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Friday 24 August 2018
Taipei smart lavatory to double as emergency call center
A Taipei park has kicked the official use of Taiwan's first smart public lavatory allowing citizens to experience IoT-backed smart living, and the lavatory will double as an emergency...
Friday 24 August 2018
MOEA and Taiwan AI Academy to offer training courses
Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced it will work with Taiwan AI Academy to offer artificial intelligence technology short-term training for various industries, with...
Thursday 23 August 2018
Nanya PCB striving to cut loss
Nanya Printed Circuit Board is striving to lower its operating losses by developing high-margin products such as those for automotive electronics, 5G and AI applications, according...
Thursday 23 August 2018
Taiwan diode suppliers shift focus to automotive sector
Taiwan-based diode suppliers including Eris Technology, HY Electronic, Lite-On Semiconductor, Panjit International and Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSC) have all shifted their focus...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Nvidia May-July revenues backed by massive contracted GPU shipments
GPU chip leader Nvidia has managed to score better than expected revenues of US$3.123 billion for the second quarter ending July 29 of fiscal 2019 despite a significant shrinkage...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
TSMC 7nm, 5nm to enjoy strong demand for AI chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has landed new orders for mainly advanced AI solutions requiring its 7nm and 5nm process capacities in 2019, according to industry...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
NetApp teams up with Nvidia to launch AI-based storage solutions
US-based data storage company NetApp has newly launched its Ontap AI-proven architecture, powered by Nvidia's DGX supercomputers and NetApp's AFF A800 cloud-connected all flash storage...
Friday 17 August 2018
Taiwan team unveils low-cost AI chip
A team of Taiwan researchers and an IC design house have jointly unveiled a deep-learning image-recognition AI chip whose production cost could be as low as only US$1.
Thursday 16 August 2018
TSMC sees pickup in orders for mining ASICs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and its design services partners have recently seen orders for cryptocurrency mining chips pick up, as major crypto mining machine...
Thursday 16 August 2018
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2018
With smartphone vendors putting in aggressive efforts toward second-half sales in an attempt to reach their whole-year objectives, smartphone AP shipments will likely benefit from...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Taiwan players set rules for digital token trading
Taiwan players have unveiled their first set of self-discipline rules for virtual currency exchange houses, with the regulations mainly focusing on how to enhance regulatory compliances...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Taiwan OSAT players keen on partnering with China IC firms
While China's semiconductor industry is aggressively moving to build partnerships with world-class players to strengthen its prowess amid the raging US-China trade war, Taiwan semiconductor...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
CHPT supplies probe cards for mining ASICs
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has obtained probe card orders for the production of 7nm mining ASICs developed by Canaan Creative, according to industry sources. The orders will...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
China new fabs to join competition for foundry orders in late 2018
As most of the 12-inch wafer foundry fabs built in China in 2016-2017 will kick off commercial run in late 2018, China's combined monthly foundry capacities at 12-inch fabs will surge...
Friday 10 August 2018
Taiwan tech firms expand capacities to fulfill rush orders from US
Taiwan-based semiconductor and electronics makers are busy expanding their local production capacities, importing more machinery equipment to fulfill robust rush orders from customers,...