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The Delayed Apple Watch Causes Poor Performance of its Supply Chain in Q2
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Published: Apr 20,2015
Water Rationing in Taiwan Influences Global PCB Supply
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Due to water shortages in Taiwanese water reservoirs, measures have been implemented to limit water supplies, and this has caused electronic component supplies to be stretched thin, triggering price increases...
3S Announces Industry’s Smallest and Lowest-power MEMS Microphones
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese IC designers Solid State System (3S), announced yesterday that it has rolled out a new MEMS microphones featuring with industry's smallest size and lowest operating voltage. Its operating voltages can be reduced to 1...
NEXCOM Shows Industry 4.0-ready IoT Automation Solutions at Hannover Messe
At Hannover Messe, NEXCOM wins high appraisal on its Industry 4.0-ready IoT Automation Solutions from worldwide visitors. As manufactures are enthusiastic about tapping the power of big data analysis, lack of access to field data presents quite a challenge...
Japan is Fading Out From the Semiconductor Business
According to IC Insights’ report, in 2014, there were only two Japanese companies—Toshiba and Renesas—that were among the top 10 semiconductor suppliers. Assuming the NXP/Freescale merger is completed later this year, Toshiba will be the lone Japanese company left in the top 10 ranking...
Samsung Electronics Producing Industry’s First M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD for PC Market
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has started mass production of the industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) which has an M.2 form factor for use in PCs and workstations. Samsung is also the first in the industry to announce that it has begun shipping NVMe SSDs to OEMs for the PC market...
Q1 Smartphone Shipments Totaled 291.2M Units with Huawei Becoming Top Chinese Brand
According to TrendForce’s latest research, the global smartphone shipments for the first quarter of 2015 reached 291.2M units, a drop of 9.2% compared with the prior quarter. The decline, which was larger than the initial estimation, was attributed to the weak smartphone market in China...