Mobile communications equipment market set for double-digit growth in 2012, says IHS

Nov 29, 14:09

The market for mobile communications equipment will grow 13% in 2012, propelled by climbing shipments of mobile handsets and tablets, particularly devices supporting the 4G LTE wireless...

ICP sees revenues drop, profits hike for January-September

Nov 28, 11:16

Industrial computing solutions supplier ICP Electronics saw its January-September consolidated revenues of NT$4.127 billion (US$140 million) fall by 29.43% on year, but the corresponding...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom launches additional business-use cloud computing services

Nov 23, 15:29

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), having launched HiCloud Mall, on November 22 introduced additional internally-developed enterprise-use cloud computing services, HiCloud VPC (virtual private...

CHT to invest in visual effects cloud computing service

Nov 22, 21:34

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 21 signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based visual effects producer Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H) to establish a Cloud for Animation...

Ubuntu cooperates with Taiwan ODMs for sever orders, says Canonical Taiwan

Nov 19, 15:55

Open-source Linux-based operating system Ubuntu has extended cooperation to include Taiwan-based server ODMs looking to land orders from large data center operators, according to...

Dell warns Taiwan notebook ODMs against producing white-box servers

Nov 7, 16:04

As Taiwan-based notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Wistron have stepped into producing white-box servers targeting the Internet data centers of clients such as Google and Facebook,...

PMC to offer highest port count PCIe Gen3 RAID adapters

Nov 2, 13:52

PMC recently introduced its PCIe Gen3 high port-count 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters. The Adaptec Series 7 family represents the first RAID adapters to take full advantage of PCIe Gen3...

China market: Over 310,000 x86 servers shipped in 2Q12, says IDC

Nov 2, 12:09

There were 316,000 x86 servers shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 5.6% on year. Of the shipments, 26,700 were 4-way units, up 33% on-year,...

More firms join Linaro to accelerate software ecosystem for ARM servers

Nov 2, 10:37

AMD, Applied Micro Circuits, Calxeda, Canonical, Cavium Networks, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Marvell Technology and Red Hat have joined Linaro, a not-for-profit open company...

Advantech expands digital marketing business

Oct 31, 15:28

Industrial PC maker Advantech plans to invest NT$12 million (US$410,734) to establish a digital marketing platform to create an ecosystem for the industry, according to company president...

AMD to bridge x86 and ARM processors for data centers

Oct 30, 11:05

AMD has announced that it will design 64-bit ARM technology-based processors in addition to its x86 processors for multiple markets, starting with cloud and data center servers. AMD's...

Taiwan market: IBM promoting PureFlex System

Oct 18, 13:56

IBM has been promoting sales of its PureFlex System, a fully integrated system with unified management of computing, storage, networking and virtualization resources, in the Taiwan...

Acer to introduce smartphone with personal cloud service

Oct 17, 22:05

Acer plans to introduce a CloudMobile smartphone series featuring a personal cloud service. Market observers believe Acer will face strong competition and challenges in trying to...

Quanta, Wistron may see over 30% growth in 2013 white-box data center server shipments

Oct 16, 22:01

Quanta Computer and Wistron have produced servers for use in the Internet data centers of Google, Facebook and Amazon on a white-box basis and are likely to see such shipments in...

Delta Electronics lands orders for data center power supply solutions from Baidu

Oct 5, 11:07

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has obtained orders for power supply solutions used in cloud computing data centers from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, according to industry...

Taiwan ODMs seek cooperation with software providers to offer cloud computing solutions

Oct 2, 14:09

With more and more companies outsourcing data center operations to cloud computing service providers, Taiwan-based hardware ODMs have been seeking cooperation with cloud computing...

ARM architecture expected to have market potential for use in servers, say Taiwan makers

Sep 27, 01:30

ARM architecture, due to its advantages in low power consumption, is expected to have potential for applications in servers. In particular, China-based operators of Internet services...

China market: B2B transaction value at nearly CNY3.4 billion in 2Q12, says Analysys

Sep 26, 10:17

B2B web portals generated total transaction value of CNY3.39 billion (US$536 million) in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, growing by 11.9% on quarter and by 13.0%...

Taiwan government opens Cloud Open Lab

Sep 25, 16:11

The Taiwan government on September 24 started operation of Cloud Open Lab, a platform for matching software application providers, mainly independent software vendors (ISVs) and system...

Notebook ODMs expect surging growth in cloud computing business in 2013

Sep 25, 01:25

As cloud computing business opportunities are expanding, several notebook ODMs have been aggressively pushing their related business segments and expect strong revenue growth from...

Nvidia to add cloud and mobile computing segments at GTC 2013

Sep 24, 15:40

Nvidia has officially announced that the annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC 2013) will be held from March 18- 21, 2013 in San Jose, the US. The show will continue to be hosted...

ICP to set up factory in eastern China

Sep 19, 15:22

Taiwan-based industrial PC maker ICP Electronics will begin establishment of a new factory in Kunshan, eastern China, in the fourth quarter of 2012 and complete it three years after...

Taiwan government starts health cloud pilot project through cooperation with Microsoft

Sep 18, 15:05

Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) on September 17 announced the beginning of a pilot project of cloud computing applied to health information management through HealthVault, a Microsoft-developed...

Taiwan government to set up platform for developing and testing cloud computing solutions, says minister

Sep 13, 16:23

The Taiwan government will establish a platform for developing and testing solutions based on cloud computing technology to offer public services. The platform will aim to match demand...

Intel pushing Atom processors to server market

Sep 10, 13:10

Intel has been aggressively seeking new applications for its low-power Atom series processors to help fill the gap created by declining netbook sales, and has recently set its sights...

Quanta to enjoy 20-30% growth in Google server orders in 2013, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 6, 16:21

Google is reportedly in negotiations with Quanta Computer over server orders for 2013, and Quanta is expected to enjoy 20-30% on-year growth in orders, according to a Chinese-language...

Advantech reports growth in August revenues

Sep 6, 15:34

Taiwan-based industrial PC maker Advantech has announced revenues of NT$1.85 billion (US$62.07 million) for August, up 15.31% on month and 25.84% on year, while combined revenues...

Asustek cooperates with FET to offer Super Cloud

Sep 5, 16:40

Asustek Computer and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), a mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, have jointly announced that they will cooperate to offer Super Cloud, business-use storage...

Taiwan market: TWM cooperates with Evernote to offer personal cloud computing services

Aug 31, 15:53

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on August 30 announced cooperation with California-based Evernote to promote its notetaking personal...

Quanta announces 2Q12 results; details future planning

Aug 31, 01:20

Quanta Computer has announced its financial report for the second quarter with net profit after tax of NT$5.99 billion (US$200.06 million) and EPS at NT$3.80, helping the company's...

Advantech to construct R&D and production building

Aug 31, 01:00

Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based maker of industrial computers, will begin construction of a building with total floor area of 33,629 square meters (361,979 square feet) in northern...

Worldwide server market sees shipment growth, revenues decline in 2Q12, says Gartner

Aug 30, 16:07

In the second quarter of 2012, worldwide server shipments grew 1.4% over the second quarter of 2011, while revenues declined 2.9% on year, according to Gartner.

Quanta to establish R&D building in Taiwan and recruit software talent in Taiwan

Aug 30, 01:20

Quanta Computer is set to establish new building in Taiwan for R&D purposes and plans to recruit 4,000 software technicians to focus on developing the cloud computing market,...