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Wednesday 14 August 2019
Highlights of the day: Intel CPU shortages remain
The US is delaying imposing 10% tariffs on some consumer electronics products from China, including notebooks and handsets, but the cloud of uncertainty created by the US-China trade...
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Asustek posts on-year profit growth from brand business in 2Q19
Asustek Computer has reported revenues from brand business decreased 15% sequentially and 11% on year to NT$71.27 billion (US$2.26 billion) in the second quarter with net profit slipping...
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Notebook ODMs conservative about 2H19, as Intel CPU shortages remain
Compal Eletronics has warned that Intel CPU shortages remain a factor, along with the US-China trade war, affecting notebook shipments, with the ODM expecting a decline in the third...
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Public cloud sector expects to benefit from weak economy
The weak global economy is expected to increase enterprise customers' demand for public cloud systems, benefiting datacenter server suppliers including Quanta Computer, Wiwynn and...
Wednesday 14 August 2019
NTUTEC sets up vertical accelerator to aid startups
For startups, the most critical factor determining their survival rests with whether their innovative products and services can pass market validations and if their business models...
Tuesday 13 August 2019
HTC reports fifth consecutive quarterly loss in 2Q19
HTC has reported net loss of NT$2.23 billion (US$70.81 million) for the second quarter of 2019, the company's fifth consecutive quarterly loss, although the figure shows a slight...
Tuesday 13 August 2019
Asustek revenues increase in July
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues for July 2019 increased 5.9% from a year earlier to NT$25.53 billion (US$812 million), ending a 22-month streak of on-year decre...
Tuesday 13 August 2019
Taiwan is fast in 5G deployments, says Ericsson executive
The deployment of 5G networks in Taiwan will be faster than those in most countries in Europe once the nation's 5G spectrums are auctioned, according to Chafic Nassif, president of...
Tuesday 13 August 2019
Memory firms expect explosive growth from 5G starting 2020
Despite lackluster memory demand likely to persist till the end of 2019, the memory industry is expected to see a brighter prospect starting 2020 when 5G services kick off commercial...
Monday 12 August 2019
Highlights of the day: Huawei resumes 5G notebook development
There have been signs that the impact of the US trade ban on Huawei may be waning, as the Chinese vendor has recently set an even more ambitious goal for its handset shipments for...
Monday 12 August 2019
TSMC gearing up for another semiconductor supercycle
The global semiconductor market is set to enter a dynamic new phase of growth, as the era of 5G network looms around the corner. TSMC, the world's largest pure-play foundry, is also...
Monday 12 August 2019
Huawei resumes notebook orders, development of 5G models, say sources
Huawei has resumed pulling in new orders for notebooks and also restarted the development of 5G-enabled notebook models, according to sources from the vendor's Taiwan-based supply...
Friday 9 August 2019
Highlights of the day: AMD to see rising share of server market
AMD is expected to grab a larger share of the server market thanks to its newly launched EPYC server processor platform...
Friday 9 August 2019
Asia Pacific spending on public cloud services to reach US$76.1 billion by 2023, says IDC
Asia Pacific spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to value at US$26.0 billion in 2019, an increase of 47.1% over 2018, according to IDC. The public cloud...
Friday 9 August 2019
AMD launches second-generation EPYC platform
AMD, joined by an expansive ecosystem of datacenter partners and customers at a launch event, has introduced the second-generation AMD EPYC family of processors for enterprise, cloud...