[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and camera-based lighting-assist systems for the global automotive industry, today announced that it is shipping its new vision-based, glare-free high-beam system for the 2012 BMW 3 Series, available throughout Europe. Known as SmartBeam® DFL (Dynamic Forward Lighting), the system consists of a custom CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) image sensor combined with algorithmic decision-making to offer constant “on” glare-free high beams. Specifically,
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Smart devices in a variety of markets require precise heading information from multiple sensors to better understand the context of their surroundings. Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) today announced Xtrinsic eCompass software, a new sensor fusion solution that works together with a Freescale Xtrinsic accelerometer and magnetometer to provide highly accurate magnetic data. With Xtrinsic eCompass software, mobile applications such as augmented reality, 3D gaming, eHealth and location-based services have faster and more accurate orientation data with optimized performan
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SsangYong Motor Company (CEO: Yoo-il Lee; www.smotor.com) will have its official launch of the New Actyon Sports outside Korea, as well as exhibiting the 2012 Korando and unveiling XIV-2, its premium CUV concept car at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show. From press day on 6th March until 18th March, SsangYong Motor Company will show six production models including the New Actyon Sports, 2012 Korando, Rexton and the XIV-2 concept at the Geneva Motor Show held at the PALEXPO in Geneva, Switzerland. The New Actyon Sports is the third generation model to inherit SsangYong’s pick-up b
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]To help manufacturers lower hardware engineering costs, speed time to market and reduce design and software complexity associated with advanced multicore processors, Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) is working with its extensive ecosystem of board vendors to broaden availability of its processors based on Power Architecture® and ARM® technologies in standardized, off-the-shelf single board computing (SBC) and system-on-module (SOM) form factors. The highly flexible solutions resulting from this initiative are expected to allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) an
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook] NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions today announced that its leading newswire, GlobeNewswire, will broaden its long-term partnership with China PRNews to bring global news distribution to Chinese companies. Through this agreement, China PRNews will offer GlobeNewswire's robust global distribution platform to its clients in China and provide Chinese companies with greater visibility opportunities outside of their market. The relationship between GlobeNewswire and China PRNews is longstanding – since 2006, they have collaborated on several initiatives to increase the visi
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) is debuting its first large cell base station-on-chip product built on the innovative QorIQ Qonverge multimode platform. The new QorIQ Qonverge B4860 baseband processor delivers higher performance than other macrocell base station-on-chip SoCs supporting the LTE, LTE-Advanced and WCDMA standards. Offering unequaled throughput and capacity, the single-chip B4860 solution is compatible with Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge small cell products and integrates efficient, high-performance cores, application-specific accelerators and optimal power/c
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Pudding.to, a photo-sharing app incorporated with emotion-tagging features, gained over 500,000 users within a week after its release, growing faster than Instagram when it was first released. Korean smart mobile company KTH (CEO Seo Jung-Soo) (KOSDAQ: 036030) announced on the 23rd that Pudding.to was released in Android market on the 13th, followed by App Store on the 15th, exceeding over 500,000 users within a week. Soon after its release in App Store on the 15th, it was ranked as the no.1 downloaded free app in Korea, no.7 in Thailand, and 8th in Singapore. During the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG today announced its newest addition to its LTE smartphone line-up for the Korean market, the Optimus LTE Tag. Coming on the heels of impressive sales of its Optimus LTE, the world’s first HD LTE smartphone, the Optimus LTE Tag advances LG’s vision of offering the most diverse collection of LTE devices for all types of customers. “Our goal is to offer the widest variety of LTE smartphones in the industry in 2012,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “The Optimus LTE Tag isn’t just a cosmetically-enhanced version of Optimus LTE
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG today unveiled one of the most anticipated LTE devices, the Optimus Vu:. Equipped with LG’s advanced LTE and IPS display technology, the Optimus Vu: offers a unique combination of tablet-like viewing with smartphone portability. Running on a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 32GM internal memory and a large 2,080 mAh battery, the Optimus Vu: is a multimedia lover’s dream device. “The Optimus Vu: was designed to maximize what customers could do with a smart-phone,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “By offering an optimal
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]NatureWorks, the bio-plastics market leader with its commercial range of Ingeo™ biopolymers, and BioAmber, a next-generation chemicals company and a market leader in the commercialization of bio-succinic acid, have announced the creation of AmberWorks, a joint venture to bring new performance bio-based polymer compositions to market. The joint venture builds on the natural synergy that exists between NatureWorks and BioAmber. Beyond its Ingeo PLA technology platform, NatureWorks brings to the joint venture a global commercial presence, established customer relationships, dev