmel Employees Sue, Protest Microchip

Former employees of Atmel in Dresden are suing Microchip for severance while a group in the U.S. is negotiating for similar benefits and a team in Shanghai protested layoffs.

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Researchers Claim First 1,000-core Processor

A team of researchers from the University of California-Davis has reported designing a 1,000 core processor said to be the most energy efficient many-core processor ever reported.

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (6/19-6/25)

Whether you're looking for rotary switches or dc converters, Electronic Design has you covered. We've rounded up some of the latest products to help optimize your applications, devices, and systems.

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10 Summer Projects For Engineers With Too Much Time on Their Hands

Literally hundreds of thousands of projects await engineers of all skill levels can accomplish over the summer with their free time that range from robotics to submarine ROVs and beyond.

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Call for more support for London’s IoT start-ups

With London Technology Week taking place this week, Jim Bowes, CEO and co-founder of digital consultancy Manifesto, suggests ways London can encourage future growth in its internet of things (IoT) technology sector. The capital has been successful at attracting digital technology and software start-ups, but Bowes says more can be done to support research in ...

Call for more support for London’s IoT start-ups

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Testing the RF circuit for IoT success

Buzzwords like Industry 4.0, the internet of things (IoT), mobile computing, and cloud computing can currently be found in many headlines in magazines. The common theme throughout is the development of RF communications systems, writes Wolfgang Bartels. Behind all these applications you will find the technologies like LTE, 3GPP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, RFID, NFC, and ...

Testing the RF circuit for IoT success

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Engineers as Mr. Fixit

Making and fixing are part of an engineer's essential zeitgeist.

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Collaboration Targets 3D Packaging for Voltage Regulators in Data Centers

UTAC, Sarda and AT&S are collaborating on the development of small, fast voltage regulators for data centers using 3D Gallium Arsenide system-in-package (SiP) technology.

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Universal High-Power AC Inputs: Perk or Pitfall?

Alternating current (AC) power is available throughout almost the entire world and provides a convenient power source for many electronics. Unfortunately, the power around the world is not the same in each location. There are different voltage levels and frequencies, depending on where in the world you may be - but is there a better way to design this power supply?

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EEVblog #892 – Siglent SSA3021X Spectrum Analyser Teardown

A very detailed look inside the new Siglent SSA3021X 3.2GHz Spectrum Analyser.
The entire RF section is broken down and analysed in depth with a block diagram overlay.

Forum HERE

Keysight AN150 App Note

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Zero Power Listen-Mode Sensor Debuts

An acoustic "event-detection" device like Vesper's new piezoelectric MEMS microphone uses sound energy to wake a system from full power-down mode, thus enabling battery life of a system embedded with the sensor to span not months but years.

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Security Practices for Smart Homes

By leveraging proven security mechanisms and protocols, engineers can significantly enhance the security of connected devices in the home.

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FTDI Chip adds to support for USB implementation

FTDI Chip has introduced two new board level products and a new IC to support engineers with comprehensive support when implementing USB into their embedded systems. The UMFTPD3A programmer module is designed specifically for use with the company’s development hardware and ICs containing either internal one-time programmable (OTP) memory or eFUSE logic (which are both ...

FTDI Chip adds to support for USB implementation

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Comment: Risks of buying off the internet

As purchases are increasingly made via the internet, never before has the packaging of electronic products and components, and their successful delivery through the supply chain, played such an important role in brand loyalty, writes Jean-Louis Evans As the delivery environment can be quite harsh, if a product or its packaging arrives damaged, this can ...

Comment: Risks of buying off the internet

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Enter the 1,000 core processor chip

KiloCore is a thousand core processor whose 621 million transistors execute 1.78 trillion instructions per second. Designed with an emphasis on low power operation by engineers at the University of California, the chip was fabricated by IBM on 32nm CMOS, and was revealed at the Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Honolulu. “To the best of ...

Enter the 1,000 core processor chip

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UMC announces investment in China firm

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) plans to invest up to US$50 million in China-based Wise Road Capital through a wholly-owned subsidiary Sino Paragon, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Dell and AOC see solid on-year growth in worldwide monitor market in 1Q16, says IDC

The total worldwide PC monitor market shipped more than 29 million units in the first quarter of 2016, up 0.5% on year but a decrease of 5.7% compared to the previous quarter, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker.

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Asustek, HTC caught up in Tessera patent infringement case in the US

Commenting on US-based Tessera Technologies and its subsidiary Invensas filing lawsuits against players such as Broadcom and Avago as well as Asustek Computer and High Tech Computer (HTC) for infringing its semiconductor equipment patents, Asustek said that the company values intellectual property rights heavily and is currently trying to understand the problem and will fully cooperate with any investigation.

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Dow Chemical continues to ramp up CMP production in Taiwan

Dow Chemical held recently a groundbreaking ceremony for the fourth-phase expansion project of its chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, according to the company.

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MediaTek to unveil 5G solution as early as 2018

MediaTek is looking to debut the first generation of its 5G chip solutions as early as 2018. The Taiwan-based IC design house has expanded an R&D team engaged in the development of 5G solutions to more than 100 people, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Canadian Solar, Flextronics to jointly set up PV module factory in Brazil, says Absolar

China-based PV module maker Canadian Solar and Flextronics International will jointly invest US$80 million to set up a PV module factory with annual production capacity of 360MWp in Brazil, with production to begin in 2016, according to the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association (Absolar).

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SMIC announces mass production for Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chips in Beijing

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has announced that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 425 processor and MDM9x07 have passed customer qualification and begun mass production at its majority owned joint venture fab in Beijing. The successful production of 28nm Snapdragon products in Beijing represents an important step for SMIC's 28nm technology, the China-based foundry said.

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ADI optical sensor for gesture recognition

ADI has announced an optical sensor for gesture recognition, which improves sensing accuracy and reliability by measuring a subject’s position, proximity, and gestures from a single sensor. Solutions requiring multiple sensors are often inaccurate, as the sensors “see” objects differently from varying angles making the signals difficult to combine. The single-point sensing used in the ...

ADI optical sensor for gesture recognition

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TI launches retimers

TI has introduced three retimers which enable an extended signal range over long traces, connectors and cables without degradation of signal integrity. These devices expand TI’s high-performance retimer portfolio, and support flexible, cost-optimized system design, enabling designers to speed their products to market while maintaining optimal performance. The retimers improve signal quality by removing jitter ...

TI launches retimers

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

Taiwan had 449,000 jobless citizens in May 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.84%, down 0.02pp on month but up 0.22pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on June 22.

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Foxconn chairman looks at LeEco ecosystem for possible cooperation

Foxconn Electronics chairman Terry Gou and a number of top executives of the EMS giant have recently visited an experience shop of the "LeEco ecosystem" operated by China-based conglomerate LeEco (formerly LeTV) in Shenzhen to tap the possibility of enhancing cooperation between the two companies, according to LeEco chairman and CEO Jia Yueting.

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Inventec expects to achieve NT$460 billion revenues in 2017

Inventec chairman Richard Lee has pointed out that the company in the past 12 months has been integrating its resources in Taiwan and China and transforming its businesses to focus on developing Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial 4.0 applications.

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DoC imposes tariffs on China-made SolarCity PV modules

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has made a final decision to uphold SolarWorld's petition that PV modules consisting of HIT (heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer) solar cells produced by Silevo - a US-based PV module maker acquired by US-based PV installation undertaker SolarCity in 2014, - at its factory in Hangzhou, eastern China, should be subject to anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs put into force in 2014.

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Applied Materials sees strong demand for OLED equipment, says executive

Applied Materials has seen orders for OLED equipment increasing, especially from South Korea-based panel makers, and its second-quarter 2016 order value for the display equipment segment is estimated at US$700 million, 5.8 times the US$120 million recorded for second-quarter 2015, according to Applied Materials' greater China account general manager Kuo Yi-tze for AKT Display Business Unit.

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China, Taiwan TV panel makers adopt Cd-free quantum dot technology, says Nanoco COO

While Samsung Electronics took the initiative to launch super Ultra HD LCD TVs based on cadmium (Cd)-free quantum dot technology in March 2015, China- and Taiwan-based panel makers have now also adopted the technology, according to COO Keith Wiggins for UK-based heavy metal-free nanomaterial maker Nanoco Technologies.

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Alcor Micro announces stock buyback

USB controller designer Alcor Micro has announced plans to buy back a portion of its common shares from the Taiwan stock market. The move is aimed at protecting corporate value and the interests of shareholders, the company said.

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Sigurd to deal out cash dividend of NT$1.60 for 2015

Testing company Sigurd Microelectronics has announced that plans to distribute a cash dividend of NT$1.60 (US$0.05) for 2015 have been approved by its shareholders.

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HTC confirms departure of former CEO

HTC has confirmed that its former CEO Peter Chou has left the company. Chou is currently serving as chairman of Hong Kong-based Digital Domain though he is still an honorary consultant to HTC.

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UMC buys equipment from ASML

United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced the purchase of a batch of machinery equipment for NT$2.04 billion (US$63.57 million) from lithography system vendor ASML.

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IC suppliers landing short lead-time orders for Type-C solutions

Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been receiving more short lead-time orders for USB Type-C solutions from notebook vendors and ODMs recently, indicating that the Type-C interface is likely to become mainstream in products in the second half of 2016, according to industry sources.

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Inventec to ship drones and service robots in 2H16

Inventec will begin shipping drones and service robots in the second half of 2016, but these new product lines will only have a limited contribution to revenues, according to David Ho, general manager of Inventec Appliances.

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Hoya to shift LCD photomask production to Taiwan, Korea

Japan-based Hoya, which has halted production of photomasks and other products at its Kumamoto plant since April 15 due to damage by earthquakes and an earthquake-induced fire in the cleanroom, has decided to shut down the plant and turn the facility into a technology development center.

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DRAM prices to stabilize in 2017, says DRAMeXchange

DRAM prices will become stable in 2017 as chipmakers implement supply controls, according to DRAMeXchange.

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Inventec enhancing marketing of cloud computing services in China

Inventec has stepped into providing cloud computing services in Taiwan and China through integrating in-house-produced servers and other hardware with software developed by Taiwan- and China-based partners. Inventec is strengthening marketing in the China market via adding data centers and local software partners, according to the company's Cloud Computing senior vice president Jonathan Yang.

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Take a Video Tour of IMS 2016

This 10-minute video takes your around the exhibit hall to see products from components to test equipment.

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Hail & Farewell Summer Solstice 2016

Do you regard the arrival and departure of the Solstices and Equinoxes with joy, with equanimity, or with dread?

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SRAM Takes the Wheel in Autonomous Vehicles

High performance SoCs benefit from the performance, density and speed of SRAM, not only for ADAS, but for the self-driving vehicles on the horizon

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Solar Impulse 2 Embarks On Atlantic Crossing

The solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, has taken off to cross the Atlantic in four days, in one of the most hazardous legs of its trip around the world.

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Achronix FPGA-Based Accelerator-6D PCIe Board for Data Center & Network Acceleration

The Accelerator-6D is the industry's highest single-FPGA memory bandwidth, PCIe add-in card for high-speed data center acceleration applications.

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US to take global lead on 5G spectrum

US telecoms commission, the FCC will decide next month (14 July) on which frequency bands in the radio spectrum will be used for 5G in the US. After considering spectrum population from low bands below 2.4GHz through mid-range Citizens Broadband Radio service in the 3.5GHz band it seems the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will go ...

US to take global lead on 5G spectrum

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