Brewer Science launched its groundbreaking inks that will change the way carbon nanotube (CNT) users manufacture microelectronic devices. The company introduced the first aqueous, surfactant-free, ready-to-use semiconducting CNT inks for microelectronics and printed electronics applications. Brewer Science, a leading supplier of specialty materials and integrated solutions for microelectronics device fabrication, is once again delivering a game-changing product that will provide its customers with an advantage in their industry."Until now, users of semiconducting CNTs had to use surfactant-containing ink from material suppliers or produce surfactant-based inks themselves from raw semiconductor CNT sources. In either case, the deposited surfactant had to be washed from the film, which generated CNT-contaminated waste and could redistribute the deposited films, leading to performance variation," said Jim Lamb, Director of Business Development, Carbon Electronics Center. "This point-of-use tinkering was very process intensive and inconsistent, even for laboratory usage of CNTs, and commercial applications could not be targeted with such products. These ready-to-use formulations will give our customers a stable and consistent product for use in large-scale manufacturing of semiconducting devices and many other products."The CNTRENE 4010 series of semiconducting inks are stable, water-based materials prepared using a proprietary method developed by Brewer Science. Due to their unique formulation, the inks do not contain additives such as surfactants that require damaging and waste-producing post-deposition treatment (wash) steps. These inks can be deposited easily onto a variety of rigid and flexible substrates with standard coating techniques including spray-coating and Aerosol Jet printing. At Brewer Science's Carbon Electronics Center, arrays of TFT devices have been prepared which have average ON/OFF ratios of >4000 and mobilities of >0.2 cm2/V·s.Learn more about Brewer Science's CNT products and services by visiting the Brewer Science Carbon Electronics Center web page (http://www.brewerscience.com/markets/carbon-electronics), or see the Brewer Science technology experts at Booth 212 during FLEX Printed & Flexible Electronics Conference and Exhibition (http://www.brewerscience.com/news/508/370/2014-FLEX?PR).About Brewer ScienceBrewer Science is a global technology leader in developing and manufacturing innovative materials, processes, and equipment for the reliable fabrication of cutting-edge microdevices used in electronics such as tablet computers, smartphones, digital cameras, televisions, and LED lighting. Since 1981, when its ARC materials revolutionized lithography processes, Brewer Science has expanded its technology to include products used in advanced lithography, thin wafer handling, 3-D integration, and chemical and mechanical device protection and products based on carbon nanotubes and nanotechnology. With its headquarters in Rolla, Missouri, Brewer Science supports its worldwide customers through a service and distribution network in North America, Europe, and Asia.

With Apple announcing that its new devices will utilize six-face strengthened glass OGS panels, market demand has warmed up for Fortrend OGS products. Chairman Wu of Fortrend has said that before the product phase for Touch Panel manufacturing, companies need to evaluate technologies around the world and they will find the semiconductor process of small glass touch panels has the cost effective, advanced quality and best price qualities.Hence, the company has invested capital starting from the ground up on 2007, developed a unique technology, materials, facilities and related patents. It's been four years since the company has six-face strengthen in mass production, and the products have been implemented in automotive, aerospace, industrial and IT devices. Starting from two years ago, Fortrend authorized that the technology, material, facilities and patent could be used by partners for production, spreading around the world, including in Europe and Asia.It is believed that the wisdom of Apple to use the six-face strengthen glass OGS touch panels is because both the cost and quality are superior to conventional TP; not to mention the In-cell or On-cell benefits. Six-face strengthen OGS uses the glass plate pre-cut, grounded and then chemical strengthening, prior to the capacitive sensor process; so there is no need to cut it into small pieces after the sensor engineering. The glass plate also maintains the strength from all six dimensions, much stronger than the large piece technology which works in three. Currently, most of the processor applications put touch sensors onto a large glass piece, and then cut into small pieces, which can damage the original glass structure. It then uses the Hydrofluoric acid to etch the broken glass edge as the secondary strengthen. Actually, it cannot add strength to glass, and will even have hydrofluoric fluid residue fluid in the crack, which can cause user injury.Recently, visitors have come from around the world to Fortrend and inquire about the authorization of unique Fortrend OGS technology. Especially when Fortrend debuted its Liquid Diamond film technology several months ago, which has the antimicrobial function up to 99%, can absorb UV, blue-ray and electrical wave, and is self-cleaning. What has attracted many of the visitors from all over the world is that they are looking for the six-face strength as well as the liquid diamond technology, which has been identified as the main stream of touch panel. Fortrend has been exporting liquid diamond plated touch panels and authorized manufacturing sites in Korea, China and India will join the team within this year.

ASMedia Technologies., a fabless semiconductor company that develops and markets high-speed IO solutions, demonstrated SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps (USB 3.1) data transfer on its hardware development platform at the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) annual members meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. This demonstration marks the first public showing of a working SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps PHY. ASMedia also constructed a hardware prototyping platform consisting of a PCI Express add-in card with ASMedia's own PHY and implementing ASMedia's SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps Host and Device Controllers with SSD under RAID."ASMedia aimed to demonstrate the real user scenario. As SSD adaption rate is growing, we believe that SSD with RAID will be the ideal product that can leverage USB 3.1 (10Gbps) bandwidth. With ASMedia's solution, user can enjoy the performance enhancement through USB 3.1. Just as with USB 3.0, we look forward to working closely with the USB ecosystem to enable the successful deployment of the USB 3.1 products into the market," said Chewei Lin CEO of ASMedia Technologies. "This demonstration represents our commitment to being a key player of USB technology and to helping our customers deliver first-to-market solutions with leading edge product performance.""The USB-IF is excited to see a live demonstration showing the first SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps PHY from ASMedia," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF President & COO. "There is a growing demand for higher through-put capabilities and by adopting USB 3.1 companies can better meet the needs of their customers while still maintaining backwards compatibility with existing USB 3.0 software stacks and device class protocols, existing 5 Gbps hubs and devices, and USB 2.0 products."USB technology is one of the most successful specifications in the history of computing, and in its newest revision, USB 3.1, the data transfer rate jumps to 10 Gbps/s on a bi-directional link, more than double the effective bandwidth of the already fast SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) standard. The USB 3.1 specification primarily extends existing USB 3.0 protocol and hub operation for speed scaling along with defining the next higher physical layer speed as 10 Gbps.About ASMediaASMedia (www.asmedia.com.tw) is a fabless design house founded in 2004. ASMedia provides high speed IO solutions that deliver highly-efficient connectivity, such as USB3.0, SATA6G and PCIe.

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, announced the launch of its latest addition to the GIGABYTE BRIX series of ultra compact PC kits, the GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming. Packing an AMD A8-5557M APU together with an AMD Radeon R9 M275X discrete graphics processor, the GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming has gaming performance that belies its compact size."The BRIX Gaming offers a real desktop PC experience in a compact form factor that end users now expect from a GIGABYTE BRIX device," commented Henry Kao, Vice President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. "We're very excited about the continuing evolution of the desktop PC, challenging the notion that smaller PC design means abandoning performance."GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming: Desktop performance in miniatureThe BRIX Gaming compact PC kit is literally small enough to sit in the palm of your hand (measuring a mere 59.6mm x 128mm x 115.4mm) and features a high-performance AMD A8-5557M APU plus a dedicated AMD Radeon R9 M275X graphics processor. The BRIX Gaming includes support for both mSATA SSD and standard 2.5" SATA hard drive installation - ideal for storing the latest 3D gaming titles while enjoying a fast and responsive OS install on SSD. The GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming features both Mini DisplayPort and HDMI ports on the rear panel, enabling support for simultaneous dual display connectivity.The BRIX Gaming takes the performance you would expect of a full tower gaming PC, in a compact form factor that is much more suited for the living room. Gaming enthusiasts traveling to LAN events, parties and contests and will also enjoy having a gaming rig with incredible portability.AMD Radeon R9 M275XAccompanied by 2GB of GDDR5 memory, the AMD Radeon R9 M275X is a discrete graphics processor that offers superb 3D gaming and GPU-accelerated application performance. The AMD R9 M275X supports the latest graphics acceleration technologies including Microsoft DX11.1, Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 4.1. The AMD R9 M275X also supports the latest OpenCL 1.1 standard providing GPU-accelerated performance in general purpose applications.By employing a discrete, fully programmable GPU, the BRIX Gaming is ideal for tackling processor-intensive media editing and encoding applications. Today's GPU accelerated applications leverage the multi-core design of the GPU to greatly improve overall processing performance - this makes the BRIX Gaming well suited to creative professionals using media editing and encoding applications.A flexible, compact DIY PC kitThe BRIX Gaming is sold as a DIY PC kit, shipping with a Wi-Fi Mini PCIe module pre-installed, requiring only SO-DIMM system memory and a choice of either, or both mSATA SSD or standard 2.5" hard drives. The BRIX Gaming maintains the DIY PC ethos, giving users the flexibility to independently choose preferred operating system, integrated storage and system memory configurations.USB 3.0 and network connectivityThe GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming integrates four USB 3.0 ports (two front, two rear), ensuring ample connectivity for peripherals, storage devices and more. In addition to including a Gigabit Ethernet port, the GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming also includes a Mini PCIe module offering IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and the latest Bluetooth 4.0, providing connectivity for low power Bluetooth devices and peripherals, as well as allowing users to easily connect their mobile devices.VESA supportBundled with a VESA bracket, the BRIX Gaming can easily be mounted behind a monitor or HDTV making it discreetly hidden from view. This offers a simple and elegant way to turn any VESA-compliant display or TV into a full-featured PC or digital signage unit.For more information about the GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming please go to: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4930#ovGIGABYTE BRIX

According to research company Gartner, Inc., storage spending is growing almost three times faster than IT budgets as a whole. Impressive growth in storage spending, fueled by relentless demand for more capacity and greater speed, comes at a time when companies of all sizes are striving to significantly cut IT energy costs. Achieving the diverse goals of abundant capacity, high performance, low cost-per-GB and reduced power consumption poses a daunting task for hard disk drive and storage system vendors.AIC XJ3000-4603S has 4U form factor equipped with 60 3.5" drive carriers supporting SAS or SATA hard disk drives. The maximum storage capacity is up to 240TB when 4TB drives are used. It is the highest density platform ever built for cloud computing. Seagate Constellation ES.3 enterprise drives have the highest performance with PowerChoice technology. PowerChoice technology drive power management delivers the lowest power usage ever offered in an enterprise-class hard drive.For environments where hard drives are idle more frequently and for longer periods, the benefits of the Constellation family of drives are particularly compelling. The chart 1 is a real case practice with PowerChoice on XJ3000-4603S saving 80% power consumption. The TCO (Total Cost Ownership) with PowerChoice is more significant. The chart 2 is a simulation for 100 units of XJ3000-4603S deployed in different countries. The monthly and annual saving is beneficial to reduce IT spending.With the ever-tightening IT budgets and growing concerns over both the fiscal and environmental costs of escalating power use, the need for more energy-efficient storage in the enterprise has never been more urgent. Seagate and AIC have responded with XJ3000-4603S featuring enterprise-class Constellation ES.3 hard disk drive with PowerChoice technology delivering the best CP value for could computing.AIC XJ3000-4603S featuring Seagate enterprise-class Constellation ES.3 hard disk drive with PowerChoice technology delivering the best CP value for could computing.

ECS is pleased to announce the Z87H3-M, the smartest Z87 MicroATX motherboard choice on the market for high-end gamers. The Z87H3-M is packed with features that enhance the gaming experience out of the box and provides a future upgrade path, all while still being affordable price.This is an ECS Durathon board, which means it has the Triple Density moisture-proof PCB, ultra-high Extreme Temperature Resistance, and extra-stringent testing. ECS Z87H3-M features 100% durable, heat-resistant solid capacitors for an ultra-long, stable life, even with the serious electrical and thermal demands of the latest gaming hardware. Solid capacitors typically provide a lifetime 6 times longer than the electrolytic capacitors used in lower-quality products. Meanwhile external connectors, such as VGA, USB and LAN ports, feature heavy-duty ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection, to protect delicate internal components from static and other electrical disturbances.Up to 3 independent displays are supported, with 1 HDMI port (DP optional), 1 DVI port, and a VGA port to ensure compatibility with any kind of monitor. There's also 8-channel audio onboard for thunderous gaming sound and vivid music.Unlimited expansion and upgrade potentialECS Z87H3-M features a host of expansion options. There are dual channel 4 x DDR3 1600 slots for up to 32GB of DRAM, meeting the demands of modern 64-bit operating systems. On board there are 2 PCI Express x16 slots for extreme fast AMD Crossfire X support (1 x Generation 3, and 1 x Generation 2 running in 4x mode), a PCI Express x1 slot, and also a PCI slot for compatibility with other cards.There are 6 SATA 6.0 Gigabyte/sec connections, providing for multiple terabytes of internal drive storage. For external devices, such as disk drivers, printers, cameras, phones, and media players, ECS Z87H3-M offers 2 x USB 3.0 and 4 x USB 2.0 connectors - with internal headers there are 4 x USB 3.0 and 10 x USB 2.0 ports in total. Network connectivity is fast, with a Gigabit LAN socket. To provide compatibility with products, without wasting space on sockets, the board includes headers for COM/serial port, TPM, and LPT devices.Unique ECS featuresSpecial ECS features include EZ charger technology to help users recharge phones and other external devices. Normally USB ports would switch to low current mode when the system is off, making recharging very slow. But EZ charger provides 3 times the current of competing products during S5 mode (system shutdown), recharging external devices rapidly and safely.The exclusive ECS iEZ utility combines eBLU BIOS Live Update Utility, eDLU Drivers Live Update Utility - to keep the system up to date with minimal hassle - and eSF Smart Fan Utility, which reduces system noise while allowing the system to work safely at maximum speed when required. Additional features include Intel Smart Response, which combines the speed of SSD and the capacity of traditional hard disks, allowing huge data storage with fast access times. Intel Rapid Start Technology provides an almost instant start up.AvailabilityThe ECS Z87H3-M is the ultimate high-value motherboard for high-end gamers and demanding PC users, and will be available worldwide in January 2014 for the suggested retail price of $100.About ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems)ECS, Elitegroup Computer Systems, was established in 1987. In recent years, ECS's main focus has expanded from motherboards to All-in-One PCs, notebook computers, graphics cards and other mobile products. ECS is strongly committed to developing cutting-edge technology in order to create innovative products under environmentally friendly designs. ECS's comprehensive quality control system ensures all of ECS products can be counted on for stability and reliability. Visit http://www.ecs.com.tw/ to learn more.ECS Z87H3-M

APLEX Technology Inc., a global industrial computer product solution provider, announced a new industrial Panel PC - APC-3X93R series that adopts Intel Atom D2550 processor and provides full IP65 compliance and IP69K certified. Extending APLEX's successful line of stainless steel Panel PCs, the brand new APC-3X93R series equipped with resistive touch windows provides cost-effective, consistent and durable performance and is available for 17" and 19", each targeted to different applications and tastes.High performance at an affordable priceThanks to its great thermal design, the APC-3X93R series is powered by Intel Atom D2550 with fanless design and provides noise-free when it operating. The APC-3X93R features stainless steel outer and meets the requirement of strict hygiene applications such as food/chemical industry, medical, restaurant/kitchen applications. Furthermore, the APC-3X93R series incorporates resistive touch window not only to deliver durable and consistent performance not also to provide affordable price. Therefore, it is ideal to the market where it has budget concern and the application environments where must stand up to contaminants and liquids. Although the resistive touch screen is less clarity with other touch screen types, it guarantees precise accuracy and high degree of pressure sensitivity so it can be activated through any devices including fingernail, gloved finger and pen stylus.Full featured, All Round ProtectionThe APC-3X93R series provides brilliant features that you expect in industrial Panel PCs. With Intel NM10 Express chipset and based on Intel Atom D2550, the APC-3X93R series significantly reduces power consumption and on board DDR3 SO-DIMM 2G memory and 2.5" SATA device, the APC-3X93R provides mass storage capacity. Full IP65 rating, with M12 I/O connectors and IP69K compliance that ensures the product's ability to resist ingress of high temperature and high pressure water and was tested by a spray nozzle with high temperature water (80 degrees C) and a flow rate of 14-16 L/min and a nozzle hold with distance 10-15cm away from the device at angles of 0-degree, 30-degree, 60-degree and 90-degree for 30 seconds, the APC-3X93R is qualified to meet harsh environment applications.The APC-3X93R series supports multiple OS options including: MS Windows 7 pro for embedded, Windows embedded standard, Windows XP professional, XP embedded and so on.Features of APC-3X93R series:*Fanless and Low Power Consumption Stainless Steel Panel PC*Intel Atom Processor D2550 (1M Cache, 1.8 GHz)*On board DDR3 SO-DIMM 2G Memory*11~32V DC Wide-Ranging Power Input*M12 I/O Connector*Full Flat bezel Design, Total 6 sides IP 65/ IP69K*Resistive Touch WindowAbout APLEXAPLEX Technology Inc. is one of the leading brands in industrial computer products. APLEX is dedicated to satisfying customer's needs by offering a comprehensive solutions and applications including industrial panel PCs, Human-machine interfaces (HMI), industrial display, embedded Box PCs. Besides standard products, APLEX also offers customized or OEM/ODM project service to meet special needs of clients. APLEX product applications range from factory automation, transportation, retail, hospitality, environmental monitoring, warehousing, medical, to health care. For more information, please go to http://www.aplex.com.tw/APLEX APC-3X93R, new industrial Panel PC

Intel has unveiled its new education-focused reference devices at Bett 2014, a learning technology event in London, the UK. The new Intel Education Tablet and the Intel classmate PC are part of Intel Education Solutions, which includes devices, software, content, services and teacher professional development that work together to transform learning and teaching for student success.Both the Intel Education Tablet and the classmate PC are rugged designs that can withstand dropping off a desk (from 70cm) and provide water-resistance and dust-resistance.The Intel Education Tablet runs on Android 4.2 and has kid-friendly features such as rubber bumpers on the sides making it easier for small hands to hold, a power button that resists accidental pushes and a stylus with a realistic pen-like grip. Powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor Z2520, the 10-inch tablet has front- and rear-facing cameras and optional 3G support, and provides an average 12 hours of battery life.The Intel Atom processor Z2520 clocks in at 1.2GHz and supports Intel Hyper-Threading technology, allowing four simultaneous application threads that further enhances the overall efficiency of the Atom cores. The integrated platform also includes an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator engine with a graphics core supporting 3D visuals, gaming and smooth, full 1080p hardware-accelerated video encode and decode at 30 frames-per-second.The 10-inch Intel classmate PC is based on the Intel Celeron processor N2806 and runs Windows 8.1. A Windows 7 version and a Linux version based on Intel Celeron processor N2805 will be introduced later this year. The touchscreen-optional device features a rotatable camera to promote content creation.The new Intel Education Tablet and Classmate PC are designed with features such as a snap-on magnification tool and a temperature sensor probe that plugs into the device's audio jack. These features allow students to view microscopic and macroscopic images and measure and analyze environmental data.Intel new Education TabletPhoto: Company

AMD has announced the immediate availability of its new 12- and 16-core AMD Opteron 6300 series server processors, codenamed Warsaw. Designed for enterprise workloads, the new AMD Opteron 6300 series processors feature the Piledriver core and are fully socket and software compatible with the existing AMD Opteron 6300 series. The power efficiency and cost effectiveness of the new products are ideal for the AMD Open 3.0 Open Compute Platform.The new AMD Opteron 6338P (12 core) and 6370P (16 core) processors are optimized to handle the heavily virtualized workloads found in enterprise environments, including the more complex compute needs of data analysis, xSQL and traditional databases, at optimal performance per-watt, per-dollar.The new AMD Opteron 6338P and 6370P processors are available through Penguin and Avnet system integrators and have been qualified for servers from Sugon and Supermicro at a starting price of US$377 and US$598, respectively. AMD new Opteron processor specifications Model number Cores Frequency AMD Turbo Core frequency TDP Memory support 6370P 16 2.0GHz 2.5GHz 99W Quad channel U/RDDR3 up to DDR3-1600; ULV and LRDIMM support 6338P 12 2.3GHz 2.8GHz Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, January 2014AMD Opteron 6300 series processorPhoto: Company

One more month to go CAYIN is going to showcase its brand-new digital signage players embedded with an upgraded SMP-NEO software system at the ISE 2014. At the show, CAYIN is also going to demonstrate the top 4 digital signage trends in 2014.To connect people through a more innovative and engaging way is the main purpose of deploying digital signage. How can people get more involved through digital signage? How can we take advantage of digital signage to enhance our daily communications? CAYIN is going to highlight 4 key trends of digital signage at ISE 2014.User-Friendly Content Development Is EssentialA good content can both successfully captivate the target audience and enhance the value of digital signage. In order to allow the user to easily manage and create digital content, CAYIN has designed a new intuitive user interface with a simple content development tool (Skin Editor), which makes the content creation more flexible and easy to use. To increase the possibility of creative content development, CAYIN's high-quality multimedia playback can now support 1080p Full HD video, Flash, HTML5, and various types of digital content. Moreover, the rich library and cloud resources are also ready to provide users with a wide range of materials for free.Interactive Digital Signage Is Catching OnThese days, people are more used to relying on their mobile devices to collect information and communicate with the world. Using mobile devices to interact with digital signage is truly a great way to engage customers. At the show, CAYIN is going to showcase how users can get instant access to information on their smartphones or tablets by scanning QR codes and further interact with digital signage directly through their mobile devices.Data and Live Information Leverages CommunicationsSharing with the world through digital signage becomes easier than ever. By knowing the high connection between the Internet and our daily lives, CAYIN provides a wide spectrum of options for users to present live information and live video on screens. Users can retrieve real-time web content, including Twitter, currency rate, weather and many more. Retrieving specific sections on a web page is also allowed, so there will be no need to key in the data manually. If you want to stream live video, there are also three types of live video sources available for users based on different project requirements: Local Input, LAN, and WAN.Analytics Becomes More and More ImportantAnalytic-driven digital signage can be a great help, not only for advertisers to manage their budget and evaluate their ROI, but also for marketers to collect insights that help them provide relevant content at the right place at the right time. CAYIN provides advanced software SuperMonitor 3 and SuperReporter 2 which can meet the needs of learning important data from digital signage and further provide a better chance for marketers to boost their marketing opportunities.CAYIN sincerely welcomes you to visit ISE 2014, the largest professional AV and system integration trade show in Europe, on February 4-6, 2014. You are more than welcome to visit CAYIN and share its innovative evolution in the digital signage world. Booth No. 8-F182About CAYIN TechnologyCAYIN Technology offers a complete portfolio of appliance-based digital signage solutions, including media players, servers, and software, for various commercial applications, such as education, transportation, retail, hospitality, corporate use, and financial and public institutions. CAYIN is dedicated to being a reliable partner to its clients worldwide and has successfully set up various application references globally. In order to best facilitate the deployment of CAYIN products, the company also provides tailored services to satisfy the ever-growing market demand for almost limitless applications.SMP-NEO