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Monday 24 June 2019
G2 and Beyond: AI to bring biggest revolution in human history, says SoftBank founder
SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son believes artificial intelligence will bring the biggest paradigm shift in human history, revolutionize all industries.
Friday 21 June 2019
Collective management at post-Gou Foxconn
Terry Gou has stepped down as chairman of Foxconn Technology Group to facilitate his bid for Taiwan's presidency, handing over the reins to a collective management by a nine-member...
Friday 21 June 2019
ECS poised to reap from smart EV charger as new product line
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has seen its business diversification efforts gradually pay off as it has shipped 1,500 units of its newly developed smart chargers for electric vehicles...
Friday 21 June 2019
Inventec uses AI in notebook production lines
Inventec's AI R&D center, set up in 2018, has developed AI-based computer vision solutions for testing pre-installed notebook software, double-checking AOI (automatic optiacl inspection)-detected...
Thursday 20 June 2019
Bincentive offers decentralized assets management solutions
Taiwan blockchain startup Bincentive is striving to provide investors with decentralized assets management solutions and serve as an incentivized matchmaking platform for vetted crypto...
Thursday 20 June 2019
Asustek reportedly suspends development of robots
Asustek Computer has reportedly suspended R&D of its robot projects and devoted more efforts to developing AIoT products.
Wednesday 19 June 2019
SPIL achieves well in applying AI to detect packaging defects
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has achieved satisfactory results from applying AI to detect defects on packaging lines following nine months of efforts, according to KH Wan,...
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Samsung to strengthen neural processing capabilities for future AI applications
Samsung Electronics has announced that it will strengthen its neural processing unit (NPU) capabilities to further extend the reach of its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Renesas says next-generation AI chips achieves processing performance of 8.8 TOPS/W
Renesas Electronics has announced it has developed an AI accelerator that performs CNN (convolutional neural network) processing at high speeds and low power to move towards the next...
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Inventec moving production lines out of China, but will not take sides in trade war, says chairman
Clients may be willing to pay for the expenses for manufacturing partners to move production out of China, but it remains to be seen how much longer such willingness is going to last,...
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Wistron uses AI in defect inspection
Wistron has adopted AI technology to inspect defects of products at three of its factories and will extend such inspection to other plants, according to company senior software manger...
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Nvidia brings Cuda to Arm
Nvidia has announced its support for Arm CPUs. Nvidia is making available to the Arm ecosystem its full stack of AI and HPC software - which accelerates more than 600 HPC applications...
Friday 14 June 2019
Nvidia commits to training 5,000 AI personnel in Taiwan in 3 years
Nvidia has committed itself to training more than 5,000 people in AI deep learning in Taiwan in three years, according to the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB)
Thursday 13 June 2019
China Tower beefs up energy storage business using retired EV batteries
China Tower has established a wholly-owned subsidiary with registered capital of CNY5.0 billion (US$725 million) to recycle retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries for use in energy...
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Foxconn gearing up to promote IIoT applications to diverse industries
Foxconn Technology Group is moving at full throttle to develop industrial IoT (IIoT) applications, setting up 13 cloud affiliates to join forces with its Foxconn Industrial Internet...