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Wednesday 6 November 2019
CloudMile to set up AI R&D center in Taiwan
CloudMile, a Taiwan-based AI-based cloud computing service provider and strategic partner for Google Cloud Platform, will set up an AI R&D center in Taiwan, according to company...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Two PCB makers expected to share bulk of SLP orders for next iPhone
Taiwanese PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology (ZDT) and Austrian peer AT&S are expected to together land at least 50-60% of substrate-like PCB orders for Apple's next iPhones to be...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan white-box server shipments to rebound in 2020
Taiwan's white-box server shipments are expected to rebound in 2020 after public cloud datacenter players finish adjusting their inventory levels in 2019, according to sources from...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
OSF hosting Open Infrastructure Summit in China
OpenStack Foundation (OSF) is hosting Open Infrastructure Summit in Shanghai, eastern China, during November 4-6, with major attendees including Intel and China-based Tencent, Baidu,...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor players see improved utilization rates
Semiconductor players including TSMC, UMC as well as GaAs foundries and backend firms are seeing their production utilization rates picking up as demand from clients and emerging...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Smartphone AP shipments to China to continue falling in 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of smartphone application processors (APs) to China are forecast to decline 4.6% on year in the fourth quarter of 2019, following a decline of 9.4% in the third quarter...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Global server market – 3Q 2019
Global server shipments grew 11.2% sequentially in third-quarter 2019 with inventory depletion that began from the second-half 2018 to first- and second-quarter 2019 coming to an...
Monday 4 November 2019
Highlights of the day: Apple turns to outside for AR
Apple reportedly is partnering with US game developer Valve for its AR product that will be manufactured by Quanta and Pegatron. Meanwhile, Asustek's gaming smartphone's shipments...
Monday 4 November 2019
China smartphone shipments ebb in 3Q19, says Digitimes Research
China's handset makers shipped a total of 180 million smartphones globally in the second quarter of 2019, down 2.5% on quarter and 5.3% on year, Digitimes Research has estimated.
Monday 4 November 2019
Asustek gaming phone shipments to fall short of 400,000 units in 2019
Asustek may ship less than 400,000 units of its second-generation gaming smartphone, the ROG Phone II, in 2019 due to a shortfall in component supply and unsmooth production planning...
Monday 4 November 2019
Acer ITS completes smart roadside parking system in Tainan
Acer's subsidiary electronic transportation solution developer Acer ITS has completed a smart roadside parking system of 483 parking space units in Tainan City, southern Taiwan, according...
Friday 1 November 2019
Highlights of the day: ODMs after China exit
Taiwan-based ODMs have been eager to move production out of China upon suggestion by their clients amid the US-China trade disputes. But most of the notebook clients have not been...
Friday 1 November 2019
China kicks off 5G commercial operations
China has officially kicked off commercial operations of its 5G networks starting November 1.
Friday 1 November 2019
AI, 5G to trigger chip market growth, says TSMC chairman
The emerging AI and 5G applications will be triggering the next phase of growth in the global semiconductor market, according to TSMC chairman Mark Liu.
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan ODMs strive to improve yield rates, costs for non-China production lines
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have completed most of their plant relocation and their present focus is to improve production yield rates and reduce costs at the relocated facilities...