
Integrated Circuit Technology Advances Continue to Amaze
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. 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...

Hon Hai to Develop Big Data, AI, and the IIoT in the Next Three Years
TAIPEI, Taipei - Foxconn Chairman Terry Guo recently stated at a Valentine's Day event that from this year to 2020, the Hon Hai Group will move in the direction of big data, artificial intelligence, and the industrial Internet as the foundations of their manufacturing industries...

Seoul Semiconductor Successfully Invalidates Everlight’s Patent in the United Kingdom
On February 20, 2018, Seoul Semiconductor announced that Seoul has won the patent invalidity litigation action that was filed against Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. (Everlight) in the United Kingdom. Everlight’s patent, EP (UK) 1169735, which was invalidated as a result of Seoul’s suit, relates to an LED package structure for thermal dissipation...

Acer ITS’ Smart Parking Meter Solution Takes Home the ‘Global ICT Excellence Award
Acer ITS Inc., a subsidiary of Acer, one of the world's leading ICT companies, has won the ‘Global ICT Excellence Award - Private Sector Excellence’ at the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2018 for its smart parking meter solution...

Acer Wins 12 iF Design Awards 2018
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer today announces that it has been honored with 12 iF Design Awards 2018 in recognition for design excellence. Among them, Predator gaming device, software and packaging designs led the way for Acer with six awards including the Predator Orion 9000 desktop, Predator Triton 700 notebook, Predator X27 monitor, Predator X34P monitor, as well as PredatorSense software and Predator Gaming Gadget packaging design...

Large TFT Display Market Continued to Grow in 2017, IHS Markit Says
Despite slower demand from end market and panel price erosion, the large thin-film transistor (TFT) display market expanded in 2017 in all three aspects -- unit shipments, area shipments and revenue. According to a new report from business information provider IHS Markit...