
IBM Researchers Use Grocery Scanner Data to Avoid Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
IBM Research announced its scientists have discovered that analyzing retail-scanner data from grocery stores against maps of confirmed cases of foodborne illness can speed early investigations. In the study, researchers demonstrated that with as few as 10 medical-examination reports of foodborne illness they can narrow down the investigation to 12 suspected food products in just a few hours...

Allied eSports Announces Major Investment in North American Esports Arena
Allied eSports announced today that it has entered into a strategic investment partnership with Santa Ana, California -based Esports Arena. The partnership includes investment toward new Esports Arena locations in North America , with the first location to open in Oakland , and expansion of Esports Arena's broadcast capabilities in its Santa Ana location...

Samsung to Provide 4th-Gen 64-layer V-NAND Flash Products in Q4
At Flash Memory Summit 2016, held in the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center, Samsung showcased its 4th generation Vertical NAND (V-NAND) and a line-up of high-performance, high-capacity solid state drives (SSDs) available for its enterprise customers as well as Z-SSD, a new solution providing breakthrough performance for flash-based storage...

TSIA Expects Taiwan IC revenue to reach US$74.9B in 2016
According to the TSIA’s survey, the Q2 2016 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled US$18.6B, up 10.5% on-quarter and 8.2% increase on-year. In design, with US$5.2B (16...

Galaxy Note 7 Opens New Opportunities in IR LED Market
The arrival of Galaxy Note 7 is expected to trigger a new round of hardware competition among smartphone brands as they will also likely to incorporate iris recognition into their flagship devices. According to the latest analysis from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, iris and facial recognition features will gradually become prevalent in mobile devices...

Acer’s Co-President of BYOC Smart Products Business Departs from Company
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announces that its president of BYOC Smart Products Business, ST Liew, will be leaving the company as part of his personal career planning. Maverick Shih, who currently co-heads the business with ST, will continue to lead the smart products business after his departure...