Despite being one of the market leaders in the motherboard and graphics card industries, Gigabyte Technology is relatively unknown as a notebook player. Digitimes recently sat down with Richard Ma, Gigabyte Senior Vice President, and Vincent Li, G-style Sales Division Director, to discuss the company's outlook for the notebook industry in 2013, and its plans for Computex Taipei 2013.Q: Gigabyte is mostly known for motherboards and graphics cards, where do notebooks stand in the company picture?Vincent: In terms of the Gigabyte Group, the motherboard business occupies around 55-60%, in terms of revenues, and another 15-20% is graphics cards. So motherboards and graphics cards occupy almost 80% of total revenues. Another 10% is networking related, including servers, client devices, set-top-boxes (STB) or hubs etc., and the last 10% is mobile devices including notebooks, mobile phones/smartphones.Q: Do you expect that percentage to grow, what is your outlook for 2013?Vincent: This year our market intelligence indicates that first quarter was not so good because the PC market on average dropped around 15% on year. Everybody expects the second quarter to see a smaller drop, around 5% compared to last year, meaning there's an average decline of 10% in the first half of the year.Q: When you say PC market does that cover notebooks, desktops, and tablets?Vincent: It doesn't include ARM-based tablets. I'm taking about what we'd call traditional PC businesses. Our goal is trying to find ways to expand or extend things that are PC related. Another way to think about it is that the boundary is devices that are x86 CPU related, and the other business is concerned with ARM-based devices. Speaking consumer wise, the tablet market has both kinds of devices, ARM-based and x86, so we divide that into Windows or Android-based, as well as iOS. In the past 2-3 years, ARM-based platforms have grown a lot, especially smartphones, and this has had a big impact on mobile PC platforms.The good thing for this year is that for Windows tablets we expect a lot of growth compared to last year. In the second half, x86 CPUs will become more power efficient while still keeping the same performance improvements compared to last year's models. This will help to evolve form factors, so you will see the new generation of Windows tablets being thinner and lighter, and more power-efficient, while also being more powerful. This is good for PC players focused on x86 platforms as we see an opportunity to grow the market based on the new-generation of x86-Windows-based tablets.Of course we also know that Windows 8 will be upgraded too, which will help improve the touch experience, and overall the tablet experience for consumer and business users.Overall I really expect big changes this year based on these factors.Q: What will be your major announcements at Computex 2013?Vincent: At Gigabyte we have three major themes: thin-and-light gaming, powerful ultrabooks, and Windows-x86-based tablets.For notebooks this year Intel will push ultrabooks as mainstream devices, basically we will see the ultrabook concept become the standard design seen in the market, and we'll see ultrabook influences across all platforms. At Gigabyte we have taken our focus from this trend, so you'll see ultrabook features in our gaming notebooks for example. In the past, the gaming platform was very powerful, but came with a huge form factor, so our concept and our technological focus has been how to design a powerful platform but in an ultrabook-like form factor.For gaming platforms, or what we are now calling ultra-gaming, you'll see our new P34 and P35 14- and 15-inch notebooks and later a P37 17-inch model. The main concept behind this series is taking gaming performance hardware into an ultrabook design, a very slim design. The 14-inch model is just 21mm thick, and the definition for ultrabooks in 21mm. Inside we have put Nvidia GTX-level graphics, and to achieve this we designed two isolated and powerful fan outlets in order to handle the output from the GPU. However, the weight is only 1.9kg for the 14-inch model.Another key design concept has been that all our units carry a full set of I/O ports in order to provide the end user with the best usage experience. It's not like with other ultrabooks where you have to sacrifice ports in order to get the design very slim. We think that the user doesn't want to sacrifice.Regular notebook gaming machines are conventionally huge, and very heavy. These types of machines are popular among teenagers and students, but when these users graduate and start work they want to share the same device for work but don't want to carry around a heavy box, and don't want to have a device that has lots of bright LEDs and attention grabbing colors which is common in gaming platforms. Our aim has been to deliver gaming-level performance in a design that is not going to stand out in an office cubicle or meeting room.Richard: Gigabyte already has a top-tier reputation with our motherboard and graphics card engineering and quality. For notebooks, if you want to put Core i7 and GTX 7-series level hardware inside such a slim box and without sacrificing performance like we have, the technology demands are really high in terms of the electronic and thermal integration.Then for storage we still provide a regular hard drive in order to deliver capacity, but we've also implemented support for two mSATA sockets. So we can do SSD RAID for performance, again without sacrificing capacity and still keeping the slim form factor.Also in the 15-inch model we have accommodated an optical drive, which we think meets the most common usage needs at this level. This is a 2.3kg device so we wanted to use that extra space to provide the full usage experience.Q: That's gamers covered, what about the mainstream market?Vincent: For ultrabooks this year the standard, as defined by Intel, says they must be equipped with a touch screen, so that's the key feature you will see in our models for this segment.For ultrabooks we think there are three main customers: users that are concerned about the weight, ones about performance, and ones that focus on price. In the market you can find a machine that has a good price, and it's very slim, perhaps only 15mm, but you have to sacrifice at lot in terms of performance, I/O ports, and storage.For our ultrabook strategy we don't want to compromise on these key features, so our devices meet the standard for ultrabooks - battery-life, thickness, and touchscreen, all these comply with the ultrabook definition - however we don't want to sacrifice performance, so we have implemented the highest performance Nvidia GT graphics, just below GTX performance, and for storage we have a regular HDD alongside mSATA so we can have speed and capacity at a good price combination. Also the main thing is we still have all the I/O ports. That's why we call this category ultra-performance.Richard: I think for users that want an ultrabook but with performance we provide the most balanced design.Q: Of course everyone expects tablets to be big this year, what new products will Gigabyte have to offer?Vincent: Our flagship product for this segment is a design we call the Padbook. This can also be classified in the ultrabook category as we've designed it with a detachable keyboard.If look at the tablets on the market there are no devices with full I/O, but we've got USB 3.0, microSD, audio and HDMI, and we even managed to put in VGA because when you go out to do a presentation or something, the common projector standard is still VGA.Another highlight of this design is the finger mouse, this allows the user to hold it like a tablet and still use Windows in desktop mode which requires a very precise pointer.The final highlight of this tablet is the keyboard. It is not like a traditional 10- or 11-inch keyboard, it's actually full size, it's actually the same as you will find on our 14-inch ultrabooks. This makes such a big difference to the experience. It allows full-speed typing so productivity is not affected. And then we have a trackpad too, which is not common in keyboards for tablets, but we feel that it was an important feature to retain because when you go out, you don't want to have to remember to bring a mouse. It's all about providing "everywhere usage".On the market there are a lot of ARM-based tablets, which are very light and offer long battery life. However, when we design tablets for Windows we want to allow the user to leverage the best experience of the OS. So that means compatibility and also I/O, otherwise why choose Windows? People want touch, but they also want the convention Windows experience. That was our target. That was our original design philosophy.Richard: When people look at our device, what it can offer, they see they don't need an Android device and a Windows PC, they don't need two units, this device meets all those criteria - the form factor, the cost, and the features - again we feel that our design represents the most balanced in the segment.Q: Based on the devices we've discussed so far it seems fair to say you are targeting the high-end market. Is that your strategy - to focus on the high-end and leave the low-end market to others?Vincent: Despite the size and long pedigree of Gigabyte, in terms of mobile devices we are still a newcomer to the market. So at this stage our focus is on the mid-to-high-end market. This allows us to demonstrate our technological capabilities, our wealth of engineering expertise, by giving end-users a premium experience. People ask me, "Don't you want volume?" I do, but at this moment, that would not be the right strategy for us. That is why we have chosen the three-category product strategy we discussed, these give us the opportunity to really highlight the technology, and bring value to the market.Another consideration is that our economic scale is not that big, so trying to compete on price would not be a good strategy for us.Richard: One thing to note is all these products are designed in Taiwan and made in Taiwan. Maybe one or two components are sourced from China, but all design comes from our in-house teams, our industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronics and software/BIOS, everything is done in Taiwan. This is very special compared to the rest of the market. We design ourselves, we manufacture by ourselves at our factory in Taoyuan, and we do all the sales and marketing ourselves from here in Taipei.Q: Doesn't manufacturing in Taiwan limit your volumes?Richard: Right now, we aren't targeting volumes of one million units a month. Our focus is brand positioning, we want consumers to be aware of our products and our value-added technology. If we focus on building a strong brand now based on features and quality, we are confident that our market will grow and grow.Q: Recently we've seen quite a few novel designs for convertible notebooks - for example dual touch screen designs or ones where the keyboard and trackpad are reversed so that the screen can be positioned between the two. Why has Gigabyte stuck with the more traditional rotating hinge or book designs?Richard: There are a lot of ways to implement this concept - when you want both the traditional notebook and tablet usage modes in the same device. Our research and testing into the different form factors showed that these implementations satisfy to widest range of applications. We feel you need to consider the most common applications foremost, and make sure not to compromise usability there.For example in the design you mentioned where the keyboard is moved to the bottom, first this means you lose the use of the trackpad when in folded mode, and more importantly you lose the palm rest space. If the keyboard is on the bottom edge where do your palms rest? How do you maintain a comfortable wrist angle without getting tired? And how can you use this on your lap without it moving? There's no point changing a design just to be new or different if it means sacrificing usability. Sometimes traditional designs are best.Q: What are your key markets currently, and what are your aims for 2013?Richard: Because right now our volumes are not very high, there is little difference in our market shares across regions. North America, Europe, Asia, in each region the picture is about the same. There are certain countries such as China and India where the market is so big, then volumes are a bit higher, but product prices there are a bit lower too. In these cases we have to adjust our product mix and change the SKUs on offer, and so overall things balance out.Our long term policy is to enlarge the mid-range to high-end segment, even in emerging markets, and to remain responsive to the market. Building brand image with good products, good designs, and good features and innovation will remain the main focus.Compared to say five years ago the market has changed considerably. It used to be that you knew what to do for each season, when to release new products, when to clear stock, when to cut prices etc. It used to be you knew what to do each quarter. But in the past two years the market has changed, sometimes you can't accurately see two months ahead. We have learned a lot. We are careful about setting strategy, but we also have to be able to listen to market feedback and respond to change quickly.For Gigabyte I think the important thing for us it to continue to show passion. We need to bring value to the market for customers, and differentiate by leveraging our specialties. I don't want to be like a typical PC player pushing out new products just to follow the latest tread, or cutting prices to sell more. If we can make really good products growth will come naturally. That is my philosophy.Richard Ma, Gigabyte Senior Vice PresidentPhoto: Company

While natural resources are being drained slowly, energy costs are rising and demand for advanced power supply options is increasing. One of these options is digital power supply, which provides advanced power efficiency and improved power factor correction (PFC). With over 10 years of experience in the high-efficiency power supply unit (PSU) sector, Compuware Technology has been at the forefront for developing such technology and plans to be sporting various prototypes at Computex 2013. Compuware's associated VP Ivy Yeh spoke with Digitimes about what the company will be sporting at the event and what kind of trends it is preparing for in the future.Q: Compuware's theme for Computex 2013 is digital power supply. Please explain why the company chose this, as well as what kind of products can use digital power.A: Compuware believes that using digital design concepts will enhance power performance for all sorts of companies. As digital power supply demand is increasing in the market, vendors who can produce power supply products with better efficiency and improved PFC as well as less TDH percentage will also be in high demand - a trend that Compuware wants to show it is taking seriously. Also, while improvements to the above-mentioned factors are not necessarily new to redundant power supply, there are few vendors who can mass produce digital power, which is where Compuware comes in. The company wants to emphasize at Computex 2013 that it has already established an integrated supply chain for providing various redundant power supply products such as 800W/1280W/1400W/2000W redundant power supply units, all of which visitors can view at the event.Q: High-density power supply is also a focus for Compuware at Computex. What advantages does this technology have in the market and what kinds of customers are likely to use it?A: The width of a standard 19-inch chassis is fixed; however, for some high-end applications of which the motherboard and GPU card might occupy more space, a compact size power supply that has high density may be requested by the system integrator.For example, high density power supply will be the necessary mechanical design to fit in a 1U system demanding 1+1 redundant power solution. For this situation, Compuware has made its 400W/500W/600W/700W/980W models. If it is a GPU application, the GPU card will occupy more space, and thus, there will be less space for power supply. Additionally, HPC (high performance computing) and SC (supercomputing) applications request more memory slots on the main board. In that case, the size of the main board will be larger than a normal one and there will be smaller space for power supply.Q: Why are companies going to choose your products in the market? What are the company's strengths and advantages over other competitors?A: Compuware has been dedicated to create new products for such segments as cloud computing, supercomputing, high-performance computing and servers to meet new market demand, and focuses on implementing high-efficiency performance and high-density design into its products. These aspects have given Compuware a wide range of customers who continue to come back to us over the years, which continues to push the company's reputation in the server industry.Q: How are Compuware's new products adapting to new market trends?A: As the cloud computing concept keeps growing, demand for solutions including servers, storage, and data centers is also growing. Green products are also a key trend in the IT industry as well, thus higher efficient and performing power supplies are gaining more traction as solid system solutions. High efficiency is in high demand in the market, which happens to be the core value and strength of Compuware.Q: What other trends does Compuware see occurring in the market throughout 2013 and into 2014?A: Efficiency. This is still the key factor for now and in upcoming years in order to meet both green trends as well as help companies save costs.Q: How does Compuware's Taiwan branch as well as its manufacturing plants in Taiwan play a role in the development of the company's overall performance?A: The R&D team located in the Compuware Taiwan office offers high-end redundant power supply to the market. The branch also pays close attention to the reliability of every new product's power supply and its overall NPI (new product introduction). The Taiwan manufacturing plants meanwhile communicates with the R&D team to control the NPI state as to ensure quality.

As many motherboard players have started paying attention to the gaming market, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), as a major motherboard vendor, is also set to expand its gaming business with a new product series. In addition, the company is eyeing better shipment performance in 2013, boosted by its new Durathon certification system to guarantee product quality. Digitimes recently met with company vice president of Channel Business Unit, Samuel Yeh, to talk about ECS' plans for Computex 2013, the status of its existing product lines, and its marketing strategies. Q: What new products or technologies will ECS showcase at Computex 2013? A: We will mainly focus on motherboard products and will showcase our new certification system called Durathon, an innovation that allows our motherboard products to feature quality surpassing the industry standards. Meanwhile, we will also release a new series of gaming motherboard products called LEET. Since demand for conventional PC products has already started to slow down, most motherboard players have turned to the high-end segment looking for opportunities. ECS will not miss this trend and will place significant resources on strengthening our competitiveness. At the show, you will be able to see our new Intel 8 series-based LEET motherboards with several demonstrations to showcase their performance. In addition to motherboards, ECS will also demonstrate several all-in-one PCs with our latest designs at the show. Some of the features include lay-flat support that allows multiple users to play games such as chess on flat table-like systems. We will also offer different display sizes from 21- to 23.6-inch for these all-in-one PCs. ECS also has some tablets we developed with Intel's support. These Intel-based tablets will mainly be pushed for OEM orders, and feature 7- or 10-inch displays. During the show, we will also host the finale of our MODMAN competition, a tournament for chassis customization enthusiasts. Q: Can you elaborate on Durathon certification and LEET gaming? How are these technologies going to help you gain advantages in the market? A: Durathon is a certification system that is far stricter than the average in the motherboard industry. We use better materials for our motherboards and put them through strict tests such as temperature tests running from minus 10- to plus 50-degree Celsius, higher than the industry's standard range of between minus 5 to plus 45, to ensure our customers receive products with higher than standard quality. Before shipping, our motherboards need to pass more than 1,500 tests including compatibility, functionality, temperature and system boot checks. Through these tests, we are aim to let customers know that a trustworthy motherboard needs to be at least able to pass these examinations before it is handed to them. The capacitors we use on our motherboards are also higher grade compared to the market standard. All these demands are aimed at providing our customers with products that surpass their value in price. In the future, we will continue to run Durathon certification and expand tests to ensure our product quality remains the highest. Durathon comes from two words: Durability and Marathon. We designed the certification system hoping our motherboards' durability and stability can be similar to running a marathon - long and tough. Through the program, we can demonstrate to customers our advantage over product quality. Q: What are the considerations when designing the LEET series? A: The product series' name LEET comes from the word elite, a favorite word used among gamers. If you see the logo designed for the series, it represents a fist, showing gamers are ready for competition and its golden color represents ECS' high-end Golden series product line. We designed the LEET brand to let gamers know that the products in the series are designed specifically for them and we are adding functions and technologies that they want. The launch of LEET will be a brand new start for ECS and we are very excited about the strategy. As for our marketing strategy, it will also be different from in the past. We will cooperate with gaming teams to endorse our products. We are already in negotiations with some teams and should have results in the near future. Q: What are the company's thoughts about the motherboard industry in 2013? Are there any specific markets that ECS is focusing on for 2013? A: I believe the gaming segment will continue to grow in the future. For example, we are now seeing increasing numbers of live broadcast gaming tournaments, showing that the number of people watching e-sports has increased. Therefore, we have high hopes about the gaming market's future and have placed a lot of resources into the development of our LEET series. As for the motherboard industry in 2013, we are taking a conservative attitude about its development, but yet still hope to see a good outcome. China will be an important market for us in 2013 as the country has already become the main driver of demand. Although we suffered a shipment drop in China in 2012, we will try to make it up gradually in 2013. Currently, ECS mainly ships own-brand motherboards to the China market and we are reconstructing our local channels, hoping to raise shipments. Q: What are ECS' thoughts about Intel's Haswell platform? Is it going to benefit the company in the second half? Are DRAM shortages affecting ECS' motherboard sales performance? A: The current status of the Haswell platform is in line with our expectations and since we have always followed Intel's steps, our strategy is unlikely to change. As for the DRAM shortages, since most gamers do not really care about the prices they pay for their hardware, the issue is unlikely to impact our sales in the short term. Q: What is MODMEN? What are you trying to achieve through the competition? Will the company look host more competitions in the future? A: MODMEN is a contest we are hosting for motherboard modding enthusiasts worldwide. The competition has already run for a year and will conclude on June 6 at Computex with a championship showdown. We currently have five candidates who will join the finals and the winner will receive a prize of NT$1 million (US$33,393). In addition to our judging panel, we will also have Computex visitors and fans on Facebook vote for the winner. We need to thank our Golden series motherboards for the birth of the MODMEN idea. Because of the motherboards, some users started developing unique chassis designs to fit with their Golden motherboards, and once we saw that was happening we decided to expand and promote the activity. If you come to our MODMAN tournament, you will see that modding is a rather interesting craft, modders demonstrate a lot of innovation, creativity and artistry in their designs. Q: What is the status of the all-in-one PC market? A: Despite the PC market's flat performance in recent years, the all-in-one PC segment is still expected to enjoy double-digit percentage growth in shipments in the future, and we expect to be able to catch up with the trend to achieve strong shipment performance. Sam Yeh, vice president of Channel Business Unit at ECSPhoto: Joseph Tsai, June 2013

The world's leading professional graphics card maker, Leadtek Research Inc, has launched the WinFast WS700 entry-level workstation equipped with the latest Intel Haswell architecture. The new architecture benefits from moving to the 22nm manufacturing process and is specifically designed to optimize power savings while doubling graphics performance. The choice of workstation CPUs includes the Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 family and the 4th-generation Core i7/i5/i3 families, featuring up to 32GB of dual-channel DDR3 1600/1333 UDIMM and ECC UDIMM, and support for up to 10 SATA hard drives, all providing high-performance computing capabilities and scalable expansion.The WinFast WS700 workstation is powered by Haswell processors that increase computing and graphics performance while reducing energy consumption. The cost-effective graphics boost, thanks to enhanced Intel HD Graphics, doubles performance and supports improved 3D graphics and 4K (Ultra HD) video. For even greater computing performance for professional graphics, the WS700 is fully compatible with a wide range of Nvidia Quadro graphic cards. Users can thus choose from the latest professional graphics card from the Nvidia Quadro line to benefit from the high-performance PCIe Gen3 x16 slot.With the versatile expansion and connectivity of USB, PCIe, SATA hard drives, eSATA, Firewire and digital audio, WinFast WS700 delivers the most flexible system configuration to unleash your creativity. The SSD option also provides faster system boot-up times and improved application responsiveness. Professionals will not only enjoy the performance and flexibility while working on projects, but also appreciate with the quietness of the WinFast WS700 workstation, which provides a quieter working environment.Leadtek's entry-level WinFast WS700 equipped with HaswellThe WinFast WS700 is an ideal choice for professional 3D animation producers and CAD designers, featuring high performance, versatile hardware expansion and connectivity, and extreme quietness. This new model is made available in the APAC region. For more details, please visit: http://www.leadtek.com/maximus/en/workstation.htmlAbout Leadtek Research IncEstablished since 1986, Leadtek Research Inc provides customers with best quality services upon the corporate motto "Innovation and Quality" by extending the corporate spirit "Integrity and Honesty." As one of the world's oldest professional graphics card developer and maker, Leadtek is dedicated to total solutions for multimedia and communication. Today, Leadtek has developed into a multifaceted solution provider with main product ranges covering the zero client and thin client for desktop virtualization, graphic cards for both computer games and workstations, multimedia phones, GPS, digital monitoring systems, cloud computing workstations, and others, aiming to serve the global market with multidimensional, innovative technologies and excellent products. Corporate website: http://www.leadtek.com/Press ContactMira Chen / +886 2 8226-5800 # 236 / mira_chen@leadtek.com.tw

For IT/MIS departments, they usually need to perform multiple backups on computer servers. This requires a combination of USB hard drives and complex software to accomplish the task. The most commonly used backup software is Norton Ghost or Acronis, to save as an image onto the HDDs with a proprietary backup extension (.gho or .tib).With Goblin HDD Image Copier, there is no need for PC or sophisticated backup software. The press of one button will start the job quickly. Just take out the source HDD and use Goblin to connect to the target HDD, and press the button to start saving multiple images on the target. Additionally, Goblin supports 15GB per min (250MB/sec) high transfer speed; the high speed will give IT/MIS departments more confidence in getting their tasks done on time with a more reliable backup archive.One hard drive to backup several source drivesA normal duplicator or clone machine will require one hard drive for one source. Therefore, you will need several HDDs for cloning multi-sources. However, with Goblin, it does not require a different HDD for each computer. It can save multi HDD source images as many as you wish. Goblin even supports RAID storage as source or target HDD; the source/target capacity can be expanded up to 32TB max.Easy to restore source image back to its original HDDIt is very easy to restore the source HDD back to its original; just select the specific image you need, and restore it back to its original one.No data compression, which means no risk of data lossGoblin supports NTFS, Linux (ext2/3/4), exFAT, FAT16/32, HFS, HFS+ and HFSX formats' data duplication. Therefore, it can quickly save a HDD's system and file instead of cloning the whole HDD. It does not compress the HDD image and will keep the entire original file system.As the worldwide market leader in DVD, HDD and flash duplicator manufacturing, U-Reach always values customer feedback, and guarantees their satisfaction through attentive customer service and continuous innovation. U-Reach is introducing new products and sharing our experiences at booth J0632 at Nangang Exhibition Hall during Computex 2013.The expert of data equipment - duplication, inspection and sanitization

Memoright is announcing next-generation XTM Series SATA III SSD products at Computex 2013. Including Memoright's exclusive Endurance Write firmware architecture developed with in-house R&D, the product supports MLC and TLC flash memory made with the latest process technology. Offering the best combination of reliability and high-speed performance, the product is ideal for applications in cloud computing, business servers, workstations and high-end personal computers.Using the latest 19 nm MLC / TLC flash memory, the XTM SSD includes Memoright's exclusive Endurance Write firmware architecture that significantly enhances SSD life while providing stable, high-speed read/write performance.Earlier TLC flash memory applications have been confined to digital audio players and other products that have flash drive storage requirements at the low range of performance and service life. Yet market expectations for SSDs have increased steadily, making a design that balances performance, product life and product cost an important test for the SSD industry and manufacturers.With our exclusive Endurance Write firmware architecture, Memoright's XTM series allows traditional MLC flash memory to achieve its full potential in performance, while for first time TLC can also be added to SSD applications, evidence of our strong SSD hardware/software R&D capabilities.Memoright provides its XTM Series SSD in a 2.5"/ 7mm ultra-thin design as well as a 1.8" form factor in 128/256/512GB capacity options. The sequential read/write performance with non-compressed data formats of XTM MLC Series SSD exceeded 540/450 MB/s and had IOPS random read/write performance exceeding 80K. ECC debugging capabilities up to 128 bits ensure error-free data access. The XTM Series SSD also supports Trim commands, and after long-term use, Trim command optimization can resume original SSD speeds, thereby avoiding typical SSD speed drawbacks.Memoright, a leading integrator of solid state drive (SSD) hardware and software, is joining Computex Taipei 2013 during June 4-8 at the Nangang Exhibition Hall first floor # K0409a, demonstrating a full range of SSD solutions. For more information on Memoright's full range of solid-state drive products and services, we welcome you to Computex Taipei 2013, or the Memoright official website http://www.memoright.com/Marketing and PR contact:Charles ChouTel: +886-2-22183789ext5134Email: charleschou@memoright.comXTM series offers best performance balance in high-speed, stable SSD solutions

As power efficiency has become a key differentiator not only for mobile devices but also for digital home and consumer products, third party SIP vendors must be able to provide IP blocks with optimized power design to help SoC companies succeed in the market.Imagination Technologies has put very significant research into design for low power to help extend the ever-essential battery life of mobile and embedded computing systems.Designing first for low power has made Imagination the leading GPU supplier for mobile markets as well as a key supplier in other markets such as thin, flat TVs, complex automotive dashboards, connected audio/media players and ultra- portable computers, where power and thermal constraints can be just as demanding as in mobile devices.Imagination provides a wide range of SoC IP solutions, including its market-leading PowerVR graphics, video and vision IP, MIPS CPU IP, and innovative Ensigma communications IP. With a broad range of fine grain power management features and capabilities across all of its main IP core families, Imagination aims to provide customers with the lowest possible power consumption of SoC designs.Optimize Power at Block Level"Power consumption continues to be the key challenge for mobile computing", said Amit Rohatgi, VP Segment Marketing of Imagination. "We are in a unique position in the market, because we can provide so many pieces of IP, from graphics, to processors, to video, and communications. As a result, we are in a position to really optimize power at the block level, pre-integration, and then focus again on post-integration."Rohatgi explained that because all the pieces of IP are under the same roof, Imagination can ensure they really work together to give a 'lowest power' solution. As more and more third party IPs are moving into a single SoC, it's critical for customers to have low power for each block and then look at the whole system power. "Before optimizing the SoC, the individual optimization of each block is essential. And our focus is to provide the best IP for individual power envelope", he said.An example is that Imagination has integrated the movement of image data around a system, so that the amount of traffic can be minimized. "When you try to integrate the video and graphic subsystem, the video will be decoded, and be copied in the graphic subsystem. And sometimes because of the inefficiency of software/hardware integration, it will be copied many times. That's the key challenge that Google had when using hardwired accelerator video/graphic processing in the first version of Android."Peter McGuinness, Director of Multimedia Marketing at Imagination also pointed out, "We can provide zero copy movement of video on the system to help customers solve this kind of problem. By having control of more and more blocks on a system, it is much easier to do."Imagination will continue to push that concept of integrating more of its PowerVR graphic, video and display IP blocks to achieve the goal of low power consumption. Another example is that Imagination has developed compression techniques to minimize memory footprint and use them in SoC to minimize bandwidth and power. So if designers put multiple blocks of IP on SoC, they can use the all same compression subsystems and get the benefits. Integrating More IP Blocks for Innovative ApplicationsIn order to meet the increasingly high performance and low power requirements for feature-rich and emerging applications, another trend for SoC design is to add more dedicated subsystem, such as decode and encode, or heterogeneous element of computing, to get the better power profile and performance. Imagination foresees its video, graphic and communications IP will be adopted to drive more innovative applications.Video IP for 4K/2K Application"Video has become fundamental in various applications", said McGuinness. "In order to achieve power goals, the trend is to use dedicated hardware blocks to design. We can see that using fixed accelerated function has become more mainstream. In some cases that requires more flexibility, where you can use DSP or general purpose CPU, but for video, we see the trends are driving toward fully hardware, power optimized solutions, which are able to support higher resolution for mobile phone, or TV etc."And he believes that 4K/2K applications further drive the demand for hardwired video processing. "We are the only company to provide hardwired 10-bit solution for HEVC. The efficiency of HEVC encoding and the bit rate you can get is much lower, so you can save the transmission and storage cost. That's a very important thing for mobile solution. We believe HEVC will also be very important in mobile."Graphic IP for Embedded Vision ApplicationAt present, the killer app for GPU in the mobile is the intuitive user interface, which requires responsiveness and general fluidity. But McGuinness talked about another move of intelligent-aware system, which integrates camera and sensors to be aware of ambient environment. It requires very heavy computation workload and the CPU is not necessary the best place to deal with that, because the inherent architecture design of CPUs make it inefficient to process visual data. However the GPU is ideal to process this. "That's the biggest trend in the next 5 years I think, handling vision by GPU in the handset", he said."Another application is visual-aware systems, such as embedding Windows Kinect style devices or cameras on handsets or TV sets. By implementing the intelligent vision function, new user interface can be created. The visual compute and intelligent-aware algorithms for facial recognition or gesture recognition can be run on a GPU. GPU can achieve the performance as necessary to make these functions user friendly."We can see that GPU will play an important role for embedded vision application in the future", said McGuinness. Not only mobile, Imagination has got a lot more design wins in TV, STB, and other CE. "All consumer appliances are targeting more graphic functions. Our GPU is already in DTV, we will see more and more of that as the market matured."At the same time, in order to speed up the learning curve for TV makers to understand more about the vision and graphic functions to be used on TV, as well as the powerful and efficient graphic capability that Imagination can offer, the company is actively expanding its ecosystem based on its existing PowerVR Insider program. Communications IP for Multi-Standard SupportImagination's Ensigma communications core is a software defined radio for communication and broadcasting applications, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS. use an optimal architecture for low-power designs using a careful combination of fixed and programmable cores.McGuinness explained that, with this core, signal conditioning, transmission and error handling are performed as high-efficiency fixed function hardware blocks while a complex scalable vector processor with multiple parallel execution units is fully programmable using low-level microcode to enable demodulation of any communications or connectivity standard. More than 30 standards have been implemented today."For mobile SoC, the trend is moving away from baseband and AP design to a single processor. The integration has been already started", said Amit Rohatgi. "The attach rate of WiFi on smartphone is almost 100%. It's also the trend to integrate more communications functions on SoC, since support of multi-standard is essential for SoC."The benefit of adopting Ensigma cores is that, only by changing microcode, designers can have the flexibility to support different standards, given Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or the combination of the two. This technology is already adopted by tier-one companies, and the architecture has been proven in numerous low-power audio and connectivity devices.Benefits of Leveraging Complete IP PortfoliosAfter acquiring MIPS early this year, Imagination enhanced its existing CPU IP offering. "With MIPS CPU, we now have 35% market share in STB and 52% in DTV, along with our mobile GPU presence, Imagination will be able to further expand the market with integrated solutions," said Amit Rohatgi."We now have the ability to optimize full solutions, not only the power, but also the data between CPU and GPU for variety of operation systems, such as Linux and Android, and come with the solutions that can provide very compelling results. A combination of those two under one roof allows us to do more synergic type of applications that are optimized for both."Meanwhile, integrating functions like audio, video, graphic, and communications directly onto the single chip can significantly reduce BOM costs for SoC companies. The other benefit is that optimizing power and performance under one roof allows customers to come to us with one-stop shop, and really shrink their time to market for any segment, such as mobile, digital home, or other devices.Eyeing the importance of Taiwan and China market, Imagination will provide solutions with right balance between performance and cost structure to meet local demands, and help customers to develop more power-efficient, innovative products.Source: Imagination Technologies

Feature Integration Technology (Fintek), a leading supplier of super I/O solutions, lately launches a new series of high performance, low power & small packages solutions such as SIO, uSIO, high compatibility USB smart charging controller ICs, level shifter ICs, Hardware Monitor (HWM) ICs, DTV Modulator ICs, LED driver ICs, high-speed bridge ICs (PCIE to ISA, PCIE to 4/8/12 UART) & Multi protocol Serial Transceiver IC.Fintek offers an ultra low power, wireless, high definition (HD) multimedia streaming modulator IC - F18800. Unlike the traditional cable connectivity HDMI and USB or wireless WiFi connection, the USB or Ethernet interface F18800 uses the digital TV modulation formats such as DVB-T/C/S / ATSC / DTBM / QAM via the vacant frequency band to broadcast the HD video streaming to the HD digital TV, projector, & digital signage. The devices equipped with the set-top-box or receiver could receive the content without any security code under the receiving range. Used in the IP data transferring application, F18800 can reach 32.486 Mbps band width and the transmission distance could be over 1Km. It provides an easy solution to upgrade the traditional CCTV surveillance system by the digital IP CAM basing on the existing coaxial cable framework.Fintek product spectrumTo improve the components selection / design flexibility for Intel® or AMD® platform, Fintek provides a series of industry-leading Super I/O, uSIO, HWM ICs. The Super I/O implements the legacy functions such as PS/2 KB/M, Floppy, Parallel & Serial Port. Also features with the RC6/QP CIR, Intel® PECI 3.0 (Platform Environment Control Interface), & ErP-Lot 6.0 functions. In addition, the integrated HWM can monitor the several temperatures via the bipolar transistor/ thermistor/ or CPU thermal diode, monitor voltages by the dual current source method & monitor FAN by the manual/ auto stage/auto linear methods.The new generation uSIO - F76761 integrates the above features and embedded 8032 uC with 1M byte flash. The F76761 supports latest Intel® Digital Thermal Sensor 2.0 to balance the fan noise & heat. The Fintek level shifter ICs -F75909/910 provide the best voltage design flexibility for PC vendors. The Fintek HWM IC - F75387A, F75308, developed for the working station & server, are approved & designed by the world wide companies currently. The HWM ICs can monitor the temperature, voltage, FAN & also support AMD® SB-TSI & Intel® PECI 3.0 interface. The Fintek HWM IC then continues to be the best choice for the customer. Nowadays the industrial PC (IPC) equipments require more and more UART ports. While testing the burn in test utility with so many fully run UART ports say 10 UARTS, & with 3D Mark, the overrun would easily be occurred. The F81866A (128 LQFP) and F81803 (64 TQFP) with the selectable COM port buffer 16/32/64/128 bytes FIFO, ATX simulates AT, 9 bit protocol and F81216H with the selectable COM port buffer 16/32/64/128 bytes FIFO absolutely could reduce or eliminate the overrun occurrence possibility while testing the burn in test utility. Based on the different UART usage experiences, Fintek launches a board space saving, low power, 3 in 1 Multi-Protocol Serial Transceiver IC (RS-232/RS-485/RS-422) - F81438. In order to meet the strict IPC market standard, the above ICs are all specified in the wide temperature range -40�CC ~ +85�CC.For the special usage, Fintek launches the high-speed interface bridge IC PCIE to ISA - F85526 and PCIE to 4/8/12 UART - F81504/508/512 which could be used on the board or at the express card as well. In the second half of 2013, Fintek will launch a brand new USB2.0 to 4 UART IC as well. The USB2.0 to 4 UART IC is targeted for ARM based platform with more UART ports requirement.Fintek also provides the 8051 MCU LED lighting solutions - F66100E/F66101S with up to 40V operating voltage which is especially suited for the smart color temperature bulbs, special lamps and multi string decoration LEDs. The F66100E/F66101S has 9 or 18 PWM dimming control, two open drain GPIO pins and TX/RX function with the baud rate up to 3Mbps. Each PWM control sink current is 80mA.After the European Commission unifying the smart phones connection port with USB, the USB fast charging demand grows rapidly. In order to define the market segment, the worldwide brand portable device providers start to provide the different USB fast charging techniques. This breaks out many compatibility issues recently. Therefore Fintek launches the 3rd generation USB fast charging controller solutions - F75198/F75204, which are all compliant with the USB charging standard such as USB Battery Charging Specification Revision 1.2, China YD/T 1591-2009, all Apple® portable devices series and Samsung® Tab charging standard.The built in charger identification circuit allows F75198/F75204 automatically detect and identify the plug in portable devices correctly for drawing the accurate and sufficient current. F75198 is successfully approved & applied to many cross-strait vendors' power banks, USB hub, universal charger devices, and etc. The product extends to support the portable gaming devices to bring brand new charging experiences to the customers.Based on the continuous improvement & provide the best products/services to the customer philosophy, Fintek will develop and provide variety of creative solutions to meet the market multiple applications!*Most of the above products are at MP stage, please contact Fintek sales or distributors for detail.*All company logos/names, trademarks, service marks and related product terms/descriptions/figures displayed in this press release are properties of Fintek or other third parties. Such Intellectual Property Rights are owned by Fintek or other third parties. Fintek respects the preceding Intellectual Property Rights absolutely.If you would like to have any requests, please contact marketing@fintek.com.tw or phone at 886-3-5600168. 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Clientron Corp, a world-leading manufacturer of thin client, POS and embedded systems, is showcasing its latest zero clients and thin clients for cloud computing and POS solutions for retail and hospitality markets at Computex Taipei 2013. Featuring simple plug-and-play with low total cost of ownership, Clientron offers multiple choices of zero clients including PCoIP (PC-over-IP) zero client solution for higher graphic performance, Userful Multiplatform for education PC sharing, and Microsoft RemoteFX solutions for RDP virtual desktop. For thin client applications, Clientron provides full range of thin client platforms for buyers. Clientron's latest L series thin clients provide the features of dual-core CPU, DDR3 memory and dual DVI display ports, and also supports Microsoft's RemoteFX technology (Remote Desktop Protocol 7.1) and Citrix HDX solution; it targets at high-end thin client market which requires both of the superior 3D graphic performance and low power consumption on IT management. In this show, Clientron also provides SoC (system-on-chip) based thin client platforms including D521 with TI DM8148 processor providing Power-over-Ethernet solution; as well as DH10 with Hisilicon ARM Cortex A9 processor providing 1080p video playback on a single SoC for Cloud Computing virtual desktops. In addition, Clientron is showcasing its full POS product line and its new POS solutions including all-in-one POS terminal Evo570 with 17-inch touch display, bezel-free flat panel and aluminum housing design; and the new all-in-one 15-inch POS Terminal - Mia550 with innovative and cost-efficient construction design for the most demanding retails and hospitality industry. For more details of Clientron's products, please visit Clientron at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth M1236, Computex Taipei 2013. Clientron showcases thin client, zero client and POS solutions at Computex 2013 More product information can be found at Clientron's website: http://www.clientron.com/ Media Contact:Joan ChuangClientron Corp.Joan_chuang@clientron.comTel: 886-2-26987068http://www.clientron.com/

Total GPS solutions provider Holux has unveiled a new range of products at Computex 2013 (Booth D0615a, TWTC Hall 1). New GPS solutions suitable for all kinds of customer requirements will be on display, demonstrating Holux's comprehensive product range and ability to deliver solutions. Of these, the product attracting the most attention will definitely be the new DFD-100B (driver fatigue detector) that won the 2013 "Taiwan Excellence Award" and "Autotronics Taipei Innovation Award."DFD-100B is an auxiliary driving safety device which identifies specific patterns of heart rate variation to determine the driver's HPV/fatigue. DFD-100B is based on the use of wireless sensor heart rate sensing technology and its core technology has been granted patents from many countries. DFD-100B issues a warning whenever the driver's vigilance level drops below an optimal threshold value. No electrode patches in direct contact with the skin are required. DFD-100B can suit all kinds of body types without limit. The newest Android app is ready and in service: choice of alert setting as what you have in your smartphone, real time heart rate display and visualized symbol to show your drowsiness level. Warning messages will be sent out via SMS to a predefined number.At Computex, Holux is also showcasing other latest products for driving safety including the GPSmile 6561 for car navigation and M1 compact DVR- M1. The GPSmile 6561 is a car navigator plus tablet device. A portable GPS navigator, the GPSmile 6561 combines with specific navigation maps, providing comprehensive navigation capabilities available in a 5-inch high resolution touch screen display. The GPSmile 6561 is also a tablet computer that keeps users entertained at home or on the road. It runs Android 4.0.4 and is powered by a 1.0 GHz processor.The Holux car digital video recorder (DVR) M1 weighs only 60g, with solid black casing and compact design. The M1 provides motion detection function, G-sensor, USB cable connection, GPS connector, MicroSD slot up to 32GB and a 2-inch LCD screen display with a 140-degree wide-angle view.The M1 can record video in Full HD 1080p at 30fps and HD 720p up to 60fps.The M1 is equipped with a 5-megapixel image sensor and F2.2 aperture that can record video and capture photos for monitoring a user's car and journey.The compact black M1 is also easy to setup, mount and start recording from the moment the engine is turned on. The unit has a multi-language menu. Just switch the gadget on and it can instantly auto-record Full HD video.For outdoor activities, Holux offers new GPS products such as the SporTrek 1300 bike GPS system, and the RCV-3000 wireless GPS logger.The SporTrek 1300 is equipped with a 3-inch transflective and flat touch screen. Providing navigation and performance training, SporTrek 1300 is a companion for touring, competitive cycling and mountain biking. SporTrek 1300 supports GPS and Glonass dual system for faster satellite acquisition. The device displays useful sport information, including speed, barometer altitude, calorie, cadence, and more. It is shock resistance and IPX7 water resistance.The RCV-3000 is a wireless data logger which consolidates a GPS receiver and a data logger with both wireless and USB interfaces integrated. The RCV-3000 can work with smartphones, tablet PCs and notebooks with Bluetooth wireless devices. It satisfies a wide variety of applications for automotive and outdoor recreation navigation systems.Holux launches new GPS products for driving safety and outdoor sportsFor more product details, please visit Holux's website: http://www.holux.com/News Contact:Marketing & Sales Div.DirectorEddy HuangTEL: +886-6687-000#1380Mail: eddy_huang@holux.comMarketing Planning Dept.Section ManagerKate WangTEL: +886-6687-000#1207Mail: kate_wang@holux.com