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Monday 23 September 2019
Samsung outraces Apple to become top smartphone vendor in Taiwan in August
Samsung Electronics outraced Apple to become the top smartphone vendor in Taiwan in August, buoyed by the release of its Galaxy Note 10 and brisk sales of its mid-range A-series models,...
Monday 23 September 2019
China has several hundred IIoT platforms, says AII
China's Alliance of Industrial Internet (AII) has recently published a white paper about Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) showing there are currently a few hundred IIoT platforms...
Monday 23 September 2019
Initial iPhone 11 sales beat market expectations in Taiwan
Initial sales of Apple's iPhone 11 lineup in Taiwan have beat market expectation and are expected to continue enjoying robust sales in the coming months during the shopping season,...
Friday 20 September 2019
Biotech startup releases smart customized skincare solutions
Taiwan-based biotech startup VesCir has released a smart personal skin care system integrating IoT, AI algorithm and biomedical technologies to present customized skincare solutions...
Friday 20 September 2019
MediaTek on track to kick off 5G SoC volume production in 1Q20
MediaTek is on track to enter volume production of its first 5G SoC for sub-6GHz networks in January 2020, having begun sampling the chips in the third quarter of 2019, according...
Friday 20 September 2019
Pure Storage debuts QLC flash storage array
Pure Storage at its Pure//Accelerate 2019 event launched an all-flash array storage, the FlashArray//C adopting a full-QLC-SSD configuration, looking to compete against competitors'...
Thursday 19 September 2019
AI needs to be complemented by HI, says Quanta chairman
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam has pointed out that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be untied from cloud computing and AI will also need to work together...
Thursday 19 September 2019
EMEA purpose-built backup appliances market revenues decline in 2Q19, says IDC
EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) vendor revenues decreased 5.6% on year to reach US$267.7 million in the second quarter of 2019, according to IDC. Total EMEA PBBA open systems...
Thursday 19 September 2019
Foxconn aims to become solution provider in semiconductor industry
The Foxconn Group's development direction in the semiconductor industry will primarily focus on vertical integration, aiming to become a solution provider and devoting its investments...
Thursday 19 September 2019
KaiOS phone shipments to surge 65% in 2019, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide shipments of smart feature phones running KaiOS are forecast to climb 65% in 2019, with the Africa market being the major growth driver, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 19 September 2019
Delta Electronics to adopt Microsoft AI, cloud services
Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics and Microsoft Taiwan have announced a partnership that includes the former's adoption of the latter's...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
Highlights of the day: PCB order visibility for iPhone 11 remains vague
Pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 11 series may be better than expected, but components makers in the new smartphones' supply chain remains cautious. PCB makers say their order...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
iPhone 11 pricing shores up pre-orders in Taiwan
Pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 11 lineup have been stronger than expected in Taiwan, promising significant sales of iPhone devices in the fourth quarter, according to market sources...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
PCB shipment prospect for new iPhones uncertain till early October
PCB manufacturers in the supply chain for Apple's iPhone 11 series are keeping a close eye on the new models' initial sales performance, which will determine their shipment momentum...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
HTC names Yves Maitre as CEO
HTC has named former Orange executive Yves Maitre as CEO, effectively immediately, with Cher Wang continuing as chairwoman of the Taiwan-based handset brand vendor.