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Trends in industrial computing
Digitimes trackes the latest trends in industrial computing applications, including IoT, Industry 4.0 and automation and robotics.
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Thursday 15 January 2015
Intel to partner with more IT players for IoT opportunities
In addition to existing partnerships with Amazon, IBM, Eurotech and General Electric (GE), Intel is preparing to team up with more IT firms such as AT&T, Verizon, Cisco, SAP and...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Inventec chairman confident of shipping 100 million products in 2015
Inventec chairman Richard Lee, at Xiaomi's product launch conference in Taiwan, pointed out that the company is expected to see about 100 million ODM/OEM product shipments in 2015,...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Automated inspection can be introduced to assembly processes, say Taiwan makers
While it is practically difficult to fully automate assembly lines, especially for precision products, the practice of inspecting components in assembly processes can be automated,...
Monday 12 January 2015
Inventec automating production lines in eastern China
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Inventec, in order to reduce impact of continued wage hikes and tight supply of labor, started trial automation of production lines at factories in Shanghai,...
Thursday 8 January 2015
IoT-related M&A spending exceeds US$14 billion in 2014, says research firm
Acquirers stepped up their activity in the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace in 2014, spending approximately US$14.3 billion to acquire 60 companies in 2014. That spending is almost...
Thursday 8 January 2015
Foxconn SiP subsidiary to list on TSE
ShunSin Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) specializing in assembly and test of system-in-package (SiP) modules, plans to have its stock...
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Compal looking to acquire more IoT and IPC companies in 2015
Compal Electronics is planning to take a more aggressive approach to acquiring industrial PC and Internet of Things (IoT) companies in 2015 and has already identified some emerging...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Services to make up vast majority of IoT business opportunities, say analysts
As 4.9 billion connected devices are predicted to be in use in 2015, up 30% from 2014, and will reach 25 billion by 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining further attention...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Macronix sampling NOR chips for IoT, says report
NOR flash chipmaker Macronix International has begun sampling its low-power solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) applications and is looking to go into mass production in 2015,...
Monday 22 December 2014
Computex 2015 out of booths
Although Computex 2015 will not begin until June 2015, booths for the show have already sold out as many emerging players in the cloud computing and Internet of thing (IoT) industries...
Friday 19 December 2014
Embedded memory module maker InnoDisk eyeing IoT, Big Data applications
Taiwan-based NAND flash and industrial DRAM memory module provider Innodisk will further expand its production lines for industrial DRAM products for IoT (Internet of Things) and...
Friday 19 December 2014
Demand for 8-inch fab equipment rises
Demand for 8-inch fab tools, particularly used equipment, has risen significantly, as foundries are gearing up for their 8-inch fab expansion to grasp the rising IoT opportunity,...
Friday 19 December 2014
Internet of Things stimulates MEMS market, says IHS
The explosive expansion of the Internet of things (IoT) is driving rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices in areas including asset-tracking systems,...
Wednesday 17 December 2014
SMIC Shenzhen 8-inch fab goes into operation
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has begun operations at its Shenzhen 200mm (8-inch) wafer fab, according to the China-based IC foundry.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Intel announces IoT platform
Intel has announced the Intel IoT platform, an end-to-end reference model designed to unify and simplify connectivity and security for the Internet of things (IoT). Intel also introduced...