From the time computers were first developed to the present when IoT is considered the next big thing in the world of technology and Industry 4.0 is driven by the burgeoning IoT devices, computer systems have all been providing users application services including communication, collaboration and data processing through the help of operating systems. For example, mainframes in the 1960s and PCs in the late 1970s both were driven and managed by hardware-based operating systems so that they could perform computation.Through many years of development, operating systems are generally considered to provide two functions: Managing resources required to carry out computation tasks and furnishing an operating environment. That is, they provide a way for human-machine interactions to help users drive and use the resources needed to complete the tasks.Personal operating systems running on hardware devices provide each user a unique account to build his/her own dedicated and private operating system so every user has his/her own private environment which prevents access by other users. As such, interpersonal communication across personal operating systems can only be achieved through application services.In the 1990s, Internet became a popular and highly efficient way for information exchange. Personal computers also started to have browsers to send and receive information to and from the Internet. Today, Internet application services are becoming more and more mature and widespread.However, the current development of collaborative work has run into a wall. There are only 5% of businesses across all industries capable of developing their own application programs or host their own websites. The other 95% of businesses and 99% of the public have to rely on platforms/application programs made available by third party companies for communication and collaboration.New cloud technology leading into the era of cloud operating systemTo resolve the bottleneck that personal operating systems can only rely on application services for collaboration and communication and the security risk that data is kept at third party platforms, Picowork, a cloud system provider based in Taiwan, introduces collaborative cloud computer (CCC) and collaborative cloud operating system (CCOS) solutions, targeting the demand for all-round collaborations among customers, channels, manufacturers and production chains arising from the development of IoT, Industry 4.0 and Big Data. By providing CCC, Picowork enables operating entities in a wide range of businesses to achieve self-managed security and also freely build a collaborative environment to benefit from common collaborative operations under an open and secure framework.What exactly is collaborative cloud computer (CCC) and collaborative cloud operating system (CCOS)? "CCC is built with CCOS. Install CCOS on a hardware host and deploy it or set it up in your network server room or IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). Then, you can have your own CCC," explained Jun-Hsiao Lin, Vice President & CTO, Picowork.As to CCOS, Picowork builds the solution as a binary computing environment on the Internet. One implementation is to provide a personal operating environment where each user is given a dedicated account for him/her to set up a personal cross-platform operating environment directly on the Internet. This helps the user access a variety of resources on the Internet and the user can only access his/her own account. The other implementation is to provide a collaborative operating environment where each user in his/her own operating environment can set up a collaborative operating environment specifically for a social activity. Different from a personal operating environment, the initiator of a collaborative operating environment can freely decide who can access the collaborative operating environment, e.g. company employees, industry chain business partners, and current or potential customers. These people can participate in common activities, share resources such as collaborative documents, companies' internal information systems, Web application services, etc. to accomplish collaborative work.IoT use scenarios call for readily available cloud collaborative connectionsFrom the above discussion, we can see that CCOS features the ability to work collaboratively in the boundaryless Internet environment. The entire IoT ecosystem basically seeks to gather Big Data through connected devices and send it to cloud for computation for the purpose of forecasting market trend for the next quarter and thereby providing accurate prediction to improve business operation and raise efficiency. The challenge lies in the lack of a common standard. Even if a common standard is established, businesses will have to make changes to their application programs so that they can negotiate business, which requires data exchange. The fact that the businesses have to spend high costs to exchange data hinders widespread IoT development.In response to major business opportunities, organizations are all looking to find solutions with the highest efficiency, lowest costs, and least changes. Picowork's CCOS is the most effective solution. For businesses to take part in collaborative work and share resources, all they need to do is use their own cloud computer to set up a collaborative operating environment running on the Internet and make use of operations therein to send invitations to employees, enterprises, and supply chain partners via communication channels including email, text messages, messaging software and social media. All the people participating in the collaborative work can congregate in the same operating environment in no time.When a brand vendor needs to conduct transactions with supply chain partners or a government agency is inviting bids for a tender project, they can create a variety of collaborative operating environments by themselves based on the purposes of collaborations (much like a workplace operating various social activities). In the collaborative operating environment, people can engage in one-to-one communication, conduct multipoint video conferences, send all types of text/media files and collaborative documents and can also install application programs owned by the participants directly in the collaborative environment. Each type of content can be configured with access rights. Accordingly, a demand-oriented cloud ecosystem is in the formation, enabling lowest costs and least changes.Four requirements of cloud collaboration environment are mutually supportive, not mutually exclusiveThe collaborative operating environment Picowork is attempting to bring to reality already has applications in collaborative sales, collaborative supply, collaborative service, collaborative education, collaborative manufacturing, collaborative control, and collaborative maintenance. Lin pointed out that the key to the implementation of widespread cross-industry collaborative operations is whether the four basic requirements by businesses engaged in collaborations can be fulfilled.Controllable: The first requirement is an organization can have control over its cloud environment. If an organization with a main network structure can deploy its own CCC in its network server room, then it can have its own cloud computer and therefore control over its cloud environment.Freedom: The second requirement is an organization can freely establish a collaborative relationship. That is, for different social activities, an organization can use its cloud computer to create its own cross-platform collaborative operating environments and can freely invite people engaging in the collaboration (e.g. company employees, industry partners and customers) to join the common operating environment and accomplish the collaborative work. The operating environment supports both freedom and control.Extendable: The third requirement is during the course of collaboration, the initiator and participants of the collaborative operating environment can install, introduce or make use of internal and external resources that are compatible with both parties' network systems, including data, content, tools, applications and services, with the lowest costs and least changes.Analyzable: The fourth requirement is an organization can keep track of all the operations and interactions during the course of collaboration, forming the basis for Big Data analytics for future reference and back-end statistics, generating Big Data benefits.Working on building secure collaborative environments, Picowork establishes a complete patent portfolioTo meet the four requirements, Picowork has spent nearly six years on the R&D and testing of CCOS and CCC. In addition, Picowork began patent planning early in the development stage of its technologies. In the six years, it has filed applications for dozens of invention patents which have already obtained international priority based on PCT patent search results. Sixty percent of the applications have all Category A references cited in the search reports, indicated Lin at Picowork's CCOS and CCC product launch. Applications pertaining to its core technologies have been granted by the patent offices of many different countries, including the US, and Picowork continues with its patent prosecution for other major countries in the world.Four aspects within the scope of Picowork's granted patents are chosen to enable further understanding on its future development goals:1. Global Internet resources can be managed through a system.2. An operating system environment can drive and make use of global Internet resources to accomplish tasks.3. An operating system environment can be cloud-based and run on the Internet.4. An operating system environment running on the Internet can connect people, tasks, things and information systems for collaborative applications (including the collection of Big Data).These four aspects of Picowork's granted patents are indications of its tremendous development potential in the cloud ecosystem industry.In the past, information security mechanisms focused on data encryption because data is transmitted by third party application programs on PC and encryption is needed to protect data from being compromised. In the case of a cloud collaborative operating environment, Picowork uses a Secured Container to execute the operating environment and install application services and content in the cloud operating environment. Therefore, if application programs carry viruses, the viruses will be contained in the Secured Container and will not infect the cloud collaborative operating environment.Lin concluded that Taiwan has a complete hardware industry chain and a growing number of software R&D talent. However, the industry still lacks its own operating environment and therefore has no opportunity to define its own rules. This is why Picowork, seeing that future developments of IoT and Industry 4.0 will require widespread social collaborations, sets eyes on building collaborative operating environments with cross-platform cloud integration connecting different people and things. This will also be an ideal path leading the Taiwan industry to go forward.Picowork CCC

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC;TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has entered mass production for customer ICs based on the company's self-developed 14nm FinFET technology. The foundry is shipping 14nm wafers to its lead customers and has achieved industry-competitive yields for the highly advanced process, which is being utilized for pioneering new consumer electronic applications.Po-Wen Yen, CEO of UMC said, "This 14nm volume production milestone is the culmination of UMC's close collaboration with its customers, demonstrating the success of our collaborative approach to bringing leading-edge technologies to market. We will continue to refine this process and are working with other customers to bring the full performance, power and gate density benefits of 14nm FinFET to enable next generation silicon in areas such as networking, AI and various consumer products."UMC's 14nm FinFET technology performance is competitive with the semiconductor industry's leading standards, featuring 55% higher speed and twice the gate density over 28nm process technology. The leading-edge 14nm process also consumes approximately 50% less power than 28nm. UMC is producing the 14nm customer ICs at the company's Fab 12A in Tainan, Taiwan and expects to steadily ramp its 14nm manufacturing capacity according to customer demand.About UMCUMC (NYSE: UMC, TWSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry that provides advanced IC production for applications spanning every major sector of the electronics industry. UMC's robust foundry solutions enable chip designers to leverage the company's sophisticated technology and manufacturing, which include high volume production 28nm gate-last High-K/Metal Gate technology, ultra-low power platform processes specifically engineered for Internet of Things (IoT) applications and the automotive industry's highest-rated AEC-Q100 Grade-0 manufacturing capabilities for production of ICs found in cars. UMC's 11 wafer fabs are strategically located throughout Asia and are able to produce over 500,000 wafers per month. The company employs nearly 19,000 people worldwide, with offices in Taiwan, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com/.Note from UMC Concerning Forward-Looking StatementsSome of the statements in the foregoing announcement are forward looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities laws, including statements about future outsourcing, wafer capacity, technologies, business relationships and market conditions. Investors are cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially from these statements as a result of a variety of factors, including conditions in the overall semiconductor market and economy; acceptance and demand for products from UMC; and technological and development risks. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in UMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its registration statements and reports on Forms F-1, F-3, F-6 and 20-F and 6-K, in each case as amended. UMC does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law.

Clientron Corp., a global leading provider of POS, Thin Client, and Embedded Systems will display its latest POS solution to the retail market at the world's leading retail show, EuroShop 2017, on the 5th to 9th March 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany. During this trade show, Clientron will introduce all its new POS terminals and various built-in POS peripherals that are featured with the benefits of Green, Reliability, and Efficiency in order to meet the demands of Retail 4.0 for the Smart Hospitality Industry.At Hall 6, Booth H10, the Clientron Showcase strives to bring visitors into a scenario of being in a Coffee shop and a Retail store. Innovative POS terminal demonstrations will include Clientron Bello series with 12.1" / 15" / 15.6" Touch Display in a solid Aluminum Enclosure; Bello just won the "Taiwan Excellence Award 2017" this year for its innovation and the best quality design, which makes it stand out from numerous products as the best choice for POS applications.And, Clientron will introduce the Butterfly Light-weight POS terminal, the Wing series, with a flexible Dual-hinge Stand design. Besides that, the mainstream Ares650 series is with an Up-to-date Ultra-slim System Enclosure; both Wing and Ares also won the "Taiwan Excellence Award 2016" last year.Furthermore, Clientron will have the most affordable POS terminal – the PT3200, equipped with an Intel power efficient Quad-core processor, offered in a fanless system with long life span support to both entry and mainstream POS market segments. For more information on Clientron or its products, please visit us at Hall 6 Booth H10, EuroShop 2017, or browse Clientron website at http://www.clientron.com/.About ClientronClientron was founded in 1983. The company is dedicated in providing global intelligent solutions to our clients. With design, manufacturing, and service abilities, Clientron offers High-quality and High-performance computing platforms including Thin Client, POS and Intelligent System. We are steadfast in our commitment to develop and to provide even more advanced IoT client solution and services for our partners and customers to build an intelligent e-World. Visit us at http://www.clientron.com/Clientron to showcase its new POS terminals at EuroShop 2107

Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTG), a leader in specialty chemicals and advanced materials handling solutions for the microelectronics industry, announced today it has introduced a new platform for advanced gas purification that improves wafer yields for semiconductor and LED applications. The new family of GateKeeper Gas Purification Systems (GPS) applies new purification media to provide best-in-class gas purity at a wide range of flow rates with a reduced equipment footprint. With expanded capacity in South Korea, Entegris now manufactures GateKeeper GPS systems in both North America and Asia."Our customers face unprecedented contamination control challenges to efficiently manufacture today's increasingly complex leading-edge-devices. The new Gatekeeper GPS family of systems provide the advanced solutions required to maximize yield in these environments," said Entegris Senior Vice President of Microcontamination Control, Clint Haris. "In conjunction with these new technology introductions, we continue our investments in our North America and Asia facilities to expand our global service and manufacturing capabilities."Semiconductor processes for advanced nodes, as well as LED manufacturing requirements, call for increased purity to remove defect-causing contaminants found in process gases. The GateKeeper GPS family of systems removes a variety of contaminants from gas streams down to the part-per-trillion levels and can be configured to a wide range of flow rates. Gases purified include CDA, N2, H2, H2 for EUV, Ar, NH3. Additionally, manufacturers are looking for tools that require significantly less sub-fab floor space. The reduced footprint allows customers to devote valuable sub-fab floor space to other tool needs or increase purification capacity with additional systems."We collaborated closely with our customers to identify purity requirements to meet their needs to remove new contaminants and increased sensitivity to known contaminants," said Director of Gas Purification Product Management, Jordan Ruple. "As a result, we are proud to be the first to offer this level of purity – in a variety of gases and flow rates – for systems of this size."About EntegrisEntegris is a leader in specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions for microelectronics industry and other high-tech industries. Entegris is ISO-9001 certified and has manufacturing, customer service and/or research facilities in the United States, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Additional information may be found at http://www.entegris.com/.

Spirox (TWSE:3055), the sole and exclusive distributor of Xcerra Corporation (NASDAQ: XCRA) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, recently received an email message from Xcerra advising that Xcerra intends to limit the exclusive distribution territory ("Territory") to only Taiwan. Given that both parties' original intentions for cooperation has changed and the mode of business recognized by both parties has differed, to maintain the interests of the company, our shareholders and employees, Spirox has resolved to terminate the distributor agreement with Xcerra. Pursuant to the distributor agreement, the party intending to terminate the agreement has to give the other party at least 365 days prior written notice (such period the "Notice Period"). During such Notice Period, Spirox will continue to discuss its future cooperation relationship with Xcerra and will also develop other product lines, new businesses and other cooperation modes and plans seeking to maximize the interests of investors in and employees of Spirox.According to the distributor agreement with Xcerra, during the Notice Period, both parties will continue to act in good faith in performing all of their obligations under such agreement, and Xcerra shall not make any changes to the exclusive territory without Spirox's consent. Spirox will assert our relevant rights with Xcerra pursuant to the foregoing. At the same time, Spirox will continue discussions with Xcerra and does not rule out other modes of possible cooperation going forward to ensure that the interests of our customers and shareholders are not affected.For the last 30 years, Spirox has significantly contributed to the Greater China semiconductor test market. Our comprehensive and professional team providing satisfactory services is close to and trusted by customers. The core capabilities developed over the many years are our foundations to continue to support future customer services. Meanwhile, Spirox is financially sound and will continue to seek new customers and new products and to adjust our operational structure. Spirox believes this turning point will be a good start for us to welcome the new market and embrace the future development.About SpiroxSpirox was established in 1987 with its headquarter in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Spirox delivers integrated and best-practice solutions to our customers in the major industries of Semiconductor, Flat Panel Display, Micro electromechanical Systems and other high-tech products. Spirox provides leading edge solutions and products from IC Design Characterization Products & Services, Semiconductor Test & Assembly Solutions, and Test & Measurement Instrumentation products. Global offices of Spirox are located in Taiwan, USA, China and Hong Kong. Spirox website: http://www.spirox.com/

Litemax Electronic Inc. (stock code: 4995), the world-leading high brightness LCD panel and industrial computer manufacturer, 7 products (100% hit rate) had been awarded in the 25th Taiwan Excellence Award among 518 competitors with 1,188 products.David King, President of Litemax Electronic Inc., mentioned that intelligent system enhancement is the field that Litemax has been focusing on in recent years as well. To integrate application and aesthetics into the intelligent system, Litemax not only officially completed an M & A with the renowned industrial application provider WynMax in 2016, it has also been dedicated to developing solutions related to intelligent transportation, healthcare care and automation engineering management. The award recipients this time are the best embodiment and recognition of this concept.Litemax presented the world's first high resolution 4K2K resizing, square-shaped LCD display SSD4215, Litemax smart shelf display system SSD2755 also attracted the interest of buyers. SSD2755 is expected to combine big data systems with the store as well as collect details about consumer demand to provide more information to the merchant and create an unprecedented consuming experience. As for industrial computer, IBOX-GPFL-BYT2, Litemax Palm Size wide temperature RuggCore, and IPPC-MR18-IVB1, the model featuring a wide 18.5" LCD and IP68 fully waterproof, also drew attention of marine and industrial automation buyers from many countries. Ever since its launch, the high performance of the modular industrial panel PC has pulled plenty of sample requests and we expect to win more collaboration opportunities in the future.Litemax has been continuously awarded and the number of our award recipients are increasing each year. We'll keep devoting ourselves to enhancing the development of original and innovative intelligence systems.LITEMAX ELECTRONICS INC.http://www.litemax.com/Litemax won 7 awards for Taiwan Excellence Award

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) will exhibit a wide array of test solutions at this year's SEMICON Korea trade show, coming February 8-10 to the COEX in Seoul, South Korea. Advantest is also a platinum sponsor of the Presidents Reception, which takes place the evening of February 8.In booth #1612 in Hall C, Advantest will showcase both its newest test solutions and its proven products for the Korean market. Featured products and services will include industry-leading test and measurement platforms, performance-enhancing modules and channel cards, e-beam lithography and metrology-SEM systems, performance boards, burn-in test boards, and probe cards.Technical insight will be provided through demonstrations as well as digital graphics and in-depth presentations, allowing visitors to learn all about the latest IC test innovations offered by Advantest.On Thursday, February 9, at 2:00 p.m., Jeongseob Kim, director of Advantest Korea's SoC department, will present a paper on "The Challenges of Testing IoT Modules on ATE Systems" during the half-day Test Forum in Room 318, Conference Room (South), COEX.Connect on Social MediaFor the latest information on test solutions from the industry leader, follow Advantest on Twitter @Advantest_ATE.About Advantest CorporationA world-class technology company, Advantest is the leading producer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry and a premier manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design and production of electronic instruments and systems. Its leading-edge systems and products are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. The company also focuses on R&D for emerging markets that benefit from advancements in nanotech and terahertz technologies, and has introduced multi-vision metrology scanning electron microscopes essential to photomask manufacturing, as well as groundbreaking 3D imaging and analysis tools. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982 in the USA and now has subsidiaries worldwide. More information is available at http://www.advantest.com/.

ABB has teamed up with India's national electricity grid operator Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) in a mega project worth over $640 million for ABB to deliver a transmission link that will have the capacity to bring reliable electricity to more than 80 million people. The Raigarh-Pugalur 800 kilovolt (kV) ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) system will connect Raigarh in Central India to Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.The 1,830 kilometer (km) link will be among the longest in the world. With a capacity of 6,000 megawatts – the equivalent of more than six large power plants – it will be enough to meet the electricity needs of over 80 million people in India. The two-way link will integrate thermal and wind energy for transmission of power to high consumption centers located thousands of kilometers away, supporting electricity demands in the south, when wind strength is low, and transmitting clean energy to the north, when there is excess wind power."ABB is honored to partner with POWERGRID for this smart long distance transmission project," said ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. "Delivering reliable electricity to India's energy demand centers is a top priority for the Indian government to support the country's impressive growth momentum. ABB is strongly committed to India for more than a century and with this new long distance transmission link we are delivering the benefits from the Energy Revolution to the country, building on the strength of our strong local manufacturing footprint. With our state-of-the-art UHVDC technology, we enable the balancing of renewable and conventional electricity supply over long distances in a smart and reliable way."ABB is the global market leader and partner of choice for stronger, smarter and greener grids around the world as it supports utilities and grid operators to take advantage of the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB's Power Grids division, which will deliver the mega project, is number one in the world in the segment."As part of our Next Level Strategy, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge technologies like HVDC to integrate renewables and transmit power reliably and efficiently, providing vital access to electricity and making a real difference to people's lives," said Claudio Facchin, President of ABB's Power Grids division. "We will leverage our extensive local manufacturing and engineering base in India and proven partnership with our consortium partner BHEL for the execution of this prestigious project".ABB has an impressive HVDC track record in India, where it introduced the technology over 25 years ago with the Vindhyachal project in 1989. Raigarh-Pugalur is ABB's sixth HVDC project in India and the second UHVDC installation, following the multi-terminal North-East Agra link, which has been already partially energized and is in the final phase of completion. The turnkey project encompasses design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning and major equipment supplies include the complete UHVDC stations, including transformers, converter valves, cooling systems, as well as control and protection technology.UHVDC transmission is a development of HVDC, a technology pioneered by ABB more than 60 years ago. ABB has been awarded about 110 HVDC projects, which represents a total installed capacity of more than 120,000 MW and accounts for around half the global installed base.HVDC transmission links help to conserve land as they occupy only one third of the space compared to the alternative. In this case that amounts to a saving of approximately 244 square kilometers of space – around one third the area of Bangalore or the entire city of Kuala Lumpur. The mega project will also feature technologies selected to minimize the footprint of the transmission stations.The total project value is worth more than $840 million and the balance will be executed by ABB's consortium partner BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited), a leading Indian public sector company. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2016.The mega project is expected to be completed in 2019.ABB wins $640 million mega deal for long distance power transmission link in India

ThroughTek Co., Ltd., a leading IoT (Internet-of-Things) platform and cloud solutions provider, announced today that it has registered as Taiwan's first IoT company on the Emerging Stock Board (ESB) of Taipei Exchange (TPEx), effective January 18, 2016. ThroughTek reported its operating revenue of 153.77 million New Taiwan Dollars for the year of 2016, with a YoY growth of 42%, reaching historical high.ThroughTek was established in 2008, originally selling surveillance systems and integrated cloud service, and has since been applying its leading software connection technology to provide user-friendly device management services for IoT devices. Since the launch of Kalay Platform in 2014, ThroughTek has committed to developing complex data transmission and streaming solutions for video surveillance applications. The Kalay Platform is market-proven, supporting over 15 million devices and more than 200 million monthly device connections, and has accumulated a sufficient amount of data for future use in big data analytics.In November of last year, ThroughTek received an opinion letter from the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economics on "Successfully Developed Product/Technology With Market Potential", expressing confidence in ThroughTek's technical expertise, service, operation, and future developments. More importantly, ThroughTek is the first IoT company in Taiwan to successfully receive approval and obtain registration on the ESB. Later this year, ThroughTek also plans to list publicly on the Taipei Exchange.Since 2016, the market demand for IoT applications and services has grown significantly. In 2016, ThroughTek registered revenue growth for each quarter was 16%, 37%, 58%, and 61% respectively. In the month of December, ThroughTek generated a record-breaking 16 million NTD in revenue, up 66% over the same period of 2015, which demonstrates its success in developing and expanding its business to the global market. With access to the capital market, ThroughTek expects continued revenue growth as it increases market penetration.

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) has opened registration to attend its VOICE 2017 Developer Conference being held in Palm Springs, California, on May 16-17 and Shanghai, China on May 26. Both conferences will feature the theme "Measure the Connected World and Everything in It" as VOICE kicks off its second decade.VOICE 2017 will offer attendees comprehensive learning and networking opportunities, including technical presentations focused on eight topic areas, partners' expositions and social gatherings. In addition, the VOICE Technology Kiosk Showcase will expand in 2017 to include more interactive discussion sessions in both locations. The VOICE 2017 general session in Palm Springs will also feature a keynote on Cyber Security, by former FBI special agent Chris Tarbell, one of the most successful cyber security law enforcement officials of all time. More program information is available on the VOICE website at https://voice.advantest.com/."Over the last decade, VOICE has seen exceptional year-over-year growth in size and quality, and has become one of the most highly regarded technical conferences for semiconductor testing," said Angie Lemon, technical chairman of the VOICE 2017 Developer Conference and principal test engineer at NXP. "VOICE provides a tremendous opportunity for Advantest's global developers, users, and third parties to network and share their best practices and new innovations. Attendees will gain knowledge and insight into Advantest's newest user applications, tester software features, test equipment, and handlers. The 2017 technical program is shaping up to be better than ever as the VOICE 2017 Call for Papers has shattered all previous records in abstract submissions. Be sure to join us as we kick off the next decade of VOICE!"About VOICE 2017 Developer ConferenceManaged by a steering committee of volunteer representatives from Advantest and its customers, VOICE is the leading conference for the growing international community of users and strategic partners involved with Advantest's V93000 and T2000 SoC test platforms as well as Advantest memory testers, handlers and test cell solutions. The conference offers a unique opportunity to take part in making semiconductor testing operations as efficient and cost-effective as possible. Attendees gain and share valuable insights, build long-lasting relationships and learn what's new about Advantest test equipment, handlers and applications.About Advantest CorporationA world-class technology company, Advantest is the leading producer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry and a premier manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design and production of electronic instruments and systems. Its leading-edge systems and products are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. The company also focuses on R&D for emerging markets that benefit from advancements in nanotech and terahertz technologies, and has introduced multi-vision metrology scanning electron microscopes essential to photomask manufacturing, as well as a groundbreaking 3D imaging and analysis tools. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has subsidiaries worldwide. More information is available at http://www.advantest.com/.