Toshiba Agrees to Give Western Digital Notice of Sale

Toshiba will give its partner at least two weeks notice of the planned sales of assets involved in the companies' joint venture after a court ruling.

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5G Proposals Jam 3GPP Channels

Sometimes spurious proposals have been clogging channels at the 3GPP standards group as it expands cellular and accelerates 5G.

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Spin Wave Breakthrough Solves Signal Propagation Challenge

Propagating spin waves could pave the way for high speed, miniaturized data processing devices that have huge potential as fast, high capacity and energy efficient memory devices

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ST Sprints While Q'comm Deal Hobbles NXP

STMicroelectronics is sprinting toward the winner's circle in MCUs, NFC and sensors, while NXP is hobbled by its pending acquisition by Qualcomm. ST, claiming No. 3 share in volume MCU market, disclosed a plan for 64-bit MCU, and FD-SOI.

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Taiwan solar cell makers see improved operations

Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen improved operations due to rebounding demand, with some having already returned to profitability, according to industry sources.

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BenQ Materials reports earnings for 1H17

Polarizer maker BenQ Materials has reported net profits of NT$229 million (US$7.584 million) or NT$0.71 per share on revenues of NT$5.748 billion for the first half of 2017.

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Tons Lightology reports worse-than-expected 2Q17 results

Lighting solution provider Tons Lightology saw worse-than-expected results in second-quarter 2017 despite it being a traditional peak season, as Europe-based clients adjusted inventory levels and decreased orders, and competition from China-based firms heated up significantly, according to the company.

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Optical device makers diversify product lines

Digital camera ODMs Altek and Asia Optical and optical lens makers Kinko Optical and Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET) have extended development and production to other product lines in a bid to drive business growth, according to industry sources.

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Asustek pays US$15 million to end lawsuits with VIA

VIA Technologies has announced it has settled its lawsuits with Asustek Computer in Taiwan and the US, with Asustek agreeing to pay VIA US$15 million.

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Soft-World to compete for outsourced production from China game developers

Soft-World International, the largest Taiwan-based online game developer and operator, is poised to compete for art and music outsourced production from China-based mobile game R&D teams, company chairman Wang Chin-pou said at China Joy 2017 in Shanghai during July 27-30.

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Supermicro to expand Technology Park plan in Taiwan

Having completed phase-one construction for its Asia Pacific Technology Park in Taoyuan, Taiwan, US-based Supermicro is now planning for a phase-two construction project, which is expected to create 3,000 jobs locally.

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MediaTek expects mild growth in 3Q17

MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of 2-10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2017, with gross margin ranging from 34% to 37%.

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TSMC reportedly to give 2H17 server orders to Supermicro

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly shifted its server procurement orders for the second half of 2017 from the original supplier Lenovo to Supermicro Computer, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Digitimes Research: Mini LEDs to be initially used in backlighting for automotive displays

Mini LEDs, with much higher yield rates than those for Micro LEDs, are expected to come into commercial production next year, with initial application expected to be backlighting of LCD automotive displays, according to Digitimes Research.

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Taiwan solar cell makers ask for government help

Taiwan's solar cell makers facing the grim prospect of being forced out of the market hope the government can help consolidate the local industry to revie its competitiveness, according to industry sources.

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VIS expects to post up to 11% revenue growth in 3Q17

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has forecast consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2017 will be between NT$6.1 billion (US$201.7 million) and NT$6.5 billion, representing sequential growth of 3.9-10.7%.

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Webinar: Reduce Test Time by implementing Embedded JTAG Solutions

Electronics Weekly joins forces with Goepel Electronics to discuss increasing productivity and reducing test time by implementing Embdedded JTAG solutions.

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Thin light wire vies with PTFE for high-rel connections

Alpha Wire’s new ThermoThin Hook-Up Wire, now available from Aerco, delivers 600V performance from -150 to +300°C, and is intended for applications where premium performance must be matched with space and weight savings. Potential applications are foreseen in medical devices, semiconductor production, geothermal energy generation, energy production, military equipment and the oil and gas industry. ...

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Find Hidden Insights in Manufacturing Data

By analyzing data across several manufacturing operations, engineers at semiconductor companies could identity the root causes of defects.

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Small PC also supports Arduino

LattePanda is an Intel Atom PC running and Arduino combined. Designed for Windows 10, it has a 1.8GHz Z8300 Cherry Trail CPU with I/O handled by a second processor rather than the Atom. “This micro controller is re-programmable, source code is provided, and can be programmed to off-load the Atom if an application is so demanding,” said RS Components, ...

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MediaTek posts 2Q17 EPS of NT$1.51

Fabless IC firm MediaTek has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2017 declined 66.7% sequentially and 66.5% on year to NT$2.21 billion (US$73 million). EPS for the quarter came to NT$1.51.

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Taiwan market: Samsung braces for strong smartphone, monitor and slim TV sales

Samsung Electronics is expected to see sales of its smartphones, gaming monitors and ultra-thin TVs in the Taiwan market achieve significant results in 2017, buoyed by the introduction of new models with innovative technologies, according to sources in local retail channels.

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Gigastorage to appeal to Taiwan Supreme Court against IPC ruling in favor of Phillips

Taiwan-based PV wafer maker Gigastorage has decided to appeal to Taiwan's Supreme Court against a recent ruling issued by Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court (IPC) to have the company pay electronics giant Royal Philips NV NT$1.05 billion (US$30 million) over a patent infringement lawsuit filed in 2015, significantly increasing an initial award of only NT$10.5 million set in an earlier ruling.

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GlobalWafers strikes deal with Samsung, says report

Taiwan-based GlobalWafers has signed a 2-3 year deal with Samsung Electronics under which GlobalWafers will provide Samsung a certain amount of silicon wafers at no fixed purchased price, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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China market: Gaming services in 1H17 valued at nearly CNY100 billion, says CADPA

Gaming service providers in the China market generated total revenues of CNY99.78 billion (US$14.51 billion) in the first half of 2017, growing 26.7% on year, and the corresponding 507 million users increased 3.6%, according to the China Audio-Video and Digital publishing Association (CADPA).

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Walsin to buy new factory to expand MLCC production capacity

Taiwan-based multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) supplier Walsin Technology has announced plans to acquire a factory from packaging and testing company Walton Advanced Engineering for NT$24.4 million (US$0.8 million) with the transaction set to be completed as soon as the third quarter.

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Huawei to launch Mate 10 to take on new iPhone

Huawei reportedly plans to launch its new flagship smartphone, the Mate 10, in the coming fall, timing which is selected to match the planned release of the next-generation iPhone as the vendor aims to directly take on Apple for market share, according to industry sources.

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Realtek posts 2Q17 EPS of NT$1.85

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits surged 82% sequentially to NT$930 million (US$30.7 million) in the second quarter of 2017. EPS for the quarter came to NT$1.85.

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SD-WANs growing rapidly

Software-defined wide area networks have only been commercially available for a few years but, according to IDC, worldwide SD-WAN infrastructure and services revenues will see a CAGR)p of 69.6% and reach $8.05 billion in 2021. The most significant driver of SD-WAN growth over the next five years will be digital transformation (DX) in which enterprises ...

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Trillium buys CanBusHack

Trillium, the automotive cybersecurity specialist, has bought auto cyber security company CanBusHack. “The addition of CanBusHack’s Red Team and penetration testing expertise is a perfect fit for Trillium, and adds to our already robust range of cybersecurity products, services and training capabilities,” says Trillium CEO, David M. Uze, “now, in addition to providing customers with ...

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ITRI reaching out to foreign IoT start-ups

Taiwan’s renowned government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is inviting foreign IoT start-ups to visit Taiwan to learn about the island’s electronics industry. ITRI brought advanced IC processing toTaiwan in 1976 by licensing RCA’s CMOS process and then proceeded to scale it over subsequent generations while spinning it off, along the way, into start-ups like ...

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BT offers £600m broadband upgrade

BT has made an offer to the government to spend £600 million on providing 10Mbps broadband access to everyone in the UK. “We already expect 95% of homes and businesses to have access to superfast broadband speeds of 24Mbps or faster by the end of 2017,” says BT CEO Gavin Patterson, “our latest initiative aims ...

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Fujitsu Speeds Up Transaction Processing on the Blockchain

Fujitsu Labs has developed  technology that accelerates transaction processing for Hyperledger Fabric, one of the Hyperledger blockchain frameworks hosted by The Linux Foundation. The blockchain is a technology that creates systems with excellent resistance to falsification while preserving high transparency and reliability, all without centralized management. It is expected to have applications in a variety ...

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AUO subsidiary to set up rooftop PV systems in CTSP

TronGen Power, a subsidary of AU Optronics (AUO), will set up a rooftop PV system with installation capacity of 1.5MWp on a factory building belonging to Corning Taiwan and another with 0.68MWp on a factory owned by Taiwan Nitto Optical in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), with completion and on-grid scheduled for the end of November 2017, according to CTSP administration.

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Tight control over VPN services not affecting legal users, says China official

China is tightening crackdowns on illegal internet connections, including unauthorized VPN (virtual private network) services, but the move will not affect legal users of authorized VPN technology that can help them bypass the country's "Great Firewall," according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Mini LED may be used in automotive displays beginning 2H18

Along with increasing use of in-car central information displays, heads-up displays and dashboard displays, sizes of automotive displays will increase from about 5-inch to 8-10-inch and, due to advantages of flexible shapes and curved designs, as well as less power consumption, Mini LED chips are likely to be used in 10- to 13-inch automotive multi-display panels beginning the second half of 2018, according to industry sources.

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Commentary: Foxconn US investment a milestone and a challenge

The Foxconn Group has kicked off its US$10 billion "Flying Eagle" project in the US and will begin by building an advanced LCD panel manufacturing plant in Wisconsin. The project, considered the largest green field investment ever in the US and a milestone of Foxconn's US manufacturing venture, bears significant political implications that reserve follow-up observation.

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Winbond nets NT$0.28 per share for 2Q17

Winbond Electronics, a memory chipmaker specializing in niche-market DRAM and flash memory, has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2017 reached a nine-quarter high of NT$990 million (US$32.7 million). EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.28.

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Delta Electronics nets NT$3.14 per share for 1H17

Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics has reported net EPS of NT$3.14 for January-June.

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Lite-On Technology expects sequential growth in 3Q17 revenues

EMS provider Lite-On Technology expects cloud computing and AI-based smart home devices to drive growth in demand for power supplies as well as shipments of invisible LED devices, LED outdoor lighting, automotive electronics, storage devices and structural components used in gaming PCs and notebooks to increase in the third quarter due to seasonal effects, and consequently expects consolidated revenues to increase significantly on quarter, according to the company.

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Baidu 2Q17 net profit hikes 82.9% on year

Baidu, the largest China-based search engine, has reported second-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues of CNY20.874 billion (US$3.079 billion), increasing 14.3% on year, adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization) of CNY6.008 billion, up 41.4%, net operating profit of CNY4.210 billion, up 46.9%, and net profit of CNY4.415 billion, up 82.9%, according to the company.

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ASE likely to post over 10% revenue growth in 3Q17

Packaging and testing company Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is expected to report 10-13% sequential growth in consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2017, with gross margin staying flat on quarter, according to market watchers.

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MCU firm Nuvoton sees 2Q17 profits surge

Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics specializing in MCU and PC peripherals, has reported net profits hiked 172% sequentially to NT$247 million (US$8.15 million) in the second quarter of 2017. EPS for the quarter came to NT$1.19.

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Demand for high-speed transmissions surges

Emerging applications arising from IoT, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are demanding high-speed transmissions, while high-speed interfaces such as USB, PCI Express (PCIe) and DisplayPort (DP) continue to upgrade. Taiwan-based suppliers engaged in the development of high-speed transmission chips are expected to grow their shipments substantially starting the second half of 2017, according to industry sources.

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Synaptics Calls for Voice Standards

Synaptics' CEO called for standards amid a rapidly emerging market for voice services and talked about his deals to buy Conexant and a Marvell unit.

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Mercedes Dumps DTM for Formula E

Mercedes is the latest car maker to shift gears to Formula E racing, signaling disruptive change in the automotive space.

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Bluetooth Mesh Bucks Short Range Reputation, Consumer Roots

The new standard will push Bluetooth away from its consumer application roots to more commercial and industrial applications that demand ROI

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Cypress CEO Enjoying 'High-Calorie Growth'

Hassane El-Khoury is more proud of growing Cypress's pro forma net income by more than 60 percent than he is of the company's second consecutive quarter of record sales.

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Optical Transceiver Modules to Double in Density

A multisource agreement will lead to a speed doubling of the small form-factor (SFP) pluggable module used in many datacenters.

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Insight into Solar Cells Advances Performance

We often are restricted to observing critical component functions from the outside, but new technology developments are increasingly breaking through that restriction.

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ITRI to invite foreign IoT startups to partner with Taiwan makers

Taiwan's government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is carrying out a special project to invite selected international youth startups engaged in IoT to visit Taiwan to better learn the country's supply chains and locate optimal cooperation partners, according to government sources.

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Taiwan faces challenges to develop service robots

The development of ASICs optimized for industrial robot AI is approaching maturity, and autonomous driving is a trend, but the use of AI technology to develop service-oriented robots in Taiwan faces difficulties, according to industry sources.

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Renewable energy still not stable power supply, says Siemens executive

While renewable energy is crucial to the success in transforming the world's energy structure, it is still unable to serve as a stable and reliable power supply, according to Cedrik Neike, a member of the managing board of Germany-based Siemens AG, speaking at the Green + Together conference focusing on transforming energy structure jointly held by Siemens, the German Institute Taipei, German Trade Office Taipei and Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy on July 27.

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eMemory announces validation of on-chip security IP on UMC advanced nodes

Taiwan-based eMemory has verified its latest on-chip security IP on several of UMC's advanced nodes, according to the embedded NVM IP provider. The IP, based on unique IC biometrics, can enable a wide range of in-field security applications and be tailored for hardware protection within IoT and data centers.

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Taiwan market: 83% of small- to medium-size businesses in Taiwan use online marketing, says Google

Google Taiwan on July 27 released results of a survey of small- to medium-size enterprises' online marketing behavior in Taiwan jointly undertaken by Google and Ipsos ASI under France-based Ipsos, showing that 83% of the surveyed companies have used online marketing services.

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ChipMOS Shanghai obtains backend orders for NOR flash from XMC

ChipMOS Technologies (Shanghai), a joint venture between Taiwan-based ChipMOS and Tsinghua Unigroup, has obtained backend orders for NOR flash memory from Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), according to industry sources.

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Intel reports record 2Q17 revenues of US$14.8 billion

Intel has reported second-quarter revenues of US$14.8 billion, up 9% on year. After adjusting for the Intel Security Group (ISecG) transaction, second-quarter revenues grew 14% from a year ago. Operating income was US$3.8 billion, up 190% on year, and non-GAAP operating income was US$4.2 billion, up 30%. EPS was US$0.58, up 115% on year, and non-GAAP EPS was US$0.72, up 22%.

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Huawei ships 73 million smartphones in 1H17

Huawei shipped 73.01 million smartphones in the first half of 2017, increasing 20.6% from a year earlier, according to the company's business results for the six-month period announced recently.

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Asia Tech Image 2Q17 gross margin hits record

Contact image sensor module maker Asia Tech Image released its financial report for the second quarter of 2017 at a July 27 investors conference, with gross margin of 16.35% marking an historic high, according to the company.

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FocalTech swings to profit in 2Q17

Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems has reported net profits of NT$31.19 million (US$1.03 million) for the second quarter of 2017 compared with losses of about NT$8.2 million in the prior quarter. EPS for the second quarter came to NT$0.12.

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CyberLink to launch new product line

Digital multimedia software solution developer CyberLink will launch its third product line: Work and suite of business-use communication tools for online presentations, meetings, seminars and education, in the third quarter of 2017, targeting small- to medium-size enterprises, independent professionals and educational service providers, chairman Jau Huang revealed at an investors conference on July 27.

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Renesas Q2 revenues up 31.7%

Renesas reported Q2 sales up 31.7% y-o-y and 12.6% sequentially at $1.7 billion. Operating profit was $270 million and gross margin was 45.7%. For Q3, Renesas expects the same level of sales and margin. . “We have been successfully improving our gross and operating margins by pursuing sales growth and cost containment”, says Renesas CEO ...

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PAT to cooperate with IBM Taiwan for new cloud system

Taiwan-based automated plating equipment maker Process Advance Technology (PAT) has announced it will work with IBM Taiwan to establish a HANA on IBM Cloud system.

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BLU supplier Coretronic optimistic about 3Q17

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic is optimistic about its business outlook for the third quarter, citing growing shipments of energy-saving devices and display products.

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BLU supplier Radiant reports strong earnings for 2Q17

Backlight module supplier Radiant Opto-Electronics has reported net profits of NT$760 million (US$25.15 million) for the second quarter of 2017, increasing 34.7% from a year earlier. EPS for the quarter stood at NT$1.64.

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China market: HTC to roll out standalone VR headsets

HTC plans to launch a standalone Vive VR headset, built using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 VR mobile platform, in China initially, according to a company announcement.

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TSMC to enter mass production for new 10nm HiSilicon chips in September, says report

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly begun mass production of 10nm chips in the third quarter by fulfilling orders for Apple's A11 chips, as well as HiSilicon's Kirin 970-series.

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Samsung forms e-sport team for Taiwan gaming market

Samsung Electronics has established a professional e-sport team, Samsung TTP Esports, to compete in Taiwan's e-sport market.

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Winbond to spend NT$6.28 billion on equipment

Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics, a provider of specialty DRAM and flash memory, has announced plans to budget an additional capex of NT$6.28 billion (US$207.7 million) for buying new equipment. The investment will be made starting the third quarter of 2017.

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Catcher starts operation at new plant

Catcher Technology has completed construction of a new production base in Tainan, Southern Taiwan, and the site began operation on July 27, according to company chairman Hung Shui-shu.

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Samsung chip biz drives overall profit growth in 2Q17

Samsung Electronics has posted a record KRW14.07 trillion (US$12.6 billion) in operating profits for the second quarter of 2017, while revenues increased 20.1% sequentially to KRW61 trillion.

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Driverless electric bus EZ10 to be on trial in Taipei City

Taipei's Department of Information Technology has announced an autonomous-driving electric bus will have a five-day trial run in the city in August.

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Graphics card shortages ease as cryptocurrency mining fad subsides

With the cryptocurrency mining fad starting to subside, graphics card shortages have already eased and prices dropped back to normal levels, according to sources from graphics card players.

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Samsung Was No. 1 in Chip Sales in Q2

The booming memory chip market propelled South Korean conglomerate past Intel in semiconductor sales in the second quarter, as some analysts had predicted.

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Semiconductor Equipment Sales Rise Again

Fab tool billings grew again in June on both a sequential and year-over-year basis as the industry continues to enjoy what is projected to be its best year ever.

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PC Sales Raise Intel's Q2

Intel reported revenue and profit growth and raised its annual forecast, in part on the strong of PC sales.

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Intel is No.2

Intel is No.2. After 24 years as the No.1 chip company, Intel slipped below Samsung in Q2 with revenues of $14.8 billion. On Wednesday Samsung reported Q2 chip revenues of $15.7 billion. Intel’s slip to No.2 had been widely predicted in the wake of hugely inflated memory prices. It means that TI’s 25 year reign ...

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Trump's LCD Win-the Big Picture

Foxconn is apparently considering smartphone manufacturing in the U.S., raising questions about what deals the Trump Administration is offering.

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Foxconn Picks Wisconsin for $10 Billion Assembly Plant

MADISON, WI—In what’s being called the largest economic development project in state history, Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn plans to build a $10 billion plant in Wisconsin that would create liquid-crystal display panels and employ as many as 13,000 people.

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UMC Breaks into 14nm

United Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan's second largest foundry, has started its first production of 14nm products, narrowing a technology gap with its larger competitors such as TSMC and Samsung.

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Optical processing glass integrated with CMOS

Australian scientists are combining high-speed chalcogenide glass optical processing with silicon CMOS. “We integrated a novel non-linear glass into an industrially scalable CMOS compatible platform. We maintained the key advantages of both the silicon and the glass, and made a functional and efficient ultra-compact optical circuit,” said Dr Alvaro Casas Bedoya who leads photonics fabrication ...

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Another crack the high-temperature superconductor walnut

Scientists from the US Brookhaven National Laboratory and Yale University have discovered surprising behaviour amongst electrons in high-temperature superconductors (HTS). “Our discovery challenges a corner-stone of condensed matter physics,” said Brookhaven Lab physicist Jie Wu. “These electrons seem to spontaneously ‘choose’ their own paths through the material – a phenomenon in direct opposition to expectations.” ...

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Low-cost surface treatment makes better solar cells

Osaka University has created front and back coatings to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells, without resort to expensive vacuum treatment. The front coating is anti-reflective – a component of almost all solar cells – and created using a wet process based on ‘surface structure chemical transfer’ (SSCT), using it to fabricate so-called ‘black ...

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Li-ion thermal knowledge pooled into one place

US researchers have collated the temperature performance of different Li-ion cell technologies with a view to improving batteries. “People have not looked that studiously at temperature constraints. We searched hard to find one paper that talks about all the problems at the same time and what all the individual components experience at extreme temperatures, and ...

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Electromagnetic gun readies for war

The US Navy’s electromagnetic rail-gun is out of the laboratory and ready for field demonstrations at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Virginia. Rail guns, which until now have been research tools, are a form of linear motor which accelerate objects to very high velocity using a combination of magnetic and electric fields. Testing is ...

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Taiwan panel makers ready to face challenge from China 10.5G line

While BOE Technology is slated to kick off production at its 10.5G fab in 2018 sparking concerns of panel oversupply in the coming year, AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux both have said they will move to the upper end of the panel market to lessen the impact.

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Corning sales, profits rise sequentially in 2Q17

Corning has reported its GAAP sales went up 6% on year to US$2.5 billion in the second quarter of 2017, with EPS rising sequentailly to reach US$0.42.

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India smartphone shipments fall for the first time, says Canalys

India's smartphone market contracted for the first time in its history, as shipments to the country fell 4% on year to just under 27 million units in the second quarter of 2017. Samsung continued to lead the market, with a 25% share, followed by Xiaomi, which more than quadrupled its shipments to 4.8 million units in the quarter. Vivo took third place, shipping an all-time high of 3.4 million units, owing to its rising popularity among tier-two and tier-three cities. Oppo displaced Lenovo to take fourth place, while Lenovo finished fifth with 1.9 million smartphones.

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Wafer suppliers to build new 8-inch plants in China

Additional new production capacity for 8-inch silicon wafers is expected to emerge in China, with companies including GlobalWafers and Wafer Works looking to build new plants.

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TSMC, UMC offer higher prices to secure wafer supplies

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have recently secured 1-2 year supply contracts with Shin-Etsu and Sumco and offered higher prices than other foundry chipmakers to ensure sufficient wafer supplies, according to industry sources.

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Bristol Robotics wins Farnell Lab Makeover competition

Farnell element14 has named Bristol Robotics Laboratory as winner of its ‘Win a Lab Makeover’ competition. The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is an academic centre for multi-disciplinary robotics research in the UK and builds on a collaborative partnership between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol, and is ...

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Ions Power Machine-Human Interface Demo

The University of Maryland's NanoCenter demonstrated an "inverted" battery that converts electrical signals into the ion power used by the human brain's synapses to yield what it says is a perfect machine-to-human interface.

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Startup Campus Beckons Int'l Inventors

From Shenzhen to New York and Silicon Valley, incubators are popping up, providing affordable space for entrepreneurs to build and nurture startups. Among them, what makes Station F - recently opened in Paris as the world's largest startup campus - different?

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President Trump, Terry Gou, Speaker Ryan greet Wisconsin LCD plant

As expected, the Foxconn LCD plant promised for the USA is to be in Wisconsin. “Because of you we are also committed to great jobs for Americans,” Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn (pictured) told President Donald Trump, “Mr President, the eagle flies.” Calling Gou “one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs,” Trump said that the investment ...

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EEVblog #1010 – Zyntony Ra LED Strap Light Teardown

Teardown and first impression review of the Kogalla Zyntony Ra backpack strap LED light. A Kickstarter and Indiegogo project.

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Foxconn Invests $10B in U.S. LCDs

Foxconn's chairman pledged to spend $10 billion to make 8K LCD displays in Kenosha, Wisconsin in a deal brokered by the Trump Administration.

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EE Times University: Register for the next EETU on Smart Lighting

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ST Prepares for ToF Sensor Product Ramp

Shipments of company's time of flight sensors, rumored to be included in iPhone 8, have surpassed 300 million and ST is increasing capex for the remainder of the year.

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Automotive, Industrial Continue to Drive TI's Sales Gains

Chip firm reports second consecutive quarter of double digit year-over-year sales increases.

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AMD Surprises Wall Street With Strong Results, Outlook

Strong sales of Ryzen processors and graphics chips lift chip vendor to first non-GAAP profit in three years.

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Updated: ADI hits 500W with switched capacitor power converter

Analogue Devices has managed to create a 500W switched-capacitor power chip for fixed ratio power conversion at up to 72V and 99% efficiency. Power density up to 4,000W/in3 is claimed. The main application foreseen for the chip, the LTC7820, is 48V non-isolated dc bus conversion, although it is capable of up, down and inverting conversion at ...

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Hot Chips Gets More Diverse

Hot Chips has a talk for every hot computing topic this year as well as great human networking with many of the most interesting people in the chip business.

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Webinar: Reduce Test Time by implementing Embedded JTAG Solutions

Make a note for your diary, for a new Electronics Weekly webinar – Combining the Power of Functional Test and Embedded System Access Electronics Weekly has joined forces with Goepel Electronics to discuss how you can benefit from increased productivity and reduce test time by implementing Embdedded JTAG solutions, Book your place » On Tuesday Wednesday 6 September, 10:00am ...

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AMD reports net loss of US$16 million for 2Q17

AMD has announced second-quarter 2017 revenues of US$1.22 billion, operating income of US$25 million, and net loss of US$16 million, or negative US$0.02 per share. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income was US$49 million, net income was US$19 million, and earnings per share came to US$0.02.

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Deren develops USB 3.1 front-panel internal connectors and cables

China-based Shenzhen Deren Electronics has cooperated with Intel to develop USB 3.1 front-panel internal connectors and cables for USB 3.1 Gen2, with the standard expected to become mainstream arising from growing demand for high-speed transfer of images in large volumes, according to the company.

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Inventec reports losses for subsidiary TPV-Inventa

Inventec has announced it has stopped collecting accounts receivable from its subsidiary TPV-Inventa in order to write off TPV-Inventa's bad debts of around CNY11 million (US$1.66 million).

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Taiwan solar cell makers lag in using diamond wire-sliced solar-grade polycrystalline wafers

While China-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers are speeding up replacement of slurry slicing ingots with diamond wire slicing to reduce production costs, and the replacement will be finished for at least 70% of total slicing capacity at the end of 2017, Taiwan-based polycrystalline silicon solar cell makers have lagged behind in transitioning, according to industry sources.

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Global TV panel shipments stagnant in 1H17, says firm

Global shipments of LCD TV panels totaled 123.35 million units in the first half of 2017, down 0.1% from a year earlier, according to WitsView.

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Taiwan first IoT venture capital of NT$4 billion to be available by end of September

Taiwan's government is very likely to complete raising NT$4 billion (US$130 million) in venture capital fund dedicated to investment in IoT (Internet of Things) startups by the end of September, according to David Weng, chief investment officer of the government-backed Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency.

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Taiwan market: Canon to launch DSLR camera EOS 6D Mark II

Canon on July 25 unveiled the EOS 6D Mark II, a full-frame DSLR camera, for launch in the Taiwan market on August 1 at a recommended retail price of NT$59,900 (US$1,970) for camera body only, NT$82,900 for body plus EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM lens, and NT$87,900 for body plus EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens, according to Canon Taiwan (Marketing).

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Taiwan IC design service and IP firms land AI chip orders from China

Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have started to land orders for artificial intelligence (AI) applications from China's IC industry and academia, and demand for AI-related chips from China is expected to ramp up, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan market: Motorola launches Moto Z2 Play

Motorola (Lenovo) has unveiled its mid-tier Moto Z2 Play smartphone in the Taiwan market, with the availability to begin in mid-August, priced at NT$14,900 (US$491) unlocked.

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Taiwan to host WCIT 2017

World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2017 will take place in Taipei during September 10-13, organized jointly by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA).

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AUO reports NT$9.83 billion in net profit for 2Q17

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced its consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2017 came to NT$84.41 billion (US$2.78 billion), down by 4.7% from the previous quarter. Net profit attributable to owners of the company for the second quarter of 2017 was NT$9.83 billion, with a basic EPS of NT$1.02.

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Toshiba transfers Phison shares to memory unit

Toshiba has transferred its partial stake stake in Phison Electronics to its memory unit, Toshiba Memory (TMC), according to the Taiwan-based memory device controller supplier.

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North American semi equipment industry billings rise for fifth consecutive month

The three-month average of worldwide billings of North American equipment manufacturers increased for the fifth consecutive month in June 2017.

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LG Display announces KRW7.8 trillion OLED fab plans

LG Display (LGD) has announced plans to invest KRW 7.8 trillion (US$6.95 billion) to build two OLED lines in South Korea. Under the plans, it will make an up-front investment of KRW 2.8 trillion in a 10.5G (2,940mm x 3,370mm) large-size OLED production line at its P10 plant in Paju, Korea, where LGD's display cluster is located. The company will also invest KRW 5 trillion in a new 6G (1,500mm x 1,850mm) plastic OLED (POLED) production line in Paju.

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Taiwan market: Smartphone sales rebound in June

Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market staged a rebound in June, with shipment volume reaching 630,000 units, an increase of 4.3% from the previous month and 3.28% from a year earlier, according to data compiled by local retail channels.

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China may hike 2020 target cumulative PV installation capacity to 150GWp, says IHS

The China government is likely to raise the target for cumulative total installation capacity in the 13th Five-year National Development Plan (2016-2020) for PV power-generating stations and distributed PV systems to established through the end of 2020 from 105GWp currently to 150GWp, according to IHS.

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Taiwan sees 2015 technology trade deficit of NT$123.9 billion, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded total revenues of NT$36.2 billion (US$1.19 billion) from exporting technologies, including royalty, licensing and consulting fees, and total costs of NT$160.1 billion from importing technologies in 2015, resulting in a trade deficit of NT$123.9 billion, according to statistics released by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on July 25.

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Value of semiconductor industry M&A deals slows dramatically in 1H17, says IC Insights

The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in the past two years slowed to a trickle in the first half of 2017, with the combined value of about a dozen transactions announced during the six-month period reaching just US$1.4 billion, according to IC Insights.

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Young Optics suffers 1H17 net loss per share of NT$0.97

Optical component and module maker Young Optics has reported second-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues of NT$1.046 billion (US$34.5 million), gross margin 17.21%, net operating loss NT$55 million, net loss NT$45 million and net loss per share of NT$0.39, leading to consolidated revenues of NT$1.895 billion, gross margin 18.31%, net operating loss NT$112 million, net loss NT$112 million and net loss per share of NT$0.97 for January-June.

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SPIL net profits hike in 2Q17

IC packager Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) saw its net profits surge 116.6% sequentially to NT$2.16 billion (US$71.1 million) in the second quarter of 2017, with EPS reaching NT$0.69 compared with NT$0.32 in the prior quarter.

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PTI optimistic about 3Q17

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its sales to peak in the third quarter, and remains optimistic about the outlook for the fourth quarter.

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India reportedly to start anti-dumping probe into PV products from China, Taiwan, Malaysia

India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) has informed China's embassy that it will announce an anti-dumping investigation into PV products from China, Taiwan and Malaysia, prompted by a petition by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA), according to China-based media reports.

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China January-June software revenues reach CNY2.558 trillion, says MIIT

China's software industry generated revenues of CNY2.558 trillion (US$372.06 billion) in January-June 2017, growing 13.6% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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Merry reports strong earnings for 2Q17

Headset maker Merry Electronics saw its net profits swell 69.25% on quarter and 69.18% on year to NT$540 million (US$17.81 million) in the second quarter of 2017. For the first half of 2017, net profits totaled NT$859 million, increasing 169.27% from a year earlier.

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Silicon wafer shipments remain at record highs, says SEMI

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments remained at their highest recorded quarterly level in the second quarter 2017, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

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Semiconductor Counterfeiting is a Global Problem

The problem of counterfeit semiconductors extends far beyond the borders of the United States.

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IoT Growth Slower Than Expected

Analysts said the Internet of Things will crack a billion units a year in 2019, slower than expected, as Andes rolled out four new IoT processor cores.

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Apple to build three plants in USA, says Trump

Apple is to build three manufacturing plants in the USA, according to President Donald Trump.   President Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he’d talked to Apple CEO Tim Cook (pictured) about manufacturing in America. “I said you know, Tim, unless you start building your plants in this country, I won’t consider my administration ...

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How To Prove We Landed On The Moon (Apollo 17)

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DAC Panelists Discuss Emulation's Versatility & Various Use Models

Lauro Rizzatti, Nasr Ullah (Samsung), Bruce Cheng (Starblaze), and Robert Kaye (ARM) discuss emulation for data storage chips, system IP, and embedded software.

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Made in China 2025: Make or break for Europe?

Whether or not it succeeds, China's MIC 2025 plan to catapult into advanced manufacturing will have consequences for European companies and the EU's Industry 4.0 initiative.

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Semiconductor M&A Fervor Cools

The value of semiconductor industry deals fell markedly in the first half of this year as the absence of "megadeals" brought down the total value of transactions, according to IC Insights.

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Apple vs. Qualcomm: Turn the Lawyers Loose

Suits and counter-suits make for good entertainment from the sidelines, but do they help consumers?

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Google Aims to Beat the Brain

Google AI unit DeepMind aims to "solve intelligence" by decoding the algorithms and architectures of the brain. Has it underestimated the magnitude of the task?

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Politics Drive Foxconn’s U.S. Manufacturing Aspirations

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan—Foxconn Technology Group’s plan to invest $7 billion in U.S. manufacturing has touched off a scramble among three heartland states. At stake are not only jobs, but votes as well.

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US States Vie For Big Foxconn Display Panel Factory

LANSING, MI--Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn's plan to build a display panel factory in the U.S. has sparked a flurry of lobbying by states vying to land what some economic development officials say is a once-in-a-generation prize.

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IoT Needs Unlicensed LPWA Standard

The Internet of Things needs an open standard for unlicensed band connectivity.

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RiTdisplay to report impressive EPS in 1H17, says report

PMOLED panel maker RiTdisplay is expected to report an EPS of NT$6.00-6.50 for the first half of 2017 based on its strong sales performance recorded in the six-month period, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Amazon Echo faces challenge to stay on top of smart speaker market

Amazon's top-selling Echo smart speaker may see serious challenge from competitors, as it lacks support for non-English-speaking countries, according to sources from market watchers.

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IST 2Q17 profits hike over 100%

Certification service firm Integrated Service Technology (IST) saw its net profits hike 112.8% sequentially to NT$71 million (US$2.34 million) in the second quarter of 2017 with EPS reaching NT$1.14.

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China-based Horizon Robotics actively materializing autonomous driving solutions

China-based Horizon Robotics has scored a significant achievement in the development of autonomous driving technology, as the technology has entered the stage of road test and the company is gearing up for mass production of high-performance chips needed in autonomous driving solutions, according to company sources.

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Taiwan market: Online shopping operators looking to combine platforms

Many B2B2C or B2C online shopping service operators in the Taiwan market have two or more platforms for market differentiation, but in view of increasing competition, are looking to consolidate, according to market analysts.

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Holtek 32-bit MCU shipments to rise significantly in 2Q17

MCU and consumer IC firm Holtek Semiconductor expects shipments of its 32-bit MCUs to rise significantly in the second half of 2017 thanks to strong demand for fingerprint identification and IoT applications, according to company VP and spokesperson Patty Li.

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D-Link introduces smart plugs supporting Google Assistant

D-Link has announced two new models, DSP-W215 and DSP-S110, of its mydlink Wi-Fi smart plug family products. The smart plugs are compatible with the Google Assistant on Google Home.

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Quanta to see rising incomes from notebooks, servers and wearables in 2H17, says paper

Quanta Computer is expected to enjoy a strong second-half 2017 thanks to rising demand for notebooks, growing server sales and the release of the next-generation Apple Watch, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Demand for metal plate micro-resistors rising

Handset batteries require low-level resistance to better manage their power consumption while dealing with more handset features and functionality, which has therefore stimulated demand for metal plate micro-resistors, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan to set up innovation service platform to integrate technology R&D forces

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs will spend NT$5 billion (US$170 million) in the next four years setting up an open innovation service platform (OISP) to facilitate cooperative R&D programs by a total of 12,000 researchers from major R&D organizations, aiming to bolster the innovation and growth of 13 different industrial fields for better adaptation to the upcoming industrial revolutions in the era of Industry 4.0 and digital economy, according to ministry sources.

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Hsinchu Science Park administration helps set up 101 start-ups

The Hsinchu Science Park administration, in line with the Innovation Start-up Initiative offered by the Ministry of Science and Technology, began to assist innovation start-up teams toward corporation and has so far helped establish 101 start-ups with total paid-in capital of nearly NT$700 million (US$23.0 million), according to the administration.

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SK Hynix delivers another quarter of record results

SK Hynix saw its revenues, operating profits and net profits reach record-high levels for the second consecutive quarter in the second quarter of 2017.

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Kinsus net profits fall 82% in 1H17

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported net profits for the first half of 2017 declined 82.1% from a year earlier to NT$199 million (US$6.6 million). EPS for the six-month period came to NT$0.45 compared with NT$2.51 during the same period in 2016.

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TPK, O-film alliance plan in limbo

A planned partnership announced early 2017 by Taiwan-based TPK Holding and China-based Shenzhen O-film Tech may not be realized due to financial issues at O-film, according to industry sources.

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Ennoconn announces US$5 million investment in Suzhou, China

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Ennoconn has announced it will indirectly invest US$5 million to establish a subsidiary in Suzhou, China. The subsidiary will be responsible for R&D, manufacturing, and design as well as integrating resources from other subsidiaries in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

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Element14 ‘Upcycle it’ winners chosen

Element14  has announced winners of its ‘Upcycle it’ design challenge. Sponsored by Intel, element14 challenged 15 community members to Upcycle an unwanted or waste product to give it a new or enhanced lease of life. The application areas for this challenge and ability to use unlimited components to complete an original electronics-based project offered true ...

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LG investing $7 billion in OLED production

LG says it is putting $7 billion into OLED production plants. LG is putting $870 million into its jv plant in Guangzhou, China to make OLEDs in a foreign factory for the first time. The Guangzhou plant currently makes LCD panels and the intention is to use it to make 65 inch and bigger OLED ...

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Re-hab centre for hackers

A re-hab centre for hackers has opened in Bristol in an experiment which could be extended across the country. The camp has been set up by the National Crime Agency (NCA). The idea is to divert potential cyber-criminals into useful cyber-security work. The first seven attendees are people caught engaging in cyber-crimes like defacing websites, ...

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Infineon to enter packaged silicon microphone market

Infineon will  enter the packaged silicon microphone market with samples of  high performance, low noise MEMS microphones in Q4. Volume production starts in Q1 2018.. The analogue and digital microphones are based on Infineon’s dual backplate MEMS technology with a 70 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a  distortion level of 10% at a 135 dB ...

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Wafer area shipments grow 4.2% q-o-q.

Q2 silicon wafer area shipments were up 4.2% on Q1, says SEMI’s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG). Total Q2 silicon wafer area shipments were 2,978 million square inches up from the 2,858 million square inches shipped in Q1. New quarterly total area shipments are 10.1% higher than Q2 2016 shipments and are at their highest recorded quarterly ...

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Samtec delivers 14 Gbps FireFly dev kit

Samtec, the Indiana interconnect specialist, Has brought out a 14 Gbps FireFly FMC Development Kit to evaluate and develop  Samtec’s FireFly optical engines.   The 14 Gbps FireFly FMC Module provides up to 140 Gbps full-duplex bandwidth over 10 channels from an FPGA to an industry-standard multi-mode fiber optic cable. Samtec’s 14 Gbps FireFly FMC ...

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LTC buck converter has differential VOUT remote sensing

The LTC7150S is a 20V, 20A monolithic synchronous buck converter with differential VOUT remote sensing. The device’s phase lockable controlled on-time constant frequency current mode architecture eases compensation and is ideal for high step-down ratio applications that operate at high frequencies while demanding fast transient response. The LTC7150S uses Silent Switcher2 technology, including integrated bypass ...

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Marvell launches gigabit auto Ethernet switch

Marvell has launched an automotive gigabit Ethernet switch. The switch is designed to prevent malicious attacks or compromises to the data streamed in-and-out of the vehicle. These industry-leading security features are paramount to ensure the safety of the vehicle and its occupants. This switch has been purpose-built to address the increasing risk cybercrime represents to ...

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IoT in Personal Fitness: Where Do We Go From Here?

This episode of Engineering the Internet of Things will feature Andrew Baker; Executive Director of the industrial and healthcare business unit at Maxim Integrated.

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Foxconn R&D team unveils smart food ordering system

The Foxconn Group's software development team Dudoo has released its new smart food ordering system for restaurants in Taiwan.

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China sets standards for 3rd-round model PV power-generating stations

China's National Energy Administration, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Certification and Accreditation Administration have jointly announced performance requirements for PV modules to be used in model PV power-generating stations in the third round.

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Taiwan market: Mobile e-payments monopoly is unlikely

Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay successively landed the Taiwan market in late March, late May and early June 2017 respectively, and several local smartphone-based mobile third-party e-payment services have started operations. The large number of providers means it is unlikely that a few companies will dominate the market, unlike in China which has been monopolized Alipay and TenPay, according to market analysts.

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Taiwan June manufacturing production index up, says MOEA

Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 113.01 for June 2017, increasing 1.11% on month and 3.60% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on July 24.

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China June mobile communication user base grows to 1.365 billion, says MIIT

There were 1.365 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of June 2017, increasing 0.56% on month and 4.93% on year. 148.69 million (10.90%) were 3G users, 888.12 million (65.08%) 4G users, and 1.173billion (85.98%) mobile Internet-access users, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

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KIMM succeeds in producing Micro LED panels using roll-to-roll transfer technology

The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) under South Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning on July 24 announced that it has succeeded in production of Micro LED panels using roll-to-roll transfer technology, according to South Korea-based media reports.

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MediaTek co-COO reportedly resigns

Jeffrey Ju has resigned as MediaTek's co-COO, and transitioned to become a consultant, according to media reports in Taiwan.

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MediaTek to transfer 28nm chip orders to UMC

MediaTek plans to transfer part of its 28nm mobile chip orders, including those for the Amazon Echo Dot, to United Microelectronics (UMC) from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) starting 2018 to lower costs, according to industry sources.

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PC shipments may be undermined by component shortages in 2H17

With first-tier vendors including Samsung Electronics, Apple and LG Electronics expected to unveil new smartphones in the second half of 2017, upstream component shortages are expected to worsen and could impact PC shipments during the period, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Facebook developing smart speaker with 15-inch touch panel

Following Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is also rumored to be planning to release a smart speaker product, but instead of voice recognition functionality, the company will focus more on image display and will adopt a 15-inch touch panel for the device, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

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Taiwan June unemployment rate down on year, says DGBAS

Taiwan had 440,000 jobless citizens in June 2017, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.74% which rose 0.08pp on month but dropped 0.18pp on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

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NOR flash supply to remain tight in 2018, says Macronix president

Supply of NOR flash memory is expected to remain tight in 2018, as demand will continue to outpace supply, according to Macronix International president CY Lu.

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Patents Detail IoT Security Scheme

An independent inventor is licensing a trio of patents to secure the Internet of Things using technology he pioneered at IBM for mag stripe cards.

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NXP to Spend $22 Million to Expand U.S. Fabs

European chip maker says expansion will enable it to produce secure ID chips for the U.S. government.

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Fake Chips on Amazon Are Nothing New

The "news" that counterfeit semiconductors have been sold on Amazon comes as no surprise to industry insiders.

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Report: Samsung Plans to Triple Foundry Market Share

South Korean giant eyes No. 2 spot in foundry market and market share of 25 percent, according to Reuters report.

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Europe's Summer of Semiconductors

Now that Europe is entering the heat of summer, news is a little slow because everyone is clearing their desks so they can spend August in Italy (the Italians go somewhere else).

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Faraday Challenge to boost UK battery technology expertise

The Business Secretary launches the £246 million "Faraday Challenge", aiming to boost UK expertise in battery technology.

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Security a Must for Auto GbE Switch

Bringing popular Ethernet technology to cars seems like a natural progression. But here's why in the auto world, a regular GbE switch won't work, and even 1000BASE-T1 might not cut it for autonomous cars.

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Samsung targets 25% foundry share

Samsung is targeting a 25% share of the foundry market by 2022, E.S.Jung, head of Samsung’s foundry business, told Reuters today.Currently Samsung holds a 7.9% foundry share. TSMC has over 50% share, GloFo 9.6% and UMC 8.1%. Samsung is betting on an early move to 7nm process technology to help secure its foundry aspirations. It ...

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China plans to be AI leader

The State Council of the People’s Republic of China has set the gosl of having a $150 billion AI industry by 2030. The State Council’s plan says that, by 2020,  China p’s AI industry technology should match the rest of the world, and that by 2025, China should achieve “major breakthroughs” in the technology. By ...

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Post-Brexit trade arrangements are top priority for business leaders

Business leaders put post-Brexit trade arrangements as their top priority in a survey by MarketInvoice. The top priority (58%) for UK business leaders as part of the Brexit negotiations is to have the right trade arrangements with the EU to ensure a stable trading environment. This is three times more important than having access to ...

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Samsung to hold new product event on August 23

Samsung Electronics has sent out invitations for what it calls a "Galaxy Unpacked" product event to be held on August 23, 2017 in New York. It is widely believed that Samsung will unveil its Galaxy Note 8 at the event and start shipping the devices in September.

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Foxconn Group increasings presence in smartphone panel market

The Foxconn Group has continued to deepen its deployment in the smartphone-use panel market and is likely to emerge as a strong player in the sector, according to industry sources.

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CEE and notebooks, main drivers of the EMEA traditional PC market recovery, said IDC

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) continued to improve in the second quarter of 2017, with a stable performance of negative 0.6%. A total of 15.9 million units were shipped, according to IDC. Notebooks performed positively across EMEA at 3.1% with a strong growth in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at 5.2% and Middle East and Africa (MEA) 11.1% and showing a further stabilization in Western Europe at 0.4%.

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Macronix to expand 12-inch fab capacity; 2Q17 profits surge

Taiwan-based Macronix International, a manufacturer of mask ROM and NOR flash memory, has disclosed plans to invest a total of NT$1.79 billion (US$58.9 million) to expand its 12-inch fab capacity.

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Taipower to set up wind turbine assembly site

Taiwan's state-run power company has unveiled a plan to set up a site at a port to assemble wind turbines to be installed in the Taiwan Straits.

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Gigabyte to reorganize motherboard and graphics card businesses

Gigabyte Technology will begin a business reorganization on August 1 and merge its motherboard and graphics card businesses together. The new department will be led by Eddie Lin, sales and marketing associate vice president of Gigabyte's Gaming Product Business Unit.

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Apple sets up OLED panel R&D line in Taiwan, says report

Apple has purchased chemical vapor deposition (CVD) machines from Korea-based Sunic System to build a 2.5G OLED panel line to develop related technology and products in Taiwan, according to a Korea-based ET News report.

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On-Bright 2Q17 profits set to surge, says report

Taiwan-based On-Bright Electronics is expected to see its profits jump over 150% sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, with EPS set to exceed NT$4 (US$0.13), driven by particularly strong analog chip demand, the Chinese-language Commercial Times cited market watchers as saying in a recent report.

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Taiwan 2Q17 international Internet bandwidth stands at 2.182Tbps, says TWNIC

Taiwan's direct Internet connection bandwidth with 12 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached of 2.182Tbps at the end of the second quarter of 2017, increasing 4.19% on quarter and 23.31% on year, according to the latest quarterly survey conducted by the government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC).

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Marketech to enjoy robust OEM orders, says report

Taiwan-based Marketech International is set to enjoy a ramp-up of OEM orders from ASML for a component used in the fab tool vendor's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment. Marketech is also seeing OEM orders for OLED testing equipment modules from Applied Materials remain robust, the Chinese-language Commercial Times has quoted market watchers as saying in a recent report.

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TSMC to expand CoWoS capacity to fill increasing AI chip packaging orders

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is planning to carry out the first-ever expansion of its CoWoS (Chip on Wafer on Substrate) packaging and testing capacity to fill increasing orders from Nvidia and Google for AI chips, indicating that Taiwan's semiconductor industry is gradually embracing the new era of deep machine learning and AI applications, according to industry sources.

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Chip demand from non-Apple camp slows

Chip suppliers engaged in Apple's supply chain started to see orders pick up in June. On the other hand, chip demand from the non-Apple camp has been slow, according to sources at backend houses, which do not expect orders from their non-Apple customers to rise substantially until the fourth quarter.

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Large, small LCD panel prices to polarize in 2H17

The prices of large-size and small- to medium-size panels are likely to be polarized in the second half of 2017 during which quotes for large-size panels are expected to trend downward due to inventory pile-ups at TV vendors, while those for small- and medium-size panels will start climbing upward owing to seasonality and strong demand for 18:9 all-screen displays from the smartphone sector, according to industry sources.

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IaaS spending to surpass SaaS spending for 1st time in 2017

The public cloud services (PCS) market in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) is expected to exceed the US$10 billion mark in 2017, according to IDC. Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) will drive the growth of the PCS market and will lead to IaaS spending surpassing software-as-a-service (SaaS) spending in 2017 for the first time in the first half of 2017.

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Kinko developing automotive optical lenses

Optical lens maker Kinko Optical has stepped into development of automotive lenses and will possibly obtain corresponding orders beginning 2018, according to industry sources.

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China reveals AI development plans

China's State Council has revealed plans for development of AI technology and applications through 2030.

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Advantech, Intel, Carrefour cooperate to create first smart hypermarket in Taiwan

Industrial computing device maker Advantech, Intel and France-based Carrefour have cooperated to establish Taiwan's first smart Carrefour hypermarket through adopting Advantech-developed UShop+ cloud platform consisting of various smart retail software and hardware equipped with Intel Core and Atom CPUs, according to Advantech.

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Trillium launches SecureSKYE

Trillium, the automotive cybersecurity specialist, has  launched  SecureSKYE, a data mining and analytics solution for cars. SecureSKYE creates a dynamically updated profile of the car and its driver. By utilising the platform’s data-mining and analytics capabilities, ‘safety-and-security’ applications and services such as geolocation-based emergency services, insurance tech solutions including ‘Usage-Based Insurance,’ ‘CyberSecurity-as-a-Service,’ ‘Forensics-as-a-Service’ and even ...

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Fujitsu GaN-HEMT PA achieves world’s highest output density

Fujitsu Labs announced earlier today the development of a GaN  HEMT power amplifier for use in W-band (75-110 GHz) transmissions. To realize long-distance, high-capacity wireless communications, a promising approach is to utilize the W-band and other high frequency bands that encompass a broad range of usable frequencies, and increase output with a transmission power amplifier. ...

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AMD's CTO on 7nm, Chip Stacks

AMD's chief technologist talks about the company's needs in 7nm foundry processes, multi-die packaging and EDA for its x86 and graphics processors.

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EEVblog #1009 – Voltage vs Power vs Energy

Fundamentals video explaining the difference between voltage, power, and energy. The difference between Power & Energy is probably the most misunderstood and misused terminology in engineering!

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Elon Musk Sounds Alarm on AI

Elon Musk, the public face of SpaceX and Tesla, warns of the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence and calls for a rapid regulatory response.

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Evolving Radio/Audio for Connected Cars

Changes in antennas, displays, in-vehicle networks and new digital radio standards have made car radios much more versatile, while bringing new challenges to car radio vendors.

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Raspberry Pi adds qualification programme for professional users

Raspberry Pi has introduced an official Raspberry Pi qualification programme for organisations building Raspberry Pi single-board computers into products. “Raspberry Pis are now essential components of everything from washing machines to underwater exploration vehicles,” said the Foundation. “We love seeing these commercial applications, and are committed to helping bring Raspberry Pi-powered products to market.” Worked with UL ...

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Vishay trench Schottkys cut voltage drop

Vishay has expanded its surface-mount ‘TMBS’ trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers with 10 1A and 2A devices in the eSMP series MicroSMP (DO-219AD) package. “Providing space-saving alternatives to Schottky rectifiers in the SOD123W, the Vishay General Semiconductor devices feature reverse voltages from 45 to 150V and include the industry’s first 2 A TMBS rectifiers in the MicroSMP ...

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Deep-Dive Reporting Delivers Unique Insight

One of the most challenging aspects of commercializing "tough tech" today: A whole new class of innovators and entrepreneurs, armed with a profound scientific breakthrough, are constrained by their nescience of electrical engineering.

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ST denies it is about to stop taking MCU orders

Asian sources are saying that ST is to stop taking orders for MCUs, although ST has denied the stories. The Economic Daily News says ST won’t take any more sMCU orders until the end of this year. Digitimes reports that ST’s lead times on MCUs had been extended to 16-20 weeks and has stopped taking ...

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Diodes cuts Schottky forward drop

Using an deep-trench process, the SDT series of Schottky diodes from Diodes is claimed to deliver superior performance to planar-type Schottky diodes. “The initial family of 29 devices provides the blocking, free-wheeling, fly-back and other diode functions commonly found in a wide range of applications, such as ac-dc chargers, ac-dc adapters, dc-dc up conversion, dc-dc ...

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Microsoft cloud strength highlights fiscal 4Q17 results

Microsoft has announced financial results for its fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (ended June 30, 2017) with revenues reaching US$23.3 billion GAAP, US$24.7 billion non-GAAP; operating income US$5.3 billion GAAP, US$7 billion non-GAAP; net income US$6.5 billion GAAP, US$7.7 billion non-GAAP; and diluted earnings per share US$0.83 GAAP, and US$0.98 non-GAAP

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Full-screen smartphone shipments to surge in 2018, says Counterpoint Research

Shipments of bezel-free or alternative aspect ratio smartphones will exceed 120 million units in 2017, and will more than triple in 2018, according to Counterpoint Research.

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Taiwan market: FET launches position tracking service

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has launched a position tracking service, dubbed BoBee, targeting the elderly, dementia and children groups as well as the pet market.

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Gigabyte, MSI achieve record graphics card shipments in June, says paper

Thanks to the cryptocurrency mining trend, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) both saw their graphics card shipments reach historical highs in June with Gigabyte shipping 450,000 units and MSI over 500,000, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily report.

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Chip demand for data centers to boom in China

With China's local governments looking to set up data centers, chip demand for data centers locally is set to surge, according to industry sources.

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Corning acquires SpiderCloud Wireless

Corning has announced it has acquired SpiderCloud Wireless, a provider of in-building wireless solutions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Quasi-Micro LED expected to be used in 2018, says LEDinside

As there are technological bottlenecks in commercializing Micro LED technology, especially that in mass transfer, quasi-Micro LED chips are expected to be used in displays in 2018 as interim solution before breakthrough is achieved in mass transfer technology, according to LEDinside.

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Commentary: Implications of Samsung 5G networks

Samsung Electronics has accelerated the deployments of its 5G networks and will be ready to commence trial operations of the networks during Winter Olympic 2018, and to demonstrate related technology for business use in 2019. Such developments warrant high attention.

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Self-serving store brings business opportunities to IT suppliers

Self-serving stores have grown to become a popular application in the IT and retail channel markets recently, prompting smart retailing hardware suppliers to turn aggressive about obtaining orders from such channel retailers.

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Ardentec obtains testing orders for car-use chips from TI

Taiwan-based Ardentec has grabbed testing orders for car-use chips from Texas Instruments (TI), which will buoy its sales performance in the third quarter, according to industry sources.

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Rakuten introduces Taiwan products for online sale in Japan

Japan-based online shopping operator Rakuten has cooperated with Taiwan-based Commerce Development Research Institute to set up a Taiwan Life Pavilion on Rakuten's online shopping platform in Japan a bid to help Taiwan-based producers sell their products in the market.

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Korea chipmakers looking to expand foundry biz

Samsung Electronics, Dongbu HiTek and SK Hynix have stepped up their foundry business expansions, which will as a group pose a threat to the existing major dedicated foundry houses.

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Demand for 3-axis stabilizers spurred by live webcast spree

The increasing popularity of live streaming services on social networking sites and online video platforms has prompted mobile phone vendors to keep upgrading the photographing performance of their products. This has fueled the demand for high-end phone camera lenses and modules, as well as peripheral devices including 3-axis stabilizers that particularly boast great sales potential, according to market sources.

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STMicro denies reports it will suspend taking MCU orders

STMicroelectronics has dismissed recent reports indicating the company will suspend taking orders for microcontrollers (MCU) until 2018 due to strong demand. "ST continues to manage its business as usual to support customer demand," the company said.

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Acer to push new promotions in Asia Pacific

Acer will begin pushing a daily promotion activity from July 21-August 3 in 14 places in Asia Pacific to increase brand recognition, according to Acer Asia Pacific president Andrew Hou.

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Four Taiwan firms file countersuit against Qualcomm

Four Taiwan-based hardware production partners of Apple, namely Foxconn Electronics, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Pegatron, have jointly filed a countersuit against Qualcomm in the US, challenging what they call the chipmaker's excessive licensing fees and illegal licensing practices.

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Taiwan sees proposed offshore wind power projects far exceed target

Investors have proposed plans to establish offshore wind turbines with total installation capacity of over 10GW in the Taiwan Strait, far exceeding the 2025 target of 3.0GW set by Taiwan's government, according to industry sources.

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Vodafone revenues slip

Vodafone reported a 3.3% drop in calendar Q2 – the result of selling its Dutch business and the weaker pound. Calendar Q2 revenue was €11.4bn, compared to €11.8bn in calendar Q2 2016. A 4.8% drop in Europe offset a 1.2% increase in EMEA. The Dutch sale was done to get regulatory approval for the merger ...

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