In response to rapidly rising demand for passive components, Lelon Electronics, an international manufacturer of aluminum electrolytic capacitors, was already planning capacity expansion last year before industry demand took off. In addition to acquiring manufacturing equipment of organic conductive polymer capacitors from Matsuki Polymer which will join volume production this year, Lelon is also making upgrades to its existing equipment and improvements to its automation process for the purpose of providing customers with products of higher reliability and quality.In terms of automotive electronics, the initiatives to raise energy efficiency and enhance safety is significantly increasing the number of electronic control units (ECU) used in automobiles, which leads to the growth in aluminum electrolytic capacitor usage and the rising demand for low voltage formed aluminum foil. Furthermore, home appliances equipped with DC inverters featuring energy efficiency have become mainstream with increasing public awareness of environmental protection. This has also resulted in skyrocketing demand for large-size high-voltage capacitors used in inverters and therefore a shortage in the supply of high voltage formed aluminum foil in the first quarter of this year. Liton Technolgy, a subsidiary company of Lelon was able to show a year-over-year revenue growth of more than 20% in the first quarter of this year thanks to the strong market demand for aluminum foil for both low and high voltage applications. It is expected Lelon will deliver even more impressive results in the second half of the year as the high season effects bring additional contribution to the consolidated revenue.As to its strategies for polymer capacitors, Lelon will be able to produce close to 100 million capacitors per month with the manufacturing equipment acquired from Matsuki Polymer last year which could produce 60 million capacitors per month plus its original monthly capacity of 35 million capacitors. Lelon has completed first-phase equipment move and expects full-scale production to be up and running by year end.Polymer capacitors are widely used in IT devices, telecom equipment and power supplies. Mobile devices with quick charging features are becoming widespread on the market and they need quick chargers that impose more stringent requirements than conventional chargers. For output capacitors used in the power circuit, quick chargers need polymer capacitors so the demand for polymer capacitors is ramping up. Three leading China smartphone brands have selected Lelon's polymer capacitors for use in their new generation of quick chargers. With polymer capacitor production to operate in full capacity this year, polymer capacitors will become one of the growth drivers of Lelon's revenue.Lelon's first quarter consolidated revenue reached NT$1.53 billion, up nearly 10% on a year-over-year basis. Its gross margin slightly dropped to 23%. Due to exchange loss, first-quarter 2017 EPS declined to only NT$0.12. Provided a stable exchange rate in the second half of the year, influences resulting from non-operating activities will significantly diminish. In case of any NT dollar depreciation, Lelon expects to see some profit offsetting previous exchange loss.Lelon continues to put great efforts into the markets of high-end electronics including telecom equipment, original automotive electronics, cloud data centers and power electronics and has been generating impressive results. Multiple world-leading tier-1 brands have selected Lelon's aluminum electrolytic capacitors and organic conductive polymer capacitors. With promising market outlook and added production capacity, Lelon is confident of continuing business growth this year.Automotive electronics and energy efficient home appliances are driving the demand for aluminum foil while the growing trend of fast charging of mobile devices is fueling the need for polymer capacitors.
EVERY8D, invited by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), is presenting "team+" - a communication and collaboration platform providing enterprise private cloud and instant messaging functions - at Computex 2017.This year's InnoVEX exhibit features the APICTA pavilion and APEC pavilion organized by MOEA for the first time to host exhibits from 20 countries including the US, France and the Netherlands, for the purpose of matchmaking global high-tech industry resources and strengthening international communication.The Taiwan-based team that developed team+, winner of the gold medal of APICTA Award and the APEC mobile commerce award, has been invited to present its innovative application - a smart mobile solution for enterprise collaboration. team+ has also announced its cryptographic technology has been validated to comply with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the US. As Taiwan's first FIPS-compliant enterprise instant messaging platform, team+ shows the R&D capabilities of the Taiwan ICT industry, the competitive edge over other Asian countries and the world-class soft power.InnoVEX highlights enterprise collaboration solutions amid the digital revolutionWith the first smartphone entering the market 25 years ago, revolutionary changes are happening across social and business communication. The digital revolution in business communication spreading from the Internet to mobile devices is attracting high-tech leaders including Microsoft, Google and Facebook to scramble for a share of the enterprise collaboration software market. Considering from both the supply side and demand side, business upgrade with the help from technology is definitely the way to go.Alex Kuo, founder and chairman, EVERY8D, pointed out only innovation will bring brand value. team+ is able to stand out from other products based on five core values: satisfying demanding security requirements by enterprise private cloud, open API integration, comprehensive and tailored services, customization enabled by internally-developed technologies and an R&D team of industry-leading scale. These are what differentiate team+ from the competition and give it an edge.team+ has successfully taken the market lead in Taiwan with its innovative service model and is enthusiastically embraced by leaders across different industries, including China Airlines, Eva Air, Taiwan High Speed Rail, Innolux, Kenmec Group, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital and Pizza Hut. Success stories of team+ are widespread in sectors including government organizations, transportation, high-tech manufacturing, medical institutions and franchise restaurants.Kuo emphasized MOEA's invitation for team+ to be exhibited at InnoVEX marks an important milestone for team+ in the expansion into Asian Pacific markets. There is a lot more work ahead. In addition to securing its leading position in Taiwan, the next step will be to introduce innovative applications of team+ to international markets through strategic alliances.Alex Kuo, founder and chairman, EVERY8D
Since its establishment in 1994, APD Group has been cultivating the power supply market and expanding into different sectors for over two decades. APD Group now comprises three business units - the power system business, renewable energy business and lighting business, fully committed toward the goal of becoming a leader in the fields of power products, electronics and renewable energy.To mark its commitment and the start of a new phase, APD Group recently unveiled a whole new green energy corporate identity logo. With the launch of the brand new corporate image, APD Group makes its debut at this year's COMPUTEX Taipei, showcasing four main types of power products from its power system business, respectively for IT, network communication, Medical, and industrial applications and particularly highlighting power supplies for IT products. "We hope to establish closer and tighter collaborations with leading IT companies by leveraging our edge in manufacturing unique, slim, high-performing and custom-made products," indicated Chia-Ming Tsai, general manager, APD Group.Unrivalled design flexibility caters to customer needsBased on the objective, APD Group will exhibit a series of desktop, wall-mounted and embedded power supplies for IT equipment. These products featuring ultra-slim, compact and colorful designs comply with safety regulations and EMC requirements in multiple countries around the world. They are suitable for a wide range of IT devices including printers, external storage devices, displays, TVs, notebook PCs, tablets, all-in-one PCs, mini PCs and Blu-ray & DVD players. "We are capable of providing a high level of custom design flexibility. Our wide-ranging product specs enable us to stand out from the competition," stressed Tsai.APD Group's customization capabilities are founded on its persistence in accumulating independent R&D experiences. Tsai emphasized, "People and technologies are APD's most valuable assets, not capital." APD Group is reportedly among the few Taiwan-based power supply vendors still employing a sizable R&D team, its product researchers in China and Taiwan exceeding 200.Devoting tremendous resources into product research over the years, APD's custom design capabilities are already well recognized by customers. It has successfully gained a significant market share in the network communication sector with its power supplies widely used in modems, routers, switches, IP phones, IP surveillance equipment, card readers, set-top boxes and other network communication devices.Strong network communication capabilities support the penetration into medical and industrial sectorsLeveraging its extensive experiences and competitive edge accumulated through the development in network communication, in addition to its much raved-about custom design flexibility, APD is performing brilliantly in medical and industrial sectors. Tsai pointed out, "Medical products are characterized by their diversity and stringent safety requirements, which are exactly where APD excels. In fact, APD has become one of the leading power supply providers for medical products."In terms of its planning for the medical sector, APD obtained ISO13485 certification, a quality management system standard specifically for the medical devices industry. Each APD product is strictly ISO 13485 compliant including the design management, environment control, special procedure control, traceability, record archiving and regulation conformance. Furthermore, all APD power supplies for medical products are also IEC60601 compliant.As to industrial applications, ranging from 10W to 500W power output and 90V to 264V input voltage, APD power supplies meet the safety regulations and EMC requirements in multiple countries around the world and therefore satisfy a variety of uses and global market needs. Tsai further commented, "APD will devote additional efforts and resources into the development of DIN Rail UPS systems to respond to the growing demand by factory automation." APD's DIN Rail UPS systems can provide back-up power for PLC/IPC equipment when factory power supply becomes unstable or interrupted so as to help raise overall system reliability.Through decades of development, APD has built up competitive advantages in key technologies including modular design, using a high ratio of shared components, automated power transformer design, product safety and endurance, and EMC. Looking forward, APD Group will stay the course by continuing to strengthen its technologies in power supply and electronics and make itself a high-tech leader in specific application fields with premium quality and flexible design and manufacturing capabilities.APD Group's customized power supply products
Asustor Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has unveiled its new home and business series NAS models at Computex 2017. Included among these are the new mid-tier AS6302T and AS6404T tower models which introduce the new generation Intel Apollo Lake platform with Celeron processors and feature Wake On WAN network wake technology for both security and power saving benefits.With regards to business users, Asustor is exhibiting the top-tier AS7004T-i5 and AS7010T-i5 flagship models which both utilize powerful Intel Core i5 quad-core processors. In particular, the AS7010-i5 also comes equipped with a 10GbE network card expansion slot for use in high performance environments. Additionally, the new AS6004U storage expansion unit has made an appearance as well. This unit features 4 hard disk bays and is compatible with 10TB hard disks (the largest on the market), satisfying the need for quick storage expansion on all Asustor NAS devices. Furthermore, Asustor is showcasing the all new ADM 3.0 interface, highly efficient Surveillance Center 2.7 and innovative new multimedia Apps. Asustor has also partnered with the hard disk vendors HGST, Seagate and WD to exhibit the latest NAS storage solutions. All are invited to visit Asustor at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, 4th floor, booth L1324 in order to experience the latest NAS technology and innovative concepts firsthand.ADM 3.0: A fresh new lookAsustor's brand new ADM 3.0 operating system is one of the main focuses of this year's exhibition featuring a live demonstration that allows users to try out the most intuitive NAS experience firsthand. Asustor's ADM 3.0 interface is able to provide an optimal desktop configuration based on the display resolution of monitors and also adds new features such as desktop widgets, system announcements and icon grouping, creating a familiar tablet-like user experience. Additionally, the introduction of the EZ-Connect function along with the Asustor Easy Connect (AEC) utility provides support for Internet Passthrough which allows users to bypass previously complex router configurations and connect to their NAS easily from anywhere with Internet access.Surveillance Center 2.7 significantly increases management efficiencyAsustor NAS allows users to turn their NAS into a professional NVR free of charge by simply installing Surveillance Center. At Computex, Asustor is exhibiting the efficient, convenient and secure Surveillance Center 2.7 combined with an AS7010T-i5 unit and dual monitor setup displaying 64 channels of surveillance feeds along with an eMap. Asustor's Surveillance Center features the centralized monitoring software CMS Lite which meets demands for multi-location surveillance and streaming from a variety of servers. CMS Lite can centrally manage up to 128 IP cameras in different locations on 32 ASUSTOR NVRs, significantly enhancing management efficiency. Additionally, Asustor is exhibiting fisheye cameras in combination with a variety of dewarping modes, including: specified area, 360 degree panoramic view, double 180 degree panoramic view and 360 degree panoramic view combined with 3 specified areas. New functions featured in Surveillance Center 2.7 include two-way communication via the AiSecure mobile app, the exporting of recording files via local display to USB drives and scheduled/manual powering on and off of cameras.Asustor turns your NAS into a home multimedia cinemaAsustor NAS provides significant advantages in addition to just storage. Asustor Portal can turn a NAS into a home entertainment center giving users the ability to play all multimedia files stored on the NAS. At Computex, Asustor is exhibiting brand new functions from LooksGood, videos from the NAS can now be played via UPnP compatible players. Asustor will also be launching a dedicated Apple TV app that can directly play content from LooksGood. Additionally, in the multimedia exhibition area, visitors will be able to take photos and upload them to Photo Gallery on an Asustor NAS to view photos, and play music via SoundsGood to Bluetooth speakers, enjoying a variety of multimedia fun.For more product information please visit: http://www.asustor.comAbout AsustorFounded in 2011, Asustor Inc. was established via direct investment from Asustek Computer. The Asustor brand name was created as a portmanteau of "Asus" and "Storage". Asustor is a leading innovator and provider of private cloud storage (network attached storage) and video surveillance (network video recorder) solutions, also specializing in the development and integration of related firmware, hardware and applications. We are devoted to providing the world with unparalleled user experiences and the most complete set of network storage solutions possible.Press Contact: marketing@asustor.com
With the rapid improvement in the storage technology, PCIe SSD is considered to be a replacement to SATA 3.0 and the dominant trend in the industry. High-end computers in the industry have accepted the specification as the standard. U-Reach, as the leader in the data equipment industry, will be launching the first high speed PCIe SSD duplicator that meets the industry expectation at 2017 COMPUTEX Booth No. J1208.Unique FPGA technology, ideal duplication effectsU-Reach's PCIe adopts high-end FPGA design, which does not require a computer for operations, which completely eliminates the possibility of a virus attack. The operation is simple, just press the button and duplication process starts at a high speed. Compatible with both NVMe and SATA protocol, the duplication speed is the fastest in the industry, tested at up to 18 GB per minute.Largest and fastest PCIe SSD duplicator in the industryUnlike PC duplication, usually restricted by shared bandwidth as the number of targets increases, the speed dramatically decreases. The PCIe from U-Reach maintains a consistent speed of 18 GB per minute. After each cycle of duplication, the user does not have to restart or wait to get it reset. Instead, they can begin the next round of duplication while increasing production efficiency.Offers duplicator with different number of ports; the most ideal model delivers the best resultsU-Reach offers a complete range of PCIe SSD duplicator with the number of ports ranging from 1:1 to over 1:30. Thus, allowing the customers to select the model that best meet their requirements.U-Reach releases the world's Only Non-PC Based PCIe SSD Duplicator
StorArt Technology, a leading NAND flash controller solution provider, has announced the launch of its new UFS (Universal flash Storage) 1.1/2.1 controllers, SA3711 and SA3701, supporting HS-Gear3 interface with single data lane.The SA3700 series is the latest generation embedded memory standard for mobile applications defined by JEDEC. It features serial link-based MIPI M-PHY interface and SCSI architecture model which enables high performance and high capacity embedded storage with low power. SA3700 series solution provides three times faster sequential and random read/write performance compared to eMMC5.1 controllers. With StorArt's new LDPC engine, Global Wear Leveling and enhanced flash technologies, SA3700 series provides superior performance and user experiences.Applications- UFS card- Embedded system flash controller- Smart phone / Tablet- Smart TV / STB- Game consoleKey Features- 5.8Gb/s 1 lane solution, full duplex, 2 channel- Command queuing- Better power efficiency during read/write- Support for CMD priority for UPIUs- Support for FFU using write buffer SCSI CMD- StorArt's new LDPC ECC technology secures NAND endurance and reliability- Support NAND flash - 1x/1y/1z nm & 3D NAND MLC/TLCAbout StorArt TechnologyStorArt Technology Co., Ltd is founded on Feb, 2012. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park, StorArt's focus is to develop embedded NAND flash controllers, including SSD, UFS, eMMC, eMCP, uSD and SD controllers.Sales Contact WindowEmail: sales@storart.comTEL: +886-3-6667838 ext. 6002
WIME launches the RS360 round 3G smartwatch in 2017. It is a full-featured smartwatch supporting 3G plug-in SIM card and Bluetooth communication, health management functions with heart rate sensor and pedometer, as well as altimeter, barometer, and thermometer.The RS360 smartwatch with a classic rounded shape appeals to those who love traditional watch styles. In addition to Bluetooth connection, it also supports a 3G plug-in SIM card to provide users standalone 3G communication capability without the need for a smartphone.For users in certain regions of the world or at places where the weather changes frequently, a smartwatch that tracks the elevation, atmospheric pressure and temperature can keep users informed of environmental changes and remind them to take measures to protect themselves from falling under the influence of sudden changes. For those who travel for business or for fun or those who love outdoor activities, a smartwatch with built-in altimeter, barometer, and thermometer is portable, prevents misplacement and monitors user's biophysical signs. The RS360 smartwatch does all that.With the RS360's built-in heart rate sensor and pedometer, the user is aware of how effective his or her aerobic exercise is and is able to prevent excessive workout from overburdening the heart. The pedometer enables a precise calculation of the number of calories burned. The RS360 smartwatch allows the user to set a weekly exercise goal and reminds him or her to keep exercising until the goal is reached.The RS360 round 3G smartwatch, with 3G plug-in SIM card, Android OS, Bluetooth communication, alert messages and health monitoring features, is scheduled to go on sale in the second half of 2017.WIME launches the RS360 round 3G smartwatch in 2017
Aiming to present the real world in the eyes of consumers, imaging technology is attracting input and effort from scores of AV manufacturers. iST, the leading electronic verification and test lab, is debuting its "HDR (High Dynamic Range) measurement and color calibration service." As only a handful of labs are qualified to offer HDR calibration services, scores of global display, computer, and TV brands are seeking iST's assistance of this.Thanks to fast adoption of 4K TV technology, use of wide color domain, and video streaming at speeds up to 60fps, the image display quality pursuer is now facing the challenge of "brightness dynamic range" in presenting the real world as seen by consumers, iST noted.High Dynamic Range (HDR), the technology to meet this challenge, has become the hottest subject of imaging technology in every big consumer electronic expo around the world lately. Each AV equipment manufacturer is rushing to invest in HDR technology to raise the dynamic range of images and set up the required standards to control the quality of this advanced specification.Eric Yu, director of iST's Signal Integrity Business Unit, said that many display and computer TV makers are seeking iST's helps in tackling screen abnormalities despite successfully calibrating according to the EOTF standard (The EOTF standard is aimed at the electro-optical conversion functions for converting telecommunications signals into visible light) when applying the HDR technology.Most errors in HDR applications, including high brightness and contour symptoms of discontinuous low brightness found in screens (see figures below), are caused by an incorrect algorithm or poor settings in the internal IC components adopted by the display manufacturer, he elaborated.In addition, recognizing that the HDMI wired transmission interface is the main connection port for consumer display products, most display product makers tend to get HDMI HDR (HDMI2.0a) certified as the first step in introducing HDR products.iST is an HDMI authorized lab (ATC). With a team of members of comprehensive hands-on experience from leading IC design houses and display and TV manufacturers, it is more than qualified to provide HDMI HDR certification service as well as HDR algorithm requirements and customized calibration in the role of consultant.Fig: (Top left) Discontinuous contour is obvious at high brightness due to incorrect algorithm.(Top right) With iST's tone improvement, the high bright region becomes smooth and keeps the contrast.(Bottom left) Poor contour on high bright region. (Bottom right) iST's tone improvement makes image with more steps in brightness and smother transitions.
Litemax Electronics, a leader in enabling intelligent vertical market platforms for industrial displays and computing systems, will launch the newest solutions for multi- industrial applications at the annual Computex Taipei 2017 (J1025A, 1F, Nangang Exhibition Hall). Almost 100 new products including industrial display and computing solution are available to meet demands from different industries.About industrial computing system, Litemax R&D team will prepare full series of motherboards, box pcs and panel pcs solution for our customers. From low power consumption to high efficiency applications, Litemax can provide all kinds of sizes of motherboards (2.5-inch, 3.5-inch, Mini-ITX, etc.), fanless embedded computer series (box pcs from palm size to rich I/O), and modular panel pcs mix by Litemax high brightness LCD (10.4-inch to 21-inch, brightness from 250 nits to 1600 nits) to match all our customers.On the side of industrial displays, Litemax will launch brand new passenger information system solution for transportation customers. You will see the beautiful V-shape, double side, waterproof and high brightness LCD being hanging on the roof. Also, a 73-inch ultra wide resizing LCD display (aspect ratio to 16:1) will be mounted on the wall to attract more buyers. Also, resizing LCD displays from 15 inch to 59 inch are well ready to meet different industrial applications.In the section of digital signage area, Litemax will provide a full range of LCD displays - panel size from 32 to 75 inch, high brightness (up to 3,000 nits), and high resolution outdoor ready LCD solutions at the booth. Moreover, all digital signage solutions are with blackening defect free technology (Hi-Tni 110 degrees Celsius) for outdoor applications. About industrial displays for rugged environment, Litemax will show five new rugged LCD panel from 7 inch to 24 inch, with high brightness, wide temperature and wide viewing angle features for our customers."This year is really amazing! Litmeax has won over 10 awards so far," said David King, President of Litemax Electronics. "From Taiwan Excellence to for our product, our company was honored as Potential Taiwan Mittelstand in this April, you can see Litemax has achieved more and more milestones in this year. We are confident our new products and solutions will attract more customers at this Computex tradeshow."Litemax Double-Side and V-shape Passenger Information System first released at Computex 2017For the detail of Litemax products, please visit Litemax booth at Computex (J1025A , 1F, Nangang Exhibition Hall). Most of new products information are ready on Litemax official website (www.litemax.com) now. For enquiries regarding Litemax, please contact marketing@litemax.com.About LitemaxFounded in 2000, Litemax Electronics (stock code: 4995) has grown from pioneering the sunlight readable, high brightness industrial display market to one of the global leaders in intelligent vertical market platforms. Our technology and innovation can be found in our high-performing, ultra-efficient solutions for transportation, industrial, marine, digital signage, rugged portable and data mining. By merging WynMax, a well-known IPC designer, in 2016, we provide industrial motherboards, box PCs, panel PCs and various other industrial computing solutions. Litemax has developed a global operation infrastructure with extensive marketing and distribution channel relationships, and our products are available through leading distributors and retailers in over sixty countries worldwide. For more information, please visit www.litemax.comPress ContactZon ChengManager, Corporate Marketing TEL: 886-2-8919-1858 ext 305 Email: zon_cheng@litemax.com
Congatec - a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers and embedded design and manufacturing services - announces the global availability of its personal integration support offerings for OEMs at Computex Taipei (Booth J1224). The personal integration support is a premium service from Congatec that is designed to simplify the use of embedded computing technologies. OEM customers around the globe benefit from a single contact point to get all their design-in questions answered. There is no need to wait in an impersonal hotline or speak to constantly changing contact persons. Instead, a dedicated support team member takes care of answering all individual design-in questions. Congatec's new premium service for OEM customers is simple, straightforward and comfortable for engineers, unique for the embedded computing market and globally available at no extra costs."Our global integration support engineers have a personal responsibility for customer requests and are trained to help customers' engineers to significantly reduce cost and time efforts within their projects. By helping OEMs to overcome integration challenges we, in turn, help them improve their clients' project performance while building a strong and trustful relationship and even a kind of joint team spirit. We feel that such premium services are a must have for companies working in the high-tech embedded industries, not only to enable fastest and most efficient time-to-market but also to create highest customer satisfaction," explained Jason Carlson, CEO of Congatec.For China, Taiwan and further APAC countries, the Congatec design center in Taipei - opened in 2015 - takes care of the personal integration support. The design centers for Europe are located in Germany and the Czech Republic. For the Americas, the design center is located in Boca Raton, Florida. Further personal integration service teams are located in the UK, France, Japan and Australia. At all these locations, customers receive premium support for the design-in of the latest new products and best-practice designs shown by Congatec at the Computex tradeshow.One highlight of the Computex showcase is the quick boot demo based on Congatec's Qseven conga-UMX6 computer-on-module with NXP's (former Freescale) i.MX6 processors. i.MX6 processors enable a highly customizable quick boot of systems in less than a second from power off to full operation including running applications. This is vital for delivering the best user experience at maximum power savings. Typical use cases range from kiosk systems and video surveillance applications with motion detection to any other application that needs to be instantly available after an active impulse, such as in-car infotainment systems as well as all the manifold HMIs/GUIs of any machinery.Also brand new and impressive is the new SMARC 2.0 computer-on-module demonstration on the basis of Intel Atom, Celeron and Pentium processors (codename Apollo Lake) where congatec presents the implementation of fully featured USB Type C connectivity with USB 3.1, power and graphics. By demonstrating this universally applicable form of plug & play functionality, Congatec greatly simplifies the use of embedded technology. Fully featured USB-C jacks are still rare and present a real breakthrough for standardizing the fragmented world of cable-based external interconnects. Such standardization is very beneficial for system engineers as well as system integrators, administrators and device users. System engineers don't need to think about the interface setup anymore.A highlight for the high-end embedded and edge sever sectors are the new COM Express Type 7 based server-on-modules offering server-grade performance and functionality with their Intel Xeon D processors, 2x 10 GbE and 32 PCIe lanes. The latter can be used for powerful intra system expansions such as GPGUs and NVMe based ultra-fast storage devices as well as multi-module configurations on one single carrier board for high performance computing (HPC) designs. Application areas for the server-on-modules can be found in various scenarios from IT and carrier-grade server farms and cloudlets to edge, fog and Industry 4.0 servers.It goes without saying that Congatec also showcases its broad portfolio of embedded boards and modules based on the latest Intel Atom, Celeron and Pentium processors (codename Apollo Lake) and Intel Core processors (codename Kaby Lake) offering comprehensive off-the-shelf driver support for various industries and communication demands - including cash and payment protocol support for kiosk systems. This is one of the many distinctive benefits separating congatec's offerings from competitive board level products that often don't have such a broad footprint in the various smart device and machine building industries.The new Congatec Cloud API (Application Programming Interface), that is designed for IoT gateways and edge servers, rounds off the innovations displayed by the German provider of boards, modules and embedded design and manufacturing services. This API is made available to become the universal hub between local sensor networks and the IoT clouds. Congatec's new Cloud API for IoT Gateways communicates with local smart sensors, processes and converts the acquired data and executes automated actions based on a local rule engine, reducing traffic to the IoT cloud and enabling fast local actions. Secure bidirectional data exchange with any suitable clouds is achieved by using the TLS secured MQTT protocol. Clients can access this cloud via https in client or administrator mode. All these features make the new congatec Cloud API for IoT Gateways an ideal starting point for OEMs that wish to access smart sensor networks via IoT gateways and IoT edge servers on the basis of congatec's comprehensive boards and module offerings ranging from COM Express, Qseven and SMARC modules to Pico-ITX and Mini-ITX motherboards plus various designs on IoT gateway level. Custom specific configurations of the congatec cloud API can be made available by congatec's Embedded Design & Manufacturing Services (EDMS).Bryan Lin showing COM Express Type 7More information about Congatec's Qseven computer-on-modules with quick boot can be found at http://www.congatec.com/en/products/qseven/conga-umx6.htmlMore information on Congatec's new SMARC 2.0 conga-SA5 computer-on-modules can be found at http://www.congatec.com/products/smarc/conga-sa5.htmlMore information on Congatec's new COM Express Type 7 server-on-modules can be found at http://www.congatec.com/products/com-express-type7/conga-b7xd.html
