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Wednesday 20 July 2016
IPC maker Parpro expected to see strong contribution from aerospace and military businesses in 2017, says paper
Taiwan-based industrial PC maker Parpro is expected to see its revenues from the aerospace and military businesses grow significantly in 2017, increasing their combined revenue contribution...
Wednesday 20 July 2016
HTC to participate in US-sponsored AWRI program
HTC has announced that it will participate in the Advanced Wireless Research Initiative (AWRI) program launched jointly by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy...
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Digitimes Research: SoftBank chairman overoptimistic about benefits from acquiring ARM
For Japan-based SoftBank's plan to acquire a 100% stake in UK-based ARM at GBP24.3 billion (US$32.0 billion), SoftBank chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son indicated that the acquisition...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
HTC to hold 3Q16 investors conference on August 2
HTC will hold its investors conference for the third quarter on August 2. The company is expected to report a loss of NT$1.5-2 billion for the second quarter, down from a loss of...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Former Acer executive to helm optical fiber sensor startup
Former Acer Taiwan's president Towny Huang has recently joined Internet of Things (IoT) startup Citpo Technologies and become the chairman of the firm.
Tuesday 19 July 2016
VIA joins 3rd-party payment market in Taiwan, says paper
VIA Technologies' subsidiary Chander Electronics will invest in Taiwan-based third-party payment solution provider Neweb Technologies and will spend NT$690 million (US$21.58 million)...
Monday 18 July 2016
Handset LED market to decline, says IHS
The market for LEDs used in mobile phones – including backlighting behind the display, keypad illumination and camera flash - will decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...
Monday 18 July 2016
SoftBank to acquire ARM
The boards of directors of SoftBank and ARM have announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash acquisition of ARM for GBP24.3 billion (US$32.2...
Monday 18 July 2016
Inventec lands more short lead-time server orders from Alibaba, says paper
Inventec has landed more short lead-time server orders from the Alibaba Group and has begun shipping from its new plant in Nanjing, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Monday 18 July 2016
Smartphone vendors crossing into notebook market for growth
China-based Huawei and Xiaomi have entered the notebook market and Korea-based smartphone brand vendors Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are also releasing products for the...
Friday 15 July 2016
Huaxintong Semiconductor licenses ARMv8-A architecture
Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology of China has licensed ARM's v8-A architecture to accelerate advanced server chipset technologies in China's server market, according to ARM. The...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Huawei pushing mobile payment system in China
With Asia's mobile payment market growing rapidly, in addition to Apple and Samsung Electronics' payment platforms, China-based Huawei, the largest smartphone vendor in China, has...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Digital signage proficiency holds the key to smart retail
The driving forces of cloud technology, big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) have sparked a new wave of innovations for the retail industry. For retailers, the transformation...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Microsoft, Google, Amazon pushing new datacenter establishments in 2H16
Microsoft, Google and Amazon have been aggressively pushing the cloud computing service market and are expected to establish more datacenters in the second half of 2016. Microsoft...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Garmin enters Taiwan micropayment market
Garmin has cooperated with Taiwan-based micropayment firm iPass to launch wearable devices that are able to measure heart rates and support micropayments.