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Tuesday 30 January 2018
Advantech opens expanded European Service Center
Advantech has unveiled its expanded European Service Center in the Netherlands, doubling office and warehouse space and almost tripling CTOS (configure to order services) production...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
ITRI unveils surrounding sensing subsystem for self-driving
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), in collaboration with the Information Industry Institute (III) and National Chung-shan Institute of Science & Technology...
Monday 29 January 2018
IBM to enhance private cloud business in Taiwan in 2018
IBM will step up promoting its Cloud Private software platform in Taiwan in 2018 to help enterprise customers in the country better access microservice architectures to create new...
Monday 29 January 2018
Qualcomm to pay Taiwan antitrust fines in installments
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has approved Qualcomm's application to pay a NT$23.4 billion (US$803.09 million) antitrust fine in 60 installments in five years.
Monday 29 January 2018
IoT edges to drive demand for advanced data storage solutions, says Seagate executive
Driven by the development of IoT (Internet of Things), cloud, big data and machine learning technologies and applications, aggregate global data volume is estimated to expand exponentially...
Monday 29 January 2018
Samsung, Apple remain top semiconductor customers
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2017, representing 19.5% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Samsung and Apple together...
Monday 29 January 2018
Mobile DRAM prices to rise 3% in 1Q18, says DRAMeXchange
Mobile DRAM contract prices will rise a mere 3% sequentially in the first quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchange. Despite the recent launch of new full-screen smartphones, consumers...
Friday 26 January 2018
Apple developing 4 next-generation iPhone projects, says Digitimes Research
Apple has been developing four next-generation iPhone projects: a 5.7- to 5.8-inch LCD device; a 6.0- to 6.1-inch LCD device; a 6.0- to 6.1-inch OLED device; and a 6.4- to 6.5-inch...
Friday 26 January 2018
AcBel expects new products to boost 2018 revenues
Despite a nearly 10% on-year drop in 2017 consolidated revenues, Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech still expects its 2018 revenues to benefit from volume production of...
Friday 26 January 2018
Qualcomm signs purchase MoU with 4 China smartphone vendors
Qualcomm has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with four China-based smartphone vendors: Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi for the purchase of Qualcomm's RF front-end (RFFE) components...
Friday 26 January 2018
New Kinpo Group expanding capacities
With the worldwide economy expected to be strong in 2018, the New Kinpo Group is planning to establish three new plants in the Philippines over the next two years, raising the group's...
Friday 26 January 2018
HTC ships standalone Vive Focus in China
HTC has begun shipping its Vive Focus VR devices to consumers in China, expecting the availability of the standalone VR products to boost its sales performance for the first quarter...
Friday 26 January 2018
Acer, Compal eye business from elderly
Taiwan-based IT firms including Acer and Compal Electronics have been keen on planning products and services for Taiwan's elderly consumer groups.
Thursday 25 January 2018
BlackBerry turns into B2B IoT solutions provider, says executive
After experiencing 3-5 years of business adjustments, Canada-based BlackBerry has successfully transformed from a mobile devices supplier into a provider of B2B IoT (Internet of Things)...
Thursday 25 January 2018
Taiwan manufacturers use sensor solutions to enhance competitiveness
Mainly exported to American and European markets, Cosen's products are representative of the Made in Taiwan vision. Cosen specializes in the production of band saws, which may be...