Atmel Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, announced the company's groundbreaking XSense flexible touch sensor has achieved Windows 8 certification as part of a customer's system, ensuring the innovative touch material addresses the rapidly expanding markets for Windows 8 smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks and other PC and consumer devices.Atmel's XSense touch sensor, launched in 2012, is manufactured in its Colorado Springs fab facility and is shipping today in production.XSense is a proprietary roll-to-roll metal mesh technology that provides a flexible, high-performance alternative to existing rigid touch sensors. With XSense sensors, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can develop lighter, sleeker, curved, contoured, and edgeless designs in a variety of shapes for smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks, and a host of new touch-enabled products. For OEMs developing Windows 8 devices, they are assured that Atmel XSense meets all the strict touch criteria of the new touch-enabled operating system."Our XSense sensors will enable a variety of touch-enabled products that are lighter, thinner and faster with superior touch performance on an easy-to-use Windows 8 operating system," said Brett Gaines, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Atmel Corporation. "We look forward to an increasing adoption of Windows 8 smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks, and PC notebooks in new form factors and are excited to bring even more compelling touch designs to the market that are powered by Windows 8 and Atmel's XSense technology."XSense touch sensors are optimal for a wide range of touchscreen products, enabling thinner sensor stacks with superior performance and excellent optical clarity. With such advantages as flawless touch performance, enhanced noise immunity, low sheet resistance and low power consumption, designers will now be able to turn unique touch-based concepts into functional designs at lower total system costs compared to current market alternatives.Atmel's XSense touch sensor is manufactured in its Colorado Springs fab facility

EverFocus Electronics Corporation recently released latest 08CH 1080P 240FPS Plug and Play NVR - ENVR8304D 8CH alone with their latest eZ.IP Solution. Without hassle IP settings, the whole new EverFocus eZ.IP Solution allows users to enjoy the Plug and Play operation experience as easy as 1, 2, 3. Designed with users in mind, the Plug and Play function of ENVR8304D Plug and Play embedded NVR allows users to access their images without IP backgrounds.Users can assess the video images from anywhere on the go with their portable devices and smart phones, keeping surveillance available the whole time. Responsive design function resizes the operating frame automatically according to your monitor. This Solution targeting small-scale installations such as homes and small medium businesses has been placed under the spotlight by EverFocus today.ENVR8304D Plug and Play embedded NVR supports up-to 8 independent PoE network interfaces and auto-discover the connected IP camera. Without any complex IP configuration. EverFocus Plug and Play NVR is designed for simple installation. The H.264 compression technology provides efficient disk utilization and network bandwidth conservation, at the same time, delivers clear images and provides high quality recording. The separated PoE smart switch extends the distance between cameras and NVR 100 meters more, enables small medium businesses more variations during installation.With true plug-and-play setup and real-time local display up to Full HD resolution, the Linux-embedded solution works just like a DVR but without the need for those complicated network settings that would be otherwise required with conventional NVR systems. Featuring a standalone network video recorder up to 8 channels, along with a series of NVR EverFocus megapixel cameras, the EverFocus eZ.IP Solution offers a complete system kit that can be easily installed in a matter of minutes.There is no need to purchase extra computers or software to operate the system. When paired with our powerful EverFocus PowerVideo Plus CMS, the ENVR8304D can be used in complex multi-site installations with centralized management. The ENVR8304D is also fully supported by the EverFocus MobileFocus remote viewer on iOS and Android devices, which can extend video surveillance from fixed locations to several remote locations.EverFocus ENVR8304D 8CH Plug and Play embedded NVR

Toshiba Digital Media Network Taiwan Corporation (TDMT), a committed technology leader, announces a new addition to its family of enterprise solid state drives (eSSD), the PX02SS. In capacities of up to 800GB(1), the new 2.5-inch form factor SAS interface eSSD is designed for various write-intensive enterprise applications and is ideally suited for large workloads, such as data processing and online transactions.The PX02SS features a 12 Gb/second(2) SAS interface, and select models offer industry standard self-encrypting technology. With high transaction workloads in mind, the newest eSSD supports up to 30 full drive writes per day(3) for all available capacity points and has a layered error correction code (ECC) approach for improved reliability. The PX02SS underscores the breadth of Toshiba's storage products, both SSDs and hard disk drives (HDDs) for mobile and enterprise markets, giving customers a "one stop shop" capability for their storage requirements."Toshiba's unique integrated SSD design and manufacturing capability ensures that key components of the SSD, including NAND flash, are designed by Toshiba," said Mr. Kashiwabara, Senior Manager of Marketing Sec., Toshiba Digital Media Network Taiwan Corporation. "Component and design commonality reduces qualification time for our customers and reflects Toshiba's partner-driven approach to SSD design and manufacturing, helping our customers save time and money."The PX02SS high endurance eSSDs are available now. For more information on Toshiba's line of industry-leading SSDs, HDDs and SSHDs, visit http://www.toshibastorage.com/.Note (1) Definition of capacity: Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, such as Microsoft Operating System and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.Note (2) Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.Note (3) Thirty full drive writes per day means the drive can be written and re-written to full capacity 30 times a day for five years, the stated product warranty period. Actual results may vary due to system configuration, usage and other factors.

Indium Corporation will feature its new technology platform using the SACM Solder Alloy at Productronica November 12-15 in Munich, Germany. Indium Corporation will be exhibiting at stand A4-402.SACM is a high-reliability solder alloy that increases the drop-shock performance in portable electronics by 800%, without compromising on thermal cycling. SACM is doped with manganese and contains less silver than other Pb-free alloys. The manganese provides increased strength, and the reduced silver content provides a more stable cost structure, especially beneficial for cost-sensitive applications.The platform consists of Indium8.9 Series solder pastes using Indium Corporation's patent-pending SACM solder alloy technology for board-side interconnect, and SACM solder balls (spheres) for package-level interconnect.Indium8.9HF halogen-free, Pb-free solder paste is one of the standard flux vehicles for SACM. Indium8.9HF provides excellent soldering performance under high temperature and long reflow processes. It offers unprecedented stencil print transfer efficiency to work in the broadest range of processes.For more information about Indium Corporation's SACM solder paste, visit http://www.indium.com/SACM or email sacm@indium.com.Indium's SACM is a high-reliability solder alloy

U-Reach unveils the all-new "Super Jet SSD Duplicator" launch in October to target Small Business. The onboard multi-thread processor which allows copy speed delivers up to 16GB/min per port. Since each port operates independently, this added performance greatly and prevents copy speed being slowed down by low-speed SSD during operation.Super Jet SSD Duplicator was tested with 40 targets fully populated and the transfer speed is up to 640GB/min. It withstands any test and this is definitely the number one SSD copy machine in the market.The most popular feature of U-Reach duplicator series – Stand Alone Log Report Management: records detail operation of every single SSD. It prohibits unauthorized source duplication, analyzes production yield and reduces human error. It is an indispensable tool for both production and procedure management. Besides, it's a complete standalone system, no computer required to log. Super Jet SSD Duplicator is the only one with this unique function in the market.U-Reach duplicators were already adopted by well-known international manufacturers, and highly recommend every customer has to test before purchasing.

The 2013 Taiwan International Smart Green City Summit, an event from the Taiwan International Smart Green City Expo hosted by Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), will commence on November 1, 2013 at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Room 201. The latest information from this exciting market will be disclosed at the summit and any guests at the Expo with interest in smart city topics are welcome to participate in the forum.Addressing important issues such as the environmental impact brought on by rapid global urbanization, the summit has three special sessions planned: Global Strategy; Smart Innovations, Low Carbon, Green Economy; and Total Solutions. Experts and specialists from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and the US have been invited to discuss how to resolve problems caused by massive urbanization - namely a lack of public facilities, increasing environment pollution and a shortage of parks and green spaces - through the implementation of smart green city solutions, such as smart Internet of Things (IoT), smart energy and smart architecture.To assist more Taiwan enterprises to understand the latest developments in smart green cities, the organizer has specially invited Choose New Jersey's president and CEO Tracye McDaniel to provide an opening keynote to share her experiences into the new look of smart green cities, while several other experts in related fields will share the most up to date global smart green city information.During the Global Strategy session, Andrew Leung, president of the Hong Kong-based Asian Institute of Intelligent Buildings, will share development trends concerning achieving sustainable environments and economies for smart cities; Stanley Yip, ARUP director of planning and development, will speak about the outlook of smart eco-cities in the Greater China region as it concerns city planning and design and economic research of land use; and Damian Tang, president of Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects Kok Fei, will share his thoughts on the creation of smart green cities under the premise of environmental and economic sustainability.During the Smart Innovations, Low Carbon, Green Economy session, Koichi Moto, executive managing officer, director of Mori Building Co., Ltd; and Arding Hsu, senior vice president of Siemens Limited China/head of Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) in China, will share their ideas for sustainable urban management in areas including architecture and smart management.For the Total Solutions session, K.C. Liu, CEO of Advantech Co., Ltd; Allen Liou, manager of Solution Design, IBM Taiwan; and Mei-Chen Lin, vice president of Schneider Electric Taiwan Co., Ltd will share their findings on realizing smart green cities by taking advantage of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing business opportunities, smart energy and smart architecture.According to figures from international research firm IDC, a green city supporting a population of one million would drive US$600 million worth of information- and communication-related business opportunities, and Nikkei BP Cleantech Institute pointed out that the smart green city market will accumulate JPY1,000 trillion worth of market value by 2030. If Taiwan is able to leverage its 30-years of experience in the ICT industry, combined with its advantages in the research of solar power systems, the country is expected to dominate in the enormous smart green city market and allow Taiwan's IT industry to climb to new heights.To brainstorm ideas for developing more diversified, innovative and market-competitive smart green city solutions, the organizers have also prepared two in-depth panel discussions, the Global Urban Planning Roundtable and Smart City Summit. We humbly invite all guests to join the discussion and together we can participate in the development of smart green cities and begin to realize the potential of new business opportunities in the market.Please visit the activity website for more information:http://www.digitimes.com.tw/seminar/taitra_20131101.htm

Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit announces that effective November 1, 2013, Andreas Liebheit will join the company as a new executive member. Liebheit will be transitioning into the Global Management role of the Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit, replacing Andy London, the current Global Manager, upon his retirement in January 2014.Andreas Liebheit has held leadership positions in the solar industry since 2006. Recently, he led Hanwha SolarOne as their Managing Director and Vice President of their EMEA business sector. Earlier, he was a Business Unit Manager for Solon Energy. His career initiated in the semiconductor industry where he held leadership positions with Siemens and Infineon. Liebheit earned a master's degree in physics from Munich University in 1996.Andy London, Vice President of Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC, has been with Heraeus for over forty years in a variety of roles in the area of thick film pastes for the electronic industry. In 2009 he assumed the position as Global Manager for the Photovoltaics Business Unit where he led the group to a leadership position as a developer and manufacturer of metallization pastes for solar cells.About the Heraeus Photovoltaics Business UnitThe Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit is an industry leading developer and manufacturer of silver metallization pastes for the photovoltaic industry. For over 40 years, Heraeus has built a reputation of innovation, extensive research and new product development in thick film technologies for some of the most prominent companies within a variety of industries. In the field of photovoltaics, the Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit applies this history and its innovative technology to offer metallization pastes for solar cell applications. The Heraeus SOL Series of silver pastes is specially formulated to provide higher efficiencies and wider processing windows, resulting in better yields and higher output for cell manufacturers.Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with more than 160 years of tradition. Our fields of competence include precious metals, materials and technologies, sensors, biomaterials and medical products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. In the financial year 2012 Heraeus generated product revenues of EUR4.2 billion and precious metal trading revenues of EUR16 billion. With more than 12,200 employees in over 100 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.

In early October, Taiwan External Trade Development Council, TAITRA invited Brazilian mainstream TV channel "Band" and the chief editor Victor Hugo Piiroja of the largest security control magazine "Revista Digital Security" to visit EverFocus production center in Sengkeng, New Taipei City, Taiwan. In addition to magazine interview, this is the first time this year for EverFocus to have a general TV media in EverFocus production center.Thanks to TAITRA, EverFocus's continuing efforts to promote Taiwanese products and brand to the global market have drawn the international media's attention once again. The interview gave EverFocus a great opportunity to show their products and their high quality production environment which they are very proud of to Brazil media.The interview of the "Revista Digital Security" magazine is also a beneficial exchange of market information between Taiwan and Brazil. EverFocus once again confirmed that there is a strong demand of security monitoring products in Latin American countries. The growth rate of surveillance products' demand in Brazil is more than other Latin American regions at an annual growth rate of 10%. Two biggest upcoming sporting events 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil will increase the demand certainly.From 2011 to 2014, the Brazilian government will provide public safety services and security equipment investment of approximately $20 billion. Among them, video surveillance systems, radio communication equipment, access control systems, biometric devices, metal detectors, police protection equipment, fluorescent vests, fire extinguishing equipment will be the major focuses. Therefore, the exchange of the latest marketing information is very favorable.EverFocus is fortunate enough to make it on to the Brazilian television; the report is expected to be broadcasted in November in the prime time of evening news period with an average viewer of 10 million people.Brazilian media visits EverFocus production center

AMD has launched the AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics card, featuring AMD's Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture and Mantle, a latest graphics technology developed by AMD.With Mantle, game developers can harness the GCN-powered architecture found in both PCs and consoles, empowering them to speak the native language of the GPU core and benefit from hardware optimization that unlocks performance and image quality, claimed AMD.The graphics card is also equipped with new AMD TrueAudio technology, which is able to enhance the card's audio output, and supports AMD Eyefinity technology, for image output in multiple displays.The AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics cards are available on October 24, 2013 at a starting price of US$549. AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics card specifications Item Detail Stream process unit 2,816 GPU clock speed Up to 1GHz Memory 4GB GDDR5 Memory clock speed Up to 5Gbps Memory bandwidth 320GB/s maximum Compute power 5.6 TFlops Single Precision API support DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.3, Mantel Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, October 2013MSI R9 290X graphics cardPhoto: Company

EverFocus announced product release of their latest 1,2 MP IR & WDR Mini Fixed Dome Network Camera - EDN2160/2260, and 1,2 MP IR & WDR Mini PTz Dome Network Camera - ETN2160/2260.The stylish design and white housing also make it the best choice for boutiques and convenience stores with elaborate interior decoration. A separated slide-in base makes the installation of the camera as ease as 1, 2, 3.EDN2160/2260 are 1,2 MP IR & WDR mini fixed domes delivering image quality up to 30fps at the resolution of 1280 x 800 and 1920 x 1080 accordingly. ETN2160/2260 are 1,2 MP IR & WDR mini PTz dome delivering image quality up to 30ftps at the resolution of 1280 x 800 and 1920 x 1080.Theses palm size cameras' easy installation allows you to build your own security monitor system in your small medium business offices, supermarkets, and retails. EDN2160/2260 support H.264, MEPG-4 and MJPEG video compression format, built-in 19 IR KEDs provides IR range up to 10 meters and the true day/night functionality with automatic IR filter operation is another plus to its features.EDN2160/2260 support mechanical design for adjusting camera angles (Pan: ±100°/Tilt: 20° - 90°) manually while ETN2160/2260 support mechanical design for PTz function (Pan: ±100°/Tilt: 20° - 90°, 4X Digital Zoom), both of them are applicable to a variety of installation environments according to your needs.Built-in micro SDHC card slot for local recording and Power over Ethernet (IEEE802.3af Class 3) features are also provided. Compatible with other network video devices, EDN series interoperate with a wide variety of hardware and software system. It supports live monitoring of video from mobile devices via MobileFocus/ MobileFocus Plus Apps. (iOS and Andriod)EverFocus releases new mini dome IP cameras ETN / EDN Series