Freescale (Freescale) and grace wisdom pu (NXP) merger was completed earlier this week, as the federal trade commission (FTC) considered two companies combined account for more than 6 into the market, the RF power amplifier based on regulations, eventually to spin off its grace wisdom pu department of RF Ampleon became an independent company, in return for a smooth combined with Freescale conditions, current Ampleon has become the world's second largest manufacturer of RF power amplifier.
Grace wisdom pu eventually to spin off its RF department Ampleon became an independent company
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1, well think pu split Ampleon into independent companies, RF application of new business opportunities. Freescale (Freescale) and grace wisdom pu (NXP) merger was completed earlier this week, as the federal trade commission (FTC) considered two companies combined account for more than 6 into the market, the RF power amplifier based on regulations, eventually to spin off its grace wisdom pu department of RF Ampleon became an independent company, in return for a smooth combined with Freescale conditions, current Ampleon has become the world's second largest manufacturer of RF power amplifier. EETimes web site reported, the headquarters is located in Ampleon of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, there are 7 into revenue from providing RF solution to mobile base band infrastructure, although the market is still big, but the industry of emerging RF application market is interested in. Ampleon CEO Reinier Beltman mentioned, RF technology can use on the short energy transfer, thus favorable to RF technology into the microwave and plasma light bulb (plasma lightbulb) products such as application, including Beltman think cooking appliance market will become the future RF technology emerging growth sector.
2, foxconn, put forward the overall acquisition of sharp. According to surging news on December 16, NHK, Japanese media said, citing people familiar with Taiwan's hon hai (referred to as the "foxconn" in China) last week to sharp several aid package, which contains overall hon hai wants to purchase sharp company. Sharp LCD department is structural reform. Sharp foreign said December 9, liquid crystal business is in the midst of the multiple enterprises of the negotiation phase, the fact that there is no final decision. Hon hai chairman terry gou style has always been strong, at this time to throw out the whole plan exactly what? NHK reported that hon hai is interested in buying sharp the whole company, main is to want to by this technology have sharp panel, home appliance, improve their own competitiveness, but sharp and its main bank, mizuho bank and bank of tokyo-mitsubishi UFJ will carefully evaluate hon hai's proposal could help sharp recovery.
Foxconn's overall acquisition of sharp is put forward
Second, the Internet of things
1, the ARM/Intel/cisco/consortium, plundered the Internet of things was calculated by the fog. Recently ARM (ARM), Cisco (Cisco), Dell (Dell), Intel (Intel), Microsoft (Microsoft) and the Edge of Princeton university (Edge) laboratory jointly announced the formation of OpenFog alliance, hope that through the mist operation (Fog Computing) have a place to rob the Internet of things; The alliance is expected early in 2016 set up a preliminary framework and structure, in order to reduce the end-to-end Internet plan the time needed for integration. It is understood that the alliance wants through the open architecture brought the cloud to iot endpoint seamless wisdom, its core including distributed computing, network and storage, and realize the Internet of things needed by the full potential of technology, increasing the fog operational deployment.
The Internet of things
Three, intelligent hardware
1, Apple Watch will dominate smart Watch market by 2019. Apple's dominance in wearable equipment market is now more and more obvious, and according to IDC forecasts, to 2019 Apple Watch will reach the maximum market share. IDC in the report pointed out that Apple Watch sales will be increased from 2015 in 13 million to 2019 in 45.2 million. But with the expansion of the smart Watch the size of the market, Apple's Watch market share will decline from 61.3% to 51.1%, while the smart Watch industry overall shipments will be increased from 21.3 million to 88.3 million. Which Watch the biggest rival is Android Wear, shipments will be increased from 2015 in 3.2 million to 2019 in 34.3 million, the market share increased to 38.8%. And platform advantage Apple to Watch and Android Wear Watch market carve up almost the whole of intelligence, space will continue for Pebble and samsung Tizen system smaller.
2, the second generation of huawei Watch exposure: can make a phone call. 9 to5google according to foreign media reports, HuaWei HuaWei's first smart Watch Watch has been listed for a year. Now the news that HuaWei will on CES 2016 exhibition, will launch the second generation of HuaWei Watch, aesthetic and also cater to female groups. News media quoted insiders said that on the CES, HuaWei will launch a more "gentle", is suitable for the HuaWei group of women Watch. Reason is the previous generation products business atmosphere dense, users are relatively more suitable for men. In addition, the source also revealed that the second generation of HuaWei Watch has been under development, is expected to be launched in the second half of next year. It is reported, the second generation of HUAWEI WATCH will be improved on the range and performance, and built a 4 g LTE cellular mobile networks, it also means that it can be completely separated from cell phones to answer the call.
Fourth, automotive electronics
1, Toyota to buy artificial intelligence company Preferred Networks. On December 18, according to the Wall Street journal reported that Japan's Toyota motor corp said on Thursday, the company plans to buy artificial intelligence startup Preferred Networks minority stakes. The acquisition that Toyota was actually speed up the development of self-driving cars. Toyota says it will be the price of 1 billion yen ($8.2 million) to buy a 3% stake in the Preferred network, so that the Preferred Networks the market value of 33.3 billion yen. The deal is expected to be completed before December 30. Toyota's goal is before 2020 developed a fully automated driving cars. Compared to the current so-called advanced auxiliary driving system, it's going to be another step towards.
2, Google opposed to draft new rules limit of California driverless cars development. Beijing time on December 18th morning news, Google unmanned vehicle project director draft on Thursday accused California's new rules will limit the project development of the company. California's motor vehicle administration put forward a draft regulation on Wednesday, requiring all no one car seat must always take a licensed driver. If according to the new rules, the Google unmanned vehicle will clearly be illegal products, because there is no such models equipped with the steering wheel and the brake pedal. "It's still the old status quo, unable to make the new technology to give full play to their potential, and eliminated those users want to go out but could not drive the car." Google unmanned vehicle project director Chris Urmson (Chris Urmson) on the Medium said, "although we are disappointed, but will continue to cooperate with California's motor vehicle administration, because they will be in the coming months to seek feedback. We hope to be able to get a heavy new catch the spirit of the bill at first."
Google opposed to draft new rules limit of California driverless cars development
Five, the unmanned aerial vehicle (uav)
1, patent millet unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) can be used to body feeling. millet Has always been one of the most famous product is mobile phone, but in recent years, millet chain enterprises to actively introduce other types of products, such as car 9 balance, and a new product is likely to be under millet drones. Millet because of a recent patent documents show is developing its own system of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), and more likely to join the body feeling manipulation, believe should be able to provide alternative operating experience. Online over the past few months had been spread the rumor of millet will enter the field of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), although the official have been fudged, but according to China's intellectual property office patent documents released recently, according to the original millet in August 26, filed a "unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) taken control methods and equipment, electronic equipment. Can see the millet of uavs will adopt four shaft design, and in order to reduce the user can only focus on the disadvantage of flight control, so more specifically gestures applied to millet bracelet for operation, such as home can use gestures to make trajectory graphics, then the uav will be in accordance with the relevant flying trajectory, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs) to the user as the center for flying around, and focuses on the user.
