Although lithium-ion battery technology has some shortcomings, but in electric vehicles, notebook computers and consumer electronics and other areas of commercial applications become more popular. In recent years, from Asia, large-scale industrial production of lithium-ion battery competition is growing, the EU’s high growth industry, the profitability of space is challenged. The EU 7th R & D Framework Program (FP7) provides 5.6 million euros, with a total R & D investment of 8.5 million euros. The EU-made lithium-ion battery industry from Spain, Team, trying to find another way to ensure that the EU in the green design of lithium-ion battery leader in the world level. xc4020xl-3pq160c

A new generation of lithium-ion battery joint technology research direction: more environmentally friendly, more cost-effective and sustainable recycling. In the series of advanced materials, components, module manufacturing process and the overall structure of the green design optimization, without reducing the lithium-ion battery energy density and safety and reliability of the premise, GREENLION team successfully reduced a new generation of lithium-ion battery production Manufacturing costs, while greatly enhancing the ecological environment compatibility.

High-capacity 150x20Ah unit manufacturing technology and production process development, reduce production costs and improve cost-effective; series of green optimized design, save raw materials and facilitate recycling recycling, the use of organic solvents, Including the automated assembly line design; lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, green standards and the development of index parameters; lithium-ion battery life cycle and manufacturing processes, the assessment of the negative environmental impact. sn74lvcu04a

Lithium-ion battery technology related to the popularization of the commercial electric car industry popularization, improve energy efficiency, reduce manufacturing costs and accelerate the green design and development, will be the future EU R & D innovation activities in the main direction.

Recently, Harman’s shareholders are under the leadership of shareholder Robert Pine to the Harman International CEO and Board of Directors launched a class action to terminate the acquisition with Samsung.

In the indictment, the shareholders said, Haman’s CEO and board of directors did not seriously look for bidders, Samsung is given the purchase price is too low, much lower than the value of the enterprise. In the deal, Samsung agreed to buy at a price of $ 112 a share, up from 37% of Harman’s November average, at a premium of 28%. Today, Harman’s share price has surpassed $ 110.

It is reported that the transaction to be adopted, the need to decide by Haman internal vote. The vote is expected to be conducted in the first quarter of this year. If the deal finally ended in failure and led to the deterioration of the relationship between the two companies, then hope to Samsung’s flagship new machine with Haaman high-end audio technology can only think about it. ma3j700

November 14 last year, Samsung Electronics announced the acquisition of Harman International. If Harman International’s shareholders approved the deal, it would be the biggest acquisition in Samsung’s history. Information, Harman International is the world’s leading high-end audio manufacturers, especially in the automotive field, such as the brand Harman Kardon is BMW, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz and other brands favorite “sounds of nature”, the relevant models Mercedes-Benz S600L, BMW 530Li, Buick LaCrosse, etc., but also including JBL, AKG and other consumer-level brands. In addition, Harman International is a leading enterprise in the field of Internet of Things auto solutions, covering the Internet automotive solutions, including embedded infotainment, vehicle information, Internet security services, as of September 30, 2016 within the past 12 months , Product sales accounted for 65% of the automotive industry. lx4f232h5qdfiga3

“Harman is a perfect fit for Samsung’s technology, products and solutions, and the alliance between them is a natural extension of the auto development strategy we’ve been pursuing,” said Samsung’s vice chairman, Hyeon-Hyun. The acquisition will provide Harman Kardon, JBL, Mark Levinson, AKG, Harman Kardon, JBL, Samsung, Samsung, Samsung and Samsung. , Lexicon, Revel and Infinity advanced audio systems.

After the deal closes, Harman International will operate as an independent subsidiary of Samsung and will continue to be led by existing teams. Samsung said it will continue to retain the Harman country office space, factory facilities, headquarters and all consumer and professional-level audio brands. The transaction is expected to be completed by the middle of this year.

The industry believes that through this acquisition, Samsung Electronics will directly become the world’s largest car company’s suppliers, which will make the global automotive supply chain re-combination, and with the mobile communications and automotive fields further blurred the boundaries of Samsung will To understand more consumer habits and changes in demand. At present, Google and Apple respectively have their own car system Android Auto and CarPlay, and to successfully enter the automotive field.

Seoul Semiconductor to the world 29 LED companies issued a patent infringement warning, of which more than half of Chinese enterprises – vigilance! LED field or will start a patent war.

LED field of patent war or will start! (Seoul Semiconductor) since September 2016, to lighting, television and other manufacturers for the object, issued against 29 companies worldwide patent infringement warning. The 29 companies, including Skyworth and other 15 Chinese mainland enterprises, AOT Wing Chong (hereinafter referred to Rongchuang) and other four Chinese enterprises in Taiwan and Feit and many other European and American companies. lqh6ppn101m43l

This news came out, immediately sparked heated debate in the semiconductor industry. Some experts believe that the Seoul Semiconductor for many Chinese enterprises LED infringement warning, on the one hand shows that China’s semiconductor manufacturing and consumer market development prospects, Seoul Semiconductor hopes to patent litigation, access to substantial patent licensing fees; the other hand, in recent years China LED technology research and development, patent protection more attention, Seoul Semiconductor intends to curb competitors through patent litigation, to seize market share.

Behind the patent warning

It is understood that Seoul Semiconductor is a professional semiconductor manufacturer in South Korea, the world’s top five LED industry, currently has more than 10,000 related patents in the semiconductor field, its own research and development of non-encapsulated LED, multi-structure chip, DC AC can drive Acrich, UV sterilization and other four innovative technologies, leading the global LED field development. Since winning the patent litigation against China Taiwan in 2003, Seoul Semiconductor has launched more than 50 patents in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea and other countries. The global 29 lighting, television companies issued a patent infringement warning, what is intended? m83513/03-d03n

LED, also known as light-emitting diode, is a solid-state semiconductor devices that can directly convert electricity into light. Semiconductor Lighting Patent Alliance intellectual property consultant Sun Yinsheng introduction, LED is a semiconductor technology, a wide band gap of a branch of the semiconductor field. LED technology applications in a wide range, in addition to the well-known lighting and television technology, can also be used in visible light communications, navigation and positioning, modern agriculture, medical sterilization and other fields. LED as a visible light technology, there is no electromagnetic pollution, can provide residential and underground parking, the accuracy of the Internet of Things positioning; through the all-weather simulation of solar spectrum, can effectively promote plant growth; the same time, in the treatment of vitiligo, freckle psoriasis, etc. Significant effect.

For Seoul Semiconductor issued a patent litigation warning intent, Huaxing Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. Intellectual Property Department Gu Yubo analysis, the proposed patent infringement warning is to achieve corporate patent strategy to obtain a patent value of a means. Seoul Semiconductor this time through the issue of infringement litigation warning, on the one hand hoping to restrict competitors to enter the LED market, in order to obtain high monopoly interests; the other hand, want to coerce the defendant to sign a patent license agreement to collect royalties or purchase patents assets. If Seoul Semiconductor filed a patent infringement lawsuit and won the case, even if the parties can not reach a settlement agreement, may also be awarded the court judgment of patent infringement.

Gu Yubo that in recent years, the global semiconductor industry slowdown, only the Chinese semiconductor industry to maintain rapid growth. China is not only the world’s largest electronics manufacturing base, but also has become the world’s major semiconductor consumer market, especially in the cloud computing, artificial intelligence, intelligent driving and other new technologies gradually rising background, a large increase in data processing requirements, Will bring the rapid growth of semiconductor consumer demand. Gu Yubo analysis pointed out that the pattern of global LED technology development, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea more advanced technology, Chinese enterprises to enter the LED market time is short, the basic patent is relatively weak, the lack of overall layout than international semiconductor giants there is a certain gap. Seoul Semiconductor for the Chinese enterprises to patent infringement warning, it is to seize the Chinese enterprises of this short board, seeking to the most economical and efficient strategy to achieve its patent value.

Strategies for responding to litigation

It is understood that Seoul Semiconductor for the global 29 LED companies issued a patent infringement warning, of which 15 are Chinese enterprises, including the well-known domestic TV manufacturers Skyworth. Skyworth contact the relevant departments, would like to conduct an interview on the relevant issues, but did not get each other back.

In order to know more about the layout of the patent in the world, a patent examiner at the Tianjin Patent Examination Center of the State Intellectual Property Office made a patent search through the Derwent patent database. The search found that, as of the end of November 2016, in the field of LED, Seoul Semiconductor global applications in 100 or so, the core technology is mainly concentrated in the high color rendering technology, phosphor combination technology, multi-chip mount technology, LED epitaxial layer Growth and chip manufacturing technology, LED bulb technology and AcrichMJT technology. In the patent infringement warning object, Skyworth in the field of LED global application of 140 or so, the core technology focused on digital display technology, BSV LCD technology, chip integration technology and other fields. The examiner’s analysis, although Skyworth patent applications slightly higher than Seoul Semiconductor, but Seoul Semiconductor’s patent layout to carry out earlier, the core technology is relatively more mature.

“In my opinion, the Seoul Semiconductor for Skyworth and other enterprises filed a copyright infringement warning, intended to prompt Skyworth, etc. to buy their patents, to reach a patent license agreement.” Sun Yinsheng said infringement warning does not necessarily lead to litigation, whether to initiate litigation, Where litigation also depends on the further development of the situation, but domestic enterprises should also be highly vigilant. If litigation is initiated, domestic firms should be prepared to respond, for example, to determine whether their products constitute patent infringement. If there is no infringement, may request the court to confirm non-infringement; if the infringement, Chinese enterprises may face is restricted to enter the country market, or forced to sign a patent license agreement. Therefore, Chinese enterprises should receive a warning letter, should actively respond.

Gu Yubo also suggested that Chinese enterprises in the event of patent litigation, should take timely measures to respond to the team together to fight against patent litigation risk, which will help reduce the cost of patent litigation, but also can improve the efficiency of patent litigation, patent licensing negotiations to enhance In the right to speak.

January 12 morning news, market research firm Kantar released the latest report said that in the last three months in November, iPhone in the US smart phone market share increased by 6.4%.

The report also shows that Kantar tracked in the nine major markets, Apple iOS operating system in seven of which the market share has increased.

Kantar said the holiday shopping season early stage sales performance to help the three iPhone models swept the top three, ahead of Samsung smart phones.

Reported that, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 6s is the period of the most popular models on the US market, the share of the three iPhone and up to 31.3%. At the same time, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge are ranked fourth and fifth. Overall, Samsung in the US smart phone market share of 28.9%. opa861idbvrg4

In addition, during the iPhone in the UK market share is achieved the most significant increase. This time period, iPhone in the UK market share increased by 9.1%, mainly due to the decline in the share of Windows smartphones.

The share of iPhones in the markets of Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, the UK and the US grew during the period, compared to 6 of the countries except Italy, where Android accounted for Share has declined. Even in Italy, the Android smartphone’s share of growth is only less than half of the iPhone.

But in China and the German market, iPhone share of the market share has declined. In China, due to the local brand flagship mobile phone brought about by the strong competitive pressure, during the iPhone share decreased by 5.4%; in Germany, iPhone share also fell 3.2%, compared to the share of Android smartphone growth 6.5%.

However, the news from China is not all negative. Kantar pointed out that, iPhone has become the best-selling mobile phone in urban areas in China, the OPPO R9 pushed to the second. kr-1300sc

According to Kantar released a month after the data show that Apple achieved more than two years, the strongest growth, market share rose to the highest since January 2015 the highest level since.

In the iPhone 7 to obtain strong sales performance at the same time, the market has turned its attention to Apple will launch this year’s new iPhone, analysts expect the company will usher in a “super cycle”, its sales will exceed the company launched iPhone 6 To turn to the level of large-screen mobile phone.

US International Trade Commission on the 9th announced that five Chinese companies in the US sales of liquid crystal electronic tablet products launched “337 investigation” to determine whether they exist patent infringement .

The United States International Trade Commission said in a statement, Kent Displays, Inc. in Ohio, December 2016, a complaint filed against the United States imported and sold in the US market, the company infringed the patent, the US International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order and Prohibition order. cu16025ecpb

The so-called “337 investigation” got its name in the “United States Tariff Act of 1930″ section 337, after several major amendments. Under the terms of the ITC, the ITC has the power to investigate complaints about patent and trademark infringement, as well as investigations into misappropriation of trade secrets, infringement of product packaging, counterfeiting and false advertising. “337 survey” survey respondents, including not only foreign companies can also involve US companies.

According to the relevant procedures, the US International Trade Commission in the start “337 investigation”, must be 45 days to determine the final target time, and complete the investigation as soon as possible. Often the case requires a decision within one year. If the company involved is found to have violated Section 337, the USITC will issue an exclusion order and a restraining order for the product, which means that the product in question will be completely disqualified from entering the US market. bq30z50

Analysts believe that the current US President-elect Trump nominated major trade official candidates in the foreign trade hawkish stand, Trump after the ruling may be more concerned about trade enforcement rather than promoting trade liberalization, which may lead to US foreign trade friction Increase, worsen the global trade environment, Chinese enterprises need to prepare for this.

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced today that approximately 40 BMW unmanned vehicles will begin the road test in the second half of 2017. This is an important step for the three companies to fully realize the unmanned goal. At a joint press conference at CES, the three companies further revealed that the BMW 7 Series will use Intel and Mobileye’s cutting-edge technology to start a global road trip from the US and Europe.

The release, is the BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced in July last year, after the first disclosure of unmanned pilot project progress. Since then, the three companies have embarked on an extensible architecture. The architecture can also be used by other automotive developers and manufacturers to achieve first-class design and create differentiated brands. These products range from a single key integrated module to a complete end-to-end solution to deliver a variety of differentiated consumer experiences. ” cu16025ecpb

“Unmanned vehicles are a reality, which is the common goal of BMW, Intel and Mobileye,” said Klaus Fr? Hlich, member of the BMW Development Board’s Management Board. “This collaboration brings together all the necessary skills and talent to overcome future Numerous technical challenges and commercialization of unmanned vehicles, we have taken into account scalability, and we welcome other companies, such as manufacturers, suppliers or technology companies, to contribute to the unmanned platform. , Our test car will be on the road around the world measured the joint technology.For our goal – in 2021 launched the BMW Group’s first all-unmanned vehicle BMW iNEXT, this is an important step. ”

“From an industry perspective, we have achieved cost savings and development speed by sharing development costs and consolidating resources to develop a full-scale unmanned platform,” said Kevin Zech, CEO of Intel Corp. ” Of the system will have consistent and predictable behavior, and will follow the highest safety standards to run. This is why this cooperation can be called ice-breaking move.We formed a special team with a clear common goal, and innovation, agility and Responsible culture. ”

“We have made significant progress in the past six months,” said Amnon Shashua, co-founder, chairman and CTO of Mobileye, “to design state-of-the-art unmanned solutions for highways and common urban roads. Is a scalable solution that meets the unique needs of the car manufacturers involved in the project. ” bq30z50

As part of this collaboration, the BMW Group will be responsible for driving control and dynamics, overall functional safety assessment (including setting up a high-performance analogue engine), integral component integration, prototyping and eventual platform expansion through partner deployment .

In this partnership, Intel’s innovative high-performance computing capabilities, from the car has been covered to the data center. The new release of the Intel? GO unmanned solution provides world-class processor and FPGA technology to balance performance and power consumption in the most efficient manner while meeting the automotive industry’s demanding thermal and safety requirements. Within the car, Intel GO solutions provide scalable development and computing platforms for critical functions, including sensor aggregation, driving strategies, environmental modeling, path planning and decision making. In the data center, Intel GO offers a wide range of technologies, from high-performance Intel Xeon processors to Intel Arria 10 FPGAs and Intel SSDs to the Intel Nervana (TM) artificial intelligence platform for unmanned Industry-specific machine learning and in-depth learning provide a powerful training and simulation infrastructure.

Mobileye contributes its proprietary EyeQ® 5 high-performance computer vision processor, providing automotive-grade functional safety and low-power performance. EyeQ? 5 is responsible for handling and deconstruction of information from the 360-degree panoramic vision sensor, and localization. EyeQ? 5 with Intel CPU and FPGA technology constitutes a central computing platform, will be integrated into each unmanned vehicle.

Mobileye plans to work with the BMW Group to develop a sensor fusion solution that uses data from vision, radar and lidar sensors to create a complete vehicle surrounding environment model. The two sides will also develop a driving strategy, including Mobileye’s enhanced learning algorithm, which will give the vehicle system required for artificial intelligence, in complex driving situations for safe communication.

To further drive the development of unmanned platforms, the three companies plan to release hardware samples and software updates in the coming years. The BMW iNEXT model, scheduled for release in 2021, will be the cornerstone of the BMW Group’s unmanned strategy. In this car, the BMW Group’s all brands will launch a highly automated model.

Samsung on Wednesday announced support for early start-up companies focused on emerging technologies. Through its Global Innovation Group, the company has established a $ 150 million fund focused on virtual reality, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and “other new cutting-edge technology companies.”

So far, Samsung has invested in 10 startups, including Converge Industries, Dashbot, Entry Point VR, Filament, Intezer, LiquidSky, Otto Radio, 2Sens, SafeDK and Virtru. The purpose of the fund is only to invest in seed screening for the B round enterprises. p1cn012n

“Our investment is bringing the strength of the Samsung platform to start-up companies, accelerating their growth and ultimately their success,” said Brendon Kim, vice president and general manager of Samsung’s Nest Ventures. “Samsung’s NEXT FUND expands our global reach and strength, while giving Samsung the opportunity to reach even greater ideas, products and talent.”

Samsung declined to say how much each venture will get. In addition, it seems the company’s next step may be aimed at the Israeli market, in September this year, a new office will be launched in Tel Aviv, Israel. At present, Samsung has five offices dedicated to innovation in the world, located in San Francisco, Mountain View, South Korea and New York, and plans to increase office space later this year. cu16025ecpb

Next, Samsung’s predecessor, Global Innovation Center, changed its name because “our new name reflects our enthusiasm for working with technology innovators to take them to the next level – creating great ideas, Product growth for the prosperity of enterprises, and expand the scale of the Samsung ecosystem to transform.

Shenzhen will build the national and global graphene industry center, in a new round of industrial development to take the initiative. Reporter from Shenzhen recently held in the graphite industry development forum was informed that the Shenzhen attaches great importance to the graphene industry, the relevant research institutions, industry alliances, enterprises to support, and strive to industry standards, research and development, application breakthrough. mc74hc573n

The symposium was co-sponsored by China International Graphene Resources Industry Alliance and sponsored by Shenzhen Industry Association.

China International Graphene Resources Industry Alliance, said Zhang Jingan, graphene is becoming a contemporary subversive new materials, China in the field of graphene patent applications, papers published and the resources are the world’s first. Shenzhen graphene industry development market environment is good, high level of research and development, industry transformation fast, has born a number of industry leaders. Hope that Shenzhen to increase efforts to make the future of Shenzhen, the world’s graphene industry center, with the United States comparable to the Silicon Valley, “Alkaline Valley.” lm2586

It is reported that Shenzhen has the country’s largest graphene application market, Shenzhen lithium batteries, electric vehicles, many mobile phone companies, industrial chain supporting the conditions of the country’s leading. Shenzhen enterprises in graphene R & D and application areas to achieve a certain breakthrough, such as the success of China’s Ark to create the world’s first piece of graphene terahertz chip, Yuwang technology in the world’s first graphene research results industrialization, Huawei and the University of Manchester Cooperation in the application of graphene, BYD is full research and development graphene – lithium iron phosphate batteries. At the same time, Shenzhen Institute of Tsinghua University, Shenzhen University in the preparation of graphene and its application in lithium-ion batteries have accumulated a certain amount of research.