NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that Mr. Frank Chen has joined NXP as the VP, Taiwan Sales and Country Manager effective 1st December 2014. Frank is based in Taipei and responsible for Sales across all NXP products in Taiwan and the Country Manager. He replaces Vincent Sun who decided to retire as of 31 December 2014."Frank brings over 20-year professional experiences to NXP. From a manufacturing perspective as well as Marketing & Sales he was selected for this position based on his proven track record of business leadership through strong partnerships and customer success. He joins us from Freescale where he was the Taiwan Country Manager. We also thank Vincent for his dedication and contribution over the past 3 years and we wish him well as he begins his retirement," said Li Zheng, Senior Vice President; Global Sales and Marketing, Greater China and China Country Manager."At NXP, we pride ourselves on being involved with the future, through innovative products our customers bring to market. By working closely together, we help customers and partners differentiate new and unique applications that are shaping the modern world for the better. This requires all of us to be forward-thinking and consistently involves bringing the best talent into NXP," further commented Li Zheng. "Recently, NXP reoriented its business to better address defined, customer-specific application areas. We're excited to work together with like-minded customers and partners in Taiwan and are committed to continue these success stories with even more exciting applications and innovations ahead of us."About NXP SemiconductorsNXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) creates solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world. Building on its expertise in High Performance Mixed Signal electronics, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, identification and mobile industries, and in application areas including wireless infrastructure, lighting, healthcare, industrial, and consumer tech and computing. NXP has operations in more than 25 countries, and posted revenue of $4.82billion in 2013. Find out more at http://www.nxp.com/.

SNUG Taiwan 2014 was recently hosted by Synopsys Taiwan in Hsinchu, with representatives from almost 30 heavyweight customers sharing ideas and presenting their design and research achievements. Senior managers from important partners such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), MediaTek Inc., United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and Imagination Technologies also gave keynote speeches at the event.SNUG: The largest and most comprehensive advanced design technology platform in TaiwanThe two-day event covered topics such as physical design, synthesis, testing, circuit simulation, verification, debugging, systems, IP, hardware emulation, and FPGA-based prototyping. The event, which was attended by over 1,200 IC design engineers, saw nearly 30 heavyweight semiconductor firms present their technological achievements. SNUG is currently the largest and most comprehensive platform in Taiwan where insights into advanced IC design technologies are shared and discussed.In his speech, Robbins Yeh, Chairman of Synopsys Taiwan, noted that the Taiwan branch of the US-based company was established 23 years ago. SNUG Taiwan, which was first held in 2001, has been growing with Taiwan's semiconductor industry and this year marks the event's 14th anniversary. Synopsys' 2014 global revenues are estimated to exceed US$2 billion, ranking number 16 among all software firms worldwide and marking an important milestone for the EDA sector.Synopsys cultivates the largest R&D team of all foreign software firms in TaiwanCurrently, Synopsys has more than 370 R&D personnel in Taiwan, which is the biggest R&D team among all foreign software firms operating in Taiwan. With close collaboration with academia, business partners, and research organizations, Synopsys demonstrates continuous commitment to the Taiwan market.Yeh stated that as the IT industry enters the post-PC era, firms have been working closely together, moving from division of labor vertically to vertical integration. Hence, the SNUG Taiwan 2014 set theme as "Innovation and Collaboration" to demonstrate a hope that industry players can join forces in the face of severe competition and capture new business opportunities with innovative designs.In his speech, Paul Lo, Senior VP of Synopsys Design Group, introduced innovative technologies in P&R (place-and-route), verification, prototyping, and IP solutions.Innovation and collaboration to help Taiwan firms overcome increasingly complex design challengesAccording to statistics from market research firms, the global semiconductor market is likely to grow by 5% in 2014 and continue to grow in the next three years, driven by robust developments in the mobile, cloud computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications markets. In recent years, many technology firms have been striving to accelerate their own innovations, and at the same time making efforts to increase economies of scale and enhance technological prowess through acquisitions. Lo added that there are likely to be more acquisitions in the future as the cloud computing and IoT markets heat up.The semiconductor process technology has already come to 16/14nm FinET nodes and is moving towards 10/7nm. Lo emphasized that FinET requires support from manufacturing processes, circuit simulation, physical IP, custom design, physical verification, implementation, signoff and various SoC design processes. Synopsys' design tools are ready for this type of advanced process, and at the same time it has been working closely with wafer foundry houses. Currently, there are more than 250 design projects on the sub-22nm nodes and more than 100 design projects on the 16/14nm FinET technology nodes, showing Synopsys' full support to help customers achieve designs using advanced processes.At the same time, demand remains strong for 130/90/65/40nm mature processes as applications for automotive, medical, sensor and various smart devices become popular. Synopsys strives to incorporate advanced design functions into existing nodes to help customers achieve optimal results.Synopsys' innovative technology fulfills advanced design need at each process nodeHenry Sheng, Group Director of Synopsys, outlined the company's latest development of P&R solutions. While volume production on 18-inch wafers is expected to ramp up in 2018, according to Sheng, the ITRS blueprint also indicates that the semiconductor industry will proceed to the 7nm process technology node in 2017. Hence it is foreseeable that the industry is entering an era of extremely high quantity of extremely small transistors.Although the industry's focus has been on continuous development of advanced technology, demand for mature technology remains strong. According to a 2013 study, although the sub-40nm advanced processes accounted for more than 60% of total wafer shipments, the 40nm and above mature processes accounted for as high as 88% of all design starts.In particular, the markets for automotive, medical and IoT applications have been growing and these applications will mainly use mature process technology. Analog, mixed-signal, 3D-IC and MEMS technologies will play more important roles, and therefore firms need to achieve design differentiation at every process node in order to beat competitions.Sheng stated that as design complexity increases, routing becomes more difficult and there are many rules that must be followed. Synopsys has been working toward building optimal PPA design using more advanced routing functions.IC Compiler II and Verification Compiler: A major focus of SNUG Taiwan 2014Synopsys' recently introduced IC Compiler II and Verification Compiler solutions were another focus of SNUG Taiwan 2014.Sheng noted Synopsys' IC Compiler has been the industry-leading design tool. Over the past few years, Synopsys has continued developing technology to maintain the leading position of IC Compiler, and at the same time has been striving to improve the design team's productivity by devising new P&R systems.IC Compiler II was developed to accelerate physical design by adopting a new multi-threaded infrastructure able to handle designs with more than 500 million instances. In addition, IC Compiler II incorporates important technologies of IC Compiler such as conjugate-gradient layout placer and ZRoute router.IC Compiler II is a full chip-level design that delivers a groundbreaking 10-times increase in design throughput while reducing memory consumption by five times. The product comes with super high capacity, special timer, and analytical engine.Yu-Chin Hsu, VP of R&D at Synopsys Verification Group, explained that as the chip complexity increases, design verification faces three challenges: scale, efficiency and cost. The industry must find more comprehensive solutions integrating previous a-la-carte tools to overcome these challenges.Verification Compiler is a comprehensive solution that integrates the latest generation of verification technologies. The solution includes advanced debugging tools, static and formal technologies, simulation, verification IP, and coverage analysis. By integrating these technologies, the product can increase design throughput by five times and greatly improve the efficiency of debugging. This allows SoC design and verification teams to use the same product to create a complete verification process.Furthermore, Verification Compiler is based on the industry-leading Verdi3 debug environment, featuring UVM-aware debug, transaction-level debug, HW/SW debug, power-aware debug, and interactive debug. These functions are all built together on an easy-to-use environment to greatly improve debugging efficiency.SNUG is currently the most important technology exchange platform in Taiwan's IC design industry and Synopsys Taiwan will continue bringing in innovative technology to closely collaborate with local semiconductor design firms and manufacturers.Paul Lo, Senior Vice President of Synopsys Design GroupRobbins Yeh, Chairman of Synopsys Taiwan

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) has launched a new multi-purpose parametric measurement unit (PMU) module, the T2000 PMU32E, to enhance its T2000 platform's capabilities in testing digital, analog and power-management system-on-chip (SoC) devices.The new high-density, 32-channel module is fully compatible with Advantest's original PMU32 module – even using the same tester interface unit (TIU) – while offering twice the resolution and accuracy. This enables a T2000 tester equipped with the new PMU32E module to achieve high-level measurement accuracy, set-up time and gang functionality similar to those of a T2000 EPP (Enhanced Performance Package) tester."By using our new PMU module with its built-in performance improvements, our customers can gain the functionality of an EPP tester at a lower capital investment," said Dr. Toshiyuki Okayasu, executive officer and executive vice president, SoC Test Business Group at Advantest Corporation.With the T2000 PMU32E, the measurement time is more than two times faster than with the earlier module. In particular, DC linearity measurement time is much faster due to an enhanced sampling rate and enhanced data transfer. These faster operating speeds lead to significantly higher throughputs and a lower overall cost of test.Operating efficiency is further improved by the new module's ability to run test programs already developed for the earlier PMU32 module. In addition, the new module features twice as much memory capacity, expanding the capabilities of the channel-independent arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) and digitizer.The PMU32E also supports load testing of on-die regulators (ODR) with its ISVM (current source and voltage measurement) ganging function.Advantest expects to begin shipping PMU32E modules to customers by the first quarter of 2015.About Advantest CorporationA world-class technology company, Advantest is the leading producer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry and a premier manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design and production of electronic instruments and systems. Its leading-edge systems and products are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. The company also focuses on R&D for emerging markets that benefit from advancements in nanotech and terahertz technologies, and has introduced multi-vision metrology scanning electron microscopes essential to photomask manufacturing, as well as a groundbreaking 3D imaging and analysis tools. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has subsidiaries worldwide. More information is available at http://www.advantest.com/.

Knowles Corporation, a market leader and global supplier of advanced micro-acoustic solutions and specialty components, announced its Taiwan facility is celebrating 40 years of dedication to leading acoustic technologies and superior customer service and will host a technical workshop to help mark the occasion."The 40-year anniversary of Knowles' presence in Taiwan is a significant milestone," said Ole-Petter Brusdal, Vice President Global Sales. "We want to celebrate with our customers and the communities we serve as their support has been instrumental to our success."During the technical workshop for customers and partners, participants will learn about trends impacting the mobile consumer electronics industry and the expectations for audio solutions in the future. Knowles will highlight recent innovations such as Always-On digital multi-mode microphone and Ultrasonic MEMS microphone, which are advance audio solutions that detect the user's voice and enable touchless gesture recognition. These new technologies will transform the way consumers interact with their devices.Knowles' Taipei, Taiwan office began operating in 1974 and was Knowles' first facility in Asia. Throughout its 40 years, the office has partnered with many regional leaders in the hearing and health sector and the mobile consumer electronics and computing industry offering strong acoustic engineering capabilities, seamless connection from design to production including testing, and superior customer service and after-sales support."Since our founding in 1946, we have served as a pioneer - focused on developing products that make the greatest impact for our customers, said Jenny Ho, Director of Sales/ Administration - Taiwan. "We are proud of our advancements and accomplishments, and work every day to continue our spirit of innovation and dedication in everything we do.""The Knowles' team in Taiwan has consistently provided superior acoustic expertise from design through application of the end product, said Kuang Yue Huang, Associate Vice President at Chicony Electronics.About Knowles:Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN) is a market leader and global supplier of advanced micro-acoustic solutions and specialty components serving the mobile communications, consumer electronics, medical technology, military, aerospace and industrial markets. Knowles has a leading position in micro-electro-mechanical systems microphones, speakers and receivers which are used in smartphones, tablets and mobile handsets. Knowles is also a leading manufacturer of transducers used in hearing aids and other medical devices and has a strong position in oscillators (timing devices) and capacitor components which enable various types of communication. Knowles' focus on the customer, combined with unique technology, rigorous testing and global scale, helps to deliver innovative solutions and consistently dependable and precise products. Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, Knowles has more than 11,000 employees in 36 locations around the world. For more information, visit http://www.knowles.com/.Vice President Global Sales of Knowles, Ole-Petter Brusdal

Indium Corporation celebrated the grand opening of its newest tech hub and the expansion of its technical support team in Penang, Malaysia, with customers and officials on Monday, Nov. 10.Indium Corporation's new Malaysia Tech Hub expands the company's physical presence to provide a convenient, regional center for the development of electronics assembly expertise and customer service. The areas of focus for the tech hub include PCB assembly materials, engineered solders and alloys, and semiconductor and advanced assembly materials."Indium Corporation was founded as a tech hub, a place where sophisticated, technical, and customer-minded people collaborate on applications that extend our customers', our products' or our factories' technologies," said Greg Evans, president of Indium Corporation. "Our new Malaysian Tech Hub gives our southeast Asian customers a convenient base from which they can access world-class technical support, knowledge, training, meetings, and more.""Penang's electronics history started in the 1970s," said KL Lim, president of the SMTA Penang Chapter. "More than 40 years later, Penang is still a place of choice for electronics business, despite ODM migration to low-cost geography. Penang is a unique place for electronics. It has a well-established infrastructure and supply chain, and it is also easy to access. The Penang population consists of multicultural talent that is well-educated and speaks multiple languages, is friendly and willing to learn. SMTA Penang is looking forward to working closely with Indium Corporation to continue to excel Penang as place of choice for electronics."In addition to the newly opened facility, Indium Corporation has also added three new team members to provide onsite technical support.New team members include Kenneth Thum, senior technical support engineer; Kenny Chiong, senior technical support engineer; and Jeffrey Len, technical support engineer. These new team members join experienced Indium Corporation professionals, including Sze Pei Lim, Southeast Asia technical manager; Jonas Sjoberg, technical consultant; Damian Santhanasamy, Malaysia sales manager; and Jeffrey Tan, assistant sales manager."The Malaysia Tech Hub enhances Indium Corporation's ability to fulfill our promise to our customers," Ross Berntson, Indium Corporation executive vice president and president of Asia holdings, said. "It will increase customer productivity through superior applications, support, and technical know-how of advanced materials and processes."For more information on Indium Corporation's Malaysia Tech Hub, visit http://www.indium.com/malaysia.Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil. Founded in 1934, Indium has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email abrown@indium.com.Indium Corporation expands Malaysia technical support, adds team members

The latest EverFocus hybrid digital video recorder generation is based on H.264 compression technology, resulting in enhanced recording capacity and improved network image transmission speed with high image quality.The hybrid mobile DVR EMV401/801/1601 can support 4/8/16 channels in combination of analog and IP cameras, (EMV1601 supports maximum 8 channels of IP cameras). EMV401/801/1601 can deliver and record at real-time WD1 resolution of each analog camera and real-time 1080p resolution of each IP camera.Its comprehensive features along with the embedded 3-axis g-sensor function enable the almost universal application of this mobile DVR series. With EMV401/801/1601, you can install either one 3.5" hard disk or one 2.5" hard disk as an option. It supports various interfaces such as three USB ports/RS-485/ RS-232/Panic Button/CAN bus/ GPS, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi Antenna. The design of RCA video/audio outputs at front panel makes your installation easy. The User Interface has been specially designed to fit mobile small-sized monitor.EMV401/801/1601 are anti-shock and vibration due to the Molex connectors equipped. The power supply supports voltage regulator, and delay on/off. In addition, EMV401/801/1601 can be equipped with an explosion-proof black box to keep the last minute recording clip for testimony.About EverFocus Electronics CorporationEverFocus Electronics Corporation (TWSE: 5484) is a leading integrated security solution 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/EMV401/801/1601 Hybrid Mobile DVR supports various interfaces

At the European Utility Week, Tatung Company announced the availability of its OEM MEVSE Module for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) featuring Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) communication and support for a wide range of network and application protocols including ISO/IEC 15118. Jointly developed by Tatung and STMicroelectronics, the MEVSE module, displayed at STMicroelectronics booth, is based on ST's ST2100 STreamPlug and a new proprietary digital power controller and is supported by the OpenV2G software stack which is provided by Siemens as an open-source project.The world's first intelligent-gateway SoC, ST's ST2100 STreamPlug combines a high-performance processing subsystem with Powerline Communication (PLC), security and peripheral features to support hybrid networks utilizing popular wired and wireless standards including HomePlug AV and HomePlug Green PHY. The STreamPlug SoC offers integrated PLC modem and Analog Front End. The unique programmable digital controller is optimized for power-supply applications and simplifies the design of traditional power-conversion topologies, enabling faster development of innovative power management systems.The OpenV2G project provides a reference implementation of the ISO/IEC 15118 and DIN 70121 (known as CCS) message stack which is used for Direct Current (DC) charging-control communication between battery electric vehicles (BEV) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and the EVSE.The market of electric vehicles has established a rapid growing path for the next five years and charging stations for use in public facilities and private premises will play a crucial role in supporting this growth. Newly added to the Tatung M-series of IoT application modules that include M1, M3, and UDK-21, MEVSE has a flexible Linux-based software-architecture design to facilitate fast time-to-market for OEM customers in developing their standards-based smart chargers."Smart standards-based electric-vehicle charging stations are a vital component of the infrastructure of future Smart Cites and a power enabler of IoT applications. As a result, the new electric-vehicle charging module marks a valuable milestone in our IoT technology development," said W. Y. Lin, President of Tatung. "Recognizing this, we believe that the MEVSE module will be indispensable to charging-station manufacturers enabling them to build standards-based smart chargers. There are many technical benefits of the module design. Thank to our strategic partnership with STMicroelectronics, and the extended support from Siemens Corporate Technology in the context of the OpenV2G project.""As one of the originators of the OpenV2G open-source project, we are supporting the sustainable integration of EVs into the smart-grid infrastructure," said J. Heuer of Siemens Corporate Technology. "The MEVSE module perfectly complements our activity in the OpenV2G project, as it provides a highly integrated EVSE controller with great flexibility to implement smart vehicle-to-grid solutions.""The launch of the MEVSE module marks another important milestone in the collaboration between Tatung and ST," said Oleg Logvinov, Director of Special Assignments, Industrial and Power Conversion Division, STMicroelectronics. "Siemens has enriched our efforts with their valuable application expertise and the OpenV2G protocol stack, making the MEVSE module a perfect OEM solution for e-car chargers."Product highlights:*Linux OS for rapid application development and protocol support*Dedicated state machines for mission-critical functions*Supports industry standards and critical protocols, including IEC 61851, ISO/IEC 15118, DIN 70121, SAE J2931, J2847, J1772, SEP 2.0*Real-time clock*Operating Temperature range: -25 degrees C to 85 degrees C*Dimensions: 94 mm(W) x 90 mm(L) x 20 mm(H)The MEVSE module will be available through distribution and the module-specific implementation of the OpenV2G protocol stack will be available on the OpenV2G website (http://openv2g.sourceforge.net/).

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) has launched its new T6391 system for testing next-generation display driver ICs (DDIs) and their embedded functions that control high-resolution LCD panels. The new tester is designed to address three key trends in the next-generation DDI market - the growing number of pins on display driver devices, the increasing speeds of interfaces and highly integrated multi-functions - all of which contribute to higher resolution displays.The highly integrated nature of advanced DDIs presents several unique testing challenges. For example, because the touch-sensor functions of an LCD are integrated in the DDI, there are a large number of logic/analog circuits to test. In the foreseeable future, power-management IC (PMIC) functions also are likely to be folded into the DDI. Additionally, the growing use of LCD panels in mobile applications including smart phones, tablet computers and notebook PCs is driving market demand for smaller device sizes and more capabilities.Advantest's T6391 is the only test platform able to handle all of these current and projected test requirements. As a member of the established T6300 product family, the new tester leverages the same engineering environment model as the existing base of more than 1,500 previously installed testers in the T6300 series. It uses the same TDL programming language while improving throughput by achieving faster data transfer and calculation."Our pin-card design gives DDI manufacturers the best solution on the market for both engineering and production," said Satoru Nagumo, executive officer of Advantest Corporation. "This new tester provides wide coverage for all types of applications including high-pin-count semiconductors, high-speed interfaces, analog circuits, memories and logic devices."The tester's high-speed bus enables high-throughput testing. With 512 I/O channels, the T6391 is capable of testing multiple chips simultaneously. It can accommodate high-resolution DDIs having as many as 3,584 LCD pins. This is enough to test today's highest pin count LCDs including full high-definition (HD), WXGA and HD720 displays.The T6391 can handle I/O pin frequencies up to 1.6 gigabits per second (Gbps), allowing it to test LCDs that use MIPI (mobile industry process interface), the standard protocol for mobile electronics. An additional measurement module allows the system to test even faster interfaces up to 6.5 Gbps, which will be used in the LCD drivers for the next generation of ultra-high-definition televisions including the 4K (2160p) generation.A 16-channel arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) and a digital capture feature provide the ability to test analog ICs. Scan and memory tests of touch-sensor-enabled DDIs can be conducted using the system's scan pattern generator (SCPG), algorithmic pattern generator (ALPG) and algorithmic failure memory (AFM) module.Production units of the T6391 tester are scheduled to begin shipping to customers by the end of this calendar year.Advantest T6391

EverFocus Elite 2 NVR8004X is a professional standalone network video server designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and enterprises. Operating on a Linux-based system, the NVR offers quick PC-less configuration, network-based surveillance connection, megapixel recording as well as playback, up to 12 TB storage capacities and more. It also supports industry standard compression codec, such as H.264 and M-JPEG. The device is compatible with all EverFocus IP cameras.Other cutting-edge functions available on EverFocus Elite 2 NVR8004X include multi-channel playback at multiple speed options and easy data search by event date and time. With the newly improved Event Management function, users are now supplied with a much larger range of supported event types and handling options in the database. Suspicious activities and behaviors can be detected and responded to on a much more accurate and timely manner. In addition, EverFocus has further strengthened users' account management for secure access control in vertical markets, such as residential communities, parking lot, retails stores, shopping malls, banks, hospitals, offices, factories and much more. Users may enable and perform the specified functions through the web-based GUI by the Web browser.EverFocus Elite 2 NVR8004X NVR is the best choice for a complete network-based surveillance solution. It is versatile, flexible and well caters to the needs of the industry.About EverFocus Electronics CorporationEverFocus Electronics Corporation (TWSE: 5484) is a leading integrated security solution 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/Elite 2 NVR8004X UP to 16CH Tower NVR with 4HDD Bays

ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has announced the launch of its new enterprise-class AS70R series devices, featuring high capacity rackmount network storage servers. The devices in the AS70R series are powered by Intel Core i3 3.5GHz dual-core processors (AS7009RD/AS7012RD) and Intel Xeon E3 3.4GHz quad-core processors (AS7009RDX/AS7012RDX). All models are also compatible with the highest capacity hard disks on the market (6TB), enabling users to create substantial storage spaces of 54TB and 72TB respectively.Furthermore, all models come with 4 gigabit Ethernet ports along with 2 expansion slots for 10GbE network or SAS cards. In addition to the built-in 4GB UDIMM DDR3 RAM (expandable to a maximum of 32GB) all devices also feature 4 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports and 2 eSATA ports for added expansion possibilities. ASUSTOR has also added a variety of output ports including HDMI and VGA, allowing IT administrators to more conveniently manage the system."When selecting a data storage solution, enterprises have always considered performance and cost as important factors in addition to reliability and simple system maintenance," said Johnny Chen, Product Manager at ASUSTOR. "Taking this into consideration, ASUSTOR has utilized powerful and flexible hardware specifications in its designs, such as redundant power supplies to provide continuous power and smart speed control mechanisms for fans that allow for efficient cooling under high loads in order to allow enterprise users to enjoy a high performance solution at the most economical price point. We believe that the AS70R series' dynamic performance will be able to satisfy the needs of enterprise users around the world."It has always been ASUSTOR's goal to provide the market with NAS devices that feature the highest cost to performance ratio. ASUSTOR's ADM operating system not only provides reliable storage functionality but also features seamless cross-platform file sharing, making it suitable for enterprise environments with a substantial amount of users. All ASUSTOR NAS devices also come with 2-way transfer support for Rsync, FTP, cloud (Amazon S3), and external backups allowing for greater deployment flexibility. The AS70R series devices all come built-in with the latest ADM 2.3 (ASUSTOR Data Master) operating system which features newly refreshed graphics and a variety of new enterprise features such as proxy server connections, TFTP support, Windows ACL support, and SMB 2.0 support which increases Windows networking performance by 30%-50%. Additionally, users can use the free App Central platform to expand functionality. Apps available for download from App Central include Mail Server, VPN Server, Google Drive public cloud storage, Surveillance Center and much more. ASUSTOR NAS devices are an ideal investment for businesses that demand a flexible, high performance and cost-effective storage solution.AS70R series devices are now shipping globally with 3 year warranties. For dealer information, please visit: http://www.asustor.com/service/where_to_buyFor compatibility table, please visit: http://www.asustor.com/service/compatibility?lan=enASUSTOR launches enterprise-class AS70R rackmount NAS models