Netcom's NFC-MicroSD card is a new product that embodies both near field and long distance mobile payment technology. It also incorporates and integrates built in NAND flash memory for data storage, an NFC antenna, and signal amplification technology. Short distance mobile payment transactions are mediated by NFC 13.56 MHz and long distance mobile payments utilize an internal secure smart card. This represents a significant advance in Secure SD card technology to effect long distance transactions. Netcom NFC-MicroSD supports GP and OTA servers for download of applications and programs and is suitable for personal financial management applications including bank cards, VIP and membership cards, payment coupons and electronic money. With this convenient combination of bank card and SIM card technology, consumers can now use their mobile handset to make mobile payments for public transport, car parking and shopping and manage their bank payments whilst on the move. Netcom's new NFC card introduces a new era in mobile payment solutions.Netcom WiFi MicroSD incorporates WiFi functionality into the miniaturized form factor of a MicroSD card, allowing 802.11b/g/n wireless network access. Suitable applications include the provision of a WiFi capability for mobile handsets, tablet PC's, 3G data cards and multimedia players (such as Netcom's WiFi NBox). With a 3G data card USB adapter, a WiFi MicroSD can allow your laptop to access other WiFi handheld devices as a data bridge.Netcom WiFi product range includes MicroSD, USB and NBOX, each providing up to 30 metre range indoor wireless communication, allowing for convenient image, file and data transmission between handsets, computers and the TV. Netcom WiFi MicroSD when used in conjunction with a WiFi NBOX can bring internet content to the TV screen, thereby facilitating the consumer trend towards easier and more widespread data sharing.Netcom NFC-MicroSD cardNetcom WiFi-MicroSD card applications

Delta Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1971 as a leading producer of switching power supplies and ventilation products. Delta has been focusing on innovation of new technology and services, ranging from IT to ET. The sales services include total solution of power management, digital projection, industrial automation, networking and renewable energy sources. Delta's core value is to provide innovative, clean, and efficient energy solutions and services to the world.Delta's large outdoor billboard display (Tianmu Baseball Stadium)Delta hosts 40th Anniversary Technology Symposium: going greenDelta hosted the 40th Anniversary Technology Forum and invited industry elites from all over the world to discuss renewable energy and highly-efficient power management systems. Delta also showcased their products and technologies in solar, wind power, electric cars, e-paper, LED lighting, and green buildings .Delta's 40th Anniversary Technology ForumVision and goals: conservation, renewable energy source, and development of green buildingsIn his speech, Bruce Cheng, chairman of Delta, especially acknowledged the contribution made by Kwoh-Ting Li, founder of Hsinchu Industrial Park, and Sun Yun-suan, former minister of economic affairs, for developing Taiwan's industries and economy. "It is due to their efforts that Delta can achieve so much today," said Cheng.Bruce Cheng, chairman of DeltaIn the initial period, Delta mainly produced components. In later times, Delta began to develop switching power supplies with the objectives to adopt renewable energy sources while achieving conservation. Also, Delta has an aim to develop green buildings by maximizing the use of energy without wastes.Dr. RC Liang, chairman and CEO of Delsolar Corp.Session 1: clean and renewable energy solutions with keynote speech on megatrend energy: the fuel cell as a central element of future energy managementDr. Dietmar Bender, vice president of Strategy and Technology Inorganics Division, BASF Corp., stated 70% of electricity in the world comes from fossil fuels (such as coal, crude oil, and natural gas) and these energy sources are limited; therefore, the world needs to adopt clean and renewable energy sources. To achieve the goal set by the European Union to lower carbon emissions, 75% of the electricity produced by all power plants in the world should use renewable energy sources.BASF has been focusing on the development of components required for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFC), including celtec-MEA, and reformer catalysts. Although the cost for fuel cells remains high, the cooperation with Delta will speed up the commercialization of this product.Dr. Dietmar Bender, vice president of Strategy and Technology Inorganics Division, BASF Corp.Photovoltaics- electric power from the sun: past, present, and futureHarold Hovel, research staff member of IBM Corp., mentioned that there are six types of materials used by solar cells (list by conversion efficiencies from low to high): thin-film (non-silicon, non-tandem amorphous silicon, and non-CZTS), thin-film (CIGS and CdTe types), polycrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon, multi-layer structure (single light source), and multi-layer structure (multiple light sources). The conversion efficiency of each type is 14%, 20%, 20%, 24%, 35%, and 41.5% respectively. In addition, thin-film cells (CIGS, CdTe types) are the most cost effective solar cells.Mr. Hovel stated three possible directions for the future of photovoltaic technology.1. The solar cell with the most abundant resources is more likely to become the mainstream of the solar industry.2. The solar cell with the lowest cost also has the possibility to become the mainstream, but conversion efficiency would be a concern.3. The adoption of nano technology to increase conversion efficiencies.The common knowledge of the industry is to choose the technology that is most cost-effective and develop materials that can achieve the highest efficiency.Harold Hovel, research staff member of IBM Corp.Panel discussion - clean and renewable energy solutionsDr. Charles Tsai from Delta Electronics acted as the coordinator with panelists Dr. Hsin-Sen Chu, executive vice president of ITRI; Mr. Chao-Chih Lien, CEO of TECO; Dr. Tso Chunto, director of TIER; Dr. Fred Lee, professor from Virginia Tech. Univ.; Dr. Qing Chen from Delta Electronics; and Dr. RC Liang, chairman and CEO of Delsolar Corp., to discuss clean and renewable energy solutions.Panelists (left to right): Dr. RC Liang, Dr. Tso Chunto, Dr. Fred Lee, Dr. Charles Tsai Panelists (left to right): Dr. Hsin-Sen Chu, Mr. Chao-Chih Lien, and Dr. Qing ChenThe industry has been focusing on increasing conversion efficiency for solar cells to reach the goal of US$1/watt. In the future, the goal is US$0.5/watt. China has been emphasizing on the importance and development of renewable energies by highlighting wind power, solar, LED and electric vehicles in the 12th Five-year Plan.Session 2: green applications and networking with keynote speech: growth prospects and future outlook for the electronic paper businessMr. Masahiro Higashi, director of Advanced Business Development Division and general m anager of Electronic Paper Business Planning and Sales Department, Bridgestone Corporation, explained the strength and specifics of Bridgestone' s e-paper device.Bridgestone, the tire manufacturer, began its development of the technology for e-paper back in 2000. The fruit of the labor, AeroBee incorporates the quick response liquid powder display (QR-LPD) patented display technology. This technology can be used by electric shelf labels (ESL), e -book readers, watches, mobile phones, digital frames, and electric billboards.QR-LPD has rapid reactions with characteristics of paper-like visual effects, bi-stable display technology, wide angle, low temperature, and bendable. Delta has been working with Bridgestone to develop applications for the devices. Delta announced in November 2010 to cooperate with Bridgestone to develop the latest generation of AeroBee e-paper modules.Delta launched the new colored e-book with Vivitek in CES 2011 to promote QR-LPD technology to the customers. The application devices for QR-LPD include 2- and 4-inch ESL, and 8-and 13-inch e-book readers.Mr. Masahiro Higashi, director of Advanced Business Development Division and general manager of Electronic Paper Business Planning and Sales Department, Bridgestone CorporationGreen applications and networking @ Deltaa. E-paperAccording to Dr. Chan Wang from Delta, E Ink, SiPix, and Bridgestone all have electrophoretic display technology. E Ink and SiPix respectively use microcapsule and microcup technology, which use liquid as the electrophoresis media. However, Bridgestone adopts microbox technology that uses air as media. The e-turn state of air as media is "flying," the reaction speed is faster than "swimming," which is what liquid does. This is one of the advantages to adopt QR-LPD which uses microbox technology.In addition, Delta also developed "meeting room reservation system display" technology to display and update schedules through wireless transfer. This reduces the need for door and name plates.Delta's e-paper deviceDr. Chan Wang from Deltab. Display Solutions Business UnitMr. Charlie Pai from Delta's Display Solutions Business Unit (DSBU) marketing and business development introduced DSBU's products such as digital and high definition projectors, video and LED wall, and LCD public display. Take projectors for example, Delta's LED portable projector can be carried around and uphold by a single hand.Mr. Charlie Pai from Delta's Display Solutions Business Unit (DSBU) marketing and business development holding Delta's LED portable projectorThe location for the application of these products includes offices (presentation), households (home theater), classrooms (interactive whiteboard), control centers and stadiums (billboards and LED billboards). The application can even extend to movie theaters (3D movies), outdoor arenas (4D experience by high lumen projectors), art performances (mobile stages), and exhibition halls (interactive experience)…etc.c. NetworkingDr. YY Tsai, CTO of Delta Networks, Inc. , pointed out the evolution from repeater and hub in the 1980s, to bridge and layer 2/3 switch, to TOR switch of present day shows the growing importance of Ethernet switches.Internet connection evolved from narrowband to wideband, and will enter the generation of optical fiber. Wireless networking products also developed from 802.11 abgn (personal and business use) to 802.16d (fixed WiMAX) and 16e (mobile WiMAX), Femtocell and 4G LTE. This shows the rapid evolution of the networking generation. DNI has a full line of products to serve the needs for different Internet generations.Dr. YY Tsai, CTO of Delta Networks, Inc.d. Healthy and comfortable new lighting solutionsMr. Roland Chiang from Delta's Solid Lighting Business Unit (SLBU) stated the Japanese earthquake caused shortage of electricity, which raised awareness of energy conservation in Japan. This increased Japan's demand for LED light bulbs. According to Nikkei, LED light bulbs only consume 1/7 of energy compare d to incandescent light bulbs with longer lasting life. The high price of LED light bulbs (around JPY2,000) previously kept their penetration rate to 20% only. The penetration rate has increas ed to 25% since the earthquake. In addition to LED light bulbs, Delta also produces street lightings that fit the standards set by Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).Mr. Roland Chiang from Delta's Solid Lighting Business Unit (SLBU)Panelists (left to right): Dr. Bou Chung Lin, Mr. Yu-Min Peng, Mr. Sam Liang, and Mr. Victor Cheng.Panel discussion: green applications and networkingMr. Victor Cheng, chairman & CEO of Delta Networks, Inc., coordinated with Mr. Sam Liang, consultant of Delta Electronics; Mr. Yu-Min Peng, deputy director of Material and Chemical Research Laboratories in ITRI; and Dr. Bou Chung Lin, general manager of Marvell Taiwan Operations, as guest speakers for the discussion.During the discussion, the effect of new IT/ 3C products mentioned such as e-papers/e-book readers, tablet PCs, smartphones, PCs, and TVs on wideband Internet and electricity. The trend has been moving from WWW (World-wide Web) to MMM (Multi-media Mobility).Most end devices have been shifting toward being "smart" and cloud application has been increasing in popularity. Furthermore, popular smart devices have been aggressively entering the living room market and industry expects by end of 2011 there will be TV products with iPad-like functions (such as Samsung's Smart TV).Session 3: high efficiency power management with keynote speech: renewable energy and nano gridDr. Fred Lee, professor from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, explained in the speech that the power supplies, including front-end converters, which are divided into bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, can have conversion efficiency above 90%.Dr. Fred Lee, professor from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityThe trend of the system has been shifting from centralized to diversified power supply structure. Designs can also be customized with module blocks including EMI filter, boost PFC, DCX, and buck regulator. The main board can also adopt diversified design to simplify the structure.Standard SO-8 package uses plastic, and therefore the heat transfer at the top of the package is sufficient. Due to increasing demand for current density, new type of packaging technology has been developed. International Rectifier developed the DirectFED packaging technology which is more effective than loss-free package (LFPAK). DirectFET structure can easily replace two parallel SO-8 packaging even without topside cooling.According to Dr. Lee, the vision of Center of Power Electronics Systems in Virginia Tech is to develop power supply solution with the highest value with research and academic institutions around the world because of Earth's limited resources.In the future electricity system, the concept of micro grid will be incepted in the distribution of electricity that can include power plants using renewable energy source into the community power supply system. In the future, every household can have its own power system (solar or wind power) and become part of the nanogrid. Unused electricity can be provided to other users in an interactive way.High efficiency power management @ Deltaa. The trend for power IC designsDr. Wei-Chan Hsu, senior VP R&D for NEM, explained the two main functions of power ICs: one is to convert and save electricity when charging (rechargeable batteries), the other function is to effectively release electricity when being used to keep the life span of the batteries longer.Power IC will play an important role in medical care in the future especially the micro energy harvesting devices. Furthermore, the power management function has become a requirement for system-on-a-chip (SoC) and power management structure has been shifting into digital electronics from the traditional analog type of electronics.Dr. Wei-Chan Hsu, senior VP R&D for NEMb. The new concept of motor drivesDr. David Tsai of Delta Electronics indicated that motor drives use motors to make mechanical box move to achieve automation. During motion, there will be problems of uncertainty derived from transmission and cause vibration. The vibration will increase over motion time to create more uncertainties. Therefore, a mechanism needs to be developed to decrease the uncertainty caused by vibration.Dr. David Tsai of Delta ElectronicsMotor drive not only has the drive but also the diagnostic function to monitor all brakes. This is called "Smart Drive," which adopts continuous shifted transform (CST) technology developed by Delta that is superior to descrete fourier transform (DFT) and fast fourier transform (FFT).Panel discussion: high efficiency power management and Taiwan 's competitivenessThe coordinator, Dr. Jackson Hu, chairman & CEO of NEM, invited Dr. Chern-lin Chen, professor from National Taiwan University; Dr. Fred Lee, professor from Virginia Tech. Univ.; Mr. George Liu, director of Power and MEMS Business Development in TSMC; and Dr. Larry Tu, vice president of Engineering Service in Vanguard, to join the discussion.Panelist (left to right): Dr. Larry Tu, Mr. George Liu, Dr. Fred Lee, Dr. Chern-lin Chen, and Dr. Jackson Hu.For Delta, power management is effective when 5-20% of energy has been saved. For the current market, power management is in the hands of systems, and the room for improvement on the equipment end has been limited. Therefore, the focus now should be to increase the efficiency with cooperation between different industries.Delta is currently the world's largest ODM power supply firm with over 25 million units of shipment every month. There are three R&D facilities around the world, nine engineering design center, and in total of more than 2,300 engineers.Delta's energy supply products have the world's largest market share since 2006 for PCs, notebooks, servers, work stations, gaming devices, printers, and LCD TVs. Overall, the total revenues of Delta's commercial power supply products was ranked first place in 2010.Closing RemarkMr. Yancey Hai, CEO and spokesperson of Delta, stated in the closing remark that the vision of Delta is "to provide innovative, clean and efficient energy solutions for a better tomorrow" and Delta has been actualizing this vision. From today's forum, it proves Delta's determination to continue contributing to achieve our vision.Mr. Yancey Hai, CEO and spokesperson of Delta

Belfair, WA (June 23, 2011) BOXLIGHT has announced the release of the most ground-breaking interactive projector in the BOXLIGHT lineup - the ProjectoWrite3. The ProjectoWrite3 is the third generation of the award-winning ProjectoWrite Series, which was the first interactive projector to hit the market in 2007. The ProjectoWrite3 uses HID (Human Interface Device) technology. HID technology bridges the gap between human motion and standard projection technology using infrared transmitters to enhance the user experience.The System on Chip technology featured in the ProjectoWrite3 prevents lag on your computer by using the embedded chip inside of the projector to process the data instead of using your computers resources. This also attributes to a faster response time and increased accuracy. "When compared to other models, the ProjectoWrite3 exceeds the expectations of the A/V industry. The faster response time makes the unit accurate beyond anything we see on the market today" says Jeremy Peterson, Product Manager for BOXLIGHT.The ProjectoWrite3 features LightPen3 interactive software, the newest upgrade to the LightPen2 software found in BOXLIGHT interactive projectors. The newly enhanced software and hardware now allows the user to annotate over full motion video and interact on any flat surface more precisely than any other interactive projector on the market. With a 60 frame per second refresh rate, the ProjectoWrite3 delivers 2x the speed with unsurpassed accuracy. The LightPen3 software provides effortless annotating and the simplicity of the design makes it even easier to engage your audience. Simply respond to a quick, four point calibration and you are ready to interact on any flat surface. The ProjectoWrite3 is truly a projector you must see to believe. The ProjectoWrite3 will begin shipping from BOXLIGHT headquarters end of June.About BOXLIGHTBOXLIGHT has been developing and manufacturing award winning projectors since its inception in 1985. We pride ourselves in offering industry leading technical support and ISF Certified service available 24 hours / 7 day per week / 365 days per year - for the lifetime of the product. BOXLIGHT is a finalist in the American Business Awards for Best Customer Service Department of the Year in 2011.BOXLIGHT's ability to respond to customer needs allows for personalized service and an unbeatable relationship with dealers and partners. BOXLIGHT is able to build products to specification or customize product on an individual basis.BOXLIGHT offers one of the best service and support packages available with a three-year parts and labor warranty and a 90-day or 500-hour (whichever comes first) lamp guarantee on all new products. "LAMPS 4 LIFE" lamp warranty program ensures BOXLIGHT customers always have access to replacement projector lamps. BOXLIGHT operations encompass sales in the United States, Mexico, Taiwan and worldwide.

Beijing, China and Viera, FL, USA, June 21, 2011 - China Mobile Research Institute and SkyCross today announced a demonstration of a tunable, MIMO antenna design for multimode, multiband handsets in LTE deployments around the globe. The world's first compact, tunable MIMO antenna covers 12 frequency bands ranging from 700 MHz to 2.7 GHz for TD LTE/LTE FDD/TD SCDMA/GSM EDGE/WCDMA deployments worldwide.China Mobile believes that the convergence of TDD and FDD and the support of multiband are important for the mobile industry to realize the global scale and global roaming capabilities of the LTE standard. Cooperating with industry partners, China Mobile has made great strides in the convergence of TD-LTE and LTE FDD. The vision of "one standard, one network platform, and single-chipset solutions" has built a solid foundation for the development of a global LTE terminal.In September 2010 China Mobile Research Institute and SkyCross signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly pursue compact MIMO antenna design and implementation for multimode, multiband LTE handsets. China Mobile provided detailed requirements for global frequency band combinations needed including TD LTE/LTE FDD/TD SCDMA/GSM EDGE/WCDMA for potential global LTE and legacy network co-deployment, as well as target global roaming bands. China Mobile also provided detailed antenna performance requirements meeting 3GPP specifications. SkyCross conducted all the antenna design and implementation using a software-configurable approach to tune the antenna frequency band coverage from 700 MHz to 2.7 GHz. The final tunable, multimode, multiband, MIMO antenna design was tested at the China Mobile Research Institute and TMC laboratories in Beijing and satisfies China Mobile's performance requirements.Compact, multiband MIMO antennas are a key element in executing multimode, multiband handset designs for global LTE deployments since LTE band definitions cover nearly all the possible unpaired TDD and paired FDD frequencies that all mobile operators use around the world. With multiband MIMO antennas now in place, the mobile handset ecosystem can now move forward in developing the remaining multiband components including power amplifiers, filters and duplexers, switches, RFICs, and front-end-modules."Our joint development effort with SkyCross has demonstrated that cost-effective, multimode, multiband antennas are technically achievable for global LTE handsets," said Bill Huang, General Manager of China Mobile Research Institute. "We believe this demonstration will accelerate the development of universal handsets capable of roaming worldwide, as well as create the manufacturing volume to meet all operators' requirements.""SkyCross is honored to collaborate with China Mobile on an initiative that is so important to the future of the wireless industry," said Ben Naskar, SkyCross CEO and Chairman. "Multiband, state-tunable ST-iMAT MIMO antennas enable 4G wireless devices to support worldwide roaming without sacrificing performance or increasing antenna size."China Mobile (www.chinamobile.com) is the largest mobile operator by number of subscribers in the world. SkyCross, Inc. (www.skycross.com) is a global developer and manufacturer of advanced antenna and RF solutions that are powering the emergence of 4G networks.About China Mobile Research InstituteChina Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) specializes in broad research and technology development in telecommunications and IT, including wireless access technology, future network technology, service technology, mobile terminals, IT, industry and market research, operational support, etc. It is the central organization supporting China Mobile Communications Corporation's (CMCC) core businesses by carrying out technology research and development in the ICT industry and becoming an important leading force in the industry.About SkyCrossSkyCross, Inc. (www.skycross.com) provides the 4G MIMO antenna solutions that are powering the emergence of multiband, LTE, HSPA+, and other wireless devices in the smartphone, home entertainment, and computing industries. SkyCross offers unique, high-performance antenna technology bundled with RF system-level expertise and responsive regional support from its full-service facilities in the USA, China, Taiwan, and South Korea. This convenient approach empowers device manufacturers to develop winning consumer electronics products and deliver them to market faster, easier, and with greater performance.

June 16, 2011 (Plano, Texas) - Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc., (TAOS, http://www.taosinc.com/) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to combine the company with austriamicrosystems AG (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs for the consumer, communications, industrial, medical and automotive markets in a strategic transaction for 100% of TAOS shares. AMS is headquartered in Unterpremstaetten, Austria. The combined company brings together complementary leadership capabilities in the areas of analog mixed-signal design, power management, intelligent sensors and sensor interfaces that are critical core competencies for developing future generations of advanced, intelligent or "smart" wireless/wired sensor platforms. Further synergies will be achieved by leveraging the austriamicrosystems world-class manufacturing and process technology to develop leading-edge SSoC (Sensor Systems-on-Chip) solutions. TAOS has a longstanding and close relationship with austriamicrosystems as a customer of the austriamicrosystems' analog foundry business.As a result of the transaction, TAOS shareholders will receive cash and stock as they assume an approximately 20% stake in the combined company. The total value of the TAOS shares acquired by austriamicrosystems in the transaction will be approximately $320M (EUR 220M). The transaction is expected to close within 8 weeks subject to certain regulatory approvals and the occurrence of certain conditions defined in the agreements with the sellers of the TAOS shares.TAOS is recognized globally as an established innovator in light sensing technology and is a leading worldwide supplier of light sensing solutions to the consumer electronics, computer, industrial, medical and automotive markets. The TAOS industry-leading display management solutions portfolio of ambient light sensors, proximity detection sensors and color sensors has established the company as the sensor supplier of choice for many Fortune 100 global manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, HDTVs, laptop/notebooks and desktop/all-in-one (AIO) computers. In each of these markets, TAOS has established a strong market position and attractive customer relationships."Acquiring TAOS results in a complementary expansion of our existing innovative sensor portfolio for mobile devices and considerable growth of our Consumer & Communications business. TAOS holds a strong market position as a leading, high-volume provider to many major makers of mobile consumer electronics worldwide. The strategic combination of austriamicrosystems and TAOS creates a significant provider of advanced sensor technologies for the attractive smartphone and tablet PC markets", emphasizes John Heugle, CEO of austriamicrosystems."Our display management and proximity detection solutions bring important advantages to increasingly sophisticated devices like the latest-generation of mobile devices. Intelligent sensors are quickly becoming core elements of mainstream consumer and communications devices and open new opportunities in emerging applications. We are excited to join forces with AMS leveraging the combined expertise and IP of both companies as an industry leader in advanced sensor platforms and solutions," adds Kirk Laney, CEO of TAOS.About austriamicrosystemsAustriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining over 25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading standard and customized analog products. Operating worldwide with more than 1,100 employees, austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces and mobile infotainment in its markets Consumer & Communications, Industry & Medical and Automotive. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker: AMS). For more information, please visit www.austriamicrosystems.comAbout TAOS, Inc. (Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions)With more than a decade of analog mixed-signal technology innovation and market leadership, Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions (TAOS), Inc. designs and manufactures digital and analog light-sensing solutions that deliver increased system integration, design flexibility and functionality to a wide range of products in the consumer, computer, industrial, healthcare, life & fitness, solid state lighting and automotive markets. Integrated ambient light sensing and proximity detection solutions enable "Green" displays by reducing system power consumption. An expanding portfolio of programmable analog and digital RGB color sensors provides accurate color discrimination, determination and measurement. More information can be found at http://www.taosinc.com

As the industry leader in hotel- and guest-centric display solutions, LG Electronics USA is launching the next generation of its Pro:Centric technology, adding IP video decoding to the powerful platform.At the 2011 Hospitality Industry Technology Conference and Exposition, LG is showcasing the unique Pro:Centric applications platform that enables hoteliers to streamline information delivery into the guestroom, providing uniform services and features across radio frequency (RF) and Internet protocol (IP) networks.Harnessing IPTV, Enabling Pro:Centric ApplicationsLeading LG's new Pro:Centric series are the LV555H and LD665H. The LV555H is LG's first commercial LED HDTV to feature Pro:Centric. This premium model displays clear images with energy-efficient edge-lit LED backlighting. The LV555H and LD665H are the first commercial TVs from LG for the North America market to include IPTV video decoding, allowing the support of direct IPTV, RF-only and mixed RF and IP connections. They enable seamless migration from RF to IP as network topology is expected to evolve over the coming years. Also featuring dual tuners, these models allow dynamic updating of application data such as the electronic program guide, weather and customizable billboards while still providing access to live TV."LG recognizes the trend in the U.S. towards IPTV solutions for our hotel customers," said LG's Richard Lewis, senior vice president, research and technology at Zenith, the U.S. R&D subsidiary of LG Electronics.As LG's premium Pro:Centric models, the LV555H and LD665H support embedded b-LAN for Pay-Per-View and Free-To-Guest system interoperability, integrated LG Pro:Idiom digital rights management and MPEG-2/MPEG-4 H.264 decoding for viewing of premium HD channels.Pro:Centric For All GuestroomsAll of LG's Pro:Centric-enabled HDTVs support a common feature set including third-party interactive electronic program guides, weather information and interactive information display capabilities. Additionally, systems integrators can customize welcome menus with unique authoring tools and Java-enabled technologies, which allow for easy, information sharing based on a hotel's specific needs. Hoteliers can also personalize templates including colors, themes and billboard advertisements. The ability to quickly add or update information creates savings in printing costs and allows for a more timely presentation of information to guests.

Cree, Inc., a market leader in silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, announces a new family of silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes optimized for performance. Cree is advancing the adoption of silicon carbide power devices into mainstream power applications by introducing a comprehensive family of SiC diodes with a wide range of amperage ratings and package options."In order to develop the next generation of power electronics, design engineers are looking for the unique performance advantages of SiC Schottky diodes - zero reverse recovery losses, temperature-independent switching losses, higher frequency operation - all with a lower EMI signature," said John Palmour, Cree co-founder and chief technology officer, Power and RF. "This new family of diodes allows a higher current density and increased avalanche capability over previous generation SiC Schottky diodes with no penalty in performance. Cree's recent innovations in device design and commitment to continuous process improvement are allowing us to offer significantly higher amperage ratings at lower cost per amp."Cree Z-Rec diodes feature zero reverse recovery, resulting in up to a 50% reduction in switching losses versus comparable silicon diodes. They also exhibit consistent switching performance across their entire temperature range, which simplifies circuit design and reduces the need for complex thermal management. When used in conjunction with Cree's recently-introduced 1200V SiC power MOSFETs, these SiC Schottky diodes enable the implementation of all-SiC power electronic circuits with the capability to operate at up to four times higher switching frequencies when compared to conventional silicon diodes and IGBTs. This enables a reduction in the size, complexity and cost of inverter circuitry, while achieving high system efficiency. Finally, this new family has the additional characteristics of higher surge ratings and avalanche capabilities than the previous generation of SiC Schottky diodes, helping to increase overall system reliability.These devices are ideal as boost diodes and anti-parallel diodes in solar inverters and 3-phase motor drive circuits, as well as in power factor correction (PFC) boost circuits in power supplies and UPS equipment. They can also be used in applications where engineers typically parallel many devices to address higher power requirements.

MediaTek has announced that its EDGE mobile phone MT6236 IC chip solution which supports big HVGA capacitive full touch screen, high camera and video specification and various multimedia formats, has been recognized by Latin American operators and brand name mobile phone providers alike.Many of "Powered by MediaTek" touch screen mobile phones with internet enabled were rolled out and have all been hot selling items in these markets, which include several EDGE phones launched by Latin Americas' largest operators, América Móvil and Telefonica, as well as the large screen mobile phone with dual-mode TV support produced by the Brazilian brand NavCity, said MediaTek.With the consumer in mind, MediaTek's MT6236 solution features integrated and highly optimized CPU functions, as well as powerful support for the experience of a smooth and precise touch-screen performance. In addition, with easy to set up internet and Wi-Fi access for EDGE mobile phones, as well as human machine interface, mobile phone manufactures—thanks to the software design offered by the MT6236 platform solution—now have the power to offer more customization in products, thus better fulfilling operators' needs.Along with operators in Latin America, Brazil's local mobile phone brands and channels, in response to the government's promotion of the digital TV standard ISDB-T, have launched mobile phones now offering support for dual-mode television (ATV and ISDBT). MediaTek's MT6236 solution is perfectly poised to meet this trend. ISDB-T digital TV standards use H.264 decoding technology and since the MT6236 solution supports H.264 decoding, the use of an additional H.264 decoder chip is not necessary. This high level of integration allows mobile phone manufacturers to design thinner and lighter mobile phone and, more importantly, power consumption issues can be significantly improved, MediaTek said.

NTI Corporation, a worldwide software pioneer in digital media and storage management, announced that Plextor LLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of digital media equipment, has selected NTI SSD Utility Suite as their software solutions. Consisting of feature-rich, and easy-to-use system cloning, data protection and storage performance analyzing tools for their high performance SSD products, this new NTI SSD Utility Suite will allow the users of Plextor SSDs to perform the most demanding daily tasks with the highest levels of confidence in Read/Write performances while maintaining full protection and integrity of their data."We are excited to debut NTI Echo with Plextor, which is a market leader renowned for its high-quality and state-of-the-art products," said Bill Yao, President and CEO, NTI. "While SSD storage technology is rising in popularity, NTI SSD Utility Suite makes adoption of the technology easier by providing a smart cloning tool, an award-winning Backup software, and a coherent set of utilities."NTI SSD utility suite will be included with the next generation Plextor SSD which provides a significant upgrade package for customers, available from Q3 2011. NTI SSD Utility Suite and all the software are available for OEMs and resellers to bundle independently with all popular SSD, HDD, or USB storage devices.For additional product information, please visit: www.nticorp.com

With the global economy recovering, advances in telecommunication technologies and rising demand for smart devices are boosting the development of industries related to memory products. In addition, with improvement to 3D image display technologies, users' demand for storage capacity is also growing significantly, which is in turn prompting entertainment-related industries, such as the gaming and multimedia businesses, to change their content. Memory players are also launching related products to meet demand.World-leading DRAM with nanometer heat dissipation technologyCEO of KINGMAX Digital Joe Liu pointed out that KINGMAX's focus at Computex 2010 was DRAM featuring its nanometer heat dissipation technology, a technology invented by KINGMAX to adopt nanometer heat dissipation into overclocked DRAM modules. In 2011 the company has launched its high-performance dual-channel overclocked Hercules DDR3 2,400MHz 8GB DRAM module with the heat dissipation technology to completely replace the traditional heatsink. The technology uses nanometer-level silicon coating to better heat dissipation, while the removal of the traditional heatsink lessens the weight of the module.Since heat dissipation is a major factor determining whether a DRAM module will have high efficiency, data processing speed and stability during high-speed calculation. Heat dissipation is usually the most valued criteria for enthusiast players and is also a technological challenge for DRAM makers to continue pushing their innovations. Currently, most DRAM module makers are using thicker and heavier heatsinks to further boost their DRAM products' heat dissipation, increasing both the size and cost of the modules. But KINGMAX's nanometer heat dissipation DRAM module has advantage not only in terms of size, its heat dissipation is also quicker than DRAM modules that use heatsinks, allowing it to operate at lower temperatures (about two degrees Celsius lower) and raise its heat dissipation by 10%.In addition to the gaming enthusiast-level DRAM modules, the nanometer heat dissipation technology can also be applied to USB 3.0 or other high-speed transmission applications, particularly those military- or industrial-standard transmission applications, which require a high degree of stability. KINGMAX has a presence in all these market segments.Speed, stability and compatibility are all in one solutionAfter KINGMAX released its nanometer heat dissipation technology in 2010, the company has been receiving good reviews from the international media as well as DIY players. The technology has also received awards for its performance, technology innovation, overclocking performance and transmission efficiency from Taiwan, Russia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and China. After a year of wide acclaim, KINGMAX has launched its high-capacity dual-channel overclocked Nano Gaming RAM DDR3 2400 8GB DRAM module in 2011.Gaming and overclocking players want more than just speed. For them, system stability and compatibility are also important factors. KINGMAX's Nano Gaming Ram adopts only high-quality IC chip to ensure excellent overclocking capability. The DRAM module is produced through dual-side assembling technology, implanting eight 256MB IC chips on both the front and back sides of the print circuit board (PCB). The DRAM module supports Intel's P55 chipset and after the chipset reads the module's built-in serial presence detect (SPD), it will automatically execute overclocking. Paired with KINGMAX's in-house designed PCB board, it minimizes interference between electric circuits and enables maximum performance. It allows the DRAM module to perform in extreme speeds during high-frequency use, preventing the gamer from seeing the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) or having to reboot during play.The world's first 64GB microSDXC memory cardWith demand for smart devices with higher resolution rising, needs for memory cards with higher capacity have been growing stronger and stronger. KINGMAX at Computex 2011 announced an eye-catching breakthrough for memory cards in terms of both technology and capacity. It launched the 64GB microSDXC memory card for smartphone, the first microSD in the world with such mega capacity.The memory card supports handheld devices such as cell phones, smartphones, tablet PCs and multimedia players that support the exFAT format, and with an adapter it can be used as an SD card or USB drive for different applications. The memory card also supports Class 6 high speed transmission to satisfy consumers' extreme demand for high storage in an era that sees an explosion of multimedia content.