EverFocus IP speed dome, EPN4220, has received this year's Taiwan Excellence Award. Delivered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Taiwan Excellence Award recognizes technologically innovative products produced by enterprises in Taiwan. As an award winner for five consecutive years, EverFocus continues to impress.EverFocus EPN 4220 is today's best-in-class network-based speed dome camera specifically designed for professional applications. This masterpiece offers 2-Megapixel resolutions and a built-in 20x optical, guaranteeing impeccable image quality, in addition to cutting-edge features, such as digital slow shutter (DSS), wide dynamic range (WDR), Dynamic Noise Reduction (DNR) and Digital Image Stabilizer (DIS).Equipped with IP66-rated housings and true day/night function with removable IR cut filter, the EPN 4220 is certain to withstand all environments. The advanced Motion Detection function also meets the needs of every end-user.On the installation side, the speed domes boast the unique feature of One-Click Easy Installation and up to 192 preset positions, deserving of the name as the most user-friendly surveillance camera devices."EverFocus is proud to be named once again as an award winner and will deliver more award-winning products for the years to come," said Jessy Lee, Director of System Planning and Development Centre at EverFocus.The Awards Program invites an international panel of judges to participate in the selection. Criteria include R&D, design, quality and marketing. Proven to have exceeded expectations of all four categories, EverFocus indeed sets a fine example for all other surveillance camera manufactures in Taiwan.About EverFocus Electronics CorporationEverFocus Electronics Corp. is a leading integrated security solution manufacturer. Our lineup includes of CCTV cameras, DVRs, HDcctv, IP surveillance solutions, access control systems, as well as surveillance and access control peripherals. EverFocus has offices globally, including the U.S.A (California & New York), Germany (Emmerich am Rhein), China (Beijing), Japan (Tokyo), India (Mumbai), Taiwan (Taipei) and the latest subsidiary EverFocus UK, located in London. For more information please visit http://www.everfocus.com/

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing exhibited its latest SuperWorkstation, SuperServer and SuperStorage platforms at the NAB Show (April 8-11) in Las Vegas, Nevada. With computing and data management demands exploding behind the scenes of broadcast media, content creation, management and distribution are key areas where Supermicro's solutions have a major impact.At the show, Supermicro showcased a variety of high performance computing and storage solutions addressing end-to-end processes within the digital production workflow. The centerpiece of the show is Supermicro's new high capacity Double-Sided Storage server (SSG-6047R-E1R72L) featuring 72x 3.5" hot-swappable HDDs, supporting up to 288TB in 4U. With 10GB/sec throughput, this mass storage server has the enormous capacity and bandwidth to support extreme levels of concurrent streaming and other high storage bandwidth dependent applications. Show highlights also included Supermicro's flexible, high performance, power saving 4U FatTwin architecture in a 4-node 8x 3.5" hot-swap HDD per U configuration for distribution along with a range of high performance GPU workstations, servers and a 12x GPU FatTwin VDI configuration for content development. Specialized embedded solutions for distribution and digital signage applications were also on display at the show."Supermicro focuses on maximizing performance, density and power savings across our computing and storage product lines," said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. "For example, our new 72 HDD Double-Sided Storage server is unrivaled in density and the throughput performance of 10GB/sec enabling broadcasters to deliver content using the latest high resolution formats. Our FatTwin platform provides the highest computing and efficiency in 4U and with its optimized cooling and power saving architecture can save IT operations up to $500 per node over 4 years. When scaled out to serve HD and UHD digital content over thousands of channels, performance, density and power savings become crucial business considerations for broadcast IT operations."Exhibits included:High performance digital content creation:- FatTwin GPU (F627G3-FT+) supporting 4x nodes, with each supporting dual processors and 3x GPUs for a total of 12x GPUs in 4U. Highly optimized for VDI, render farms or transcoding applications with support for NVIDIA Grid, GPUs and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors- SuperWorkstations with server-grade design for 24x7 operation featuring NVIDIA 2nd Generation Maximus certification in entry level, single processor system (SYS-5037A-i) and dual processor systems (SYS-7047GR-TRF, SYS-7037A-i) that provide highest performance for real-time 3D design, rendering and simulation in standalone systemsHigh capacity, low latency data storage delivering up to 10GB/s per node:- 4U high density Double-Sided Storage system (SSG-6047R-E1R72L) with 72x 3.5" hot-swappable HDDs, supporting up to 288TB and 10GB/s throughput, ideal for high concurrency media streaming - 2U SuperStorage scale-out storage cluster (SSG-6027R-E1R12N) designed for large scale content delivery networks - 4U Double-Sided Storage JBOD chassis(CSE-847E16-RJBOD1) featuring up to 45x hot-swap 3.5" HDDs for cost-effective, post production storage applicationsCDN broadcast streaming and distribution:- FatTwin (SYS-F627R3-R72B+) 4-nodes each supporting up to 8x hot-swap 3.5" HDDs, dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors and PCI-E I/O expansion targeted for content management and distribution servers with optimized cooling subsystems, redundant high efficiency power supplies and Battery Backup Power (BBP) module options for enterprise class reliability and high availability - 1U 3x GPU SuperServer (SYS-1027GR-TRF) for faster-than-real-time transcoding of media to delivery formats - Embedded server solutions in power and space saving 1U rackmount (SYS-5017A-EF) for scalable web hosting - Extreme I/O 3U SuperServer (SYS-6047R-TXRF) with the world's only 11x PCI-E expansion solution for high-bandwidth streaming as well as multi-stream content acquisition - Compact, low power BOX PC (SYS-1017A-MP) for digital signage

It takes more than six hundreds of days for Fortrend Taiwan Scientific Corp. to invent its unique technique, materials and equipment and created the miracle of OGS TP. The quality of its OGS TP is the best of the world and it is the only manufacturer that can produce different colors of frames of OGS. Moreover, the selling price of the TP is the cost of the same products manufactured by conventional process.A large number of orders have been placed by numerous of world famous manufacturers. Even some of the well-known manufacturers, who are the top-ten companies in the world, endeavor to have the authority to manufacture its OGS TP. There have been several manufacturers obtaining the license to proceed.The smart technical products have changed the way of our lives and the human-machine surface is touch panel. The market demand of TP has expanded tremendously. The global annual demand has reached two billions and more. Nevertheless, the price of TP has been too high to expand. Thus, it is the time to make a breakthrough on the price of TP now.The conventional process of TP continues the LCD process. This kind of technical process is old, the yield rate is low and a great amount of materials has been wasted. The investment of equipment can be more than tens of billions of dollar, yet the capacity is low. The cost is affordable for producing 7" TP and smaller size under this conventional process; however, it will be too high for producing 10" TP and larger sizes. The monthly capacity of 27" of a five-generation production line is two hundred thousand pieces and the cost of each piece could be more than one hundred US dollars. The cost of the Fortend's equipment is approximately one seventh of a five-generation production line, yet the capacity is five hundred thousand pieces. The selling price is much lower than the panel cost of a five-generation production line.The size of the glass used for conventional process is fixed. The glass has to be strengthened ahead of all the processes and to be cut after the whole processes are accomplished. Therefore, it results in the massive waste of glass and damages the strength of glass as well as increasing the costs. Moreover, the glass needs to be re-strengthened by soaking the glass into high temperature potassium nitrateacid. In the meantime, the sodium ion on the surface of the glass exchanges with the potassium ion of nitric acid. The glass can be strengthened due to the difference of the rate of shrink after cooling. Nevertheless, the glass with ITO layer cannot be heat resisted after strengthened and release the sodium ion and potassium ion to exchange. Thus, it can only be soaked into hydrofluoric acid at the room temperature to erode the rough parts. Meanwhile, there will be SiF6 left in spacing to create similar strengthening effect. However, SiF6 is actually an unstable ion. SiF6 and water will recover hydrofluoric acid. Hydrofluoric acid is severe poison; as little as 1.5g of it can be killing while 2% of human body is exposed to it, it can be deadly.The chemical reaction equation is as follows:SiO2(glass)+6HF(hydrofluoric acid)→H2[SiF6](unstable)+2H2OH2[SiF6] (unstable)+2H2O(water) →6HF(hydrofluoric acid)+SiO2Fortrend's process is to have the glass cutting and grinding and tempered treatment before ITO sputtering and other processes. After the process, there is no need to cut the glass and the process of soaking the glass into hydrofluoric acid. The strength of Fortrend's glass is three times stronger than others. Consequently, Fortrend's TP and LCD does not need to be bonded completely by OCA, which can reduce the cost approximately US$1~US$2 per inch.Conventional OGS's BM is made by Photo Resistive and the color is black only. Yet, Fortrend do it with printing and any color is workable. It will not be carbonized in high temperature and discolored. The thickness of printed BM is two hundreds to 6 hundreds times as thick as ITO layer. With Fortrend's unique equipment, the ITO layer can work for eight hundreds high.The ITO layer of conventional OGS process is single layer plus bridge. There is not only the concern of patent violations but also the difficulty to build the bridges which results in low yield rate. There are one thousand and one hundred bridges on a piece of 10" TP and eight thousand eight hundred and fifty four bridges on a piece of 24" TP. Before building the bridges, tiny isolator need to be produced in advance. Sizes of both are much thinner than hair and cannot be seen by eyes. The process is extremely complicated. Neither a tiny isolator or a bridge can be broken. As long as one of each is broken, the whole TP will be rejected. The yield rate is only 36. The bigger size the more bridges. And the yield rate will be lower. There is no room for improvement since it is drawback of the basic structure of bridges. Even though many manufacturers declare that the yield rate can be raised to 80%, it is only to milk the bull.Fortrend's patent of conductive layer is multiple layer structure and bridges are not needed. Without the drawback of bridges, the process is simple. The equipment is well-developed and it takes only four months to establish a plant. Within 6 months after contracted, the mass production can be ready and yield rate can be 80%.Some manufacturers replace ITO glass with ITO PET. ITO is indium-tin oxide. The electric conduction is worked by tin. The permutation of tin and indium construct the coefficient of electric conduction. After ITO is electrified, tin and indium element will repeat arranging in order continuously and change the electric conduction and resistance. The sensitivity of touch is based on the computation of capacitance multiplied by resistance. The smaller computation the better and it has to be stable without changing. Otherwise, the touch function will be terrible. When the size is bigger, the request of changing resistance is more severe. In order to keep the tin and indium element from changing the permutation after electrifying, the ITO needs to be crystallized by high-temperature sputter. Without crystallizing, the resistance will keep raising up after electrifying. Although the temper can speed up the aging of ITO, the temper is in low-temperature and cannot have the ITO crystallized. The changes after electrifying will be the same. In the meantime, the price of ITO PET remains high. Per low-resistance ITO PET suitable for large size of TP, the cost is as high as US$60/m2. Consequently, some manufacturers use ITO glass to stick on ITO PET in order to lower the cost. Nevertheless, one ITO is crystallitic and the other ITO does not. It leads to the difference of resistance between two ITO after electrifying and results in the device crashed.Another issue is about lamination. Some manufacturers use glass laminated with glass and some others use glass or plastic laminated with one or two layers PET. Besides the low yield rate, delayed bubbles are also a problem which cannot be solved due to the lamination with OCA glue. The material of OCA glue is PVA. It will bring bubbles when PVA is baked with 37 degrees C and higher. The bubbles will cause the touch failed. The temperature of LCD reaches to 42 degrees C, thus the bubbles will increase gradually after TP is used. The touch function will disappear gradually as well. One of the international manufacturers produced ITO PET, OCA and control IC by themselves. Besides the material cost was high, they still could not solve the problem of the increase of ITO's resistance after electrifying and the problem of the delayed bubble. Moreover, the yield rate of lamination was not able to increase. Thus, they ended up with closing. There are still massive manufacturers striving in this field. There is still small market for 10" and small TP as well as replicate devices due to low requirements. Nevertheless, most of the manufacturers fail for producing the TP size above 10". Thus, many TP manufacturers in Taiwan, Korea and China change to work with Fortrend's OGS process.It is the initial stage of touch technique and only few people have the knowledge of touch technique. Most of the manufacturers are using the wrong equipment, technique and material which lead to a great loss. Fortrend has invented its own technique, material and equipment with unique vision. Thus, the quality of its TP is high and cost is friendlier. The selling price of TP is the cost of what a five-generation production line produced. The demands are more than the supply of Fortrend's TP. Moreover, the manufacturers come to require for licensing the production in a continuous line. Generation factory Mother glass size(mm) 27"TP (670x411mm) 27"TP monthly output Investment (USD hundred million) Fortrend 27"x12 - 500k 1.5 2.5 370 x 470 Unable to produce Unable to produce 3.5 3 550 x 650 Unable to produce Unable to produce 6.67 3.5 610 x 720 produce 50k 5.5 4 680 x 880 produce 50k 8.33 4.5 730 x 920 produce 50k More than 10 5 1250 x 1110 produce 200k More than 10 5.5 1500 x 1300 produce 200k More than 10 6 1860 x 1500 produce 500k More than 10 7 2200 x 1870 produce 500k More than 10 7.5 2250 x 1950 produce 500k More than 10 The selling price of Fortrend's OGS is the cost of others

Merit LILIN USA Corp announces the interoperability of their professional-grade IP and Analog camera lines with Control4 home automation technology. The solution will be showcased at the 2013 ISC West show in Las Vegas, where LILIN will be launched as the first video surveillance brand available through the Control4 online ordering portal. The combination of LILIN's vast array of camera models and features, along with the convenience of ordering directly through the online store, allows dealers to seamlessly add surveillance to their Control4 offering.LILIN's professional-grade IP (iMEGAPRO) and Analog video cameras feature industry-leading specifications and design that help to deliver astounding image quality as well as discreet surveillance. From the incredibly small mini-dome, the IPD2220, to the infrared vandal dome, the IPR320ESX, LILIN's 1080p cameras are the perfect fit for Control4 customers looking for complete HD coverage. Offering over 10 camera model types, the iMEGAPRO and Analog lines provide pristine footage suitable for almost any residential or commercial application.Control4 provides customizable, scalable, interoperable home automation solutions for residential, commercial, and/or hospitality surveillance needs. Equipped with total control of cameras, recorders, and PTZ's, this integration provides what every Control4 customer demands: connected control. With the LILIN and Control4 solution, customers can view their cameras from any connected TV or Control4 touch panel, check in on their homes via their smart phone, and even get email notifications when motion is detected in sensitive areas.LILIN's National Director of Sales, Albert Herrera stated, "Our partnership and product interoperability provides Control4 dealers an advantage in offering quality and performance. Control4 makes product selection and availability simple and convenient through their online ordering portal.""We've seen an extensive uptake in the integration of surveillance into Control4 - 85 percent of our homes with Control4 systems now include some form of security," said Control4 Vice President of Security & Communications Paul Williams. "When surveillance cameras are automated and integrated with a Control4 system, customers can be alerted when a security event occurs, and then can connect remotely from anywhere in the world to take action on their home, such as view cameras, or turn on lights. With Control4 and LILIN, our dealers will be able to design surveillance and automation systems to meet their clients' needs."The video surveillance/home automation integration will be displayed at LILIN booth #26041, and are available to authorized Control4 dealers online at: http://www.control4.com/dealer

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, launched Emax 2, the first low-voltage circuit breaker with integrated energy management functions. Replacing existing traditional breakers with the Emax 2 breaker has the potential to achieve annual savings of 5.8 million megawatt-hours (MWh). This is the equivalent electric consumption of 1.4 million EU households per year.These energy savings would reduce emissions by 4 million tons of CO2, or the emissions of over 1 million cars, per year. For an individual building installation, a peak power reduction of up to 15 percent can be achieved by using Emax 2 in place of traditional breakers.Breakers like the Emax 2 are used where protection and control of large amounts of energy are used in a low-voltage environment like industrial and commercial buildings, data centers or ships. Replacing an existing breaker with the new Emax 2 is technically simple. Due to energy savings, the Emax 2 breaker will typically pay for itself within a year.The breaker contains a protection trip relay with an integrated power controller that measures and evaluates energy consumption, then manages the loads to maintain or reduce the peak power usage as determined by the user. This will also help prevent blackouts since the root cause is often peak demand exceeding supply.To manage energy, the electricity supply to non-essential equipment is switched off and back on again as soon as acceptable power levels are reached. Intelligent decision making is achieved by a built in controller and software that uses complex algorithms to decide when it is appropriate to switch the power while maintaining the overall functionality or productivity of the connected equipment.The breaker also has a communication module that allows it to share vital consumption and system reliability data directly with smart grid and other protocols."Breakers provide one of the largest untapped opportunities in the electric system to achieve energy savings. Breakers have been used to increase safety and protect electric circuits, but now for the first time we use them to save energy too," said Tarak Mehta, Head of ABB's Low Voltage products division."Because breakers are all around us, the total energy savings potential is massive. It's a great example of how we can use smart technology to reduce energy wastage. This is good news for the environment and for our customers who can achieve significant cost savings by switching to our new device," added Tarak.The development of the new Emax 2 breaker took several years and was led by ABB's development center in Bergamo, Italy.In 2012, ABB invested about $1.5 billion in research and development and continues to employ 7,000 technologists worldwide.ABB (http://www.abb.com/) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 145,000 people.

Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the global leader in UEFI firmware technology, products and tools, announced today its participation in the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 Beijing, at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) from April 10 to 11, 2013.Located in Booth E59 of the Technology Showcase at IDF, Phoenix will be demonstrating its flagship UEFI BIOS firmware, Phoenix SecureCore Technology 3.0, and several newly introduced UEFI developer tools, including WinHost 64, WinSetup, and Access Pro.Phoenix SecureCore Technology (Phoenix SCT) 3.0 UEFI BIOS firmware features multi-platform, multi-OS enablement. Fully compliant with the latest UEFI and PI specifications, Phoenix SCT 3.0 comes with native EDK II support and is also compatible with EDK 1117, easing maintenance efforts for OEM/ODM developers pursuing an efficient and economical transition to the next generation of the UEFI codebase.WinHost 64 is a 64-bit software simulator for the UEFI BIOS compiling environment that reads and evaluates Phoenix BIOS binary files. WinHost 64 is a user-friendly and cost-effective development tool that can be used on a laptop for compiling and saving the complete hardware set of the BIOS development environment with a Customer Reference Board (CRB) or evaluation board.WinSetup is a utility to access and edit Phoenix BIOS Setup from a local device under Windows. The newly configured setup is stored in the ROM during runtime, and the updated variables are saved without having to reboot the system.Access Pro is a manufacturing tool that functions as a unified device monitor and access tool for the ACPI table, CPU MSR, memory, PCI, SMBIOS, EFI Variables, and other areas. Developed specifically for Phoenix's OEM/ODM partners' onsite production needs, Access Pro provides a quick and easy way of viewing the BIOS performance log to help with boot speed optimization. Access Pro supports multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, UEFI Shell, and DOS, and its user friendly interface and broad functionality make it the ideal utility for hardware, firmware, QA, and production diagnostic engineers.Phoenix at the IDF 2013 BeijingLive demonstrations of Phoenix SCT 3.0, WinHost 64, WinSetup and Access Pro will be showcased at IDF 2013 Beijing from April 10-11. Phoenix will be located in booth E59.

Leading motherboard and graphics card maker is excited to announce its first MSI Gaming Graphics card. The new GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr (MKT Name: N650 Ti TF 2GDC5/OC BE & N650 Ti TF 2GD5 BE) graphics card is equipped with NVIDIA's latest GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST graphics, 2GB of GDDR5 high-speed memory and PCI Express Gen 3. The new graphics card is fitted with the popular Twin Frozr III cooling design featuring proprietary dual 8 cm Propeller Blade fans, nickel-plated copper base and Superpipe technology.The core temperature and sound level of the MSI GTX 650Ti BOOST Twin Frozr is just 65°C and 25.37dB when operating at full capacity, the perfect balance for an optimum gaming environment. Through MSI's exclusive Afterburner overclocking utility, the new Gaming graphics card's performance can be boosted by simply adjusting power and timing. NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround technology and up to 4 display outputs from a single card are supported as well, delivering the best gaming and multi-tasking experience that an enthusiast can have.MSI delivers optimum gaming experienceThe GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr is the first product released by MSI in its new Gaming series of graphics card. The dragon on the box, MSI's Gaming logo, symbolizes the explosive performance lying dormant within that gives gamers the edge in their games. When combined with the Twin Frozr III cooling module, the perfect balance between temperature and sound makes the best possible gaming environment a standard part of gaming.Twin Frozr III thermal design pushes temperatures down to 65°CMSI's Twin Frozr III cooling design has proven its worth through rigorous testing by professional media. The proprietary Propeller Blade technology, patented in multiple countries, incorporates special air-flow channels into the edge of the fan blades to not only increase cooling coverage but also boost air flow by 20% over conventional fan blades for even better cooling! Under a full load, the core temperature of the MSI GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr graphics card is just 65°C and noise during operation is only 25.37dB as well, clear proof that MSI products not only help gamers stay cool but also keeps the noise down for the best user experience!Support for MSI's exclusive Afterburner overclocking utilityThe MSI GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr graphics card supports NVIDIA GPU Boost technology that dynamically adjusts the graphics card's operating frequency to optimize gaming performance. When used with MSI's exclusive Afterburner overclocking utility, gamers can adjust the power and timing at will to tap into the maximum overclocking performance. Afterburner also incorporates the free Predator game video capture function. Desktop PCs can also be remotely controlled via a smart phone. Add one-touch burn-in and benchmarking with Kombustor and you have a graphics card overclocking utility that no gamer should do without.Support for single card 3D Vision Surround TechnologyIn addition to supporting the latest DirectX 11 standard, 3D Vision Surround technology means MSI GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin can create a triple-monitor 3D surround environment on just one video card. Players that have 3D display monitors and 3D glasses will be able to enjoy the full visual experience offered by 3D games or movies. With up to 4 display outputs from a single card is also supported, gamers can enjoy the multi-tasking benefits of multiple display setups while enjoying their games.*For more information about the GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr, please visit: http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N650Ti-TF-2GD5-OC-BE.htmlGTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr

In Secuteh Taipei 2013 and COMPUTEX 2013, AptObject Corporation will demonstrate the latest "AptBee Smart Energy, Safety and Security Management System Cloud Service".The "AptBee Smart Energy, Safety and Security Management System Cloud Service" integrates wireless sensor network and web-based database system, which can track energy usage and monitor environment safety and air quality to provide users service from the cloud. The goal of this system is to help users achieving carbon reduction and enhance the environmental safety.In the wireless sensor network, devices are responsible for data collection and equipment control, all the data and control commands are transmitted via wireless signal. The cloud web server is responsible for data storage and providing intelligence to control remote equipment.The Human-Machine Interface uses common browsers, users do not need to purchase or install any other special software. From your notebook, desktop PC or tablet, just log on to the system with your account and password, you can access and control all your own devices and browse all the latest and historical data of those devices.Each sensor device and the cloud system service all contain a certain degree of "intelligence", which makes them can analyze the data in real time; According to the settings of the system or devices, when abnormally, dangerous or emergency situation happens, the system triggers alarms and alerts users immediately. Therefore, the system service can be applied to the field of energy-saving and safety monitoring.Main FeaturesThe AptBee system cloud service is a multi-tier web-based database system, runs on Unix, Linux or Windows platform; based on the coverage size of sensor devices, the system can be distributed and clustered,Better off, the system supports a variety of device communication protocols from different vendors, simultaneously. Just in one user interface, user can monitor and operate all the authorized devices connected to the system.Compared with traditional monitoring and control systems, customers do not have to install special software and hardware to set up a system. This dramatically reduces the installation and maintenance costs.Another feature is the server-push technology; the server can actively "push" the latest information into users' browser or mobile App. So that users do not need to click refresh button to see the latest information. Therefore, this makes the system applicable to the real-time monitoring of the environment.AptBee system now had been setup in areas of health care, smart energy management, safety and security management and smart home appliations, providing services to corporate customers and householders.About AptObject CorporationAptObject Corporation, established in 2000, helps corporations and government agencies design and development software and hardware systems, provides feasible and helpful system solutions and increases operating efficiency and reduces operating costs.AptBee Smart Energy, Safety and Security Management System Cloud Service

Taiwan-based power supply firm Delta Electronics will present a full spectrum of products and systems for smart and green applications in industries and buildings at Hannover Messe 2013 from April 8-12.Delta plans to display industry automation solutions for various sectors, including the motion systems for factory automation, the industrial ethernet networking solution for intelligent traffic, water treatment, and power utilities and the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system solutions for green buildings.In addition, the firm plans to showcase live demonstration of iPEMS, a real-time industry monitoring and management system based on Internet of Things (IOT) technology.Delta noted that the firm will also exhibit electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions with smart features including residential charger, multi-standard DC quick charger, and site management systems at the Hannover Messe 2013.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) sees the opportunity for growth in a wave of digital gaming solutions ranging from gaming machines in casinos, amusement with prize (AWP), as well as video arcades in recreational facilities, Japan's Pachinko and Pachislo segment, and video lottery terminals (VLT) worldwide.AMD uses highly integrated, low-power consumption, and powerful parallel embedded computing solutions as well as Eyefinity multi-monitor display technologies to provide optimal solutions for emerging gaming platforms.AMD embedded solutions drive gaming machine innovationsAccording to Kevin Tanguay, Senior Manager of AMD Embedded Solutions, Digital Gaming, various categories of gaming machines commonly are seen in the gaming industry:- Casino machines; casinos often have dozens or even hundreds of gaming machines that offer Pachinko, slot, poker, baccarat, and other games- AWP gaming machines are often found in bars, clubs, coffee shops, small gambling establishments, and are quite popular in Europe- VLT machines connect players to the back-end network of betting agencies, and the size of prizes depend on the number of people betting- Arcade machines with 3D graphics capabilities, surround sound, and tactile feedback control devices, often are seen in department stores or entertainment facilities- Japan's unique Pachinko and Pachislot segment includes prize winning probabilities based on a random number generator (RNG).AMD's Embedded APUs are equipped with AMD Dual Graphics and Eyefinity technologies. The mainstream G-Series APU is well suited for the design of VLTs. The performance grade R-Series is well suited for VLTs as well as Pachinko and Pachislot machines. The performance grade AMD Embedded R-Series equipped with multi-screen output capabilities can collaborate with independent GPU products and is well suited for VLT, Pachinko and Pachislot, casino, AWP, and arcade gaming machines. AMD's embedded solutions offer a complete and comprehensive range of APU, GPU, CPU and chipset products -- the most advanced PC technology to help drive the embedded market. AMD also offers an exclusive and stable customer support system, a five-year long-term supply guarantee, and an exciting development roadmap for new products.Roadmap for AMD Embedded productsRegarding the scheduling for high performance APU products, supplies for the 2011 FS1 socket design standard "eLlano" APU will last for five years. The 2012 AMD R-Series APUs with Socket FS1r2 slot/pin designs include the 35W quad-core R-464L/2.3 (3.2) GHz, and R-460H / 1.9 (2.8) GHz, as well as the 35W dual-core R-272F / 2.7 (3.2) GHz and R-268D / 2.5 (3.0) GHz. R-Series APUs offer quad-core (R-4xx) or dual-core (R-2xx) configurations, provide DDR3 memory support, have a built-in DirectX 11 GPU, as well as PCIe bus controller, and support AMD Dual Graphics technology. In addition, there are also low-power consumption FP2 BGA flip-chip package versions such as the 25W quad-core R-464L/2.0 (2.8) GHz, 19W quad-core R-452L/1.6 (2.4) GHz, and 17W dual-core R-260H/2.1 (2.6) GHz and R-252F/1.9 (2.4) GHz models. These models are all equipped with A70M or A75 southbridge controller chips. In 2013, AMD will launch an FP2 (BGA) flip-chip packaging R-Series APU with upgraded clock speeds.Taking the high-performance AMD R-Series APU as an example, it has two built-in dual-core, 2MB L2 cache cores, DirectX 11 GPU, and 3x DP/DVI/HDMI/LVDS display interface driver circuits that are connected to the AMD A70M/A75 southbridge controller chip with an X4 UMI bus. The built-in GPU specifications for the R-Series APU support H.264 HD (1080p@60fps) as well as VC and DivX decoding standards; its built-in DDR3 memory controller supports DDR3-1600. 4K by 2K resolution display output is supported, and it can connect to four external monitors for crossover displays when equipped with a HDCP, 5.4Gb/s link rate interface; and can support a total of 10 parallel display outputs when connected to an external PCIe E6460/E6760 with six DisplayPort(DP) v1.2 interfaces or MXM modules.Compared to Intel's embedded solution, the AMD Embedded R-Series APU provides DirectX 11 hardware acceleration, four full HD screen resolution outputs, support for 4K by 2K@60Hz maximum resolutions, parallel dual graphics card technology (dual graphics), and OpenCL to provide support for fast parallel computing. When the graphics performance of AMD's 35W quad-core R-464L and R-272F, as well as Intel's 45W Core i7-2710QE, 35W Core i5-2520M, and Core i3-2310M platforms are compared using Futuremark 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 and 3DMark 06 v1.2.0; if the measured performance value of Intel's Core i7-2710QE is standardized at 100%, then the performances of the Core i5-2520M and i3-2310M are 98% and 88%, respectively; and the performance values of AMD's R-464L and AMD R-272F can reach 210% and 142%, respectively, which is equivalent to between 1.4 and 2.1 times the graphics computing performance of the Intel Core i7/5/3-2x00 series.The FS1r2 (PGA) package AMD APUs in conjunction with the A70M/A70 bridge chip allow for the PCB area of the entire system to range in the ballpark of only 1437mm- to 1483mm-squared.On the product roadmap for low-power embedded G-series processors: in 2011, AMD launched FT1 BGA packaged chips without built-in GPUs such as the 18W dual-core T48L/1.4GHz, 18W single-core T30L/1.4GHz, and 5W single-core T24L/1GHz; mid-range single-core with built-in GPU products such as the 18W T52R/1.5GHz, 9W T44R/1.2GHz, and 5.5W T40R/1GHz; as well as the high-end dual-core G-Series with GPU models such as the 18W T56N /1.65GHz, 18W T48N/1.4GHz, 9W T40N/1GHz, and 6.4W T40E/1GHz. In 2012, AMD fully moved towards single-/dual-core built-in GPU solutions such as the 18W dual-core T56E/1.65GHz, 18W dual-core T48E/1.4GHz, and single-core 4.5W T16R/615MHz models.Roadmap for AMD Embedded GPU productsFor discrete embedded GPU products: in 2008, AMD launched the ATI Radeon E2400 embedded GPU consuming less than 20W of power, with 128MB of GDDR3, DirectX 10/OpenGL 2.0/UVD hardware acceleration, and support for RGB/DVI/HDMI/LVDS display interfaces. In 2009, AMD launched the ATI Radeon E4690 GPU consuming less than 30W of power, with 512MB of GDDR3, DirectX 10/OpenGL 2.0/UVD hardware acceleration, and support for RGB/DVI/HDMI/LVDS/DP v1.1 interfaces. In 2011, AMD launched the 20W AMD Radeon E6460 GPU with 512MB of GDDR5, DirectX 11/OpenGL 4.1/UVD3 hardware acceleration, and support for RGB/DVI/HDMI/LVDS/DP v1.1a/1.2 interfaces; as well as the 30W AMD Radeon E6760 GPU with 1GB of GDDR5, DirectX 11/OpenGL 4.1/UVD3 hardware acceleration, AMD Eyefinity technology (capable of six screen outputs), and support for RGB/DVI/HDMI/LVDS/DP v1.1a /1.2 display interfaces.For embedded GPU MXM modules, in 2008, AMD launched the ATI Radeon E2400 MXM 2.1a Type II module consuming less than 25W of power. In 2009, AMD launched the ATI Radeon E4690 MXM 3.0 Type A module consuming less than 35W of power. In 2011, AMD launched the AMD Radeon E6460 MXM 3.0 Type A module consuming 35W of power as well as the ultra-high performance AMD Radeon E6460 MXM 3.0 Type B module consuming less than 110W of power, and backed by a three-year supply period. In 2012, AMD launched ultra-high performance AMD Radeon HD 7970M MXM 3.0 Type B modules. The ATI Radeon E2400 MXM module will officially reach EOL in July of 2013 after its five-year supply period.Regarding AMD's embedded PCle add-in card range: for the less than 25W power consumption mainstream segment, AMD launched ATI Radeon E2400 PCIe add-in cards with dual DVI-I and a passive heat-sink design in 2010, , as well as AMD Radeon E6460 PCIe add-in cards with dual-DVI or quad-mDP, and quad-DVI with heat-pipe designs in 2011. For the less than 35W power consumption segment, AMD launched ATI Radeon E4690 PCIe add-in cards with dual-link DVI-I connectors and cooling fan or heat-pipe designs in 2009, as well as AMD Radeon E6760 PCIe add-in cards with dual-DVI and six mDP or six DVI connectors with heat-sink or heat-pipe designs in 2011. For the ultra-high performance (<110W) market, AMD launched the AMD Radeon HD 5770 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 PCIe add-in cards, as well as the AMD Radeon HD 7850M in 2012 with a three-year product supply guarantee.Specification differences between the AMD Radeon E6460 and E6760 are that the former has a package size of 33mm by 33mm with 20W power consumption, 160 shaders, and 64-bit 25.6GB/s bandwidth 512MB GDDR5; and the latter is a 37.5mm by 37.5mm multi-chip-module (MCM) with 35W power consumption, 480 shaders; and 128-bit 51.2GB/s bandwidth 1GB GDDR5. In 3DMark Vantage graphics performance benchmarks, the AMD Radeon E6460 scores 2195 and supports four-screen outputs, and AMD Radeon E6760 scores 5870 and supports six-screen outputs. Both the AMD Radeon E6460 and E6760 have MXM 3.0 Type A module and PCIe add-in card versions.APU acceleration technology activated by external GPU Dual Graphics processingTanguay said because AMD APUs are equipped with AMD Dual Graphics technology, as long as they work in conjunction with the AMD GPU add-in cards or modules, parallel computing between the APU's built-in GPU and the add-in cards can be activated. Test results indicate that the T56N APU with an E6460 GPU module/add-in card can enhance performance by 77%, R-Series APUs with an E6460 GPU module/add-in card can see performance enhanced by 40%, and the T56N APU with an E6760 GPU module/add-in card can achieve performance gains of 16%.Regarding the low-power consumption G-Series APUs; if the T40E has a performance benchmark of 1.0, then the relative performance of the T48E is 1.1, the T52R 1.33, T56N 1.67, and the T56N with an E6460 GPU can be enhanced to 2.4. As for embedded GPU modules; if the previous generation E2400 GPU has a performance benchmark of 1.0, then the E6460 GPU can reach 1.94, the previous generation E4690 can reach 2.88, and the E6760 can reach 3.94.Tanguay summarized that with its innovative silicon technology, AMD is able to build an ecosystem for its customers. AMD provides a complete series of APU and GPU chips with functionality, flexibility, and energy efficiency for gaming manufacturers. AMD's digital gaming solutions can take advantage of real-time 3D graphics technology to provide HD and multimedia video, and realize the ultimate in gaming and entertainment. At present, more than 120 platform solution providers as well as motherboard and peripheral suppliers worldwide have chosen AMD's embedded products to assist the gaming industry in developing lower TCO gaming machines. AMD's embedded chip business group can provide long-term and stable product supplies, strengthening the businesses of gaming manufacturers, and making it a trusted partner for the gaming industry.Kevin Tanguay, Senior Manager of AMD Embedded Solutions, Digital Gaming