Friday Quiz: Name That 1997 Best Test Instrument

Can you identify these six test instruments introduced in 1997 and nominated for "Best in Test?"

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Skin Cancer Biopsied by Optical Scan

Apollo Medical Optics Inc. has invented a low-cost tabletop optical coherence tomography (OCT) system that allows doctors to "see-and-treat" cancer in a single office visit.

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Researchers Claim Self-directed Assembly Breakthrough

Team from IBM and NIST observes that nanoparticles of gold can "operate like snow blowers," churning through semiconductor materials to etch straight channels.

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Be Alert for Power-Related Conventional Wisdom

It's a good idea to step back and check those baseline component and design assumptions because there are many legitimate exceptions to mainstream thinking, even in standard designs.

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Car as a Commodity: From Hummers to Ho-Hum

Is Google threatening to homogenize cars into oblivion as Microsoft/Intel did with PCs and Google itself did with its Android smartphones?

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China government ousts China Telecom boss

Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Telecom, has resigned following an investigation by the government. China President Xi Jinping is running an on-going investigation into business practices. Earlier this month the boss of China’s largest conglomerate, Guo Guanchang, was detained by police for three days and said to be helping them with their enquiries. ...

China government ousts China Telecom boss

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Toshiba turns to government-run INCJ for help

Toshiba has turned to the state-run public-private bail-out fund, the Innovation Network Corp of Japan to help it out of its troubles. Wracked by an accounting scandal caused by several years of overstated profits, Toshiba is asking the INCJ to help it find partners for some of it businesses. The INCJ put together the consortium ...

Toshiba turns to government-run INCJ for help

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China hanging on in the fight for Fairchild

The Chinese are hanging on in their battle to acquire Fairchild Semiconductor. “Fairchild Semiconductor International today acknowledged receipt of a revised, unsolicited proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Fairchild for $21.70 per share in cash,” says a statement from the Fairchild board. The proposal comes from China Resources – ...

China hanging on in the fight for Fairchild

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Cypress: Could the acquirer be acquired?

After a a $100 billion M&A year for the semiconductor industry in 2015, who’s going to be first onto the block in 2016? One trader says Cypress Semiconductor having bought $1 million worth of call spreads betting that Cypress stock will be worth $11.33 a share in June. They now stand at $9:90. Cypress, founded ...

Cypress: Could the acquirer be acquired?

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NCC approves Asia Pacific Telecom return of 3G band unit

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on December 30 approved the return of a 900MHz frequency band by Asia Pacific Telecom because a portion is in a band unit acquired in October 2013 by Taiwan Star Cellular for operating 4G mobile communications.

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Gigabyte expected to ship 4 million motherboards in 4Q15, says paper

Gigabyte Technology is expected to ship four million motherboards in the fourth quarter, lower than the 4.6 million units in the third quarter and profits from the motherboard business are also expected to drop slightly from a quarter ago because of inventory adjustments and clearance of old inventory, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Vivotek chairman optimistic about Taiwan competitiveness in surveillance market

Commenting on the fierce price competition from China players, Taiwan-based surveillance product vendor Vivotek chairman Owen Chen said the company has already been in the market for a long time and competition has not been coming from China only. However, Taiwan firms' brand recognition and product quality are still their advantages in competition for procurement orders.

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China makers plan to hike mono-Si solar wafer prices

China-based mono-Si solar wafer makers, including Xi'an LONGi Siliocn Materials, Zhonghuan Semiconductor and Jinglong, plan to increase quotes by 1-3% in January 2016, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

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Taiwan market: Home appliances and smartphones see rising demand thanks to subsidies

The Taiwan government has offered subsidies to consumers for purchasing power-saving home appliances and smartphones and will continue until February 29, 2016. The promotion has successfully boosted demand for related products.

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China market: Smartisan launches Smartisan T2 smartphone

China-based Smartisan Digital has launched a new smartphone, the Smartisan T2, which features a metallic frame.

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Automotive display systems to grow to US$18.6 billion by 2021, says IHS

Driven by continued innovation in vehicle connectivity and safety technologies, global revenues from automotive display systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 11% to US$18.6 billion by the end of 2021. This will add nearly US$9 billion in annual revenue compared to 2015, according to IHS.

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Intel gives Xiaomi special deal on notebook processors

To strengthen its partnership with China-based Xiaomi in the mobile device market, Intel has provided special deals to the China-based vendor. For every notebook processor Xiaomi purchases, Intel is giving away a free tablet processor, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Catcher assigns new president

Catcher Technology has recently appointed its director Hong Tianci, as president of the company, while current president Hong Shui-shu will remain the company's CEO and chairman. The appointment will become effective on January 1, 2016.

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Korea makers prepping US$12.8 billion in OLED equipment investments for Apple, says report

Apple is about to finalize agreements with Samsung Display and LG Display regarding OLED panel supply. The two panel makers are estimated to invest a combined US$12.8 billion in production over the next 2-3 years to meet expected demand from Apple, according to a report from Korea-based ET News.

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Total sales of natural gas vehicles expected to exceed 35 million from 2015-2025, says Navigant

Natural gas (NG) is an attractive alternative to diesel for medium and heavy duty vehicles in meeting regulatory standards and an appealing option for reducing operating costs and carbon emissions in many automotive applications. However, NG can only be used where refueling infrastructure is widely available, and the current density of refueling options are tied mostly to government incentive programs. According to a recent report from Navigant Research, total sales of NG vehicles (NGVs) are expected to reach more than 35 million from 2015-2025.

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Skyworth aims to sell 200,000 OLED TVs in 2016

China TV vendor Skyworth aims to sell 200,000 OLED TVs in 2016, the company stated at a recent OLED forum in Shenzhen, China. Most of the TVs are expected to have HDR technology, Ultra HD (4K) resolution and come equipped with OLED panels from LG Display.

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Acer expands smartphone presence into Latin America

Acer has announced cooperation with Bahamas Telecommunications and Ecuador's Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones to sell its smartphones and wearable devices.

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Qualcomm signs more patent license deals in China

Qualcomm has disclosed two license deals it has reached with China-based Haier and Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment, which will pay the chip firm royalties for using its 3G and 4G wireless technologies to make smartphones and other mobile devices.

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Scientech to start delivering 12-inch single-wafer process tools to TSMC

Semiconductor equipment supplier Scientech will begin shipping its in-house developed wet benches and single-wafer process tools for the production of 12-inch wafers to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in January, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Fulltech to set up fiber glass fabric plant in China

PCB upstream material maker Fulltech Fiber Glass plans to invest US$16 million to set up a plant in China to produce fiber glass yarn and fiber glass fabric products, according to a Chinese-language EconomicDaily News (EDN) report.

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Polytronics to form overvoltage protector joint venture in China

Passive component maker Polytronics Technology (PTTC) will form a joint venture with Shanghai Senchip Microelectronics to manufacture overvoltage protection devices in China.

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Caveman Christmas

In this holiday round-up, Max brings us up to date as to the current state of play with regard to his ongoing Caveman Diorama project.

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Samsung Launches Chip for Health-Related Wearables

The South Korean company claims that the new processor is the first in the world to be able to take multiple measurements, including body fat, skin temperature and heart rate.

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Gyros Counter Challenges of Weightlessness

A spacesuit studded with control moment gyroscopes may be the key to meaningful weight- and load-related feedback when working in the weightlessness of space.

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2016: Expect Unexpected Innovation in IP Development

We know what to expect from the global electronics innovation cycles—more of everything: density, chips, standards, IP blocks, on and on. But is that it? In 2016, we should expect the unexpected.

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8 Predictions for 2016

It's been a long, busy year and my crystal ball is flashing me warnings that its battery is almost spent, so take these few blurry visions for what they're worth.

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Exoskeleton market to grow at 40% CAGR, says ABI

Robot exoskeletons are expected to become a significant market this year, according to ABI Research. “Following years of ongoing research and development, a commercial exoskeleton market finally fully emerged, though it is still in its nascency,” says Dan Kara, research director at ABI Research,  “social imperatives, military requirements and business needs, supported by technological advances, ...

Exoskeleton market to grow at 40% CAGR, says ABI

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The Year Of The Recall

2016 will be the year of the recall with half a million VW cars recalled to have the defeat mechanisms on emissions removed and improvements to emissions installed. Professor Mark Johnson at Warwick Business School predicts that, to pay off the £5 billion costs and fines associated with the scandal, VW will sell off some ...

The Year Of The Recall

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UK ahead of US in e-commerce, says Schmidt

The UK is ahead of the U.S. in e-commerce, says Google chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt told the Today programme that: “Britain is the leader in e-commerce in the world, far ahead of the United States. You have the right regulatory environment. You’ve got the right role within continent. Look at the e-commerce plays and service ...

UK ahead of US in e-commerce, says Schmidt

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Acer partners with Wistron to create BYOC smart classrooms in China, says paper

Acer has partnered with Wistron to set up Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) smart classrooms in Chongqing, China and it is the company's first smart education cloud computing project in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Apple more than doubles smartphone shipments in MEA region in 3Q15, says Counterpoint Research

Overall the mobile phone market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 23% on year in the third quarter of 2015, with the smartphone segment growing 31%, almost three times faster than global smartphone growth, according to Counterpoint Research.

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New AUO 8.5G capacity to open in 1Q16

New capacity from AU Optronics (AUO) Houli-based 8.5G fab is set to open in the first quarter of 2016, adding approximately 25,000-30,000 substrates in monthly capacity at the facilities.

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Taiwan market: Acer desktop, notebook, tablet shipments to fall in 2015

The Taiwan market will see desktop PC shipments decrease 20% on year in 2015, consisting of a decline of 30% for brand vendors and 10% for white-box vendors, according to Towny Huang, president of Acer Taiwan, while notebook shipments will slip 3-5% and tablet shipments will slump 60-70%.

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Commentary: Gaming notebooks, VR devices may not be as promising as expected

While the production of gaming notebooks and VR (virtual reality) devices looks to be promising in 2016, keen competition in the gaming notebook sector and a lack of supply chain in the VR device segment may impede a healthy development of the two products.

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Acer wins open bid for 4-year educational Chrome OS Solution procurement

Acer on December 29 announced that it has won a 4-year NT$150 million (US$4.57 million) procurement contract for Chrome OS Solutions for education in an open bid held by the government of Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan.

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Global networked lighting controls revenues for commercial buildings expected to total US$38.2 billion from 2015-2024, says Navigant

The market for lighting controls has expanded greatly alongside the shift from the dominance of fluorescent lighting to LEDs, both in the variety of systems available and the sheer number of systems installed. To meet this expanding demand for controls, different types of vendors have been drawn to the market, from small startups offering innovative lighting solutions to building controls companies that are now including lighting controls along with other building-wide systems. According to a recent report from Navigant Research, global revenues from networked lighting controls are expected to total US$38.2 billion from 2015-2024.

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Robotic exoskeleton market to expand at 39% CAGR and reach US$1.9 billion in 2025, says ABI Research

The robotic exoskeleton segment is expected to reach US$1.8 billion in 2025, up from US$68 million in 2014, for a CAGR of 39.6%, according to ABI Research. Lower body exoskeletons, employed as rehabilitation tools or quality of life enablers, currently lead the segment. However, commercial systems that augment or amplify capabilities will exhibit the strongest growth moving forward. This is especially true for industrial tasks requiring heavy lifting, extended standing, squatting, bending or walking in manufacturing facilities, particularly within construction and agriculture industries.

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Ship It!

The pressure is on to get those last-minute shipments on the books this year.

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Taiwan market: CHT reaches 2015 target 4G user base

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) had 4.4 million 4G mobile communication subscribers as of December 29, attaining the 2015 target it set in May 2014 when kicking off 4G commercial operation, according to the company.

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Taiwan, Malaysia violators in EU probe take up 9%, 7% of PV modules used in Europe

Taiwan- and Malaysia-produced PV modules found to have circumvented minimum import pricing set by the EU account for 7% and 9% respectively of the modules used in Europe, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

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Global DIY motherboard shipments in 2015 to fall 21.7%, say Taiwan makers

There will be an estimated 54 million DIY motherboards shipped globally in 2015, decreasing 21.7% on year, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Inventec buys HTC building to house business-use PC R&D headquarters

Notebook ODM Inventec on December 29 announced the acquisition of a factory/office building located in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan, at NT$6.060 billion (US$184.5 million) from smartphone vendor HTC, with the building to house R&D headquarters for its business-use PC business group.

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IoT market to boost MCU shipments, says ABI Research

The IoT market will be responsible for 150 million unit shipments of multicore microcontroller unit (MCU) chips in 2015, with that number to rise to 1.3 billion units by 2020, a 54% CAGR, according to ABI Research.

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Taiwan IC design houses gearing up for IoT boom

Brisk orders for IoT-related products are expected to boost the performance of several Taiwan-based IC design houses specializing in MCUs, power management ICs and wireless transmission chips in 2016, according to industry sources.

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Samsung starts mass production of bio-processors for health-oriented wearables

Samsung Electronics has announced it is mass producing an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market, the Bio-Processor.

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Qualcomm and QiKu sign 3G/4G patent license agreement

Qualcomm has announced the company has entered into a 3G and 4G China patent license agreement with QiKu Internet Network Scientific (Shenzhen), a joint venture between Qihu and Coolpad.

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China-based Fenghua to buy shares in passive component maker Viking Tech

Taiwan's Investment Commission has approved an application by China-based Fenghua Advanced Technology Holding to remit NT$1.399 billion (US$42.61 million) to purchase up to 35-40% of the outstanding shares of local passive component maker Viking Tech.

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Fairchild Gets New Takeover Offer in Escalated Bidding War

Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. has received a revised takeover offer from a group representing China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), according to press reports.

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Be Alert for Power-Related Conventional Wisdom

It's a good idea to step back and check those baseline component and design assumptions because there are many legitimate exceptions to mainstream thinking, even in standard designs.

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EE Times Top 10 MCU Stories of 2015

Merger madness and Moore's Law sucked the air out of the room for this year's readers of EE Times' Microcontroller Designline.

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DARPA Funds Atoms-to-Products Breakthrough

DARPA funds Atoms-to-Products program with undisclosed funding amounts allotted to 10 companies and universities to maintain quantum nanoscale properties at the millimeter scale of microchips.

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Government wants ideas

The government is looking for ideas from the public and industry for “the next stage in  the UK’s digital revolution”. “Every part of the UK economy and our lives has been digitised – from how we shop and entertain ourselves to the way we travel to work and manage our health,” says Digital Economy Minister ...

Government wants ideas

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IoT Tops Holiday Wish Lists

The Internet of Things was a big hit on holiday wish lists according to a new survey.

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VCs invest more but IPO numbers shrink

2016 will be an interesting year for the pre-iPO scene. Are these companies grotesquely over-valued or will some mega IPOs keep the VC boom going? This could be the best year since 2000 for US venture capital investments, reports Dow Jones VentureSource. In the first three quarters 2015, US startups raised $54.6 billion,38% more than in the ...

VCs invest more but IPO numbers shrink

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5G Hurdles Gauged at DesignCon

Speakers from Intel, Keysight, Qualcomm and Rohde & Schwarz will size up the design challenges for 5G systems in a panel at DesignCon.

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iPhone shipments from production lines in 4Q15 to be 5-10% short of original expectations, say Taiwan makers

As demand for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus appear to have slowed down recently, shipments of iPhone devices from production lines in the fourth quarter of 2015 are likely to be 5-10% lower than originally expected, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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JTouch suspends operations at China facilities until end of January

Touch panel maker JTouch has announced its production facilities in Hunan, China have suspended operations, and the suspension will last until January 31.

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AUO aims for 30% water reduction by 2020

Panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) aims to reduce water used at production facilities by 30% as of the year 2020.

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Catcher to see strong 2016, says paper

Market watchers remain optimistic about Taiwan-based Catcher Technology's operation in 2016 as the metal chassis maker will continue to be supported by its non-Apple clients, and will also remain as the largest chassis supplier for Apple's upcoming new iPhone products, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times citing a report from a research firm.

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Taiwan market: Visa, E.Sun Bank to cooperate to offer HCE mobile payment services

Visa and E.Sun Bank are cooperating to offer smartphone-based HCE (host card emulation), a software architecture that provides virtual representations of various electronic identity cards using software, mobile payment services in the Taiwan market, according to E.Sun Bank.

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Global light duty electric vehicle sales expected to exceed 6 million in 2024, says Navigant

The plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) market has become well-established in North America, Europe, and in the developed parts of Asia Pacific, largely due to government support and purchase incentives, automakers are focusing on offerings that will attract a wider range of customers. Meanwhile, companies within the electric power sector of global markets are also determining how they can best take part in encouraging PEV market growth. According to a new report from Navigant Research, light duty electric vehicle sales are expected to grow from 2.6 million in 2015 to over six million in 2024.

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HTC pushing VR device for car demonstration purposes

High Tech Computer (HTC) has cooperated with car vendors such as Audi and will start using its virtual reality (VR) device, the HTC Vive, to provide demonstration services for new cars in 2016.

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JTouch expects weak demand throughout 1H16

JTouch expects weak demand in the fourth quarter of 2015 and will further see weak orders throughout the first half of 2016.

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Taiwan market: Gogoro sees increasing electric scooter sales

Gogoro has sold nearly 1,000 electric scooters in Taiwan in December, the highest monthly record since it was founded, and the company is now planning to add another 21 battery exchange stations near Taipei's metro stations.

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CEC begins constructing new 8.6G LCD fab

China Electronics Corporation (CEC) has kicked off construction of an 8.6G LCD fab in Xianyang, western China that is expected to go into production in August 2017.

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Network advanced threat protection market to hit US$1.3 billion in 2019, says IHS

Sales of network advanced threat protection (ATP) solutions, which detect sophisticated malware, reached US$194 million worldwide in the third quarter of 2015, up 7% sequentially, and 53% on year.

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Internet service providers slowing down on taking in server orders

Worldwide Internet service providers such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook have recently started slowing down on pulling in their server orders from ODMs as they have been expanding their datacenters too quickly during the past few years, while sales for smart handheld devices have weakened recently, reducing demand for cloud computing services, according to sources from the upstream supply chain, with the sources adding that the server shipments may not regain strong growth until the second half of 2016 or 2017.

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China market: LeTV launches smartphone-matched VR headset

LeTV has launched LeTV COOL 1, a virtual reality (VR) headset with EUI VR operating system for use with 5.5-inch LeTV Le 1 and Le 1 Pro smartphones, in the China market at a retail price of CNY149 (US$23.1), according to the company.

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New chief for Intel’s FPGA operation

Altera’s CEO John Daane won’t be heading up the operation now that Intel has finalised its takeover. Instead the vp of Altera’s embedded systems group, Dan Macnamara, will run the Altera business which will now be called Intel’s Programmable Systems Group. “Altera is now part of Intel, and together we will make the next generation ...

New chief for Intel’s FPGA operation

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Samsung’s ‘bio-processor’.

Samsung says it is in volume production of a ‘bio-processor’ -.which measures and processes five biometric signals. The chip integrates five analogue front ends – one for each biometric signal – an MCU, PMIC, DSP and eFlash. The chip’s five monitoring functions are: bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), photoplethysmogram (PPG), electrocardiogram (ECG), skin temperature, and galvanic ...

Samsung’s ‘bio-processor’.

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Changing Regulations Keep Medical System Designers on Edge

As healthcare decision makers turn to technology to lower costs, opportunities abound for designers of medical devices and systems, but an ever-changing regulatory environment makes the right choice of isolation components critical.

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ASE says bid for more SPIL shares to take place as scheduled

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has maintained that its plan to buy an additional 24.71% stake in SPIL through a tender offer will be carried out as scheduled.

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MediaTek looks to emerging markets for 2016 growth

China has seen robust 4G smartphone demand during 2015, and demand for 4G devices in India, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East is set to rise in 2016 driving MediaTek's performance, according to Ching-Jiang Hsieh, president for the smartphone chip provider.

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Arima Communications to expand capital of Brazil subsidiary

Handset ODM Arima Communications will expand the capital of its wholly owned subsidiary in Brazil, Arima Communicacoes Brasil, by US$25 million, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Intel completes acquisition of Altera

Intel on December 28 announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera, a provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology.

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MediaTek targeting 20% shipment growth for 2016, says report

MediaTek has internally set a shipment goal of 480 million chips for smartphones in 2016 representing about a 20% rise compared to 2015, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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21 makers passing EU anti-circumvention probe account for 90% of Taiwan's PV exports to Europe

The European Commission under the European Union (EU) has announced that 21 Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers and PV module makers have passed its anti-circumvention investigation, and these makers together account for more than 90% of Taiwan's PV exports to Europe, according to Motech Industries CEO and Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association chairman Chang Peng-heng.

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SPIL to evaluate ASE acquisition proposal

Taiwan-based Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has canceled a scheduled provisional shareholder meeting to seek approval for its planned alliance with China's Tsinghua Unigroup, and agreed to evaluate a proposal submitted by rival Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire all outstanding SPIL shares in cash.

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'CES Teardown' Comes to EE Times Radio

CES is never an easy show to cover. Fortunately, EE Times has you covered. Tune into EE Times Radio Show for a "Post CES Teardown" scheduled at 1:00PM Pacific, Monday, January 11th, 2016.

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Intel Seals $16.7 Billion Altera Deal

Following the approval of China's Ministry of Commerce, the world's biggest chip vendor closes its largest ever acquisition.

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Electronics Assembler Expands in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Delta Group Electronics recently completed renovation of its new assembly facility here. The expanded footprint of nearly 50,000 square feet gives Delta extra space to develop products for its customers in the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries.

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Math, the Universal Language?

If we could somehow speak in mathematics instead of English, how many miscommunications would we be able to negate?

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Electro-Photonic Processor Chip Communicates Directly by Light

In a letter to Nature, a group of researchers from University of California, Berkeley; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and University of Colorado, Boulder, report the development of a highly-integrated photonic system comprising an IC that contains a processor, memory, and a large number of optical transceivers on a single die.

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Startup Raises Funds for Battery-Less IoT

PsiKick Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia), a semiconductor startup formed to work on sub-threshold voltage operation wireless circuits, has raised $16.5 million in Series B financing led by Osage University Partners and joined by existing investors.

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Why I Love My SMU

How my Keithley source-measure unit became my favorite test instrument.

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Google, HP, Oracle Join RISC-V

The RISC-V open source processor core is rising as an alternative to ARM with support from Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others.

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Math, the Universal Language?

If we could somehow speak in mathematics instead of English, how many miscommunications would we be able to negate?

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TV remotes get voice activation with Bluetooth

Nordic Semiconductor has introduced a reference design for the development of TV smart remotes which use Bluetooth. The nRFready Smart Remote 3 reference design is implements voice input and speech recognition control, a 6-axis motion sensing ‘Air-mouse’, multi-touch trackpad technology, plus 39 developer-programmable buttons and legacy IR hardware support (to control IR-only products). Nordic Semiconductor ...

TV remotes get voice activation with Bluetooth

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UK gets a new LED lighting company

MHA Lighting, the North West UK-based LED lighting  specialist has been acquired by the owner managed entrepreneurial company Investx. The new company, to  be known as Waveguide Lighting, will to develop and provide specialist luminaires using patented waveguide technology. By directing the light sideways into a solid, cast acrylic rod, the design is claimed to deliver ...

UK gets a new LED lighting company

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ASE dismisses speculation about Ardentec acquisition

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) dismissing a Chinese-language Commercial Times report indicating Ardentec is ASE's next acquisition target.

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JTouch to shift focus to metal mesh and IPC segments

Touch panel maker JTouch aims to restructure its business model to increase focus on metal mesh production and the industrial PC market.

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Digitimes Research: Chipset vendors show growing interests in commercial drone market

More chipset vendors have become more serious about the development of the commercial drone market and have come out with related IC parts targeting the emerging market, according to Digitimes Research.

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Panasonic touch panel production to be solely for vehicle applications by 2020, says report

Panasonic is aiming to transfer its touch panel production completely to vehicle applications by 2020 in order to meet increasing demand for the niche market, according to a report from Japan-based Nikkei.

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Thin and terminal client outlook lowered due to project delays and emerging market issues, says IDC

The global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the third quarter of 2015, declining 6.7% on year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. Shipments continued to be hampered by strong deployments in 2014, but also ongoing economic and currency pressures in key parts of the market.

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Worldwide desktop shipment decline to shrink from 15% in 2015 to 7% in 2016

Although worldwide desktop shipments are expected to drop up to 15% on year in 2015, the volume in 2016 is only expected to decline less than 7% in 2016 thanks to increasing demand for high-end gaming, professional workstation and embedded-related products, while mini PCs are also expected to see stable demand, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Value of remote power systems expected to total nearly US$200 billion from 2015-2024, says Navigant

The market for remote power provision in regions not served by a traditional, centralized electricity grid is increasing, representing a growing opportunity for a variety of market players. Additionally, the synergy of microgrids and nanogrids in an off-grid environment mirrors the dynamics in a grid-tied environment in developed industrial economies, where the systems embrace a model of the future centered on distributed energy resources (DER). According to a new report from Navigant Research, the cumulative global value of assets and services attached to the development of remote power systems is expected to grow from US$10.9 billion in 2015 to US$196.5 billion in 2024.

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Automotive LED market worth US$2.29 billion in 2020 due to stable prices and volume, says LEDinside

LED makers are branching into the niche application markets as the competition in their industry expands. Currently, entering the automotive LED market is regarded as a "blue ocean" strategy because the market has relatively few contestants and allows for higher pricing. According to the LEDinside, the worldwide market value of exterior automotive LEDs for 2015 is expected to reach US$1.21 billion. This figure is projected reach US$2.29 billion in 2020, translating to a CAGR of 8% during the 2015~2020 period. Additionally, the market value of standard-power LEDs is gradually declining in contrast to the rapidly rising market value of high-power LEDs. In the future, automotive LED applications will take off in the high-power LED market.

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With AMOLED on the rise, Full HD screens proliferate further in 3Q15, says IHS

Full HD panels reached a record 21% of the smartphone display market in the third quarter of 2015, due in large part to increases in AMOLED panel adoption by Samsung Electronics and others. Increasing demand from the China smartphone market, and the popularity of the Apple iPhone 6S Plus, also added to growth in unit shipments of Full HD panels that are able to show 1080p images, according to IHS. AMOLED displays comprised 18% of all smartphone display unit shipments in the third quarter, up from 10% in the third quarter of 2014.

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Taiwan market: Handset sales down slightly in November

Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 765,000 units in November, down slightly from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Smartphones currently account for 94-96% of total handsets sold in the local market.

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Epistar, MLS jointly developing omni-directional LED filament light bulbs

Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epsitar is developing omni-directional LED filament light bulbs jointly with China-based LED packaging service provider MLS, and such products are being certified, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Inventec becomes largest server ODM/OEM, says paper

Inventec has become the world's largest server ODM/OEM with a global market share of about 30% and clients including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Taiwan records January-September solar cell production value of NT$68.9 billion, says MOEA

Taiwan-based makers generated total production value of NT$68.9 billion (US$2.10 billion) from crystalline silicon solar cells during January-September 2015, decreasing 9.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

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Tainergy to expand solar cell capacities in Vietnam, China

Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Tainergy Tech will expand annual production capacity in Vietnam from 200MWp currently to 400MWp in first-quarter 2016 and to 600MWp in second-half 2016, and will also expand production capacity in China from 250MWp currently to 280MWp in first-quarter 2016, according to company president Kevin Hsieh.

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Falling prices to accelerate fingerprint sensor adoption

Average selling prices (ASP) of fingerprint sensors are set to fall another 30% in 2016 which will accelerate their adoption by handset makers, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

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KYEC to sign NT$5 billion syndicated loan

The board of directors of IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) recently approved a plan to sign a NT$5 billion (US$151.5 million) syndicated loan with a consortium of local banks in Taiwan, according to the company's filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Ultra-fast broadband coming to a place near you, says BDUK

Almost nine out ten UK homes now able to get superfast speeds (24Mbps +), says BDUK, (Broadband Delivery UK) which is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. More than 3.5 million homes and businesses have now been reached by the Government’s nationwide rollout of superfast broadband, says BDUK. The rollout is expected ...

Ultra-fast broadband coming to a place near you, says BDUK

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Stretchable electronics enabled by Panasonic polymer

  Panasonic has developed a soft, flexible, and stretchable polymer resin insulating film which stretches 2.5x its length and returns to its original shape. It can be folded and adapts adapts to varying free-form surfaces, so reducing existing design constraints. For example, it enables the construction of soft and stretchable electronic devices that are adaptable to ...

Stretchable electronics enabled by Panasonic polymer

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Better year for semis in 2016

This year’s slow semi market growth was due to 3.9% growth in Asia-Pac offset by a 10.3% fall in Japan and an 8.2% fall in Europe, says Market Realist. Demand was affected by the slowdown in PC (personal computer) shipments, a strengthening US dollar, economic contraction in Japan, the European crisis, and the crash of ...

Better year for semis in 2016

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Oscilloscope Fixes Model Train

A oscilloscope's "averaging" mode helps diagnose a toasty model train motor.

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Top SoC Stories of 2015

Top 10 SoC Designline stories in 2015 illustrate a turbulent year for the IC industry, filled with mega-mergers and reports on the next-gen process nodes at TSMC and Intel.

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Top Automotive Stories in 2015

Top 10 Automotive Designline stories shed light on technology building blocks critical for ADAS and self-driving cars. Also on the spotlight were changes ahead for social, economic and human dynamics surrounding driving cultures.

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EEVblog #835 – Wekomm Resistance Standard Part 2

Part 2 of an impromptu play with Dave’s Wekomm 10K Transfer Resistance Standard.
Was the Keithley DMM7510 multimeter the culprit in the discrepancy in the thermal response?
Dave finds out with the help of a thermal chamber.
Part 1 is HERE
Forum HERE

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EEVblog #834 – Wekomm Resistance Standard

An impromptu play with Dave’s Wekomm 10K Transfer Resistance Standard.
What is the strange discrepancy in drift on the graph on the Keithley DMM7510 multimeter?
This is Part 1, don’t forget Part 2 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDs0OtOkGE
Forum HERE

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Taiwan market: Xiaomi ships over 600,000 smart bracelets in first nine months of 2015

Xiaomi Technology shipped over 600,000 units of its smart Mi Band in the Taiwan market during the January-September period of 2015, according to the company.

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NTU research team discovers optoelectronic application for molybdenum disulfide

A research team under the National Taiwan University (NTU) has discovered an optoelectronic application for molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a 2-dimensional semiconductor material, according to the team.

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Foxconn to set up datacenter in Czech Republic, says paper

Foxconn Electronics and Czech Republic-based KKCG will establish a joint venture, SafeDX, with each holding a 50% stake, specifically for setting up a datacenter in Prague to provide cloud services in the Europe market, according to the Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN).

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Taiwan market: Notebook, consumer electronics sales to remain flat in 2016, says Apple device dealer

Sales of consumer electronics, computer and communication devices in the Taiwan market are expected to remain flat in 2016 as compared to a year earlier, according to Andy Tu, president of Data Express, a premium reseller of Apple products in Taiwan.

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Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top notebook vendor during January-October period

Asustek Computer ranked as the number one notebook vendor with a 54% share in Taiwan's notebook market in the first 10 months of 2015, according to sources from the local retail channels.

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Digitimes Research: BOE large-size panel shipments to rise 43% in 2015

While global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments and revenues in 2015 are expected to decrease on year, China-based maker BOE Technology will see its large-size panel shipments and consolidated revenues for the year increase 43% and 37% respectively, according to Digitimes Research.

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Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom aims at 1.4 million 4G users by end of 2016

4G operator Asia Pacific Telecom has 700,000 subscribers currently and has set a goal of reaching 1.4 million by the end of 2016, according to company chairman Lu Fang-ming.

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China software industry posts January-November revenues of over CNY3.8 trillion, says MIIT

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY3.822 trillion (US$610 billion) in January-November 2015, growing 16.2% on year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Asustek, MSI account for over 50% of gaming notebooks shipped globally in 2015

Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) are expected to ship 1.1 million and 900,000 units of gaming notebooks, respectively, in 2015, together accounting for over 50% of estimated global shipments of 3.8-4 million units in the year, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Foxconn to set up 6G panel fab in southwestern China

EMS provider Foxconn Electronics will set up a 6G LTPS (low-temperature poly-Si) TFT-LCD panel fab in Guiyang City, southwestern China, to mainly produce smartphone-use 5.2-, 5.5- and 6.0-inch panels, according to industry sources.

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Sigurd to acquire TSI for NT$17.50 per share

Testing company Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to acquire its fellow Taiwan-based firm Test-Serv (TSI) for NT$17.50 (US$0.54) per share, or a total of approximately NT$1.4 billion.

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Flexium announces share buyback

Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has announced plans to repurchase as many as 20 million shares, or 7.2% of the company's outstanding shares, at between NT$60 (US$1.83) and NT$130 per share from December 25 to February 24, 2016.

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Unimicron approves NT$5.01 billion for 2016 capex

The board of directors of Unimicron Technology, a manufacturer of PCBs and IC substrates, has approved plans to budget NT$5.01 billion (US$152.9 million) in capital expenditures (capex) for 2016.

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Friday Quiz: Name That 1995 Best Test Instrument

Can you identify seven of the "Best-in-Test" products as published in Test & Measurement World, December 1995?

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EEVblog #833 – Mailbag

Christmas Mailbag!
Warning:
Someone thinks atheist Dave won’t get saved by Jesus, so tries to convert him to Christianity!

Forum HERE

SPOILERS:
Sam Harris destroys christianity VIDEO

Tandy PC-6 Pocket Computer
Service Manual HERE

Silego GreenPAK4 Mixed Signal Development Kit

Isolated USB to RS422/RS485 converter board. The isoUSBRS422

Vintage components
Airbag system car occupant sensor.
An audiophool valve Hi-Fi headphone amplifier

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Hackathon Adventures in Africa

In which intrepid explorer Lindsay (Linz) Craig describes recent hackathon and STEM training sessions in Africa, along with projects planned for 2016.

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Mergers in Memory Abundant in 2015

Some deals are still in progress, others didn't happen, and those that did have yet to fully demonstrate their impact on the industry and employment.

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Radio Powers Autonomous Temperature Sensor

Researchers at the Technical University of Eindhoven have developed a wireless temperature sensor that is powered by millimeter wavelength radio waves that are also used for communications.

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Intel Funds Doctor in Your Pocket

Medical diagnostic module adds onto smartphone to enable users to diagnose their own diseases at home, while traveling or even in the remotest parts of third-world countries.

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2016 will be the year of USB Type C and DisplayPort is along for the ride: Q&A with Analogix

At this point most consumers are not that familiar with the USB Type C specification but it has the IT industry excited, with adoption rates among makers ramping up quickly. Leading market players including Apple, Google and Microsoft have already adopted the standard in some of their products and it won't be long before users begin realizing the benefits of USB Type C - such as having the potential to eliminate the need for a drawer-full of proprietary data, display and power cables, or being able to turn a smartphone into a PC using only a single connector.

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Imec’s record-breaking GaAs transistors

Imec has produced record results for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) gate-all-around (GAA)-channel devices on 300mm silicon wafers. The peak transconductance (gm) for the GAA transistors was as high as 2200μS/μm for the 50nm gate-length GAA channel device, while the subthreshold swing (SSSAT) was as low as 110mV/decade. The drain bias was 0.5V. The GAA structure was ...

Imec’s record-breaking GaAs transistors

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China November mobile phone users reach 1.304 billion, says MIIT

There were 1.304 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2015, growing 0.15% on month and 1.77% on year, and 408.34 million (32.32%) of them were 3G users, 355.73 million (27.29%) 4G users and 953.58 million (73.15%) mobile Internet-access users, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Nanya Technology to issue 320 million new shares at discount

Nanya Technology has set the price of 320 million new shares to be released soon at NT$36.50 (US$1.11) per unit. The price represents a discount of 26.34% compared to the company's closing price of NT$49.55 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on December 24.

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MediaTek profitability under pressure

MediaTek's profitability has come under pressure due to falling ASPs of smartphone chips, and will face further pressure in 2016, according to industry observers.

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Pegatron not affected by entry of China players into OEM notebook sector, says chairman

The notebook business of Pegatron Technology will not be affected by the entry of China-based players into the OEM notebook sector, according company chairman Tung Tsu-hsien.

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ChipMOS to expand production capacity for LCD driver ICs

Packaging and testing company ChipMOS Technologies is expected to expand production capacity for LCD driver ICs during 2016 as the company is positive about Ultra HD TV demand, according to market sources.

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China market: Meizu 2015 smartphone shipments to reach over 20 million units

Smartphone shipments by Meizu in 2015 will reach over 20 million units, increasing 350% from a year earlier, according to a China-based qq.com report, citing company vice president Li Nan.

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Elan to mass ship fingerprint sensors in 2Q16

Touchscreen controller IC specialist Elan Microelectronics has entered development of fingerprint sensors with mass shipments slated for the second quarter of 2016, according to the company.

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Digitimes Research: 3GPP R12 enhances FDD/TD-LTE

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in March 2015 ended specification of Release 12 (R12) standards which enabled seamless switching between FDD and TD under LTE Advanced, strengthened communication performance of LTE Small Cells and provided preliminary definitions and standards for IoT communications, according to Digitimes Research.

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Etron chair sees modest chip market recovery in 2016

Conditions in the global semiconductor industry are set to improve from 2015 enabling a modest recovery in 2016, according to Nicky Lu, chairman and CEO of Taiwan's fabless firm Etron Technology.

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No justification for ASE to take over SPIL, says SPIL

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has responded to Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) latest offer for the company saying SPIL does not see any justification for ASE to take over SPIL. Such a hostile acquisition will bring no benefits to SPIL and could have a tremendous impact on order in the market, SPIL noted.

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Researchers make single chip electronic-photonic processor

Researchers at MIT, UC Berkeley and the University of Colorado have produced a processor combining electronics and photonics on the same chip. The chip integrates over 70 million transistors and 850 photonic components to provide logic, memory, and interconnect functions. “This system is a realisation of a microprocessor that uses on-chip photonic devices to directly ...

Researchers make single chip electronic-photonic processor

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Micron revenues fall 27%

Micron reported sales down 27% on the quarter at $3.35 billion down from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter and down from $4.6 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The next quarterly figures will show $2.9 billion to $3.2 billion of sales, forecasts the company. Micron’s shares have fallen 60% this year and ...

Micron revenues fall 27%

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Antenova adds compact GPS and GNSS receiver modules

Antenova, the Hatfield-based manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules, is selling two drop-in receiver modules for GPS and GNSS, adding  a location capability to small consumer devices. The two modules are similar, both measuring 9.0 x 9.0 x 1.8mm, with low current consumption, making them suitable for smaller portable devices, such as smart watches, ...

Antenova adds compact GPS and GNSS receiver modules

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Why I Love My SMU

How my Keithley source-measure unit became my favorite test instrument.

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LeTV launches 70-inch TVs made from Sharp panels

China-based vendor LeTV has launched Super TV Max 70, a 70-inch LCD TV which uses ultra-thin Ultra HD TFT-LCD panels produced at Sharp's 10G fab in Sakai City, Japan, according to industry sources.

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China makers hike PV module prices

In view of strong demand, China-based PV module makers have hiked quotes by nearly 3% in the China market, according to industry sources.

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High-end Nvidia graphics cards suffer shortages and see increased pricing

Strong demand for high-end graphics cards especially from China has caused some of Nvidia's graphics cards to suffer from shortages, which has boosted their average pricing by 15%, benefiting Nvidia, Colorful, Galaxy and Asustek Computer's profitability, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Unity Opto LED light bulb shipments to Europe to reach US$3-4 million in 4Q15, says paper

LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology is expected to ship US$3-4 million worth of LED light bulbs to Europe in the fourth quarter of 2015 and eyes to ship a total of US$30 million in 2016, according to Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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HTC, Huawei to release new smartphones in 1Q16, says paper

HTC and Huawei both are expected to launch their respective new smartphones in the first quarter of 2016, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Taiwan November manufacturing production index down, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 102.1 for November 2015, decreasing 2.74% on month and 5.03% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on December 23.

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Taiwan market: Netflix plans to enter in 1Q16

Netflix plans to enter the Taiwan market in the first quarter of 2016 and has reportedly held cooperation talks with Chunghwa Telecom specifically for securing sufficient mobile and fixed-line Internet bandwidth.

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Security Leads Concerns for IoT

This one goes to 11. Editor Rick Merritt walks you through the top 10 articles for 2015 on Internet of Things Designline plus bonus stories.

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Wireless Dominates 2015 Comms News

Top 10 stories on EE Times' Wireless & Networking Designline reveal China's rise in smartphones, the popularity of classic tutorials, and a Kickstarter cool down.

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Samsung Running 28nm FDSOI Chip Process

Samsung is running 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) wafers for STMicroelectronics, the developer of the technology, and has other customers lined up, according to an Advanced Substrate News report.

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Driving Change with Over-the-Air Updates

With OTA updates, automakers can dramatically reduce the cost of updating vehicle software. Moreover, they can better address consumer demands for the latest cloud-based services, including maps, navigation, and voice recognition.

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Power Source Tailored for Wearable Electronics

Researchers have developed flexible wire-shaped microsupercapacitors that can be woven into a jacket, shirt or dress, creating a tailored power source for wearable electronics.

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TSensors to Predict Natural Disasters

Omron Corp. has developed the components for a sensor network that covers the Earth, preventing disasters before they happen and keeping tabs on all of mother Earth to keep Her healthy and prosperous.

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Fighting Evil AI, IBM Opens Watson IoT HQ: Big Data Roundup

Elon Musk invests in AI to benefit humanity. Microsoft is acquiring SQL queries for all data by all users. IBM is connecting Watson with IoT via APIs. All of those and more in our Big Data Roundup for the week ending Dec. 20.

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Apple, Samsung Bring Mobile Payment Face-Off To China

Apple and Samsung have struck separate deals with China's UnionPay bank to bring their mobile payment services to the Chinese market in 2016.

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Automated Solution for Voltage-Aware DRC

Advanced nodes have brought to SoC designers a new kind of spacing check, called voltage-aware DRC (VA-DRC). What does this term mean, and what new challenges does it bring to the DRC task?

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China researchers develop Darwin NPU

Chinese researchers from the Universities of Zheijang and Hangzhou Dianzi have developed a neural network co-processor called Darwin aimed at running complex intelligent algorithms on small devices for tasks like pattern recognition, automatic control, signal processing, decision support system and artificial intelligence. It implements Spiking Neural Network (SNN) – a neural net technology that  processes information ...

China researchers develop Darwin NPU

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European researchers claim terahertz breakthrough using CMOS

Airbus is leading a research group looking at terahertz imaging technology and it is claiming a breakthrough which will see the imaging technology used in space observation, medical imaging, industrial automation and security screening. The work to develop a new camera that delivers high accuracy using terahertz waves with lower operating costs in part of ...

European researchers claim terahertz breakthrough using CMOS

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Emulation is essential for processor design, says Imagination

Imagination Technologies, the processor developer behind PowerVR GPUs and MIPS CPUs, has deployed the Veloce emulation platform’s virtualised testbench acceleration (TBX) technology from Mentor Graphics. The emulator was used in the verification flow for the PowerVR Wizard GR6500, a ray-tracing-enabled graphics processing unit (GPU). Martin Ashton, executive v-p, PowerVR, Imagination Technologies, writes: “To simplify the ...

Emulation is essential for processor design, says Imagination

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Co-Robots: Taiwanese Style

Taiwan's budding co-robot industry is led by the International Center of Excellence on Intelligent Robotics and Automation Research (iCeiRA Lab), where many prototypes win international contests every year.

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AOS launches PairFETS

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, the power semiconductor specialist, has launched PairFETs – an asymmetric package with integrated high-side and low-side MOSFETs. The product is designed to optimise the conducting resistance and the switching characteristics of both MOSFETs in order to attain the highest efficiency over the whole output range when working as the power stage ...

AOS launches PairFETS

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China to have 29 panel fabs by 2019

There will be 29 TFT-LCD panel factories in China by 2019, with 11 of them already operational, 10 under construction and eight being planned, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan market: HP offers inkjet printers for rent

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has begun offering inkjet printers for rent in the Taiwan market targeting small- to medium-size businesses.

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21 Taiwan-based solar cell, PV module makers pass EU anti-circumvention probe

The European Commission has announced that 21 Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers and PV module makers have passed its anti-circumvention investigation, meaning that these makers' exports to Europe will be exempt from EU anti-dumping tariffs of 53.4% and anti-subsidization tariffs of 11.5%.

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Taiwan November unemployment rate up, says DGBAS

Taiwan had 457,000 jobless citizens in November 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.91% and rising 0.01pp on month and 0.02pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on December 22.

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China market: Gigabyte lands sales agent rights for Nvidia Quadro

Gigabyte Technology has become a sales agent for Nvidia's Quadro-series graphics cards in the China market and will partner with Intel to push customized PC products using the graphics card series, hoping to boost their sales in China's DIY channel, according to sources from the retail channel.

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Taiwan market: Taiwan Secom provides retail management services via cooperation with Microsoft

Taiwan Secom, the largest residential/commercial security service provider in Taiwan, on December announced cooperation with Microsoft to provide cloud-based management services to retail operators. Services mainly include predicting fluctuations in customers and merchandise sales using Microsoft Azure to analyze data collected using Asustek Computer point of sale devices and tablets.

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PCB maker Wus announces stock buyback

PCB maker Wus Printed Circuit has announced plans to repurchase as many as 30 million shares, or 9.73% of the company's outstanding shares, at between NT$18.83 (US$0.57) and NT$39.23 per share through February 22, 2016. The move is aimed at maintaining the company's credit and shareholder equity, Wus said.

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Corning Iris glass chosen for LeTV Super TV Max 70

Corning has announced its Iris glass has been chosen by LeTV for use in the China vendor's Super TV Max 70.

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Instrument Measures the Smallest of the Smallest in Time and Space

The Holometer can measure movements that last just a millionth of a second and distances of a billionth of a billionth of a meter.

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Worldwide wearables shipments to surpass 200 million in 2019, says IDC

The worldwide wearable device market will see continued growth as second- and third-generation iterations reach the market. These new devices will build upon the hardware and software of their predecessors and answer some of the shortcomings and concerns that potential customers have today. According to IDC, the worldwide wearable device market will reach a total of 111.1 million units shipped in 2016, up a strong 44.4% from the 80 million units expected to ship in 2015. By 2019, total shipments will reach 214.6 million units, resulting in a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28%, said IDC.

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Global notebook market braces for more uncertainty in 2016

The global notebook market will face more uncertainty in 2016 as Xiaomi Technology and Huawei will debut in the mature market, and Samsung Electronics has also renewed its interest in it, according to industry sources.

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ASE seeking to buy another 25% stake in SPIL

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), which has already purchased 25% shares of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has announced new plans to acquire another 25% stake in the fellow packaging and testing company.

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Quanta, Wiwynn to compete for orders for servers small- to medium-size datacenters

As competition for orders for datacenter-use servers from Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft has become intense and the companies have added suppliers, ODMs Quanta Computer and Wiwynn will shift white-box business focus to servers for small- to medium-size datacenters in 2016, according to supply chain players.

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Acer announces brisk sales of smart bracelets

Acer has announced that it sold out 70,000 units of its fitness bracelet Liquid Leap Active during a 24-hour limited-time promotional campaign held through a TV shopping channel in the US on December 13.

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India market: Smartphone shipments down slightly in October, says IDC

Smartphone shipments in India totaled 9.3 million units in October, down from 10 million shipped in the previous month, and 4G models accounted for over 50% of total smartphone shipments in October, according to IDC

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Inotera orders equipment from Applied Materials

DRAM maker Inotera Memories has purchased a batch of production equipment from Applied Materials for around NT$734 million (US$22.3 million), according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Huawei smartphone shipments meet 2015 target

Huawei has announced that its smartphone shipments has reached over 100 million units so far in 2015, meeting the company's target set for the year and making it the first China-based vendor to reach the 100 million mark in shipment.

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TSMC on equipment buying spree

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has spent more than US$700 million on semiconductor capital equipment in recent weeks, according to filings issued by the pure-play foundry with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Ford, Google Car Deal: Who Needs Whom

Google and Ford Motor Co. are expected to announce a partnership deal at the CES. While the industry sees the deal inevitable, they point out enough differences in the two companies' visions on 'autonomous' cars and liability.

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Subthreshold Transistors and MCUs

It's time to dust off the textbooks and bone up on FETs operating below Vth because when Vgs is less than Vth, the world changes.

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InvenSense Licenses Positioning Technology to Huawei

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Creative SBC Projects That Make a Difference

We look at interesting projects aimed at enriching our lives, by making everyday living easier or allowing us to do something that is physically harder due to a disability.

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Who Am I? What Will a DNA Test Reveal?

What will a DNA test divulge about Max's ancestry? Does he have any Celtic, Roman, Anglo Saxon, Viking, European, African, Middle Eastern, or Pan-Asian blood flowing through his veins?

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Electronic Design’s Products of the Week (12/20-12/26)

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

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Apple Pays to Settle with Ericsson

Apple and Ericsson have agreed a global cross-license for patents essential to the GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular standards and granted certain other patent rights to each other, settling a long-standing dispute.

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LHC to use RapidIO interface for big data transfers

CERN, Europe’s nuclear research facility, has worked with US-based interface IC firm Integrated Device Technology to create a data bus platform with the necessarily low latency needed for data analytics at the organisation’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and data centre. CERN recognised it needed to improve overall data acquisition and analysis for the massive volumes of ...

LHC to use RapidIO interface for big data transfers

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100µm thick silicon capacitors designed for smart cards

IPDiA, the French firm developing 3D silicon passive components, has announced a range of low profile capacitors for smart cards and RFID tags. The capacitors are just 100µm thick, and despite their small size they have ESD performance up to 8kV. The devices are likely to be used in contactless smart cards for antenna matching, ...

100µm thick silicon capacitors designed for smart cards

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PTI buys equipment for NT$624 million

Packaging and testing company Powertech Technology has purchased a batch of electrical and engineering equipment and facilities from Jiu Han Engineering for about NT$624 million (US$19 million), according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

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China LED lighting production in 2015 valued at CNY210.5 billion

China-based LED lighting makers will generate a total production value of CNY210.5 billion (US$33.1 billion) in 2015, growing 18.5% on year, according to industry sources in China.

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Toshiba sells TV plant in Indonesia to China-based Skyworth

Toshiba has announced that it has reached agreement with China-based Skyworth on the sale of PT Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia, Toshiba Group's Indonesian manufacturing base for TVs and twin-tub washing machines. Going forward, the company plans to settle the final sales price and complete the transfer by March 2016. The agreement will also give Skyworth a license to use the Toshiba brand name in Asia, excluding China.

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LED device prices to fall 30% in 2016

Mainly because China-based makers have expanded production capacity and lowered quotes to be more competitive, prices for LED devices in 2016 are expected to drop 30% on year and prices for LED light tubes and bulbs will slip 20-30% and 30-40% respectively, according to industry sources.

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NDC sets 2016 economic growth at 2.1-2.7%

Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) on December 21 set an economic growth rate of 2.1-2.7%, increase in consumer price index of below 2.0% and unemployment rate of 3.7-3.9% for 2016.

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Fire breaks out at Tripod PCB factory

A fire broke out at Tripod Technology's factory in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, in the late hours of December 21. It took firefighters using 25 fire trucks approximately five hours to put out the fire. No injuries have been reported.

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China market: iPad Pro sales reach only 49,000 units in the first month

Apple's new enterprise tablet, the iPad Pro did not achieve expected sales in its first month after the launch in China selling only 49,000 units, according to China-based research firm TalkingData.

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China makers plan to hike solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer prices in January

China-based makers, in view of continued tight supply, plan to increase quotes for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers from US$0.85-0.86 currently to US$0.88 in January, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

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Digitimes Research: South Korea expected to develop large-size flexible displays based on AMOLED, PI substrates and roll-to-roll process in 2016

South Korea is expected to adopt AMOLED display technology, PI (polyimide) plastic substrates, organic TFT driving technology and roll-to-roll process to develop large-size flexible displays in 2016, according to Digitimes Research.

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Asustek, Gigabyte plan to launch VR devices, say Taiwan makers

Asustek Computer plans to launch wearable virtual reality (VR) devices to be used with its gaming notebooks, while with Gigabyte Technology is also doing so by working with VR technology developer 3Glasses, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Solartech PV power station in Japan on gird

Solar cell maker Solartech Energy has announced a 2.45MWp PV power-generating station it has built in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has been connected to a local grid, formally starting commercial operation that is expected to generate annual revenues of over JPY94 million (US$773,000) from electricity sale.

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Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC foundry capacity utilization rate to fall in 4Q15

Utilization rates at Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will fall further to 85.8% in the fourth quarter of 2015 - the lowest level in 13 quarters, according to Digitimes Research.

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Imagination Technologies’ CES highlights

Highlights of Imagination Technologies’ demonstrations at CES next month will be: • The new Creator Ci40 IoT-in-a-box development kit with demos showcasing integration with FlowCloud and Google’s new Brillo operating system for IoT • A PowerVR Wizard GR6500 reference chip that enables partners to explore and evaluate the benefits of Imagination’s disruptive ray tracing technology ...

Imagination Technologies’ CES highlights

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TT Electronics buys Aero Stanrew

TT Electronics has bought Barnstaple safety critical components specialist Aero Stanrew. Aero Stanrew makes electromagnetic components and electronic systems for harsh environments and safety critical applications primarily for the commercial aerospace and defence markets The combination of TT and Aero Stanrew is expected to increase TT’s exposure to aerospace and defence, one of TT’s core ...

TT Electronics buys Aero Stanrew

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Rambus and Microsoft to jointly address quantum computing issues

Rambus will collaborate with Microsoft researchers in the exploration of future memory requirements for quantum computing. The expertise of Rambus in high-bandwidth, power-efficient memory architectures, combined with Microsoft researchers’ knowledge of advanced system and data center design will be applied to drive new technology platforms. “Existing computer architectures are reaching limits due to the ever ...

Rambus and Microsoft to jointly address quantum computing issues

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Apple's Tim Cook Defends Encryption, Labor Practices In China

Charlie Rose sat down with Tim Cook and other major players on the team at Apple for an in-depth look at the inner workings of the company during an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes.

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ZigBee 3.0 to Include Energy Harvesting

The ZigBee Alliance industry association has said that it will work to combine EnOcean energy harvesting with ZigBee 3.0 to help address a breadth of IoT applications in smart home, smart city and industry 4.0.

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Samsung to mass produce 18nm DRAM in 2Q16, says Korea media

According to South Korea's Digital Times, Samsung Electronics will start mass production of DRAM chips built using 18nm (1x) process technology in the second quarter of 2016.

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Taiwan November export order value down on month, year, says MOEA

Taiwan received export orders worth US$40.76 billion in total in November 2015, decreasing 4.2% on month and 6.3% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on December 21.

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Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$4.1 billion in January-November, says MOEA

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,412 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.128 billion in January-November 2015, increasing 5.86% on month and decreasing 6.88% on year, according to MOEA statistics released on December 21.

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Toshiba Reorg Cuts Consumer Unit

Toshiba will exit an ailing consumer notebook market but hang on to its profitable NAND flash business in a reorganization that includes 6,800 layoffs.

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EEVblog #832 – Keysight U1282A Multimeter Teardown

Inside Keysight’s new U1282A IP67 waterproof and 3m drop proof precision dual display 60,000 count 0.025% multimeter with 800 hours battery life

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ICCE Presents 'Internet of Me'

ICCE offers a variety of sessions including security, The Internet of Me, Health & Wellness, AR and Digital Senses.

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Breakthrough for video-pill cancer imaging

Researchers from the University of Glasgow claim to have found a way to make swallowable cameras which can be used for detecting cancers of the throat and gut. Tiny sensing systems small enough for patients to swallow have been used by doctors but these devices have relied on additional illumination with a separate light source ...

Breakthrough for video-pill cancer imaging

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Apple Finds Home At Former Q'comm Display Lab

Apple has started work in a small-scale production facility in Longtan near Taipei, Taiwan on display technologies, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Cypress offers fast flash memory chip for in-car cameras

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a 64Mbit NOR flash memory device with its highest read bandwidth and fastest program time for a memory chip qualified for automotive designs. The FS-S NOR flash device has a Quad SPI interface and has an 80MHz Double Data Rate (DDR) mode to deliver read bandwidth of 80Mbyte/s. The device provides ...

Cypress offers fast flash memory chip for in-car cameras

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How to Measure Frequency Response With an Oscilloscope

You don't always need a spectrum analyzer to get a spectral plot. Oscilloscopes with FFT capability often do the job.

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7 Automotive Tech Vendors to Watch in 2016

The spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas will be shining blindingly on cars. EE Times has put together a list of automotive tech companies to watch for at CES and/or 2016.

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Top Memory Stories of 2015

A compilation of top attention-getting articles on the Memory DesignLine from 2015 shows a mix of new technologies and longstanding ones, some seemingly forever in a state of emerging.

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Ericsson and Apple settle IP disputes; begin technical collaboration.

Ericsson and Apple have settled their IP disagreements and Apple has signed a patent license agreement for standard-essential patents (SEPs) including patents for GSM, UMTS and LTE. “We are pleased with this new agreement with Apple, which clears the way for both companies to continue to focus on bringing new technology to the global market, ...

Ericsson and Apple settle IP disputes; begin technical collaboration.

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Rollable screens to star in Las Vegas

LG is to show rollable OLEDs at CES next month. This might be an attempt to create demand. “Market demand has yet to catch up with our expectations,” says an slag spokesperson, “that’s why we are still considering whether to mass-produce the rollable OLED panels.” While it is the large panels – 55, 65 and ...

Rollable screens to star in Las Vegas

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Toshiba may report $4bn loss

Toshiba may report losses as big as $4 billion for the financial year to the end of March 2016. The losses will be caused by re-structuring costs – as staff are laid off – and asset write-downs. Following the false accounting scandal Toshiba is finding it difficult to raise new loans. It already has debt ...

Toshiba may report $4bn loss

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SPIL responds to ASE offer

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has confirmed on December 14 that the company received a proposal submitted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire all outstanding SPIL shares in cash.

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US extension of solar investment tax credit expected to decrease US PV installation capacity in 2016

The US senate has decided to extend solar investment tax credit for five years and this is expected to result in reductions in US PV installation capacity in 2016 from the originally forecast 10-12GWp to 6-7GWp, according to industry sources.

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Nanya fundraiser reportedly to attract Kingston, Adata, says paper

Memory module firms Kingston Technology and Adata Technology are looking to participate in DRAM maker Nanya Technology's upcoming capital increment plan, according to a recent Chinese-language Liberty Times report. Nanya will issue up to 320 million ordinary shares to raise cash.

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HTC ties up with Audi to promote HTC Vive

HTC has signed a cooperation agreement with automaker Audi and will install its HTC Vive virtual reality (VR) devices in Audi's flagship shops in 2016 to enable consumers to review and even test drive Audi cars through the VR devices, according to HTC chairperson Cher Wang.

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Digitimes Research: South Korea-based ETRI developing transparent display technologies

South Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has been developing guest-host LCD and polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), two new transparent display technologies based on doping red, green, blue and black dyestuff, and expects to finish development in February 2016, according to Digitimes Research.

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MediaTek December sales to fall

MediaTek will likely report a substantial decrease sequentially in December revenues, due to a cutback in orders from handset vendors, according to industry sources.

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ZTE to develop smartphone application processors in house

ZTE has stepped up its efforts to internally develop smartphone chipset solutions, aiming to re-capture the title as one of the top-three smartphone vendors in China, according to a China Business News (CBN) report.

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TSEC receives solar cell orders with shipments scheduled through May-June 2016

Crystalline silicon solar cell maker TSEC has revealed it has received orders with shipments scheduled through May-June 2016 mainly due to strong demand from China.

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Foxconn injects additional funds into overseas subsidiary for robot development

Foxconn Electronics will inject an additional capital of US$120 million into its subsidiary Icreate Investment in the Cayman Islands, according to a release from Taiwan's Investment Commission.

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2-in-1 PC shipments to see significant growth in 2016, say Taiwan makers

While notebook and tablet shipments have seen slow growth or decreases, 2-in-1 notebook/tablet shipments have significantly increased and therefore global 2-in-1 shipments in 2016 are expected to grow on year by a double-digit rate, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

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Corning to exclusively supply glass substrates for BOE 10.5G fab, says Corning Taiwan president

As BOE Technology started constructing a 10.5G LCD panel fab in Hefei, northern China, in early December, Corning will set up a production base close to it to become its exclusive supplier of glass substrates, according to Daniel Tseng, president for Corning Display Technologies Taiwan.

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IPSO Alliance Identifies IoT Innovators with Challenge Finalists

The IPSO Challenge asked inventors and designers to look for new and innovative ways to use IoT technology to solve real-world problems.

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Groups Welcome WRC-15 Spectrum Decisions

Delegates at World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-15) had a surprisingly high level of agreement around the fate of the 700MHz and sub-700 MHz bands.

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Startup Preps Big Data Processor

Startup Nervana Systems is preparing a novel microprocessor designed to use deep neural networks for big data analytics.

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USB Type-C is Revolutionizing the Market

USB Implementers (USB-IF) has developed the USB type-C with a small, reversible connector that is expected to grow fast in the mobile, consumer electronics, and computer markets.

USB Implementers (USB-IF) has developed the USB type-C with a small, reversible connector that is expected to grow fast in the mobile, consumer electronics, and computer markets.

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