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Tuesday 19 March 2019
Foxconn plans to set up global data center in Kaohsiung
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) plans to set up a global data center in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, with the center to process and store data for Foxconn Group's clients and members...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Apple introduces new iPad Air and iPad mini featuring Pencil support
Apple has introduced the new iPad Air in an ultrathin 10.5-inch design, featuring Apple Pencil support. With the A12 Bionic chip with Neural Engine, the new iPad Air delivers a 70%...
Monday 18 March 2019
Sony Mobile revises downward fiscal 2018 smartphone shipment target
Sony Mobile Communications has revised downward its shipment target for smartphones for fiscal 2018 (April 2019-March 2019) to 6.5 million units from seven million projected previo...
Monday 18 March 2019
Largan looking to grow non-Apple customer base
Largan Precision is striving for orders for in-panel optical fingerprint-recognition lens modules and 3D sensing lenses from the non-Apple camp as a move to diversify its customer...
Monday 18 March 2019
Taiwan ODMs keep diversifying production to Southeast Asia
Though US-China trade tensions seem to be easing, Taiwan ODMs are still moving ahead with their production deployments in Southeast Asia as they are requested by brand vendors to...
Monday 18 March 2019
Maxonrow launches real-name blockchain system in Taiwan
US-based blockchain network Maxonrow has chosen Taiwan as its anchor point to enter the Asian market as the country is seen as a blockchain-friendly market, supported by its status...
Monday 18 March 2019
HTC reports high EPS for 2018
HTC has reported net profits of NT$12.02 billion (US$390.58 million) for 2018, a significant improvement from a net loss of NT$16.9 billion seen a year earlier. EPS for 2018 stood...
Monday 18 March 2019
Razer 3 gaming handset coming, as Nintendo mulls joining the race
Razer is likely to launch the third edition of its gaming handset, dubbed Razer 3, in 2019 despite reports indicating it has reduced the number of its Razer team members by 30 or...
Friday 15 March 2019
GIS, Egis ramping up fingerprint sensor shipments to Samsung
Taiwan-based General Interface Solution (GIS) and Egis Technology are set to maintain strong sales momentum in the first half of 2019 for ramping up their respective fingerprint sensors...
Friday 15 March 2019
Cooling module maker gearing up for 5G handset market boom
Asia Vital Components (AVC), which specializes in thermal solution products, expects demand for smartphones to boom when 5G devices become commercially available.
Friday 15 March 2019
Firms failing to embrace cloud computing may struggle for survival in 5-10 years, says Microsoft Taiwan executive
Many Taiwan-based firms do not understand the importance of digital transformation of their operations, and those failing to embrace cloud computing face the risk of becoming obsolete...
Friday 15 March 2019
Makers stepping up efforts for VR/AR industry development
Efforts being made by Apple, HTC, Oculus and other players in China and Finland will underpin a robust growth of the AR/VR industry in 2019 and beyond, according to industry source...
Friday 15 March 2019
Qualcomm, USI and Asustek team up in Brazil
Qualcomm, Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) and Asustek Computer have announced jointly the commercial launch of new Asustek smartphones that utilize Qualcomm's cellular...
Thursday 14 March 2019
Ruckus eyeing growing cloud Wi-Fi solutions market in Asia
Having made a major headway for promoting its cloud Wi-Fi solutions in the US since 2018, Ruckus Networks is shifting its market efforts to Asia in 2019 eyeing the growth potential...
Thursday 14 March 2019
Acer founder promotes Super TaiRa
Acer founder Stan Shih has urged Taiwan-based makers to apply Super TaiRa-based infrastructure to IoT devices.