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Tuesday 25 December 2018
Industrial blockchain applications coming to reality?
The rapid rise of blockchain technology since 2015, followed by a series of ICO and cryptocurrency hype, has made blockchain and Bitcoin household names. I began to study blockchain...
Monday 24 December 2018
VIA expects profitability in 2018 and 2019, says paper
IC design house VIA Technologies expects to be profitable in both 2018 and 2019 as the company has been preparing new products and technologies for areas such as artificial intelligence...
Monday 24 December 2018
Etron gearing up to develop AI-on-edge natural light 3D sensing solutions
IC designer Etron Technology and its subsidiary eYs3D Microelectronics are gearing up to advance application of its natural light 3D image capturing technology to AR (augmented reality)...
Friday 21 December 2018
Aspiring to become top epi wafer supplier in China: Q&A with Epihouse
Founded in November 2016 to develop and produce compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, China's Epihouse, headquartered in the country's southeast port city of Xiamen, has kicked...
Friday 21 December 2018
IBM expands tie-up with Samsung to include 7nm chip manufacturing
IBM has announced an agreement with Samsung to manufacture 7nm microprocessors for IBM Power Systems, IBM Z and LinuxONE, high-performance computing systems, and cloud offerings.
Thursday 20 December 2018
Xilinx ADAS SoC adopted by BYD
Xilinx has announced its Zynq-series SoC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) has been adopted by China-based electric vehicle vendor BYD.
Wednesday 19 December 2018
Flexium approves NT$8 billion for 2019 capex
The board of directors of flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect has approved plans to budget NT$8 billion (US$259.5 million) in capex for 2019, which will be utilized for capacity...
Wednesday 19 December 2018
Ambarella, Hella Aglaia partner to enable advanced AI features in front ADAS cameras
Ambarella, which develops high-resolution video processing and computer vision semiconductors, has announced it is partnering with Hella Aglaia, a developer of intelligent visual...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
ABF substrate prices have room for growth
The supply of ABF (ajinomoto build-up film) substrates is unlikely to expand substantially in 2019, as most suppliers intend to be cautious about expanding capacity, according to...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Notebook ODMs keen to develop smart healthcare solutions
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs including Wistron and Compal Electronics are actively tapping into the long-term care service sector by offering smart medical care solutions to hospitals,...
Monday 17 December 2018
Taiwan IC distributors look to IoT, 5G for 2019 growth
With the AI and 5G markets set to flourish, chip demand for HPC, IoT and cloud servers is expected to enjoy substantial growth in 2019, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC dist...
Friday 14 December 2018
HTC revving up AI, blockchain applications to healthcare sector
HTC's efforts in developing AI technologies and platforms for healthcare and other applications have paid off significantly, with its DeepQ AI platform already utilized by hospitals...
Friday 14 December 2018
MediaTek announces Helio P90 with AI support
MediaTek has launched the Helio P90 system-on-chip (SoC) featuring APU 2.0, a new-generation architecture for AI processing boost and a performance of 1,127GMACs (2.25TOPs).
Friday 14 December 2018
Micron delivers monolithic 12Gb LPDDR4X DRAM for new MediaTek mobile SoC
Micron Technology has announced that its monolithic 12Gb low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) DRAM has been validated for use in MediaTek's new Helio P90 smartphone platform reference...
Thursday 13 December 2018
Intel unveils innovations and technologies at Architecture Day 2018
At Intel Architecture Day 2018, top executives, architects and fellows revealed next-generation technologies and discussed progress on a strategy to power an expanding universe of...