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Tuesday 27 March 2018
Yen Sun reports strong profits for 2017 thanks to car-use fans
Cooling fan and home appliance maker Yen Sun Technology has announced its 2017 financial results with consolidated revenues growing 5.51% on year to come to NT$2.42 billion (US$82.64...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Inventec to sell Taiwan office building
Inventec has disclosed it is selling an office building that previously housed its server R&D center in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Although the company has already found a buyer, the two...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
AI packages unlikely to be available in near future, says academy chief
Though artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can be applied to any industry in the future, the application faces major challenges, one of which being the difficulty of rolling...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
HTC reports record quarterly losses for 4Q17
HTC has reported a record quarterly loss of NT$9.81 billion (US$337.37 million) or NT$11.93 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017.
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Worldwide spending on cognitive and AI systems to grow to US$19.1 billion in 2018, says IDC
Worldwide spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems will reach US$19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 54.2% over the amount spent in 2017, according to IDC....
Monday 26 March 2018
Taiwan 3D sensor supply chain to gain more from new iPhones
As Apple has reportedly decided to continue using 3D sensor-based face recognition in its new iPhone devices in 2018, Taiwan suppliers in the 3D sensor supply chain, including those...
Friday 23 March 2018
Chenbro revenues grow, but profit drops in 2017
Taiwan-based server supplier Chenbro Micom has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.51 billion (US$187.67 million) for 2017, up 5.8% on year to reach a company record, but its...
Friday 23 March 2018
Taiwan government to promote cyber security industry
The Taiwan government's Department of Cyber Security has worked out plans to promote the country's cyber security industry, aiming to aiming to create 40 cyber security startups by...
Friday 23 March 2018
Android smartphones vendors turning to in-display fingerprint scanners
Smartphone vendors in the Android camp are rushing to incorporate in-display fingerprint recognition technology into their 18:9 all-screen models as they have turned conservative...
Friday 23 March 2018
Galaxy S9+ materials cost US$43 more than previous versions, says IHS Markit
The new Samsung Galaxy S9+ equipped with 64GB of NAND flash memory (model number SM-G965U1) carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost of US$375.80, much higher than for previous versions...
Friday 23 March 2018
Huawei, Xiaomi to take on each other with new smartphones
China-based smartphone vendors Huawei and Xiaomi Technology are set to take each other on, particularly in their doemstic market, when they unveil their respective new flagship smartphones...
Friday 23 March 2018
Samsung intros 10nm AP for high-end smartphones
Samsung Electronics has announced the availability of its latest application processor (AP), the Exynos 7 Series 9610, built using the company's 10nm FinFET process.
Thursday 22 March 2018
Aten announces EPS of NT$6.08 for 2017
Taiwan-based multimedia solutions provider Aten International has registered consolidated revenues of NT$4.95 billion (US$168.8 million) for 2017 with a gross margin of 59.1% and...
Thursday 22 March 2018
Apple to enter trial production of new iPhone series in 2Q18, say sources
With Apple reportedly to make 3D sensing a standard for its 2018 series iPhone devices, trial production of the new series is expected to kick off in the second quarter of 2018 at...
Thursday 22 March 2018
Google kicks off Intelligent Taiwan initiative
Google has started the Intelligent Taiwan initiative to help promote digital transformation of the country's economy and strengthen AI (artificial intelligence) capability of its...