
2018 Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales Jump to Record $64.5 Billion
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 14 percent from $56.62 billion in 2017 to an all-time high of $64.5 billion in 2018, SEMI, the industry association representing the worldwide electronics product design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today...

Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of a black hole. In coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow...

Sony Easily Maintains Its Top Ranking in the Diverse O-S-D Market
IC Insights noted that only four of the top-10 companies sell products in all three O-S-D market segments. The 10 largest suppliers in the ranking accounted for 39% of combined worldwide O-S-D revenues in 2018, which is the same percentage as in 2017 (in contrast, the top-10 IC suppliers held a 70% share of the total IC market in 2018)...

AAEON Talks AI, Benefits of Second Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
TAIPEI, Taiwan – AAEON was recently invited to and participated in the Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. AAEON was there to discuss matters related to innovations in AI and IOT fields, our partnership with Intel in developing platforms and solutions, as well as help celebrate the launch of the Second Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, formerly Cascade Lake...

Uwin Nanotech Roots in Green Chemistry and Waste Reduction Concepts
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan is striving to implement the United Nations‘ global sustainable de-velopment objectives for 2030, and in order to increase the understanding of green chem-istry and waste reduction spirit among high school and middle school students...

Global Device Shipments Will Be Flat in 2019, Gartner Says
Worldwide shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — are on pace to reach 2.21 billion units in 2019, exhibiting flat growth year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. The PC market is expected to continue its downward trend, while the mobile phone market is set to return to growth in 2020...