Fortrend Taiwan Scientific Corp. has obtained Windows 8 qualifications successfully with the cooperation of ST and ITE. The Chairman of Fortrend Taiwan Scientific Corp., Mr. John Wu, indicated that after the collocation of the touch IC of ST and ITE with Fortrend's OGS touch panel, the touch panel has been qualified by Windows 8 in succession.There are some advantages of their IC collocate with Fortrend's OGS touch panel: the speed of reporting rate is speedy and accurate. The slide and zoom in and out is smooth. The function of touch has exceeded the qualifications of Windows 8 and entered the supply chain of international manufacturers successfully.Mr. Wu explained further that due to the exceptional process and material, the quality of Fortrend's OGS is highly stable. All the surfaces of their products have been processed with AR, Anti Smudge and Anti Scratch. Take laptops, AOI and Monitor for examples, there are always ten fingers controlling the touch screen at the same time when playing games and the screen is flat. Thus, AR is absolutely necessary lest the eyes should get hurt.Moreover, it is extremely easy for people to scratch touch screen by metal, such as rings and watches, while working on it. If adding protective film on the touch panel, it will not only be costly but lower its touch performance. Thus, the function of Anti Scratch has become another key issue which affects touch panel's functions. Beside, the grease on the fingers can have the touch panel stained easily and hardly be cleaned. Therefore, the process of Anti Smudge is also a must.Fortrend has solved the problems by making these processes into its standard procedure of surface. The quality of touch panel is excellent and no extra charges for these additional processes, which has impressed its clients. Fortrend's high quality OGS touch panel reveals extraordinary performance with the collocation of ST and ITE's superior IC. Mr. Wu indicated optimistically that the shipping quantity of Fortrend's touch panel would definitely exceed the expectation and maintain the continuous growth.The excellent performance of Fortrend OGS with ST and ITE IC, Win8 qualified

EverFocus is pleased to announce its MobileFocusHD remote video Surveillance application for iPad users. MobileFocusHD is now available for download from the Apple app store, and allows users to access all current EverFocus DVRs and IP Cameras on their iPad. The powerful and intuitive MobileFocusHD application offers multiple functions for you to remotely monitor multiple video streams and control PTZ cameras, providing you control over your surveillance system whenever and wherever.Another application, MobileFocusHD Plus, is also available for iPad users. The MobileFocusHD Plus not only offers users to experience the features of MobileFocusHD, but also allows users to search video by time or event to play back recordings stored on DVRs. Currently, MobileFocusHD and MobileFocusHD Plus are designed for iPad and can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.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/MobileFocus HD is designed for iPad and can be downloaded from the iTinus App Store

Germany has recently initiated the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, to advocate Internet of Things and Services (IoTS). This new revolution will streamline production and sales processes in machine to machine (M2M) infrastructures, transforming production mode from build to stock (BTS) into build to order (BTO) that can begin instantly once an order is received. Industry 4.0 helps businesses achieve the goal of Smart Production, Green Production and Urban Production.Due to labor shortage in China, global warming and energy crisis, manufacturing industries are urged to increase their production efficiencies and maintain competitiveness in a smarter and greener way. With the rise of Industry 4.0, a smart factory is intelligently connected and automated; intelligence is valued by from motion centric machine automation to the factory as a whole. Joe Lin, NEXCOM's General Manager of the Industrial Computing Solutions Business Unit, points out that industrial controllers are the heart of smart factories, and to prepare for this upcoming wave of Industry 4.0, the design of industrial controllers must evolve towards the directions of high performance, diversity and miniaturization.The rise of smart motion control and smart factoryHigh performance refers to the computing power of industrial controllers. In the past, the machine automation was designed to replace human labor at individual workstations. Automated machines used to center on motion control and were centralized controlled by a master machine. Nowadays automated machineries are burdened with more complex motion controls. The complexity is further increased when they are integrated with different control stations. Apart from motion control, automated machineries may also process high-precision images, network communications and other application requests. Automated machineries are decentralized control systems, which offload workload from master machines and therefore require high computing performance.With regard to diversity, industrial controllers need to support a diverse range of industrial Fieldbus protocols, to integrate with the servo motors and programmable logic controllers (PLC) provided by European and American automation vendors. To meet the mainstream needs of motion control, industrial controllers need to process protocols such as PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet. This diversity enables industrial controllers to clear communication barriers between different controllers, and establish a strong foundation for monitoring and controlling of smart factories.In addition, industrial controllers need to support Ethernet in order to connect with enterprise IT systems such as manufacturing execution system (MES), enterprise resource planning (ERP), product lifecycle management (PLM) and customer relationship management (CRM). By tying these together, production lines can manage resources more efficiently and start production immediately and automatically when a sales order is received, saving manual labor.Automation technology matures, machinery industry transforms into a trillion dollar industryIn smart factories, industrial controllers are gradually moving away from large plug-in machinery designs toward miniaturization. "This trend in miniaturization decreases factory space usage, and help companies to locate factory in a city, minimizing the impact that labor shortages bring for manufactures," Lin explains. "By starting production immediately and locally once an order arrives, businesses have more control over their inventory, economize logistics and reduce carbon footprint. Better yet, as miniaturized platform consumes less energy, carbon footprint is further reduced, contributing to a green environment."Traces of automation can be seen almost everywhere, for example, smartphone manufacturing are using high-precision motion controllers and automated optical inspection (AOI) to improve productivity. In addition, some naphtha cracker plant in Taiwan is using first-class PC-based distributed control systems (DCS) to control dozens of different sized factories from a central control room. Using DCS, the revenue per employee reached tens of millions annually, demonstrating the efficiency and value of factory automation. The examples mentioned above all used NEXCOM's NISE series of miniaturized industrial fanless computers as industrial controllers.Throughout the decades, Taiwanese vendors have developed automation technologies to compete with European and Japanese competitors. Taiwan's machinery industry is forecast to reach one trillion in 2013. Now, various businesses in Asia-Pacific regions are transforming labor-intensive production to automated production. Lin points out that China's automation industry also shows plenty of opportunities, and because of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), Taiwan has the benefit of zero-tariff access to Chinese market.The quality of NEXCOM's NISE series of industrial fanless computers are already tested and proven as a reliable solution in the embedded market, meeting the needs of high performance, protocol diversity and miniaturization. They provide the key and stepping stone to open opportunities in the machinery and factory automation markets.NEXCOM NISE series of industrial fanless computers meet the needs of high performance, protocol diversity and miniaturization.

Can photoimageable coverlay (PIC) be adopted for chip scale package (CSP) process, replacing the commonly used dry film to solve the problem of a multilayer chip's insulation layer becoming brittle and fractured because of temperature-induced stress changes? PIC is a soft photoimageable solder resin that can replace the conventional coverlays currently used on flexible printed circuit boards (FPCBs). PIC's chemical structure is mainly composed of soft epoxy acrylic resin, a type of material that has long been used in FPCBs; its heat- and chemical-resistance and flexural strength have also been generally recognized. Due to its characteristic softness, when being mounted, it hardly creates bubbles and does not crack even when the substrate and the chip have different stress levels. PIC will change its flexure along with the stress difference. Compared to the conventional coverlay or photoimageable dry film, PIC has the following advantages: 1. Creates holes by photoimaging, which does not need die-cut and is highly precise, low cost and time efficient.2. Simple, quick, eco-friendly; saves power and human resources.3. Not as rigid as conventional polyimide (PI) films, giving it better flexibility to prevent rebound during static bending. Because most FPCB applications involve static bending of connections between electronic components, the rigidness of the PI film in conventional coverlays will increase the substrate's rebound strength. During the lamination process using the anisotropic conductive film (ACF) for such products as LCD modules (LCMs) or touch panels (laminating the FPCB to the glass), the rigidness of the PI film will make it difficult to solve the problem arising from the remnant stress after assembly. This will reduce the reliability of the products after assembly. PIC does not have such an issue. Therefore, the lamination process for electronic products using ACF should avoid using PI films and instead PIC should be used. Compared to FPCB-use solder mask ink, PIC has following advantages: 1. No need for screen printing; clean and odorless; consistent film thickness.2. Resolves the difficulties of hole-plugging when applying liquid ink onto double-sided or multilayer FPCBs.3. Its flexural strength is similar to that of FPCB photoimageable ink, but it features better photoimaging ability and chemical resistance.4. Quick developing, and short cure time during post-bake.5. Does not include silicon oil-based defoamer, so there will be no pollution problem at the edge of the PCB pad; neither will it pollute the immersion gold and gold plating baths. FPCB makers' actual manufacturing results show: 1. PIC eliminates the processes of cutting, drilling and punching for PI films; increases efficiency and reduces costs.2. Enhances the alignment accuracy for the coverlay's fast-press process. The accuracy is improved from 0.1mm to 0.075mm.3. Capable of resolving the excessive glue issue as it adopts the photoimaging method for opening and therefore the glue will not overflow, reducing the excessive glue issue from 0.1mm to zero.4. PIC directly replaces fast-press and WF, reducing process steps and increasing profits.5. Capable of resolving the problem of poor sealing during the WF process. Lamination is the most important step deciding the success of PIC process; preventing bubbles from emerging is the most crucial issue. Once the lamination is finished without creating bubbles, the whole PIC process is already half-completed. As for how to prevent bubbles from forming, the hot-press temperature has to be low. TeamChem Material Chairman Dr. Todd Yeh suggests that 70-80 degrees Celsius be the basis. When a circuit layout is more symmetrical, the standard dry film laminator can be used. But if the layout is not symmetrical or the circuits are too dense, vacuum fast-press equipment may better serve the purpose. Dr. Yeh also calls attention to certain precautions that should be taken during the exposure and developing steps. When under-exposed, large areas of peeling off may easily occur to the coating after the immersion gold process; and too much exposure will make the coating brittle. The exposure should be set at levels 9-13 of the Stouffer 21-step photo-guide. Developing conditions are decisive for coating adhesion. The duration of developing should be set at 40 seconds to avoid over-developing, which will hollow out the resin at the bottom of the coating and weaken the adhesion, causing diffusion coating during the immersion gold and gold plating processes. The spray pressure during developing is suggested at 1.2 kg/cm². As for post-bake, it can be set at 150 degrees C x 20 minutes to complete the cure. Over-bake must be avoided, because after a prolonged stay in a high-temperature environment during post-bake, the resin-covered copper surface will be severely oxidized and result in diffusion coating during the immersion gold and gold plating processes. The PIC processes:Removal of coverlay release film --> hot press lamination --> removal of underlay release film --> exposure --> developing --> post bake TeamChem Material Chairman Dr. Todd Yeh points out that the company's PIC is made under a low-temperature environment, ready for production at FPCB makers' existing facilities, and priced below NT$400 per square meter. The company already completed pilot production in early 2013 and is preparing for volume production and shipments. Currently, R&D engineers from FPCB makers have been testing TeamChem's PIC products for adoption by tablets, communication antenna FPCBs for smartphones, and FPCBs for light bars. Commenting on the development of PIC applications, FPCB engineers have pointed out that the conventional method has at least 11 steps - microetching of circuits, layup, lamination, baking, punching, abrasive blasting, photoimageable solder mask applying, pre-bake, exposure, developing and post-bake. But after adopting the new PIC, there are only five steps – microetching of circuits, lamination, exposure, developing and post-bake - saving work, time and manpower. The PIC is a great help for FPCB makers who need to compete for orders through cost-down efforts. Photoimageable coverlay (PIC) replacing PI-film coverlay

Advantech (2395.TW), a global leader in the industrial platform computing and automation device market, held its investor conference today and announced its 2012 consolidated financial report. Consolidated revenue was reported at approximately NT$27.55 billion, an increase of 4.2% compared with 2011; operating margin was NT$10.93 billion (39.7% gross margin); and net profit after tax was NT$3.49 billion, which represents about NT$6.22 per share after-tax earnings for the year.Advantech President Chaney Ho said that after two years of transition, the world is now firmly entering an intelligent era in technology. This year, keeping this theme in mind, Advantech will provide services to meet the needs of various industries including providing cloud infrastructure, cloud intelligence services as well as services related to smart cities and the internet of things. Advantech will also develop strategies to augment global distribution and to assist business organizations in taking advantage of the new services.Chaney also announced a change to the organization. In the past, the organization was structured along geographic or product boundaries. Today, the new organization will be based on vertical sectors and applications. As a result, it has been realigned into three Master Business Groups (MBG): AASECO (Advantech Automation Sales Eco-Partners, AASECO) which serves automation system integrators; the Embedded Design-in Group to service equipment manufacturers; and the iServices Group to serve solutions providers in the creation of intelligent services. The organizational changes, chosen to drive business forward, are based on two major criteria: vertical sectors and applications. In the area of global deployment, in addition to continued steady expansion of high-end markets in Europe and North America, research coming from the newly developed collaboration think-tank, the Advantech + Technology Campus (A + TC), has identified more business opportunities in the emerging markets of Russia, India, Israel, the Arab states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and the Latin American market.Advantech Intelligent Services (AiS) will also provide a new Solution Ready Package (SRP) business model to the market. Advantech Intelligent Services Vice President Ken Yu said that as the paradigm in technology continues to shift over the next decade to create the intelligent era, "services" will replace "products" in mainstream market demand. Additionally, following global trends in urbanization, intelligent cities will flourish, with innovative services, interconnected and integrated devices marking a significant change in the mode of operation in the industry.Ken went on to explain that the new SRP business model dividing the AiS organization into five business units was developed to fulfill requirements of the Greater China market. The new organization will divide AiS into five business units offering solutions in the following sectors: medical (iHospital), retail (uRetail), smart-city (uCity), intelligent-factory (iFactory), and intelligent-building (iBuilding). The five business units will provide a set of value-added application services, each with a different industry focus. With an in-depth industry application operating just like a normal system integrator, the SRP business model will include a professional marketing and IT team, while strengthening the sales and service teams. Advantech will also strengthen its own capabilities in various fields through its "Partnering for Smarter City Solutions" platform, which includes mergers and acquisitions, alliances with industry partners and industry/academic cooperation such as the TiC100 business model competition.Chaney Ho stressed that the Advantech SRP business model is the best model that has been developed to date, combining intelligent technology with Advantech's past three decades of experience, and boosted by the merger with BICOM Information Technology and alliances with academic and government organizations. Advantech continually enables technology for an intelligent planet with strategic initiatives that further the development of the organization and its business models. The SRP business model will serve to help Advantech become a leading innovation enterprise provider in Greater China, as well as assist different industries in accelerating their own growth in intelligent operations.

In order to reduce the amount of integration effort between devices, the industrial automation group of Advantech has launched the APAX-6572 with a combined APAX Data Acquisition and Control (DA&C) technology and Embedded Automation Controller. This device is best suited for factory-wide DA&C applications and as an auxiliary control for unit operations.The automation controller contains an Intel Atom D510 1.66GHz, 2GB RAM controller with three GbE LAN, two COM ports, one VGA and four USB 2.0 ports. The APAX controller comes with fours slots for expansion. Using this method, customers can install four APAX-5090P modules to provide a maximum of 18 COM ports; four APAX-5095P CAN port cards for a maximum of eight CAN ports, or a combination of the two. A maximum of 32 APAX DA&C I/O modules can also be applied to the this system providing a maximum of 768 Digital I/O and 192 Analogue I/O points.The APAX-6572 integrates the three main elements of automation, Computing, Control and Communication, into an open system architecture with a small footprint, thereby providing users with an easier and friendlier environment to deploy the control logics. The APAX-6572 supports the IEC-61161-3 standard for LD, FBD, IL, SFC, C, C++ and C# as well as .NET class libraries, thereby providing an open and flexible programming environment so programmers can concentrate on one controller and don't need to switch languages between controllers.To help engineers handle faults and increase system availability, the APAX-6572 includes many innovative technologies including an Advanced Watch Dog Timer to provide alarms and self healing before the system is reset; also included is an Active Health Check which monitors the hardware and triggers alarms if a fault is found. Finally, to ensure that the system is always available a backup system is provided to take over when the master is out of action.To find out more about how the small hybrid APAX-6572 can help your business, contact your local sales representative or go to http://www.advantech.com/.

Merck announced that its New Business R&D and Application Lab is set to begin operations in Taiwan. The first in Asia to employ such wide-ranging and diversified technology, the Lab will provide key materials and first-rate technical services for the development of OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) panels, LED (Light-Emitting Diode) lighting, 3D technology and flexible displays. The Lab will help customers accelerate product development for these new technologies, shortening the time to market.Taiwan enjoys a leading position in the production of notebook computers, smartphones, LCD televisions, semiconductors, and touch-control panels, Merck Executive Board member Bernd Reckmann said during the Lab's inaugural event. Taiwan also boasts a sound investment climate, outstanding human talent, and comprehensive industrial supply chains, he added."This island is the breeding ground for technological development and this is proven by such outstanding products as high contrast and high transmission panels (PS-VA), ultra-high-definition TV (4K2K), and the huge sizes of displays," Reckmann said. "We are confident that Taiwan will have a dominant position in the display and lighting industries of the future."With the New Business R&D and Application Lab, Merck will make use of the cooperation and strong bonds it has always enjoyed with its customers and will seek to eliminate bottlenecks that prevent broad access to new technology.The New Business R&D and Application Lab will enable Merck Display Technologies Ltd. to offer timely, more professional and innovative technology services to customers, said Merck's Taiwan Managing Director Dick Hsieh."Our development staff will provide immediate interaction with clients to understand their needs, solve their problems, and directly engage in supplying needs for materials," Hsieh said. "They will do tests in the shortest time possible, expedite communication and help reduce the time for developing new products. We will address urgent and complex issues even at midnight; Merck's team of experts in Europe also will spare no effort to promptly solve problems our clients may face. We look forward to supporting our customers by shortening their product development lead time by as much as one to one and a half years."Realizing the concept of "Displaying Futures" programThe New Business R&D and Application Lab currently provides services for OLED panels, 3D technology, flexible displays, and LED lighting. The wide range of applications in which these products can be used in the future includes architecture, medicine, transportation, communications, and many more. OLEDs can be used for display panels and for lighting, setting new accents in interior decoration. In the future, smart phones will have flexible displays. In the field of medicine, flexible displays could store and display patients' medical histories, a more useful and environmentally friendly choice.Together with its customers, Merck is fulfilling its vision of "Displaying the Future" in Taiwan.About display materials from MerckHigh-performance displays are fast, they save energy and produce razor-sharp images. Premium materials from Merck help LCDs to meet these complex requirements. Active for more than 40 years in display research and development, Merck is the innovation and market leader in this field, holding more than 2,500 patents. Apart from special liquid crystal mixtures, which are used in a wide range of display technologies, Merck also develops materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In the field of organic electronics, Merck offers complete material solutions for organic thin film transistors in display applications. The portfolio also includes formulations with reactive mesogens, which are a key component of 3D displays. In addition, Merck's product range includes printable etching pastes for structuring touch panels in an efficient and environmentally friendly way. To make display surfaces less sensitive to scratches and more convenient to use, premium surface functions with anti-fingerprint and easy-to-clean properties are also possible with Merck materials. High quality phosphor materials for LED backlights make ultra-thin and energy-saving LCDs possible. Indeed, the majority of innovative displays contain products from Merck - from LCD televisions and notebooks to mobile telephones and tablet computers. For more information please see http://www.merck4displays.com/About "Displaying Futures"Merck successfully launched a series of Displaying Futures symposia that has been exploring patterns and creating a vital platform with events, publications and workshops to develop future scenarios from the perspective of architects, designers, artists and scientists. The Displaying Futures initiative reflects Merck's ambition to actively shape developments in this sector. For more information please see http://www.displayingfutures.com/

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