EW: Video Interview – ADI building to sense, measure, power, connect and interpret

At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with Stefan Steyerl of Analog Devices, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He explains how the company is intelligently bridging the digital and analogue worlds, addressing customers’ problems in instrumentation, automation, communications, healthcare, and automotive industries. Thank you to Stefan for his time. Read all ...

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EW: Video Interview – Lattice advancing Edge Connectivity and Edge Computing

At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with Deepak Boppana of Lattice Semiconductor.

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Electronics patent of the month: Avoiding ‘card clash’ when making payments

Featuring a neat, contactless payment device that avoids the problem of card clash by making use of passive NFC technology.

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Future Horizons wins 2017 best forecast accolade

Future Horizons was the winner among all the major analysts forecasting the 2017 semiconductor market, reports Semiconductor Intelligence. “We used forecasts made in late 2016 and early 2017 prior to the availability of the January 2017 WSTS data in March 2017. The winner was Future Horizons with a projected 11% increase in the 2017 semiconductor ...

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EW: Video Interview – SensiEDGE IoT Devices, lowering development barriers

At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with Milan Yudkovich, founder of IoT specialist SensiEDGE.

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EW: Video Interview – Arrow Electronics on “Sensor to Sunset” IoT portfolio

At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with Amir Sherman of Arrow Electronics, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He talks about the company’s theme “From Sensor to Sunset”, for a comprehensive, fully integrated IoT portfolio at Embedded World, including sensors, wireless connectivity, gateways to cloud platforms, data aggregation and visualization, analytics ...

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EW: Video Interview – Rohde & Schwarz on new oscilloscopes series

At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with Bob Bluhm, vp of value instruments at Rohde & Schwarz, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He talks about how the company is demonstrating its three new oscilloscope series, the R&S RTC1000, R&S RTM3000 and R&S RTA4000. He says the oscilloscopes are equipped with ...

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EW: Video Interview – Elatec on RFID, NFC, Bluetooth readers

At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with JT Tepley, Key Account Manager at Elatec, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He talks about Elatec being a one-stop shop for multi-technology RFID/NFC/Bluetooth Low Energy readers. How one device can simultaneously support more than 60 low-frequency and high-frequency RFID technologies, plus NFC and ...

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Smart pill streams live gut video and location

Korean researches have used a novel 80Mbit/s communication technique to stream live 360° video from a smart pill as it passes through the digestive tract. Location tracking within 1cm3 is also provided. The pill is a dome-ended cylinder 32mm long and 12mm in diameter. From its central section, four VGA cameras, each with four illumination ...

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Bridgetek launches graphic controllers for EVE

Further extending its embedded video engine (EVE) product offering, Bridgetek has introduced the BT815/6 series of graphic controller ICs for next generation HMI development. Support for the Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) algorithm means that image quality can be significantly enhanced without needing greater bandwidth to be allocated as the compression algorithm allows for smaller ...

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MWC: Spot the Difference

Some say all the latest phones look the same. Surely not. Spot the difference:     Answer: Top to Bottom. Samsung Galaxy S9; ZTE Blade V9; Nexperia Xz2; Lenovo V30

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Qualcomm and Broadcom agree non-price-related conditions of takeover.

The Chairman of Qualcomm has written to the CEO of Broadcom saying that the conditions for a takeover of Qualcomm have been agreed except for the condition of price. Qualcomm is offering a break-up fee to Broadcom of 9% of enterprise value ($7.38 billion) if regulatory approval is refused by any fault of Qualcomm. Broadcom ...

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MWC: Ericsson can supply 5G infrastructure this year

Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm (pictured)  told the MWC audience that  Ericsson can supply operators with 5G infrastructure as from Q4. Ekolm said that the commercial deployment of 5G will initially be for mobile broadband. “We believe network slicing is critical as we move into the 5G world; we performed a joint study with DT that ...

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Embedded World 2018: Get the full Electronics Weekly Guide

A roundup of the latest electronics news from Embedded World 2017 in Nuremberg.

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Embedded World 2018: Preview of the show

Embedded World is Europe’s largest showcase for embedded components and systems where over 1,000 exhibitors will show their wares across six halls of the Nuremberg Messe. Embedded World is by no means a Europe-only show. The big chip firms exhibiting include Broadcom, Microchip/Atmel, Canonical (Ubuntu), Epson, Fujitsu, Infineon, Intel, Renesas, Rohm and Xilinx to name ...

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ShadeCraft Sunflower – Internet Of Things FAIL

Just the product the world has been waiting for!
A $7000 Internet of Things intelligent umbrella with GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, solar power, 360 camera, and an app.
Someone liked the idea so much they invested $2M in seed funding.
Throw in a bunch of patents and a dodgy Wikipedia page from an Indian marketing company and we have a winner!

Forum HERE

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eevBLAB #45 – WIRED Job Ad & Tech Journalism

WIRED are looking for a new tech journalist, and this triggered something in Dave he just has to rant about. What about skepticism in tech journalism?

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APEC: 36V 1A dc-dc converter is 3x4mm, plus a bit for capacitors

Texas Instruments has introduced two 4-36V buck power modules that measure 3.0 x 3.8mm (1.6mm high), requiring two external capacitors to complete the dc-dc converter in each case: 0.5A LMZM23600 and 1A LMZM23601. Final footprint of non-adjustable versions is around 27mm2 Packaged the firm’s 10pin MicroSiP, they are up to 92% efficient, and 85% efficient ...

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Embedded World 2018: Motherboard for high end embedded PCs

Exhibitors at Embedded World 2018 will show embedded PCs designed for new and established applications. At the high-throughput end of embedded processing are the embedded PCs and this year at Embedded World Congatec has introduced a Mini-ITX motherboard for the high-end of high‑throughput embedded processing (pictured). Called conga-IT6, it includes a COM Express Type 6 ...

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AI diagnoses eye diseases following Big Data analysis

Macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema can be diagnosed by artificial intelligence viewing non-invative light-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans. The AI can also make referral and treatment recommendations. “Macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema are the two most common causes of irreversible blindness but are both very treatable if they are caught early,” dais ...

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IBM breaks optical receiver records in Zurich

IBM Zurich has demonstrated a novel optical receiver that can achieve an aggregate bandwidth of 160Gbit/s through four optical fibres. “This is not only the fastest data transmission speed to date, but the optical receiver also features power-on/off functionality and can wake-up and achieve phase-lock in 8ns, the shortest switch time in record,” said the ...

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Embedded World 2018: Pocket a Prize in an Electronics Weekly competition

One to note if you are attending Embedded World in Nuremberg: there will be two competitions running on the Electronics Weekly stand.

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Stretchy sensor suits human movement from heartbeat to running knees

An ultra-stretchy sticky-backed sensor has come out of research at the University of British Columbia. Made from a rubber infused with graphene nano-flakes, it has been tested with elongation up to 350% and over 10,000 cycles of stretching and relaxing while maintaining electrical stability. “We tested this sensor vigorously,” said Professor Homayoun Najjaran. “Not only ...

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Smartphones unveiled at MWC to come with high specs

New smartphones to be unveiled at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 will feature high-end cameras and all-screen displays with strong artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply chain.

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Integrated circuit technology advances continue to amaze, IC Insights finds

The success and proliferation of integrated circuits has largely hinged on the ability of IC manufacturers to continue offering more performance and functionality for the money, according to IC Insights. Driving down the cost of ICs (on a per-function or per-performance basis) is inescapably tied to a growing arsenal of technologies and wafer-fab manufacturing disciplines as mainstream CMOS processes reach their theoretical, practical, and economic limits.

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Samsung breaks ground on new EUV line in Hwaseong

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has broken ground on a new EUV (extreme ultraviolet) line in Hwaseong, Korea, aiming to maintain its leadership in state-of-the-art semiconductor technology.

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Equipment supplier Nova posts record revenues and profits for 2017

Semiconductor and LCD equipment supplier Nova Technology has reported net profits of NT$447 million (US$15.3 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$3.34 billion for 2017. Both results hit record-high levels. EPS for the year reached NT$15.07.

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Yageo, Walsin post record profits for 2017

Yageo and Walsin Technology, two major Taiwan-based passive component suppliers, both delivered record net profits for 2017.

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Samsung Galaxy S9 devices to feature SLP, dual-lens cameras, Digitimes Research says

Samsung Electronics' forthcoming Galaxy S9 and S9+, which are expected to be unveiled at MWC 2018, are likely to employ substrate-like PCB (SLP) products to enable more space for components such as dual-lens camera modules to further enhance the functionality of its next-generation smartphones, according to Digitimes Research.

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Top-5 notebook vendors see on-month shipment declines in January, Digitimes Research says

Global notebook shipments (Wintel-based models) by the top-five brands and top-three ODMs suffered declines on month in January due to seasonality, according to Digitimes Research.

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Ralec stops taking new chip resistor orders

Taiwan-based Ralec Electronic has stopped taking new orders for thick film chip resistors due to tight supply, and is mulling raising its product quotes, according to a report by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).

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Intel, Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA team up for 5G smartphone chips in China

Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA has announced it is teaming up with Intel to develop a 5G smartphone platform designed for the China market.

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MediaTek reportedly shipping 12nm chips to Oppo, Vivo

MediaTek's 12nm Helio P40 series mobile chips have been adopted by Oppo and Vivo for their upcoming smartphone models, according to a report from Taiwan's TechNews.

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GBM to acquire 70% of Elna Printed Circuits

Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) has disclosed plans to acquire a 70% stake in Japan-based Elna Printed Circuits for a total of JPY3.5 billion (US$32.7 million).

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Chilisin posts record revenues and profits for 2017

Passive component firm Chilisin Electronics has reported net profits of NT$1.48 billion (US$50.45 million) on revenues of NT$12.64 billion, with both hitting record-high levels. EPS for the year reached NT$7.10.

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Wind power is practical in Taiwan, says energy authority

The Bureau of Energy has dismissed skepticism about the practicality of wind power in Taiwan where capacity factor in the summer is estimated at very low levels by some critics.

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Taiwan January foreign direct investment reaches US$365 million

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has revealed it approved 292 foreign direct investment projects (excluding those from China) totaling US$365.49 million in January 2018, respectively increasing 47.47% and decreasing 0.37% on year.

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Alibaba Cloud applies AI to pig farming

Alibaba Cloud has partnered with China-based Tequ Group and Dekon Group to apply its ET Brain artificial intelligence (AI) platform to raising pigs, aiming to enable each sow to give birth to three more piglets on average a year and decrease piglets' average mortality rate to below 3%, according to China-based media reports.

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CEVA’s PentaG for 5G baseband processing

CEVA has introduced PentaG a  5G IP platform for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB). Compliant to the 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) Release-15 and software upgradable for Release-16, PentaG is targeted at smartphones, fixed wireless access and the many other embedded devices that can take advantage of multi-gigabit data rates to enable services and use cases ...

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Embedded World 2018: IoT adds pressure to teach machines to ‘see’

Michaël Uyttersprot discusses embedded vision and what is required to bring a system to market for real-world applications. Visual input is arguably the richest source of sensor information. Scientists and engineers have been trying to understand and exploit imaging technologies for many decades now, developing algorithms for vision applications that enable computing machines to ‘see’. ...

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PoLTE and Sequans to put GPS on LTE ICs.

PoLTE and  Sequans are integrating PoLTE positioning technology into Sequans’ Monarch LTE Platform, enabling indoor and outdoor positioning capability for LTE for IoT devices. Sequans sees value in PoLTE’s Lite-Touch virtual location architecture. While other competitors will have to increase their costs, size and energy consumption by embedding GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other radios just ...

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Toshiba introduces RF SOI process for LNAs

Toshiba has  developed  TaRF10, a new version of its TarfSOI (Toshiba advanced RF silicon-on-insulator CMOS process optimized for low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) in smartphone applications. In recent years, the increasing speed of mobile data communication has expanded the use of RF switches and filters in the analog front end of mobile devices. The resulting increase in ...

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Comment: Many happy returns to open source

The birth of open source 20 years ago considerably accelerated the development of both software and hardware. Which software initiative is supported by Facebook and Google; promoted by Microsoft and IBM? Twenty years ago the phrase “open source” was first used and the development of software – and hardware – was changed forever. Very few ...

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Embedded World 2018: Lynx hunts down a solution for Spectre

What help is available to deal with the Meltdown and Spectre attacks, and protect systems for the future?

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Webinar: MagicClick: The other way to an AOI test program…

Make a note for your diary, for a new Electronics Weekly webinar – MagicClick:  The other way to an AOI test program…

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Bluebird ready to run again

Bluebird, Donald Cambell’s’s world record beating speedboat, is nearly re-built and soon will be ready to run. A mere thirty minute ferry ride from Glasgow lies the Isle of Bute, an exquisite, cookie-cut piece of premium Scotland in all its beauty dropped into the Clyde within easy reach and the location of many an enjoyable ...

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Comment: Perhaps 5G should be built by governments

If operators doubt the business case for 5G, why do they insist on building the network? At what stage should government intervene to get the telecoms infrastructure up to speed? You might say that if you have the 37th slowest national mobile network in the world, government intervention is justified. Indeed, even if you’re only ...

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LTC launches ZIF demodulator with 1GHz instantaneous I and Q 1dB bandwidth

The LTC5594 is a ZIF demodulator with 1GHz a wideband, high linearity true zero-IF (ZIF) demodulator with 1GHz instantaneous I and Q 1dB bandwidth. The demodulator is capable of 37dB image rejection typical. Using the on-chip serial port, the device allows correction of the I and Q phase and amplitude imbalance, hence can be tuned ...

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The Survivors

With only a small group of companies able to make advanced logic, IC Insights has produced a graphic showing the state of play in the industry. Thev industry has evolved to the point where only a very small group of companies can develop leading-edge process technologies and fabricate leading-edge ICs. There is more variety than ...

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AUO to begin shipping 8K TV panels in 1H18

AU Optronics (AUO) will begin to ship 8K TV panels in sizes ranging from 65- to 85-inch in the first half of 2018, while also ramping up shipments of all-screen displays for handset applications, according to Liao Wei-lun, president of AUO's video products business group.

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Samsung and Qualcomm expand foundry cooperation on EUV process technology

Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm Technologies have announced their intention to expand their decade-long foundry relationship into EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography process technology, including the manufacture of future Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G mobile chipsets using Samsung's 7nm LPP (Low Power Plus) EUV process technology.

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AMD launches embedded EPYC and Ryzen processors

AMD has introduced two new product families - the AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 processor and AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 processor. AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 brings the power of "Zen" to a variety of new markets including networking, storage and edge computing devices, while AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 targets medical imaging, industrial systems, digital gaming and thin clients, according to the vendor.

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Server DRAM revenues among top-3 suppliers increase 14% in 4Q17, says DRAMeXchange

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology generated a combined US$6.32 billion in server DRAM revenues in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 13.9% from the about US$5.55 billion the top-3 suppliers collectively posted in the prior quarter, according to DRAMeXchange.

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India expected to procure 200 million LED light bulbs in 2018

India's Ministry of Power is expected to procure 200 million LED light bulbs via open bids in 2018, with Philips Lighting and Ledvance expected to remain as the largest two competitors, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan hardware makers see growing opportunities from booming datacenter segment

The ongoing investment spree on datacenter infrastructure will boost shipments of Taiwan-based white-box server and related hardware makers during 2018, according to industry sources.

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Chip orders from China smartphone sector to pick up in 2Q18

Taiwan-based IC design houses expect orders from China's smartphone industry to pick up in the second quarter of 2018, with customer orders likely to register double-digit sequential growth.

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Acer to continue enhancing gaming device, smart solution developments

Acer will continue to deepen its deployments in the gaming PC and Chromebook sectors in 2018, while stepping up its efforts to develop smart transportation and education solutions for sustained growth, according to company chairman and CEO Jason Chen.

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Avoiding cut throat competition: Q&A with SPIL chairman Bough Lin

Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has disclosed that it had never occurred to him that his company would one day merge with one of its major competitors, but the merger with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is neccessary step to avoid cut throat competition that could steer SPIL towards a "bad direction."

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Passive component shortages about to ease

As the PC and handset industries enter the slow season, the tight supply of passive components from Taiwan-based companies is expected to ease later in the first quarter of 2018, according to industry sources.

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China January polysilicon output hits record, says CNMIA

China-based makers produced 24,200 tons of polysilicon in January 2018, hitting highest-ever monthly level and increasing 15.8% sequentially and 25.4% on year, according to China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNMIA).

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Chroma Ate posts record pre-tax profit for 2017

Chroma Ate, which provides integrated and customized solutions for test and measurement instruments, saw its pre-tax profits surge 52.9% on year to a record high of NT$3.12 billion (US$106.9 million) in 2017. Pre-tax EPS came to NT$7.58.

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Seoul Semiconductor sues Mouser in Italy over patent row with Everlight

Korea-based Seoul Semiconductor has filed with a court in Itlay a charge against US-based electronic component distributor Mouser Electronics for selling LED products made by Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics that allegedly infringe its patents.

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Top 10 semiconductor R&D spenders increase outlays 6% in 2017, says IC Insights

The 10 largest semiconductor R&D spenders increased their collective expenditures to US$35.9 billion in 2017, an increase of 6% compared to US$34.0 billion in 2016, according to IC Insights.

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Q4 server DRAM soars 13.9% q-o-q.

Server DRAM revenue of the top three DRAM suppliers (Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron) rose by 13.9% QoQ in 4Q17 on the back of risiing ASPs, reports DRAMeXchange. The supply of server DRAM has not kept pace with the demand although suppliers have assigned more capacity to their server product lines. Furthermore, the data center ...

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Broadcom reduces bid for Qualcomm

Broadcom has lowered its offer for Qualcomm in the light of Qualcomm increasing its offer for NXP. Broadcom has lowered its bid from $82 a share to $79 a share making its bid now worth $140 billion compared with the previous bid worth $145 billion. Earlier this week Qualcomm raised its bid for NXP from ...

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Circular multi-pole connectors are IP68 waterproof, says CamdenBoss

CamdenBoss has launched a range of circular multi-pole connectors that can offer IP68 waterproof sealing. The CamCirc range features multiple options encompassing various body sizes and styles as well as contact configurations from 2 to 19 poles. Applications include broadcasting, military, automotive, medical, robotics and security. CamCirc connectors are based on push-pull technology that creates ...

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Mouser sells tough touch controller from Renesas

Mouser Electronics is stocking the RX130 series of 32-bit microcontrollers from Renesas Electronics which offer a new capacitive touch IP with improved sensitivity and robustness. The MCUs are designed to support nontraditional touch materials or to operate in wet or dirty environments, such as human machine interfaces, household kitchen and bath. The MCUs feature a ...

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UK made: Avid Technology ships first electric vehicle motors

North East-based automotive firm Avid Technology has shipping Evo Electric Motors, which it took over the design, manufacture and distribution of from GKN Hybrid Power last year, now making them in Cramlington, Northumberland. “Since the start of the year, Avid has experienced a sharp increase in demand for the Evo, securing over £50m in new ...

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UK design: Turbo Technics

This is the product from Turbo Technics, the Northampton maker of turbochargers and turbocharging test equipment. ATP-100 is a turbocharger actuator tester designed for use by service personnel in turbocharger repairs. It is operated via a 5in colour capacitive touch screen interface. “With a single touch auto-detect feature, the tool allows simple connection to almost any ...

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Glasgow team develop stretchable sensor

A flexible, wearable sensor could help people avoid the discomfort of regular pin-prick blood tests by monitoring the chemical composition of their sweat instead. A team of scientists from the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering have built a stretchable, wireless system which is capable of measuring the pH level of users’ sweat. Sweat, like ...

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Csun sees EPS hit 7-year high in 2017

Semiconductor and LCD equipment supplier Csun Manufacturing has reported net profits of NT$403 million (US$13.79 million) for 2017, increasing 91.9% on year. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.70 for the year, the highest in seven years.

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APeJ public cloud services spending to reach US$15 billion in 2018, says IDC

Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach US$15.08 billion in 2018, an increase of 35.66% over 2017, according to IDC. The market is expected to hit a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.58% in public cloud services spending, or a total of US$32.27 billion in 2021.

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Qualcomm enters into amended definitive agreement with NXP

Qualcomm has announced that Qualcomm River Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has reached an agreement with NXP Semiconductors to increase to US$127.50 per share its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of NXP. The amended agreement, which was approved by the boards of directors of both Qualcomm and NXP, also lowers the minimum tender condition from 80% of NXP's outstanding shares to 70%.

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Huawei to use more smartphone SoCs from HiSilicon in 2018, says report

Huawei is expected to increase the adoption of smartphone solutions from its chipset subsidiary, HiSilicon Technologies, in 2018 which will add more pressure on Qualcomm and MediaTek, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report.

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FIH Mobile to swing to losses in 2017

FIH Mobile, a handset unit of the Foxconn Group, has said that it expects to swing to a net loss of up to US$525 million in 2017 due largely to losses arising from the impairment of its investment portfolio. The company posted net profits of US$136 million in 2016.

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Some AI chip startups may bow out in 2018, says Alibaba academy

The number of startup developers of AI (artificial intelligence) chips has increased fast over the past two years but some of them may bow out in 2018, according to predictions by Alibaba Damo Academy.

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Unity Opto expects gross margin to rise to 25% in 2018

LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology expects business in 2018 to improve, with gross margin to rise to 25%, compared to 21.9% for the first three quarters of 2017, according to company chairman Wu Ching-huei.

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Headset maker Merry reports record EPS for 2017

Headset maker Merry Electronics has reported net profits of NT$2.147 billion (US$73.56 million) or NT$11.16 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017.

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Yaskawa Electric to set up base at CTSP

Japan-based Yaskawa Electric will set up a production, technological service and exhibition center for smart industrial robots at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), with construction to begin in second-quarter 2018 and complete in first-quarter 2019, according to CTSP administration.

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Taiwan LED firms face pressure from China competitors in automotive lighting

Taiwan-based LED packaging service providers face increasing pressure from China competitors for automotive lighting orders from China's automakers and after-market.

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Beijing AI research institute founded

In a bid to turn China's capital city into a hub for talent in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), an AI research institute in Beijing was newly inaugurated, with Kai-fu Lee - who was former vice president at both Google and Microsoft - serving as the founding president.

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Taiwan tech startups present innovative AIoT solutions

AI (artificial intelligence) is deemed as the last integral part of the IoT (Internet of Things) architecture, and the integration of AI and IoT can generate brand new AIoT business opportunities that can be better tapped with creative thinking. As one of the world's tech hubs, Taiwan has witnessed many businesses create innovative and practical business models associated with AIoT applications by taking advantage of the country's robust IT technological prowess.

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EEVblog #1059 – Quick 861DW Hot Air Waveform Measurement

An update on the Quick 861DW, and probing its current consumption in comparison to the Atten 858D+ with the TTi I-Prober

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Embedded World: Lauterbach and UltraSoC back RISC-V

Lauterbach and UltraSoC have added support for the RISC-V open-source processor architecture to their joint chip development and debug environment. “Across the industry there is rising excitement about the emergence of RISC-V as an open source processor,” said UltraSoC CEO Rupert Baines. “This is especially significant in heterogeneous multi-core architectures: engineers want the choice to ‘mix ...

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Samsung and NI collaborate on 5G New Radio interface tests

NI is teaming up with mobile phone giant Samsung Electronics to develop 5G test UEs for proposed 5G New Radio (NR) radio interface. The first public demonstration of this collaboration will show Samsung’s 28GHz basestation communicating with an NI test UE at next week’s Mobile World Congress (February 26 to March 1) in Barcelona. A ...

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Airbus maintains Beijing’s public safety Tetra network

Airbus has signed a three-year contract to maintain the operations of Beijing’s public safety Tetra network. The contract with Chinese operator Justtop until 2020 covers on-site support, maintenance services and a 24/7 emergency support with trouble shooting competences. The Beijing Government shared network serves various government authorities, including the municipal government, the emergency response office, ...

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MWC: CCS launches 12Gbit/s comms for unlicenced 60GHz mmWave

Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) has launched its Metnet 12Gbit/s unlicensed 60GHz mmWave access and back-haul unit. The multi-point system is the first element in a software-defined mesh network architecture, with multiple Metnet 60GHz nodes operating as a centrally managed SDN-capable networking switch. Operating in the unlicensed 57-71GHz band, it has automated interference avoidance and low ...

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KiCad is big news for schematic capture, says Digi-Key

Digi-Key Electronics has put a new library of nearly 1,000 common parts for use by the open source, KiCad schematic capture and printed circuit board tool on beta release on its website. The distributor has selected the most popular parts for users of KiCad and created a library that links the schematic symbols and printed ...

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Qualcomm increases offer for NXP

Qualcomm has increased it offer for NXP to $127.50 per share. Qualcomm has entered into binding agreements with nine NXP stockholders who collectively own more than 28% of NXP’s outstanding shares to tender their shares at $127.50 per share. The revised price reflects enhanced current value drivers for NXP, including: · NXP’s recent performance, including ...

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1MHz rail-to-rail op-amp draws only 55μA

Microchip’s MCP6411 operational amplifier can operate with a single supply voltage as low as 1.7V, while drawing 55μA quiescent current (max). Called MCP6411, input offset is ±1.0mV max, and both input and output operate rail-to-rail. Compensation means it is unity gain stable, and it has a gain bandwidth product of 1 MHz (typ). “The MCP6411 ...

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LED lighting drives boom in vertical farms in China

LED lighting is having a major impact on the way plants are grown commercially in greenhouses. As a result the horticultural lighting market reached almost $3.8bn in 2017, according to market data from Yole Développement. But changes to the horticultural LED lighting market indicate that greenhouse applications may only be the tip of the iceberg. ...

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Samsung selling 30TB SSD

Samsung Says it has begun mass producing the industry’s largest capacity Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) solid state drive (SSD) – the PM1643 – for use in next-generation enterprise storage systems. Leveraging Samsung’s 64-layer, 3-bit 512-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND chips, the 30.72 terabyte (TB) drive delivers twice the capacity and performance of the previous 15.36TB high-capacity lineup ...

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Infineon buys Merus Audio

Infineon has bought Merus Audio, the Copenhagen-based start-up founded in 2010 by Hans Hasselby-Andersen (pictured) and Mikkel Hoyerby. Merus Audio creates energy-efficient integrated audio amplifier solutions. They maximize audio performance and battery playback time for smart home and battery-powered speakers while minimizing heat and design space. After the integration of Merus Audio, Infineon will be ...

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Embedded World: Digitally-tunable RF filters dodge spectrum congestion

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has developed digitally tunable and reconfigurable RF filters. In a congested spectrum “devices that send and receive data must function reliably”, said the organisation. “But with coexistence and interference issues on the rise, we can expect significant constraints and problems when it comes to transferring data. Fraunhofer IIS ...

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EE is best UK operator, says RootMetrics

EE took the honours in RootMetrics’ bi-annual assessment of UK mobile telecoms operators’ performance. In the second half of 2017, EE had a clean sweep of all the categories which RootMetrics measures. “EE leads the pack in all areas – reliability, speed, data and text handling – and shares the lead with 3 in call ...

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EEVblog #1058 – Quick 861DW Hot Air Rework Station Review

Dave reviews and tears down the $300 Quick 861DW hot air rework station. How much better is it than the $70 Atten 858D+ ?

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Antritsu 5G test set supports sub-6GHz New Radio

Anritsu says software for its Wireless Test Set MT8870A now supports the new 3GPP 5G Sub-6GHz New Radio (NR) measurement standards. The enhanced 5G Sub-6GHz NR Uplink Tx measurement and downlink waveform software options will support non-signalling based 5G Sub-6GHz TRx tests. In December 2017, release 15 of the 3GPP standard was announced which defines ...

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Prototyping board simplifies Zynq UltraScale+ multi-processor verification

Pro Design, the Germany-based firm using FPGAs in prototyping systems, has added three modules for Zynq UltraScale+ FPGAs. They will be part of the firm’s proFPGA product family of modular multi-FPGA prototyping boards. The Zynq UltraScale+ FPGAs, designated ZU11EG, ZU17EG and ZU19EG, can be mounted on the proFPGA uno, duo or quad motherboard and mixed ...

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Renesas Target Boards for MCUs

Renesas has brought out  three Target Boards for the RX65N, RX130 and RX231 Microcontroller (MCU) Groups, each designed to help engineers jump start their home appliance, building and industrial automation designs. Priced below $30, the Target Boards lower the price threshold for engagement, allowing more system developers to enjoy the benefits of Renesas’ broad-based 32-bit ...

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Church spires to boost mobile connections

Church spires across the UK will be used to boost digital connectivity in rural areas following an agreement between the Government and the Church of England. The accord, signed by the the National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for the ...

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ISSCC: Background calibration boost for ADC

At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, Analog Devices revealed a 20-bit 1Msample/s successive approximation ADC with 0.3ppm INL (integral non‑linearity). Key to this performance is a constantly-running background calibration technique that allows the ADC to process its input signal without interruption, while compensating for ageing, temperature sensitivity, package stress and PCB stress. ...

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Design: How would you make a 10MHz scope HAT for Raspberry Pi?

There seems no end to the challenges the Raspberry Pi community has tackled with its credit-card-sized computer – there are at least two in space, plenty hidden away inside industrial equipment and loads around the globe educating children. Having spent a while recently trying to fix an ancient oscilloscope, it occurred to me that it ...

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ISSCC: 80GHz automotive radar on one chip

Could a single multi-mode radar IC fulfil the needs of: vehicle corner radars, which have to be physically small vehicle urban front radars, which need a wide field of view vehicle narrow-beam highway radars? Texas Instruments said ‘yes’ in an ISSCC paper devoted to a single‑chip 76GHz-81GHz frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar transceiver in 45nm ...

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Components Datasheets – view and download for free

We are very pleased to welcome on board the SamacSys component search engine. In the first of a series by SamsacSys, let's drill down into some of its features.

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Small vector network analyser works up to 62MHz

Red Pitaya has launched a vector network analyser (VNA) extension for its credit-card-sized plug-in STEMlab data acquisition hardware, which works with a host PC running Windows or Linux. It covers 500kHz to 62MHz, has a typical directivity of 42dB, a dynamic range of 74dB and a noise floor at 88dBm. Features of its companion software ...

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Graphene finds a use in golf balls

Graphene has found a new application – golf balls. Sports goods supplier Callaway starts selling graphene infused balls today. They cost £38 per dozen. A graphene infused outer skin of the ball can be made thinner than the skin of a conventional golf ball  which allows for a larger core which increases the speed at ...

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Siemens buys Sarokal

Siemens is to buy Sarokal Test Systems which sells cellular testing products to chipset vendors, fronthaul equipment manufacturers, and network operators. “The planned acquisition of Sarokal reinforces our ongoing commitment to EDA and the IC industry,” says Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. “building on our acquisition of Mentor Graphics, we continue ...

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5G comms prototype at 2018 Winter Olympics

A 5G network will be demonstrated in Gangneung, one of the city’s hosting the winter Olympics, to coincide with the games. Running from 20 to 22 February, the 5GChampion consortium has arranged for games visitors to experience the network while riding a special bus between event venues. “Wearing virtual-reality glasses, they can ‘visit’ almost instantaneously ...

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Cobham Wireless has today announced the next stage in the development of its  idDAS (intelligent digital Distributed Antenna System), which is interoperable with vRAN (virtualised radio access networks) capabilities, providing an end-to-end, high-capacity, cost-effective coverage solution.  Cobham Wireless is now ready to support both C-RAN and vRAN architectures. This vRAN approach replaces baseband units (BBUs) ...

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ISSCC: Analogue boost for AI robot processor

Georgia Institute of Technology has used analogue processing to squeeze a 3.12Top/W (average) artificial intelligence processor onto a CMOS (55nm) chip, consuming only 690μW (1.2V), and aimed at self-teaching micro-robots that need to learn about their immediate environments. The processor is an accelerator for ‘reinforcement learning’ – a behaviourist psychology-inspired learning algorithm that mimics the ...

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Fujitsu to sell e-peas energy harvesters

Fujitsu Electronics Europe (FEEU) is expanding its ultra-low-power linecard portfolio to include products from the Belgian manufacturer e-peas. e-peas has developed energy-harvesting solutions which support a wide range of energy sources such as photovoltaic, thermal, vibration or RF. With the new partnership, FEEU seeks to strategically extend its portfolio and to create new synergies between ...

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Farnell adds 360,000sq ft of capacity in Leeds

Premier Farnell has opened a 360,000 sq foot warehouse at Muse Development’s Logic Leeds, within a Leeds City Council Enterprise Zone, retaining £650m in revenue and jobs in the Yorkshire region. The site, based off junction 45 of the M1, will stock over 420,000 products  and has the potential for up to one million square feet ...

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Toshiba boosts in-car audio amplifier range

Toshiba Electronics Europe has added a 45W (4Ω load) four-channel audio power amplifier to its in-car entertainment range. TCB001FNG is based upon a complementary MOS process. Supply can vary across 6 to 18V, allowing operation while the engine is idling or cranking. “The product includes functions to detect and prevent abnormal noise with Toshiba’s original ...

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ISSCC: Deep learning hardware boosts for AI

The International Solid-State Circuits Conference’s digital architecture sub‑committee took time out to talk about artificial intelligence processors. It noted that: “Deep learning is a rapidly evolving topic, and the computational complexity of typical deep neural networks impedes their execution on resource‑scarce mobile or wearable devices. “Last year, several innovative solutions were introduced to enhance throughput ...

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EEVblog #1057 – µCurrent Murphy

Dave investigates a problem with a recent batch of uCurrents, something that WASN’T supposed to happen!
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EEVblog #1056 – Digilent Open Scope MZ Review

Dave looks at the Digilent Open Scope MZ Review, an $89 open source oscilloscope, logic analyser, and function generator.

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Qualcomm and Broadcom meet

Broadcom and Qualcomm met earlier today to discuss Broadcom’s bid. “We met with representatives of Broadcom for two hours earlier today, and listened carefully to what they had to say,” says  Qualcomm,  “the Qualcomm board will promptly meet to discuss the meeting and to determine next steps.” If no deal is reached the bid moves ...

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Arm introduces IP for machine learned in edge devices

Arm has announced a suite of IP, collected together under the provisional title of Project Trillium, to bring machine learning to edge devices. The suite includes scalable machine learning and object detection processors, claimed to enable trillions of machine learning operations per second on mobile devices. As well as machine learning, the suite is intended ...

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Apple talking to Yangtze River about buying NAND

Apple is talking to China’s Yangtze River Storage Technologies about sourcing NAND, reports the Nikkei. It is possible that Apple, whose products are assembled in China, is being pressured by China to buy from Yangtze River, and it is not known what quantities are being discussed. Analysts are sceptical about the ability of the emerging ...

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ISSCC: Novel gate drive improves GaN power transistor switching

GaN power transistors can shrink AC‑DC power supplies and cut losses but, to get the best out of them, their gate drive waveform needs careful attention. As a German team pointed out at ISSCC, GaN transistors have a threshold voltage of ~1V, which makes them vulnerable to spurious turn‑on through the Miller capacitance, particularly when ...

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Technologist Jade Pullen completes EW BrightSparks selection panel

With the addition of technologist Jade Pullen, the EW BrightSparks 2018 selection panel is now complete.

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Low-noise general-purpose p-channel JFET is more available

Linear Integrated Systems has general-purpose version of its low-noise LSJ74 p-channel JFET, called LS94. “The LSJ74 is a world-class option for designers seeking to build ultra-low-noise circuits, but the part currently has limited availability,” said the firm. “Because the LS94 has slightly higher noise, and is offered in a single IDSS range versus the multiple ...

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Webinar: Using C++ for your next Embedded Project

Electronics Weekly has joined forces with Doulos to discuss the benefits of using C++ for your next Embedded Project.

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ISSCC: In-shoe navigation without GPS

How do you navigate without GPS? Using very expensive accelerometers and gyros and integration, if you are a nuclear submarine. But what if you are a pedestrian? Revealed at the IEEE’s annual International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco this week was a dead-reckoner for walkers that fits in the heel of a shoe, and ...

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HTC smartphone business head resigns

HTC has seen the head of its smartphone business resign, about two weeks after it completed a deal to transfer its ODM smartphone team to Google.

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EIH settles disputes with ex-Hydis workers

E-paper solution provider E Ink Holdings (EIH) has settled disputes with ex-employees of its Korea-based subsidiary Hydis Technologies through conciliation efforts initiated by Korea's high civil court, according to a company announcement.

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Primax posts high EPS for 2017

Primax Electronics has reported net profits of NT$558 million (US$19.11million) for the fourth quarter of 2017 and NT$2.057 billion for all of 2017.

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FocalTech swings to loss in 2017

Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems swung to net losses of NT$103 million (US$3.51 million) in 2017. EPS came to negative NT$0.28.

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Taiwan moving to set up national AI research network

The Taiwan government will move to implement five action plans in line with eight major international AI (artificial intelligence) development trends to turn Taiwan into one of the world's major hubs in the development of smart technological innovations, including establishing a national advanced AI research network, according to government-funded National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs ).

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Half a billion smartphones and other devices with wireless power technology shipped in 2017, IHS says

Led by mobile phones, small appliances and wearables, shipments of consumer electronics devices enabled with wireless charging rose 40% in 2017 compared to the previous year. In all, nearly 500 million devices with wireless charging shipped in 2017, according to IHS Markit.

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Taiwan small- to medium-size panel shipments steady in 4Q17, says Digitimes Research

Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels dropped by a lower-than-expected 1.1% sequentially to 314 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, as AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux managed to ramp up shipments, notably for 18:9 all-screen smartphone panels, from their 6G LTPS lines, according to Digitimes Research.

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Facebook to launch two smart speakers in July 2018

Facebook is set to officially foray into the global smart speaker market in mid-2018 by launching two new models, codenamed Aloha and Fiona - both with 15-inch touchscreens - in July at the latest, with the devices positioned as a way to allow family and friends to stay in touch with video chat and various social features, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan IC backend production value to rise 4-5% in 2018, says IEK

The production value of Taiwan's IC packaging and testing industry sector is expected to increase 4-5% in 2018, according to the government-funded Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK).

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Cleanroom equipment maker Acter enjoys robust orders from China

Cleanroom and turnkey equipment supplier Acter has enjoyed strong orders for new fab constructions from China's IC manufacturing, packaging and testing, and optoelectronics sectors, according to the Taiwan-based company.

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Taiwan startups stage strong show at CES 2018, says MOST

The 32 Taiwan startups that showcased products and services at CES 2018 in January attracted 43,211 visitors and held 2,402 business talks with venture capital firms with potential funding and purchases estimated at US$47.62 million and US$604,000 respectively, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

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Taiwan 4Q17 economic growth at 3.28%

Taiwan's economic growth rate for fourth-quarter 2017 reached 3.28%, the same as the preliminary figure estimated in January, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said on February 13.

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Tyntek and Epileds see January sales rise

LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Tyntek and Epileds Technologies have reported consolidated revenues of NT$292 million (US$10 million) and NT$110 million respectively for January, the former increasing 6.55% sequentially and 28.99% on year, and the latter growing 49.80% sequentially and 32.98% on year.

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China PV makers see financial difficulties

Due to fast shrinking demand, some China-based PV makers have run out of working capital and a top-tier maker has deferred payments to supply chain partners, according to industry sources.

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Taiwan large-size LCD panel shipments higher than expected in 4Q17, says Digitimes Research

Shipments of large-size LCD panels (9-inch and above sizes) by Taiwan-based panel makers (excluding Sharp) were better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2017, rising 0.3% on quarter and 0.2% on year to reach 61.52 million units, according to Digitimes Research.

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Meyer Burger sues China firm over diamond wire management patent

Meyer Burger Technology has had a subsidiary file a patent infringement lawsuit against China's Wuxi Shangji Automation for alleged infringement of the Switzerland-based firm's Chinese patent number CN 104411434B for its Diamond Wire Management System (DWMS) wire winding system.

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China likely to reduce support for PV industry in next 5-year plan, says SAS chairman

China is expected to reduce policy and financial support for its PV industry in the 14th Five-year (2021-2025) National Development Plan (NDP) because the local PV supply chain has been growing fast toward overcapacity, according to MK Lu, chairman of Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS).

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AUO sets up sustainability development unit

Flat panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has created a new unit to explore strategies for long-term sustainable developments, according to a company announcement.

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TSMC to deal out cash dividend of NT$8 for 2017

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors has adopted a proposal recommending the distribution of a NT$8 (US$0.27) cash dividend per share for 2017. The proposal will be discussed and decided at TSMC's annual general meeting on June 5.

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China forms $16bn IC investment firm

The local Chongqing government, Tsinghua Unigroup and Sino IC Capital have set up a $16 billion chip investment fund. They aim to spend up to $100 billion on Tsighua fabs over the next ten years. Tsighua has agreed to spend $9.5 billion on an industrial park in Chongqing Chongqing is an electronics centre which is ...

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Toshiba unlikely to get approval for Bain-Hynix bid; may IPO instead

It looks as if Toshiba will not get regulatory approval for the sale of its memory business to a Bain-Hynix led consortium by the March 31st deadline. Failure to get approval would be vastly beneficial to Toshiba because it could then IPO the unit, or a part of the unit, and could still retain control.. ...

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ARM to launch two AI IPs

ARM has responded to the proliferation of AI-based processor designs with two IPs – one for machine learning and the other for object detection in mobile devices. The ML (machine learning) processor is described by ARM as ‘specifically designed for inference at the edge’. It is said to deliver 4.6 TOPs, with an efficiency of ...

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Weightless SIG appoints Applus+ as testing lab

Weightless SIG has named Applus+ as its official testing and certification laboratory for wireless devices which use Weightless connectivity technology. Applus+ will additionally provide development support services to Weightless technology adopters as part of its new IoT Lab offering. Professor William Webb, CEO of the Weightless SIG commented “Applus are an excellent partner for Weightless, ...

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Global DRAM output value to rise over 30% in 2018, says DRAMeXchange

Output value for the global DRAM memory industry will increase more than 30% to US$96 billion in 2018, following a robust 76% surge, according to DRAMeXchange.

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Optical component makers expect shipments to pick up soon

Taiwan-based optical component makers have reported mixed results for January, but most of them expect their shipments to begin gaining momentum at the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second quarter.

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NVM IP provider eMemory posts record revenues and profits for 2017

Taiwan-based eMemory, a developer and provider of embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) technology, has reported net profits of NT$598 million (US$20.4 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$1.38 billion for 2017. Both results hit record-high levels.

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Taiwan president pledges support for biomedicine industry

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen has pledged to develop the biomedical sector into the most competitive next-generation industry of the country to create more quality jobs for young talent while also urging players in the sector to challenge the next peak in the development of new pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and smart medicine.

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Taiwan and India academics team up to boost tech research momentum

Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) has signed a pact with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to jointly carry out research projects and promote dual-degree programs, in a bid to push for more Indian science and engineering students to study and work in Taiwan to strengthen Taiwan's tech research momentum.

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Shareholders OK ASE-SPIL merger plan

Shareholders of both Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have approved the companies' plan to merge under a new holding company.

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China ODM Huaqin looks to ship 120 million IT devices in 2018

China-based ODM Huaqin Telecom Technology expects its combined shipments of smartphones, tablets, notebooks and other IT devices to reach 120 million units in 2018, up from 96 million shipped a year earlier, according to company sources.

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