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Friday 29 November 2019
IC designers poised to reap well from 5G peripheral chips demand
Taiwan-based IC designers are gearing up to cash in on the growing demand for high-speed, high-performance peripheral chips including Type-C interface chipts, USB 4.0 chips, diverse...
Friday 29 November 2019
Open AI Fab develops automated image matting models for advertising designers
Open AI Fab, a provider of subscription-based consulting in AI technology and AI solution, has developed Auto Hair, an AI-based automated image matting model to remove the background...
Thursday 28 November 2019
Startup founders shed light on developing international markets
Taiwan has seen startups proliferating in diverse segments, and how to extend their reach abroad and build international connections is a pressing matter. Three startups shed light...
Thursday 28 November 2019
Taiwan accelerator AppWorks hosts event to promote AI, blockchain startups
Taiwan-based AppWorks accelerator has recently hosted AppWorks Demo Day#19 in Taiwan to promote 18 of its startups, with the event attracting over 1,200 investors and industry repr...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Pure-play online banks to kick off operations in Taiwan in 2020
Taiwan's FinTech will enter a new era of development as three Internet-only banks have been approved to kick off operations in 2020, according to Willington Koo, chairman of the Financial...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
CWTC to provide leadframes for EV power devices
Leadframe specialist Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) plans to expand its offerings to include those for power devices in 2020 and is also set to kick off a NT$3 billion (US$98.38 million)...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Global smartphone demand remains weak in 3Q19
Global sales of smartphones to end users continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, contracting by 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2018, according to Gartner. Demand...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
MediaTek intros new-gen 5G SoC
MediaTek held a press conference on November 26 to introduce the new generation of its 5G SoC chips, with guests including TSMC VP Lora Ho, a number of high-ranking executives from...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
TSMC highlights effective man-machine integration in smart production, says executive
Wafer fabrication is one of the world's most complicated manufacturing sectors, highlighted by the fact that TSMC's latest fab, with a monthly capacity of over 100,000 wafers, has...
Monday 25 November 2019
Taiwan university installs DGX-1 supercomputers for AI study
Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has recently deployed five new Nvidia DGX-1 deep-learning supercomputers, looking to improve its R&D in AI technologies. Prior to...
Friday 22 November 2019
Acter to gain from renewed IC plants construction in China in 2020
Taiwan-based clean room engineering specialist Acter is expected to see its revenues pick up steadily in 2020 as major clients in Taiwan and China will boost capex to step up major...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Open AI Fab provides subscription-based AI services
Open AI Fab provides AI services, mainly consulting in AI technology and AI solutions, on a subscription basis for small- to medium-size enterprises to help them transform or upgrade...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Power semiconductor demand about to pick up
Power semiconductor demand is about to hit its bottom and start picking up, as Infineon and other IDMs have lowered their power chip inventories to healthy levels, according to industry...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Taiwan manufacturing industry sees production decline 7% in 3Q19
Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Food delivery by robots: Q&A with Kiwi Campus founder Felipe Chavez Cortes
Silicon Valley-based Kiwi Campus is a startup dedicated to operating a semi-autonomous robotic platform for delivering foods, beverages and groceries to consumers on college campuses...