During the upcoming Computex in June, ABLECOM TECHNOLOGY INC. will once again demonstrate its innovation strength and ODM ability with the launch of the industry's first DOD (design-on-demand) operating model. The company will expand its services into various customer segments within the ICT industry, giving regional and professional customers an all new and customized product competitive advantage.ABLECOM's organizational structure is also designed to meet the needs of its customers. With more than a decade of product designing experience in the server industry, ABLECOM provides a one-stop seamless service system, covering R&D, designing, sample, validation, molding, production, customer delivery, and performing full project planning for all levels of the service chain. Hence, ABLECOM's business scope has expanded to beyond the IT server market. General Manager Leung, expressed, "Our strategy is to be highly efficient, emphasizing supply chain management with horizontal division of work. For example, when we wanted to simplify our processes and equipment, we tried to integrate the equipment models that we invested and managed on our production lines. This allowed our standard operating environment to be more consistent so that all of the operating systems and common communication software and hardware could be unified. This also established standard operating procedures so that a common language is spoken from the front-end RD personnel that receive the design orders to the back-end staff that support production and delivery. In addition, the establishment of standard operating procedures simplifies the complexity of maintenance costs, which naturally will enhance our ability to develop new business by being able to achieve rapid DOD (Design-on-Demand)."With the fierce competition in today's industry trends, the rules in the product market are constantly being redefined. Computer computing devices are no longer limited to its original single structure; many products have turned from being highly homogeneous into specialized devices with multiple applications or highly function-oriented. Therefore, ABLECOM emphasizes innovative process integration services, reducing process duplication, and effectively reducing errors, which helps improve efficiency. The company also works hard to meet customer's demand for simple hardware products in the market and provides products and services that are even more customized to the customer's needs. ABLECOM's DOD (Design-on-Demand) strategy also offers a number of supply chain vendors for customers to choose from, giving customers greater flexibility and choice in their product planning, and assisting customers with the products needed for them to achieve their target market.In addition, ABLECOM not only utilizes DOD (Design-on-Demand) to help customers got a hold on the rapidly changing market, but also has established an Asia Pacific manufacturing operations base, which will have a sample center, molding, plastic molding and metal chassis manufacturing capacity. The base will begin output as soon as 2012 and its One-Stop-Shopping advantages will certainly help reduce costs and improve quality. With the expansion and deepening of product services and contents, ABLECOM's introduction of its seamless process has enabled the company to provide customers with products and services that have reached global standards in both innovation and quality, from the initial product concept design, mass production to after-sales service. Moreover, by sharing and increasing the percentage of re-used modules, the development costs between ABLECOM and its customers can be effectively reduced, giving customers a differentiated competitive advantage, shortening the product's time to market and reducing costs. This is not only a win-win situation for ABLECOM and its customers, but also makes ABLECOM a successful business partner and at the same time significantly increases its ODM competitiveness in the global computing platform market.ABLECOM's DOD (Design-on-Demand) strategy offers a number of supply chain vendors for customers to choose from.Photo: Company

Darfon Electronics Corp. will attend Intersolar 2011 at Munich Trade Fair Center, Germany from June 8 to 10 to launch diversified green energy solutions, with the focus on Module Level Power Management (MLPM) products. Darfon's system includes the 240W Micro Inverter which can improve the system output up to 25% and the DC conversion rate of the DC Optimizer can reach 99.5%.Using the expertise in the fields of power electronics and materials science, Darfon is able to provide customers with one-stop services of high efficiency and high quality solar related products. In Intersolar 2011, Darfon will showcasing several lines of solar-related products such as String Inverters, Micro Inverter, DC Optimizer, PowerCenter, solar conductive pastes and ERS (Energy Recycling System).PV InverterDarfon's PV inverters feature high-efficiency, high-reliability, auto-detect frequency, multi max power point tracking (MPPT) and graphic display. Darfon also launches solar monitoring system with safety protection and data tracking. Users can receive real-time updates of power performance data, calculation of investment return rate, but also receive real-time alert to locate the problem in time.240W Micro InverterDarfon stated that its 240W PV Inverter has outstanding component design and can raise total solar system efficiency and improve efficiency under shading conditions with up to 25% yield rate. The product is now under UL1741 certification procedure.DC OptimizerThe DC Optimizer can track the maximum power point by each module and improve efficiency under shading conditions. The DC conversion rate efficiency is up to 99.5% and compatible with most PV modules. The DC Optimizer can be operated between -40~+90°C and has passed the rigorous testing of IP67 for both waterproof and dustproof.PowerCenterThe PowerCenter is a hybrid energy storage system is powered by nature gas, wind, grid power, or solar. The PowerCenter provides over 6 hours of home use with reliable lithium iron phosphate batteries.Solar Conductive PastesDarfon develops and supplies high-quality conductive pastes for crystalline silicon solar cells. Silver pastes enable solar cell to run with higher efficiency and could behave good adhesion and welding ability with low consumption quantity for cost benefit. And, the aluminum pastes can be applied for strong B.S.F. to get high production yield.

Etron Technology's webcam controller, specialty buffer memory and USB 3.0 host controller are a demonstration of an integration of functions similar to a combination of the human eyes, brains and neurons. At Computex Taipei 2011, Etron will showcase its latest products based on the concept of "eye-brain-neuron convergence." The Etron show will let visitors experience this concept through live demonstration, giving them an opportunity to directly understand how Etron''s products can improve the quality of life and convenience.Etron has expanded its webcam controller portfolio with the eSP668 (for HD webcams), the eSP768 (for 3D image/video capturing and conferencing) and the eSP868 (for 3D image/motion recognition and interactive games). Founded on the company's existing webcam controller technology, they are SoC for 3D applications. The eS668 supports HD and 30 frames per second. The eSP768 comes with the company's proprietary 3D capture technology to support a variety of formats such as anaglyph, polarized and shutter lens, suitable for video conferencing solutions. The eSP868 is ideal for 3D interactive games and other somatosensory uses. All the latest webcam controllers are designed to deliver the best viewing experience, and carry affordable prices.The popularity of 3D image capturing, motion-recognition and display technology is growing fast, but the technology is complicated and the hardware price is high. It needs SoC technology to lower cost, so as to penetrate deeper into the consumer market. Etron has achieved excellent sales results that put it in the forefront in the controller SoC for PC cameras due to its products and low price and high quality. Based on the product line''s unique design, the eSP668 is a 3D SoC that offers high performance and low cost, creating competitiveness for Etron in the 3D webcam controller market. Etron has submitted a patent application for its in-house developed SoC technology, and is looking to cooperate with PC OEMs and system integrators to develop 3D webcams used in their 3C-related products.In the face of rising demand for car electronics and infotainment such as in-car entertainment, car navigation and driving recorders, Etron's full line of SDRAM chips - available in densities ranging from 8Mb to 1Gb - is designed to ensure high-speed processing for buffer memory for these automotive consumer electronics applications. All of Etron's SDRAM products for automotive applications are developed to meet the stringent requirements of international car OEMs, placing a heavy emphasis on quality and reliability. More importantly, Etron has received the ISO16949 certification.Another focus at this year's Computex is Etron's in-house developed SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) host controllers. Etron has completed the design of its USB 3.0 4- and 8-port host controllers and will showcase the new chips at its booth. Etron's USB 3.0 host controllers support the world's fastest USB transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps of data, which is 10 times faster than previous USB 2.0 transfer speeds. The new 8-port host controller requires only 70 seconds to transfer eight 25GB HD movie files simultaneously on eight different hardware devices such as an external HDD or flash disk.The interaction between human vision, memory and connectivity will generate endless demand, and therefore products meeting such "eye-brain-neuron convergence" will keep appearing. Etron provides consumers with an opportunity to experience such "eye-brain-neuron convergence": for example, naked-eye 3D display through 3D webcams, on-board camcorder, USB 3.0 8-port devices. Etron will be taking part in Computex Taipei 2011 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 2 from May 31 to June 4 to showcase the latest offerings of its SDRAM and SoC solutions. Visitors are welcome to experience these innovative solutions that will be presented on-site. Etron contact: (03)578-2345.

ProMOS Technologies and Silterra Malaysia have announced the successful completion of the first joint technology development project to bring Silterra's 0.13- and 0.11-micron High-Voltage (HV) process technology for small-panel LCD driver IC applications to ProMOS's 12-inch fabrication facilities in Taichung, Taiwan. The technology is now in the pilot-run stage ready for customers' tape-out, and is on track for mass production starting fourth quarter of 2011.This project marks the first step of the long-term strategic partnership between ProMOS and Silterra to leverage on each other's strength to bring together ProMOS's 12-inch production scale and advanced manufacturing capabilities and SilTerra's advanced HV technology to enable the fast growing smart phone market.According to Gartner, the smartphones market is forecast to be around 450 million units this year and expected to double to 900 million units by 2014. Another important trend in smart phone market is screen resolution. The most popular screen resolution for today's smartphone is HVGA and WVGA and this is rapidly transitioning to WSVGA and HD. Both the accelerated volume and the demand for higher resolution screens are driving the demand for more advanced process nodes and larger wafer capacity."In our efforts to diversify business portfolio, we have identified mobile applications, particularly smartphones, as the key market we would like to engage," said ProMOS chairman and president ML Chen. "Small-panel LCD driver IC is, of course, a vital component for smartphones and Silterra is one of the global leaders in foundry services for this product. I am very excited that, with the successful execution of technology transfer, we have reached the first major milestone of our continuous process of business diversification.""We are delighted to partner with ProMOS to bring together Silterra's award-winning advanced high-voltage technology and ProMOS's advanced 12-inch capacity and manufacturing capability to the smart phone market. This project is a significant breakthrough for SilTerra as it enables us to continue to deliver new innovations and capacities to our customers to win in the market. In addition, it also gives our engineers the necessary exposure and training in advanced 12" capabilities," said Kamarulzaman Mohd Zin, CEO of SilTerra Malaysia.

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar cells and solar power products, announced that it will showcase a new generation of high-efficiency solar modules and solar cells powered by its proprietary SECIUM and Maple technology at this year's Intersolar Exhibition, which will be held in Munich, Germany, in early June.Developed using JA Solar's proprietary new high-efficiency solar cell processing technology, SECIUM and Maple cells can achieve conversion efficiency levels well above those of conventional solar cells. Mono-crystalline SECIUM cells can achieve a conversion efficiency of up to 19.2%, while poly-crystalline Maple cells can achieve up to 18.2%. Both products are already in volume production.The new SECIUM 260W PV module product features sixty 6-inch mono-crystalline SECIUM cells, while the SECIUM 300W PV module employs a 72-cell format. Both are designed to take full advantage of the higher power output of SECIUM cells and deliver some of the highest power-per-area ratios in the industry. The Maple 250W module utilizes JA Solar's newly developed Maple poly-crystalline solar cell in a sixty-cell format, providing a cost-effective solution for maximizing power output over a limited area.PV module products incorporating JA Solar's new SECIUM and Maple solar cells generate approximately 10% more power than conventional polycrystalline PV modules, enabling a lower weight-per-area ratio as well as reducing balance-of-system and installation costs per watt.JA Solar will showcase the new solar cell and module products at the Intersolar Exhibition in Munich, Germany from June 8-11, 2011.

Cayin's digital signage players empower 22 LCD screens in the Glorietta and Greenbelt cinemas at the Ayala Malls in the Philippines. This project was conducted and implemented by Mediacast Digital Group, Cayin's certified reseller in the Philippines.Cayin said its digital signage players offer greater flexibility as compared to using a PC solution. In the past, the staff of a theater only used Microsoft PowerPoint to create content and was limited to creating a simple layout without scheduling. With Cayin's digital signage solution, administrators can create templates with multiple zones, such as multimedia, image slideshow, clock, ticker and Flash in one layout.Each screen displays movie information including: movie posters, movie trailers, synopses, approved movie rating, screening time, and other cinema promotions. Screens can always display up-to-date information of movies automatically based on the playlists and schedules.Cayin offers digital signage solutions including media players, servers, and software for various industries, such as education, retail, corporate, financial and public institutions.

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced it will participate in Intersolar Europe 2011 in Munich from June 8-10 to showcase its carbon footprint PV module EcoDuo PM200P00, latest European-made products, and cutting-edge ACPV technology. With the help of its local partners, AUO actively expands into the European solar market and strengthens its presence in Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Czech, and UK with its image of reliability and sustainability."We have the world's highest efficiency solar value chain with SunPower and M.Setek and are pleased to have been selected as the primary module supplier for many power plants in Europe, to support our customers to secure energy from renewable resources." said James Chen, vice president of AUO Solar Business Group. "With a solar module plant in Czech, AUO is able to provide made-in-Europe products, on-time delivery and stable products to the European customers. We look forward to working with our European partners to offer clients high-value and reliable service."AUO has recently announced its latest development of a 2MW ground-mounted project in Viglas, Central Slovakia, by adopting AUO's EcoDuo PM220P00 module. This PV product obtained the world's first PV module having passed PAS2050 carbon footprint verification by SGS and is a significant milestone in the PV industry. To further implement the green efforts, AUO has also joined PV Cycle Association to take a proactive role in developing effective PV module recycling programs and initiatives.Aiming at high-end European market, AUO has developed its premium GreenTriplex PM250M00 PV module with an aesthetically pleasing all black appearance, three busbar cell design, and self-cleaning function. In addition, GreenTriplex is used in the AC photovoltaic technology (AC PV), where the integrated microinverter converters module's DC power to grid compliant AC power, enhancing system performance by up to 25% more than traditional PV systems. The AC PV has been designed to speed up the field installation process. Various features such as, install straight out-of-the-box, scalable cabling design, continuous grounding, have all been created to minimize the effort in designing and installing a PV system. Also, its output bus voltage is around one-third of the traditional PV system. This makes it very safe and reliable for residential users.AUO has successfully participated in ground-mounted PV system and rooftop solar system projects in Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Czech, and United Kingdom by working closely with its partners. The Company is also aggressively expanding into Middle East and Asian solar market. AUO expects to create a greener life for people worldwide by providing innovative, high-efficiency and low-carbon PV solutions.

Apple has introduced iCloud, a breakthrough set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and automatically and wirelessly push it to all your devices. When anything changes on one of your devices, all of your devices are wirelessly updated almost instantly.The free iCloud services include:The former MobileMe services – contacts, calendar and mail – all completely re-architected and rewritten to work seamlessly with iCloud. Users can share calendars with friends and family, and the ad-free push mail account is hosted at me.com. Your inbox and mailboxes are kept up-to-date across all your iOS devices and computers.The App Store and iBookstore now download purchased iOS apps and books to all your devices, not just the device they were purchased on. In addition, the App Store and iBookstore now let you see your purchase history, and simply tapping the iCloud icon will download any apps and books to any iOS device (up to 10 devices) at no additional cost.iCloud Backup automatically and securely backs up your iOS devices to iCloud daily over Wi-Fi when you charge your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Backed up content includes purchased music, apps and books, Camera Roll (photos and videos), device settings and app data. If you replace your iOS device, just enter your Apple ID and password during setup and iCloud restores your new device.iCloud Storage seamlessly stores all documents created using iCloud Storage APIs, and automatically pushes them to all your devices. When you change a document on any device, iCloud automatically pushes the changes to all your devices. Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps already take advantage of iCloud Storage. Users get up to 5GB of free storage for their mail, documents and backup, the storage for music, apps and books purchased from Apple, and the storage required by Photo Stream does not count towards this 5GB total. Users will be able to buy even more storage, with details announced when iCloud ships this fall.iCloud's Photo Stream service automatically uploads the photos you take or import on any of your devices and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices and computers. Photo Stream is built into the photo apps on all iOS devices, iPhoto on Macs, and saved to the Pictures folder on a PC. To save space, the last 1,000 photos are stored on each device so they can be viewed or moved to an album to save forever. Macs and PCs will store all photos from the Photo Stream, since they have more storage. iCloud will store each photo in the cloud for 30 days, which is plenty of time to connect your devices to iCloud and automatically download the latest photos from Photo Stream via Wi-Fi.iTunes in the Cloud lets you download your previously purchased iTunes music to all your iOS devices at no additional cost, and new music purchases can be downloaded automatically to all your devices. In addition, music not purchased from iTunes can gain the same benefits by using iTunes Match, a service that replaces your music with a 256kbps AAC DRM-free version if it can match it to the over 18 million songs in the iTunes Store, it makes the matched music available in minutes, and uploads only the small percentage of unmatched music. iTunes Match will be available this fall for a US$24.99 annual fee. Apple is releasing a free beta version of iTunes in the Cloud, without iTunes Match, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users running iOS 4.3. iTunes in the Cloud will support all iPhones that iOS 5 supports this fall.Apple is ready to ramp iCloud in its three data centers, including the third recently completed in Maiden, NC. Apple has invested over US$500 million in its Maiden data center to support the expected customer demand for the free iCloud services.The iCloud beta and Cloud Storage APIs are available immediately to iOS and Mac Developer Program members at developer.apple.com. iCloud will be available this fall concurrent with iOS 5. Users can sign up for iCloud for free on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 5 or a Mac running Mac OS X Lion with a valid Apple ID. iCloud includes 5GB of free cloud storage for Mail, Document Storage and Backup. Purchased music, apps, books and Photo Stream do not count against the storage limit. iTunes Match will be available for US$24.99 per year (US only).iTunes in the Cloud is available today in the US and requires iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3. Automatic download of apps and books is available today. Using iCloud with a PC requires Windows Vista or Windows 7; Outlook 2010 or 2007 is recommended for accessing contacts and calendars.Apple iCloudPhoto: Company

KLA-Tencor has introduced FabVision Solar, a new integrated solution designed to help PV cell manufacturers improve production yield and profitability by enabling manufacturers to react more quickly to metrology and defectivity excursions.FabVision Solar also leverages KLA-Tencor's ICOS PVI-6 data through a wide range of analysis and monitoring features to provide better control and improve visibility into the manufacturing process."Since testing FabVision Solar with the PVI-6 tool in recent months, the speed and accuracy of our defect analysis processes has significantly improved, contributing to overall increased yield," said Wouter Verbist, process specialist at Photovoltech. "We believe this product is positioned to become a necessity for world-class solar cell manufacturers looking to increase efficiency and improve yield by quickly identifying and understanding defectivity root cause, enabling effective proactive decisions that impact bottom-line results."FabVision Solar is a turn-key solution for PV cell manufacturing that complements customers' existing automated optical inspection strategies. With FabVision Solar, users can now identify the root cause of defectivity issues by applying production-proven defectivity and metrology methodologies from the IC and wafer markets that are designed specifically for ICOS PVI-6 tools and optimized for the solar industry. Previously the PV manufacturing market relied on time-consuming manual analysis methods."The introduction of FabVision Solar fills a void in the PV cell manufacturing market for real-time predictive analysis," said Jeff Donnelly, group vice president, Growth and Emerging Markets (GEM) at KLA-Tencor. "Implementing data collection, defectivity and line-monitoring best practices enables our PVI-6 tool owners to take proactive measures throughout the manufacturing process. The ability to review in-line data at any point, not just for excursions, dramatically shifts our customers toward predictive action."KLA-Tencor FabVision SolarSource: Company

Asian Games is known as one of the leading manufacturers of PC- and Video Game accessories since the early 1990s. The company is not only one of the world's largest suppliers of Memory ICs but also designs and manufactures Steering Wheels, Joypads, Joysticks and other gaming accessories for some of the world's largest retailers and peripheral brands.At this year's Computex Taipei, Asian Games introduces its newest products with inbuilt Hall Sensor Technology instead of traditional mechanical devices. "The advantages are tremendous," explains Mr. Kimar Chen, Chief Developer at Sanmos Group and its subsidiary Asian Games. "The contactless implementation of magnetic Hall sensor IC's improves reliability and durability by virtually eliminating wear and fatigue. The precision and reaction times are mindboggling and will certainly make Hall Sensor Technology the new standard for all high quality gaming accessories," predicts Mr. Kimar Chen. The first products to be launched with Hall Sensor IC's are Asian Games' newest Joystick and a High-End Steering Wheel for Playstation 3. The Steering Wheel is the company's new flagship and shows why Asian Games is one of the most successful OEM-suppliers in this popular product segment. It comes not only equipped with Hall Sensor Technology, but also with six speed manual gear stick and three foot pedals, incl. clutch. It's hard to imagine how racing could become more realistic than that.Other highlights at this year's booth of Sanmos Group and Asian Games include "Xinput-Joypads" which can be used for both PC and Xbox 360, a new range of "Magic Power" inductive charging solutions for various platforms, the company's own Multimedia Handheld systems "MI Shark" and a wide assortment of new Bluetooth devices.Asian Games and Sanmos Group are located in Hall 1, Booth B809.Asian Games Corp.8F-7, No.14, Lane 609, Sec.5, Chung Hsin Rd., San Chung City, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan.Tel: 886-2-22781500 Fax: 886-2-22781508http://www.asian-games.com.tw/