Innodisk, the service-driven provider of flash, memory and peripheral modules for industrial and embedded systems, has launched a new series of digital input/output expansion cards: the EMUI-0D01 series. These digital input/output expansion cards aim to fulfil the IoT communication needs of industrial systems, for example: sensors, alarms and switches. Innodisk's digital input/output expansion cards are designed with industrial standards in mind. They are equipped with 4 ports of 32-bit programmable digital input/output signals including 4 sets of external interrupt signals as a response to different needs.These series expansion cards provide API, which supports Windows and Linux as well as test utilities and sample codes. Users can quickly verify the functionality of the card and easily integrate it into their applications. Furthermore, Innodisk USB interface Mini expansion cards support two types of installation. Users can install it using the Mini slot on the motherboard or, alternatively, via the USB pin header and the third mounting hole."We hope to give embedded system providers more flexibility with highly integrated hardware and software solutions. This will allow our customer to meet dynamic market in a much easier way," said Chico Hsiao, Innodisk product manager of the embedded peripherals division.Product InformationThe Innodisk digital input/output expansion card series is currently available. The EMUI-0D01 series is equipped with dual USB signal input, industrial-grade design, four ports of 32-bit programmable digital input/output signals and two flexible methods of installation. For additional information, please contact your local Innodisk sales representatives or distributors, or visit us at http://www.innodisk.com/.Innodisk launches digital input/output expansion cards suitable for industrial systems

Advancements in video encoding technologies have enriched people's surroundings with eye-popping video clips played on digital signage everywhere. In fact, applications of digital imaging technologies are not limited to business and entertainment sectors but can expand vertically to different industries including education, healthcare and even manufacturing which have growing demand for high-definition video capture and Internet live streaming video.For example, in the education sector, many schools are looking to make use of technology to revolutionize education. They hope to use video streaming technology to send educational content such as teaching materials and test questions to specific groups of students or classrooms for instant playout, adding broadcast to multimedia education.In view of the rising trend of industrial applications, AVerMedia, as a global leader in imaging and video technologies, has been devoted to the R&D of software and hardware technologies to develop complete solutions for video capture, editing, steaming and playout. AVerMedia plans to focus on four target fields of application – education, healthcare, industrial testing and streaming services – in 2017, and will make every effort to fulfill the video application requirements by all the industries.First to launch 4K/HEVC streaming solutionsEvange Chuang, Senior Director of CRD BU (Capture, Record, Deliver), AVerMedia, pointed out AVerMedia has been a long-term provider of USB dongles, TV tuner cards and set-top boxes (STB) to the world and therefore has accumulated extensive experiences in video decompression technologies. It has been further expanding its R&D efforts into video streaming and hopes to keep refining streaming quality with continuingly advancing software technologies so that high-definition display quality is possible even with limited network bandwidth. The current expansion into industrial applications is also based on its core competence in video capture and live streaming, which has enabled AVerMedia to quickly achieve tremendous results in B2B applications by extending its success in the B2C sector.It is worth mentioning that since its establishment over 20 years ago, AVerMedia has gone through multiple changes during the evolution of video technologies, including the transition in video encoding from MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 to H.265 (HEVC) and in display quality from Full HD to 4K. The company has always been a pioneer in each of the technology migrations and now leads the industry in launching 4K/HEVC frame grabbers and streaming servers. AVerMedia has also further introduced a streaming management system that helps users control the captured video content and stream it to specified application sites easily and quickly. Judging from its technological edge and completeness of product offerings, AVerMedia is fully prepared in its expansion into the industrial application market.As to the four target markets AVerMedia has set heart on, it is working with some schools to test its streaming services. AVerMedia solutions have been used to compress and stream 4K video for live broadcast at several ceremonial events. Evange made a point that streaming applications are widespread and encompass not only digital TV and broadcast but also VOD, in-car multimedia, digital signage and distance learning, which are all areas that hold diverse development potential.Evange added that all live webcast streaming video applications have to include a number of necessary elements – the front end, management system and playout – to be able to capture video content and instantly push it to playout devices in a range of different network environments through a central management system. There are a great number of vendors competing for opportunities in the video streaming market. However, most of them focus on only one single element among the front end, playout or management interface and the market still lacks any integrated solution for live streaming broadcast. This goes to show that AVerMedia indeed has great advantage in its expansion into the streaming application market as it is capable of supplying integrated solutions encompassing the front end, management system and playout and supporting on-spot live streaming broadcast.As to the education sector, the development trends are progressing toward making use of e-curriculum and multimedia broadcast and therefore video capture, online streaming video and content management solutions are much in demand. For example, the principal can just sit in his office and speak to a camera and the video content can instantly be streamed to all the classrooms for playout. As such, a morning assembly of students can take place rain or shine. Also, exams such as English listening comprehension tests now more cleverly designed with added images or photographs can be transmitted to specified test sites through streaming technologies. These are examples to demonstrate how diverse the use scenarios can be. AVerMedia has just started its collaboration with academic institutions and is committed to bringing education-related applications to reality.Devoted to research on deep learning to keep enhancing imaging technologiesApplications related to healthcare concentrate on the capture and backup of image data. That is, 2D or 3D image data output from a variety of instruments of different brands are compiled at one image work station for simultaneous processing. Evange explained AVerMedia not only supplies professional-grade frame grabbers that can capture original video content from different instruments but also provides SDK that can help with conversion of heterogeneous file formats from the different instruments, followed by video compression. The underlying imaging tasks are pre-processed so that healthcare professionals can save more time and efforts for the development of a range of customized applications.Industrial testing is an area where AVerMedia has made great achievements. Evange indicated that many STB manufacturers are devoted to the development of video technology transition from Full HD to 4K. Video output is growing rapidly in volume so testing traditionally done by manual work to verify items such as color validity and data integrity is no longer suitable. Measures should be taken to automate the testing flow. Accordingly, after careful selection, STB manufacturers have adopted AVerMedia's video capture and SDK solutions so that they can capture video images and immediately compare them with reference samples.The main reason why AVerMedia is winning the favor of the STB manufacturers is that compatibility is crucial to common frame grabbers but it is not the case with industrial testing scenarios which need to screen out products not up to standard in precision and accuracy, said Chuang. Common frame grabbers offer no help with restoring the original image. After understanding this special requirement, AVerMedia leveraged its R&D capability and quickly developed an auxiliary device that can analyze actual image signals and when used with video frame grabbers, can assist STB manufacturers screen out non-conforming products.Evange reiterated image processing is AVerMedia's core technology. However, to create additional values, image processing has to transcend beyond applications in video capture, storage and streaming and to further include imaging data analyses. In view of this, AVerMedia is actively devoting R&D resources to the development of smart imaging analysis solutions based on deep learning through Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Computer programs or systems can thereby develop themselves via a training process and become highly intelligent with the ability to actively capture specific features and eliminate weaknesses of traditional imaging technologies. When AVerMedia successfully develops the technology, the R&D results can be integrated with existing video capture, live streaming and content management solutions as well as value-added software and SDK services to complement each other and create powerful applications that bring values to customers.Evange Chuang, senior director of CRD BU (Capture, Record, Deliver), AVerMedia4K HDMI 2.0 PCIe Frame Grabber

The interactive white board (IWB) market in APAC region is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 20 percent during the forecast period. On the basis of end–users, the market is segmented into education sector, business sector and others. Among end–users, education sector is the most dominant segment mainly driven by low price of IWB and its benefits to students in teaching applications. Reported by Digital Journal on Oct 20 2016. Another news reported by Washington post on Nov 10 2016, Microsoft and Google have both gotten into the IWB market this year. These two potential players are creating new competition for the large-size IWBs.PALWONN/ABONTOUCH (ABONTOUCH is PALLWONN's subsidiary) had joined in the highly competitive market by introducing AbonMax serial touch display in 2016 Computex Taipei. AbonMax serial touch display was segmented into 65" and 55" product models. On the basis of hardware, the end-user can choose optional PC, Camera, audio conference system, etc. Or, just purchase touch display to pair with personal PC/laptop for use. In regarding to software configuration, AbonMax series touch display were designed to be operated under WINDOWS 10 or MAC OS system, pairing with the PC enhanced its greatest advantage.As from technical point of view, AbonMax serial touch display uses projected capacitive touch panel technology (PACP) which is major trend of touch technology in consumer market currently. PALWONN/ABONTOUCH continued to invest not only on R&D resources but also on the design approach of ITO materials for overcoming ITO's high impedance characteristic since 2011. The optimized projected capacitive touch application design using ITO materials was successfully developed for achieving not only uniform signal but also moving toward larger size touch panel.The hardware configuration based AbonMax serial touch display also provided numerous advantages from cost perspective. End-user has to paid USD8,999/USD21,999 for purchasing 55"/84" MS Surface Hub, USD 6,000 for 55" Google Jamboard. Despite of above competitors, It only costs less than USD 6,000 to deploy an PALWONN/ABONTOUCH IWB system including a small-form-factor computer, 1080p wide angle camera, audio conference system and a stand which can support the device standing on floor. AbonMax touch display provided HDMI, VGA and DVI interfaces and USB interfaces for touch panel's connection.As from software application point of view, AbonMax serial touch display has great flexibility since the system is based on WIN10 or MAC OS. AbonMax devices are compatible with APPs in App store. The most used APPs are IWB for education system and conferencing system for business. Various of APP providers have released ready-to-go solutions for both applications already. End-users will enjoy a joyful user experience. Google Jamboard was designed based on Android system. Its memory size is also relatively smaller than the others due to most of memory was linked to cloud memory.PALWONN/ABONTOUCH announced the mass production of 55-inch / 65 inch large-size PCAP touch display which was produced by specially-customized production line in 2016 Taipei COMPUTEX. Furthermore, PALWONN/ABONTOUCH is looking forward completing 84-inch touch panel product design in 2017. Such a large-size touch panel products is going to go into everyone's daily life. In addition, PALWONN/ABONTOUCH will attend 2017 CES held in Las Vegas USA and EmbeddedWorld exhibition held in March 2017 at Nuremberg Germany. Interested customers and manufacturers are sincerely welcomed to visit PALWONN/ABONTOUCH in both exhibitions. Despite of Microsoft Surface Hub and Google Jamboard, PALWONN/ABONTOUCH provided another cost-competitive PCAP IWB to end-users.Comparative statement of similar product

CAYIN Technology, a 12-year-professional Digital Signage provider, invites all to join its booth at this years' InfoComm MEA (Booth Z5-E40). As a proud industry pioneer, CAYIN is dedicated to providing better performance, and bring higher resolution to its digital signage solutions, in order to elevate user experience and improve efficiency. Both SMP-2100, a dual HDMI compact player, and SMP-8000QD, a 4 display distinct output player with 4K resolution, will be making a debut in the UAE during InfoComm MEA 2016.SMP-2100, appearing for the first time in the Middle East, is the perfect choice for a durable and compact player with high performance. The fanless metal player comes with the new and improved software, SMP-NEO2. Not only is it equipped with 2 HDMI outputs, the SSD allows it to withstand rough handling while providing steady content playbacks. SMP-2100 will be showcasing one of the major functions from the software update, a powerful content with unlimited video zones.CAYIN will also be introducing SMP-8000QD, which has all the perks from its predecessor, SMP-8000, but with extra possible display combinations. The SMP-8000QD is tailored to fit for video walls or multi-display on budget. Visitors will experience a rotation between the standard 4-output video wall feature, and the distinct mode that will have 4 individual contents displaying simultaneously.Both additions come with the advanced SMP-NEO2 management software. While it maintains the intuitive design, this latest version is leaner and lighter, with faster response rate and a more stable performance optimized to match the hardware. On top of that, the software no longer has limitations on the quantity of video, image, and ticker zone, while complying with each player's specification. To improve security, the added feature of online registration provides an anti-theft environment to protect your data and the software itself.CAYIN sincerely welcomes visitors to discover a great digital signage adventure, and share the light and inspiration to the future at the booth. Join us at this year's InfoComm MEA from 6 - 8 December 2016, at booth Z5-E40, Dubai World Trade Centre.CAYIN Technology in BriefCAYIN Technology is a 12-year professional digital signage solution and software developer from Taiwan. By offering a complete portfolio of appliance-based digital signage solutions, CAYIN dedicates itself to being a reliable partner to clients worldwide and has successfully set up various applications globally. In order to best facilitate the deployment of its products, the company also provides tailored services to satisfy the ever-growing market demand for almost limitless applications.Join CAYIN at InfoComm MEA 2016 to discover the next-gen digital signage

Clientron Corp., a global leading provider of POS (point of sales), Thin Client and embedded systems, announced the launch of the Bello620, a new POS terminal model in the Bello series, featuring an ultra-compact & sleek design and a 12" bezel-free touch screen, while retaining the practical design of optional dual customer displays for improving the customer experience. The Bello620 POS series is aimed at retail and hospitality industries for optimizing store management and expanding business.Featuring a lightweight and slim design, the Bello620 is designed with a solid aluminum enclosure for better heat dissipation; small footprint design for counter space saving and offers IP64 water & dust-proof front panel protection. With streamlined capability and innovation, the multi-functional POS terminal Bello620 series takes advantage of power-efficient Intel quad-core processors with speeds up to 2GHz to deliver outstanding computing, graphical and media performance in a compact, economically efficient form factor and a fanless architecture. In addition, the system power switch of the Bello620 is designed with a touch-control pad that does away with mechanical structures, adding to the excellent durability and sturdiness of the device.The Bello620 series offers users optimal ease of management; maintenance is easy and the installation of key components is simple. Moreover, the system provides rich I/O ports and optional built-in peripherals, enabling flexibility for users in a variety of POS applications. With state-of-art configurations, POS peripheral options include MSR, iButton, smart card reader, RFID reader, fingerprint reader and barcode scanner. Moreover, its smart mechanical design supports attached VFD and 8"/10" customer displays for the most demanding hospitality and retail environments.Bello620 samples are available now. For more products information, visit the Clientron website: http://www.clientron.com/.About ClientronClientron was founded in 1983. The company is dedicated to 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 Systems. We are steadfast in our commitment to develop and provide even more advanced IoT client solutions and services for our partners and customers to build an intelligent e-World. Visit us at http://www.clientron.com/.Clientron introduced new 12" All-in-One POS Bello620 with lightweight and ultra-slim design.

The fast growing economy has increased energy use and resulted in problems including pollution and resource depletion. Reducing energy consumptions and carbon emissions has therefore become a worldwide effort. An analysis on the overall power consumption distribution shows that air conditioners and their most energy-hungry chiller units constantly account for more than 40% of electricity use so they have become the top priority in the mission to save energy.Sweltering temperatures in summer bring skyrocketing electricity consumption by air conditioners and people can forget about the goal to reduce energy use and carbon emissions. In response, the international community is starting to promote the new cooling seasonal performance factor (CSPF) standard, which can more accurately evaluate operating efficiency of air conditioners in real-life use scenarios compared to the conventional energy efficiency ratio (EER) that is calculated based on fixed criteria without considering ambient temperature and the variation of indoor cooling load. To keep up with international standards, the Ministry of Economic Affairs established CNS 3615 and started to include CSPF in Taiwan's national standards on January 1, 2016.CSPF plays an important role in helping push the introduction of highly energy-efficient air conditioners, indicated Min-Yu Liou, manager, Commercial Air Conditioning Design Department, Tatung Company. Based on the current EER standard, Grade 1 water-cooled packaged air conditioning units are required to have an EER higher than 5.14. Manufacturers will have difficulty meeting the Grade 1 requirement if not using variable frequency technology. To a certain degree, CSPF offers some freedom for manufacturers to have better chances at challenging the highest grade product design. In addition, consumers also have more opportunities to choose a truly energy-efficient model.Air-cooled chiller unit – a very attractive choice for its space saving featureLiou continued to point out that Tatung has been making all efforts in developing air conditioning products with optimum energy efficiency in accordance with national energy standards. In terms of commercial air conditioners, the website of the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs has a list of the manufacturers who have products meeting the energy efficiency standards for chiller units of air conditioning systems, and Tatung has obtained a total of 65 certificates, far surpassing competitors. It should be noted that Tatung is one of the only two manufacturers that have received certificates for air-cooled fixed capacity chiller units.In general, Tatung offers a wide variety of chiller units and has the highest number of models meeting energy efficiency standards, which represents their reliable quality and performance, commented Chien-Hsiu Huang, manager, Air Conditioning Business Planning Department, Tatung Company.Chiller units with air-cooled condensers are distinguished from common water-cooled units in that they do not need cooling water towers but only require essential components including air handling units and indoor air supply units. This means savings on both cost and space for business owners as they will not need to build an equipment room and can place the chiller unit at an outdoor location with natural ventilation. Tatung has accumulated 23 energy efficiency certifications for its air-cooled chiller units. These products with their built-in advantages are extremely competitive for use at small- to medium-sized commercial areas. For example, a university recently purchased two Tatung 20-ton air-cooled chiller units in consideration of the cost and space saving advantages.Liou indicated that besides focusing on air-cooled chiller units, Tatung is also developing small water-cooled chiller units that offer space saving features to encourage more business owners to opt for highly energy-efficient air conditioners.Special parallel design raises energy-efficiency by over 30%Another highlight of Tatung's commercial air conditioning systems is the use of parallel chiller units with chilled water as the conductive medium, achieving an energy saving efficiency surpassing common chillers by over 30%.Huang explains the parallel system design is similar to the VRV variable-frequency and multi-connected air conditioner. The VRV design aims to allow multiple compartments to simultaneously cool down when one of the connected units is in operation. Tatung's parallel system has a similar structure except it uses chilled water as the medium while the VRV uses refrigerant. Take the 40-ton conventional chiller unit for example. Usually, one 10-ton compressor and one 10-ton heat exchanger make up an independent system and four such independent systems form a chiller unit. In order to obtain 100% heat exchange capacity, there is no other way but to run four compressors at the same time. Parallel chiller units offer a breakthrough from such limitation.Compared to the same 40-ton conventional model, although Tatung's parallel system also comprises four compressors, it abandons the independent system design and its four compressors share the use of a large 40-ton heat exchanger. This design allows the user to achieve 100% heat exchange capacity with only one or two compressors running at a low cooling load. This translates to 1/3 to 1/2 savings on the electricity use without diminishing the cooling effects at all.Despite the design similarity between parallel chiller units and VRV units, the two target different market segments. VRV units aim to replace large-scale packaged air conditioners while parallel chiller units look to take over conventional chiller units with independent structural design. Unlike VRV units, the manufacturing of parallel chiller units does not involve complicated processes, such as refrigerant pipe covering, filling and welding so the production costs are lower than VRV units. The largest parallel chiller unit Tatung offers now is a 120-ton system that is suitable for spaces from 1,587 square meters to 1,984 square meters, if not considering factors such as sunlight exposure and heat insulation.Chien-Hsiu Huang (left) and Min-Yu Liou, managers of Tatung Company.

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) will exhibit the industry's widest range of test solutions for diverse applications throughout the Internet of Things (IoT) at this year's SEMICON Japan trade show, coming December 14-16 to Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan. Again this year, Advantest is a gold sponsor of the show.In booth #2445 in Hall 2, Advantest will showcase both its newest test solutions and its market-proven products. Displays will be organized into four general categories of IoT applications: Industrial, Wireless/Wearables, Connected Homes, and Connected Automobiles. Featured products and services will include industry-leading test and measurement platforms, performance-enhancing modules and channel cards, e-beam metrology and lithography tools, test handlers, downloadable test programs, burn-in test systems, probe cards and field-services.Technical insight will be provided through live and virtual-reality demonstrations as well as digital graphics, allowing visitors to learn all about the latest IC test innovations offered by Advantest worldwide."We are committed to providing our customers with solutions for measuring the connected world and everything in it," said Judy Davies, vice president of Global Marketing Communications at Advantest. "Our exhibit at this year's SEMICON Japan tradeshow embodies that commitment in ways that will be both informative and entertaining for new and continuing customers alike."On December 15 at 2:20 p.m., Shin Kimura, vice president of Advantest's ASD Test and Measurement Business Group, will present a paper on "IoT Society and Test Technology" during the half-day Autonomous & Connected Car Forum in Reception Hall A of the conference tower. In addition to being a presenter, Advantest is a sponsor of this forum.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/.

ISO 20000, published in December 2005 and developed based on the ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) framework, is an international standard for IT service management that includes audit and certification processes for organizations and companies. Once service providers are certified, it means they are capable of providing services with high reliability and availability.The continuing advancement in technological innovations is driving more and more businesses to improve and perfect IT service mechanisms and this spurs increasing demand for deployment of information systems and equipment that are growing in scale and complexity. Now companies are turning to premium information service providers to help them reduce service costs, boost service quality and eventually reach the goal of raising productivity.In view of this, IT departments of businesses, governments, and academic institutions are progressively seeking ISO 20000 certification to ensure they provide IT services that are compliant with their objectives and their information management architecture follows the ITIL practice to enhance system and service reliability as well as availability. Furthermore, some information service providers are implementing ISO 20000 for the purpose of creating differentiating services and values to win customers' trust even though they have a much broader and complex customer base than just IT departments at their clients.Tatung System Technology Inc. (TSTi), as a system integrator, is one of the few ISO 20000 certified information service providers in Taiwan. Mark Chen, Vice President, Software & Service Center, TSTi, stated information products have clear specifications and customers can easily tell between good and bad products. Services, on the other hand, are intangible and to enable customers to visualize service quality, a set of international requirements needs to be followed to guarantee the service procedures are on par with world-class standards. This was exactly why TSTi stepped up efforts to go for ISO 20000 certification in November 2013.The 10-month long implementation poses tremendous demand on the physical and mental strength of the TSTi teamAny organization or company setting a goal to obtain ISO 20000 Certification has to undergo a rigorous process. It is not easy as the devotion of considerable resources and months of preparation is a must. Brad Yu, Director, Customer Service, Software & Service Center, TSTi, drawing on the company's experience, commented the preparation for ISO 20000 certification took 10 months, the first two of which were spent on training to promote employee recognition on ISO 20000 values and then willingness to fully commit to its implementation. Thereafter, the TSTi team took the initiative to gather a large amount of information to help build up the ITIL system and embraced changes to the operation procedures.After establishing a common ground, TSTi started the preparation of related specification documents based on ISO 20000 framework and practice. The construction of its service management system (ITSM) is focused on four key procedures – emergency and service request management, service standard management, service availability and sustainability management, and supplier management. ITSM meticulously logs the deployment, changes and repair requests related to customers' systems, so TSTi can deliver services meeting customers' needs.After 10 months of hard work, TSTi successfully completed multiple stages of the certification process including preliminary review, reexamination, documentation review and on-site audit and was awarded the ISO 20000-1:2011 information service management system certificate in September 2014. Keeping on perfecting its flow, TSTi passed audits again two years in a row in 2015 and 2016, which shows TSTi's persevering commitment to providing top quality services and fail-proof IT management systems.Chen added that in order to really make ITIL practice a part of its corporate culture that energizes the technical support team to strive for perfection, TSTi bases a part of employee evaluation on their compliance with ISO 20000 requirements. If an employee fails to follow the ISO 20000 standard when carrying out a task and this results in a customer complaint, there will be negative an impact on his or her job evaluation.An increasing rate of successful off-site support cases translates to lower service costs and higher competitivenessSummarizing on the actual benefits of ISO 20000 certification, Chen said, first of all, TSTi's service efficiency is boosted as it keeps track of all events, issues, and changes, and augments its ability to respond to and troubleshoot customer issues through the accumulated records. The introduction of ISO 20000 has benefited TSTi with a 6% annual increase in successful off-site support cases, reducing the costs of having to provide on-site services otherwise.Another benefit that ISO 20000 brings is enabling TSTi services to be visualized through complete reports generated by its ITSM for customers to help with evaluation and planning. For example, customers can find out from the reports which equipment tends to have a higher failure rate and likely to cause service interruption and therefore they can plan a replacement schedule to increase operation efficiency.Last but not least, ISO 20000 ensures high service availability for customers. TSTi uses Availability and Continuity Management to guarantee the continuous and timely availability of its human & material resources, customer service systems, network, power supply, and other resources to prevent any interruption to customer operations. The ISO 20000 implementation has generated impressive results as customer service availability and continuity is up from 98.9044% to 99.45206%, in complete correspondence to the 24/7 service level agreement engaged with customers.Mark Chen, Vice President, Software & Service Center, TSTi

Litemax Electronics Inc., a world leading embedded solution provider and a member of the Intel Internet of Things Solutions Alliance unveils its newest embedded single board computers, AECX-APL0, which equipped with the latest Intel Apollo lake processor to the market. This new SBC is designed for dealing with rising demands on low power consumption, small size but steady system performance and expect to offer users a new solution for cost-effective IoT applications.AECX-APL0, a 3.5″ single board computer integrates Intel's next-generation power-efficient Apollo Lake SoC processors, including Atom™ E3950/E3940/E3930, which provides up to 30% more CPU and GPU performance, lower power consumption and supporting 4K/60Hz resolution over DisplayPort.In addition, it supports wide voltage input and wide temperature options which provide rock-solid and industrial-grade performance for harsh environment. Also, a highly-integrated Mini-PCIe/mSATA expansion socket is equipped for SSD storage and a variety of wireless connections, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, satellite navigation, NFC, digital radio, WiGig or WWAN. Those features make it an ideal platform allowing developers to build more compact or thinner embedded devices.AECX-APL0 is expected to release in months and more Apollo Lake-based embedded boards/systems will be available soonAbout 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 http://www.litemax.com/Litemax Electronics INC. unveils the latest Intel Apollo Lake 3.5" embedded motherboard AECX-APL0 with HDMI/DP/LVDS, 3 COM, 6 USB, Dual GbE LAN.

Macronix, the world-leading non-volatile memory (NVM) solution manufacturer, today unveiled its new-generation 12 pin-count bus interface called OctaBus. This breakthrough design delivers the high speed, high efficiency features of Macronix OctaFlash products, while incorporating OctaRAM into the same data I/O bus, reducing the pin count to 12, thus enabling simplicity in system design while optimizing PCB space, resulting in significant cost savings and at the same time dramatically improving performance.Macronix introduced OctaFlash, the world's fastest, high-efficiency 8 I/O Serial NOR Flash with 400MB/s data transfer rate in 2015. The booming development of IoT, the Automotive Electronics markets, the increasing demand for "instant-on" and an "interactive graphical user interface, has driven Macronix to introduce the new low pin-count, high-performance OctaBus memory interface. The new bus interface keeps the low pin count feature of OctaFlash and combines both OctaFlash and the new OctaRAM components on a single bus. The two products can share the same data I/O and some signal control pins and are designed to be compatible with each other with regards to their modified memory protocols. This enables chipset providers to combine PCB layout designs for OctaFlash and OctaRAM or even use a common PCB design.In the new OctaBus memory subsystem, OctaFlash is recognized as an industry leader based on its 200MHz high performance frequency; in tandem OctaRAM will enable designers to optomise their system design, giving significant cost savings through efficient pin sharing. With its design changed from parallel to serial interface, OctaRAM delivers a performance comparable to DDR2 and in addition allows an improved ease of system design, thus the embedded systems adopting OctaRAM will have a cutting edge advantage. Macronix's new interface is expected to lead the industry evolution to high speed and highly efficient system design in the same way as when Macronix was the leader who pioneered the NOR Flash transition from parallel to serial interfaces.OctaBus memory holds more advantages in MCP chip marketWith its strengths in low pin count and sharing of the I/O bus, OctaBus memory is expected to achieve great success also in the MCP (multi chip package) market that MCU and core chip vendors are closely watching. The original design of MCP chips, using separate buses, typically requires a BGA package with 80 pins. A design adopting OctaBus can have the package dimension reduced from 9x9mm to 6x8mm. In particular, an MCP combining OctaBus advantages of OctaFlash and OctaRAM in KGD form (known good die), provides even further simplicity of design and reduced complexity to satisfy system manufacturers' critical demands of cost reduction and design flexibility. Macronix strongly believes that this interface offers such a significant system improvement to designers that the company is promoting OctaBus memory as an open standard.Macronix's OctaBus memory subsystem will include three major product lines: Macronix's own OctaFlash series, an OctaMCP product line and a discrete OctaRAM line provided by other memory ecosystem and supply chain partners.•OctaFlash: 64Mb to 2Gb Package: 24BGA (all), 16SOP (256Mb-512Mb) Availability: 512Mb in production; rest sampling• OctaRAM: 32Mb-128Mb 3V/133MHz, 1.8V/200MHz Package: 24BGA Availability: 64Mb sampling• OctaMCP: 512Mb (OctaFlash) + 64Mb( OctaRAM), 3V Package: 24BGA Availability: ES (Engineering Samples) by Jan/2017Macronix OctaBus Memory SolutionsElain Shih, product marketing manager, MXIC