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台灣台北2009年11月05日電 /美通社亞洲/ -- 研究引用數據領域半個多世紀以來的權威機構湯森路透 (Thomson Reuters) 今天宣佈，該機構將成為《泰晤士報高等教育》(Times Higher Education) 年度世界大學排名的唯一數據提供商。

湯森路透研究評估主管 Jonathan Adams 表示：「除了無與倫比的數據質量，湯森路透還提供久經考驗的文獻專業知識和分析。我們很自豪我們的數據能夠不斷得到全球領先機構的採用，並且很高興為如此廣受尊崇的一項指標提供見解和咨詢服務。」

《泰晤士報高等教育》是倫敦一家報道高等教育問題的週報，從2004年開始推出世界大學排名。為了得到平衡而透明的評估方法和最佳的數據質量，該報選擇了湯森路透的豐富經驗和內部專業能力。

《泰晤士報高等教育》編輯 Ann Mroz 則表示：「我們的排名已經擁有了極大的影響力，我們認為我們有責任盡我們最大的努力給出最嚴格且最透明的排名表。因此我們很高興湯森路透能夠與我們達成協議，幫助我們實現這一目標。」

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Be Part of the Great Movement of Preventing Stroke and Heart Diseases: "From bench to bedside and community"

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- According to the theme of WHC 2009 in Beijing: from bench to bedside and community, Microlife is promoting a total solution for hypertension management. This solution entails a series of innovative professional blood pressure measurement devices designed for risk factor screening, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up. Microlife successfully developed several physician-guided blood pressure measurement devices totally adapted to the needs of physicians, patients, and home health care screening. This concept of Microlife shall enable government, industrial and academic sectors to control hypertension and prevent strokes in the future.

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To initiate "working together for better health", Microlife is inviting all GP's and physicians at the WHC congress to share their knowledge and to discuss how authorities from healthcare, pharmaceutical industry, medical device companies, non-profit organizations, and governments should collaborate to prevent stroke and hypertension.

Momentarily, Microlife successfully developed the world's first blood pressure measurement devices equipped with patented atrial fibrillation detectors. Several studies have shown that atrial fibrillation and hypertension are the most important risk factors of stroke development and heart disease. Regularly, atrial fibrillation should be diagnosed by the ECG devices and interpreted by clinically experienced specialists. With the Microlife blood pressure measurement devices atrial fibrillation can be diagnosed with high accuracy (ref. 1,2), in a cost effective and time efficient manner.

To fulfill the clinical needs of physicians, Microlife successfully developed the WatchBP series. These validated devices, adapted to clinical needs with implemented guidelines (ref.3) consist out of:

-- WatchBP Home: home blood pressure measurement device, with 7-day
diagnostic schedule
-- WatchBP O3 (Out-Of-Office): 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure
measurement device, with professional software to enable easy and
accurate diagnosis.
-- WatchBP Office: the first double-arm office blood pressure measurement
device. The simultaneous double arm measurement accurately reveals
any inter arm difference.

The WatchBP series is not like any other blood pressure measurement device on the market today. The WatchBP is physician-guided, designed for screening, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up. "The WatchBP is the only blood pressure measurement tool on the market, that has proven to meet professional medical demands and supported by scientific evidence."

The WatchBP already has earned its reputation in the professional field. It is largely purchased by well-known pharmaceutical companies such as BI, Bayer (G), Lacer (S), DS (J), and Servier, etc., who use the devices for improving clinical services.

Momentarily, WatchBP has been launched in: the US, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Greece, France, and Switzerland. In the coming days: more countries in different regions will launch WatchBP, such as Japan, Taiwan, China, Thailand, other Asia regions and South America.

About Microlife

Microlife is a global leading medical company in healthcare technology innovation. Microlife is specialized in digital medical measurement devices and healthcare services, with competence in R&D innovation, product manufacturing, and global marketing. The digital medical measurement devices, which are the core products of Microlife, include fever and blood pressure measurement. Microlife provides products and services for different demands, tailored to the needs of patients, physicians, and home healthcare. Nowadays Microlife has well established its market channel with successful branded products and excellent services.

Microlife Corp. was founded by KY Lin in Taiwan in 1981. A branch office was established in Switzerland in 1996. Next to Europe, the Middle East is one of the important markets for Microlife.

In 1997, Microlife built a solid marketing team for the USA market, to penetrate the North and South American market. This marketing team together with the marketing team of Asia Pacific succeeded in establishing a global marketing network for Microlife.

In 2004, the business revenue of branded products in Europe excelled the business revenue of ODM for 55-60%. Located in China, the Microlife manufacturing plant is in charge of all production and distribution.
Microlife's vision is to empower all individuals on this globe to be capable of managing their own health.

Ref:
1. Stergiou GS, Karpettas N, Protogerou A, Nasothimiou EG, Kyriakidis M.
Diagnostic accuracy of a home blood pressure monitor to detect atrial
fibrillation. J Hum Hypertens 2009.
2. Wiesel J, Fitzig L, Herschman Y, Messineo FC. Detection of Atrial
Fibrillation Using a Modified Microlife Blood Pressure Monitor. Am J
Hypertens 2009.
3. Parati G, Stergiou GS, Asmar R, Bilo G, de Leeuw P, Imai Y et al.
European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure
monitoring at home: a summary report of the Second International
Consensus Conference on Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. J Hypertens
2008; 26: 1505-1526.

Contact:

WatchBP Franchise Director Eric Wang
Tel: +886-2-8797-1288#358
Email: eric.wang@microlife.com.tw


SOURCE Microlife Corp.

HSINCHU, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --


Breakthrough in high density Serial Flash Memory

Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), the number one Serial Flash
supplier, today continues it's leadership and innovation in the Serial Flash
market by announcing the world's first 256-megabit(Mbit) Serial Flash product.
This new 256Mbit product, MX25L25635E, will allow system designers and
manufacturers to offer greater functionality and performance in their
products. Based on an innovative 32-bit addressing scheme, Macronix has
created a simple way to extend the Serial Flash density beyond 128Mbit while
supporting the existing 24-bit addressing for backward compatibility. The new
256Mbit Serial Flash provides a small form factor, low pin count, and reduces
the overall system cost in many of today's applications, like networking,
set-top box, and servers.

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"Macronix has enhanced its leadership position in Serial Flash by being the
first company to offer the highest density 256Mbit product in the market," said
Alan Niebel, CEO and founder of Web-Feet Research. "The Serial Flash market is
the fastest growing NOR Flash segment increasing from $645M in 2009 and with
the addition of the 256Mbit Serial part it should reach $2,036M by 2014."

Serial Flash products are currently based on a 24-bit addressing protocol
which caps the maximum density at 128Mbit. However, as manufacturers introduce
complex and feature rich products, their memory requirements are changing and
system designers are looking for densities greater than 128Mbit to store their
code and/or applications. With the current architecture there is no viable
solution to this issue.

Macronix is the first Serial Flash company to break through the 128Mbit
density barrier. The 256Mbit Serial Flash uses a combination of 24-bit and
32-bit addressing to maintain backward compatibility. The new 256Mbit part
powers up like a 128Mbit device in 24-bit mode and a user can switch to
32-bit addressing as needed. Using this method, a system designer will not
have to completely rewrite the software.

"Many of the newer markets including VoIP network processors require high
density Flash memory" said Shahin Rohani, Director of Applications & Customer
Solutions at TranSwitch Corporation. "Recognizing Macronix as a leader in
Serial Flash and the first company to introduce the highest density 256Mbit
Serial Flash, we are looking forward to using these devices in our upcoming
designs."

The Macronix 256Mbit Serial Flash product is targeted for feature rich
applications that require higher storage space and performance, while
maintaining the low pin count and overall system cost. Some of these
applications are networking systems, WiMax, set-top box, servers, high-end
projectors, Digital TVs and similar products. Another key market is FPGAs,
where a large amount of code needs to be downloaded from Flash.

The new 256Mbit Serial Flash not only enhances the density, but also offers
high performance through Macronix Serial Multi-I/O (MXSMIO(TM)). The
MX25L25635E supports single, dual, and quad I/O capability for higher
throughput while maintaining the same package and pin numbers of traditional
Serial Flash. This fast performance makes the 256Mbit device ideal for code
and user data storage, and is capable of code XIP
(execute-in-place) directly from Flash.

The MX25L25635E, 256Mbit Multi I/O Serial Flash is sampling in October and
mass production is scheduled for December 2009. The advanced datasheet is
available online at www.macronix.com .

Some of the MX25L25635E features are high-lighted below:

Features

-- 256Mbit with Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) compliance
-- 24-bit mode and 32-bit mode addressing
-- 4 KB sectors, and 32 KB / 64 KB block for flexible software
architecture
-- 256-bytes per page programming, with single-byte programming
capability
-- 2.7 - 3.6 volt operating voltage range
-- Secured 4 Kbit OTP
-- Support common serial flash interface - DMC(Discoverable Memory
Capabilities)
-- Industrial temperature grade

Performance

Single I/O Dual I/O Quad I/O
80 Mbps 140 Mbps 280 Mbps

-- Programming time: 1.4mS (typical) for a 256-byte page
-- Erase time:
- 60mS (typical) for 4K-byte sector
- 0.5S (typical) for 32K-byte sector
- 0.7S (typical) for 64K-byte block.

Packages
-- Industry standard 16-pin SOIC package
-- RoHS (lead-free) compliant

About Macronix International Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1989, Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337.TT) is a
leading provider of innovative Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) solutions. Macronix is
the largest worldwide manufacturer of ROM products, and also provides a wide
range of Parallel and Serial NOR Flash products across various densities. These
products are used in vast range of consumer, computing, communications &
networking, and industrial applications.

For more information, please visit the Company web site at www.macronix.com
.

Media Contacts:

Headquarters (Taiwan)
Michelle Chang
Department Manager
Corporate Communication Office
Macronix International Co., LTD.
TEL: +886-3-578-6688 ext. 71233
FAX: +886-3-666-3169
Email: michellechang@mxic.com.tw

Japan
Nobufumi Fujii
Marketing Senior Manager
Japan Branch
Macronix Asia Limited
TEL: +81-44-246-9100
FAX: +81-44-246-9105
Email: fujii@mxic.co.jp

SOURCE Macronix International Co., Ltd.

シリアルフラッシュ最大手のマクロニクス（台湾、新竹＝日本支社：川崎市川崎区東田町１－２、ＮＫＦ川崎ビル５Ｆ　ＴＥＬ：０４４－２４６－９１００）は、世界初の２５６Ｍシリアルフラッシュを発表した。

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従来のシリアルフラッシュは２４ビットアドレスという仕様から１２８Ｍビットが最大容量とされていたが、今回マクロニクスは既存の２４ビットアドレスモードに加え、３２ビットアドレスモードをサポートすることで２５６Ｍビットを実現し、かつ、既存品との互換性を保つことが可能となった。
今回の２５６Ｍシリアルフラッシュは、従来の１６ピンＳＯＩＣパッケージを採用したことでシステムコストの削減に有効で、ネットワーク製品、セットトップボックス、サーバーなどに最適である。
また、単に大容量というだけでなくマルチＩ／Ｏ(Macronix Serial Multi-I/O, MXSMIOTM)に対応することで、パフォーマンスを向上しており、XiP(execute-in-place)をフラッシュで可能としている。（１ビットI/O 時80Mbps, ２ビットI/O 時140Mbps, ４ビットI/O 時280Mbps）
Web-Feet Research社のＣＥＯ、アラン　ニーベル氏は、“シリアルフラッシュ市場は急速に成長しており、２００９年にＵＳ＄６４５Ｍ、２０１４年にはＵＳ＄２,０３６Ｍになると予想している。マクロニクスは今回２５６Ｍを発表することで、シリアルフラッシュ市場におけるリーダーシップの座を確実なものとした。”と語っている。
１０月現在、サンプル出荷中、量産は１２月を予定。
主な特徴は下記の通り。
・２５６ＭビットＳＰＩ（シリアル　ペリフェラル　インターフェース）準拠
・２４ビットモード/３２ビットモード　アドレス切り換え
・４ＫＢセクター、３２ＫＢ/６４ＫＢブロック
･　単一電源２．７～３．６Ｖ
・ セキュアドＯＴＰ　４Ｋビット
・ 温度範囲　－４５～８５℃

問合せ先
マクロニクス・アジア・リミテッド日本支社
〒２１０－０００５
川崎市川崎区東田町１－２　ＮＫＦ川崎ビル５Ｆ
ＴＥＬ：０４４－２４６－９１００
マーケティング部　藤井　　fujii@mxic.co.jp

BEIJING and TOKYO, May 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- iSoftStone Holdings Limited (iSoftStone), a global provider of consulting, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing services, announced its strengthened commitment to its Japan- and Korea-based clients, to continue to help them meet their needs for business & technology solutions delivered from China. As part of that commitment, iSoftStone has asked that Juro Nakauchi, previously a corporate advisor to iSoftStone, to assume the role of Chairman for the Japan & Korea Business Group. Mr. Nakauchi will report to Chairman & CEO TW Liu, and will focus principally on strategic business development and management.

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Having spent more than 35 years at IBM Japan, including eight years as its chief financial officer, Mr. Nakauchi brings extensive experience in business development, operations management and financial planning. As a core member of the management team at IBM Japan, Mr. Nakauchi made significant contributions to IBM's Japan franchise and long-term success. During August 2008, Mr. Nakauchi was appointed to the corporate advisory board of iSoftStone, to help facilitate the continued growth of iSoftStone's business in Japan. As Chairman, Mr. Nakauchi will play an increasingly important role in growing market share in Japan and Korea.

iSoftStone Chairman & CEO TW Liu commented, "the Japan and Korean markets are highly strategic for iSoftStone, and our clients there are critical to the long-term success of our globalization strategy. Mr. Nakauchi is a tremendous addition to our global leadership team and we welcome his increased involvement. We believe that his extensive management experience will help iSoftStone continue to improve our presence in Japan and Korea, and further increase our long-term growth potential there."

"In spite of the economic uncertainty currently facing both Japan and Korea at present, our client base is comprised of tier-1 global companies who take a long-term strategic view toward the benefits of outsourcing to China." said Juro Nakauchi. "What's more, the majority of them have their own domestic China strategies, which we are able to help them with, thereby further improving their overall business prospects and making the relationships truly 'win-win' for both the clients and iSoftStone. I am confident that with our globalization focus on strong China-based delivery capabilities, our Japan & Korea clients can continue to realize true business and financial value from their partnerships with iSoftStone."

In addition to his work with IBM, Mr. Nakauchi has served as a special advisor to Silver Lake, a global private equity firm focusing on technology investments since 2006. He has also served as an independent board member of two publicly traded companies in Japan.

About iSoftStone

iSoftStone Holdings Limited (iSoftStone) is a global provider of business consulting, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing services to clients in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Greater China. Headquartered in Beijing with offices in key client geographies, iSoftStone provides a comprehensive end-to-end service offering including on-shore client-facing business consulting, and off-shore delivery of IT outsourcing and software product engineering services. iSoftStone focuses on key client industries including financial services, telecommunications, high technology, energy & utilities, and healthcare, etc. For more information, please visit http://www.isoftstone.com .

Press contact:
iSoftStone, China:
Sophie Yang
Tel: +86-10-5874-9169
Email: jhyang@iSoftStone.com

iSoftStone, North America and Europe:
Erik Ryan
Tel: +1-206-623-3725
Email: erikr@isoftstone.com

iSoftStone, Japan:
Susan Sun
Tel: +81-3-5614-1600
Email: xbsun@isoftstone.com


SOURCE iSoftStone Holdings Limited