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Wednesday 5 September 2018
Worldwide wearable market ticks up 5.5% due to gains in emerging markets, says IDC
Growth continued in the global wearable market during the second quarter of 2018 as shipment volume reached 27.9 million units, up 5.5% from the previous year according to data from...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Businesses need innovative information security thinking, says Microsoft executive
The ongoing digital transformation wave among global enterprises is bringing more growth opportunities but also coming with more risks. In particular, the IoT era sees an increasing...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Samsung, LG unveiling 8K TVs with AI, IOT applications
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are showcasing new models of household electronics products such as large-size QLED or OLED TVs with AI and IoT applications at IFA 2018 heralding...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Intel PSG expected to see rising demand for FPGA products
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group (PSG), a business sector focusing primarily on FPGA accelerator development, is expected to seeing rising sales with more adoption from datacenter...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
ITRI, AIDC, Mirle co-develop robotic arms for aerospace components production
Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Mirle Automation have cooperated in developing high-precision...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Homecare platform startup Ucarer launches in Silicon Valley
Taiwan-headquartered Ucarer, which helps connect Chinese seniors who need in-home care with homecare professionals, is seeking series B funding as it begins to expand business to...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
FCBGA substrate supply tight on packaging demand for pre-5G chips
Taiwan IC backend service firms have seen increasing flip-chip packaging orders from China chipmaker HiSilicon now actively carrying out volume production of pre-5G chip products,...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
GIGA-TMS unveils UHF RFID system for pre-shipment tracking
Taiwan-based RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions specialist GIGA-TMS has newly released its Scannel-branded RFID tunnel system designed mainly to track pre-shipment production...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
NXP acquires OmniPHY to accelerate autonomous driving and vehicle networks
NXP Semiconductors has disclosed it has acquired OmniPHY, a provider of automotive Ethernet subsystem technology. OmniPHY's expertise includes automotive Ethernet, a technology that...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Taiwan tech firms, startups urged to enhance cooperation with Israel
Taiwan's colleges, tech enterprises and startups can move to enhance technology and talent exchanges with Israel and step up bilateral cooperation on a variety of tech fields, so...
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Coretronic Robotics conducting POC field tests for smart drones
Coretronic Intelligent Robotics, a robot-manufacturing arm of BLU maker Coretronic, is currently conducting POC (proof of concept) field tests for its smart drone products designed...
Tuesday 4 September 2018
China records over 801 million Internet users in June
The number of Internet users in China increased to 801.66 million as of June 2018, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Quanta, NCKU team up for smart geriatrics
Quanta Computer and Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) have signed a deal for working together to apply AI (artificial intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things) and other...
Monday 3 September 2018
Global smartphone market positive in 2H18 and beyond, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market will return to positive growth in the second half of 2018 with volumes up 1.1% compared to a year earlier, according to IDC.
Monday 3 September 2018
ITRI unveils bionic palm with six degrees of freedom
Taiwan government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has newly developed a bionic palm that can catch objects in a more agile way and can be applied to the medical...