Mobeam and ams: Smartphone barcodes will finally be readable by all POS laser scanners

Mar 4, 22:25

Mobeam and ams AG have announced they have formed a partnership that will accelerate the ability of smartphones to transmit barcoded content that can be read by all point-of-sale...

Advantech targets US$1 billion revenues in 2013

Mar 1, 15:34

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player Advantech has announced 2012 total consolidated revenues of NT$27.552 billion (US$930 million), representing an on-year growth of 4.2% compared...

VIA announces Android BSP enabling split-screen multi-touch digital signage display at DSE 2013

Feb 27, 14:43

VIA Technologies has announced its latest Android board support package (BSP) for the VIA Vantage digital signage line which enables a split-screen multi-touch user experience that...

Quanta Computer to recruit software engineers

Feb 27, 14:00

Quanta Computer will recruit software engineers specializing in BIOS, firmware and management software for data center servers, according to industry sources.

Global NOR flash market to continue slide, says IHS

Feb 25, 12:06

After a decline in 2012, the NOR flash memory market is set to shrink again in 2013 and 2014 as more segments of the handset market eschew the device in favor of alternative NAND...

Linaro to extend Linux reach to networking equipment

Feb 21, 10:50

Linaro, the not-for-profit engineering organization developing open source software for the ARM architecture, has announced the formation of the Linaro Networking Group (LNG) with...

Apple and Samsung devices displace Nokia worldwide for first time in terms of Internet usage, says StatCounter

Feb 8, 11:33

Apple dislodged Nokia in January 2013 for the first time as the most popular mobile vendor in terms of global Internet usage, according to website analytics company StatCounter. Samsung...

Mobile and cloud computing spur tripling of micro server shipments in 2013, says IHS

Feb 7, 15:54

Driven by booming demand for new data center services for mobile platforms and cloud computing, shipments of micro servers are expected to more than triple in 2013, according to an...

Handsets to become biggest consumer of flash memory in 2013, says IHS

Feb 4, 11:56

In another sign of the pre-eminent position smartphones now hold in the global technology market, handsets as a whole are set to become the world's single largest consumer of flash...

US IPTV growth decelerates in 4Q12, says IHS

Feb 1, 15:31

The growth of the US Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) market continued to decelerate in the fourth quarter of 2012, due to the impact of hurricane Sandy and the slowing expansion...

AMD eyeing business opportunities from embedded solutions

Jan 30, 11:45

As AMD is set to raise its embedded business' revenues contribution to 20% in 2013 from 5% currently, AMD vice president and Embedded Solution general manager Arun Iyengar has pointed...

In Win Development and partners launch cloud computing appliances

Jan 29, 19:52

In Win Development, a Taiwan-based PC/server chassis and power supply maker, and its partners including SaveCom International, Lancer Systems, Advanced Control & Systems and NetVision...

Delta Electronics showcasing iPEMS at ISE 2013

Jan 29, 11:35

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics is showcasing iPEMS, an in-house-developed smart monitoring and management system, at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2013 exhibition in Amsterdam...

IPC maker Firich to enjoy revenue and profit growths in 2013

Jan 28, 23:08

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Firich Enterprise expects to enjoy strong revenue and profit growth in 2013, as the company has recently formed a cooperation with gambling...

Competition between ODMs over server-related products heats up

Jan 28, 16:03

Competition over server-related products between Taiwan-based ODMs has started heating up as Quanta Computer and Wistron continue to land server orders directly from large web players...

Micron intros high-endurance MLC SSD for data center storage

Jan 23, 14:25

Micron Technology has announced its next-generation solid state drive (SSD) for data center servers, appliances and storage platforms.

Taipei City to develop cloud computing industry parks

Jan 23, 14:23

The Taipei City Government has announced plans to develop cloud computing industry parks on three suburban sites in the city based on a BOT (build-operate-transfer) model.

HannStar Board to lower notebook PCB sales in 2013

Jan 21, 11:27

HannStar Board, the world's largest maker of notebook PCBs, aims to lower the ratio of notebook PCBs to 55-59% of its total sales in 2013 compared to 59% in the previous year amid...

Wiwynn unveils storage server system at fourth Open Compute Summit, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 18, 11:28

Wistron's wholly-own subsidiary Wiwynn, which provides hardware and system integration services for cloud computing applications, unveiled a storage server system equipped with Intel...

Bestec Power sees continual sales growth in 2013

Jan 15, 11:36

Taiwan-based switching power supply maker Bestec Power Electronics expects its sales for 2013 to exceed the amount it posted in 2012 during which revenues soared 68.2% to NT$1.93...

Chunghwa Telecom to cooperate with Wiwynn to launch Cloud Appliance

Jan 10, 16:15

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on January 9 signed an MoU with Wiwynn, a wholly-owned subsidiary of notebook ODM Wistron providing system integration services for cloud computing applications,...

Foxconn to focus on technology transfer and commerce development in Indonesia

Jan 4, 15:45

Commenting on the recent news from Indonesia that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will establish factories in the country in 2013, Foxconn, although declining to...

Google data center in Taiwan may begin operations in 2H13

Jan 3, 22:07

Google's three data centers in Asia are said to begin operations in 2013 starting with the data center in Singapore. However, Google Taiwan noted that there has been no notice about...

InnoDisk plans Taiwan OTC listing by end of 2013

Jan 3, 14:08

Taiwan-based InnoDisk, which develops and manufactures flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, plans to list on the local over-the-counter (OTC) market...

ODMs reportedly to receive storage product orders from Facebook

Jan 2, 20:36

Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders to Taiwan-based ODMs with both Quanta Computer and Wistron having a chance to land the orders, according to sources...

Axiomtek expects a double-digit percentage growth in 2013

Dec 27, 15:43

Seeing strong demand in the US and emerging markets, Taiwan-based industrial PC player Axiomtek expects its revenues to enjoy a double-digit percentage growth on year in 2013.

Advantech expected to achieve 15% on-year revenue growth in 2013

Dec 27, 13:44

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player Advantech is expected to enjoy 15% on-year revenue growth in 2013, according to market watchers.

Asustek forms health cloud computing alliance

Dec 20, 13:40

Asustek Computer on December 19 formed a health cloud computing alliance through cooperation with Taiwan-based Show Chwan Health Care System to establish a cloud computing ecosystem...

Compal to enter server ODM business in 2013

Dec 17, 21:41

Compal Electronics reportedly plans to enter server the ODM business in 2013 and will establish a new department to handle all related services and sales, according to sources from...

Quanta, Wistron become white-box server suppliers for Baidu, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 17, 11:57

Tawian-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Wistron have won white-box server orders from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, through cooperation with China-based partners,...

Kingston partners with ESET and ClevX for encrypted flash drives

Dec 14, 12:16

Kingston Technology has partnered with security software developer ESET and ClevX, an IP development and licensing company, to enhance its encrypted USB flash drives for keeping sensitive...

Quanta Computer lands sever orders from Goldman Sachs, say Taiwan makers

Dec 13, 20:26

Quanta Computer has obtained white-box server orders from Goldman Sachs to establish data centers, with shipments to begin soon, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Quanta...

Intel launches 6W server-class processors

Dec 13, 13:59

Intel has introduced the Atom processor S1200 product family, delivering the world's first low-power, 64-bit server-class system-on-chip (SoC) for high-density microservers, as well...