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Wednesday 6 September 2017
GrandTech sets up subsidiary to support AWS
GrandTech CG Systems, a provider of value-added marketing services in graphics, imaging, multimedia and information security software, has announced investment of NT$100 million (US$3.3...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Competition in AI chip market heating up on full presence of global tech giants
Competition in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market is heating up as nearly all major players in the IT industry have joined the race to develop AI chips and applications...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
The midrange smartphone concept: Q&A with TL Lee, GM of MediaTek Wireless Communication Dept
Taiwan-based chip designer MediaTek has newly released its Helio P-series chipset solutions for smartphones, aiming to regain its share of the global market for SoCs for midrange...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Acer to showcase MixBot intelligent mixology robot solution
Acer will showcase its service-oriented and intelligent mixology robot solution, the MixBot, at Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition 2017 held from September 6-9.
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Breakthroughs needed before AR glasses can replace smartphones
There is gradual awareness in the market that augmented reality (AR) glasses do have the potential to replace smartphones, as Microsoft's HoloLens AR glasses inventor Alex Kipman...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Microsoft partners with Taiwan medical university for AI, says paper
Microsoft Taiwan and Taipei Medical University (TMU) have teamed up for a project to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Acer seeking niche consumer groups in gaming market
Acer's president of IT products business Jerry Kao, commenting on the gaming product business, has pointed out that the competition in the market is extremely fierce and it will be...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Commentary: Cabinet reshuffle casts uncertainty over Taiwan AI, IoT development
Premier Lin Chuan, who once served as chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and his Cabinet members will resign en masse on September 7, casting uncertainty over...
Monday 4 September 2017
IFA 2017: LG launches V30 flagship smartphone
LG Electronics has unveiled its LG V30, the latest iteration of the company's V series flagship smartphones, at IFA 2017. The V30 features F1.6 aperture camera lens, a glass Crystal...
Monday 4 September 2017
Digitimes Research: FTTH fixed-line broadband service enjoys highest growth in Korea
For the four types of high-speed fixed-line services - FTTH, FTTB+LAN, HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) and xDSL - currently available in Korea, the number of FTTH service subscribers increased...
Monday 4 September 2017
Posiflex board approves plan for Portwell acquisition
The board of industrial PC (IPC) maker Posiflex Technology has approved a plan to invest over NT$5.1 billion (US$173.4 million) to fully acquire Portwell, also an IPC player, for...
Friday 1 September 2017
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Azure Stack
Microsoft has launched Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform in the Taiwan market to meet increasing demand for management of sensitive data from enterprise customers.
Friday 1 September 2017
US startup accelerator Plug and Play may set up branch in Taiwan
Plug and Play Tech Center, claimed as the world's biggest startup accelerator and most active venture capitalist based in the Silicon Valley, is studying the feasibility of setting...
Friday 1 September 2017
Basic trackers take back seat as smartwatches accelerate in 2Q17, says IDC
The worldwide wearable market was once again graced with positive growth as shipments grew 10.3% on year, reaching 26.3 million during the second quarter of 2017, according to the...
Friday 1 September 2017
ITRI unveils smart trial production base
Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has inaugurated a smart manufacturing trial base in Taichung Precision Machinery Innovation Technology Park in...