
MediaTek’s NB-IoT MT2625 SoC Validated by SoftBank
HSINCHU, Taiwan – MediaTek announced that it has completed validation (interoperability tests) of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank Corp. to set the stage for future commercial NB-IoT applications within Japan...

VR Market Shipments at 4.65 Million Units in 2018, TrendForce Forecasts
According to the latest research by TrendForce, the global VR market sees marginal growth this year, and will remain inactive till the year-end due to the conservative attitude of most manufacturers and lack of new products...

Siemens Assists Taoyuan City in Creating an Advanced Smart MRT System
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A construction team consisting of Siemens Limited Taiwan, Hyundai Rotem Company, and BES Engineering Corporation has successfully been awarded a contract for the Taoyuan MRT EMS System and will assist Taoyuan City Government in creating the most advanced smart MRT system in Taiwan...

Industry Overshooting Capital Spending Needs for NAND Flash Memory
IC Insights compares the estimated required capex needed to increase NAND flash bit volume shipments 40% per year, sourced from a chart from Micron’s 2018 Analyst and Investor Event in May of this year, versus the annual capex targeting the NAND flash market segment using IC Insights’ data...

Synopsys and IMECAS Collaborate to Offer Silicon Photonics in China
Synopsys and the Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS) announced that a new, production-ready silicon photonics process design kit (PDK) based on IMECAS' 8-inch CMOS process is now available in the Synopsys PhoeniX OptoDesigner photonic integrated circuit (PIC) layout software...

Samsung Electronics Starts Mass Production of Fifth-Generation V-NAND
Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing its fifth-generation V-NAND memory chips with the fastest data transfers now available. In the industry’s first use of the ‘Toggle DDR 4.0’ interface, the speed for transmitting data between storage and memory over Samsung’s new 256-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND has reached 1...