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Release Time:2017-09-20

Foxconn announced the acquisition of Toshiba chip business plan: Apple hold 20% shares According to DoNews news, Foxconn Technology Group is further promoting the acquisition of Toshiba"s memory chip sector plans. At present, Toshiba is difficult to complete the sale of the chip sector, and have to avoid delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Foxconn spokesman said the company"s offer for the acquisition of Toshiba chip business received the support from Apple, Softbank Group and Sharp, which is ready to move forward immediately. People familiar with this matter said that Foxconn"s bid is higher than two financial groups, private equity firm KKR and Bain Capital After failing to reach a final agreement with the preferred bidders selected in June, Toshiba is still in talks with the three financial groups to sell the chip business. Toshiba"s efforts have been influenced by the Japanese government opposition and Western Digital litigation. Japanese government officials opposed to the sale of the chip business to Foxconn, because it has established extensive operations in mainland China, and have a close relationship with China. Foxconn proposed the shareholding plan for the acquisition of Toshiba chip business is designed to show that this is not from the Chinese mainland or Taiwan"s bid. Foxconn will hold 25% of the Toshiba chip business, Apple holds 20%, Kingston Technology holds 20%, Sharp holds 15%, Softbank holds 10%, Toshiba holds 10%. PEGATRON revenue bottomed out in Q2, the three major product growth rate rise significantly in Q3 PEGATRON’s revenue in the second quarter was the annual operating bottom. In the third quarter of the sales season coming, information, consumer, communications, the hard times of these three major product lines are finally over, and the growth rate will be very obvious in the second half of 2017. According to reports, the second half of the year is the sale season, the outlook will be better than the first half. Overall, the third quarter customer demand back on line, in the three major product lines shipped simultaneously to enlarge the injection, and the third quarter will be a mid-season. According to informed sources, the third quarter will grow as a whole. However, the desktop computer (DT) and notebook computers (NB) face a greater challenge, the industry growth momentum is not as expected. Plus the cost of components increased, making DT, NB worse than originally expected, the third quarter NB is expected to have about 20% growth. While consumer electronics products are ushered in the industry season, there will be a very significant growth rate, and Q4 will also have a good growth momentum. This year, PEGATRON has a clear direction. Consumer electronics products have increased the number of new products, such as game consoles, wearable devices, etc., which show good kinetic energy. This year there are some problems between supply and demand supply chains, some components out of stock, price rises and other noises, such as memory out of stock, supply chain problems may have a certain impact. In the first half of 2017, PEGATRON earned revenue of NT $ 4,793.79 billion, compared to 2016 first half revenue, NT $ 481.33 billion, annual reduction was 0.3%. The operating interest was NT $ 9.9 billion, reduced 36% annually. The net profit after tax was NT $ 7.319 billion, declined 9.6%. The net profit per share for the first half of the year was NT $ 2.84, reduced 9.3% from NT $ 3.13 compared to the same period last year. With the third quarter of the brand industry will continue to list new products, the recent launch of Apple"s new machine pull cargo effect is also reflected in the Apple-related supply chain industry operating results. The company announced its July monthly revenue in 2017 last week, which write a new record of single month revenue this year. July revenue wast NT $ 93.866 billion, the monthly growth rate was 16.8% and the annual growth rate was 13.88%. The cumulative revenue in July 2017 was NT $ 573.542 billion, an increase of 1.7%. Jabil Group and eyeSight technology develop a new generation of automotive sensor technology According to reports, Jabil Group and eyeSight Technology announced that they will work together to develop a new generation of automotive sensor technology to provide the most advanced driver monitoring and gesture control technology. This collaboration combines Jabil"s optical performance with eyeSight"s computer vision and depth learning software. The two companies will work together to create a dynamic assessment system and perceived drivers to improve the man-machine interface. Jabil Group said:” The partnership between Jabil and eyeSight will help automakers to reduce the number of accidents caused by driver distractions. We are developing a vehicle with precision, intelligence and efficiency System, and can be applied by manufacturers to any car model. ” "Over the years, eyeSight has seen the development of computer vision and machine learning solutions as the survival of the present, there are millions of devices around the world are loaded with our system." EyeSight said. Recently, eyeSight is very concerned about the car market, with the Jabil Group"s cooperation will further expand our joint solution, in the driver monitoring and personalization and so on for the driver to bring tangible benefits, enhance the driving experience. This set of hardware and software complex system in operation will achieve sub-pixel accuracy, and can provide a higher resolution of the driver monitoring. High-precision camera module with intelligent software, make the system more compact, which reduce the weight of the system and the space occupied. The system is extensible and can be used in existing cockpit electronics. In addition, the application of flight time technology and infrared technology can achieve the following functions as well: 1.Driver identification - face, gender and age identification; 2.Driver Focus Monitoring - Head position, body posture, eyelid tracking and emotional monitoring; 3.Driver distraction monitoring - iris tracking, line of sight tracking; 4.Gesture control - no touch control car navigation, infotainment systems, air conditioning systems.