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Thursday 19 July 2018
AI chip orders to boost KYEC revenues in 3Q18
IC testing service provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to report about 10% sequential growth in third-quarter revenues, driven by a ramp-up of orders for artificial...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Taiwan makers could play key role in global self-driving market, says ITRI
Taiwan-based makers of automotive components and electronics as well as semiconductors should capitalize on their international competitiveness to play an important role in the global...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
VirtualLink combines simplicity of single USB-C connector with higher bandwidth to drive VR experiences
A new industry consortium led by Nvidia, Oculus, Valve, AMD, and Microsoft has introduced the VirtualLink specification - an open industry standard that enables next-generation VR...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Edom likely to post 30% revenue growth in 3Q18
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology is expected to report about 30% revenue growth sequentially for the third quarter of 2018, thanks to a ramp-up of orders for new smartphones...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Samsung, LG adopt shotgun policy to shore up smartphone revenues
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have apparently adopted a policy to launch as many as possible new smartphones in 2018, as a sharp contrast to their previous focus mainly on...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Xilinx acquires China AI chip startup
Xilinx has acquired DeePhi Technology, a Beijing-based AI chip startup specializing in deep compression, pruning and system-level optimization for neural networks, according to the...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Solomon introduces Meca500 robotic arm to Taiwan market
Automation solution provider Solomon Technology on July 17 announced that it has become the exclusive sales agent for the Meca500, an ultra-compact 6-axis industrial robotic arm developed...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Taiwan telecoms eyeing new 4G service subscribers
With Taiwan's 3G service licenses set to expire at the end of 2018, local telecom operators are starting offering more affordable packages and subsidies to lure their 3G subscribers...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Networking device supplier Senao reports strong sales for 1H18
Networking device maker Senao Networks has reported revenues of NT$4.653 billion (US$152.38 million) for the first half of 2018, increasing 31.28% from a year earlier. The company...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Winbond completes NT$10 billion bond issue
Winbond Electronics has completed the sale of NT$10 billion (US$327.2 million) worth of secured corporate bonds in Taiwan, according to the maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
New MediaTek Helio A SoC brings AI to budget smartphones
MediaTek has unveiled its new Helio A SoC family for low-end to mid-range smartphones, with the first product of the series already adopted by Xiaomi.
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Taiwan vows efforts to turn IoT into next NT$1 trillion industry
While machinery production has become Taiwan's third industry with annual production value of over NT$1 trillion (US$32.67 billion) in 2017 after going smart, the IoT (Internet of...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
India rising as new handset hub on supply chains gathering
Mobile phone production in India continues gaining expansion momentum, as global handset supply chain players are gathering there setting up manufacturing operations to better tap...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Global shipments of 3D sensing-enabled smartphones to top 100 million units in 2018, says firm
Global shipments of smartphones featuring 3D sensing technology are expected to top over 100 million units in 2018, with Apple serving as the primary vendor and following by Xiaomi,...
Monday 16 July 2018
Technology is only one of the ingredients to startup success, says Tally Liu
In a media career spanning nearly three decades, Tally Liu served as senior vice president of Knight Ridder, in charge of finances, operations, internal audit and new technologies...