SANTA ROSA, Calif; LIVERMORE, Calif.; Singapore, February 12, 2020 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, National Information Optoelectronics Innovation Center (NOIEC), an innovative institute aimed at building a world-class R&D for the information optoelectronics industry, and CompoundTek, a global foundry services leader in emerging silicon photonic solutions (SiPh), will work together to establish layout design standards for the automated testing of photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
PICs offer a multitude of advantages over their discrete components and bulk optics counterparts including significant footprint reduction, improved stability and lower energy consumption. PICs are ubiquitous in telecommunication networks solutions and attract increasing attention in new applications like sensing, bio-medical, cryptography and quantum computing. As the range of applications widens, a high level of standardization and automation becomes essential to ensure the scalability, process monitoring and yield required for volume production.
Kuala Lumpur, 11 February 2020 ̶ When all else fails, love prevails. Despite the less than desirable beginning to the year, we should never miss out on any opportunity to celebrate the things and people that matters most to us. As the month of February is the month of love, Lexis Hotel Group is offering their Valentine’s Week Super Value Deals just in time for those who wish to whisk the important people in their lives off to a luxurious beachfront resort for a lovely getaway.
The best part is that no plane boarding will be required as their gorgeous vacationing properties are just a stone’s throw away! You will be spoilt for choice with the world record-breaking Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson or the charming Balinese Inspired Grand Lexis Port Dickson and Lexis Port Dickson, all located just over an hour drive away from the city of Kuala Lumpur. Not forgetting Lexis Suites Penang, the only all-suite 5-star luxury hotel on the beautiful Island of Penang.
The outbreak of the coronavirus has injected volatility and uncertainty into markets across the globe from the start of the year. Overall, we remain vigilant in asset allocation that allows us to navigate the global and specific risks associated with the coronavirus and, guided by our fundamental and technical views – deploying capital where we see opportunities. Our suite of globally diversified strategies allow us the flexibility to nimbly navigate evolving market conditions and take advantage of asset classes that have the potential to outperform, given outsized moves relative to our investment views.
Our multi-asset portfolios have performed as expected with limited downside, demonstrating the effectiveness of diversification across asset classes and geography[1]. In particular, we have maintained our exposure to developed markets (DM), including the US and Europe, where the coronavirus has yet to inflict significant economic and financial damage. Weakening global sentiment regarding the unknown trajectory of the coronavirus is impacting equity risk premiums and sentiment – this is more apparent in Asia-Pacific markets, credit spreads, and yields, particularly in China.
