WD, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions, will be demonstrating the first PCI Express hard drives at Computex Taipei, June 3-4, 2014. Enabled with key technology partners, WD's prototype introduces the new SATA Express interface, a form of PCI Express technology, which is offered on recently launched Intel series-9 chipset motherboard platforms. The SATA Express interface provides a roadmap for faster speeds, lower power consumption and increased flexibility for future OEM designs.The road to the world's first demonstration of SATA Express has been in development for almost 3 years. In 2011, SATA-IO, the group responsible for charting the future of SATA, announced that it was developing a new specification that would fundamentally change the core technology behind SATA by melding it with the more advanced PCI Express computer interface. In 2013, the SATA Express specification was announced; and just one year later, WD and selected partners have realized a prototype of what is expected to be the next generation of storage technology.By moving to PCI Express, the industry marries the world's most popular storage bus with the world's most popular computer bus. This union provides a solid growth path to innovate new capability, while preserving the ability to plug legacy SATA drives into new SATA Express based computers. In another innovation, SATA Express allows cable connections with lower costs, by removing the PCI Express Sync line via SRIS (Separate RefClock with Independent SSC), which lowers the overall cable cost."WD has been at the forefront of SATA technology, and we see a vibrant growth path for adoption of the future SATA Express Roadmap," said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president, storage technology, WD. "SATA will remain a standard for many years in many applications, and for customers who want to discuss a future beyond vanilla SATA, WD is ready to plan the future with them."The SATA Express interface will be demonstrated in systems from WD's key partners at Computex to show the operational interface with their new platforms. This new SATA Express infrastructure allows customers to work with SSDs, SSHDs, and HDDs on a single common bus.WD's demonstration prototype leverages standard AHCI drivers and is compatible with all known, currently supported client operating system releases."SATA Express is a breakthrough interface for internal storage. As a pioneer and leading provider of SATA Express host solutions, ASUS is glad to see exciting new devices demonstrated in the market. The SRIS-enabled SATA Express technology has been carefully engineered in selected ASUS 9 Series motherboards for great compatibility with SATA Express devices. The complete ASUS SATA Express solution together with the WD hard drive will be showcased at the ASUS booth M0410," said Joe Hsieh, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of ASUS Motherboard Business Unit and Desktop Business Unit."With the launch of the Intel 9 series chipset, GIGABYTE is excited to bring several new motherboards to the market that supports the very latest SATA Express technology," commented Colin Brix, Director of Marketing of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. "As an industry leader in the storage space, WD is one of the first vendors to demonstrate SATA Express devices, and GIGABYTE is thrilled to be able to demo one of their latest drives at Computex so we can show our customers just how much faster PCI Express based SATA Express is than previous generations."Kevin Peterson, WD's Senior Director of Platform Engineering showcasing the first PCI Express hard drive, equipped with the new SATA Express interface.Photo: CompanyAbout WDWD, a Western Digital company, is a long-time innovator and storage industry leader. As a storage technology pacesetter, the company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and solid state drives. These drives are deployed by OEMs and integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as well as by the company in providing its own storage products. WD's leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media players and software solutions empower people around the world to easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on multiple devices. WD was established in 1970 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.wd.com.Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of products and services that empower people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. Its companies design and manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home entertainment products under the WD, HGST and G-Technology brands. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
Intel president Renee James has unveiled several new innovations at Computex 2014 including a SoC platform for entry-level mobile devices, 14nm fanless mobile PC reference design, new CPUs and technologies.Noting progress toward bringing the company's first integrated mobile SoC platform for entry and value smartphones and tablets to market in the fourth quarter of this year (2014), James made the first public phone call using a smartphone reference design based on the dual-core Intel SoFIA 3G solution. Intel will also bring a quad-core SoFIA LTE part to market in the first half of 2015 and last week announced a strategic agreement with Rockchip to add a quad-core SoFIA 3G derivative for entry-level tablets to the SoFIA family, also due in the first half of next year.James also revealed the company's 14nm fanless mobile PC reference design. The 2-in-1 is a 12.5-inch screen that is 7.2mm thin with keyboard detached and weighs 670g. It includes a media dock that provides additional cooling. The design is based on the first of Intel's next-generation 14nm Broadwell processors that are purpose-built for 2-in-1s and will be in market later this year. The reference design is powered by Intel's Core M processor for energy efficiency.James introduced the fourth-generation Intel Core i7 and i5 processors "K" SKU, deliver four cores at up to 4GHz base frequency. The desktop processor, built for enthusiasts will start production shipments begin in June of this year.For the data center I/O needs, James introduced the Intel Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe to meet the increasing need for high-performance, consistent and reliable storage solutions in the data center while helping to lower total cost of ownership. The drives will be broadly available in the third quarter of this year.In order for computing to become more personal, James said it needs to meet people on their own terms, making interaction more natural and intuitive. She highlighted collaborations and new advances to bring Intel RealSense technology and 3D cameras and supporting applications to a growing number of 2-in-1, all-in-one, tablet and other personal computing devices.James said that the Intel RealSense software development kit 2014 will be made available to developers in the third quarter of 2014, providing opportunity for developers of all skill levels to create natural, intuitive user interfaces.Intel 14nm fanless mobile PC reference designPhoto: Company
As part of Toshiba, OCZ Storage Solutions is able to leverage Toshiba's NAND and combine it with its proprietary controllers, firmware and software. Toshiba's financial strength has also put OCZ in a better position to compete in the rapidly growing SSD market.Alex Mei, CMO at OCZ Storage Solutions recently spoke about the company's plans during Computex Taipei 2014 and its outlook for the year ahead.Q: What are the hot products OCZ will be showcasing at Computex 2014?A: We are excited to return to Computex as this is always a good show for us in terms of meeting with our partners, customers and media. This year we are showcasing our complete line of client and enterprise solid state solutions including our recently launched RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD as well as our enterprise class Intrepid SATA series. We are also unveiling our latest addition to the award winning Vector SATA SSD family, the Vector 180 which leverages our proprietary Barefoot 3 controller with the latest generation Toshiba NAND and adds new enterprise features including partial PFAIL protection. We are seeing the lines blur between high end workstation drives and hyperscale/datacenter server SSDs and this product is designed to bridge that gap.Q: Recently OCZ launched a new PCIe SSD (RevoDrive 350), what is the main significant advantage using PCIe interface? What is the difference compared to other SSD using SATA Express standard?A: The RevoDrive 350 is designed for customers requiring high performance and is able to achieve three times the performance of SATA-based SSDs, delivering RAID like performance in a single easy to deploy single card solution. The RevoDrive 350 is based on our proven performance architecture and features 19nm Toshiba NAND to complete our portfolio transition to in-house flash, offering a high-performance yet cost-efficient SSD for bandwidth-intensive applications. This exciting new drive provides customers with workstation-grade design capabilities and maximum performance for professional content creation, multimedia, and extreme gaming. RevoDrive 350 is able to reach up up to 1.8GB/s sequential speeds and up to 140,000 4K random write IOPS thanks to the PCIe Gen. 2 x8 interface and multiple LSI SF-2282 processors to offer more bandwidth than the previous generation. Enabling both performance and functionality for applications ranging from scientific computing to extreme gaming systems, this workstation-class storage product also leverages our unique and proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 to deliver highly efficient performance aggregation while reducing the burden on host resources, effectively accelerating application performance and taking full advantage of today's multithreaded processors and software. RevoDrive 350 also supports up to 50GB of host writes per day for 3 years to provide leading endurance for media professionals over less robust consumer SSDs.Q: How did OCZ and the storage market as a whole perform over the past year?A: The entire market for SSDs continues to grow and it is great to see the technology being utilized in everything from OEM laptops to enterprise cloud computing applications. There are so many demand drivers for SSDs that we are seeing adoption only accelerate as the need to store and manage data continues to grow. Last year was a transition period for OCZ and while we had the controller, firmware and application software technology already in-house it was becoming increasingly difficult to compete without the direct access to NAND. Today as part of the Toshiba Group we now have all the necessary technology pieces and are once again able to focus on delivering leading-edge products for our client and enterprise customers.Q: After the Toshiba-OCZ combination, what advantages bring to OCZ?A: Now that we are a Toshiba Group Company, one of the most exciting things about OCZ Storage Solutions is that we have been infused with even greater resources to develop next generation products. Toshiba acquired all of the company's R&D and engineering assets and not only kept them completely intact, but enabled these teams to refocus their efforts on developing our own next generation in-house controller, firmware, and enterprise software. These teams will continue to create products that are specifically designed for our target audience. As part of Toshiba we also have earlier and greater access to next generation NAND which allows OCZ optimize our next generation controllers and firmware to take advantage of the complete range of features, and opens the door to further enhance performance and endurance in future client and enterprise drives. This early access can also potentially accelerate the design cycle making it possible to release innovative products with even better time to market.Q: What are the fastest growing SSD interfaces in the enterprise segment? Is PCIe gaining traction?A: SATA continues to be the lion's share of the market but we have seen a continued ramp on PCIe SSDs both in the workstation and enterprise markets. With our current controller technology we are already at the point where we are saturating the SATA III bus so PCIe is a natural transition for customers looking for more bandwidth. We are already well along the design of our next generation controllers that are both native SATA and PCIe and I think that in the future we will see many PCIe SSDs in form factors beyond edge cards as customers seek the ideal combination of performance, density, reliability and ease of deployment.Q: Where does Taiwan fit into OCZ's operations?A: Taiwan has always been our APAC operations headquarters and continues to be home for our sales and marketing functions in the region. Our manufacturing operation in Taiwan has been absorbed by a Toshiba manufacturing partner and will continue to produce our drives. This organization has a wealth of expertise in the manufacture of storage products for Toshiba and is infusing additional resources into the operation. As we ramp both our client and enterprise businesses there is a major push to continually improve quality throughout the organization and our local team in Taiwan continues to play a key role in this regard.Q: Can you tell us more about your enterprise SSD strategy?A: The enterprise market continues to be a key growth area for us and where we are investing a lot of our resources on the R&D side. We have been refining our solution offering to build products that our customers are specifically asking for, in some cases this includes adding new enterprise features, something that we are able to do because we have our own controllers and firmware. We are also continuing to push are total solutions approach, like our newest ZD-XL SQL Accelerator 1.5 which is a tightly integrated hardware/software plug-and-play acceleration solution optimized for Microsoft SQL Server applications. This solution leverages OCZ's industry-proven PCIe SSD hardware and application-tuned software to deliver low latency flash that resolves potential SQL Server bottleneck issues enabling the flash to be deployed as a local flash volume, a flash cache for HDD volumes, or as a combination of both. The solution includes a combination of fast flash performance, a unique cache mechanism that makes advanced and statistically-optimized decisions on what data to cache, and a dynamic cache warm-up scheduler that enables workloads to be placed on flash cache in advance of demanding and critical jobs. Solutions like this make it easier to deploy and leverage the benefits of SSD technology and we are continuing to make investments in this arena, making it easier for enterprise customers to address their enterprise storage challenges no matter what the application may be.Q: Can you share your views about the outlook for SSD? What is your business outlook for 2014? Which are the most exciting challenges ahead of OCZ short-term, mid-term as well as long-term?A: While there is no doubt there will continue to be consolidation in the SSD market I expect that the NAND Fabs will continue to become the key players in this space. I believe we will continue to see a surge in adoption in both the PC and Data Center space with the most growth in the mainstream PC segment as drives only become more affordable. OCZ is back with a renewed focus and our most exciting short term challenges are mostly behind us as we have transitioned our portfolio to Toshiba NAND, and we were able to retain almost our entire team through the transition to let us hit the ground running. Mid-term and long term our challenges are on building back our business with all of our valued customers and partners across all regions, as well as accelerating our product development to leverage cutting edge TLC and 3D NAND technologies. OCZ has always pushed the performance envelope and we are committed to continue to support both the client and enterprise markets with quality SSD products. This is both a very exciting time for the maturing SSD market as well as our own organization, and with Toshiba's support we now have even more resources in which to bring to market innovative solutions that address our customer's requirements head on.OCZ Storage Solutions launched a new PCIe SSD RevoDrive 350Photo: Company
Formosa Electronic Industries Inc. (8171:TT) is one of the earliest members of Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) in Taiwan, and also an Apple MFi qualified manufacturing licensee, authorized to produce Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod products for the mass market. FEii is a complete new brand launched by Formosa Electronic in the end of 2013 aiming to provide mobile power to people anywhere anytime, and bring them closer.This year at Computex, FEii is launching the world's first double approval wireless charging protective case certified by both WPC Qi and Apple MFi. These patented MFi products are the result of hundreds of hours of hard work and cooperation between Formosa Electronic(Feii), CviLux (Allsor), and Triangus Design Company. This 2-piece wireless charging protective case consists of a functional module and a standard cover which is part of an iPhone functional case system of various interchangeable functional modules and a standard iPhone back cover that are compatible with these modules. These current and future available functional modules includes: wireless charging receiver, external battery pack, in-car holder, external flash storage and amplifier.FEii has also developed a series of Qi wireless charging products to bring users a real wireless life. Including desktop wireless charging stand with movable charging coil to suit different smartphones, furniture embedded wireless charging pad for home or office use, multiple wireless charging pad, and many more. FEii is also introducing IPX7 water proof power bank NPI-1A/1B with a large capacity of 7800 mAh using grade A 18650 cells from Korean/Japanese companies. NPI-1B is also equipped with wireless charging receiver. Other power banks such as super slim power bank SLM-3700, SLM-6600 comes with aluminum housing in various colors and with 3700 mAh and 6600 mAh capacity respectively. BTP-5200, and BTP-4400 are another two new low cost power bank and has 5200 mAh & 4400 mAh capacity respectively. All of these power banks come with fast charging output of 5V2A for instant charge.Formosa Electronic is also the world leading OEM/ODM manufacturer for battery packs, wireless charging products, power bank/external batteries, adaptors for major technology firms worldwide. Its headquarters and R&D operations are based in Taipei, Taiwan, with its manufacturing site in Kunshan, just outside Shanghai. Formosa's Kunshan manufacturing site occupies 578,000 m2 and has 1200 staff members and 80 on-site R&D engineers. Its manufacturing site has passed ISO9000, ISO14000, QC080000, TS16949 and OSHA18000 professional certifications. Formosa not only cares about the quality of products and production but believes in providing a safe and comfortable place for its employees. It also takes the responsibility of protecting the environment. In order to satisfy the United Nations' safety regulations on transportation of potentially dangerous goods, Formosa Electronic has invested heavily to become one of the very few in-house UN38.8 lab which is according to ISO17025 control in China. All its battery products can be tested in house and it can issue UN38.8 certificates that are recognized by all airports, and airlines in China.Its multi-cell battery packs designed for notebooks, tablets and electronic motorcycles have passed TES/CNS15387 certificate.This year it is going to launch distributional energy systems which are compatible with many types of power sources such as solar panel, wind power generator, emergency generator, and 48V telecom backup power.Qi wireless receiver and external batteryPhoto: CompanyFormosa Electronic Industries Inc: Headquartered in Taipei.Kunshan manufacturing site: 578,000m2 in floor area; 1,200 employees; 80 R&D/engineers.Monthly capacity: Single cell battery pack, 3,000k; multi-cell pack 500k, power bank, 2,500k..Major customers: ASUS, Pegatron, HTC, Quanta, Mitac, TomTom, Xiaomi…etc.Motto: Trustful, ECO, Believe
Notebooks, tablets, and peripherals such as hard disk drives, cameras, and more recently displays have derived power over USB interfaces, enabling simple connections for power and data, eliminating the need for large cumbersome power adapters. Digital devices like smartphones are now almost exclusively USB for charging and data transfer.In fact, one of the downsides of USB is the relatively limited amount of power that can be transmitted through the cables. USB 2.0 only allowed for a 500 mA load if the device is also transmitting data, while USB 3.0 set the upper limit at 900 mA. Both standards can handle up to 1.5 amps strictly for charging purposes, but not while data is being transmitted. And USB Battery Charging 1.2 allows delivering 7.5W, offering 1500mA through 5V, which may be qualified for the need of power charging for small mobile devices but not bigger devices such as LCD displays or Notebooks.Today, the industry standard USB Power Delivery (USB PD) specification takes USB power to the next level, speeding the charging time of mobile devices and more than enough to power LCD panels, Notebooks, external hard drives, Blu-Ray DVD, DVD R/W, CD-R and other hardware without independent power cables and AC adapters. The next generation of USB standard named USB 3.1, which includes USB PD features and with full backwards compatibility with older USB specifications, opens the door to charge many kinds of smart devices including Notebooks, flat panel displays with one single cable only.More than that, however, USB PD is designed to be flexible at the port level, meaning you can plug a variety of devices into the system without worrying about one product burning out the rest of the devices. Hook up a notebook and a smartphone, in other words, and your smartphone won't get zapped by the notebook's far higher power draw. The idea is to create a flexible standard to specify six profiles for power. The intent is to deliver between 10W and 100W in steps. These six profiles are cleverly named Profile 0-5. It can ramp power up or down between profiles on the fly, and switch direction of power flow too. USB PD will detect and utilize current USB cables, and deliver up to 100W over newer PD spec cables.Before COMPUTEX Taipei 2014, DIGITIMES interviewed with Mr. Kenny Lin, Vice president of Good Way Technology to look at the USB PD solutions and future development. It is hoping to look at the trends and watch how market developed in USB power challenges.USB PD Docking station to accelerate business development of commercial notebook PC marketGood Way Technology's major launch this year in COMPUTEX is DU3710 USB PD Docking station and Display port, which is enabling power over USB PD for Notebooks, LCD monitors and other peripherals delivering up to 100 Watts at 20V, 10 times the power of existing power solutions, while enabling USB3.0 SuperSpeed data over the same cable. It equipped with three USB3.0 downstream ports, one HDMI port with resolution up to 2048x1152, one DVI-I port with same upper resolution limit of HDMI port, one stereo audio out and one mac in port and one Gigabyte Ethernet port. The AC power adaptor is 150W (12V/12.5A).Take above picture as an example. In normal circumstance, a DU3710 USB PD Docking station works as a provider to offer power to connected display, notebook or hard disk drive (HDD); and HDD are consumers to receive power from DU3710. But if display and notebook both support USB Power Delivery, under this technique, they can both be provider and consumer. Therefore, when a notebook lacks power or not with power supply around, it can receive power directly through DU3710 and the display can always receive power from DU3710 without extra power adaptor. These two devices can also deliver power through USB interface to other devices like mobile phones or HDDs and transmit data at the same time. This architecture massively eliminates the lots of adaptor and power cords for your digital devices and the two-way usage makes USB Power Delivery become a new technical application that enabling the power ecosystems in your desktop.Use DU3710 USB PD Docking station not only consolidating all the power sources in one device, but also equipping with USB display capability to allow users to switch to different displays.Kenny Lin highlights the significant benefits of PD Docking station and is especially suit for commercial notebook segment users. There is limited profit margin on most of notebook PC segments. But the new commercial type of Notebooks featured USB PD and bundled with USB PD Docking station turns to a very attractive portfolio of higher end value-added notebook PC packages. Some major Japanese notebook PC brands have seen this business opportunity and opened several ODM projects to leverage unique product advantages of Good Way Technology. And one good news is that Taiwan notebook PC players starting to move the same direction.It has made it clear Kenny intend to watch the market developed for many years and witnessed not only how USB PD demands has developed, but also how companies compete amid increased competition in upcoming challenges.New Thunderbolt 2 Docking station boosting higher end 4K display solutions for both Mac and Windows systemsFor fulfilling the strong "always-increasing" demands of sharing higher resolution videos, Intel announced Thunderbolt 2 specification in 2013. Originally brought to market in conjunction with Apple, Thunderbolt is now a standard feature of Mac computers sold in the market today. The new Thunderbolt 2 controller was codenamed "Falcon Ridge" running at 20Gbs with bi-directional channel that can handle either data transfer or display, a doubling of the bandwidth over the original Thunderbolt.Moreover, Thunderbolt 2 will support DisplayPort 1.2 and 4K video. This result is great news for an industry on the cusp of widespread adoption of 4K video technologies. Good Way Technology has observed this trend for some time, and its Thunderbolt 2 Docking station expects to go into production by the third quarter of 2014. This product line has two models named DB2020 and DB 2120 with the features of three USB3.0 downstream ports, one Mini Display Port resolution up to 4K2K through Thunderbolt Port or Daisy chain with the same Thunderbolt Port, one HDMI port with same upper resolution limit of 4Kx2K, one stereo audio out and one mic in port and one Gigabyte Ethernet port.Good Way Technology is targeting the mass market with the Thunderbolt 2 Docking station, with more standard USB3.0 and HDMI ports and a desktop-friendly design. With Apple leading the position in Thunderbolt adoption, however, docking stations like Good Way Technology's Thunderbolt 2 Docking station offering could begin to hit retail market at increasingly affordable prices. The current MSRP price will be between US 200 to 300 dollars.Visit COMPUTEX Booth C0506 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition HallGood Way Technology will be demonstrating its USB PD Docking station, Thunderbolt 2 Docking and other 4K display solutions, which are the recent progress relating to new technologies of USB PD and Thunderbolt 2 development. In this year at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2014, they will be showcasing the complete features in the booth of C0506 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall. If you want to look at more information of other product lines of Good Way Technology, please logon the website at www.goodway.com.twThunderbolt Dock Eyco SystemThe USB PD Docking Station Connection and DeploymentPhoto: Company
For the first time presenting at Computex Taipei 2014, Vision Advance Technology (VATek) is about to reveal the whole series digital modulator chips. Other than the multi-format DTV modulator chip, world's first ENMODER (Encoder + Modulator) will be shown at the fair as well.Present multimedia connectivity, for commercial or home-use purposes, mostly is IP or WiFi based, yet bringing concerns about complicated set-up/settings and transmitting efficiency. VATeK released digital communication modulator chip Gen. I in 2013 as a low-cost, high-efficient solution for the dilemma. Gen. I features high bandwidth, long distance, anti interference, encryption, and it is able to carry out dual-mode (cable and wireless) communication. Except for being applied to FHD digital video data streaming transmission, it can also receive and launch Ethernet data in DTV communication way. As an all-round digital communication modulator chip, it modulates DTV signals in different formats (DVB-T/ATSC/DTMB/QAM) with ultra low power dissipation, and then transmits to display ports such as HD TV in the mode of digital broadcasting system. At last, through cable or wireless ways, data will simultaneously enter more than one receiver. It has been widely introduced into domestic agents and used on their high-end video products.By 2014, VATek launched the original single chip, integrated with video encoder and modulated - ENMODER, which relieved the inconvenience (high cost) brought by the previous separation way. ENMODER, with built-in video compressing units, supports MPEG-2/H.264 compressing units utilized by DTV system, and the maximum picture quality it reaches is 1080P. In addition, its (ENMODER) ultra-low-delay compressing effectiveness and ultra-low-power-dissipation performance will by all means take you by surprise. ENMODER is an amazing choice that perfectly goes with professional video equipments.Other than the ability to do multi-format modulation, indicated VATek, ENMODER's got compounded media interface so that it can do IPTV Stream, and hardware video capture. Possible applications of ENMODER are widely flexible. With mass production scheduled in the latter half of 2014, ENMODER is anticipated to shed an eye-catching light into the market, to which multimedia tool manufacturers are eagerly looking forward.Except these Gen. I and Gen. II chips, we are planning that starting from 2015, VATek will be launching several chips with integrated functions, DTV modulator and multimedia compression related, including ENMODER that supports UHD video compression as well as the second generation digital terrestrial TV standards(DVB-T2).Spectrum crunches is not a news as the ISM bands become overused and congested. With TVWS (TV White Space) new spectrum has become available to the wireless market. TVWS has been designated by the FCC to be a license-free application. VATek has introduced its Modulator into North American successfully, and has already being used in FCC approved TVWS products.Vision Advance Technology Inc. (VATek), founded in Jan, 2014, is the subsidiary of Feature Integration Technology Inc, one of the leading enterprises of IC design industry in Taiwan. VATek is currently devoted to designing and manufacturing digital communication chips that aim at multimedia modulation and video compression.Photo: CompanyMeet VATek in 2014 COMPUTEX Taipei - Hall 3 TWTC G0552Contact us: marketing@vatek.com.tw
GIGABYTE Technology, a leading IT product manufacturer will showcase its most powerful BRIX mini-PCs at Computex 2014 this week. GIGABYTE has produced the BRIX ultra compact PCs for some time and premiered the BRIX Pro and BRIX Gaming earlier this year.In the past, those ultra compact PCs were fairly underpowered, best suited for media playback as home theater PCs or for running digital signage applications. Leveraging its many years of experience in high performance hardware manufacturing, GIGABYTE has expanded the BRIX line ranging from the systems mentioned previously to models with an integrated Intel Iris graphics core, the BRIX Pro, and now the flagship BRIX Gaming.The BRIX Pro houses a quad-core 3.2GHz Intel Core i7-4770R processor with an Intel Iris Pro 5200 chipset for graphics. As one of Valve's early partners in the Steam Machine building army. GIGABYTE will demo its BRIX Pro with Steam OS at TWTC Hall 1 during the whole week. The BRIX Pro will come with a 1TB HDD for plenty of Steam game storage, along with USB 3.0, HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, and IEEE 802.11AC Wi-Fi connectivity.Furthermore, GIGABYTE will showcase during the event the new flagship BRIX, the BRIX Gaming. The BRIX Gaming takes the signature compact design philosophy of the BRIX series, and adds to the mix a high performance Intel Core i5-4200H processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760. With this high end processor the BRIX Gaming is capable of CPU intensive applications like multimedia production, and of course with its superior graphics hardware the BRIX Gaming is built for the best gaming experience possible.The BRIX Gaming features one Mini DisplayPort and two mini HDMI ports on the rear panel, enabling support for simultaneous triple display connectivity, making it suited for the office, the living room, and any place where serious gaming happens. The BRIX Gaming also supports the latest 4K display support. Though slightly taller than other BRIX models, the BRIX Pro and the BRIX Gaming are still below the 2.5" thickness category. The extra vertical space is an extra headroom for better thermal performance, and also a space to house a standard 2.5" HDD or SSD for storage. Compared to the mSATA flash storage that the BRIX Pro and BRIX Gaming have in common, the conventional SATA connector allows for more conventional storage. In conclusion, the extra size of the BRIX Pro and the BRIX Gaming simply equals extra power."We are very excited about COMPUTEX where we have the chance to introduce our products to users and interact with them personally," commented Etay Lee, general manager of GIGABYTE Networking & Communication Business Unit. "Users can obtain detailed product information and acquire good product experience from GIGABYTE at COMPUTEX," Etay added. GIGABYTE cordially invites you to visit us at COMPUTEX 2014, booth D0002 in TWTC Hall 1. To learn more about the GIGABYTE BRIX, please visit: http://www.gigabyte.com/Photo: Company
Echostreams Innovative Solutions, LLC., a U.S. based OEM/ODM server and storage solutions provider (Computex booth #K0516), announced the availability of its patented 4U storage server, eDrawer4072. Equipped with a single Adaptec 8805 Series 8 12Gb/s SAS adapter, the eDrawer4072 system can manage 72x hot-swappable 3.5" SAS/SATA top-load hard disk bays, plus additional 8x 2.5"-7mm SSD drive bays for total 80x bays, all in a slim 4U space. The latest 12G SAS technology offered by the Adaptec 8805 controller together with the 8x SSD drives enable this system to offer superior IOPs performance and gross capacity unmatched by the competitions. A total of over 4 Petabytes of raw disk storage plus 80 Terabytes of flash can be supported in a single 42U rack.Designed and optimized for datacenter environments, eDrawer4072 storage server offers front I/O ports and top-load hot-swap hard disk bays that can also be easily accessed from the front of the rack. The ultra-density design maximizes the space utilization in the datacenters."Our patented eDrawer4072 front-I/O high-density storage server platform equipped with the latest Adaptec Series-8 12G SAS controllers offer cloud datacenter a perfect platform for Media Streaming, Archival Storage for video and financial data and Disaster Recovery applications" says Brian Lin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Echostreams.eDrawer4072Photo: CompanyAbout EchostreamsEchostreams Innovative Solutions, LLC. is a highly specialized server and storage OEM/ODM solutions company, offering fully-customizable purpose-built solution platforms to system integrators and contract manufacturers. Product families include DuraStreams - high-availability redundant servers, FlacheStreams - high-density SSD flash servers, ScaleStreams - high-density storage systems, GridStreams - high-density compute platforms and OmniStreams - SMB server appliance platforms. Each solution is designed to address specific bottlenecks and problems faced by the solution providers and OEMs. Echostreams is committed to drive the evolution of technologies behind IT infrastructures.
Lanner Electronics today touted its wide selection of hardware solutions designed for a full range of Smart Grid applications and announced its commitment to working with the power and energy industries.Armed with years of experience and expertise in board and system design, Lanner has successfully established itself not only as a platform provider for power grid connectivity, ICS cyber security and industrial automation, but also a design specialist for IoT-ready appliances such as electrical utility communications gateway, control system HSI and power SCADA platform with IEC-61850-3 and IEEE-1613 regulations.The demand for Smart Grid hardware, especially those designed for managing and securing critical power and energy infrastructures, has increased exponentially. A report by GTM Research, entitled Global Smart Grid Technologies and Growth Markets 2013-2020 "forecasts the cumulative value of the Smart Grid market to surpass US$400 billion by 2020." And the Asia-Pacific is among the top five regions with such fast growing demand, while China alone "represents 70% of the Asia Smart Grid market."Lanner's Smart Grid appliances have been adopted for over a decade by more than 44,000 substations across China for applications such as power communication gateway and ICS cyber security. And Lanner's Smart Grid security platforms combine key features from network appliances and power communication appliances, making available the outstanding performance one would expect for implementing excellent security solutions."Lanner's robust domain knowledge for the power and energy ecosystem ensures the delivering of market-driven design, optimal TTM manufacturing and top-notch services," said Jeffrey Wang, Head of Lanner's Power Communications and Industrial Cyber Security Group. "As a longtime partner with solid experience in working with major players in the energy industry, Lanner has proven itself a trustworthy IPC leader capable of meeting the evolving needs of today's Smart Grid market demand."Lanner's full range of power & energy solutionsPhoto: Company
Thermaltake Group with its three brands Thermaltake, Tt eSPORTS, LUXA2 and its e-Sports Team Tt APOLLOS will celebrate numerous world premieres at Computex Taipei 2014. More than 100 breakthrough and aesthetic innovations including PC DIY solutions, professional gaming gear and unique, functional mobile accessories and tablet PC peripherals will be showcased at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall (4th floor, booth number M620).On the first day (June 3) of Computex Taipei, Thermaltake Group will grandly introduce the "One Thermaltake Gaming Solution" with its three brands - Thermaltake, Tt eSPORTS and LUXA2 - to demonstrate the idea of a perfect total gaming solution from PC DIY, gaming gear to power stations and audio solutions. Tt eSPORTS will present not only new models to the world, but will have a very special innovation to offer as well: aiming to set itself as the first premium eSports brand to launch its own quantified self gaming gear in the eSports realm. Using the tried and true popular THERON gaming mouse, Tt eSPORTS will premier the unprecedented new THERON Plus Smart Mouse with exclusive Tt eSports Plus mobile software with the quantified self technology together and Tt eSPORTS Plus online community to the public at the opening ceremony.Thermaltake Level 10 Limited Edition (Titanium) - emphasizing on professional liquid-cooling support for enthusiast gamersPhoto: CompanyFor information about Thermaltake Group at Computex Taipei 2014, visit: http://computex2014.thermaltake.com/Thermaltake: PC DIY Enthusiasts with Innovative SpiritThermaltake, being the industry leading brand in PC DIY solutions, chassis, power supply, and cooling systems, is firing on all cylinders to prepare for Computex with highly anticipated products! Top on the product list Thermaltake plans to unveil during the show are series of new innovations - Core Series and Level 10 Limited Edition (Titanium) - emphasizing on professional liquid-cooling support for enthusiast gamers. As for cooling, Thermaltake will focus on Frio Silent series, DIY Liquid-cooling components, and Water 3.0 Ultimate. Additionally, for high-end PSU, Thermaltake will introduce the Toughpower DPS 1250W Platinum and Toughpower DPS G Series at full range. Last but not least, BlacX Urban WIFI Docking Station will be showcased on spot. From stunning exterior enclosures to ultra-high quality power and ventilation, Thermaltake products demonstrate that each and every element of PC DIY is worth assembling with the excellence it deserves.Thermaltake official website: http://www.thermaltake.com/Thermaltake Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/ThermaltakeIncTt eSPORTS: Challenge is the GameTt eSPORTS, the leading expert in professional eSports gaming peripherals is ramping up to release a whole slew of peripherals geared towards gaming from PC to mobile, and even to console at Computex. In the headset category, there will be new additions to the CRONOS, SHOCK, CONSOLE, and ISURUS series as well as headsets with virtual surround sound. The CHALLENGER series of membrane keyboards will increase in variety, along with new POSEIDON Z offerings in the POSEIDON ZX and POSIEDON Z Forged, which all feature Tt eSPORTS Certified Mechanical switches along with the world's first 5 year warranty for a mechanical gaming keyboard. Next, the gaming mice lineup will become more even more diverse with additions such as an ambidextrous mouse as well as the THERON Plus Smart Mouse, which brings the quantified self wearable tech trend to the realm of eSports. In mouse pads and accessories, Tt eSPORTS will have offerings that others in the market have neglected. Not leaving the mobile gaming area untouched, Tt eSPORTS will debut the CONTOUR mobile gaming controller. The Team DK editions of time-tested Tt eSPORTS peripherals will also be launching.Tt eSPORTS official website: http://www.ttesports.com/Tt eSPORTS Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/TteSPORTSLUXA2: Simplicity, Luxury and LifestyleLUXA2 will be showcasing its full power, audio and holder solutions ranging from the newly released EnerG 6600/8000/10400mAh Portable Power Series and upcoming PL3 10400mAh Leather Power Bank. Wireless Power Charging (WPC) will again be a key focus for Computex. It also will showcase the highly anticipated TX-P2 10,000mAh Wireless Charging Power Bank and TX-100 Ultra Slim Wireless Charging Pad to demonstrate the effectiveness and convenience of WPC technology. A wireless charging station will be set up at the booth to provide the opportunity for show goers to try out the wireless power solutions. Exhibition participants and consumers will also get a chance to experience LUXA2's latest Bluetooth audio products such as the new dynamic Groovy Duo Live Wireless Speakers, all aluminum GroovyA Wireless Stereo Speaker with angle stand and GroovyR 360 Degrees Micro Wireless Wall Mount Speaker, as well as the rest of the Groovy audio series.LUXA2 official website: http://www.luxa2.com/LUXA2 Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/LUXA2Press Contact of Thermaltake Technology headquarter:Charlotte ChenPublic Relations ManagerBrand Innovation Center - Corporate Public Relations OfficeTel.: +886-2-8797-5788 Ext.2115Email: Charlotte.chen@thermaltake.com.twAbout "Thermaltake"Thermaltake Technology was established in January, 1999 and has been market to the world with "Thermaltake" brand name ever since. The brand personality of Unique, Aggressive, Vivid, and Stylish makes Thermaltake an expert in creating Exciting things and Fascinating environment for gamers and enthusiasts, also Keep them Constantly High physically and mentally.Moreover, Thermaltake Technology get close to consumers and observe lead users' behavior and requirement, to design aesthetic and high quality products which will greatly improve system performance and bring the user to the up most potential. With innovative design and unique style, Thermaltake products spread rapidly among the enthusiasts in DIY market and soon become the number one choice for PC DIY enthusiasts worldwide.Official website: http://www.thermaltake.com/About "Tt eSPORTS"Thermaltake is a well known brand for gaming & DIY in Case, Cooler, and PSU for years. Due to the constant requests for keyboards and mice from gamers and end users, Thermaltake decided to create a series of gaming keyboards, mice, and headsets with the Tt eSPORTS brand. By using Tt eSPORTS, we want to extend our product lines into the gaming industry, and provide more "personalized gaming" gears to gamers and enthusiasts worldwide. With years of experience in gaming industry, Tt eSPORTS is committed to bring the most personalized and the highest quality weapons for the most competitive cyber battles, and advances with the idea of products designed by gamers for gamers.Official website: http://www.ttesports.com/About "LUXA2"LUXA2- is a Taiwanese based designer and manufacturer of award winning portable accessories. Established in 2009, LUXA2 is committed to creating the best user-experience by consistently designing and innovating each and every product from concept to reality. LUXA2 believes that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication; and it is with this belief that our product designs are not only simplistic in nature but also incorporates functionality and premium aesthetic appeal at affordable prices. We promote not just products but total solutions. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, the LUXA2 team possesses many talented specialists from all around the globe ranging from: sales mavericks, marketing aficionados, design wizards and R&D demons which are all lead by a top-gun management team. With offices in the USA, China, Australia and Germany, LUXA2's presence on the global stage is ever-increasing to ultimately bring our mission of creating a simple, unique and luxury lifestyle to customers, and ultimately, a uniquely you.LUXA2 official website: http://www.luxa2.com/About "Tt APOLLOS"Tt APOLLOS is the professional e-Sports team established by Thermaltake in 2010, and is currently the newest of the five professional e-Sports Teams in TeSL (Taiwan e-Sports League). Apollo was one of the 12 Olympians, expressing radiance and glory, and there is not a trace of darkness in him. Apollo also mastered in archery; he could shoot with unfailing accuracy. This was where Tt APOLLOS got the name from, symbolizing integrity and passion of the team. The SF (Special Force) team of Tt APOLLOS acted like the team name and got the first place in TeSL's event of SF Online in its first year of establishment.The logo of the team was based on Ancient Greek warriors; helmet, shield and other adornments were standard equipments of the valiant Greek warriors. The warrior's arm posture presents a feeling of confrontation and rush, while his sharp eyes will frighten the enemies before combat.Official site of Tt Apollos: http://www.ttapollos.com.tw/About "Tt Fun"Tt Fun is an online entertainment media established by Thermaltake in 2012. Uniting the most diverse and interesting latest news, Tt Fun introduces e-Sports and digital entertainment, games, technology trends, movies, animation and comic to general consumers. Also, Tt Fun shares the latest product and event information of Thermaltake Group's four brands -Thermaltake, Tt eSPORTS, LUXA2 and Tt APOLLOS. Tt Fun meets your needs of passion and desire toward life, come to join the fabulous entertainment feast!Official site of Tt Fun: http://www.ttfun.com.tw/About "Tt Buy"Thermaltake, carring the insist to provide excellent service and high-quality products, established Tt Buy-an e-shopping site in 2012. As the most professional e-Sports platform, Tt Buy owns various prime products of Thermaltake, Tt eSPORTS, LUXA2 and Tt APOLLOS. Consumers will definitely experience the most comfortable, time saving and safe online shopping with Tt Buy.Official site of Tt Buy: http://www.ttbuy.com.tw/
