congatec AG, a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers and EDM services, introduces the latest addition to its Qseven family. The conga-QA4 module features the new Intel Pentium and Celeron processors based on 14 nm technology and offers further energy savings as well as increased computing power. The optimized Intel Gen8 graphics with up to 16 GPUs (graphics execution units) and 4K (3840x2160 pixels) resolution results in a significantly improved visual experience.The conga-QA4 comes in three different processor versions (Intel codename Braswell) for high scalability. These range from the entry-level dual-core Intel Celeron N3050 with 1.6/2.08 GHz to the quad-core Intel Pentium N3700 with 1.6/2.4 GHz, each with a power consumption of 4 watts for standard applications (SDP = Scenario Design Power).Qseven modules featuring the first Intel Atom processor generation have been in use since 2008. With the introduction of the new conga-QA4, all Qseven applications can now be upgraded to the latest processor technology quickly and easily.The Qseven module is equipped with up to 8GB dual channel DDR3L memory and up to 64GB eMMC 5.0 for mass storage. The enhanced integrated Intel Gen8 graphics supports DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 4.2 and OpenCL 1.2. With 50 percent lower data rate requirements for high-performance, hardware-accelerated video decoding for H.265/HEVC, compared to the earlier H.264/AVC standard, it becomes possible to stream 4K videos in real time.Resolutions up to 4K are supported through DisplayPort and HDMI, and up to two independent display interfaces can be connected via 2x 24-bit LVDS. Next to LVDS, the Qseven standard also permits up to 2 eDP (Embedded DisplayPort) interfaces. This version of the conga-QA4 allows the control of three independent 4K displays.Thanks to the MIPI-CSI2 camera interface standard, Qseven can truly "open your eyes." Using a feature connector conforming to the Qseven SGET 2.0 specification (Addendum), the conga-QA4 can directly support up to two MIPI HD cameras. The main advantage of MIPI-CSI2 lies in the extremely low price of camera modules with a MIPI-CSI2 interface. The availability of standardized hardware and software interfaces also means that there are appropriate drivers for all popular operating systems, which facilitates integration.All this makes the module an ideal choice for retail, digital signage and also medical applications. But the need for high-performance graphics, outstanding computing power and passive cooling is not limited to these areas. Further applications include, for instance, technical diagnostics based on optical information, all kinds of retail monitoring tasks, security features such as occupancy or collision detection, authentication and access control, person and face recognition, optical measuring and counting, assistance systems (eg pedestrian and traffic sign recognition in motor vehicles), intelligent lighting systems (eg automatic headlamp control) and all kinds of webcam and intercom functions (eg video telephony).Thanks to native USB 3.0 support the conga-QA4 module provides fast data transmission despite low power draw. A total of six USB 2.0 ports are provided, one of which is executed as USB 3.0 SuperSpeed.Three PCI Express 2.0 lanes, and two SATA 3.0 ports with up to 6 Gb/s allow fast and flexible system extensions. The Intel I211 Gigabit Ethernet Controller guarantees best software compatibility, while I2C bus, LPC bus for easy integration of legacy I/O interfaces and Intel High Definition Audio with an 8-channel sound card round off the feature set.Quad-Core Intel Pentium processor with 4K resolution on QsevenPhoto: CompanyAbout congatec AGcongatec AG has its head office in Deggendorf, Germany and is a leading supplier of industrial computer modules using the standard form factors Qseven, COM Express, XTX and ETX, as well as single board computers and EDM services. congatec's products can be used in a variety of industries and applications, such as industrial automation, medical technology, automotive supplies, aerospace and transportation. Core knowledge and technical know-how includes unique extended BIOS features as well as comprehensive driver and board support packages. Following the design-in phase, customers are given support via extensive product lifecycle management. The company's products are manufactured by specialist service providers in accordance with modern quality standards. Currently congatec has 177 employees and entities in Taiwan, Japan, China, USA, Australia and the Czech Republic. More information is available on our website at www.congatec.com.

At Computex Taipei 2015, QNAP Systems, Inc. unveiled a series of cutting-edge new products and features, including the world's first Thunderbolt NAS, comprehensive solutions for virtual machine applications with Virtualization Station and Container Station, the new QTS 4.2 operating system with a streamlined UI design, HDMI applications, multi-zone multimedia system, and various new and popular Turbo NAS models. QNAP also cooperated with Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) to showcase joint solutions of QNAP NAS with a wide range of HDDs."2015 is another breakthrough year for QNAP. We constantly push forward by creating innovative and groundbreaking NAS solutions - which not only fulfill the needs of storage and virtualization applications for businesses and multimedia entertainment for homes - but also go beyond boundaries by providing an unprecedented private cloud experience," said Meiji Chang, general manager of QNAP.For more information, please contact marketing@qnap.com.QNAP also cooperated with Seagate Technology to showcase joint solutions of QNAP NAS with a wide range of HDDs

Clientron Corp., a world-leading manufacturer of thin client, POS and embedded systems, introduces its new all-in-one POS terminal Wing650, including the features of concise and ultra-compact system enclosure, consisted of the power-efficient Intel Celeron J1900 2.0GHz processor for both energy-efficient and better system performance.The Wing650 is designed with 15" elegant bezel-free touch display, robust aluminum chassis, durable fanless design for long life span, IP64 dust & water-proof front panel protection, making the Wing650 an optimized POS solution for hospitality and retails industry.Advanced system design with small foot printWith innovative system design, the Wing650 delivers the features of flexible tilt angles adjustment with foldable dual-hinge design to enhance user experience. In addition, the system is powered with touch-control pad without mechanical structure for excellent durability and sturdiness.Enhanced platform with both performance and energy efficiencyWith state-of-the-art configurations, the Wing650 consists of the power-efficient Intel Celeron J1900 2.0 GHz processor, delivering an energy-efficient and powerful solution for the most demanding hospitality and retail environments such as club, restaurant, casino, chain store, food service, shopping mall, supermarket, grocery store, convenient store, hotel and entertainment business.Optional built-in POS peripherals and rich I/O extensionWith flexible mechanical design, the Wing650 provides various peripherals options including built-in 1D/2D barcode reader, MSR, RFID, iButton, 8" or 10" customer display. The Wing650 features ultra-compact system design but supports rich I/O connectivity including two RS232 powered COM ports, two RJ45 COM ports, four USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, one PS/2 connecters, one RJ11 for cash drawer, one VGA port, one line-out, one Mic-in audio port, one Gigabit LAN, and one optional parallel port .The Wing650 features highlights:- 15" and 15.6" (16:9) slim design and stylish bezel-free touch display- Power efficient Intel Bay Trail Celeron J1900 2.0GHz quad-core processor- Foldable dual-hinge stand design- Solid & robust aluminum housing design- Advanced system design with small foot print- IP64 water and dust proof front panel protection- Easy installation and maintenance for M/B, HDD and memory- Optional attached VFD & 8"/10" customer display- Optional 1D/2D barcode scanner, MSR, RFID and iButtonWith over 15 years of experiences in embedded platform manufacturing, Clientron offers high quality of platform with flexible specification, easy maintenance and lower total cost of ownership benefits for future upgrades and warranty; we are your best choices for point of service retail solutions.For more product information, please contact Clientron sales or our website http://www.clientron.com/. Visit Clientron at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth L1312, Computex Taipei 2015.Clientron reveals its brand new all-in-one POS terminal - Wing650

ThroughTek, a leading IoT (Internet of Things) & M2M (Machine to Machine) total solution provider, announced today that it will be attending Computex 2015, from June 2nd-6th. ThroughTek will be demonstrating its partner solutions with Kalay Platform integration for SoC, cloud service, and smart home applications.ThroughTek will showcase Kalay Platform integration with chipset vendors including Qualcomm, Broadcom, Texas Instrument, MediaTek, NXP, Ambarella, Novatek, AiT and Mars, all enabling connected devices. Onsite, strategic partners such as IBM Softlayer for cloud server, Trend Micro and AllSeen Alliance will also be featuring their solutions and discussing various IoT opportunities.For smart home applications, ThroughTek will showcase IoT-enabled offerings from Sampo, including television, cooling system, and air purifier products. ThroughTek's Kalay Apps will provide interactive presentations of ThroughTek's market-proven P2P (Peer to Peer) technology and VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) solutions, enabling real-time monitoring and control for home automation systems with logic engine rule settings."One of the greatest challenges in the tech industry is finding an open standard platform supporting full hardware/software integration. ThroughTek provides the perfect solution to bring connected devices into its ecosystem for home, small/medium business and enterprise use," said Patrick Kuo, CEO of ThroughTek.Hardware/software integration is a major focus for Computex this year, with much attention to market perspectives on enterprises leveraging IoT functionality to maximize business opportunities in the changing technological landscape.Visit ThroughTek at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), Exhibition Hall 3, Booth G0250.

LED has ideal properties of a point light source, capable of generating high luminance with a small area. With LED brightness being boosted higher than 1,000 lumens, LED light sources can now be applied in not only consumer and home projectors but also office and commercial models. Epistar, seeing LED's great potential in replacing traditional lamp as projector light sources, started deployment in the projector LED light source market three years ago. Thanks to the introduction of Epistar's unique Co-activation Service model, it has made significant achievements in the projector LED light source market, and its speedy service is an especially contributing factor to Epistar's accomplishments.Optical engine is the heart of a projector. The optical design focuses on both lumens and etendue. That is, the area and angle of the light beam. Based on target lumens, selection of panels, and the final product dimensions will all affect the design of the emitting area size. Therefore, compared to other LED applications, the design of LED used as projector light sources will need to take both lumens and etendue into consideration, with stringent requirements on the LED driver circuit, emitting area, and control of view angles. Take the 40mil 2-in-1 chip package for example. Even minor changes to gaps between the edge of the emitting area can result in an influence to optical engine efficiency as high as 20%.Introducing Co-activation Service model to satisfy demands by diverse designs with small quantitiesThe designs of projector LED light sources are diverse and the productions are usually in small quantities. In the past, optical engine makers generally approached LED package houses for supply of LED chips, and LED package houses could only provide them products that were closest to the specification they needed, without being able to customize LED chips for them.Therefore, optical engine makers often had to evaluate different LED chips several times before finding the most suitable products, or sometimes they simply were unable to find them.The back-and-forth process between optical engine makers and LED package houses takes a long time, seriously affecting time-to-market. "To solve this problem, optical engine makers have been collaborating with LED chip makers directly from the beginning. This is the best solution," said Scott Chen, Director, Marketing Center Segment Group, Epistar.Epistar started to promote Co-activation Service model three years ago, which focuses on a core concept of "virtual vertical integration." In the projector industry, Epistar, being an upstream LED light source design partner working with optical engine makers, takes charges in fulfilling design requirements, solving technical problems, and searching for appropriate package house partners. "We are capable of delivering services to customize emitting areas according to customer requirements," emphasized Scott Chen. "We also do this very quickly. We once completed a task a customer asked of us in as short as two weeks." In comparison to other international leaders that generally spend several months on development, Epistar impresses projector makers with its flexible services and speedy delivery.Optimizing etendue and emitting area to suit various optical designsEpistar offers LED chips covering full spectrum (wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared) to meet the needs of a variety of projector opticaldesings, one of the key factors enabling it to provide such flexible and prompt services. "The projector light source produces a white light with a mixture of RGB generally in the ratio of 3:6:1. However, this ratio will slightly vary based on different customers' optical designs, which Epistar is able to tailor in accordance with customers' requirements," stated Penny Chang, Project Deputy Manager, Marketing Center Segment Group, Epistar. It should be noted that Epistar uses phosphor-converted green LED to replace direct green LED so as to overcome the so-called "green gap," a problem of green light wavelength range having inferior efficiency.Epistar customizes chip emitting areas with professional technology to get better etendue. For highbrightness, Epistar uses a high current density design so that products generate higher lumens when operating at high current. Epistar currently offers 1.1 x 1.63 mm single-chip package with lumens reaching 300 lm and 2.3 x 1.63 mm 2-in-1 chip package with lumens reaching 600 lm. Product size with 1,000 lm are under development.Light-weight and miniature projection technology driving innovative applicationsAs traditional lamps get replaced by LED light sources, projector dimensions can be further reduced, allowing projectors to be more portable. In addition, LED has a longer life, therefore saving users from the costs and hassle of having to change lamps about every six months. With all these advantages, the LED projector market is promising. "The LED projector market is on the rise with a CAGR of 30% to 40%. Eight million units projectors were sold in 2014. Small-sized LED projectors have a market scale of 800,000 to one million units. We expect the market share of LED projectors to ramp up year by year with the increase in LED lumens," said Penny Chang.In addition to projectors, projection technology can also be applied in smart glasses, such as Google Glass, and head-up displays, which are all target markets Epistar is actively expanding into. In general, the introduction of LED light sources enables miniaturization of projection technology, opening up possibilities of more innovative applications. "Of the various applications, the combination of projection technology with smartphones is the most highly anticipated. We continue to watch the trend and devote resources into development of related technologies in order to capture massive market opportunities in the future," indicated Scott Chen.EPISTAR-Chip for projector applicationsEPISTAR-Chip for projector features

EverFocus, with a complete surveillance product line-up, this time at 2015 ISC West in Las Vegas, USA won award of SIA new product showcase- Sidekick (ESK1000) stands to the fore in hundreds of outstanding new products from other brands, winning the best tool and hardware award. With the closing of successful exposition in USA came Secutech Taipei Taiwan, EverFocus showcased Sidekick during Secutech and shared the good news to all the customers who always support and trust in EverFocus. Meanwhile, we introduced to visitors that Everfocus is a leading brand with reputation worldwide.What innovations of Sidekick(ESK1000) gained the international prize of being the best? Control centre played the main role to provide the image correction to installer while installing or maintaining the cameras… …too much labor cost on just one camera testing! Nowadays, the concept of being "smart" is generally used everwhere in our living, such as smart phone, smart home, smart equipments, etc. EverFocus brings the very concept to camera installation. Carring the light sidekick and your smartphone( or notebook) can adjust the camera anytime anywhere, Sidekick is a network station and also a battery charger to camera and smart phone. The quantity of charger supports a camera lasting 4 hours long. One another predominance for installer is all the ONVIF cameras can be maintained with Sidekick(ESK1000), whether the brands of your camera is! Sidekick completes easy-operation and labor saving. A real smart helper for all the camera adjustments.With the glory of award wining, Sidekick caught lots of visitors' attention during the Secutech from various countries, well-performanced demonstration highly interested customers after experiences . Observing the requirements in market, Sidekick is sold on online shop :http://24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/DCAS4L-A90061SHO.EverFocus- innovation solution provider practices your requsts more efficiently!About EverFocus Electronics CorporationEverFocus Electronics Corporation (TWSE: 5484) is a leading integrated security solution-based provider. Our lineup includes CMS, IP, HD-SDI, analog, mobile surveillance solutions, access control systems, as well as surveillance and access control peripherals. EverFocus has offices globally, located in Taiwan, the U.S.A, Germany, China, Japan, and India. For more information, please visit http://www.everfocus.com.tw/Sidekick at the 2015 SIA new product showcase in ISC West won award!

Waves after waves of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices have emerged in recent CES shows. Through the wireless connectivity built into them, these smart devices usher in an ever-increasingly interactive, connected life style which promises more awareness, convenience, and well-being. Fitness bands, Smart Wearables, Connected Cameras, and Connected Home Appliances are all changing how we manage the environments around us. Fueled by Social Media and Big Data technologies, countless new and disruptive business models are being created every day which will forever change every aspect of our lives in this Internet Age.Since 2000, Jorjin Technololgies pride ourselves in providing the best-in-class connectivity modules to smart IoT device designers worldwide. Today we announce the new ZB7XXX and WG14XX IoT module series. Based on Texas Instrument newest SimpleLink ultra-low power SoCs, Jorjin's ZB7XXX and WG14XX series provide the ideal solution for designing a wide range of IoT devices.Jorjin's ZB7xxx module line are based on TI's CC26XX devices, and they support Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and IEEE 802.15.4 RF standards. Designers can choose ZB7410-00 for BLE design with common BLE profiles, and ZB7320 for IEEE 802.15.4 with embedded ZigBee/6LoWPAN stacks. For applications that require additional memory space, ZB7500-04 provides designers with an additional embedded 4Mb FLASH storage to simplify your board design and BOM. All three models are pin-compatible, so designers can develop a unified board design and generate three products that comply with popular IoT connectivity standards.For applications that require stand-alone out-of-box WiFi and IP connectivity, Jorjin's WG1400 WiFi solution is a robust solution based on TI's CC3100 transceivers. WG1400 requires no RTOS or TCP/IP stack integration on your host MCU, making the wireless integration much more straight-forward and resulting performance more predictable. WG1400's evaluation boards also come in popular Arduino form factor for MCU platforms such as Freescale Kinetis, STMicros M0/M3/M4, and NXP.Product Advantages: (1) Comprehensive design support, including robust, royalty-free software stack, over-the-air (OTA) update capability, wiki guides, reference designs, low-cost development tools; (2) Ultra-low power Flash makes possible multi-year battery life out of a coin cell battery; Ideal for battery-operated sensors, or mesh nodes with energy-harvesting support; (3) Easy IP and cloud connectivity (through 6LoWPAN stack) via which each device takes up an routable IPv6 address; (4) No-compromise, industrial-grade reliability: guarantee to work across -40 degree C ~ 85 degree C; (5) All modules are pre-certified for FCC/IC/CE/NCC, greatly minimizing your RF matching & designing workload. Jorjin's modules also significantly improve your chance of first-pass success and manufacturability; (6) Pin Compatibility for a highly cost-effective design to address different market needs.For more information, please visit http://www.jorjin.com.tw/Jorjin launch SimpleLink module solutions

With globalized views on mainstream design, AZUL looks to fully grasp industrial development from all perspectives and closely analyzes user needs and use patterns from user behavior. Envisaging service with design thinking, AZUL is able to emerge as the only service provider working with two leading chip makers, MediaTek and MStar, to deliver embedded UI system design and program integration. AZUL also plays a key role connecting upstream and downstream links in the TV manufacturing industry.The trend of multi-screen interaction has become a way of modern life that is closely tied with network connection and is getting more and more important with industrial advancement. Innovations in UI/UX interface in recent years not only demand visual interface designs but also encompass considerations such as information architecture and web development languages.However, looking at all industries worldwide, the number of teams capable of incorporating the core spirit of human machine interaction into the design of user experience is not increasing with the explosively growing market demand.AZUL, accumulating years of experience in planning and development on Linux, Android, and iOS based platforms using C++, HTML5, and Java, is one of the very few firms in Asia Pacific capable of delivering both all-round digital design and program integration services. In addition to specializing in UI/UX design service (using flow planning, visual interface design, program porting and integration, 3D interface technology, etc.), AZUL also provides a variety of digital media design services(e.g. website construction, app development…) to meet customers' diverse needs in digital design. By close collaboration with Qt and with robust UI/UX development capabilities across platforms, AZUL offers embedded systems and guaranteed working solutions across different platforms. AZUL is also a designated UI partner with multiple global technology leaders including MediaTek, MStar, Phillips, AOC, and TPV.At the 2015 COMPUTEX in Taipei (Booth K0725a , 1st floor, Nangang Exhibition Hall), AZUL and Qt will showcase human machine interface models demonstrating the design process from idea, conception, to the physical prototype. Visitors are invited to experience UI/UX designs meeting mass production requirements as well as combining aesthetics and usability that AZUL has created to draw products and users closer together.AZUL Design is one of very few firms in the Asia-Pacific area that can provide comprehensive digital design and integrated program design services.

Prominent OEMs, stylus and touch controller manufacturers today announced the launch of Universal Stylus Initiative (USI), a new organization formed to develop and promote an industry specification for an active stylus.The USI specification will make it possible for manufacturers to design products to a single standard, rather than the variety of proprietary approaches now in use, and it will be compatible with current notebook computer operating system requirements. USI seeks to provide a consistent user experience while increasing the availability and consumer appeal of the active stylus, through providing industry-wide interoperability and adding functions and features not supported by current styluses.Founding members of USI include Atmel Corporation; Hanvon Pentech Co., Ltd.; Intel Corporation; Lenovo Inc.; Sharp Corporation; Synaptics Inc.; Wacom Co., Ltd.; and Waltop International Corp. at the Promoter level; and Dell Global B.V.; eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc. (EETI); Elan Microelectronics Corporation; and Focal Tech Electronics, Ltd. at the Contributor level.USI technology will enable interoperable communication between an active stylus and touch-enabled devices such as phones, tablets, and computing and entertainment platforms from numerous manufacturers, allowing consumers to seamlessly write or draw on different devices with one high-quality stylus that delivers a realistic pen-on-paper experience. The group expects to publish the initial version of the USI specification in the third quarter of 2015."USI's founding members have come together to enable interoperable active styluses that function across many content creation devices," said Ajay Bhatt, Intel Fellow. "Our goal is to make the active stylus more affordable and widely available in the market. Consumers who buy USI-compatible devices will know that they work seamlessly with each other while providing a high-quality writing or drawing experience.""The market has sorely been needing a universal communication standard for active stylus," said Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research. "To date the market has been limited by proprietary touch controller-stylus solutions, which limits OEM choices and cost reductions. With the USI specification released, we expect that the capacitive active stylus market will grow from 100 million units in 2015 to 300 million units in 2018, opening up new markets such as smartphones and all-in-one PCs."Features of the USI specification include the method by which the stylus communicates with content creation devices and provides additional information such as stylus pressure levels, button presses, erasing, and other features. Through the same sensor that one's finger uses to command a device, the stylus communicates via different frequencies to perform the action of writing — writing with up to 2048 different levels of pressure to give the pen-on-paper experience and render thinner or thicker lines in note-taking, painting and doodling, just like an ink pen.USI is currently accepting additional member companies who are ready to be hands-on in completing and promoting a specification to achieve active stylus interoperability. USI welcomes any organization that wants to be involved in this industry initiative. Several membership levels are available.

ASRock Rack, the innovative server technology provider, focuses on high performance and high-efficiency server products such as HPCs, Cloud Computing and Datacenters, introduces the latest high performance server board EP2C612D24. Earlier ago, ASRock Rack has showcased the board at CeBIT 2015, it is a very high-end solution for intensive compute tasks, big data analysis, Hadoop and cloud computing.As how it calls, EP2C612D24 features Intel Xeon E5 v3 processors with dual sockets. The memory frequency is fantastic as it supports twenty four DDR4 DIMM slots. Moreover, the specification is perfect as it contains ten SATA 3 ports, three PCIe3.0x8 and one ultra M.2 slot, eight times of SSD acceleration. Top off with quad Intel server LAN and dedicated IPMI, the possibility for bandwidth is remarkable. All in all, this high-specification server board converge the latest technology to meet the best satisfaction for various complicated environments such as mission critical, database, Hadoop server, and virtualization.Key Specification- Dual Socket LGA 2011 R3 support Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/4600 & v3 series - Supports Quad DDR4 2133/1866 LR, Rigistered , ECC DIMM and NVDIMM, 24 x DIMM - Supports 10 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s by Intel C612 - Supports 3 PCIe3.0x 8, 1 ultra M.2 slot - ASPEED 2400. Integrated IPMI 2.0 and KVM with Dedicated LAN - Support 4 x GLAN by Intel i350All other brands, names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.About ASRock RackASRock Rack Inc., established in 2013, specializes in providing high-performance and high-efficiency server technology in the fields of Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, HPC and Datacenter. We adopted the design concept of "Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness" from ASRock, and the company devotes passion to think out-of-the-box in the Server Industry. Leveraged by ASRock's growing momentum and distribution channels, this young and vibrant company targets the booming market of Cloud Computing, and is committed to serve the market with user-friendly, eco-friendly and do-it-yourself Server technology, featuring flexible and reliable products.ASRock Rack presents the high specification EP2C612D24