
PLDA and M31 Announce a Compliant PCI Express 3.0 Solution
PLDA and M31 today announced that their combined PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 solution passed all PCIe 3.0 compliance tests performed by PCI-SIG at the compliance workshop in April 2016. The solution includes PLDA’s XpressRICH3 Controller IP combined with the M31 PHY and provides a compliant solution for the TSMC 28HPC+ Process Node...

TSMC: 7nm Technology Will Have Advantage Over Samsung
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on June 7 held a shareholders meeting, which was presided over by Morris Chang himself. Morris Chang stated that in 2016 TSMC will continue to experience positive growth and have a successful year...

Taiwanese Startup MoBagel Sweeps COMPUTEX InnoVEX Startup Pitch Awards
TAIPEI, Taiwan - COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2016’s debut exhibit, InnoVEX, attracted 217 exhibiting startups from 22 countries. The culminating event of InnoVEX—the “Startup Pitch Competition,” at Center Stage on June 2 was a highlight...

Nuvoton’s NPCT6xx are the First to Achieve FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certification
HSINCHU, Taiwan –Nuvoton Technology Corporation announced its NPCT6xx Trusted Platform Module (TPM) family, implementing the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) version 2.0 specifications for PC-Client TPM. The NPCT6xx family is the first TPM2...

Smartphone Sales Expected to Grow 7% in 2016 to Reach 1.5 Billion Units, Gartner Says
Gartner, Inc. said global smartphone sales will continue to slow and will no longer grow in double digits. Worldwide smartphone sales are expected to grow 7 percent in 2016 to reach 1.5 billion units. This is down from 14.4 percent growth in 2015...

Prices in China’s LED Package Market Stabilized During May, TrendForce Reports
LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global average sales price (ASP) of 40-watt equivalent LED light bulb stood at US$9.6 in May, translating to a monthly drop of 1.6%. The global ASP of 60-watt equivalent LED light bulbs in same month also fell 1...