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Thursday 19 July 2018
AI chip orders to boost KYEC revenues in 3Q18
IC testing service provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to report about 10% sequential growth in third-quarter revenues, driven by a ramp-up of orders for artificial...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Xilinx acquires China AI chip startup
Xilinx has acquired DeePhi Technology, a Beijing-based AI chip startup specializing in deep compression, pruning and system-level optimization for neural networks, according to the...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Crypto mining supply chains see dim growth prospects for 2H18
Taiwan makers of mining graphic cards and motherboards will see their revenue and profit prospects for the second half of 2018 dimmed by the sustained crypto mining chill as demand...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
New MediaTek Helio A SoC brings AI to budget smartphones
MediaTek has unveiled its new Helio A SoC family for low-end to mid-range smartphones, with the first product of the series already adopted by Xiaomi.
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Samsung intros 8Gb LPDDR5 DRAM for 5G and AI-powered mobile applications
Samsung Electronics has announced its 10nm class 8-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR5 DRAM. Since bringing the first 8Gb LPDDR4 to mass production in 2014, Samsung has been setting the stage to...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Belgium-based Sogepa to invest EUR150 million in Hong Kong-based Thunder Power Holdings
Belgium-based investment fund Sogepa will invest EUR150 million (US$176 million) in Hong Kong-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Thunder Power Holdings and help the latter establish...
Friday 13 July 2018
Criteo kicks off AI lab in Paris
Criteo, a France-based advertisement technology development company, has kicked off operations of its AI lab in Paris, designated to work on AI-related projects, according to Hanming...
Friday 13 July 2018
Tapping global blockchain, IoT opportunities: Q&A with OwlTing founder Darren Wang
Founded in 2010 as a Taiwan blockchain startup dedicated to e-commerce and blockchain services in global travel, food safety, social media platforms, and more, OwlTing has launched...
Thursday 12 July 2018
Globalfoundries surpasses US$2 billion in design win revenues on 22FDX technology
Globalfoundries has announced that the company's 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) technology has delivered more than US$2 billion of client design win revenues.
Wednesday 11 July 2018
YouCam beauty apps most downloaded for virtual makeup
YouCam beauty apps offered by Taiwan-based Perfect Corp have become the world's most downloaded beauty apps, scoring over 600 million global app downloads, with global beauty and...
Wednesday 11 July 2018
MediaTek 2Q18 revenues beat guidance
MediaTek has reported revenues surged 21.8% sequentially to NT$60.48 billion (US$1.99 billion) in the second quarter of 2018, which topped the company's guidance range from NT$55.6...
Tuesday 10 July 2018
HwaCom offers AI-based information security solutions
With the proliferation of IoT (Internet of Things) devices generating multiple intrusion points for malwares, a collaborative defense mechanism is emerging to block malwares at interconnectivity...
Tuesday 10 July 2018
Yageo posts record revenues for June, 2Q18
Passive component vendor Yageo has reported consolidated revenues for June 2018 surged 26.8% sequentially and a whopping 228% on year to NT$8.05 billion (US$265.3 million). Revenues...
Friday 6 July 2018
AI recommendation systems boost Google Play app installations
Google has successfully utilized machine learning technology to create accurate personalized, situational app recommendation systems, having boosted the installation rate for apps...
Friday 6 July 2018
AI startup Umbo boosts campus security with smart video systems
While education authorities in Taiwan and many other countries are promoting unwalled campuses, campus security is emerging as a major concern, and smart video security systems offered...