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Thursday 21 June 2018
North American semi equipment industry posts record billings for 2nd consecutive month
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.70 billion in billings worldwide in May 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Edge AI solutions provider Kneron aspires to become innovation leader
Taiwan's edge AI solutions provider Kneron has recently completed its series A1 financing of US$18 million led by Horizons Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by Hong Kong tycoon...
Tuesday 19 June 2018
MediaTek steps up investment in 5G, AI
Smartphone SoC specialist MediaTek plans to pour in additional investments to its advanced technology R&D as the company expects to speed up deployments in emerging sectors such...
Friday 15 June 2018
CATL plans to expand annual battery capacity to 50GWh by 2020
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), a China-based maker of Li-ion power batteries used in electric vehicles, plans to expand annual production capacity to 50GWh at the end of...
Friday 15 June 2018
Chengdu Shuanliu FTZ eyes revenues of CNY160 billion for 2018
The Chengdu Shuangliu Free Trade Zone, a major part of the Sichuan FTZ in southwestern China and now home to 2,444 businesses with aggregate registered capitals of CNY33.8 billion...
Friday 15 June 2018
Inventec developing new AI devices
Inventec is developing new products featuring in-house designed artificial intelligence (AI) technology, with shipments of such AI-enabled devices to begin at the end of 2019, said...
Thursday 14 June 2018
Government backing crucial for Taiwan IC achievements, says TSMC CEO
When Texas Instruments' new engineer Jack Kilby invented the world's first IC in 1958, no one could imagine that 60 years later, ICs have deeply rooted in Taiwan, now the world's...
Thursday 14 June 2018
Electric Power Technology to start production of EVs in China in 1Q19
Electric Power Technology (EPT) is setting up an electric vehicle (EV) production base in Gangzhou, southeastern China, and has completed initial annual production capacity of 6,000...
Wednesday 13 June 2018
IBM expects third exponential tech shift to be driven by AI
In bracing for the advent of the AI era, IBM has focused its efforts on developing AI and cloud application solutions, seeking to explore immense application opportunities ranging...
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Computex reviving on multiple AI, gaming applications
Computex, which had been gradually losing its luster along with the rise of e-commerce and the slowdown of the PC industry in recent years, seems to start showing signs of revival...
Monday 11 June 2018
Pegatron gearing up to develop AI solutions as new growth driver
Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron will speed up deployments in emerging sectors such as AIoT (artificial intelligence IoT), AI, AR/VR and machine learning to brace for the advent of the AOE...
Monday 11 June 2018
Backend house Kingpak enjoys robust orders for auto CIS
IC backend service provider Kingpak Technology has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders for automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS), and will cut into the supply chain of China's first-tier electric...
Friday 8 June 2018
TSMC accelerating 7nm process production plan to meet demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to move its 7nm process technology to mass production ahead of schedule to meet growing demand from its fabless clients...
Friday 8 June 2018
AIoT Ecosystem Forum at Computex: Widespread and fast application in various industries
While IoT (Internet of Things) technology has been developed for years, development of AI (artificial intelligence) technology, which took off in 2017, has been quickly integrated...
Friday 8 June 2018
Applied Materials breakthrough accelerates chip performance in big data and AI era
Applied Materials has announced a breakthrough in materials engineering that accelerates chip performance in the big data and AI era.