Jaguar Land Rover and Wolfspeed have today announced a strategic partnership to supply Silicon Carbide semiconductors for next generation electric vehicles, delivering increased powertrain efficiency and extended driving range.Under its Reimagine strategy, Jaguar Land Rover is transforming to an electric-first business, to become carbon net zero across its supply chain, products, services, and operations by 2039.Wolfspeed's advanced Silicon Carbide technology will be used specifically in the vehicles' inverter, managing the transfer of power from the battery to the electric motors. The first Range Rover vehicles with this advanced technology will be available from 2024, and the new all-electric Jaguar brand the following year.The partnership builds on Wolfspeed's existing relationship with the race-winning Jaguar TCS Racing team competing in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, where its advanced Silicon Carbide technology has been used to accelerate on-track efficiency and performance.The agreement is the latest in Jaguar Land Rover's programme of establishing strategic partnerships with industry leaders for its future modern luxury vehicles: in February 2022, Jaguar Land Rover announced a partnership with NVIDIA focused on software-defined, advanced automated driving systems for next-generation vehicles starting in 2025.Thierry Bollore, Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar Land Rover, said: "We are not strangers having collaborated together with the Jaguar TCS Racing team for the last five seasons. By developing that into a strategic partnership as part of our Reimagine strategy, we can integrate Wolfspeed's advanced Silicon Carbide technology into our next generation electric vehicles, delivering extended range and performance capabilities for our clients."Wolfspeed President and CEO, Gregg Lowe, said: "Wolfspeed is proud to partner with Jaguar Land Rover, supporting its bold commitment to electrify its iconic brands by using Silicon Carbide's superior performance, efficiency and range. The energy efficiency of Silicon Carbide will play an essential role as Jaguar Land Rover pursues its own zero carbon goals, and as the world transitions to an all-electric transportation future."The partnership agreement sees Jaguar Land Rover participate in the Wolfspeed Assurance of Supply Program, to secure the supply of this technology for future electric vehicle production needs. This will enable greater visibility and control over Jaguar Land Rover's future supply chain and is key to the new value chain approach of the company's operations and supply chain under the leadership of Barbara Bergmeier, Executive Director of Industrial Operations. Wolfspeed's world leading technology is powering electric propulsion systems across the entire voltage spectrum – from 400V to 800V. The Silicon Carbide power device solutions will be produced at Wolfspeed's Mohawk Valley Fab in Marcy, New York, which opened in April 2022 as the world's largest 200mm Silicon Carbide fabrication facility. The fully automated facility dramatically expands capacity for Wolfspeed's Silicon Carbide technologies, which will supply the increasing demand for EV production and other advanced technology sectors around the world.For more information visit www.media.jaguarlandrover.comThrough its Reimagine strategy, Jaguar Land Rover is transforming to an electric-first business, on a journey to carbon net zero by 2039Strategic partnership with Wolfspeed will secure supply for Silicon Carbide semiconductor technology

PXPay Plus, a new addition to the electronic payment industry, was officially launched on September 1st, 2022. In just 10 days, the number of registered users reached one million people and is on track to hit the magical number of two million people ahead of schedule by the end of the year. The rapid growth of PXPay Plus is due in part to its system stability enabled by the robust support of Chunghwa Telecom's internet data centers (IDCs).With Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs as service of choice, PXPay Plus can fully focus on its core businessNick Chen, Manager of Technology Department at PXPay Plus, believes that while building its own server rooms would give the company full control over all operational aspects, renting IDC server rooms is, however, more cost-effective. Not only does Chunghwa Telecom boast the largest bandwidth in Taiwan, the hardware specifications of its IDCs also meet high international standards. Coupled with Chunghwa Telecom's highly experienced IDC maintenance and professional information security teams, PXPay Plus is able to fully focus its resources on its core business without any worries.Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs provide a one-stop total solution that enables its customers to eliminate the inconvenience of managing multiple vendors and connection vulnerabilities. Furthermore, they can also reduce compliance risks and communications costs. In the event of future expansion, customers also need not worry about rising costs associated with labors, and environmental control and maintenance as the scale of their operations grows. PXPay Plus's ultimate decision to opt for Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs has effectively saved the company millions in costs.Flexible bandwidth, information security, and network protection to deliver uninterrupted business services"On the day of the press conference, the highest instantaneous network traffic was five times the current daily traffic!" Camel Lo, Manager of IT Department at PXPay Plus, indicates that the ability of Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs to quickly respond to bandwidth demand can effectively solve problems of sudden bandwidth shortages. He also points out that in the future, the company no longer has to worry about its system being overwhelmed due to customers' immense enthusiasm following certain marketing campaigns which often leads to subsequent customer complaints and negative effects on the corporate image.Camel Lo also explains that Chunghwa Telecom provides multiple data centers as backups, featuring a high-availability architecture that is directly connected to the HiNet backbone network. This can minimize network transmission delays and allow the network traffic to be adjusted flexibly at any time without having to wait for the adjustment to take effect and risk interrupting the service.Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs have also complied with the requirements of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), successfully obtained the System and Organization Controls (SOC) report, and provided DDoS protection drills, as well as DDoS protection services. With professional IDC service capabilities, complemented by each company's internal firewall, Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs provide customers with a level of protection where they no longer need to fear the network attacks. Chunghwa Telecom enables the electronic payment industry, which handles highly sensitive data, to create a high-quality and secure digital financial environment.Nick Chen indicates that the company plans to double its technical staff within a year due to the rapid business expansion of his company. With robust support from Chunghwa Telecom's IDCs, the new staff shall be able to devote themselves fully to developing and optimizing system functions, thus aiding the company in its efforts to becoming a dominant player in the electronic payment industry.To learn more about Chunghwa Telecom's IDC server rooms, please visit URL: http://www.idc.hinet.netEnterprise Customer Service Hotline: 0800-080-365Camel Lo, Manager of IT Department (left), and Nick Chen, Manager of Technology Department at PXPay Plus (right)

Two years ago, a unique baby monitor that used artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately determine the cause of a baby's crying – whether the infant may be hungry, sleepy, or needs a diaper change – was launched in the childcare market. This baby monitor could even actively play soft, soothing music to immediately calm a baby. This product was called "Pixsee AI Smart Baby Monitor" and it was built by Shennona, a Compal subsidiary.What's special about Pixsee is that it was the world's first consumer product to be certified by Microsoft's Azure IoT Hub. By utilizing the Azure IoT Hub at its core, Pixsee links the cloud, the monitors, and cell phones to integrally manage all Pixsee devices. It also realizes high-speed and safe services by utilizing Azure's encryption technology and multiple information security solutions, thereby allowing parents to safely use Pixsee AI smart baby monitor and various app services.Shennona, a Compal subsidiary, has created "Pixsee AI Smart Baby Monitor" and has achieved high-speed and safe service design by integrating Pixsee and peripheral Internet of Things (IoT) products by using Azure IoT Hub; credit: Shennona Co., Ltd.Integrates cloud and local encryption to achieve a worry-free and secure experienceHaving had many years of experience in the medical industry, Shennona is expanding to cater to consumers of all ages. After developing smart medical solutions for the elderly, Shennona is currently striving to build the Pixsee brand to cater to newborns by utilizing its existing competencies in AI and IoT technology as well as strengths in product design, which have helped it to win the iF Design Awards from Germany in the past.The purpose of Pixsee is to provide 24/7 care for babies while storing all precious memories, which could, for example, then be provided to the babies and their families. Pixsee's AI can gradually learn about and understand the people and objects found in the babies' environments. The Pixsee team focused on AI-enabled voice recognition in the first stage, but recently the team has moved into the large-scale introduction of AI-enabled image recognition technologies. These are the fruitful results of the Pixsee AI team's collaborations with Microsoft. Looking forward, Shennona will launch more peripheral equipment for Pixsee. Its features will gradually move from the basic requirement of providing "care" to a more well-rounded "edutainment" goal by introducing "learning" and "play" functions.Pixsee's comprehensive collaborations with Microsoft include the following three aspects: First, to build a comprehensive encryption system for the cloud and local AIoT products in order to ensure total privacy protection for audio and video information, for both individuals and entire families. Second, to achieve a high-speed and safe service design by integrating Pixsee and peripheral IoT products by using Azure IoT Hub. Third, as information security laws become more stringent all over the world, Pixsee can accelerate its global expansion plans by relying on Microsoft's highly compliant information framework to fulfill the requirements of personal information protection laws throughout the world.Acquires more market opportunities by riding on the shoulders of giantsGiven Microsoft's strong AI team and its years of experience in AI research and development, Pixsee has made repeated efforts throughout the development process to utilize Microsoft's AI platform to augment the competencies of its own internal AI development team. For instance, in terms of safety, the covered face detection on a child requires an immediate response, and should therefore be deployed locally and directly built into the Pixsee device. On the other hand, the music scheduling service does not require immediate attention, so this function may be split up between different devices. Some of its features may be cloud-based and could take advantage of the AI derivative applications developed over several decades by Microsoft. This would help the Pixsee AI team to overcome its manpower constraints. By riding on the shoulders of the Microsoft giant, Pixsee can achieve faster deployment to win more market opportunities.In addition, Pixsee uses financial institution-grade encryption for its baby monitor, which utilizes irreversible encryption alongside Azure's industrial encryption computing technology. Furthermore, in order to fully satisfy consumers' requirements for privacy protection, Shennona has also extended the length of encryption keys from 128 bits to 256 bits.Pixsee's brand positioning is not only limited to baby monitors. Going forward, it will also strive to build a record of the most touching moments of all family members and record them through an AI-enabled, smarter day-to-day life. It is expected that Microsoft's continued support will be crucial to the Pixsee brand in the foreseeable future as Shennona moves toward more diverse developments.Builds expandable core solutions to increase user loyaltyAccording to Terry Chang, Microsoft Asia-Pacific IoT Solution Specialist, there are three main types of assistance provided by Microsoft's services to Pixsee.A. Device management - By using the Azure IoT Hub as a global device management platform, Pixsee was able to comprehensively realize device deployment and setup, remote data collection, firmware version control, device life cycle management, and edge-to-cloud safety management.B. Information analytics - By using Azure Log Analytics in its backend, Pixsee could enhance the user experience and optimize the contents of its app by performing multi-dimensional information queries from different data sources, including the Pixsee app, remote device monitoring data, and consumer data.C. Information management - Azure Data Lake Storage helps Pixsee implement big data management; by using Azure Data Lake's built-in data life cycle management function, hot and cold data could be automatically separated to not only reduce the cost of data storage but also allow Shennona's staff to focus on developing their core businesses.Pixsee has made repeated efforts throughout the development process to utilize Microsoft's AI platform to augment the competencies of its own internal AI development team. For instance, in terms of safety, the covered face detection on a child requires an immediate response; credit: Shennona Co., Ltd.Going forward, it is expected that there will be even more close-knit collaborations between Microsoft and Shennona's Pixsee. Microsoft's Senior Manager of Device Partner Sales Department Jimmy Huang has compiled three major directions. The first is "innovating quality solutions", in which Azure's AI, machine learning, and slew of tools and the Microsoft team's experience and technical support can facilitate Pixsee's team's development of more innovative solutions compatible with end users' usage environment, thereby helping them to cater to the users' lifestyles. The second is "strengthening information safety and transparency". Microsoft has always been committed to information security; it can integrate edge-to-edge protection, AI, and automated functions to tackle safety concerns from all angles. Since privacy is a key issue for all of Pixsee's various services, the company may use Microsoft's diverse information security services including Defender, Sentinel, and Purview to provide comprehensive information security protection and data governance.Finally, in terms of "digital transformation", Microsoft will help the Shennona team build an expandable and repeatable core solution founded on Pixsee. This will benefit the further development of Shennona's terminal equipment, facilitate users' loyalty to its services, and finally help the company to create a broader living and caring platform with even more enriched solutions.

Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, has released the first episode in Season 2 of its "Factory Tomorrow" video series focused on advancements in automation and control within factories and manufacturing facilities.Sponsored by Siemens, Schneider Electric and Phoenix Contact, the three-episode series will take a closer look at the driving forces behind Industry 4.0, interviewing experts in the field about how artificial intelligence (AI), connectivity and edge computing technologies are shaping the next major leap forward for manufacturing."Over the years, the manufacturing industry has continued to grow and become even smarter and more automated," said Eric Halvorson, partnership marketing manager – strategic programs at Digi-Key. "We're looking forward to bringing more of these Industry 4.0 technologies to light and showcasing how the industrial automation space is evolving. At Digi-Key, we're dedicated to ensuring that engineers have access to the automation and control products they need to keep innovating the future of advanced factories.""Siemens Digital Twin is addressing supply chain and manufacturing challenges by providing a virtual representation of a physical process or product to simulate, predict, and optimize the product or production system," said Kurt Covine, director of partner sales at Siemens Digital Industries. "The digital twin helps manufacturers innovate more efficiently and prepare for the future.""Our goal at Schneider Electric is to be your digital partner for sustainability and efficiency," said Poonam Narang, director of motor management application and strategy at Schneider Electric. "By leveraging innovative technologies, our customers can gain access to machine performance and energy use data to better understand the health of their operation and make informed maintenance decisions to significantly reduce unplanned downtime. Further, our digital solutions simplify machine design, installation and maintenance, helping to address the real challenges around supply chain constraints and skilled labor shortages facing end user customers today.""At Phoenix Contact, our mission is to provide solutions for electrification, networking and automation so that renewable energy is available to everyone around the world," said Jack Nehlig, president, Phoenix Contact USA, Inc. "What makes us unique? We think and act for the long term, and through our passion for innovation, we provide technologies that empower our customers to offer trusted solutions."The first of three videos in the series, "Seeing Double," is now live on Digi-Key's website, and delves into the topic of digital twins, which allow for detailed hardware simulations of incredibly complex operations such as manufacturing processes and entire layouts of future factory floors.The second video, entitled "The Show Must Go On," will feature visibility through the use of complex sensors and hardware; and the third video, "Thinking Outside the Box," will showcase the cutting-edge manufacturing solutions of tomorrow.To learn more about the video series, factories of the future and how Digi-Key is supporting the rapidly growing automation and control sector, visit the Digi-Key website.

In order to encourage all industries to apply smart technology, overturn the traditional education frame, and become the best cloud support, the Startup Terrace of SMEA, Kaohsiung City Government, BenQ, AWS Joint Innovation Center, and MetaAge cooperated and held a smart education startup recruiting project championship called "Gathering at Kaohsiung Startup Terrace for Future Education". The quarterfinal was held at the Startup Terrace on the 17th. Surreal Corporation finally won the championship and a prize of NT$200,000 after an intense competition.The Smart Education Championship was won by Surreal with a prize of NT$200,000. The second place was won by Kdan Mobile with a prize of NT$ 100,000 while Uniigym with a prize of NT$80,000 as third place.Photo: Lee, Fu-ChungThe champion, Surreal Corporation, is already at the top of VR innovation development. It is committed to building a brand new learning style through virtual reality and promotes a simultaneous two-way educational platform and educational service with interacting experience.The second place was won by Kdan Mobile with a prize of NT$100,000 while Uniigym with a prize of NT$80,000 as third place. The top three will receive rich resources of cloud technique consultation and jointly developed overseas markets of BenQ education interactive touch monitor, so startup teams of education technology can start from Kaohsiung and do business with the world through cloud computing.Judges, VIPs, and participants of the quarterfinal.Photo: Lee, Fu-ChungThe championship attracted startup companies and schools to participate. The organizer invited representatives from industry, official, university, and startup company to be the judges, including President of BenQ Taiwan, Steve Yang; AWS Senior Director, Lin, Yuan-Chi; Director of SMEA, Ho, Chin-Tsang; Deputy Director of Kaohsiung City Education Bureau, Chen, Pei-Ru; Kaohsiung University EMBA Executive Management Training Center, Professor Weng, Ming-Jang; and President of Common Wealth Parenting Product Business Group, Yu, Yu-Hsueh.Participating team were presenting and showing their advantages on product development during the competition to win the favor of the judges.Photo: Lee, Fu-ChungThe 8 teams in the quarterfinal were outstanding and made the competition intense. The teams are Uniigym which is known as the Netflix in the workout industry; Kdan Mobile whose product had accumulated 200 million downloads worldwide; Flying Crazyer, an AI consulting system builder, whose Goer Technology was applied by over 300 Go Association in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and China; Studycat Studios that design mobile language learning games for kids; EZ-AI that apply voice recognition onto English education; Surreal that build interactive VR courses, Yang Hang Tech that can help educators transfer all their work onto the internet.The participating teams were receiving questions from judges.Photo: Lee, Fu-Chung The judges agreed that every participant can be the cloud supporting team that can overturn the education status and was hard to come up with a conclusion. President of BenQ Taiwan, Steve Yan, said, this activity is just a start. He hoped to have more opportunities for further discussions with all the teams and was glad to see many teams are already making their way to the overseas market. Ho, Chin-Tsang, Director of SMEA, said, the startup teams of Taiwan are as good as teams from other countries and have the ambition and faith to get into the global market. He expected to find more cooperation plans between startup companies and indicator companies, such as AWS, BenQ, after this competition.The championship attracted startup companies and schools to join and interact with the participating teams. Photo: Lee, Fu-ChungVice President of MetaAge Business Development Center, Steven Chu, said, the company will promote cooperation between AWS, BenQ, and the awarded team through this AWS Joint Innovation Center Program. We also welcome universities, venture capitals, or enterprises that are interested in the services provided by the quarterfinal teams to contact the organizer for further cooperation. Let's open up the possibility of digital education and apply more innovative technology to education.

The results of the 31st "Taiwan Excellence Award" were released recently. The Smart Virtual Onboard Unit developed by Clientron stood out among 1109 products, and won the favor of the judges and the award. The honor of winning the "Taiwan Excellence Award" this time affirms that Clientron has actively invested in the research and development of automotive electronic technology for the past years.The Taiwan Excellence Awards are like the Oscars of the industry, which strictly selects high-quality and innovative products of the highest standard. This is the belief of Taiwanese enterprises to choose high-quality products. In 2022, it emphasizes the spirit of "only innovation can improve life", echoing this award-winning product.The Smart Virtual Onboard Unit is designed with modularized, highly diversified integration characteristics, and integrates some of the cockpit systems with it. It has a simple design to fit different packages of vehicles, and is easy to maintain. It also passes the automobile testing and validation requirements for EMC/EMI and others to ensure reliability, functionality, safety, etc.Because of the modularized design, it's smart and easy to connect various systems, such as cameras, sensors, and e-shifter, and also integrate 8 ADAS's warning features: driving recorder, alcohol lock, fatigue driving, surround view, FCW (forward collision warning), LDW (lane departure warning), BSD(blind spot detection), and TPMS(Tire pressure monitoring system ) for driving safety. Moreover, it provides an infotainment system as well as smart driving services.Kelly Wu, president & CEO of Clientron, said that with standardization, modularization, intelligence, and networking as the core, Clientron integrates all domains of Taiwan's industrial resources, and implements domestic electric vehicle manufacturing through leading domestic electric vehicle technology. This award is an affirmation of Clientron's efforts over the years, and it is also a demonstration of the achievements of Clientron's efforts in the electric vehicle market. Clientron will continue to integrate the domestic electric vehicle supply chain with years of its own accumulated system integration technology and experience, strive to create an advanced and safe smart e-cockpit, and work closely together with partners to move into the global electric vehicle market.Clientron Smart Virtual Onboard Unit won the 31st Taiwan Excellence Award

ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of industrial-grade DRAM modules and NAND Flash products, is pleased to announce that it will be at SIDO Paris 2022, the leading European solutions and technologies event for IoT, artificial intelligence, robotics and XR. The show will be held in Paris from November 8 – 9, 2022. At the show, ADATA will be demonstrating its 112-layer (BiCS5) 3D TLC flash storage products, including NVMe/SATA III solid state drives, memory cards, and high-capacity and high-performance DDR5 DRAM modules developed for IoT, AI and robotics applications. Visit ADATA at Palais des Congrès, Paris, booth F27. At ADATA's booth visitors will be able to see its comprehensive line-up of 112-layer (BiCS5) 3D TLC NAND flash storage products equipped with KIOXIA and WDC ICs and come with various form factors, including 2.5-inch, M.2 2280/2242 solid state drives, as well as CFast and microSD memory cards. In addition to SATA III SSDs, ADATA will showcase two PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 2280 SSDs with stunning read/write performance up to 7000/6500 MB/s, high capacities up to 4TB, and 3K P/E cycle ratings for greater product longevity. To ensure greater durability, ADATA's BiCS5 SSDs and memory cards undergo wide-temperature testing (-40°C to 85°C). Additionally, ADATA also provides multiple value-added customization services, such as A+ SLC to elevate the product durability and reliability to SLC grade, and Power Loss Protection (PLP) to ensure data integrity by adding power-retaining Tantalum polymer capacitors.With the growing demands of big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and IoT, ADATA offers high-capacity and high-performance DDR5 DRAM modules with low latency, which are essential to these applications. The DDR5 series include U-DIMM, SO-DIMM, R-DIMM, ECC U-DIMM and ECC SO-DIMM variants, featuring high speeds of up to 4800 MT/s, Power Management IC (PMIC), and on-die ECC technology. They utilize SAMSUNG ICs, offer capacities of up to 32GB, and operate at 1.1V for improved energy efficiency over DDR4. For servers and data centers, the DDR5 R-DIMM and ECC series employ 30µ PCB gold plating for improved signal transmission and come with optional features such as Anti-Sulfuration Protection and Conformal Coating for resilience against pollutants, dust, and humidity.To better understand ADATA's new products and technologies, welcome to visit SIDO Paris 2022 at Palais des Congrès, Paris, from November 8 - 9, booth F27. Please contact ADATA representatives to schedule a guided tour of the ADATA booth.For more details, please visit:ADATA's website: https://industrial.adata.com/en/edm/SIDO_PARIS_2022 ADATA's Profile Page at SIDO Paris: https://www.sido-paris.com/en/exhibitor/29928/adata-industrial/ADATA will showcase its IoT Solutions at SIDO Paris

Kasten by Veeam, the market leader for Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery, today announced the NEW Kasten by Veeam K10 V5.5 Kubernetes data management platform. Kubernetes applications are growing at a rapid pace. However, operations teams with the required skill sets to meet these demands are not able to keep up, which has made scaling simplicity of operations imperative. Purpose-built for Kubernetes, the latest release of Kasten by Veeam K10 V5.5 bridges this skills gap by introducing powerful new capabilities around autonomous operations and cloud native expansion. As a complement to the suite of modern data protection and recovery solutions offered by Veeam to protect all data assets across virtual, cloud-native, SaaS, Kubernetes and physical workloads, these advancements will address the challenges historically found in Kubernetes around operational complexity at scale, especially due to the diversity of deployment environments."Organizations need to not only transition to a new, modern cloud native development technology and workflow but also require operations at scale without having an army of Certified Kubernetes Administrators," said Gaurav Rishi, Vice President of Product and Partnerships at Kasten by Veeam. "This is where Kasten K10 shines – by scaling simplicity. Our latest release augments an organization's workforce so that the enterprise can realize cloud-native technology and operational benefits by automating several data management tasks."Backing up and protecting Kubernetes environments on top of designing and maintaining cloud-native deployments is a compounding issue for an already short-staffed workforce. Yet at the same time, the percentage of enterprises investing in Kubernetes and containerization in production continues to grow, making it critical for organizations to optimize and de-risk their large Kubernetes investments. Enabling intelligence and automation while broadening technology partnerships and business agreements ensures enterprises have wide access to the most up-to-date advancements across a spectrum of technologies in the backup and recovery process for scaling simplicity.New capabilities of Kasten K10 V5.5 include:Intelligent Policies: Kasten K10 capabilities for intelligent decisions that simplify data protection at scale. Users can now factor in the application's non-peak usage hours and specify a backup window accordingly. Kasten K10 will not only honor the backup windows but will further automate the sequencing of the underlying backup jobs. This optimizes the utilization of the underlying infrastructure and automatically handles conflict resolution when multiple policies are scheduled.Boosted ease of deployment and scale: Kasten K10 further eases onboarding by providing an intuitive graphical wizard to generate the most suitable install manifests that can be visualized and repeated for multiple installs. Kasten K10 also features IPv6 support to resolve IP exhaustion problems and address growing edge deployments with support for Amazon EKS with IPv6 inter-Pod communication, and GitOps workflow integrations offering scalable workflows for efficient app deployment as well as backup/restore.Expanded cloud-native ecosystems: Ensures customers have access to the most up-to-date advancements across increasing workload types, geographic regions, storage types, and security. Kasten K10 now supports RedHat OpenShift Virtualization enables you to run and manage Virtual Machine (VM) and container workloads side by side on Red Hat OpenShift. Additionally, Kasten K10 adds support for OCP 4.10, Kubernetes 1.23, Azure Files as a backup target and Azure Managed identity, along with additional regions for AWS (Jakarta) and GCP (Milan)."Kubernetes adoption and containerization are increasingly becoming mainstream across enterprises, but current manual steps, constant oversight and ever-present cyberattacks continue to inject complexity in the Kubernetes backup environment, hampering DevOps teams' ability to scale," said Danny Allan, CTO and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Veeam. "With Kasten by Veeam K10 V5.5, customers can ensure adequate data protection in Kubernetes environments by offering autonomous operations that support cloud native expansion goals. What's more, Kasten by Veeam's membership with The Open Source Security Foundation strongly underlines the company's commitment to contributing to security best practices and education for both Kasten and Veeam customers, as well as the industry at large."General availability of the new Kasten K10 V5.5 is expected later this quarter. To learn more about Kasten and see Kasten K10 V5.5 in action, visit Kasten by Veeam at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon North America.For more information, please visit www.kasten.io or try K10 for FREE.Kasten K10 V5.5 new features and capabilities aim at scaling simplicity to mitigate operational complexity and help cloud native environments reach their full potential.Photo: Kasten by Veeam

Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Advanced ASIC Leader, announced that GLink 2.3LL (GUC's die-to-die Link) interface IP for TSMC CoWoS and InFO chiplets integration platforms passed silicon validation and was showcased at the TSMC 2022 Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum in Santa Clara Convention Center on Oct 26, 2022.Die edge is the scarcest resource and GLink 2.3LL allows the most efficient use of it by transferring 2.5 Tbps of full-duplex user traffic per every mm of die edge. With end-to-end latency of 5 ns and measured power consumption of 0.27 pJ/bit, this is the most efficient chiplet interface on the market. GLink 2.3LL supports InFO_oS and all CoWoS types (both silicon –S and organic interposers -R). Leading AI, CPU, and automotive customers have adopted it for their next-generation products.GLink 2.0 and GLink 2.3LL specificationsGUC provides full AXI, CXS or CHI bus bridges with configurable parameters (bus width and other properties) using a GLink 2.3LL physical interface. Integrated TX and RX Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) FIFOs allow independent clock frequencies for interconnecting dies, which can be changed on the fly without any data traffic interruption. The GLink 2.3LL IP includes a Link Training hardware state machine and automatic tracking of voltage-temperature changes during normal operation, so that the user software is not involved in interface control. The training and tracking are done entirely on the RX side without any die-to-die interaction, meeting strict Automotive Functional Safety requirements. The GLink 2.3LL I/Os' high cross-talk tolerance allows CoWoS/InFO unshielded routing, effectively doubling the number of signal traces for the interposer or RDL. GLink 2.3LL has redundant lanes that replace faulty ones during production tests or in the field. The proteanTecs interconnect monitoring system is integrated into the PHY. It can be used to monitor the signal quality of every physical lane during normal operation in order to observe lane degradation due to TSMC CoWoS or InFO_oS physical effects. This supports decisions to replace marginal quality lanes with redundant ones to prevent system failures and extend the product's life cycle.The version of GLink 2.3LL for TSMC N3E will be available in Q1, 2023 and the GLink automotive version on TSMC N5A process will be ready in 2024. GUC's implementation of UCIe takes advantage of our expertise with many silicon-proven generations of GLink IPs, making our path to UCIe low risk."Chiplet-based architectures using CoWoS and InFO have become mainstream for infrastructure products and GUC is uniquely positioned with its long experience of developing HBM and GLink IPs and high-volume manufacturing CoWoS products. With the new GLink 2.3LL silicon validation, GUC demonstrates its long-term commitment to providing the most competitive 2.5D total solution, including a first-in-the-industry silicon-proven HBM3 PHY & Controller, GLink 2.5D and 3D chiplet interfaces, electrical and thermal simulations, package design, DFT and production tests, CoWoS and InFO manufacturing expertise," explains Sean Tai, president of GUC."We are designing our IPs for error-free operation in >1000W multi-chiplet ASICs. We test their immunity to high power noise, temperature and voltage cycling, with months of error-free operation in very harsh conditions. We leverage our ASIC production experience to define a comprehensive silicon validation test suite. We are committed to doubling bandwidth density every year while keeping power and latency low, enabling the CPU, GPU, DPU, AI, automotive and network processors of the future," said Igor Elkanovich, CTO of GUC.Key GLink 2.3LL highlightsLearn More about GUC's GLink IP with InFO/CoWoS Total SolutionFor more information, please contact your GUC sales representative directly or email guc_sales@guc-asic.com

Due to the trend towards net zero emissions, global supply chain operators must fulfill the requirements of environmental protection, energy saving, and sustainable operation. Measures to respond to global supply chain transfer as a result of this green revolution have become a priority issue for Taiwan's electronics manufacturing industry. James Hwang, Chairman and President of Getac Holdings Corporation, was invited to deliver the keynote speech at the 2022 DIGITIMES Supply Chain Summit. This event, which is held annually, centered around the topic of "Building a Resilient Supply Chain" this year. James Hwang used his own work on supply chain transfers as an example, hoping to give the industry a different perspective.Getac Holdings Corporation is an umbrella organization that covers the Rugged Computer Business Group, the Mechatronic and Energy Business Group, the Plastics Business Group, and the Automotive Business Group. In October 2022, Getac Holdings Corporation officially subdivided the Rugged Computer Business Group and Mechatronic and Energy Business Group and formed two subsidiaries – GTC Solution Corporation (later renamed Getac Technology Corporation) and Atemitech Corporation. Additionally, with MPT Solution in the Plastic Business Group and Getac Precision Technology in the Automotive Business Group, Getac has built the foundations and platforms for talent management by having each individual company focus on its dedicated fields. Furthermore, with active participation in business cooperation with strategic partners, integration and development in joint ventures, and shareholding, Getac Holdings Corporation has created the springboard to build integrated platforms to improve managerial effectiveness, thereby boosting the organization's overall long-term competitiveness and international market visibility.Emerging Short-Chain Revolution in Global Supply ChainFrom Getac's point of view, the implementation of supply chain transfer plans involves continuous and long-term investment. Based on the experience of setting up factories in China and Vietnam over the last 15 years, supply chains are built up step by step to maximize profitability. When setting up factories in China, the supply chain could be operated with a long-chain service structure; however, it is not wise to copy this strategy to execute factory expansion plans in Vietnam.The follow-up effects of several supply chain disruption crises since 2020 have caused major brands in Europe and the United States to establish new plans for supply chain reorganization. The trends observed by James Hwang include (1) shortening supply chains, (2) risk diversification, with multiple manufacturing sites to achieve cross-border and cross-regional supply chain reorganization, (3) industrialized countries promoting the return of manufacturing (4) an increasing emphasis on domestic production for value industries, (5) the beginnings of smart manufacturing and automation technology upgrades, and (6) major overhauls to green/ESG supply chains. In short, in the past, supply chains were concentrated in Asia, but now it will turn into a pattern of division of work in core areas, such as the US, Europe, and Asia.The general trend of globalization, local manufacturing, and green manufacturing have forced Taiwanese businesses to tackle a series of new problems. First, the challenge of finding local suppliers for local supply. Second, green manufacturing and alternative suppliers inevitably lead to increased costs. Third, inventory being spread across multiple locations increases overall operating costs. Fourth, supply chain ESG management is difficult. Fifth, the crisis of chain disconnection caused by force majeure. With the black swan events seen over 2022, such as lockdowns, port congestion, and soaring energy prices, the uncertainty has surged.Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience is the KeyMoreover, there are global challenges involved when implementing manufacturing at multiple sites. These include (1) without increasing orders from primary customers, manufacturing at multiple sites would lead to the issue of excess production capacity, causing old factories to stand idle while new factories only operate at partial capacity, (2) technical/professional talent shortages, (3) the difficulty and complexity of multinational management, (4) increased manufacturing costs and capital expenditures, (5) the difficulties associated with resource integration, and the ensuing crises.According to James Hwang's observations, many companies are planning new factories or factory expansion in ASEAN countries due to Taiwan's New Southbound Strategy, and India, Malaysia, and Vietnam have drawn particular attention. However, different challenges have come up one after another, with language barriers and different understandings of legal interpretations leading to a great deal of wasted time and effort. These problems cannot be solved simply by passing authority to top executives or professional managers in an area and telling them to handle it. Instead, this leads to prohibitively high overall operating costs prohibitive and unpredictable results.Strengthen the Role of the Regional Operations Center at the Taiwan HeadquartersThe solution to the challenges of the southbound expansion strategy is to plan shorter supply chains and focus on looking for alternative suppliers. To reduce reliance, opportunities for returning to invest in Taiwan are also being planned. James Hwang especially pointed out that Taiwanese businesses in Xinzhuang, Shulin, and Wugu districts invested in their own production capacity strategies, and even formed cooperative investments or cross-holdings with primary suppliers to maintain close relationships with supply chain companies. This further leads to benefits from integrated supply chains. The successful implementation of this strategy can serve as a good example for strengthening the resilience of the supply chain and the expansion of overseas production.Supply chain resilience is a key issue that requires continued efforts. James Hwang listed the key strategies, including (1) assisting their OEM/ODM factories to quickly establish a short-chain supply chain, (2) reaching out to suppliers with multinational operation capabilities and improving logistics visibility, (3) developing and identifying local suppliers with qualifications and execution capabilities, and (4) building an in-house supply chain to strengthen the company's capability to respond to challenges internally and to have the ability to manage risk and overcome difficulties in the event of supply chain disruptions.Improved digital transformation is the foundation of a high-resilience supply chain, the key element of which is the application of digital technology. Currently, the focus is on smart factories, the Internet of Machines, and smart manufacturing, as well as smart centralized control analysis and response. Getac is collaborating with large technology companies such as Microsoft to develop AI machine vision inspection in automated equipment, which will replace manual inspection processes with AI and lessen the burden of direct labor. This, in turn, will also reduce the indirect labor requirements of factory management, which will lead to significant improvements in the operation efficiency of human resources. The use of these digital tools can also be customized for local conditions. The successful establishment of such automated production systems, and the good reputations they have earned, means they can be implemented with immediate results when new factories are established in Southeast Asia. Investment in smart factories can produce satisfyingly good value especially when there is a shortage of manpower and orders are not coming in with regularity.In addition, Getac's development center in China has implemented a strategy of remote collaboration to enable key process equipment to activate remote control mechanisms, including remote monitoring, remote assistance, and smart analysis. This has created a series of significant benefits, including remote machinery adjustment and trial production, remote product defect review, remote operation guidance, remote troubleshooting, and other feasible and highly effective methods. These are methods Getac is currently pursuing for the establishment of short-chain supply chains and the strategies of the head office's regional operations center, so that the benefits of building a supply chain can be maximized, thereby enhancing the company's competitiveness and ensuring that future growth opportunities can be benefited from.James Hwang, Chairman of Getac Holdings Corporation, was invited to share his experience in building a resilient supply chain at DIGITIMES.