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

The Internet of Things (IoT) provides an end-to-end communication channel for data to be securely gathered, exchanged, and analyzed among front-end devices and back-end severs. Yet, lacking unified protocols and interfaces has impeded IoT development until IoT gateways are available and cloud computing and Big Data analysis emerge.IoT gateways are crucial because they bridge the last mile connectivity shortfall in IoT applications, closely connecting sensors, gateways, networks, and servers across multiple protocols, according to Alex Perng, NEXCOM Chief Technology Officer.The PC-based architecture equips IoT gateways with not only standardized interfaces for expanding protocol supports but also computing power for performing software-based protocol conversion, helping harvest data across industrial appliances.NEXCOM's x86- and ARM-based IoT gateways based on the PC-based architecture can access and transform field data into readable formats for cloud analysis, ultimately paving way for better human-machine or machine-to-machine collaboration.With dedicated device authentication hardware like Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and encryption algorithms, IoT gateways provides enhanced management efficiency and system security for remotely monitoring asset status.Take equipment for instance. It was difficult to access and interpret equipment status so maintenance managers only distinguished equipment as healthy and not healthy based on some criteria. The production could have gone awry when equipment started deteriorating.With IoT gateways, equipment status can be collected and converted into charts. Maintenance managers therefore can notice subtle change in the motor, predict possible deterioration in machinery condition, and conduct a preventive inspection to avoid costly future repairs. True values of IoT gateways are clear.For more information about NEXCOM, please visit http://www.nexcom.com/IoT gateways bridge the last mile connectivity gap, connecting front-end devices and back-end severs across multiple protocols.

Clientron Corp., a world-leading supplier of Thin Client, POS and embedded systems, will proudly showcase and also demonstrate its latest product innovations including Thin Client, Zero Client and POS solutions with the benefits of green technology, innovative design, and reliable quality at Computex Taipei 2015, the acclaimed annual trade show of the international ICT industry.Shaping the future of Internet of Things, Clientron is going to introduce its entire Thin Client and Zero Client products include ARM-based and X86-based platform from entry to high-end level. For flexible Thin Client series, Clientron offers B series Thin Client, designed with the next generation Intel Braswell & AMD Steppe Eagle system-on-chip (SoC) dual-core and quad-core CPU, supporting dual displays and rich I/O expan¬sion options. Moreover, Clientron will also highlight new entry-level Thin Client C800 (Intel Bay Trail platform) and DH20 (ARM-based platform) featuring excellent energy-efficiency and high per¬formance with ultra-compact design.In addition, Clientron will also debut its new POS solutions including all-in-one POS terminal Wing series, Ares series, Evo series and more. The all-in-one POS terminal Wing series delivers the features of ultra-compact and foldable dual-hinge design, supporting bezel-free 15" or 15.6" wide screen. The Wing series provides two platforms including the power-efficient Intel Bay Trail platform as well as cost-efficient ARM-based platform. The Ares series includes the features of panel PC style POS terminal with 15" ultra-slim system design, supporting high performance Intel Core i3 pro¬cessor and power-efficient Intel Bay Trail quad-core proces¬sor. For 17" all-in-one POS terminal, Clientron offers Evo series panel PC style POS terminal, featuring bezel-free touch display and smart stand design. The Evo series platform offers from power-efficient Intel Bay Trail quad-core processor to high performance Intel Core i3 processor, generating the optimum solutions for the most demanding retails and hospitality industry.For more details of our products, please visit Clientron at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth L1312, Computex Taipei 2015. More product information can be found at our website: http://www.clientron.com/Clientron will demonstrate its latest Thin Client and POS solutions at Computex Taipei 2015

Posiflex, the global leading POS brand, also the winner of the d&i Computex 2015, will be demonstrating Posiflex's progress in innovative hardware solutions with 5 signature lineups: Mobile POS, Web-based Printer, All-in-one POS, POS Terminal and POS Box.A mobile experience zone will enable exploring Posiflex's definition of mobility from hybrid of fixed/mobile POS MT Series to Web Printer while an all-in-one zone will exhibit compact and stylish HS Series that takes space-saving to extreme.Among others, Posiflex will showcase its star XT Series, fanless and high performance POS terminal. The Android version is available to meet growing needs for non-Windows appetite. Last but not least, a zone for POS Box will provide the updates of TX Series with both high-end and economic options.To see the new Posiflex's solutions, please visit the Posiflex booth at Nangang Exhibition Hall 4F, booth no. L0812.Feel it, the Pulse of Progress, Posiflex at COMPUTEX Taipei 2015, Nangang Exhibition Hall 4F, booth #L0812.