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Friday 7 December 2018
HTC gearing up for blockchain phones, 5G mobile hubs
HTC is striving to make a turnaround in 2019 by accelerating its development of blockchain-focused smartphones and new mobile products for the upcoming 5G era, according to industry...
Friday 7 December 2018
Keelung to turn into smart people-serving city, says mayor
The government of Keelung has been keen on proceeding with smart city development in recent years, aiming to turn the harbor city in northern Taiwan into a people-serving city from...
Friday 7 December 2018
Smart manufacturing should prevent problems from occuring, says FII executive
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) vice chairman Jay Lee has noted that smart manufacturing is not meant to solve problems after they happen, but to foresee and predict the occurrence...
Friday 7 December 2018
MediaTek showcases Helio M70 5G baseband chipset at China event
MediaTek showcased at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou on December 6 its first 5G baseband chipset Helio M70, which was launched in mid 2018.
Thursday 6 December 2018
US telecom operators to roll out 5G services in 1Q19, says Qualcomm president
The commercialization of 5G communications will be realized starting in early 2019 with mobile device launches and network rollouts across North America, Europe, Japan, South Korea,...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Business of 5G seen to bring only symbolic benefits for GaAs firms in 2019
Applications of 5G will generate only symbolic rather than substantive economic benefits to suppliers of wireless compound semiconductor components devices such as radio frequency...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Popular 5G applications not likely in years, says TwIoTA chairman
It will take years for 5G applications to become popular, and business opportunities for 5G hardware supply chains are not visible for the moment, according to Frank Huang, chairman...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Compound semiconductor firms see unclear order visibility for 1Q19
Compound semiconductor firms are conservative about order visibility for the first quarter of 2019 due partly to Apple cutting orders amid weaker-than-expected sales of new iPhones,...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Largan November revenues hit 7-month low
Largan Precision on December 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.008 billion (US$130 million) for November, the lowest monthly level since May 2018, decreasing 23.08% on month...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Embracing hybrid clouds: Q&A with VMware VP Bernard Kwok
Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in developed countries have embraced various cloud computing services and the proportion of them for using hybrid clouds is expected to rise fast...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Maxonrow building real-name blockchain ID system to stall frauds
US-based blockchain network Maxonrow is actively moving to build a real-name blockchain system to stave off frauds and illegal transactions, and will seek to cooperate with governments,...
Thursday 6 December 2018
iStaging applies AI to lower VR content generation threshold
Taiwan startup iStaging, a developer of AR and VR technologies, is devoted to developing VR content generation software, utilizing AI to turn 2D patterns into 3D ones and upgrade...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Mobvoi unveils smartwatches in Taiwan
China-based AI start-up Mobvoi has unveiled two smartwatches, TicWatch Pro and TicWatch C2, for sale in Taiwan at recommended retail prices of NT$7,790 (US$253) and NT$6,290 respec...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones to total US$115.7 billion in 2019, says IDC
Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones will total US$115.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 17.6% over 2018, according to IDC. By 2022, this spending will reach US$210.3...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
PiXORD uses fish-eye network cameras to monitor traffic
IP surveillance solution provider PiXORD has used fish-eye network cameras in combination with correction ICs and AI-based image recognition technology to monitor traffic flows in...