Here’s a tour at the Allwinner Partner Conference 2016 in Shenzhen China. Where Allwinner joins with their partners in Shenzhen to discuss and develop the roadmap for the future of Allwinner powered devices, showing examples of devices powered by Allwinner such as Bluetooth and WiFi speakers, Allwinner powered machine learning software, home karaoke machine, Allwinner powered Drone potentially soon with obstacle avoidance and follow object tracking features, portable TV player, educational tablet, video-conferencing device, digital photo frame, 2-in-1 tablet laptop convertible, point-of-sale device. Allwinner is also pushing strongly into the all-in-one VR segment, Remix OS Laptops and Desktop, Set-top-box aiming for OTT Set-top-box solutions for the operator to deploy.
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Allwinner Partner Conference 2016 introduction
Allwinner organises their Partnership Conference in Shenzhen, talking about some of the new and upcoming technologies powered by Allwinner. Trying to guide the ecosystem in the right direction, deciding the roadmap for the future. Allwinner is not just tablets, it’s now also expanding into new areas such as VR, IoT, Laptops, Desktops, Set-top-boxes, Windows Azure and more. Industry insiders who want to develop new projects with Allwinner can contact Damien of the Business Development department at Allwinner here: Damien@allwinnertech.com
Haidiyun POS for Restaurants and Stores
ZED Haidiyun presents their Rockchip RK3128 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 based Point-of-sale tablets, with 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash, running Android and their customized Restaurant ordering system UI as an app. The specialized POS tablet costs about $105, with compatible waiter vibrating wristbands at $10 each for instant notifications of orders placed and of calling of waiter with displaying of table number. Haidiyun is right now selling their solution at about 10 thousand pieces per month, mostly selling in China and expanding now to worldwide.
Distributors can contact ZED Haidiyun here:
David Lee, Director
lifei_mr@zediel.com
Mobile:+86 139 2460 2698
ARM architect: Steve Furber
Architect on the first ARM Processor at Acorn Computers in Cambridge in the early 1980s, Steve Furber together with Sophie Wilson (3-parts interview: part1, part2, part3), were leading the advanced R&D team at Acorn Computers. Together they invented and designed the World’s first ARM Processor, a design that later influenced the designs used for tens of Billions of ARM processors shipped around the world. Now the ARM licencees are shipping ARM Processors at a rate of about 15 Billion processors per year. Today, Steve Furber is a professor of computer engineering at the Manchester University, leading the SpiNNaker project, a massively-parallel computer architecture trying to simulate large-scale neural networks in real-time, as a research tool for neuroscientists, computer scientists and roboticists, trying to understand the human brain’s functionality.
Allwinner Headquarters Tour in Zhuhai China
Tour of Allwinner’s new Headquarters in Zhuhai China, with Damien, of Allwinner’s Marketing and Business Development department, showing us around the ground floor and the 5th floor at the Allwinner headquarters, with around 600 employees working on CPU design, software design, OS development, solution development. Allwinner has been leading the worldwide Android Tablet market selling tens of millions of ARM SoCs over the past years, with new opportunities in Remix OS Laptops, 2-in-1 Laptops using Double OS dual-UI of Android for productivity, Gaming consoles, All-in-one VR (2), the Internet of Things and lots more being developed. Industry insiders who would like to develop business with Allwinner can contact Damien here: Damien@allwinnertech.com
Indiegogo: Aikun Morphus X300 3D Gaming tablet
Launched now on Indiegogo Aikun Mophus X300 is the influence for Nintendo’s upcoming NX portable console, in the design for gamepad control on each side of the nice glasses-free 3D display. Available at $249 for early bird orders on Indiegogo, the retail price is to be nearer $329, it will also be available on Amazon soon in Europe and in the USA. Powered by the Allwinner A83T Octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 with PowerVR SGX544 GPU. The future of console gaming must be made for Android, and the Aikun Morphus X300 shows how the form factor of the future of gaming must implement gamepad controllers on each side of the display, which is what Nintendo for sure is developing for the Nintendo NX platform of the future. You can back and buy the Morphus X300 now on Indiegogo and get it shipped this September.
Distributors can contact Aikun here:
Mail : celia@aikun-china.com / master@atek-china.com / rob@aikun-china.com
Website: http://www.aikun.co
Contact information: http://www.aikun.co/html/about/contactus/
Tel.: (+86) 6110 2468 – 6110 2858
Factory Address:
A2 building, Lianhe Industrial Park, Fengtang Road,
Fuyong, Baoan, Shenzhen, China
Kickstarter: iLepo i30 3D earphones with DSP technology
Now launched on Kickstarter iLepo i30 is Industry’s first Digital 3D earphones with DSP technology for automatic 3D space generation for any audio content. iLepo 3D’s audio processing algorithm adds spatial distribution to the sound, reconstructing the source audio in a 3D space, making the experience different compared with normal single level, two-channel stereo sound, providing a better 3D sense of space and surround audio. iLepo 3D audio Algorithm distributes the sound into 3D spaces and rebuilds them by automatically adding and substracting tiny sound delays and sound response algorithms separately in each ear to realize an experience that “feels like being there” reproducing the experience of sound coming from directions around the user, creating a new experience in listening of music, movies and games on any device. Available to back now at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1071048519/ilepo-i30-3d-earphones-with-dsp-technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1co2B2UW4
$19 iLepo Active Noise Cancelling earphone on Indiegogo
Introducing iLepo ANC(active noise cancelling) earphones starting at $19 andon Indiegogo at http://igg.me/at/ilepo offering the cheapest high quality active noise cancelling earphones on the market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFqEj1TcqCc
If you want to get a free sample to post a video review of one of these earphones on your YouTube channel, you can fill out the form here.
SoftBank Pepper Humanoid Robot Business
Before SoftBank announced their intention to acquire ARM, here’s the latest SoftBank Pepper Personal Robot with Artificial Intelligence deployed all over Japan, with voice conversations, it can Reads Emotions from people’s face. More than 11 thousand Pepper Robots have been deployed in Japan, at the entrance of SoftBank Telecom stores, and in many other stores and malls all over. Previously I interviewed Aldebaran Robotics Founder Bruno Maisonnier before he sold his company to SoftBank
My Opinion on ARM’s acquisition
This had to happen after Brexit.
Masayoshi Son seems to be a good person, he says he wants maintain ARM’s independence while he’d like to improve ARM, but I worry if SoftBank has enough cash and future prospects to be able to sustain accelerated growth. Masayoshi Son is Japan’s richest man, but is that enough? How many Billions of dollars can SoftBank spend on accelerating ARM’s growth? Must ARM rely on the Japanese economy and on Alibaba’s stock price going forward?
While I have always been one of the biggest Google fanboys, yet I have also been very disappointed when Google doesn’t invest its cash where I think it’s needed. Hardware. I wish Google’s Alphabet would make a counter-offer, it could be at $45 Billion or so. Alphabet can afford it with their $75 Billion in cash on hand. Then ARM can be the A in Google’s Alphabet. I believe Alphabet would have enough cash and prospects for growth to fund ARM’s required accelerated growth.
The future of Technology has ARM at its core. Everything in the world needs to use ARM. It’s very important how the company is managed and how it is owned. I do wish to see technological developments surrounding ARM for it to get the proper backing in terms of cash. If SoftBank can have that type of cash and the desire to make it happen, that can be good. But I believe Alphabet has that kind of cash, I just wonder if they have the desire.
Alphabet should offer $45 Billion for ARM with all the same conditions as SoftBank. Larry Page, Sergey Brin, get to it.
One thing’s for sure. Europeans will loose control over the last remaining hope for global technological leadership. Thank you Brexit.
ARM CEO Simon Segars about SoftBank acquisition
Official video released at https://www.acceleratingtech.com/ a site to explain the SoftBank acquisition of ARM, they claim:
– SoftBank’s £17 offer price gives ARM shareholders a 43% premium on Friday’s closing share price and a 41.1% premium on the all-time high share price
– Assurance to double ARM’s UK headcount in the next five years and increase headcount outside the UK
– Leaves ARM’s successful partnership business model, culture and brand unchanged
– Great endorsement of UK tech
Japanese Press Conference: ARM to be acquired by SoftBank
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
Press Conference: ARM to be acquired by SoftBank
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
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
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
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
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
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.
