Here’s the official Japanese Press Conference (with English real-time voice-over translation) with SoftBank CEO and Founder Masayoshi Son announcing the acquisition of ARM by SoftBank. The presentation and the questions in the Q&A are a bit more extensive compared to the English Press Conference posted here
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Japanese Press Conference: ARM to be acquired by SoftBank
Posted by – July 18, 2016
Category: Exclusive videos, ARM
Press Conference: ARM to be acquired by SoftBank
Posted by – July 18, 2016
Category: Exclusive videos, ARM
SoftBank CEO and Founder Masayoshi Son of Japan speaks at the SoftBank Press Conference to announce the acquisition of ARM Holdings for $31.4 Billion, SoftBank promises to keep the same business model of licencing for ARM, to increase the employee count in the UK by 2x within the next 5 years, to increase ARM’s employee count around the world. You can read the official presentation materials here
Brexit: ARM sells off to Japanese SoftBank, $31B acquisition reported on NYT/FT/TheRegister
Posted by – July 18, 2016
Japanese SoftBank Telecom company agreed to acquire ARM for $31.4 Billion, announced today. That’s what NYT, FT, Reuters, TheRegister have said.
The new UK Government of Theresa May seems to be happy about it.
UK’s best Technology company, Europe’s best Technology company, to be taken over by a Japanese Telecom company. What does this mean for the future of Processors? What does this mean for the future of R&D, innovation, what does it mean for the future of the Tech industry? This is huge. Who is SoftBank? What does SoftBank’s CEO and Founder Masayoshi Son want to do with the future of Technology?
SoftBank has previously acquired Alderaban Robotics, they want to have Humanoid Robots everywhere. Ex-Googler Nikesh Aurora was president of SoftBank (and upcomong CEO) until 3 weeks ago, because SoftBank CEO and founder Masayoshi Son decided to stay CEO for another 5-10 years after his upcoming 60th anniversary.
SoftBank got its money from being successful Japanese Telecom carrier, and also by investing $20 Million in Alibaba in 2000, now worth $61 Billion, and having recently sold a lot of its Alibaba shares, this means SoftBank has a lot of cash to spend.
Who is SoftBank CEO and founder Masayoshi Son? What is his plan for the future of Technology? What does he plan to do with ARM? Is this really happening?
DuPont PE410 ink for rapid prototyping of flexible OLED, solar, antennae and touch panels
Posted by – July 8, 2016
DuPont Advanced Materials (DuPont) launches a new electronic ink for inkjet printing that offers the high conductivity and strong adhesion required for rapid digital design, prototyping and full-scale manufacturing. The technology will enable digital printing for electronic components and circuits in applications where extremely fine lines are required, such as OLED panels, solar cells, printed antennae and touch panels.
DuPont’s newest conductive ink, PE410, enables rapid prototyping and a smooth transition from “lab to fab” with the versatility to scale up to industrial high-volume inkjet print heads and machines. This allows circuit designers to immediately test a new design, quickly make necessary edits, and, due to reduced silver laydown, save on material costs. The technology also can be adapted to non-planar printing, enabling a series of new and emerging applications.
Stretchable inks for wearable electronics that provide a manufacturing-ready alternative to traditional methods of embedding electronics in clothing and are used to create thin, form-fitting circuits that can be seamlessly bonded with many standard fabrics.
A suite of in-mold electronic inks which help create lighter, less expensive and more beautiful electronic devices by reducing the need for rigid circuit boards. These inks enable circuits to be printed directly onto plastic substrates and allow electronic features such as electronic controls, capacitive switches and LED lighting, to be readily integrated in applications such as home appliances and automobiles.
New low-temperature inks that cure quickly at temperatures as low as 60C, opening up the possibility for printed electronics designers to use a wide range of functional and low-cost plastic films.
Heidi Dohse Interview, Google Senior Program Manager at Google Cloud Platform
Heidi Dohse, Senior Program Manager at Google Cloud Platform, discusses the Internet of Me at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. Google is looking at ways to build platforms that enable technology developers to standardize data collection, particularly with healthcare, to allow personal self-monitoring through wearables to be translated to healthcare professionals. Google has built a comprehensive Cloud platform with a focus on best-of- breed performance, scale and flexibility. Their Cloud services are designed to allow developers large and small to create a wide range of amazing applications with easy to use tools that harness the immense global power of Google’s infrastructure.
Heidi Dohse Keynote, Google Senior Program Manager at Google Cloud Platform
Posted by – June 27, 2016
Heidi Dohse, Senior Program Manager at Google Cloud Platform, presents the real world impact wearable technologies provide to patients. Patients with data points are able to better communicate with their healthcare providers to receive the right care more quickly. For athletes, data empowers users to reach their goals and make healthy decisions
Read more at: http://www.idtechex.com/idtechex-wearable-europe/show/en/speakers/7912/the-internet-of-me-data-empowering-patients
Hitachi Chemical wearable stretchable electronics for textiles Smart Clothing
Posted by – June 27, 2016
Khasha Ghaffarzadeh of IDTechEx interviews Tsuyoshi Matarai, Sales & Marketing Manager of Hitachi Chemical Co. on their wearable technologies on exhibit at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. Matarai-san shows stretchable electronics for textiles, for which Hitachi supplies the stretchable, waterproof films. Hitachi Chemical co., ltd. is a chemical manufacturer engaged in a wide range of areas, including semiconductor and display-related materials, printed wiring boards, copper clad laminates, photosensitive dry films, functional polymeric materials, adhesive films, carbon products, ceramics and automotive related products.
Visionect electronic paper systems, Joan conference room display, bus stops and more
Posted by – June 27, 2016
Matej Zalar, CEO of Visionect, shows their electronic paper E Ink conference room systems to Sri Peruvemba at the IDTechExShow Show! in Berlin. Their product Joan won the CES Innovation Award and the Red Dot Design Award. Their displays will work for more than one year on a single charge. The company focuses on building platforms to allow companies to launch indoor and outdoor signage applications. Visionect helps companies build their own electronic paper display products. Their hardware and software is carefully designed for in- and outdoor digital signage and enables the fastest way from an application concept to the market. Filmed at the IDTechEx Berlin conference.
ISORG flexible photo diodes for biometrics
Posted by – June 27, 2016
Christophe Premont of ISORG shows a range of photodiods for photo detection for a range of applications, including biometrics at the IDTechExShow Show! in Berlin. ISORG produces organic and printed electronics for large area photonics and image sensors on glass and plastic substrates.
DoMicro automated flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing process
Posted by – June 27, 2016
Marcel Grooten, Managing Director of DoMicro shows their method of automating manufacturing process for hybrid electronics at the IDTechExShow Show! in Berlin. DoMicro BV is a technology company developing innovative production technology for hybrid electronics and micro devices. DoMicro BV provides: Integrated processes, technology and materials for hybrid electronics; R&D for customer needs in specifying optimal production system configuration; Development and manufacturing of micro system devices and hybrid electronics.
EXCLUSIVE! Queen to cancel Brexit vote
Posted by – June 24, 2016
Category: Exclusive videos, Opinions
The Queen is our last chance to save europe.
MOVEO foldable electric scooter, Amber One electric super car range-extended (from Hungary)
Posted by – June 9, 2016
MOVEO is a light-weight, foldable electric scooter designed and made in Hungary. Its main features include:
– Foldability – easy to fold, carry and store
– Light weight: 45 kg – without battery: 38 kg
– 45 km/h max. speed, 50 km range
– Organic design, low consumption: 0,3 EUR/100 km
Amber One: light-weight range-extended electric super sports car
– 1150 kg total weight
– 308 HP
– 4 x 75 kW hub-motors, 4 x 1000 Nm
– 205 km/h max speed
– 0-100 km/h: 3,2 sec
– range: 100 km electric, 600 km extended
Filmed at the IDTechEx Electric Vehicles Europe 2016 Show
Aero-service EV4, 4-wheel electric bike from Poland
Posted by – June 8, 2016
EV4 is designed by Aero-service in Poland, using low weight components highly durable aeronautical aluminum alloy, constructed like an airplane. The main frame of the vehicle is riveted just like in the case of airplanes to make it more durable and lightweight. The independent suspension uses an adaptive suspension system to adjust to the shape of the terrain at any given moment. Regardless of the surface type, terrain, angle of inclination of roads and travel, the EV4’s wheels uniformly and evenly touch the ground. Thanks to the electric drive as well as gear belts the noise emission is close to zero, which has a positive effect on the driving comfort. The vehicle’s low weight and the use of modern and efficient lithium ion batteries achieve a 100km driving range. Shocks are absorbed by two bicycle shock absorbers with adjustable hardness and damping. Hydraulic disc brakes on 4 wheels allow for very short braking distances, making the EV4 very safe. The EV4’s four wheels result in stability superior to that of single-track vehicles.
Aero-service’s official video:
Technical specifications:
Drive: DC motors 800W/1000W
Driver: DC 1600 W/2100W
Gear: toothed belt
Li-ion battery: 36V 52AH/48V40AH
Brakes: hydraulic discs on 4 wheels
Width: 60cm
Length: 150cm
Height: 110cm
Mechanical tilting system
Cushioning system – 2 bicycle shock absorbers
Weight: 41 kg without battery
53 kg with battery
Range: 90-130km
Speed: max: 40 km / h
Riveted aluminum frame
Welded aluminum wishbones
Height-adjustable seat
TechNexion ARM industrial modules, NXP i.MX7D dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 with ARM Cortex-M4
Posted by – June 8, 2016
Category: Development Boards, Exclusive videos, Freescale, NXP, Computex, TechNexion, Android, Ubuntu, Windows
TechNexion is a Taiwanese company under European Management with own manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan. Florian Wohlrab, Marketing manager at TechNexion shows us around their booth at COMPUTEX 2016. The first thing to see is their tiny Modules which pack an ARM based NXP i.MX6/7 CPU (UltraLite/Solo/DualLite/Dual/Quad) with RAM, Memory and WiFi on just 36mm x 40mm. They are also the only one running a NXP i.MX7 live demo at their booth. The NXP i.MX7D is with 2x Cortex-A7 and a Cortex-M4 this a tiny, ultralow power, that can be used for vending machines, industrial applications or generic headless systems. TechNexion is also committed to the open source EDM standard for ARM Modules. Their boards are fit for Digital Signage, rugged industrial Applications and many more. Technexion can scale up to the NXP i.MX6 QUAD Plus, which will be available shortly. They also have some cool ARM bassed systems like their BoxPC the TEK Series. This Box PC’s have MiniPCIe slots with SIM-Card holder inside and also M.2 Slots for memory upgrade. Technexion also supports USB Type-C and for automation a VGA connector as well a HDMI to fit it for Digital Signage as well. Inside is a modular system which allows you to switch e.g. Power input between 12V/24V/10~30V/PoE (Power over Ethernet). TechNexion HMI series ranges from 7” to 10” and 15” again with NXP processors. All the Software is freely available on their website with no need to register.
You can Contact TechNexion here: sales@technexion.com
TechNexion Website: http://www.TechNexion.com
Microdul Algra Dynapic piezo wireless switch
Posted by – June 6, 2016
Phil Poole, Director of Semiconductors at Microdul shows their low power temperature and timing sensors at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. Working with the Swiss company Algra, Microdul is developing finger-powered piezo wireless push buttons named Algra Dynapic, aiming it as stick-on light switches and other building control applications. Microdul AG develops and produces customised microelectronic components.
Microsoft Keynote: Hololens “open to partners” at Computex 2016
Posted by – June 3, 2016
Microsoft is trying to launch “the next generation” of Windows as a Holographic world, augmenting the world we already know, with computer graphics, using their system for headmounted holographic lenses, with the Hololens that also has sensors to measure distance of things in front of you, and in a specific area of your field of view it can try to position augmented graphics on top of your environment. Now Microsoft invites hardware partners in Taiwan, in Asia and in the world, to sign up with them to develop mass market Hololens based devices, hopefully to be sold at below the $3000 cost of the Microsoft Hololens development kit.
AOC Remix OS All-in-one, 24″ and 32″ 1080p
Posted by – June 2, 2016
AOC is a major monitor display manufacturer, they are partnering with Jide to sell the AmLogic S905 quad-core 64bit ARM Cortex-A53 based All-in-one PC, the price will be “not much more than the regular price of the monitor itself”. It includes 4 USB ports, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio mini-jack input and output. The HDMI port is an input so one can use the monitor to run any external PC or Set-top-box. There is a switch button on the back to go back and forward between the HDMI input and the built-in Remix OS experience. This is an interview with Ben, one of the co-founders of Jide, about this product and about the actual status of Remix OS in the industry and how Jide is striving to be at the forefront of using Android for productivity.
Cavium ThunderX2, 54-core 3Ghz 14nm ARM Server Processor
Posted by – May 31, 2016
ThunderX2 is Cavium’s Second generation ARM Server Processor product family providing one of the fastest 64bit ARMv8 Data Center & Cloud Processor, featuring high integration and high SoC performance on 14 Finfet process. With high performance custom fully out-of-order (OOO) cores, single and dual socket configurations, very high memory bandwidth, large memory capacity, integrated hardware accelerators, fully virtualized core and IO, scalable Ethernet fabric and feature rich I/O’s supporting 25Gbps. The ThunderX2 family includes multiple Workload Optimized SKUs that enable servers & appliances that are optimized for compute, storage, network and secure compute workloads in the cloud. The ThunderX2 processor family is fully compliant with ARMv8 architecture specifications as well as ARM’s SBSA. ThunderX2 scales up to 54 cores with up to 3.0 GHz core frequency, fully cache coherent across dual sockets using Cavium Coherent Processor Interconnect (CCPI™) offering the largest integrated I/O capacity with 100s of Gigabits of I/O bandwidth using integrated 25Gbps SerDes, Six DDR4 72 bit memory controllers capable of supporting 3200 MHz memories with 1+TB of memory in a dual socket configuration, Hundreds of integrated hardware accelerators for security, storage, networking and virtualization applications, Fabric for interconnectivity of nodes supporting SLA enforcements with awareness and policy enforcement for virtual networks, Virtualization everywhere with Cavium virtSOC technology – Full system level low latency virtualization solution from core to I/O. Support for PCIe Gen3 x16 along with integrated 10/25/40/50/100GbE and SATAv3 ports and more.
Unspoken VR Game on Oculus Rift
Posted by – May 31, 2016
Unspoken is a new Oculus Rift game the video-games company Insomniac is developing, integrating prototype VR controllers by Oculus Rift where one hand can hold a shield with the left hand and throw fireballs with the right hand. Filmed in 4K using Sony AX53
Nvidia GTX 1080 powered HTC Vive VR
Posted by – May 31, 2016
Nvidia is showing their best VR experience powered by 3 Nvidia GTX 1080 GPUs (costing $700 each) with a powerful and expensive gaming Intel desktop PC running Nvidia’s Funhouse VR game with impressive graphics rendered by 1 GTX1080 GPU for each eye and a third GTX 1080 calculating all the physics in the game, experienced with the amazing $800 HTC Vive with its amazing controllers all tracked in the room using IR. The GTX1080 is the world’s most powerful consumer PC GPU. Filmed in 4K using Sony AX53
