HOTEL VILLA FONTAINE PREMIER/GRAND HANEDA AIRPORT OFFERS ROOMS FEATURING POPULAR CHARACTERS

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 (Bernama) -- Sumitomo Fudosan Villa Fontaine Co Ltd, a Sumitomo Realty Group, has begun offering guestrooms featuring a major Japanese carrier and popular characters known worldwide such as Hatsune Miku and LINE FRIENDS at Hotel Villa Fontaine Premier/Grand Haneda Airport.

According to a statement, it is Japan's largest airport hotel with 1,717 guestrooms and directly connected to Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Airport) Terminal 3.

The establishment has set aside specially designed about 100 guestrooms featuring popular characters along with other well-known entities from Japan and worldwide to enhance the value of staying at the hotel.

The company aims to provide guests with a unique and memorable experience near Haneda Airport, which is striving to become a tourism-oriented country.

Sumitomo Fudosan Villa Fontaine has partnered with Japan Airlines (JAL); Hatsune Miku; Kanosei Art Project by TOPPAN Group; KOKUYO; LINE FRIENDS; Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club; and Sirotan, to offer unique themed guestrooms.

As part of the collaboration, Hatsune Miku, a virtual singer that is popular worldwide, along with five other Piapro characters, namely  Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, MEIKO and KAITO, will be in the project which marks the first collaboration of all the six characters with a hotel.

Meanwhile, JAL will showcase a record of 24 guestrooms dedicated to their collaboration, in line with the number of the carrier's international flights from Haneda.

Additionally, partnership with Japanese stationery company KOKUYO who operated KOKUYODOORS, will oversee the design and layout of the rooms, while alliance with LINE FRIENDS will feature soft colours and Japanese flavours in the guestrooms' unique design that can be seen only at this hotel.

Connected with Haneda Airport Terminal 3, the hotel is convenient for guests who stay there pre & post arrival/departure, and covers a wide range of needs which is not only for business but also for leisure.

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Ambiq’s Apollo510 Offers 30x Power Efficiency Improvement

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 (Bernama) -- Technology leader Ambiq, has introduced the new Apollo510, the first member of the Apollo5 SoC family, which is uniquely positioned to kickstart the age of truly ubiquitous, practical, and meaningful artificial intelligence (AI).

Ambiq in a statement said the Apollo510 MCU was a complete overhaul of hardware and software that fully leverages the Arm Cortex-M55 CPU with Arm Helium to reach processing speeds up to 250 megahertz (MHz).

The Apollo510 achieves up to 10 times better latency while reducing energy consumption by around two times, compared to Ambiq's previous power efficiency leader, the Apollo4.

This desirable combination of performance and efficiency allows the company’s customers to deploy sophisticated speech, vision, health, and industrial AI models on battery-powered devices everywhere, making it the most efficient semiconductor on the market to operate with the Arm Cortex-M55.

“We at Ambiq have pushed our proprietary SPOT platform to optimise power consumption in support of our customers, who are aggressively increasing the intelligence and sophistication of their battery-powered devices year after year.

“The new Apollo510 MCU is simultaneously the most energy-efficient and highest-performance product we have ever created,” said Ambiq Chief Technology Officer and Founder, Scott Hanson.

With more than 30 times energy improvement, the Apollo510 is capable of running a vast majority of today's endpoint AI calculations, including low-power sensor monitoring, always-on voice commands, and telco-quality audio enhancement.

Apollo510 contains everything needed for driving intelligent systems namely ultra-efficient compute, expansive on-chip memories, high-bandwidth interfaces to off-chip memories, and security.

The Apollo510 MCU is currently sampling with customers, with general availability in the fourth quarter this year.

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CHINESE SMART EV MAKER XPENG STEERS TOWARD GLOBAL MARKET VIA ASEAN PARTNERSHIPS

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Bernama) -- A Chinese smart electric vehicle (Smart EV) company, XPENG Motors (XPENG), has announced its latest long-term strategic partnership with Neo Mobility Asia Co Ltd, a joint venture between Arun Plus Mobility Holdings Co Ltd, a subsidiary of PTT and MGC-Asia GreenTech Co Ltd, in Thailand.

According to a statement, the partnership marks XPENG's international footprint as it has entered ASEAN and led to the official launch of XPENG at the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show.

“By entering new markets strategically and offering a range of EV models tailored to local customer needs, we aim to solidify our brand position as a leading player in the smart EV sector on a global scale,” said its Vice President of Finance & Overseas Strategic Support Office, James Wu.

As part of its international expansion plans, a growing list of new partners from XPENG's strategic markets have joined the company in bringing the brand’s latest smart EVs to local consumers, including Premium Automobiles from Singapore and Bermaz Auto from Malaysia.

The XPENG global market strategy focuses on establishing partnerships with local importers/dealers to create a first-class distribution, sales, and service network in various regions.

The company will offer the G6 SUV in Thailand, Singapore as well as Malaysia, and start delivering from third quarter of this year.

Developed for global markets, the G6 is underpinned by XPENG’s evolutionary Smart Electric Platform Architecture (SEPA) 2.0 platform, which sets the foundation for future production models while shortening development cycles and reducing manufacturing costs.

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R. DANE MAULDIN NAMED NIQ CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER

CHICAGO, March 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NIQ, the world’s leading global consumer intelligence company, today announced that R. Dane (Dane) Mauldin has joined the company as Chief Transformation Officer effective March 18, 2024.

Mauldin’s diverse skillsets include expertise in operations, strategy, sales enablement, product development, analytics, customer service and compliance. He joins NIQ from TransUnion, where he was EVP and Chief Operations Officer, and previously EVP and Chief Product Officer. He reports to Tracey Massey, Chief Operating Officer, and is a member of the company’s Executive Committee.

Curtis Miller, who held the role most recently, has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer, accountable for Strategy and Corporate Development.

“Dane will lead our go-to-market strategy and sales enablement teams, to continue our journey of putting our retailer and manufacturer customers at the center of everything we do. As we pursue our promise to deliver the Full View™, we will continue to invest in both people and innovation to deliver on our purpose to ‘show the world what people want’ and enable our customers to grow,” said Tracey Massey.

“With his strong customer focus and deep proficiency in applying data and analytics to solve business problems, Dane brings a distinct set of qualifications that will complement our leadership team’s capabilities and help us reach our ambitious growth targets. We’re delighted to have him on board,” added Massey.

“I am thrilled to join NIQ at this exciting time. I’ve had the chance to get to know many of NIQ’s senior leaders, and I’m truly impressed with the quality of leadership, their focus on putting customers at the heart of all they do, and their inclusive and collaborative culture,” said Mauldin.

“With his proven record of transforming businesses, I’m pleased to welcome Dane to NIQ. We’ve made strong progress in our transformation thus far, including significant work to integrate GfK and NIQ and Dane is uniquely positioned to help us accelerate our plans,” said Jim Peck, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™.

NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit NIQ.com. 

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TOSHIBA ADDS NEW POSITION ESTIMATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO ITS MOTOR CONTROL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT TO SIMPLIFY FIELD ORIENTED CONTROL OF MOTORS

- Now offering "MCU Motor Studio Ver.3.0" and new "Motor Parameter Tuning Tool"-

KAWASAKI, Japan, March 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has refined motor control capabilities with the launch of two innovative tools. A new position estimation control technology for field-oriented control (FOC) has been added to the latest version of its motor control software development kit, “MCU Motor Studio Ver.3.0,” while “Motor Tuning Studio Ver.1.0” automatically calculates motor parameters. Both are available from today.

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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240318356608/en/

 

FOC is a highly efficient motor control method, but difficult to realize because of the complexities of using proportional-integral (PI) control gain for tuning the motor driver. PI control is usually applied to position control, speed control and current control, producing three PI control gain parameters that interfere with each other. Adjustments can only be done through trial and error. Meanwhile, MCU Motor Studio performs motor control using known motor parameters, but the problem here is that there was no function for extracting the parameter from the motor.

Toshiba’s new position estimation control method is based on a flux observer and does not use PI control for position estimation, making adjustment easier during motor evaluation. This new approach realizes greater stability during high-load operation than the conventional position estimation control. MCU Motor Studio Ver.3.0 incorporating the new method also supports the conventional position control method.

The combination of MCU Motor Studio and MCU Motor Tuning Studio gives users the ability to easily derive initial motor parameters and begin evaluation. Motor Tuning Studio will be provided via Toshiba's Customer Inquiry Form here (Contact).

Toshiba is advancing the realization of carbon neutrality and a circular economy, and will continue to expand its line-up of microcontrollers for FOC and motor control software development kits, and to support highly efficient motors.

Follow the link below for more on MCU Motor Studio
MCU Motor Studio

Follow the link below for more on Toshiba’s Microcontrollers.
Microcontrollers

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About Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor and storage solutions, draws on over half a century of experience and innovation to offer customers and business partners outstanding discrete semiconductors, system LSIs and HDD products.
The company's 21,500 employees around the world share a determination to maximize product value, and promote close collaboration with customers in the co-creation of value and new markets. With annual sales approaching 800-billion yen (US$6.1 billion), Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation looks forward to building and to contributing to a better future for people everywhere.
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XSOLLA ADDS ANOTHER PAYMENT OPTION FOR JAPANESE GAMERS

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- Video game commerce company, Xsolla has announced the launch of Pay with PayPay for its global partners and video game players in Japan.

“We are excited to connect PayPay to Xsolla and allow our global partners to reach a new audience and offer another payment option to their players.

“This partnership will give our partners increased coverage for their players in Japan and allow them to tap into the power of innovative payment tech, like QR codes," said its chief executive officer, Chris Hewish in a statement.

By offering this additional payment method at checkout, game developers worldwide can expand their reach into the Japanese market and meet the evolving needs of their players.

This partnership also directly supports Xsolla’s commitment to the region and the new local office expansion in Tokyo, Japan, this past August.

With 58 million users and growing, PayPay is the largest Japanese mobile payment app, accepted both online and at physical retailers across Japan.

Based on a 2022 study by Rakuten Insight, around 55 per cent of shoppers in Japan prefer using PayPay, which holds a 45 per cent market share in the QR code payment sector.

Xsolla Payments simplifies the checkout journey with an intuitive, multi-platform user interface (UI), compatibility with popular mobile wallets, and access to more than 700 payment methods and 130 currencies in over 200 regions.

The company continually seeks to innovate gaming payment solutions to help mobile, personal computer (PC), cloud, and web-based video game developers grow their audience and meet the needs of players globally.

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WOLTERS KLUWER WINS BEST REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SOLUTION FOR IFRS 9 AT THE REGTECH INSIGHT APAC AWARDS

Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting’s OneSumX product recognized for its IFRS 9 innovations

SINGAPORE, March 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, today announced that its Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting (FRR) business has been recognized by RegTech Insight, with OneSumX winning the Best Regulatory Compliance Solution for IFRS 9, in its APAC Awards, 2024.

OneSumX IFRS 9, part of FRR’s OneSumX product, supports clients with the implementation of the full International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9). The solution provides a solid framework to capture and store all information at the contract level. It helps to manage events and transactions, IFRS calculations, accounting generation and processing up to the delivery of the disclosures.

Jeroen Van Doorsselaere, Vice President, Product and Platform Management, Wolters Kluwer FRR, said: “Our OneSumX IFRS 9 solution supports regulatory disclosures from local supervisors across the globe and offers powerful reporting tools. We are proud to be recognized for innovation and product excellence and a leader in regulatory compliance solutions.”

The awards program recognizes those “RegTech solutions that have successfully improved firms’ ability to respond to evolving and ever more complex regulatory requirements across the global financial services industry.” The RegTech Insight Awards Advisory Board, which includes senior executives from Credit Suisse, DBS Bank, HSBC, OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered, reviews nominations in collaboration with the publication’s editors.

Angela Wilbraham, CEO at A-Team Group, and host of the 2^nd annual RegTech Insight Awards APAC 2024, commented: “These awards celebrate providers of leading RegTech solutions, services and consultancy across Asia-Pacific. The winners were selected by A-Team Group’s RegTech Insight community and demonstrated exceptional creativity in building solutions that solve regulatory challenges. Our congratulations go to Wolters Kluwer for winning Best Regulatory Compliance Solution for IFRS 9.”

Wolters Kluwer also won the RegTech Insight honor in 2022. Other recent accolades for OneSumX for FRR include securing Category Leader positions in all four categories of the ALM (Asset Liability Management) Market Update and Vendor Landscape report, published by Chartis Research.

FRR’s OneSumX is part of Wolters Kluwer’s Corporate Performance & ESG (CP & ESG) division, headed by CEO Karen Abramson. Wolters Kluwer CP & ESG is the world’s leading provider of integrated software solutions for EHS, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC).

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in information, software solutions and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
 

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