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Thursday 9 February 2017
Fire at Samsung SDI factory caused by defective batteries
Just weeks after Samsung stated that it was defective batteries that caused its Note 7 to burst into flames and that the company had implemented several controls to prevent it from...
Thursday 9 February 2017
IBM, Nokia and AT&T get together to foster trust in IoT
In a 2016 AT&T survey, 58% of the companies they spoke to stated that were not confident in the security of their IoT devices. This is not surprising considering that in the past...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Intel announces US$7 billion investment for 7nm fab
Intel has announced plans to invest more than US$7 billion to complete Fab 42, which is expected to be the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world. The high-volume factory...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Digitimes Research: China makers ship over 181 million smartphones in 4Q16
Including export sales, China-based smartphone makers shipped a total of 181.8 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 4.4% on quarter and 12.8% on year, according to...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Samsung developing clam-type smartphones, said sources
Samsung Electronics reportedly is developing clam-type smartphones and is expected to begin small production of its first foldable model featuring a flexible AMOLED display in the...
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to promote DDoS protection services
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will strive to promote multilayer DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection services to business clients in 2017, the company has said.
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Number of connected things to surpass global population in 2017
The number of connected "things" in the overall installed base of Internet of Things (IoT) worldwide in 2017 will surpass the total global population for the first time...
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Digitimes Research: Various robots showcased at RoboDEX 2017
Various types of robots were exhibited at RoboDEX 2017 in Tokyo, Japan, during January 18-20, including collaborative, humanoid, assistant and receptionist robots, according to Digitimes...
Wednesday 8 February 2017
MediaTek announces chipset for dual-camera smartphones
MediaTek has announced the launch of its MediaTek Helio P25, the newest addition to the MediaTek Helio P series mobile processor family. The new chipset combines a 16nm Octa-core...
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Litemax 7 products received the 25th Taiwan Excellence Award
Litemax Electronic Inc. (stock code: 4995), the world-leading high brightness LCD panel and industrial computer manufacturer, 7 products (100% hit rate) had been awarded in the 25th...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
KT, LG U+, SK Telecom post mixed growth in 4Q16 net operating profits, says paper
Korea Telecom (KT), LG U+ and SK Telecom, the three largest South Korea-based telecom carriers, have reported fourth-quarter 2016 net operating profits of KRW226.3 billion (US$196...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Digitimes Research: China FTTx, mobile Internet-access user bases increase to 228 million, 941 million at end of 2016
The number of FTTx subscribers increased to 228 million and 3G/4G mobile broadband Internet-access subscribers grew to 941 million in China as of the end of 2016, accounting for 76.8%...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Advantech sees revenues drop to 11-month low
Advantech saw its consolidated revenues decline 20.68% on month and 7.75% on year to an 11-month low of NT$3.034 billion (US$98.086 million) in January.
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Qualcomm extends deadline for NXP purchase offer
Qualcomm has announced that it has extended the offering period of its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of NXP Semiconductors...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
HTC January revenues hit 9-month low
Smartphone vendor HTC saw its consolidated revenues decline 27.16% on month and 27.98% on year to a nine-month low of NT$4.664 billion (US$148 million) in January.