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Friday 7 July 2017
Qualcomm seeks to ban iPhone imports to US
Qualcomm has announced that it is filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Apple has engaged in the unlawful importation and sale...
Friday 7 July 2017
HTC June revenues rise on brisk sales of U11 smartphones
Brisk sales of the HTC U11 series smartphones buoyed revenues at HTC in June, which climbed to the highest for 2017 at NT$6.89 billion (US$225.2 million). The monthly figures represented...
Friday 7 July 2017
Taiwan IC design houses seeing orders ramp-up from China smartphone sector
A ramp-up of orders from China's smartphone sector will buoy revenues at Taiwan-based IC design houses, particularly those specializing in LCD driver ICs, wireless charging solutions...
Friday 7 July 2017
HTC investigating smartphone fire incident in France
High Tech Computer (HTC) has commented on a couple reports that its smartphones has spontaneously caught fire in Taiwan and France, saying it is cooperating with third-party investigations...
Friday 7 July 2017
Nokia smartphones to feature Zeiss optics
Nokia-branded phone vendor HMD Global and ZEISS have signed a partnership that will see the two companies co-develop imaging capabilities and bring the Zeiss optics back to Nokia...
Friday 7 July 2017
Commentary: Power-saving is key concept in smartphone design
While new smartphone models for 2017 boast quite a few fresh features such as full screens, OLED panels, biometric systems, quick charge and wireless charge applications, these features...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Intel, Qualcomm to compete fiercely in AR/VR and AI sectors
Intel and Qualcomm are expected to compete neck and neck in the VR/AR and AI sectors as the two companies have continued to enhance their deployments in these areas. With new applications...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Getac sees revenues ride high in June
Ruggedized computing device maker Getac Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.81 billion (US$59.48 million) for June, increasing 17.95% on month and 11.27% on year...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Baidu deploys Xilinx FPGAs in new public cloud acceleration services
Baidu has deployed Xilinx FPGA-based application acceleration services in their public cloud, according to Xilinx. The Baidu FPGA Cloud Server, a new service in Baidu Cloud, features...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan market: NCC to release more bandwidth for 4G communications
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has said it will begin accepting bids from July 19 to September 1 for the release of 2100MHz and 1800MHz frequency band units for...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan foundries to see 8-inch fabs run at full utilization till October
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Xiaomi buys patents from Nokia
Xiaomi Technology has acquired a swathe of patents from Nokia, according to an announcement by the two companies.
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Advantech to build maintenance center in Vietnam, says paper
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has been aggressively expanding into markets including Vietnam and South Korea, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
China market: VR sales to grow at CAGR of 80% in 2018-2021, says firm
Sales of VR devices, content and related services in the China market are expected to grow by a CAGR of over 80% from CNY10 billion (US$1.47 billion) in 2018 to CNY79.02 billion in...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Taiwan ODMs consider suspending ties with LeEco
Taiwan-based Compal Electronics is evaluating all possible situations in order to decide whether it will continue to cooperate with China-based LeEco amid the deterioration of its...