Higher DRAM Bit Growth Seen For 2018

Samsung mulling plan to ratchet up DRAM capacity next year, which would prompt competitors to follow suit.

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AT&T Previews Edge Compute Plans

AT&T discussed its plans for an edge computing architecture and implications it may have for designers of servers, devices and software.

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Canyon Bridge Head Charged With Insider Trading in Lattice Deal

Benjamin Chow, managing partner of private equity firm backed by China's central government, is accused of feeding non-public information about the deal to a friend who profited over $5 million from trades of Lattice stock.

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Semiconductor Sales Hit $108 Billion in Q3

Semiconductor sales topped $100 billion for the first time in the second quarter, breaking an all time

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Apple May Drop Qualcomm Chips

Apple is creating designs of next-generation iPhones and iPads that use Intel and Mediatek's baseband modem chips, cutting out longtime supplier Qualcomm amid a legal dispute, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Calif. Fires Destroy HP Archive Documents

The fire that swept through Sonoma County, California, consumed a truly significant piece of the test industry, electrical engineering, and American history.

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Architectures Battle for Deep Learning

Chip vendors implement new applications in CPUs. If the application is suitable for GPUs and DSPs, it may move to them next. Over time, companies develop ASICs and ASSPs. Is Deep learning is moving through the same sequence?

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Hi-rel NFC tag chip for industrial use

AMS has launched a NFC tag IC with industrial-grade quality, intended for high-reliability long term use. Called AS3956, it is intended to act as a contactless bridge between a microcontroller and NFC readers or NFC-equipped phones. The chip is able to operate fully powered by the RF field, without any external supply, and can supply 5mA ...

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Flexible graphene THz detector

THz radiation can be detected by graphene FETs fabricated on a flexible polymer substrate, according to Chalmers University in Sweden. At room temperature, it detects signals from 330 to 500GHz. According to “A flexible graphene terahertz detector” in Applied Physics Letters, estimated noise equivalent power in the antenna-coupled graphene FETs at room temperature is below 3nW/√Hz at ...

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Synopsys publishes Coverity report on code quality

Synopsys has released the 2017 Coverity Scan Report, which examines Open Source Software (OSS) quality and security data collected over the past decade through Coverity Scan, a free static analysis solution from Synopsys used by more than 4,600 active OSS projects. The report finds significant adoption of secure software development practices and underscores the importance ...

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Farnell launches ‘Maker to Market’

Farnell element14 has launched  “Maker to Market”: a range of capabilities that offer start-ups the support, expertise and resources to take their products to market. These Maker to Market services are supported by Design & Manufacturing Services which enable engineers to focus on developing the best product possible by providing support at every stage of ...

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Samsung posts record operating profit for 3Q17

Samsung Electronics has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017, reporting revenues of KRW62.05 trillion (US$55.5 billion), compared to KRW14.23 trillion for the same period last year. Operating profit for the quarter reached a record KRW14.53 trillion, compared to KRW9.33 trillion for third-quarter 2016.

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Renesas puts auto 3D graphics on a chip

Renesas has announced an automotive infotainment SoC for  3D graphics displays in entry-level cars. The R-Car D3 chip delivers graphics while reducing  overall system development cost. The chip includes a 3D graphics core that enables a high-quality 3D display with a system cost equivalent to the BOM for 2D graphics instrument clusters. By adopting the ...

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Holtek to ship one million wireless charging MCUs in 2017

MCU and consumer IC firm Holtek Semiconductor expects its shipments of MCUs for wireless charging applications to reach one million units in 2017 driving up its revenues and profits for the year. Shipments of wireless charging MCUs are expected to triple in 2018, according to company spokesperson Patty Li.

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Alibaba setting up e-commerce hub in Malaysia

Alibaba Group and the Malaysia government are jointly developing a digital free trade zone (DFTZ) in the country, creating a platform for cross-border e-trade services in a bid to make Malaysia a logistics hub in the Southeast Asia market, according to Malaysia-based Chinese-language See Hua Daily News.

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Qualcomm small cell chips only choice for Taiwan: Q&A with DoIT chief Lo Ta-sheng

The announcement by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) in mid-October to impose an antitrust fine of NT$23.4 billion (US$775.8 million) on Qualcomm for its allegedly unfair royalty practice has not only resulted in mounting pressure from the US chipmaker but also increasing concerns from many sectors in Taiwan.

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China firms to invest CNY18 billion to develop 19nm DRAM technology

China-based GigaDevice Semiconductor and Hefei RuiLi Integrated Circuit Manufacture (formerly Hefei ChangXin IC) will team up to develop 19nm DRAM process technology for the production of 12-inch wafers at a total investment of CNY18 billion (US$2.71 billion), a move widely seen to usher in a new stage of competition in China's DRAM market, according to industry sources.

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Samsung sparkles

Samsung had Q3 operating profit of $12.9 billion on sales of $55 billion with $9 billion of the profit coming from semiconductor sales of $17.7 billion. Capex for next year will be $42 billion, with most of it ear-marked for chip fabs. The operating profit was 148% up on Q3 2016 propelled by the 77% ...

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Brainchip raises $21.5 million

Four year-old Australian neural net company Brainchip, headed up by Silicon Valley veteran Lou di Nardo, has raised $21.5 million. The company raised $6 million in May. It is already a public company with a market cap of $208 million. For FY 2017 it reported a loss of $5.8 million. The company develops neural network ...

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Drone Challenge Rides Soft Radio

DARPA will host a hackfest and drone flight challenge at Moffett Field later this month to seek new uses for software-defined radio.

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X-factors Hobble iPhone X

Apple has been forced into a 50-percent cut in shipments of its flagship iPhone X this holiday season, slashing volume from 40 to 20 million units. What caused this massive drop in the production flow?

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Winbond Bolsters Flash Security

TrustME W75F Secure Flash was created to address the need for a secure, non-volatile storage that is independent of the SoC process node and foundry capabilities

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Nanodiamonds Found to Prevent Lithium Battery Fires

The dendrite formation that causes lithium batteries to overheat can be prevented by mixing nanodiamonds with the Li-ion electrolyte at a concentration of at least 1 percent, says a Drexel nanomaterials researcher.

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EE Times University: Solid Design & Test Strategy Solves IoT Connectivity Challenges

Although the number one struggle for designers of IoT devices is connectivity, you can avoid many challenges by using an informed design and test strategy.

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Astronics acquires Telefonix, Upgrades ATE Systems

Avionics equipment manufacturer adds in-flight content delivery design and manufacturing. Test subsidiary automates board handling.

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Green Hills adds to secure RTOS support for Xilinx Zynq

Green Hills Software is supporting secure system development on the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC from Xilinx with its Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS) and supporting tools. Zynq UltraScale+ integrates 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 processor cores and an FPGA fabric which is being used in applications for automotive intelligence, industrial vision and defence. The secure RTOS allows software of different levels of ...

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Mouser signs Helium

Mouser has signed connectivity specialist Helium to a global distribution agreement. Helium says its products reduce  IoT cost of operation. Their product line features Atom Modules, starter kits, and adapters plus Element Access Points The Atom Modules,  available in surface-mount and prototyping versions, are  dual-band RF communication modules for IoT-enabled wireless products. The Atom incorporates a ...

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QCT pushing 5G development with Intel

Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a cloud computing subsidiary of Quanta Computer, is cooperating with Intel to accelerate its investments in the 5G market and its establishment of partnerships with telecom equipment suppliers, and the company will focus on developing its next-generation network infrastructure based on the virtualization concept, according to Mike Yang, QCT general manager.

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Quanta plans to expand server production capacity in US, Germany in 2018

In a move to fulfill ever-growing orders for servers from global customers, Quanta Group is planning to expand server production capacities at its manufacturing bases in Europe and the US, with its server revenues to soar at least 20% on year in 2018, according to company sources.

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Sharp posts fourth straight quarterly profits

Sharp has reported its fourth consecutive quarterly profits of JPY20.2 billion (US$177 million) for its fiscal second-quarter 2017 (ended September), compared to a year-earlier loss of JPY17.9 billion.

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Dynamic, smart production in China: Q&A with iSESOL GM Zhu Zhihao

While the sharing economy is gaining momentum nowadays, the manufacturing sector is also utilizing cloud service platforms to materialize new business models associated with Industry 4.0 and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies and applications. Established in 2015 as a joint venture by Shenyang Machine Tool Group, DC Holdings, and Everbright Financial Holding Asset Management, iSESOL has integrated extensive social resources to create a social cloud manufacturing services platform by taking the Industry 4.0 and Internet Plus concept as the framework, smart CNC equipment as the basis, and high-end industrial services as the channel.

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China looks to start 5G commercial operations in 2018

Pushed by government policies and accelerated deployments of 5G networks by telecom operators, some first-tier cities in China may leapfrog those in other countries including Japan, Korea and the US to pioneer 5G commercial operations at the end of 2018, according to industry sources.

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TrendForce forecasts for 2018

TrendForce has produced its forecasts for 2018: 1. Tight supply, high prices to continue in DRAM market 2. AI’s influence on the semiconductor industry will expand 3. Numerous fabs in China will come on-stream. 4. OLED penetration in smartphones will increase from 28% to 33% 5. 5G deployment begins 6. Voice-based personal assistants will drive ...

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Unhappy ST workers may affect production

Despite the rising financial fortunes of ST, whose share price has doubled in the past twelve months, there are staff shortages at Isère and Crolles and the company is having difficulty in hiring and retaining staff, says CAD-ST, the organisation representing ST employees. This situation could lead, says CAD-ST, to interruptions in production. “STMicroelectronics must ...

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China FPGA strategy takes shape

With President Trump denying China access to Lattice’s technology, the nascent China FPGA industry is looking to develop home-grown programmable logic. Digitimes reports that Shanghai Anlogic Information Technology vp Chen Li-guang says that China will have to develop the technology by themselves while concentrating on expanding their market share by focussing on entry-level products. . ...

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Si Valley money comes to the UK

Despite Brexit, Silicon Valley VCs are pumping money into UK tech start-ups, report London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s promotional agency. UK start-ups received £884.8m from Bay Area VCs in the first nine months of this year, compared to £342m in the whole of 2016, says the agency. Major deals include Andreessen Horowitz’s investment ...

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19 Views of Arm Tech Con 2017

Despite its keynotes on software and security, ARM Tech Con was packed with hardware insights from process technology to SoCs for IoT and more.

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Lead time for MOSFET chips extends

Major MOSFET suppliers have extended delivery lead times to 13-18 weeks from 8-12 weeks as the supply of MOSFET chips has become tighter on rising demand for electric cars, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan biotech firms urged to tap Southeast Asia market

Southeast Asia offers many business opportunities for Taiwan-based makers of biotech products, according to Lin Chii-wann, who heads the Biomedical Technology and Device Research Laboratories under Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

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Online retailer unveils logistics center in northern Taiwan

TV and online shopping service operator momo.com has disclosed it has inaugurated an automated logistics center in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, with utilization of logistics capacity standing at 70% currently and expected to rise to 100% by year-end 2017.

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ASE likely to post record 4Q17 revenues

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects sales of its core IC assembly test and material (ATM) business to register flat sequential growth in the fourth quarter, while sales of the company's EMS services will increase to almost the levels its IC ATM unit generated in the third quarter.

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Innolux to maintain high utilization rate in 4Q17

Flat panel maker Innolux expects its overall performance to stay steady in the fourth quarter of 2017, with its overall utilization rate to be nearly at 100% with minor adjustments at individual fabs according to market conditions, according to company sources.

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Advanced Optoelectronic to offer mini LED backlighting for TVs in 2018

LED packaging service provider Advanced Optoelectronic Technology plans to offer mini LED backlighting for TVs in the third or fourth quarter of 2018, the company has said.

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Advantech launches smart hospital solutions

Industrial computing device maker Advantech has disclosed its smart hospital solutions has won adoption from 37 hospitals around Taiwan.

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Silicon Motion SSD solutions sales hike 50% in 3Q17

NAND flash device controller supplier Silicon Motion Technology saw sales of its enterprise and industrial SSD solutions increase approximately 50% sequentially in the third quarter, though sales of its other product lines all registered sequential decreases.

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Young Optics reports 3Q17 loss

Optical component and module maker Young Optics has reported net loss of NT$38.7 million (US$1.28 million) for third-quarter 2017. It is the sixth consecutive quarter the company has reported losses.

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Baidu 3Q17 net profit hikes 156% on year

China-based search engine Baidu has released reported third-quarter 2017 net profit reached CNY7.949 billion (US$1.19 billion), hiking 156.25% on year.

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AUO guardedly optimistic about 4Q17

Taiwan LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has expressed guarded optimism about its sales performance in the fourth quarter of 2017, with its capacity utilization to stay at high levels despite scheduled annual equipment maintenance in the quarter, according to company sources.

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STMicro Sees Growth Across the Board

Sales for IoT, smartphones, industrial and automotive lead the way as company remains on track to grow 18 percent in 2017.

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IoT Gets Wake Up Call from Reaper

Vendors waiting to add effective security measures to their IoT devices may be too late--the Reaper is coming.

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Automotive, IoT Continue to Boost Cypress

The "Cypress 3.0" strategy is paying off faster than expected, leading to record revenue thanks to its IoT wireless connectivity business growing 80% year over year.

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EET University: Inside IoT: How to Defeat Wireless Test and Certification Challenges

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Yokogawa gives scopes CXPI automotive serial bus analysis option

Yokogawa has added a CXPI serial bus analysis to the range of option to its DLM2000 and DLM4000 series mixed-signal oscilloscopes. CXPI (Clock Extension Peripheral Interface) is an automotive serial bus interface that can be used as an alternative to the established CAN and LIN buses for in-vehicle communications. Its attractions are lower power consumption ...

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Amplicon offers industrial LTE cellular router from Belden

Amplicon is stocking the OWL-LTE family of industrial cellular routers from Belden, which also have security capabilities. The small format LTE edge router also offers a range of interfaces including digital I/O, serial RS323 and fast Ethernet LAN. For security, the cellular router supports VPN and encryption methods, including OpenVPN and IPsec VPN. The router ...

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Bye Bye Intersil

One of the greatest and most enduring names in the semiconductor industry is about to be lost. 50 years ago, this year, Jean Hoerni, one of the ‘traitorous eight’ who founded Fairchild and the inventor of the planar process, founded Intersil. Intersil was bought by Renesas in 2015. Now Renesas is to drop the name ...

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Maanshan Electronics Expo focusing on AI and IoT business opportunities

Maanshan Electronics Expo hosted in Maanshan, China from October 27-30 is focusing on latest technology trends including artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), and solutions integrating the two sectors have also grown popular for IT developers that are looking to improve their profitability.

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Taiwan telecom players can incorporate 5G NR to boost capacities, says Nokia researcher

Taiwan telecom firms can take advantage of their high density of base stations deployed around the country to quickly incorporate 5G New Radio (NR) technology, the standard of which will become the most concerned one among the first set of 5G mobile network standards to be released by the end of 2017, according to Nokia researcher.

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China firms to expand global presence in entry-level FPGA market

China-based FPGA chip suppliers including Shanghai Anlogic Information Technology, Shenzhen Pango Microsystems, Gowin Semiconductor, Xian Intelligence Silicon Tech and AGM Microelectronics are gearing up to expand their global presence in the entry-level market segment, according to industry sources.

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Innolux reports net profits NT$880 million for 3Q17

Innolux has registered consolidated revenues of NT$79.5 billion (US$2.61 billion) for the third quarter with operating margin 20.3%, operating profits NT$10.9 billion, net profits NT$880 million and an EPS NT$0.88.

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BOE starts volume production at China first 6G AMOLED fab

China-based BOE Technology Group kicked off its 6G AMOLED panel production line in Chengdu, Sichuan for volume production on October 26, marking the official run of the country's first and the world's second 6G flexible AMOLED panel production line, according to company sources.

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Micron runs foundries smartly with AI, big data

Emerging technologies, such as cloud, mobile, and social media, have driven exponential growths in global data, propelled information system reforms, and supported business transformation. To promptly respond to market developments, an increasing numbers of manufacturers are optimizing processes, capabilities to increase product values through new technologies. "To swiftly respond to market needs," said Micron Technology global front-end operations VP Buddy Nicoson, "many manufacturers are improving quality, yield rates, productivity, and cost through big data analytics. Micron is no exception."

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The Amazing ‘A’s

Amazon and Alphabet showed off their differing business philosophies in their Q3 results. Amazon reported sales up 34% to $43.7 billion but said its profit was $256 million. Alphabet reported profit of $6.73 billion on sales of $27.7 billion. As well as looking for profit Alphabet is piling up cash – now over $100 billion. ...

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UltraSoC and NetSpeed to accelerate SoC design time

NetSpeed Systems, the on-chip network IP specialist and embedded analytics vendor UltraSoC, have teamed up to accelerate the time from concept to system validation for complex SoCs by integrating their product offerings allowing UltraSoC monitors, debug ports, and analytics, to work with NetSpeed infrastructure. UltraSoC’s IP enables designers to create an on-chip infrastructure that non-intrusively monitors a ...

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Saudi Arabia to put $1bn into Branson rocket programme

Saudi Arabi is to put $1 billion into Richard Branson’s space companies Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit. “This investment is a sign of confidence from the international investment community that our vision, our approach and our technology are the right path to commercialising space access,” says Branson, “we are now just months ...

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GTC Taiwan 2017: Nvidia announces AI collaboration with Taiwan

Nvidia at its GPU Technology Conference (GTC) Taiwan 2017 event on October 26 underscored its commitment to helping Taiwan jump start deep learning in an economy best known for its central role in tech's global supply chain.

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Supply of high-density NOR flash to remain tight in 2018, says Macronix chairman

The supply of high-density NOR flash memory will remain tight through 2018, while the low-density market segment will be affected by China-based suppliers' new capacities, according to Macronix International chairman Miin Wu.

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Taiwan science parks post increased revenues for January-August

Three Taiwan's government-operated science parks - Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) - generated combined revenues of NT$1.572 trillion (US$51.93 billion) in January-August 2017, growing 5.97% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

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China market: San'an Optoelectronics posts net profits CNY2.378 billion for 1Q-3Q17

China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker San'an Optoelectronics has reported net profits of CNY$2.378 billion (US$349 million) for January-September 2017, hiking 59.0% on year.

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Taiwan sets rules for drone operation

The Taiwan's government has approved a draft amendment to Civil Aviation Act proposed by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) specifically for regulating operation of civilian drones.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti coming out on November 2

Nvidia has added the new GeForce GTX 1070 Ti to its Pascal lineup of gaming GPUs, sliding in between the GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 GPUs. The new GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be available worldwide on November 2 at a suggested retail price of US$449.

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Winbond 3Q17 profits hike

Specialty DRAM and flash chipmaker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits of NT$2.08 billion (US$68.9 million) for the third quarter of 2017, which already exceeded the total for the first half of the year.

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Aurora nets NT$3.77 per share for January-September

Aurora, a distributor of office automation (OA) machines and office furniture, recorded consolidated revenues of NT$3.76 billion (US$124 million), net profit of NT$411 million and net EPS of NT$1.64 for the third quarter of 2017, leading to consolidated revenues of NT$10.82 billion, net profit of NT$1.084 billion and net EPS of NT$3.77 for January-September.

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Macronix net profits hit 7-year high in 3Q17

Mask ROM and flash chipmaker Macronix International has reported net profits of NT$2.12 billion (US$70.2 million) for the third quarter of 2017, hitting a seven-year high, with EPS reaching NT$1.20.

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Nvidia halts distribution partners from selling GeForce graphics cards to server, HPC sectors

Shipments of Nvidia's Quadro and Tesla series graphics cards are expected to see a boost as the GPU supplier has recently started enforcing a measure that requires its distribution partners to ship only these two series of graphics cards, instead of GeForce ones, to server and high-performance computer (HPC) clients, according to sources from server players.

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Seagate sees increased revenues for 3Q17

Seagate has announced revenues of US$2.63 billion for the third quarter of 2017, up from US$2.41 billion a quarter earlier, and some market watchers expect the company's fourth-quarter performance to stay flat sequentially.

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China January-September software revenues estimated at CNY3.983 trillion

China's software industry consisting of 35,081 companies generated revenues totaling CNY3.983 trillion (US$584.90 billion) in January-September 2017, growing 14.1% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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PV installations added in 2017 estimated at 96.5GW, says Bernreuter Research

The total PV installation capacity established around the world in 2017 is estimated at 96.5GW, increasing 30.4% on year, according to Bernreuter Research.

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Intel Q3 up 2% y-o-y

Intel had Q3 revenues up 2% y-o-y at $16.1 billion. Data centre revenue was up 7% y-o-year to $4.9 billion. IoT revenue  was up 23% y-oy to $849 million. Memory was up 37% y-o-y to $891 million. Programmable solutions (Altera) was up 10% y-o-y to $469 million. PCs were flat in dollars and 7% down in ...

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IoT May Need Sub-50-Cent SoCs

The Internet of Things will demand radically cheaper, lower power SoCs by 2027, but the road to get there is unclear, said technologists from ARM.

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Apple: Supply Chain Disaster or Hero?

Apple and its supply chain are always in the news. Oddly, sometimes they are cast as a sterling example while other times they are pointed to for big failures. What's going on?

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Qualcomm's NXP Buy May Slip to 2018

NXP's CEO, while announcing the company's Q3 financial results, reversed a long-held position in conceding that Qualcomm's acquisition of NXP Semiconductors will not happen - as promised - this year. The deal is likely to slip to "early 2018."

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NVMe Changes the Data Recovery Game

Pulling data from a damaged SSD is more of custom R and D project compared spinning disk

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Intel Lifts Sales Forecast After Strong Q3

Biggest U.S. chipmaker on track for a record year after sales rise across all product groups.

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TiePie adds EMC pre-compliance testing to USB scope

Netherlands-based TiePie is getting into EMI pre-compliance testing with a kit based around its Handyscope HS6 DIFF 1Gsample/s 14bit quad differential channel USB. Called Handyscope HS6 DIFF-1000XMESG, the supplied TP-EMI-HS6 probe set contains three magnetic field (H field) probes and one electric field (E field) probe, plus a tripod to position the probes in the ...

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Keysight provides validation route for automotive Ethernet

In-car communication networks are likely to be based on the Ethernet standard these days. As data requirements increase car manufacturers are looking to automotive Ethernet as a replacement for the media oriented systems transport (MOST) bus. Keysight Technologies has this trend in mind with the introduction of a suite of BroadR-Reach, 100Base-T1 and 1000Base-T1 compatible ...

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Arduino-compatible STEM teaching kit

Intended to help teachers and students to learn about programming, electronics, design, and logic, Grove Zero Kit is a collection of plug-and-play modules, each with a built-in microcontroller pre-configured with code, from Seed Studio. The modules are colour coded according to function, such as sensor input or LED output, and snap together via magnetic connectors ...

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600V gate drivers work with 3.3V MCUs

Diodes has introduced 600V half-bridge drivers that are compatible with 3.3V logic. Numbered DGD2103M, DGD2104M and DGD2304, the chips have a floating high-side driver capable if driving an n-channel mosfet. “These drivers suit a wide range of motor control and power supply applications in industrial automation and white goods, that require AC and DC motor ...

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Samsung to build new factory in US for household appliances

Samsung Electronics plans to set up new manufacturing facilities in the State of South Carolina in the US with commercial production to begin in the third quarter of 2018 focusing on washing machines in the initial phase, according to industry sources.

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Innovative products, technologies take center stage at TPCA Show 2017

Many Taiwan players in the PCB supply chain have debuted their newest products, technologies and solutions at the TPCA Show 2017 running October 25-27 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, seeking to explore more potential customers and business opportunities.

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Innolux looks to steady year in 2018

Year 2018 is going to be a steady one for Innolux in terms of revenues and profits with an oversupply of LCD panels more likely to happen in 2019, according to Yang Chiu-lien, general director at Innolux.

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Lite-On begins T-box shipments

EMS provider Lite-On Technology has begun shipments of T-box on-board information and communication devices to plants set up in China by Japan-based automakers.

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AUO nets NT$8.86 billion for 3Q17

AU Optronics (AUO) has reported its consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2017 came to NT$87.4 billion (US$2.89 billion), up by 3.5% from the previous quarter. Net profit attributable to owners of the company for the third quarter of 2017 was NT$8.86 billion, with a basic EPS of NT$0.92.

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HPE, Wiwynn to provide Microsoft with Project Olympus servers

Microsoft has released orders to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Taiwan-based Wiwynn for making servers for its Project Olympus, a next-generation hyperscale computing hardware design for cloud datacenters, according to industry sources.

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Semiconductor firms eye edge-computing opportunities

With edge computing promising to become an important part of cloud systems, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is eyeing the market opportunities with its advanced 7nm process technology, according to industry sources.

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Qualcomm exerts pressure on Taiwan over antitrust fine

Qualcomm appeared to have mounted pressure on Taiwan against a NT$23.4 billion (US$774 million) antitrust fine imposed by its Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for the company's allegedly unfair royalties, according to industry sources.

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NXP Q3 revenue up 8% sequentially

NXP had Q3 operating income of $163 million – up 226% sequentially but down 6% y-o-year. Q3 revenue was $2.39 billion, up 8% sequentially but down 3% y-o-y. The y-o-y decline was due to the sale of its standard products division. HPMS revenue was $2.29 billion, an increase of 9% sequentially anf y-o-y. Automotive Q3 ...

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ST Q3 up 11% sequentially and 18.9% y-o-y.

ST had Q3 revenues of $2.14 billion up 11.1% on Q2 and up 18.9% on Q3 2016. Gross profit was $845 million and net profit was $236 million with a gross margin of 39.5%. “All product groups recorded double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, driven by strong demand across all geographies in our focus application areas of ...

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Goodbye, Digital Camera; It Was Fun, But We're Done

Change comes quickly and can make a hit new product obsolete faster than we anticipated, as the digital camera clearly demonstrates.

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ARM TechCon: Moortec and Sonics offer tight frequency scaling

Moortec has teamed with Sonics, US-based on-chip network firm to provide advanced power management techniques for ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) and MCU designs. The partnership, announced at ARM TechCon in California, combines Sonics’ ICE-P3 dynamic voltage and frequency scaling technology with Plymouth, UK-based Moortec’s temperature sensors to provide on-chip temperature-compensated, dynamic voltage and frequency scaling. This ...

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Case study: Optimising thermal management for battery module safety

Simone Saile of Panasonic Industry Europe considers how, by combining and adapting various different materials, thermal management could be optimised for the service life and safety of battery modules. Compared to other frequently used batteries, lithium-ion batteries are known for having a high energy and power density, a long service life and for being composed ...

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Retail website tech firm joins Mayor of London’s growth programme

Online video company GoInStore is the latest London-based start-up to be accepted onto the Mayor of London’s GotoGrow Programme. The aim of the initiative is to support the creation of international businesses in the capital. To join the initiative, companies must be able to demonstrate 20% year-on-year growth over a three-year period. GoInStore’s technology supports ...

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Bitcoin ASIC Maker Bets on AI

Bitcoin ASIC designer Bitmain of Beijing announced it is sampling its first accelerator for deep neural networks, the BM1680.

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Anritsu adds test upgrade for high speed LTE-Advanced mobiles

Anritsu is supporting the testing of RF transceiver characteristics for 6CC CA with new software options for its MT8821C test system for LTE-Advanced/LTE-Advanced Pro terminals. The new software upgrade will support the implementation of faster LTE-Advanced/LTE-Advanced Pro network speeds: Carrier Aggregation (CA), which aggregates multiple component carriers (CCs). With support for RF and PHY layer ...

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Interface many TVs or STBs to one PC via IR or RF

For those needing to remote control many TVs or set-top boxes (STBs) from one PC, RedRat has launched a device that supports IR and RF links – the latter via optional Bluetooth or RF4CE add-on modules – according to the firm, RF is being increasingly used to control 4K and UHD TVs and associated set top boxes, ...

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Mouser launches inventory management app

Mouser has launched its Inventory Management Tool – a web-based inventory system which helps people to manage and track their stock of electronic components and related supplies. The integrated iOS and Android apps enable users to scan barcodes as well as print bin labels directly from the application. Customers can take advantage of this new free ...

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Semi capex to increase sharply, says Semiconductor Intelligence

Semiconductor capex in 2017 will increase significantly from 2016, says Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. In August, Gartner forecast 2017 cap ex growth of 10.2% and IC Insights projected 20.2% growth. SEMI expects spending on semiconductor fabrication equipment will increase 37%. Capex growth is primarily driven by increased capacity for DRAM and flash memory. Of the ...

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LG Display net profit grows 152% on year in 3Q17

LG Display (LGD) has reported that its revenues in the third quarter of 2017 increased by 4% to KRW6,973 billion (US$6.19 billion) from KRW6,724 billion in the third quarter of 2016, and increased by 5% from KRW6,629 billion in the second quarter of 2017.

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San'an obtains subsidy for MOCVD tool purchases

China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker San'an Optoelectronics has obtained first-phase subsidy of CNY124 million (US$18.7 million) from the government of Xiamen City, southeastern China, for procuring 30 MOCVD sets for making 4-inch LED wafers, according to industry sources.

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TPCA Show 2017 highlights tech advancements for AI

The TPCA Show 2017 opened October 25 for a three-day run at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall, with over 400 exhibitors from PCB-related supply chains showcasing their latest products and solutions at over 1,400 booths, aiming to underscore the role of PCBs in the AI (artificial intelligence) ecosystem and explore huge business opportunities associated with AI applications, according to Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA), organizer of the event.

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China September mobile communication user base grows to 1.395 billion

There were 1.395 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of September 2017, increasing 0.91% sequentially and 5.95% on year, with 141.73 million (10.16%) of them being 3G users, 946.76 million (67.89%) 4G users and 1.234billion (88.50%) mobile Internet-access users, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Bright Led focuses on high-profit products

LED packaging service provider Bright Led Electronics has revealed it has phased out production of low-profit devices using blue-light chips and focused on product lines with high gross margins, including SMD LED lighting modules for airplanes, street lamps, infrared (IR) sensor modules for robots, smart wearable devices, and devices made of AlGaInP chips.

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Motherboard makers to see shipments decline in 4Q17

Some motherboard vendors are expected to see their shipments decline over 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2017 as demand from the cryptocurrency mining sector has shown signs of a slowdown, and the new Z370-based motherboards are seeing weaker-than-expected sales, according to sources from motherboard players.

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Taiwan market: China drone maker DJI to set up training center

China-based civilian drone developer DJI has announced plans to set up a technology training center in Taiwan in the second half of 2017 with training programs to include drone inspection, aerial photography, drone protection, mapping, and safety and security issues.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments to decline in 4Q17

Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan-based makers are expected to decline 7.2% on year to 9.36 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017 due to lower-than-expected sales at clients and keen competition from China-based rivals, according to Digitimes Research.

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Moore's Law no longer valid, says Morris Chang

Moore's Law has become invalid for a while, as the time needed for the transistor density to double is no longer 18-24 months although the density has indeed kept increasing, Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has said in a recent tech forum hosted by the firm to mark its 30th anniversary.

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Globalfoundries improving EUV mask yield rate

Globalfoundries has improved its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask yield rate to nearly 65% recently, continuing to make progress in its migration to EUV lithography, said company CTO Gary Patton at a recent event held in Shanghai.

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Corning sales up 4% in 3Q17

Corning has reported that its third-quarter 2017 GAAP sales rose 4% on year to US$2.6 billion, with EPS reaching US$0.39, up 50% compared to US$0.26 for the same quarter a year ago.

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Taiwan analog IC firms to enjoy strong 4Q17

Taiwan-based analog IC firms, particularly suppliers of MOSFET chips and fan motor driver ICs, are expected to enjoy a particularly strong fourth quarter of 2017, according to industry sources.

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Audix to ramp up shipments of VCM components

IC distributor and component maker Audix will ramp up monthly shipments of its VCM (voice coil motor) components to 50 million units in October and November, according to industry sources. With its VCMs, Audix has reportedly cut into the supply chain for Apple's new iPhone devices.

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Realtek 3Q17 profits hit nearly 3-year high

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits for the third quarter of 2017 hit a nearly 3-year high of NT$1.15 billion (US$38 million). EPS for the quarter came to NT$2.28.

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SPIL posts EPS of NT$1.74 for 1Q-3Q17

IC packaging specialist Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) saw its net profits for the first three quarters of 2017 decline 23.8% from a year earlier to NT$5.41 billion (US$178.7 million). EPS for the nine-month period came to NT$1.74 compared with NT$2.28 during the same period in 2016.

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Foxconn expanding presence in FinTech sector, says report

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has continued to enhance its presence in the financial technology (FinTech) sector as the ODM giant aims to also become a financial service provider, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report.

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Digitimes Research: Development of edge computing accelerating

The development of on-device edge computing technology is heating up as related makers are seeking technology breakthroughs to address the concerns of privacy and protection of sensitive date when applying deep learning under cloud applications and to lower costs for enterprises to adjust its internal IT infrastructure to cope with cloud environments; or to challenge the restrictions caused by latency, Internet bandwidth limits and insufficient network infrastructure for development of smart applications such as computer vision (CV) and self-driving automobiles.

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Taiwan market: Sugar Phone launches two smartphones

French smartphone vendor Sugar Phone has unveiled the latest two models of its C11-series products, C11 and C11s, in the Taiwan market, with the availability to begin on November 1 at NT$6,990 (US$231) and NT$4,990, respectively.

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4.5-5.5% CAGR for semi industry 2017-27, says Chang

The semiconductor industry will have 4.5-5.5% CAGR 2017-27, says Morris Chang. TSMC will have a 2017-27 CAGR of 5-10% says Chang. Computing, IoT, mobile and automotive will be the drivers, he says. Chang said that the first profession to be affected by AI will be medical services because,  as AI becomes capable of diagnosing minor ...

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Denso develops 24-inch HUD for cars

Next month, DENSO will market a 24 inch automotive head-up display which will be used by the 2018 Lexus. DENSO’s new HUD projects a virtual screen approximately three meters ahead of the driver, enabling the driver to more intuitively access key information about the vehicle and its surroundings without changing direction of gaze. The technology ...

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Foxconn invests in blockchain start-up

Foxconn has invested in a three year-old Californian blockchain start-up called Abra which has a blockchain-based app for bitcoin dealing. “We’ve added some great investors, including Foxconn’s venture subsidiary HCM International, Silver8 Capital and Ignia,” says Abra co-founder and CEO Bill Barhydt. Other investors include Arbor Ventures, American Express Ventures, Jungle Ventures, Lehrer Hippeau and ...

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Flex Logix puts eFPGA on MCU

Flex Logix is demo-ing an MCU with embedded FPGA. “It shows designers a complete implementation of embedded FPGA and provides a “breadboard” for MCU and SoC architects to experiment with the architecture to develop their own products,” says Flex Logix CEO Geoff Tate, “a  flexible microcontroller or SoC has a block of embedded FPGA, with appropriate ...

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Delphi buys nuTonomy

Delphi Automotive, the auto parts manufacturer, is to buy driverless car software specialist nuTonomy for $400 million in cash with another $50 million if performance targets are met. The two companies have been testing automated vehicles in Singapore. Buying nuTonomy adds 100 engineers and scientists to Delphi’s automated driving team bringing it up to around ...

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Sangiovanni-Vincentelli appointed chairman of UltraSoC.

EDA luminary Professor Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli has been appointed non-executive chairman of UltraSoc. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli been with UC Berkeley for 41 years and was involved with the founding of Cadence and Synopsys. “The industry is now benefitting from the power of embedding UltraSoC IP into systems not only to debug the silicon in development, but to analyse ...

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Apple Talks About Sole Sourcing from TSMC

At its 30th anniversary celebration, TSMC hosted a forum of key customers including semiconductor CEOs and Apple chief operating officer Jeff Williams. Williams provided a rare glimpse into TSMC's role as the sole supplier of Apple's A11 application processor.

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NXP to Bridge MCU & AP with 'Crossovers'

To use an MCU or not (and to opt for an apps processor instead)? This is an eternal question for embedded system designers, and one that NXP Semiconductors hopes to answer by launching a new high-end MCU.

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Government chooses automotive funding winners for CAV testing

Competition winners to receive funding to upgrade testing infrastructure for connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technology.

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Andes core fabbed in FD-SOI

Andes Technology has implemented 32bit CPU IP cores in 22FDX, the 22nm FDSOI process from Globalfoundries.   “Our newest products, N25 32bit and NX25 64bit RISC-V based cores coupled with a mature toolchain, will provide even more value to customers in these advanced nodes by providing both high speed and power efficiency,” says Andes CTO ...

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800A resistor gets tapped holes for mounting and connections

Vishay has added tapped holes to some of its high-current shunt resistors to aid PCB and wire mounting. WSBS8518…M3 and WSBS8518…M4 are 36W battery shunt resistors featuring M3 and M4 tapped holes (close to the centre in the photo), respectively. The resistors are 85 x 18 x 3mm With resistance values down to 50µΩ, Vishay ...

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Ink jet printed photonic structures

Advances in ink jet printing have allowed photonically active structures to be printed, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory. “Most inkjet printers push the ink through the nozzle by heating or applying pressure, producing ink droplets about the size of the diameter of a human hair,” said Dr Vincenzo ...

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VoW and VoM next year, says Qualcomm.

Qualcomm says it will launch video-over-wireless (VoW)  products utilising video over mesh networks (VoM)  next year. “Qualcomm  a mesh Wi-Fi solution that provides the flexibility for carriers to deploy advanced video services through traditional wireless gateways and set-top-boxes or through mesh architectures, so that consumers can enjoy a resilient network that supports their growing entertainment ...

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Plextek global community for critical comms

Plextek, the Cambridgeshire-based RF design firm, is joining global critical communications organisation, TCCA. TCCA addresses the ongoing development of the TETRA open standard as well as promoting the development of mission-critical broadband communications. For its part, Plextek is involved in the development of systems for both Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and digital Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) ...

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U.S. Can't Pull Down China's Data Wall

Recent protests of China's new laws about cross-border data transfer may not sway regulators given rising digital walls around the world.

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Belfast researcher’s work on hurricane comms in Newton Prize final

A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has been shortlisted for the 2017 Newton Prize for his work designing a wireless communications system for use when natural disasters, such as an earthquake, tsunami or hurricane, strike. Dr Trung Duong, who is originally from Vietnam and based at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology at ...

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Back-end process adds LEDs and photo-diodes to silicon for on-chip comms

Photonics can be added to silicon CMOS, creating infra-red LEDs and photo-diodes using layers of molybdenum telluride, according to MIT. As a back-end process over CMOS, the team fabricated a p-n junction with an infra-red bandgap from a bi-layer of the two-dimensional dichalcogenide MoTe2. “Researchers have been trying to find materials that are compatible with silicon, ...

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Renesas and ASTC develop ADAS SoC

Renesas and Australian Semiconductor Technology Company (ASTC) are jointly  developing The VLAB/IMP-TASimulator virtual platform (VP) for Renesas’ R-Car V3M, an automotive system-on-chip (SoC) for advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The VP simulates image recognition and cognitive intellectual properties (IPs) in the R-Car V3M SoC and realizes embedded software development using a ...

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Brainchip ships first accelerator card

BrainChip, the neural net specialist, has shipped its first BrainChip Accelerator card to a major European automobile manufacturer. It is the first commercial implementation of a hardware-accelerated spiking neural network (SNN) system. The BrainChip Accelerator is an example of neuromorphic computing, a branch of artificial intelligence that simulates neuron functions. BrainChip Accelerator will be evaluated ...

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Qualcomm had 42% smartphone AP market share in H1

Qualcomm had 42% of the smartphone AP market in H1,  followed by Apple and Mediatek with 18% each, says Strategy Analytics. The market declined 5% y-oy to reach $9.4 billion in the first half of 2017. “After a successful 2016, Qualcomm continued its momentum and gained market share with the help of a strengthened portfolio ...

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Imec develops curved photo-detector

Imec and Holst Centre have produced a prototype of a curved photodetector on a plastic substrate. The breakthrough paves the way for smaller optical and 3D imaging X-ray systems with better, more uniform image quality. A prototype curved X-ray detector has been integrated into a medical cone-beam CT (CBCT) demonstrator. Curved surfaces are the most natural ...

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Apple-TSMC partnership started from home dinner hosted by Morris Chang, says Jeff Williams

Though a business partner of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for less than 10 years, Apple has become the largest customer of the world's largest foundry house in terms of revenue contribution. But their partnership started out with a home dinner hosted by TSMC chairman Morris Chang for Apple COO Jeff Williams in 2010, when both sides discussed the possibility of cooperating to integrate advanced technologies of both companies to fulfill their respective ambitions, Williams has disclosed.

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Acer steps up financing of StarVR joint venture

Starbreeze AB and Acer have announced that a new capitalization plan has been agreed for the StarVR - the joint venture for marketing and sales of the StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) headset. Under the new agreement, Acer will inject US$5 million into the joint venture and increase its interest to 66.7%. Starbreeze will be relieved from its remaining capital commitment of US$7.5 million and its interest will be 33.3%.

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Taiwan justifies high feed-in tariff for offshore wind farms

The Office of Energy and Carbon Reduction (OECR) has defended the government's feed-in tariff of NT$6 (US$0.198)/kWh set for offshore wind power generation against criticism that it is much higher than international levels.

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Koge to see growing incomes from automotive and home appliance applications in 2018

Taiwan-based pump and valve maker Koge Micro Tech is optimistic about orders from the automotive and home appliance industries in 2018 as clients will begin pushing more new applications.

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Sony to expand CIS presence in car electronics market

Sony has been strengthening its high-end CMOS image sensor (CIS) development and is looking to expand its presence in the car-use electronics market. The efforts are expected to bear fruit starting 2018, according to industry sources.

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Huawei ships 112 million smartphones in January-September

Huawei shipped 112 million smartphones worldwide in the first three quarters of 2017, increasing 19% on year and positioning itself as the largest smartphone vendor in China, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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SDI resumes production at China leadframe plant

Taiwan-based Shuen Der Industry (SDI), a supplier of semiconductor leadframes, has resumed production at a China factory which was ordered to suspend and remediate polluted water.

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Global semiconductor sector to see 4.5-5.5% CAGR in next decade, says Morris Chang

The global semiconductor sector will grow 2-3pp more than the global GDP expansion and see a 4.5-5.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the next 10 years, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to perform even better than the sector's average to reach 5-10% growth, according to TSMC chairman Morris Chang.

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EIH and LTS to co-develop smart patch for medical management

E Ink Holdings (EIH) and US-based LTS Lohmann-Therapie Systeme (LTS) have announced a partnership agreement to develop a smart patch prototype based on LTS's transdermal therapeutic system technology, while utilizing EIH's low voltage e-paper solutions.

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Aleees constructing new plant in China

Taiwan-based electric bus brand and cathode material supplier Aleees has broken ground on production facilities belonging to its joint venture in Guizhou, China that will begin to contribute venues in the fourth quarter of 2018.

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PTI expects another quarter of record revenues in 4Q17

Robust demand for flash memory chips will buoy further sales performance at Powertech Technology (PTI) in the fourth quarter of 2017, said the memory backend specialist at an October 23 investors meeting. PTI expects to post another sequential revenue growth in the fourth quarter.

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Micro LED development racing against time, says Mikro Mesa chairman

Taiwan firms developing micro LED are racing against time to make technological breakthroughs within 500 days, or the technology will be limited to niche-market applications, according to Chen Li-yi, chairman for Mikro Mesa Technology.

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Graphics card vendors to see shipments rise in 2017

Thanks to the cryptocurrency mining fad, most graphics card vendors are expected to report shipment increases in 2017 with Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) each shipping 5-5.2 million units, Gigabyte Technology 4.5 million and Colorful 4.1 million, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan September unemployment down

Taiwan had 445,000 jobless citizens in September 2017, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.77% which dropped 0.1pp sequentially and 0.22pp on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

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Qualcomm gains further share of smartphone AP market in 1H17, says Strategy Analytics

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 5% on year to reach US$9.4 billion in the first half of 2017, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm maintained its smartphone AP market leadership with 42% revenue share, followed by Apple and MediaTek each with 18% revenue share.

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Taiwan market: iPhone 8 devices best-selling smartphones in September

Though demand for the iPhone 8 series has been weaker than expected, the new Apple smartphones still recorded the best sales in Taiwan in September, making Apple the top smartphone brand with a 26.1% share in the local market in terms of sales volume, according to data compiled by local retail channels.

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Taiwan forms Green Energy Research Consortium

Taiwan government-sponsored National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) has announced the establishment of Green Energy Research Consortium to integrate resources from research organizations, universities and enterprises and promote cooperation among them in R&D of green energy technologies and applications.

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North American semi equipment industry billings continue slide

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a 6.9% sequential decrease in billings worldwide in September reaching a nine-month low of US$2.03 billion, according to SEMI.

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Taiwan September manufacturing production index up on year

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 114.10 for September 2017, decreasing 2.71% sequentially but increasing 5.36% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

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Apple and Samsung Headed Back to Court

Electronics heavyweights to continue dispute about smartphone patent infringement after judge orders new trial.

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Brexit, Britain, and Beijing

What will Brexit mean for U.K.-China trade? Syrus Lohrasb of the China-Britain Business Fusion Group sees a balancing act between protecting "prime assets" and courting investment in AI, robotics, and hardware-software integration.

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ARM Boosts IoT Security

ARM announced a new framework for security in MCU-class devices used in the Internet of Things along with new firmware and core offerings to implement them.

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Free Segger Embedded Studio for Nordic nRF51 and nRF52

Nordic Semiconductor has licensed Embedded Studio from Segger Microcontroller on behalf of Nordic customers – in particular those developing applications for its nRF51 and nRF52 Bluetooth chips – both of which have spare user-accessible processing power. Embedded Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for managing, building, testing, and deploying embedded applications, which includes: a project ...

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5 Ways To Navigate Fog IoT

As fog computing moves toward broad deployment, I offer some tips to those designing, connecting to and using fog-based systems.

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Comment: Disrupting the insurance business with open source IoT hardware

Is the revenue model for IoT products broken? Maarten Ectors of Legal & General and Mike Bray of RS Components explain the rationale behind the LeakKiller challenge The adoption of IoT products is a bit sluggish. While there are many causes, the number one reason stems from the high cost of hardware, with the retail ...

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Oxide TFT LCD panels getting popular in notebook sector

Flat panel makers including Sharp, LG Display and CEC-Panda LCD Technology are ramping up production of oxide TFT LCD panels to meet increasing demand from notebook brands, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan OSAT firms busy packaging AMD GPUs for new iMacs

While Apple has started to release more orders to AMD for high-end GPUs needed for new iMac series since September 2017, Taiwan-based outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) companies has stepped up 2.5D packaging for the GPUs, according to supply chain sources.

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Foxconn to ship 25-30 million iPhone X devices in 4Q17, says report

Shipments of iPhone X from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision), Apple's sole contractor for the device, will reach around 2-3 million units before Apple begins to deliver the model on November 3, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report.

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Foxconn to help Sharp expand smartphone sales, says paper

The Foxconn Group (Hon Hai) is to exert all-out efforts to help Sharp expand its presence in the handset market, aiming to position the Japan-based brand among the top-five players globally, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report.

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HPE-Foxconn server JV dissolved

A joint-venture server company established three years ago by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Foxconn Group (Hon Hai) has reportedly been quietly dissolved recently due to the JV's failure to generate expected synergies, and whether the dissolution will prompt Foxconn to venture into the white-box server market is seen as a major potential variable for the market, according to industry sources.

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eevBLAB #38 – Digikey & The US Government Watchlist!

Digikey are checking orders against the US Denied Persons list and holding orders until you can prove your generic name is not that person on the list.
Also, Element14 doing a similar thing

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EEVblog #1032 Part 5 – John Kenny Keysight Interview

Interview with John Kenny from Keysight
Final part 5 of 5

This one covers the design of the 34460 multimeter, dc-dc converter design, cost targets, isolation, 34410a sales, contract manufacturers, production lines, chip packages, the 34460a 1000V spec mistake, IEC61010 Rev3 new challenges in product design, safety hazards and standards, floating design, certified power bricks, standby power consumption, power factor correction, how PFC is now zero cost, real power switches, soft power buttons, cost targets for products, and the art of low cost product design,

John Kenny is presently the Technology and Efficiency Manager for the Electronic Instruments and Systems Group. After graduating from Lehigh University in 1978, he started in Hewlett Packard, working in our Modular Power System team, designing modular supplies, and later moved to our Lab and Industrial Power group, where he was involved in Analog, Digital and Firmware design for the next 20 years, involved in the rollout of our many programmable power products. In 2005, he moved into a new role as the Technology Manager for the System Products Group, which covered all of the GP products, including Power Products, DMMs, Function Generators, Counters and Data Acquisition products. He was directly involved in the development of the breadth of the GP products that you see in the Keysigt catalog today, with more on their way. Recently, as part of the reorganization in 2015 as part of the new Keysight, he became responsible for Technology and Efficiency management for most of our non-RF based products, as part of the EISG Center of Excellence, which includes products developed in Japan, Penang, Singapore, Loveland and Budd Lake.

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EEVblog #1032 Part 4 – John Kenny Keysight Interview

Interview with John Kenny from Keysight
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This one covers product counterfeiting, clone products,education market, downconversion vs direct RF sampling,disruptions in manufacturing, consumer electronics,led lighting,the future of test and measurement, the future of knobs, gesture control, confidence in PSU’s, velocity controls,design teams vs the individual designer,the failure of imagination, function gens in scopes,project code names, easter eggs and code space, product time lines.

John Kenny is presently the Technology and Efficiency Manager for the Electronic Instruments and Systems Group. After graduating from Lehigh University in 1978, he started in Hewlett Packard, working in our Modular Power System team, designing modular supplies, and later moved to our Lab and Industrial Power group, where he was involved in Analog, Digital and Firmware design for the next 20 years, involved in the rollout of our many programmable power products. In 2005, he moved into a new role as the Technology Manager for the System Products Group, which covered all of the GP products, including Power Products, DMMs, Function Generators, Counters and Data Acquisition products. He was directly involved in the development of the breadth of the GP products that you see in the Keysigt catalog today, with more on their way. Recently, as part of the reorganization in 2015 as part of the new Keysight, he became responsible for Technology and Efficiency management for most of our non-RF based products, as part of the EISG Center of Excellence, which includes products developed in Japan, Penang, Singapore, Loveland and Budd Lake.

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EEVblog #1032 Part 3 – John Kenny Keysight Interview

Interview with John Kenny from Keysight
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This one covers Design teams, web UI interfaces, firmware issues, regression testing, automated testing, 3458A, losing talent, 8.5 digit bench meter?, testing throughput, LTZ1000 reference history, transfer standards, design effort, understanding competitors, learning from competitors, the importance of forums, bloggers and reviews, tearing down competitor products, Trueform DDS technology, FPGA Pipelining, product timing synchronisation, IEEE1588, picosecond LAN timing sync, non-engineers, arduino’s and raspberry Pi’s, automotive industry, driverless cars.

John Kenny is presently the Technology and Efficiency Manager for the Electronic Instruments and Systems Group. After graduating from Lehigh University in 1978, he started in Hewlett Packard, working in our Modular Power System team, designing modular supplies, and later moved to our Lab and Industrial Power group, where he was involved in Analog, Digital and Firmware design for the next 20 years, involved in the rollout of our many programmable power products. In 2005, he moved into a new role as the Technology Manager for the System Products Group, which covered all of the GP products, including Power Products, DMMs, Function Generators, Counters and Data Acquisition products. He was directly involved in the development of the breadth of the GP products that you see in the Keysigt catalog today, with more on their way. Recently, as part of the reorganization in 2015 as part of the new Keysight, he became responsible for Technology and Efficiency management for most of our non-RF based products, as part of the EISG Center of Excellence, which includes products developed in Japan, Penang, Singapore, Loveland and Budd Lake.

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EEVblog #1032 Part 2 – John Kenny Keysight Interview

Interview with John Kenny from Keysight
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This one covers the early days of PCB tools, Rubylith, gerber copying, simulation, EEsoft RF design and layout tool, Sabre by Synopsis, Matlab, Simulink, Windows CE development and discontinuation in 2021, what Microsoft does well, software bloat, Windows CE support in microcontrollers, Linux, RTOS’s, product boot time, the problems with open source software, the Linksys router, repair, product schematics, clones, design patents, the importance of trade secrets, Chinese company prosecution, creating the Rigol monster, buying companies, IOT web security and zombie multimeters!

John Kenny is presently the Technology and Efficiency Manager for the Electronic Instruments and Systems Group. After graduating from Lehigh University in 1978, he started in Hewlett Packard, working in our Modular Power System team, designing modular supplies, and later moved to our Lab and Industrial Power group, where he was involved in Analog, Digital and Firmware design for the next 20 years, involved in the rollout of our many programmable power products. In 2005, he moved into a new role as the Technology Manager for the System Products Group, which covered all of the GP products, including Power Products, DMMs, Function Generators, Counters and Data Acquisition products. He was directly involved in the development of the breadth of the GP products that you see in the Keysigt catalog today, with more on their way. Recently, as part of the reorganization in 2015 as part of the new Keysight, he became responsible for Technology and Efficiency management for most of our non-RF based products, as part of the EISG Center of Excellence, which includes products developed in Japan, Penang, Singapore, Loveland and Budd Lake.

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Monolithic 3D Shows Promise, Challenges

Researchers said monolithic 3D chip stacks have promise but face several challenges at an event attended by CEA-Leti, Qualcomm, ARM and others.

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Intel/Saffron AI Plan Sidesteps Deep Learning

Saffron, an Intel company, use the AI technology called Associative Memory AI, which is a different branch of artificial intelligence from Deep Learning. EE Times talks to Saffron's financial crime-fighter and asks her to explain Saffron-Intel relationship.

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2D position and pressure sensor, from matchbox to room-sized

Yorkshire start-up Quantum Technology Supersensors has been set-up to exploit a pressure-sensing technology that can produce 2D position sensors the size of a room, down to tiny touch pads. Referred to as QTSS, it is based electron-tunnelling between shaped particles of ‘magnetite’ buried in various elastomers. If this sounds familiar, company founder David Lussey also ...

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White-box notebook makers displaying ultra-thin, 2-in-1 devices in Hong Kong trade fair

China-based white-box notebook players are showcasing their new ultra-thin notebooks and 2-in-1 devices at the ongoing Global Sources Mobile Electronics trade show in Hong Kong.

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Asia Pacific Telecom gearing up for 5G network deployments

Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) is actively proceeding with deployments of 5G mobile communications infrastructure, with a spate of tests and certifications of network technologies scheduled to kick off by the end of 2018, according to company sources.

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Epson developing versatile inkjet printers to achieve ambitious goals by 2025

Inkjet printer and robotic arm supplier Seiko Epson is aggressively moving to expand its product lines and boost sales of high-performance printers for uses by other sectors than consumers, aiming to achieve an annual revenue and profit goal of JPY1.7 trillion (US$15 billion) and JPY200 billion, respectively, by 2025, after scoring an impressive revenue record of JPY 1.02 trillion and net earnings of JPY65.8 billion in fiscal 2016 ending March 31, 2017, according to Koichi Kubota, the firm's senior managing executive officer .

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Taiwan foundries seeing brisk demand from fabless firms

Taiwan-based IC foundries including 8-inch ones have seen orders from their local fabless clients grow, which would indicate a particularly strong fourth quarter for Taiwan's IC industry, according to industry sources.

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Gaming monitor shipments soar 350% on year, says IHS Markit

Global shipments of gaming monitors increased 350% on year to 1.1 million units in the first half of 2017 from the same period a year ago, according to IHS Markit.

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Colorful motherboard shipments to reach 2.8 million units in 2017, 3 million in 2018

China-based Colorful is expected to ship 2.8 million motherboards globally in 2017 and the volumes are estimated to rise to three million in 2018, fueled by its entry into South Korea's PC DIY market and rising sales in Southeast Asia, according to industry sources.

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Intel Capital fuels innovation with new US$60 million investments in 15 data-focused startups

Intel Capital has announced new investments totaling more than US$60 million in 15 technology startups. The company introduced the CEOs and founders of the startups at the Intel Capital CEO Showcase. This latest group of new portfolio companies brings Intel Capital's year-to-date investments to more than US$566 million.

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Taiwan market: Xiaomi launches new flagship smartphone

China-based Xiaomi has launched its new Xiaomi Mix 2 smartphone in Taiwan, featuring an all-screen 18:9 ratio 5.99-inch display, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor, 6GB memory and 64GB/128GB storage.

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TSMC raises IC market forecasts for 2017

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has revised upward its forecasts for global foundry and overall IC market outlook for 2017 to a 7% and 16% growth, respectively, compared to 6% and 12% forecast previously. The foundry house also expects its capex for the year to reach US$10.8 billion compared with the US$10 billion guided previously.

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China market: Giga Diamond Materials expanding diamond wire capacity

Giga Diamond Materials, a China-based maker of diamond saw wire established by PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials, is expanding its production capacity of diamond saw wire from 80,000km a month currently to 500,000km in 2018 and further to 1.0 million kilometers in 2019, according to company chairman Jimmy Chen who is also chairman of Giga Solar Materials.

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ASML 3Q17 sales exceed guidance on extra EUV deliveries

ASML has announced net sales of EUR 2.45 billion (US$2.89 billion) for the third quarter of 2017, up 16.5% from EUR2.1 billion in the prior quarter. The Dutch fab tool vendor now expects its net sales for all of 2017 to grow at least 25% on year.

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Epistar files infringement complaint against All Star Lighting Supplies

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has filed a complaint against All Star Lighting Supplies in New Jersey District Court, alleging that US-based company's sales of Luxrite-brand LED filament light bulbs infringe its eight US patents and seeking damages, according to a company announcement.

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Prologium partners with Weltmeister to develop LCB-powered cars

Solid-state battery maker Prologium has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOU) with China-based car maker Weltmeister Motor to jointly develop and manufacture a new type of vehicle to be powered by lithium ceramic battery (LCB).

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