Toshiba expands lineup for automotive and industrial applications

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba) has expanded its lineup of automotive Ethernet bridge ICs with the new ‘TC9562 series’.

Sample shipments will start in February while volume production will start in October, a statement said.

The series include TC9562AXBG, which offers more interfaces than Toshiba’s current bridge ICs; TC9562BXBG which supports Ethernet TSN and Ethernet AVB; and TC9562XBG, which offers simpler IC configuration than current products.

More and more road vehicles have on-board connectivity, equipping them with internet and cellular access, and allowing information to be shared among on-board systems and devices and with external systems and services.

These developments require more complex automotive communication systems supported by reliable transmission standards with real-time data delivery. The Ethernet TSN standard was developed expressly to meet these needs.

In addition, the Ethernet AVB specification offers real-time reliable data transmission and is increasingly used in vehicles.

Toshiba is among the leading general devices companies, offering customers and business partners outstanding solutions in discrete semiconductors, system LSIs and HDD. More details at http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com.

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V-CAT TO BEGIN A NEW TYPE OF CROWDFUNDING, USING DIGITAL CURRENCY

Enabling Global Exchanges for Personal Assets

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, Jan 23 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- V-CAT Vietnam will develop a new type of crowdfunding services that uses digital currency. A platform that uses the JC-coin digital currency will be built, and all data involved in transactions will be safely protected with leading-edge blockchain technology. Any user with JC-coins can exchange any physical or digital assets they might own on the platform for more JC-coins. This will provide the funding needed to develop revolutionary new products and services, together with users worldwide, and will enable new investments in all kinds of different businesses.

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NEW YPO GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SURVEY FINDS YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE BUSINESS IS A FORCE FOR GOOD

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 23 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YPO, the premier global leadership organization for more than 27,000 chief executives, conducted a survey of its members in over 130 countries to get their thoughts on if the purpose of business is to have an impact on society beyond profits and wealth.

YPO’s 2019 Global Leadership Survey, conducted 23 December 2018 through 4 January 2019 with more than 2,200 CEO respondents, found that a massive cultural shift about the role of business leadership is in progress as indicated by the following findings:

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SevOne hastens British Telecom´s digital transformation

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 (Bernama) – British Telecom (BT) has chosen SevOne Data Platform for next generation performance management to accelerate the execution of its digital transformation strategy.

“The SevOne Data Platform will provide BT with far greater analytics into its digital network infrastructure, enabling them to find and address the root cause of bottlenecks and other issues much faster than before,” said chief executive officer of SevOne, Jack Sweeney, in a statement.

SevOne, which developed the platform, said it simplified the extraction, enrichment and analysis of network and machine data from across multi-vendor environments, enabling users to collect performance at scale and provide actionable events based on automatic, abnormal condition detection.

Featuring real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities, the platform supports the latest software defined network (SDN) technologies, Enterprise WiFi and multi-vendor software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) architectures.

The platform will provide BT’s service teams with a single, real-time view of the health of their customers’ networks, hence to rapidly detect and help resolve issues, minimising costly downtime and disruption.

BT’s customers will have a complete end-to-end view of their applications’ performance and data flows. This will help them make better informed decisions on how to prioritise network resources across their business.

“With support for our network today, along with next generation network technologies including multi-vendor SD-WAN, SevOne will enable us to roll out new products and services to our clients today and into the future,” said chief technology information officer, Global Services of BT, Hriday Ravindranath.

SevOne is a leading provider of network and infrastructure management solutions headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. More details at www.sevone.com

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TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION UNVEILS INDUSTRY'S FIRST UFS VER. 3.0 EMBEDDED FLASH MEMORY DEVICES

TOKYO, Jan 23 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Memory Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, has started sampling[1] the industry’s first[2] Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 3.0[3] embedded flash memory devices. The new line-up utilizes the company’s cutting-edge, 96-layer BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and is available in three capacities: 128GB, 256GB and 512GB[4]. With high-speed read/write performance and low power consumption, the new devices are suitable for applications such as mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, and augmented/virtual reality systems.

The new devices integrate 96-layer BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and a controller in a JEDEC-standard 11.5 x 13.0mm package. The controller performs error correction, wear leveling, logical-to-physical address translation and bad-block management for simplified system development.

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GTREASURY TO BUILD ON GROWTH WITH NEW CEO

CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- GTreasury opened the New Year with a record-breaking 2018 and the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Renaat Ver Eecke. Orazio Pater, founder and former CEO of the innovative, SaaS treasury management systems provider, retired to assume his new post as Executive Chairman of the Board.

“I couldn’t be more pleased to have Renaat lead GTreasury to its next level of growth,” says Pater. “Not only do I trust Renaat with what we have already built here at GTreasury, but I know the company and our clients will thrive under his leadership. He’ll bring a discipline and rigor to both the software and the service, keeping client needs at the center of his strategy.”

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POLYPLASTICS' NEW "DURANEX(R) 532AR" PBT RESIN PROVIDES EXCELLENT ALKALI STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

TOKYO, Jan. 17, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

The Polyplastics Group has announced the introduction of a new polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin which delivers excellent alkali stress crack resistance for a range of automotive applications. The new grade, DURANEX(R) 532AR, also exhibits outstanding hydrolysis/heat shock resistance and electrical performance for components in the chassis and engine compartment.

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As demand for durability, safety and reliability in auto parts continues to increase, DURANEX(R) 532AR has successfully reduced the risk of cracking in molded articles by preventing alkali from penetrating the inside of the resin, thus imparting toughness that helps generate less stress. This alkaline can arise from rust formation in metal parts. DURANEX(R) 532AR, treated with a hydrolysis-resistant formula, has greater durability than standard materials.

Recent test evaluations show that when specimens are immersed in alkali, cracking occurs within two hours in standard material DURANEX(R) 3300 and in hydrolysis- and heat shock-resistant DURANEX(R) 531HS. No stress cracking occurs in DURANEX(R) 532AR even when immersed for up to 200 hours.

Electrical components and sensors installed near the engine are also often metal insert-molded and there are cases when sudden temperature changes can cause heat shock fracture issues. This occurs because the metal and resin have linear expansion coefficients that differ by roughly a factor of 10. DURANEX(R) 532AR also has outstanding heat shock resistance and is capable of withstanding these harsh environments.

DURANEX(R) 532AR is ideal for use in parts installed in the chassis section and lower areas of vehicles which can be splashed with water and mud, and come into contact with chemicals such as snow-melting agents. This grade offers a combination of high reliability and long life even in harsh environments.

Please also visit:
https://www.polyplastics.com/en/product/lines/pbt_532ar/index.html

About Polyplastics
The Polyplastics Group is a global leader in the development and production of engineering thermoplastics. The Group's product portfolio includes PBT, polyoxymethylene (POM), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), liquid crystal polymer (LCP) and cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). With more than 50 years of experience, the company is backed by a strong global network of R&D, production and sales resources.

DURANEX(R) is a registered trademark of Polyplastics Co., Ltd. in Japan and other countries.

Source: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.

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