Established for 346 years, Merck is one of the oldest, and yet most innovative technology company in the world. This is a result of its long-term growth, continuous expansion, and constant changes. In order to reflect its current new position, Merck has launched a new branding system, which was inspired by the multiple forms of chemical molecules under optical and electron microscopic observation. The new branding look brings a vivid, colorful and splendid style of how Merck intends to shape the future.Right after the rebranding campaign, Merck held the "Display Insight 2015" just in time to showcase the new changes in the company. The most obvious one is the use of the name "Display Insight" instead of "LC Insight" for the seminar. This years' Display Insight, which took place at Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel on October 27th 2015, is renamed to deliver a clear message. Through mergers and acquisitions, including AZ Electronics Materials and Qlight Nanotech Ltd., an Israeli quantum materials company in the past years, Merck has acquired cutting edge technologies to provide a comprehensive product portfolio to its display customers and to expand with new technologies outside of liquid crystals.By exploiting these new technologies, Merck aims to sustain its leadership in the display materials industry. Through broadened product portfolios and further technological advancements, Merck implemented customer-centered business model to help customers to achieve differentiation in the market and sustain their outstanding performance.Before the event of Display Insight 2015, DIGITIMES interviewed Dr. Sang-Kyu Lee, R&D Head of Merck Display Technologies. He highlighted new display technologies like UB-FFS, a newly introduced liquid crystal material, next generation low-K dialectic material Siloxane, as well as Merck's quantum material "Q-Rod", which helps improve color impression and energy efficiency of display devices. At the seminar, Dr. Lee also introduced liquid crystals for beyond display applications to expand the usage of display materials to the industrial partners and event participants.UB-FFS dedicated for 4K Smartphone display and further applicationsUB-FFS (Ultra Bright Fringe Field Switching) is Merck's newly developed liquid crystal materials particularly for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This technology has recently won 2 prestigious prizes, including the 2015 German Innovation Award and Display Component of the Year Gold Award of SID (Society for Information Display). UB-FFS provides higher light transmittance, better image resolution and consumes less energy, which is very important especially for higher end smartphones.Dr. Lee was the development team leader of UB-FFS and has made important contributions to this technology. He joined Merck in 2005, after he received the PhD degree in University of Bonn, Germany. Dr. Lee worked for Merck's R&D department as his first job until now and he never left Merck ever since. In the summer of 2015, he was offered the position to lead Taiwan Display Materials R&D team, where he intend to help customers adopt the latest technology, including UB-FFS liquid crystal material. He explained in detail the many advantages that UB-FFS can bring to display makers. .First of all, mobile devices rely on battery power to perform its functions; therefore, extending battery life is critical for smartphones. All mobile display materials need to feature power saving scheme equipped with very low voltage driving capability. Taking 4K resolution smartphone LCD panel as an example, there are four times of image pixels squeezing into the same square inches of panel area. The aperture ratio of display panel drops dramatically and leaves challenges of display materials. The strength of high light transmitting ratio of UB-FFS overcomes these issues, and at the same time, saves immense power consumption.Meanwhile, the higher display transmissions smartphone panels enabled by UB-FFS technology allow greater design freedom for product developers. Devices now can be made slimmer because of the possibility of using thinner batteries. Alternatively, designers can opt for a longer battery life because less backlighting source will be required for display panels. Using UB-FFS materials also leads to cost reduction for manufacturers and hence benefits for consumers.Secondly, another important feature of UB-FFS is dynamic frequency driving capability. Smartphone or tablet users view static pictures or web pages more than video clips. The capability to give alternative display frequency options can benefit a great deal of extra energy saving. If display frequency of panel reduced from 60Hz to 30Hz, even aggressively in 10Hz, the display panel will save energy for 30% than normal display conditions, according to experimental records tested in the laboratory. This is one of the bestselling points for all smartphones or tablets of global brands, and it is also the reason why UB-FFS has successfully achieved high market penetration rate in the world. You can easily discover the global brands in United States, Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan to launch flagship smartphones that leverage the strength of UB-FFS technologies.Low-K material Siloxane plays the key roles in 8K display panelThe next generation LC display will be a triumph in taking resolution to the 8K level. There are several technology challenges when squeezing smaller pixels into different panel sizes. The impact of lower aperture ratio of display caused by higher resolution can be overcome by higher light transmittance from liquid crystal material. But the effect can be further enhanced with Merck's functional dielectric material "Siloxane". Siloxane materials provide low-K and high optical transparency features suited for process having superior planarization and gap filling properties on uneven surface. Using Siloxane materials reduces the resistance−capacitance (RC) delay and signal interference in the high resolution display panels. This will enhance panel's aperture ratio and increase the energy efficiency to save power.Siloxane has many astonished features including high temperature resistant up to 350J, and high UV resistant, which enable to go through the advanced manufacturing process. Siloxane will be the most competitive material especially in 8K panel manufacturing process. It can significantly improve image quality and energy efficiency for 8K display panel.Quantum Rod depicts the future of display panel materialsQuantum Rod (Q-Rod) is nano-grade semiconductor crystal materials. Since 2007, Merck started to develop this technology with Qlight Nanotech, a former Israeli company which Merck acquired in July 2015. Unlike the conventional quantum material that are dotted shaped, Merck created its material in rod-shaped and calls it Q-Rod. The materials offer the features to absorb incoming light of short wavelengths (usually deep blue light) and emit colors at longer wavelengths (green and red color) with very narrow bandwidths. Q-rod materials can be used in the backlight units of liquid crystal displays to increase light throughput, extend the color range, and provide stronger, more natural greens and reds.Q-Rod materials provide a similar color conversion mechanism and extend colorgamut like spherical quantum dots. Their unique advantage is that they emit polarized light and allow an even higher light throughput through the polarizer, which results in remarkable brightness improvement for display panel. In addition, its impressive power saving features can drastically extends battery life in mobile devices. Due to their special physical properties, Q-Rod materials also enable the development of future display technologies and modes.Beyond Display continuing the efforts to develop innovationThe demonstration of Beyond Display is always the most eye-catching for visitors. Through the events of Merck's LC 2021 initiatives to different technology forums, Smart Window (Liquid Crystal Window) is one of the key fields that Merck tries to expand its display technology.Focusing on continuous driver of technology and innovation for display materials in fields beyond displays, Merck is exploring new business fields outside of classic displays. By making different use of liquid crystal materials and working with product designers and industrial experts, smart products such as Smart Window, Smart Antenna, Smart Lighting applications are developed to enhance people's lifestyle with technologies. ."There are more emerging applications that are becoming more popular than before", Dr. Lee highlighted. "For the headlight design of Europe luxury cars, display materials can also be used to enable Smart Lighting to enhance safe driving and road traffic safety with automatic brightness adjustment when two passing cars are facing each other." Other applications include naked eyes 3D holography for implementing genuine 3D technology using holography that is increasingly used at gaming solution providers and education markets."As a market leader", Dr. Lee insisted," Merck will keep focusing on the development of display materials by investing in technology research and acquisition." With continuing material innovations, Merck has been playing the active role to serve the industries. In the event of Display Insight 2015, with a wide range of product portfolios to be showcased, Merck will present to participants and partners to witness its latest display materials and technologies.Merck's new branding image in front of its Innovation Center at the headquarter in GermanyDr. Sang-Kyu Lee, R&D Head of Merck Display Technologies
Indium Corporation announces the release of its newest informational video detailing the benefits of using low-temperature solder alloy systems based on indium and bismuth.This brief video features the company's Indium and Bismuth Product Manager, Carol Gowans, as she explains to electronics manufacturing expert Phil Zarrow, President and Principal Consultant for ITM Consulting, the properties and applications of indium and bismuth."Both alloy systems, indium and bismuth, offer significant and distinct advantages based on the manufacturing process needs," Gowans said. "These alloys are available in numerous forms from paste to ribbon to wire to preforms."This video can be found at www.indium.com/blog/phil-zarrow.Gowans has more than 30 years of experience in sales and product management, focusing on emerging markets and technologies. Covering a variety of markets, including medical, aerospace, and electronics manufacturing, her goal is to identify the requirements of each target market and to select the right tools (including products, technical support, etc.) to meet those requirements. Gowans has authored papers on Solder Fortification and improving solder joint reliability with the use of solder preforms. She also authors a blog on engineered solders, which can be found at www.indium.com/blog/carol-gowans.Zarrow has been involved with PCB fabrication and assembly for more than 35 years. In addition to his background in automated assembly and cleaning, Zarrow is recognized for his expertise in surface mount reflow soldering technology, and in the design and implementation of SMT placement equipment and reflow soldering systems. His extensive hands-on experience also includes set-up and troubleshooting through-hole, and SMT processes throughout the world.For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email abrown@indium.com.
Strictly speaking, Industry 4.0 isn't just about automated production, which can only increase production efficiency and quality but can't let you enjoy the full benefits. In order to realize the vision of smart production, you will need further integration of digitized information, supported by big data analytics applications.Industry 4.0 is currently a hot topic, and it seems like everyone in the manufacturing industry is talking about it. However, if you look at most of the players in Taiwan's manufacturing industry, the degree of automation at their production lines is still low. Many manufacturing facilities still require manual labor when handling materials between different machines as well as inserting materials for production. For these types of companies, in order to achieve Industry 4.0, they will first need to build sensor technologies as well as connectivity capabilities into their production equipment. Then, they will need to build seamless production environments by designing efficient traffic routes and integrating the work flows at their factories. Even after accomplishing all of these, they will not have achieved Industry 4.0 yet."By achieving automated production manufacturers will only have achieved about 40 to 50% of what it takes to reach the ultimate goal of Industry 4.0," explains Brian Shen, president of Tatung System Technologies Inc. (tsti). The next critical milestone would be to digitize their information and upload the status of their equipment, production information, as well as logistics data into the cloud. Then, they need to integrate all of the data and information with their manufacturing execution system (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, allowing the status at the manufacturing end to be analyzed and monitored in real time. The entire production process – the sourcing of supplies, the feeding of materials to the machines, the manufacturing and the delivery of the finished products – will be closely monitored with measures taken quickly when necessary. By achieving these, the manufacturer will have achieved 60 to 70% of what is required to achieve Industry 4.0.Achieving Industry 4.0 through Integration and Analysis of InformationIn order to achieve the last mile to Industry 4.0, manufacturers will need to build a big data platform into their ERP systems for conducting advanced analyses, making decisions and feeding the results back to the front end. For example, if the system discovers (through analyses) signs of potential changes (such as a shortage of materials or delivery delays), it will issue an alert via the indicator lights on the front-end instrument's panel and at the same time notify procurement personnel to make emergency material purchases. The system may also notify sales personnel to provide updated delivery schedules to the customer. Once these visions are realized, the manufacturer will have fully achieved the goal of Industry 4.0 smart manufacturing.Therefore, if we view building smart production capabilities into individual machines as a starting point for achieving Industry 4.0, we would subsequently need to achieve full-factory automation, integration of information and communication, and implementation of big data analytics. This is a long process involving both operational and information technologies. In today's market, only a very limited number of service providers are able to provide integration of all the aspects beginning from lower-level onsite production facility monitoring to higher-level data collecting and analysis. If this situation persists, it will surely be an obstacle to Taiwan's manufacturing industry on their road to Industry 4.0.Because of this, tsti began actively building a strong foundation in this area in 2014. Through mergers and acquisitions as well as internal assistance from its own SCADA team, tsti has vertically integrated the upper and lower level services ranging from PLC to BC (block controller), SCADA, MES, and ERP. In addition, services from OSI's PI analytics software, Microsoft's APS system, or HP's Vertica system can also be integrated, achieving a diverse scope of big data analytics in order to fully meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 and provide information integration services for smart manufacturing.Increase gross profit by closely monitoring production process according to ordersBrian Shen points out that even before Industry 4.0 began attracting so much attention, many manufacturers in Taiwan had already been putting considerable efforts into establishing automated production. By doing this, they were able to successfully enhance quality as well as efficiency. However, this did not allow them to solve the problem of low profits. Clearly, regardless of how fast or how well you are able to produce "me-too" products, your sales still won't take off. In order to overcome this predicament, you must achieve customized production and prevent inventory from accumulating, which would help increase gross profits. However, a sudden switch to low-volume high-diversity production could result in chaos in the production line. Only through the adoption of information digitization can these problems be solved.Through information digitization, upper-level information and communication systems as well as data analytics will be able to control production schedules, material deliveries from suppliers, production volumes and delivery schedules according to the specifications of the orders, thereby ensuring that all production resources are used effectively and all production requirements are met in an orderly yet flexible manner.In addition, through information digitization, stability of the production line can be guaranteed and downtime prevented, Brian Shen further explains. For example: CNC cutting tools need to be replaced periodically due to wear; in addition, after motors or cooling water pumps operate for over a year, they need to be inspected and repaired. In the past, due to a lack of detection capabilities (sensors), repairs would only be carried out after equipment failure or malfunction. This results in system downtime, which could reduce utilization rates and create considerable losses. Once IoT technologies are adopted, we will be able to conduct timely maintenance or repairs when the system shows signs of anomalies but has yet to completely fail. This avoids potential downtimes and losses.In this scenario, SCADA can be used to collect information of power characteristics, temperatures, humidity levels, CO2 levels, weights and others, which is then fed into the PI software for analysis of the conditions of the various equipment in order to detect any potential issues and fix them before any major problems develop.Tatung System Technologies President Brian Shen stresses Industry 4.0 can be truly achieved only by adopting connected sensors at the bottom level, implementing smart production, full-factory automation, information digitization, and back-end big data analytics.
DASAN Networks, a global network solution provider in Korea, announced that it has completed development of G.fast technology that enables gigabit speeds over copper infrastructure.G.fast technology is a next generation network solution that extends gigabit services with copper wire. Service providers can save installation costs significantly without major upgrades of existing infrastructure, while offering ultra-fast broadband service to customers.Defined as ITU-T standard G.9700/G.9701, G.fast technology is getting increasingly popular worldwide due to its advantage of increasing broadband capacity without re-cabling into all-fiber infrastructure, especially in areas that only have telephone lines or historical sites where, due to preservation, it is difficult to execute major construction.Leading this trend, DASAN Networks has developed G.fast solution targeting both global and local markets.DASN Networks' G.fast solution meets global market requirements by adopting global standard ITU-T G.9700/G.9701, and is designed with high reliability by effectively minimizing crosstalk through vectoring technology.DASAN Networks also provides G.fast total solution from its high capacity equipment for service provider's central office to customer premise equipment (CPE) to ensure efficient management.Mr. SeungDong Lee, DASAN Networks' CTO, says "More solutions that utilize existing network infrastructure to expand broadband are emerging quickly. Leveraging our advanced technology such as G.fast, DASAN Networks will lead the way into the global market with higher-bandwidth and economical solutions"DASAN Neworks G.fast will be first introduced at the DASAN Networks booth #D2-36 at GITEX Technology Week (18~22 Oct 2015, Dubai) and #E68 at Broadband World Forum (20~22 Oct 2015, London).AboutDASAN Networks is a leading global network solution provider that established end-to-end capabilities across the Carrier and Enterprise markets. With more than 60 customers over 25 countries, DASAN Networks has been a reliable solution provider to Korea's top 3 operators KT, SK broadband and LG U+ and continuously expanding global business followed by the company's success in Europe, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Visit http://www.dasannetworks.com/ for more information.
Indium Corporation announces a soft metal alloy thermal interface material (SMA TIM) that offers high and uniform thermal resistance at lower applied stresses in compressed interfaces.The company's patented Heat-Spring SMA TIM reduces thermal resistance and enhances cooling by utilizing two key properties of indium metal: superior thermal conductivity and malleability. Unlike standard thermal interface materials, Heat-Spring offers an extremely long service life as it does not pump out under power cycling, nor does it bake out over time. This combination of high conductance, high surface contact area (due to superior conformance), and low degradation over time produces a superior thermal interface and assures optimized long-term device performances in compressed interfaces.Heat-Spring's high and uniform thermal conductivity is enhanced further when placed under compression (35 to 100 psi). Learn more at www.indium.com/heat-spring or by contacting the company at askus@indium.com.For more information about Indium Corporation, visit http://www.indium.com/ or email abrown@indium.com.
Good Way Technology's DU 3900 USB 3.0 4K mini-docking station granted the winner of HKEIA 2015 Award for outstanding innovation and technology products. This award is organized by Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association Ltd annually and displayed in the Hong Kong Electronics Fair held from October 13th to 16th 2015.The USB 3.0 4K Mini Docking Station is designed for extra connectivity demands. You can extend the connection of a computer to extra USB peripherals, Ethernet network and the audio output/input through one single USB cable.With the built-in USB 3.0 ports, the docking station enables you to enjoy the super speed data transmission between USB peripherals. Aside from USB 3.0, this product is compliant with USB 2.0/1.1 specification. You will be able to keep and use your USB 2.0/1.1 devices as usual.In addition, the docking station is equipped with video output. With the DVI and HDMI ports, you can mirror your primary screen, or extend the Window desktop allowing visibility of more applications at the same time. Enhanced expansion capability plus the stylish appearance, this compact docking station with video is the most versatile accessory that also complements your home or office space.Good Way Technology's DU 3900 USB 3.0 4K mini-docking station granted the winner of HKEIA 2015 Award
Western China (Sichuan) Import Expo & International Investment Fair ("WCIIF" for short) has held its press release on 12th Oct morning in Chengdu. Sichuan Provincial Government Secretary General Luo Qiang said during his presentation, the exhibition promotion work has nearly been finished.34 countries and regions including countries along "One Belt One Road"are already slated to exhibit.WCIIF will take place during 23rd-27th Oct in Chengdu on theme of "Investment expansion and trade development". The Former French Prime Minister,Former Russian First Deputy Prime Minister,United Nations Procurement Service Deputy Director and other foreign leaders will attend this event. Up to now, 10 foreign delegations, 14 embassies in China and 19 foreign trade and investment promotion agencies, commercial and industrial organization has set their visits to WCIIF. 16 provinces including Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Liaoning and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps will send their delegations to the expo. So the total number of attendees is estimated to rise over 20,000.The exhibiting area covers over 80,000 square meters, marking Import Expo "the largest import expo in West China". As center stage for global businesses, it will showcase mainly three fields: Foreign advanced technology equipment and key components, service trade and consumer goods. There are six halls in total: Pavilion of European and American Countries, Pavilion of Japan and RKO, Pavilion of Smart Car, Pavilion of ASEAN and South Asia, Pavilion of Fashion Life. The total area covers 83,800 square meters, of which 58,300 square meters are foreign pavilions. Represented by USA, German, France, Italy, Czech, Japan, South Korea, Israel, India, Malaysia, 34 countries and regions are among the 1500+ exhibitors, including 23 one long "One Belt One Road". Many of the exhibitors are Fortune 500 companies and Multinational Company, for example, Panasonic, Dell, Hyundai, Microsoft, Bosch, Foxconn, Cannon, Haulotte, PPG.Conference Program is another highlight for the expo. 16 conference sessions of distinct theme, rich content, remarkable efficiency will take place: Import Expo Signing Ceremony,2015 EU-Sichuan Investment Cooperation Fair, Sichuan Electronics information Investment and Trade Forum, China (Sichuan) Automobile Investment Cooperation Fair, China-EU Technology and Trade Fair, Sino-French SMEs Cooperation Forum, Western China Imports Purchase & Supply Symposium 2015, The China (Western) International Flat Panel Display Summit, The China Smart Automobile Forum, China (Chengdu) General Aviation Developing Summit, Western E-Commerce Developing Summit, covering finance, investment, trade, technology, e-commerce and other regions.
Information security used to pose little threat to industrial machines due to their inability to internet access. However, with the trend of IP communication and Internet of things (IoT), cyber threats intensify, thus making information security controls unignorable issues."To mitigate increasing information security risks, many industries start paying attention to information security and installing industry firewalls to secure remote access and intercept suspicious data exchanges," said Hadwin Liu, Chief Architect of NEXCOM Network and Communication Solutions Business Group.Still, malicious users keep trying ways to disguise malware to bypass firewalls. To patch this, information security products integrate IDS/IPS and use smart control and correlation engine to filter malicious packets. With industrial protocols and behavior-based pattern matching, they can block suspicious connections to industrial networks and endpoint assets.As protection targets in industrial networks are machinery, network security products should be scattered at exit points of each subdomain for close protection. In case malware-infected machinery in one subdomain tries to infect machinery in other domains, IDS/IPS will drop data packets, cut off connections, and restrict access, containing the infection.NEXCOM's industry firewalls integrate VPN, firewall, and IDS/IPS. "Our IDS/IPS engine has rich signature database. Through log analysis and SIEM, it detects abnormal programs hiding in normal packets. While industrial machines adopt dynamic IP address, VPN helps headquarters remotely monitor production," said Liu.Security breach and consequences in industrial networks can be critical. Integrated industry firewalls shield malware and protect endpoint assets at the bottom layer from risks interrupting operation and from hackers stealing intellectual property and confidential data.For more information about NEXCOM, please visit http://www.nexcom.com/Protecting endpoint assets at the bottom layer of industrial networks requires integrated defense with VPN, firewalls, and IDS/IPS.
Western China (Sichuan) Import Expo & International Investment Fair ("WCIIF" for short) has held its press release on 12th Oct morning in Chengdu. In the replies to the questions of the journalists, the spokesman of Sichuan Bureau of Expo Affairs mentioned that, WCIIF will be more practical, more professional and more international.As reported, organizing displays around the strategy of "One Belt One Road", WCIIF has attracted enterprises, delegations and guests of honor from 23 countries and regions along New Silk Road Economic Belt, which takes up 2/3 of total exhibitors.In the aspect of industry and technology import, Sichuan province has made its overall scheme: develop top 5 fast growing industries and top 5 emerging leading service trades. Under the above guidance, the organizer has arranged world-famous enterprises to exhibit at the WCIIF: Manufacturers: ATLAS (Sweden), Haulotte (France), Schmalz (German), Foxconn……; Electronic information: Microsoft, Dell, Panasonic……; Intelligent automobile: Hyundai, Toyota……; and groups of companies (Exim Bank of China, Utrans, Suning, etc.) from trade service industries like finance, international e-commerce, tourism and culture. The event will draw global businesses to showcase the latest products and technologies entering the West China marketplace.In the Meantime, Western China Imports Purchase & Supply Symposium 2015 will be held during the WCIIF. Over 3800 buyers have registered for this session. Representatives from United Nations Procurement Department, foreign official delegations, Foreign Consulate General in Chengdu, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing and other organizations will attend the conference. Other 8 concurrent sessions of trade including 2015 China Supply Chain Management Summit, United Nations Procurement Service, Advanced science and technology, analytical and testing instruments, energy conservation and environment protection etc. is ready to open. Attendees (world famous circulation enterprises, import agents, supply chain management, warehousing enterprises) can access the power of WCIIF during face to face discussion with exhibitors.
Apple has updated the entire iMac family, bringing a new Retina Ultra HD display to the 21.5-inch iMac for the first time and the Retina 5K display to every 27-inch iMac. The updated iMacs also feature more powerful processors and graphics, two Thunderbolt 2 ports and new storage options.Apple also introduced a new lineup of wireless accessories including the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad 2. The Magic devices feature rechargeable batteries that eliminate the need for disposable batteries. The new Magic Trackpad also brings Apple's Force Touch interface to the desktop.The 21.5-inch iMac is available with the all-new Retina Ultra HD display featuring a 4,096 by 2,304 resolution and 9.4 million pixels, 4.5 times more than the standard 21.5-inch iMac display. Every 27-inch iMac features a Retina 5K display, currently the highest resolution all-in-one display with a 14.7 million pixels, 7 times more pixels than an HD display.The new Retina 5K and Ultra HD displays feature a wider P3-based color gamut that provides a 25% larger color space.The new 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display now comes with sixth-generation Intel Core processors and the latest AMD graphics that deliver up to 3.7 teraflops of compute power. The new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina Ultra HD display features a fifth-generation Intel Core processor and enhanced Intel Iris Pro Graphics. Two Thunderbolt 2 ports now come standard on all iMacs and deliver up to 20Gbps data transfer speeds for external drives and high-performance peripherals. And three stream 802.11ac Wi-Fi allows iMac to support up to 1.3Gbps wireless networking.Fusion Drive combines the large storage capacity of a hard drive with the high performance of flash to deliver shorter boot times and faster access to apps and files. Fusion Drive works in conjunction with OS X to adapt to the way consumers use their iMac and automatically moves the files and apps they use most often to flash storage. Fusion Drive pairs a 1TB hard drive with 24GB of fast flash. Fusion Drive is also available with 2TB and 3TB configurations with 128GB of fast flash for more demanding workloads. For the ultimate in storage performance, optional all flash storage is available up to 1TB and is now up to 2.5 times faster.The 27-inch iMac comes in three models starting at US$1,799, US$1,999 and US$2,299, while the 21.5-inch iMac is also available in three models starting at US$1,099 and US$1,299 and with a Retina Ultra HD display starting at US$1,499.Every new iMac comes standard with the new Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2, and customers can order the new Magic Trackpad 2 as an option. Magic Keyboard is available for US$99. Magic Mouse 2 is available for US$79. And the Magic Trackpad 2 is available for US$129.Apple iMac all-in-one PC with new Retina displayPhoto: Company
