The Infrared Data Association Announces IrDA Taiwan Implementers' Forum.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000 The official ceremony of the formation of IrDA Taiwan Implementers Forum was conducted on July 27, 2000 at the International Convention Center, Taipei. Government officials, industry dignitaries and press personnel listened to the keynote speeches keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work given by Mr. Hon Chang, deputy general manager at Chung-San Institute of Science and Technology, and Dr. Keming Yeh, president of ACTiSYS, also chair of IrDA Test and Inter-op committee. The relationship between IrDA (www.irda.org) and the Taiwan Consortium was outlined. The first term leaders of the consortium were introduced. President of the Forum is Mr. Wei-San Lin, president of the Tatung Group, which encompasses the CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. , LCD, cellular telephone and the consumer device business. Three vice presidents are: Mr. Hon Chang of CSIST CSIST Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (Taiwan) , Dr. Yeh of ACTiSYS and Mr. Wu, chairman of Unity Opto Electronics, one of the many Taiwan manufacturers of IrDA components. Dr. Hon Chang gave a speech on "IrDA e-Cash." Dr. Yeh reviewed IrDA's roadmap and outlined the immense opportunities for the industry. There were three representing managers from Taiwan Credit Card Joint Verification Center who attended. Taiwan manufactures 55% of the world notebook PCs and by 2001, 65% of the PDAs, 45% of cell phones and consumer products, all IrDA enabled device categories. These numbers will increase dramatically considering many Taiwan companies also operate huge manufacturing facilities in China and other Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" . It is a very large market for IrDA components and testing tools. One of the many reasons an IrDA Implementers Forum is needed and welcomed. On August 21st the Consortium organized a hearing on the IR application in ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). (Electronic Toll Collection Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), an adaptation of military "identification friend or foe" technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads. It is a technological implementation of a road pricing concept. system) and Beacon of the ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) program. Taiwan has operated field trials on the IR ETC project at two tollbooths on its freeway for one year with 99.9% accuracy rate. This is the only such major trial project in Asia, closely watched by China, Europe, Japan. For more information contact Lawrence Faulkner via e-mail at lawrence@irda.org or by telephone at 925/944-2930. |
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