ADATA (ADATA Technology Co., Ltd.), a leading global manufacturer of industrial-grade DRAM modules and NAND Flash products, has launched its exclusive A+ SLC Technology designed specifically for MLC and 3D TLC flash storage products, which delivers high durability and cost-performance ratio to meet customers' performance and budgetary needs.In order to improve the cost-performance of NAND flash products, ADATA has developed Pseudo SLC (pSLC) technology, designated "A+ SLC," to help elevate the durability and longevity of MLC and 3D TLC products to SLC grade. A+ SLC utilizes customized NAND Flash firmware to simulate SLC performance on MLC and 3D TLC NAND flash, effectively improving reliability and extending product life. A+ SLC-supported products feature 30,000 P/E (Program/Erase) cycles, representing a 10-fold increase in durability compared to MLC/TLC products. Thanks to its competitive advantages, A+ SLC-supported SSDs and memory cards are widely used in automation, IPC, surveillance, retail, healthcare, networking applications, and more.In addition to MLC and SLC NAND flashes, ADATA's industrial-grade memory cards also utilize 112-layer 3D TLC (BiCS5) NAND flash, including ICFS31C CFast cards and IUDD33K microSD cards. Both models support a LDPC ECC (error correcting code) mechanism to ensure the accuracy of data transmission and S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring technology to monitor the health status of storage devices. There are many successful implementations of A+ SLC-supported memory cards worldwide. For example, IUDD33K microSD cards have been utilized in EV charging stations in Europe and surveillance cameras in Japan. CFast cards have also been used at several leading European IPC manufacturers.ADATA will continue to develop more flash storage products with 112-layer 3D TLC (BiCS5) and A+ SLC technology, providing customers with more solutions with greater performance, reliability, and durability.Visit our official website for more details:A+ SLC Technology: https://industrial.adata.com/en/technology/A+SLC ICFS31C CFast Card: https://industrial.adata.com/en/product/ ICFS31CIUDD33K microSD Card: https://industrial.adata.com/en/product/IUDD33KADATA A+ SLC Technology meets customers' performance and budgetary needs.

During HealthcareEXPO TW, one of the six largest international trade fairs in Taiwan, it will continue to be a springboard for businesses in healthcare to expand in the APAC markets and a hotbed for building partnerships, investing game changers, consolidating supply chains and creating collectively a sustainable digital health economy. From trend of smart hospitals, it seeks mobility, real-time response, precision diagnosis with AI assistant analysis and data collection security to pave the way toward the healthcare future. Leading processor maker, Intel invites selected partners to exhibit the future of smart hospitals, and Wincomm and Kenkone jointly announced EVAS (Endoscopy Virtual Assistant System) solution to help GI endoscopists improve lesions detection rate and automate efficient endoscopy medical records.HealthcareEXPO TW will be held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from Dec. 1 to 4, 2022.Empower by medical OR AIO pc, WMP-24T(-PIS) series and box pc, WPC-7N8 series, both of which were equipped with 12th Gen Intel Core i7/i5, 4.5Ghz mobile high performance processor 35 to 45W and Intel Iris Xe GPU, a new Xe architecture up to 96EUs, 1.35Ghz, and it could efficiently lower the latency during the operating imaging process. AI required significant time in labeling and doctors' involvement, which was deemed time consuming and costly, especially with doctors understaffing globally. Kenkone's EVAS is based on natural-language processing and, thanks to its AI characteristics, can dynamically generate labels and update its library. In alignment with Wincomm's medical PCs, it automatically generates reports during an endoscopy surgery. This solution supports real-time AI transcriptions to ensure accurate and effortless data entry. According to Kenkone Medical's CEO, Dr. Wade Liao, "We are transforming the future of endoscopy. The virtual assistant can save surgeons so much pain while providing better care to patients."Currently, EVAS has been successfully installed in the endoscopy room at JP hospitals, Taipei Medical University Hospital, E-da Healthcare Group, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, etc. With GI endoscopists' high appreciation, EVAS has been granted public affirmation by the president of the World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) during annual conference of The Gastroenterological Society of Taiwan (GEST).Kenkone innovates EVAS (Endoscopy Virtual Assistant System) and it has been successfully installed in hospitals.After the global pandemic, digital healthcare for remote service is becoming more important to impact the industry. Focus on developing innovative solutions that are empowered by AIOT in medical industry, Imedtec now released Telehealth Solution integrated with Wincomm medical cart AIO pc series, which combines patient information, video, and vital signs data into a single platform, making it easier to have virtual consultations with various specialists and to provide timely, specialized care to patients. This WMP-22P/24P series leveraged 12th Gen Intel Core U series, i7/i5 15W, with fanless design, and featured three hot-swappable batteries to support ward checking up to 8 hours for mobile medical cart applications. To integrate a high-resolution IP cam, this telehealth solution with the powerful PC could effectively deliver real-time but high-quality healthcare service to patients and doctors.Wincomm provides medical OR pc series, designed specialized for Operating Room at Hospital applications, a Computex Best Choice versus TW excellent Award winner in 2022. With patented antimicrobial touch control technology, it integrates an antibacterial aluminum housing in a beautiful design with a first-ever internal power supply to ensure safety throughout medical operations. Upgraded to the latest 12th Gen Intel Core processor platforms, it would perfectly suit versatile applications in hospitals. Now it has been installed in hospitals, across Europe, the US, and JP.Welcome to visit Healthcare EXPO TW, Intel Booth L617a

Mandy Mock, the Vice President and General Manager of the Desktop, Workstation and Channel Group, part of the Client Computing Group (CCG) at Intel, is responsible for Intel's Desktop and Workstation products and strategy. Today, we're talking to Mandy about Intel's vision for the future of modern desktops.Q: Intel has been talking about desktop innovation for years, is there any new and exciting current progress and plans that you can share?A: We are sharpening our focus with a new vision to reposition the desktop as an aspirational choice that offers an amazing compute experience in a defined space. To enable that, we need to shift the perception of desktop from a commodity to a premium want-to-have device. It's more than a standalone device – it's a complete set-up that spans displays, peripherals, workspace and having everything at the ready for work or leisure. Lastly, instead of being in competition with your phone and laptop, it makes those devices more powerful and gives you agency over your space rather than tying you down to a location.We want users to say that Intel based Desktops and Workstations help them Go All-In. To deliver on this vision, we have outlined four key pillars to illustrate the experiences that we're bringing to market.1. Know & Enhance Me – This is where we make the desktop personal, for individual or shared experiences. It knows you, is designed for your space, presents you and your work in the best way to the world, and is comfortable for long sessions so you can fully immerse yourself in your task.2. Emanate Power – This is about being more than you need. You have confidence that your desktop can handle what you throw at it, that it will safeguard your sensitive data and be ready when you need it. And it conveys a sense of your individual power and capability to the world around you.3. Work when I'm not there – Your desktop will be two steps ahead of you, using AI to recognize your workloads, process critical tasks overnight or while you are away, and increasingly providing predictive analytics.4. Grow with me – as your skills and aspirations grow, so should your desktop. This pillar is about desktop upgradeability and reconfigurability to keep pace with you as your needs change. It focuses on desktops designed for sustainability and the ability to proactively optimize performance based on user needs.As people turn to intentional computing, this is how we will lead desktop innovation and reposition the Desktop as an aspirational choice across the Commercial, Enthusiast, Mainstream and Workstation segments. These are all key experiences that tie back to what we are driving with our new Modern Desktop vision.Q: How does Intel plan to make the experiences highlighted in this new Modern Desktop vision a reality?A: We're moving quickly to bring our vision to life. Our Desktop teams have outlined what we call winning specs and are actively working to leverage these specs through our high-touch engineering programs with key OEM customers.These four winning specs, My Studio, Performance Tower, Little Giant, and Versatile Mini, showcase the variety of desktop form factors and capabilities. In addition to these specs, we're also developing a spec called Beyond Display to deliver an enhanced user experience with the PC. *My Studio: An all-in-one that provides shareability and interactivity with others featuring a large display and advanced cameras, audio and sensors. *Performance Tower: provides extreme features such as overclocking, intelligent fan speed and configurability. It also includes premium Intel technologies in connectivity, graphics and more.*Little Giant: A four to eight-liter mini tower desktop designed to fit into different workspaces with adaptive performance. It will be easily upgradeable and feature powerful GPU, memory and storage options. Little Giant delivers high performance in a small footprint, with low acoustic noise.*Versatile Mini: This is a one to two-liter modular mini desktop that is Cool, Quiet and Performant. It delivers high performance with Intel Core processors and GPU options while maintaining a nearly silent experience for users. Psys enables a smaller integrated PSU, thereby allowing a smaller form factor. It could be a portable companion device for travel and school needs.*Beyond Display: These displays could be paired with a tower, little giant or versatile mini to achieve advanced applications such as biometric authentication, wake on approach and walk away lock to create the proper environment for you. Its intelligent collaboration feature enhances the quality of video conferencing for work or moments enjoyed with your family.By leveraging Intel's Advanced Enabling Platforms program in collaboration with our ecosystem partners, we will develop these products and technologies to foster innovation in the desktop market.Q: Company workers have been experiencing long term pandemic hybrid work scenarios, what is Intel's strategy to evolve your products to accommodate that?A: To adapt to new work environments, Intel focuses on how to make the desktop experience more immersive to engage employees, more intelligent to help with routine tasks, and more performant to meet real world compute demands.Today's new workforce is demanding consumer-like experiences and Modern Commercial Desktop delivers on these needs. From multiple sleek design options to enhanced capabilities to ensure the system is intelligently adapting to the scenario, Modern Commercial Desktop is delivering on key experiences across our four pillars of know and enhance me, emanating power, work when I'm not there and grow with me.Together, these experiences allow commercial end users to be more effective and productive in getting their work done, while experiencing a more comfortable and exciting workplace. These are just the sort of capabilities companies need to get their employees excited about coming back into the office!At the same time, we must meet the challenges that hybrid and remote work has set forth. With Intel vPro, the needs of security, stability, and lifecycle management help drive desired business outcomes.Q: Is Intel expecting the Gaming market to continue growing and if so, where does desktop play a role?A: Gaming has been the hottest market in computing over the past decade and will continue to grow well into the future. This growth is powered by advancements in the latest games requiring top tier graphics performance, the continued growth of esports, and the latest connectivity options allowing for all players to compete against each other, no matter the platform they are playing on. In the latter scenario, players are choosing desktop gaming machines to get the performance edge over their competitors.Intel is putting epic experiences at the center of gaming by focusing on what gamers and developers love most about Intel platforms. We deliver the experience beyond frames per second. By measuring average framerates during gameplay only tells part of the experiential story. Measuring low framerates during product design helps us understand overall gaming performance.You can experience this platform advantage firsthand with our new 13th Gen Intel Core Desktop processors - including the Intel Core i9-13900K, which delivers the world's best gaming experience.Q: We know that in addition to games and commercial users, there are lot of creators out there as well. How will Intel's modern desktop vision benefit creators?A: The creator market is over three hundred million strong and growing at a rapid pace. From photographers to architects, genome modeling to 3D animation, creators push the boundaries of human expression. One of their biggest issues is the ability to stay in their creative flow. Our goal is to help them build a desktop compute haven that puts performance at their fingertips, shows off their creative prowess to the world and enables them to deliver their best work, all in a system that will continue to grow with them as their aspirations grow.If the creators equip the system with Intel's Core i9-13900K, it comes to next level multitasking. The system is able to intelligently assign the tasks to proper cores which provides the ultimate flexibility.For example, when the creator has Unreal Engine opened up, all the cores are firing at full speed to work on this task. If the user wants to continue working on other areas, he or she could simply minimize Unreal Engine and switch to Blender to work on a different project. Thanks to hybrid architecture, performance-cores are now ramping down and only the e-cores are at 100%. By only assigning the e-cores to Unreal Engine which is rendering in the background, now creator is free to do other work in the foreground.Whether you are a content creator using different applications or a developer working on other compute heavy projects, Intel's 13th gen desktop processors can help you multitask with ease.Q: Is modern PC going to include more AI functions or behaviors in the future? A: Absolutely. From our portfolio of AI computing devices like CPU, GPU and deep learning accelerators, Intel based platforms will continue to bring more AI capabilities to market. For example:Intel's CPUs are the most flexible processors for most generic AI workloads, and are the foundation for deep learning inferencing with AI enhanced capabilities (e.g. Intel Deep Learning Boost, Intel AVX 512) integrated in the silicon.Intel's integrated GPUs with hardware support for AI workloads built in (e.g. dp4a) enhance the overall CPU goodness for AI workloads. Upscale and retouch photos and videos quickly and easily with powerful XMX AI capabilities built into Intel Arc graphics, bringing out the best in AI accelerated creation tasks.Intel® FPGAs are great for AI inferencing usages, like a low-latency solution for safer and interactive experiences. And finally, Intel® Movidius™ VPUs enable computer vision and edge AI workloads on intelligent cameras and edge servers achieving a balance between power efficiency and compute performance.Q: Now that most cross-country companies are advocating sustainability, how is Intel advancing sustainability in its products?A: Intel is committed to sustainable manufacturing and sustainable products. As part of our ongoing commitment to sustainability, Intel recently pledged to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in our global operations by 2040. This also includes partnering with suppliers to decrease supply chain greenhouse gas emissions.Intel also set a new goal to lower emissions related to our reference platform designs for client form factors by 30%. We are committed to achieving this goal by 2030, partnering with customer engineering teams to implement sustainable solutions in their system designs – such as board area and component reduction opportunities or the introduction of low temperature solder, for example.To help drive operational energy efficiency, Intel has committed to increase product energy efficiency by 10X for client and server processors by 2030. We continue to develop products on pace with this goal.Intel also partners with customers to decrease system power consumption through electrical design recommendations or introduction of more efficient components such as the ATX12VO, or Advanced Technology 12 Voltage Only, power supply unit. Among other benefits, the ATX12VO reduces energy consumption at low loads, thus increasing energy efficiency by 5-20% relative to a multi-rail PSU.For example, the winning specs Little Giant we are advocating adopts single rail power supply and Intel Dynamic Tuning Technology, or DTT, which drive greater energy efficiency to meet strict energy regulations.Finally, we focus on end-of-life. Intel is working to improve a system's repairability, reliability, reusability, and recyclability to extend product life, thereby reducing the product's environmental impact.We believe the EPEAT Gold Certification is a critical sustainability target that we should all be designing towards. In particular, the improved product upgradability and repairability requirements that are being added in the new EPEAT standards are increasingly important for customers and tenders.Mandy Mock, VP and GM of the Desktop, Workstation and Channel Group, part of the Client Computing Group (CCG) at Intel

The leading China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) and the International Component Manufacturing & Design Show (ICMD) was held at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center from Nov. 23 –26. Asian Power Devices (APD) showcased its core products - medical power supplies, at ICMD (booth number: 11A10), and offered its advantages and potentials in its dedication and expansion of the medical power supply market.Using strength to demonstrate extremely "safe, reliable, lightweight and low-noise" performanceAs medical power supplies are the core components of medical equipment, their safety performance, usage life, failure rate and durability have always been the center of attention.As one of the few medical power device manufacturers that own the "ISO 13485 Medical Devices - Quality Management Systems certification" manufacturing base since 2015, Taiwan's leading power supply manufacturer APD has spared no effort in the research and development of products. APD has invested heavily in innovative R&D in the medical power field. APD's China plant was not only designated a "National High-tech Enterprise" for many consecutive years, it even won the honor of "Smart Manufacturing Maturity Level (Level II)" in 2022. It received praise from its customers again and again because of its solid product quality and its R&D and manufacturing capabilities. Medical equipment has become increasingly energy-conserving, environmentally friendly, and compact in recent years. In addition to product safety and performance, APD has also used high efficiency, low power consumption, low noise, miniaturizing, and portability as the focus of their product development and designs. The results can be seen in the highly reliable 3W~500W medical power supplies that APD exhibited this time.APD showcased the latest medical power supplies at CMEF 2022Durable and high-standard product designsAPD power supplies have product cases made with UL94V0 materials that are higher than the average medical safety standards to provide better safety, they also adopt APD's patented output cable structure design that can prevent ruptures and breaking of the cables due to bending multiple times to provide higher durability. APD power supplies also feature more compact designs to ensure that they fit perfectly with portable medical devices.Extremely low current leakage with great cooling and anti-electromagnetic interference performanceAPD's embedded power supplies can be used in systems both with or without fans, and have extremely low current leakage; this makes them safer for patients. The entire series of APD medical power supplies have optimized internal cooling and anti-electromagnetic interference structural designs, allowing them to have great stability. APD Product Manager Arch Wang adds: "APD medical power supplies also feature high static resistance, over-voltage, over-current and over-temperature protections. Therefore, they can better ensure the safety of the medical equipment and patients."Resistance against large voltage fluctuations, low-noise operation with peak power up to 300%Tolerance for large voltage fluctuations and therefore unrivaled reliability are other highlights of APD medical power supplies. When the power supply from the grid is unstable, and even when the voltage from the grid is less than 80 Vac, APD medical power supplies can still start up normally and supply power to medical equipment normally without affecting normal use. They can also handle large voltage fluctuations: the peak power of APD medical power supplies can reach up to 300%, able to use stable power to satisfy the need of generating large currents instantly for medical equipment. Their low-noise operation feature can provide patients with a quiet recovery environment.Allows collaborative R&D and design, products are applicable to multiple medical fieldsAll of APD's reliable medical power supplies comply with IEC60601 global medical product safety regulations. More importantly, "Our R&D team can work closely with our customers' R&D teams from early research to final development in order to better integrate with the customers' products ahead of time", Wang noted, "Take EMI and peak load for example, through advanced testing with the customer, the equipment can be adjusted to optimal statuses during the earlier stages of R&D design to avoid design modifications and the corresponding increase in cost and time that come after the testing when development has been completed".The high safety regulation standards and high collaborative R&D design capabilities of APD won the praise of its customers in various medical fields. Currently, APD's 3W~500W highly reliable medical power supplies can be widely applied for ventilators, oxygen concentrators, humidifiers, nebulizers, blood pressure monitors, infusion pumps, ultrasound devices, endoscopes, electric medical beds, monitoring equipment, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, depilators and other medical equipment; therefore, this exhibition attracted many major medical equipment manufacturers on site for interactive consultations.Operation momentum continues to grow: APD's new Shenzhen Pingshan plant launchedAPD continued to surpass the industry with an annual increase of 15% in revenue growth using its profound R&D capabilities and stable high-performance power products. Its ever-evolving technological innovations improve and optimize its production technologies and processes. APD is also actively expanding its production capacity recently. Its new plant at Pingshan, Shenzhen was completed and launched in September. This latest production base after the ones in Taipei, Taiwan and Shenzhen, China is expected to increase the production capacity significantly, using high-performance production services to meet the needs of customers in various fields around the world.

Fusion Worldwide, the premier global open market sourcing distributor for electronic products, received the award for Outstanding International Branded Distributor at the 2022 International IC & Component Exhibition and Conference (IIC) hosted in Shenzhen. This award is selected by a judging panel comprising of AspenCore editors in Asia, the US, and Europe, as well as submissions from voters worldwide through an online voting platform.Fusion Worldwide is an expert in the global sourcing of quality electronics components across all types of supply and demand fluctuations. The company's vetted supplier network, paired with its global testing facilities and logistics teams, enables Fusion Worldwide to source and deliver components more quickly. This award recognition has given Fusion Worldwide the confidence to consistently support and solve its customers' supply chain imbalances, thus establishing itself as the critical link in customer supply chains to keep its business on track."We are delighted to have been named the Outstanding International Branded Distributor at Global Electronic Component Distributor Awards. It is an incredible achievement to be not simply awarded but voted for by AspenCore editors and our customers. Over 20 years we have been successful in our ability to help customers with their supply chain issues. " said Tobey Gonnerman, President, Fusion WorldwideInternational IC & Component Exhibition and Conference 2022 (IIC)Organized by AspenCore, the International IC & Component Exhibition and Conference (IIC) strives to build an efficient and authoritative communication platform for the electronics industry. With a global perspective and enthusiasm for serving local industries, AspenCore helps local companies communicate with global leading technology manufacturers, grasp industry development trends quickly, inspire innovative design inspirations, help Chinese engineers complete emerging breakthrough technologies required for innovative designs, and promote China's integrated circuit technology innovations and industrial coordinated developments.Fusion Worldwide has been named as an Outstanding International Branded Distributor at the ASPENCORE International IC & Component Exhibition and Conference 2022 Global Electronic Component Distributor AwardsPhoto: Company

Nowadays, information technology and manufacturing are intimately linked to one another. It is inevitable for businesses to upgrade and digitalize in order to remain competitive in the industry. As an industrial automation integration solution supplier, znt-Richter (ZNT) has completed digital transformation for all customers in time, in budget and in quality, and will continue to progress and provide businesses innovative solutions and professional services. In this CEO interview, ZNT shared their experiences in digitalization, opportunities and challenges of digital empowerment, as well as their vision and planning for the industry.ZNT CEO Bernhard MarsonerAaron Chou, ZNT's general manager of Greater ChinaQ: As an industry-leading supplier of equipment automation platform solutions for realizing Industry 4.0, ZNT has accumulated lots of practical experience in providing innovative software solutions that enables smart manufacturing. Would you share your company's recent development status?A: Since 1985, we have been providing solutions to the manufacturing industry. Especially in recent years, our business model has experienced a rapid change in many ways. ZNT originally started with equipment automation solutions, primarily for the semiconductor industry. Later on, to fulfill Industry 4.0 demands, initially, we focused mainly on the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Then, we extended horizontally to the entire Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) solutions and the Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) product. Furthermore, we made a vertical extension to the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) field as well.In the beginning, we targeted the semiconductor industry with many companies operating disconnected manufacturing systems. Through data integration and equipment automation, we reduced manual and paper-based work in the manufacturing process, integrated disconnected systems and thus helped to implement smart manufacturing solutions. Meanwhile, many other industries have been facing the same manufacturing challenges and, therefore, we broaden our focus to industries such as high-tech electronics, medical device, and lately, batteries.With the expansion of our product portfolio and target industries, ZNT has been growing continuously and now operates eight offices globally. Four of them are in Asia and the newest one is in Taiwan. Our growing manpower enables us to support global accounts with their digital transformation and execute more and more multi-site cross regional factory rollouts.Q: ZNT has been focusing on businesses in the semiconductor and high-tech electronics fields and is committed to helping customers to solve production pain points and enhance the real value of production. Would you explain ZNT's achievements in such industries as well as the value ZNT can provide for production optimization based on its industry experience?A: Without doubt, ZNT had a strong influence on software development for equipment automation in the semiconductor industry in the last 40 years and released one of the leading integration platforms - Process Automation Controller (PAC). Our PAC helped many enterprises to optimize their production processes with data integration, equipment automation and an overall more effective use of their manufacturing resources.We haven't only cooperated closely with many well-known semiconductor manufacturers in the world consistently but assisted enterprises in transforming their factories and reaching the next level of production. While cooperating with a well-known semiconductor packaging company, ZNT helped the company to establish a comprehensive and transparent smart manufacturing platform based on Siemens Opcenter Execution MES and our PAC. With such systems in place, the speed for new product introduction (NPI) was significantly increased, and the production quality and cost control were greatly improved.In the high-tech electronics industry, we helped a business to integrate manufacturing silos and disconnected systems by implementing an end-to-end solution starting from design to engineering to manufacturing. In this case, we offered the Valor solution, which improves the NPI process, optimizes manufacturing processes, and increases the overall equipment efficiency (OEE) of several SMT-lines and which is also part of the Siemens Digital Software portfolio. These are good examples of how we provide feasible solutions as well as a digital strategy enabling customers to transform their business and reach the next level.Q: Could you share your idea of the opportunities and challenges that domestic manufacturers are facing? How could increasing the level of industrial automation and accelerating the transformation into smart manufacturing make businesses more competitive in the market?A: As most countries in the world have lifted their COVID restrictions, we are now moving into the "post pandemic era." Lately, Taiwan's manufacturing industry has stepped out of the dark cloud brought by the pandemic and appears to have a strong growth potential. In order to support digital transformation, the government has launched the "Digital Government Program." One of the objectives is to promote the digitalization and automation of the industry to achieve a higher manufacturing level.Working on digitalization is the essence to stay competitive after businesses experienced the massive changes caused by the pandemic. Especially in regulated manufacturing industries such as medical devices, automotive, and aerospace, manufacturers have to speed up their NPI while meeting higher quality standards and zero-defect requirements as well as traceability demands. Enterprises realize that traditional paper-based production and disconnected manufacturing systems make regulatory audits and shopfloor tracking a nightmare. Therefore, digitalization and automation, have been widely embraced as an opportunity in order to increase the traceability and transform the manufacturing process.An efficient short-term solution is to implement the MES to eliminate the paper-based documentation. This leads to a significant effect on reducing scrap materials and enhancing manufacturing efficiency and cost control. Even though implementing MES brings about visible results within a short amount of time, companies have to continue their investments to fully integrate all their manufacturing systems and data.To achieve a successful transformation, companies have to look at a holistic digitalization strategy to have an integrated view of the entire manufacturing lifecycle. Selecting a solution provider that offers an integrated manufacturing solution and matches the business's digitalization strategy is the most effective approach. A future-proof software environment for supporting smart design and manufacturing process covers equipment automation, quality control, and performance analysis and consists of PLM, simulation, and MOM products that are fully integrated. Such a solution platform provides a basis for further transformation and enables companies to keep up with any market demands. The important note is that transformation does not have to be done all at once but can be implemented step by step while always keeping the overall goal in mind.Q: The pandemic has driven many manufacturing enterprises to accelerate the pace of digital transformation. Based on the ZNT's practical experience, what would you say about the meaning of "digital transformation" to enterprises? How should enterprises cope with the transformation in the post-pandemic era?A: When it comes to digital transformation, we must not forget to mention the concepts of digital thread and digital twin which together set the ultimate goal of digital transformation. Digital thread means forming a closed loop from product design to shop floor manufacturing, so that all production line information can be monitored in real time, and adjustments can be made timely. By fully integrating any relevant system in the manufacturing process, we can achieve the digital thread of all production processes and information. Digital twin, on the other hand, means simulating the entire manufacturing process in a virtual environment, from designing the layout to visualizing material flows and possible bottlenecks to simulating the programmable logic controller (PLC) code for the automation hardware. In this way, manufacturers can test and optimize new production lines through simulations, thereby reducing the time, effort, and risk of actual debugging. This helps the manufacturing industry to improve quality management and efficiency, reduce production costs, enhance enterprise competitiveness, and take environmental protection and sustainable operation into account. Both digital thread and digital twin, specifically the digital twin of production are supported by our PAC equipment automation solution which collects and processes machine data.The pandemic has indeed catalyzed the digital transformation in the entire industry and many enterprises have begun to study or carry out the transformation work. Same as the businesses, we expect to see short-time results, but our advice to them is to have a clear focus on a mid-term digitalization roadmap. Therefore, the Return on investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) should be measured on mid-term results. Throughout the transformation process, enterprises should have a detailed performance overview of their current manufacturing system and the state of their resources, replace disconnected systems with an integrated system, and work towards the transformation goal. As one of the pioneers of digitalizing IT processes, we always focus on the overall picture rather than stand-alone solutions.Q: The idea of sustainable business operation is very popular among Taiwan's manufacturers recently. Could you share the relevant solutions that ZNT can provide? What kind of assistance could you offer enterprises concerned about this issue?A: Regarding sustainable business operation, we are fully aware of the attention paid to this issue by the government officials, businesses, and academia. In September, we participated in the "Advanced deployment of green supply chain, has smart carbon reduction kept up?" held by Midat. In the seminar, we shared how ZNT applied Siemens Teamcenter PLM and Opcenter MES to meet customers' needs. In addition to functions such as product carbon footprint disclosure, profitability analysis, tool cost and product cost accounting, Teamcenter platform also has a complete carbon dioxide equivalent computing architecture, enabling users to view relevant data on the operation page from the initial product design stage to the manufacturing process. On the other hand, Opcenter collects data and monitors production materials in all stages of the manufacturing process, which can help the manufacturing industry to go paperless and reduce carbon emissions. The integration of the two solutions supports enterprises to reach the long-term goal of green sustainable operations.Besides green manufacturing processes, environmental protection and sustainable business operation require an orderly and strategic sustainable development plan. Talking about manufacturing processes, outdated and disconnected systems thus need to be eliminated gradually following the transformation blueprint. Again: a holistic digitalization strategy including concepts like digital twin and closed loop manufacturing strongly support transformation processes. It enables enterprises to reduce material usage, increase manufacturing efficiency and therefore minimize their environmental footprint while strengthening their market position.Q: ZNT has been providing software related technical services to Taiwan's customers for many years. After setting up a branch in Taiwan this year, what would the plans for ZNT to further develop Taiwan's manufacturing market be?A: Starting 1985, ZNT has been providing innovative software solutions and professional services for manufacturers in Asia. The feedback we get from our customers clearly shows that they value our approach in facilitating digitalization, optimization and automation. Our enablement approach is highly appreciated and key for maintaining close partnerships with our customers all over Asia including Taiwan. Our new branch in Taiwan enables us to offer local customers more immediate assistance and build an even more solid relationship with them.In addition to the seminar I already mentioned, several more events took place in the past few months. Together with Siemens Industry Software Co., our global strategic partner, we participated in the 2022 SEMICON Taiwan. During the exhibition, we had meaningful conversations with people from the semiconductor and other industries and learned about their pain points and challenges on their roadmap to smart manufacturing.2022 SEMICON TaiwanPhoto: ZNTIn mid-October, we signed an industry-academia partnership with I-Shou University (ISU) and donated them Siemens MES and APS software. In addition, our senior consultants who have years of experience in the industry will offer a series of related courses to professors and students at ISU, aiming to nurture more talents in the smart manufacturing field.MOU signing ceremony at I-Shou UniversityPhoto: ZNTMoreover, a project with Fox Factory Switzerland GmbH, Taiwan Branch (Fox Factory), a vehicle parts manufacturing company, has kicked off at their factory in Taichung a few weeks ago. By establishing ZNT Taiwan, we are looking forward to expanding our market in the manufacturing industry in Taiwan. Recognizing the urgent demands of digital transformation, we are well prepared to provide customers professional solutions.ZNT & Fox Factory project kickoff meetingPhoto: ZNT

In today's digital world, we encounter more and more network threats, such as annoying advertisements, scams, phishing attacks, malware, trackers, and data breaches. Even if you have nothing important to hide, still, you wouldn't want your browsing activities to be tracked or monitored, right? Therefore, you need better and more potent tools to be in control of your online security and privacy. Among them, VPN is one of the most critical security measures to protect you from online threats and is no longer just a tool for tech junkies. VPN has truly become a mainstream security tool, making our lives easier and hackers' work much harder.Why should you use a VPN service?VPN, which stands for Virtual Private Network, is a service that protects your web connection and your privacy online. VPN creates an encrypted network tunnel for your traffic and protects your online identity by hiding your IP address. Once you connect to a VPN server, no one can see what you do online. 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Low-light scenes have always been the biggest challenge for network security cameras. Traditional solutions capture mono videos with the built-in IR LED lighting under low-light. However, mono images may lose the key judgement factors in surveillance monitoring, such as intruders' skin tones, hair color and clothing. Due to this limitation, consumers continue to search for home security cameras that can capture color video in the dark. Thus ultra-low light color image processing technology becomes crucial for network security camera application.In recent years, some security cameras have integrated white color LED and high sensitivity image sensor to capture color video in the dark. However, adding either IR or white LED will not only increase system cost and the time required for image fine-tuning but also introduce additional power consumption. The increased power consumption will shorten the battery life and the user will need to replace or recharge the battery more often.iCatch's new Vi57 SoC has an integrated AI-based digital lighting technology inside the 8th generation image processor. The AI-based digital lighting technology can generate clear color image under extreme low-light (0.1 Lux) illumination with mainstream image sensor. Vi57 SoC also includes a neural network engine so that edge AI features, such as pedestrian detection, face detection and behavior prediction, can all be realized within a single chip. The combination of digital lighting technology and edge AI can detect potential risk factors under extreme lighting to extend the level of security.Left is IR light image, Right is Vi57 digital lighting imagePhoto: iCatchIn future professional surveillance, security cameras will be required to generate vivid images under all kinds of conditions so that the objects in the scenes can be clearly identified. In order to achieve this goal, cameras not only need to adopt a high sensitivity and high resolution image sensor but also an imaging SoC with state-of-the-art image processor and neural network engine to achieve excellent image quality and accurate object recognition. The recently announced iCatch's Vi57 SoC has introduced a technological breakthrough in low-light image processing for security camera application. It will become the driving force of new application and camera design in the security and surveillance market.For more information about iCatch's products, please visit: www.icatchtek.comFor sales contact, please leave your message at: www.icatchtek.com/Requests

The IC distribution industry is a highly competitive market where speed is paramount, constituting an indispensable part of any discussion about restructuring electronic supply chains or building resilient supply chains. Sourceability is a U.S.-based IC distribution company founded in 2015 with revenue for this year estimated at US$1.2 billion. Sourceability operates Sourcengine, an e-commerce marketplace for electronic components, that utilizes a cloud-based digital platform to service its customers.Jens Gamperl, founder and CEO of Sourceability, said in an interview that the global supply chain has been impacted and disrupted after two years of economic turmoil and a spate of black swan events, affecting different industries to varying degrees. His solution to the uncertainty of market supply and demand changes is to develop an electronic supply chain platform, initiate digital transformation, and keep a finger on the pulse of the rapidly changing market. Sourceability offers stability to companies whether facing product shortages or surpluses on the supply side or fluctuating end-user demand.A native of Germany, Jens first entered the industry in 1983 with rich experience in the dynamics of the ICT distribution market. He has witnessed the diversity of the European market and has been able to deal with the day-to-day market changes thanks to his experience with different cultural, linguistic, and industry specifics. Jens had great expectations of the Internet and cloud-based technologies as the core of problem solving. This mentality led to the establishment of Sourceability, and this was also where his unique digital transformation began.The early days of the IC distribution businesses were all about integrating sales and distribution management and finances. Oftentimes, a single problem in one of the links in the distribution chain, from the top end to the production end, would have a serious impact on the entire IC distribution business. Therefore, when Jens returned to the market in 2015, rather than deal with endless escapades and crises, he wanted to adopt an open marketplace business model. Sourceability utilizes a transparent information sharing approach to integrate semiconductor chip inventory, technical specifications, delivery times, and other data. In this way, all parties involved in a transaction can use the digital platform to see the current situation clearly, directly, and quickly. In addition, chip users can trade directly in an open marketplace, allowing potential risks to be mitigated by the speed of operations.Sourceability Values Digital Customer Experience: Get All Things Done on One Platform OnlySourcengine's business model adopts a cloud-based digital platform and digital tools to serve its customers. In addition, Sourcengine provides an API for large electronics manufacturing service providers to easily integrate with individual customers' ERP systems. The most tangible benefits of this integration include transparent and foolproof status of parts in real time, as well as direct answers to all potential questions. For example, in the midst of the 2018 global MLCC shortage, Sourceability was able to quickly solve customers' most pressing limitation periods via digital tools. This modus operandi is unprecedented among traditional IC distributors. From processing large order volumes to inventory control and reporting, Sourcengine solves problems big and small.Sourceability has also showcased its Quotengine tool. Once a user sets up an account and uploads their BOM, Quotengine immediately compares the original part numbers, quantities, requirements, and other information to its database. Next, Quotengine provides the prices, quantities, and delivery times of each of Sourcengine's more than 3,500 chip suppliers. Within minutes, it displays the status of parts and provides a report sheet with the above data. Quotengine also facilitates exchanges and decision-making among colleagues in purchasing departments. In the past, successfully managing a single purchase often meant spending a lot of time solving problems such as finding a supplier, managing delivery times, and setting prices. With Quotengine, market research, pricing, and delivery time information can now be integrated within minutes, saving a great deal of time. This is the marketplace business model Jens has been calling for.Sourceability has various branches in Asia and three shipping warehouses in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Miami, as well as offices and branches in various cities and regions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The company aims to continue expanding its business in Asia. Sourceability is also gradually broadening the promotion of its digital customer tools. To learn more about the services offered by Sourceability, kindly visit the official website: www.sourceability.comJens Gamperl, Founder and CEO of SourceabilitySourceability drives digital supply chain transformation, shaping new development for IC distributors

APD just deeply displayed their APD's 3W~500W highly reliable medical power supply solutions in medical field at In COMPAMED/MEDICA 2022, the world's leading platform for state-of-the-art medical technology from Nov 14 to 17 in Düsseldorf, Germany. These applies which successful & widely attracted major medical equipment manufacturers on site, and won the praise from the local attendees from various medical fields.Across all medical-related fields, stable power delivery is critical for the safety of patients and healthcare workers. To support this need, Asia Power Devices (APD) provides the industry with high-quality, highly reliable power units, for more details, let's review the features in following paragraphs.APD's 3W~500W medical power supplies feature durable and high-standard product designs.Since 2015, Taiwan's APD has been one of the few manufacturers with "ISO 13485 Medical Devices - Quality Management Systems certification". In recent years, APD has focused its product development and design efforts on making its products smaller and quieter, with reduced power consumption, more environmentally friendly. An example is APD's highly reliable 3W~500W medical power supplies.Long-term stable power supply capacity is a critical factor for medical products. Stable, safe power supply units need to meet the highest safety standards. APD's highly reliable 3W~500W power supplies meet the IEC60601 global medical safety standard. The units have exceedingly low leakage current, good thermal performance, and high level of electromagnetic compatibility.Furthermore, these medical supplies can support up to 300% peak power load, ensuring a safe and stable power delivery when peak load is requested from the medical equipment. The technology's low-noise operation provides patients with a quiet recovery environment.APD's 3W~500W medical power supplies are widely used in numerous medical devices, including ventilators, oxygen concentrators, humidifiers, medical displays, nebulizers, blood pressure monitors, infusion pumps, ultrasonic equipment, endoscopes, electrical medical beds, monitoring equipment, IVD devices, etc.APD medical power supply has high electrostatic susceptibility. Features numerous protective mechanisms, including overvoltage, overcurrent, and over-temperature protection. The casing is made of UL94V0 fireproof materials, exceeding general medical safety standards.More than quality: APD's production capacity is also actively improvingAPD has surpassed much of its competition, what with the company's 15% annual increase in revenue using its R&D capabilities coupled with its stable, high-performance power products.Also, it is expanding its production capacity. A new facility at Pingshan, Shenzhen, was launched in September. The factory will increase production significantly, using high-performance technology to meet customers' needs worldwide.