AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap

Jun 18, 15:24

AMD has publicly disclosed its strategy and roadmap to recapture market share in enterprise and data center servers by unveiling products that address key technologies and meet the requirements of the fastest-growing data center and cloud computing workloads.

Chunghwa Telecom breaks ground for data center in northern Taiwan

Jun 17, 16:18

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on June 17 held a groundbreaking ceremony for a flagship Internet and cloud computing data center located in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, with completion scheduled for the end of 2014 and operation to begin in 2015, according to the company.

Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term

Jun 17, 15:49

Although Wistron and Inventec are both aggressively trying to reduce their notebook business revenue contributions to minimize the impact of the weakening notebook industry, since it will still take time for their non-notebook businesses to start growing, the two makers expect their notebook businesses...

Wistron to step into medical inspection instruments

Jun 17, 10:33

Wistron will step into production of non-invasive medical examination instruments by establishing a medical business group by the end of 2013 as well as investing in or acquiring relevant businesses, company chairman Simon Lin has said.

Advantech steps into intelligent services with long-term outlook

Jun 14, 15:32

Industrial PC maker Advantech has stepped into providing intelligent services and expects the business to begin to substantially generate revenues and profits in five years, company chairman KC Liu said at the 2013 shareholders meeting on June 13.

Inventec aims to ship 30 million PC-products in 2014

Jun 14, 12:11

Inventec aims to ship 20 million notebooks and other PC-related products in 2013 and expects shipments to increase 50% to 30 million units in 2014 as the company will start shipping new tablets in the fourth quarter of 2013, while its thin-client and all-in-one PC businesses will both enjoy shipment...

Taiwan market: Server shipments in 1Q13 down, says IDC

Jun 11, 16:49

There were 14,531 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 17% on quarter and 7% on year, while the corresponding shipment value of US$63.8 million slipped 18% on quarter and 0.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Lite-On Technology reports May consolidated revenues of NT$16 billion

Jun 10, 14:29

Lite-On Technology has announced May consolidated revenues of the parent company and its subsidiaries of NT$16.49 billion (US$553 million), showing a sequential growth of 1%. Consolidated May revenues of the parent company were NT$10.31 billion, representing an on-month growth of 4% compared to Apri...

Computex Taipei 2013 attracts 38,000 international buyers, says TAITRA

Jun 10, 10:50

Computex Taipei 2013 attracted more than 130,000 visitors, including 38,000 international buyers, during June 4-8, according to the organizers, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).

Servers with 64-bit ARM processor to become popular at the end of 2013

Jun 7, 10:13

Although Intel platforms are still the mainstream in the server industry, since 64-bit products have a broader range of applications, and ARM has been aggressively promoting related products, sources from the server industry expect more 64-bit ARM-based products to appear in the market between the...

Global marketers believe online video more efficient than TV, says Be On

Jun 6, 19:31

The majority of online video spending in the last 12 months come coming from budgets previously reserved for TV advertising, according to a recent worldwide study conducted by Be On, the new AOL global branded content business. The research firm said although TV is considered a key awareness driver,...

Over 1 billion Android phones to ship in 2017, says Canalys

Jun 6, 12:03

Worldwide smartphone shipments are set to top 1.5 billion units in 2017, contributing 73% to overall mobile phone shipments, according to Canalys. Shipments of Android models will exceed one million units to account for 67.1% of the total smartphones shipped during the year, said Canalys.

Global tablet shipments to grow 62% in 2013, says MIC

May 31, 15:08

There will be 182 million notebooks shipped globally in 2013, decreasing 5.3% on year, while tablet shipments will increase 62.2% to 228 million, according to the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) under the government-sponsored Institute for Information Industry.

InnoDisk, Aptos team up for industrial embedded use SSDs

May 31, 14:55

InnoDisk, which specializes in flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, has teamed up with backend service provider Aptos Technology to develop a new SSD lineup for industrial embedded systems.

Worldwide server shipments declines 0.7% in 1Q13, says Gartner

May 30, 12:12

In the first quarter 2013, worldwide server shipments declined 0.7% on year, while revenues declined 5% from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.

Facebook OCP creating competition for Taiwan hardware makers

May 27, 16:08

Although Facebook's Open Compute Project (OCP) is expected to benefit Taiwan-based ODMs in terms of shipping servers directly to Internet players, sources from the server industry are concerned that the ODMs will see increasing competition in the future as joining the project means that the ODMs have...

Samsung, Lenovo partner with Taiwan suppliers for cloud computing industry

May 27, 15:22

Lenovo, which is set to become a first-tier vendor in the cloud computing datacenter industry within three years, has reportedly cooperated with Inventec for related product manufacturing, while Samsung Electronics has also partnered with Taiwan-based suppliers to enter the industry; however Inventec...

Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan

May 24, 15:20

Facebook on May 23 established Open Compute Project (OCP) Taiwan in a bid to attract Taiwan-based hardware makers and promote industry standards for cloud computing data center equipment, according to the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). ITRI said it is talking...

Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services

May 22, 14:23

Asustek Computer on May 21 signed an MoU with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for cooperation to set up a supply chain for cloud computing services in Taiwan and overseas markets, with the supply chain aimed to consist of about 1,000 Taiwan-based hardware and software suppliers, according to Asustek.

Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market

May 17, 16:09

As 7- to 8-inch displays are expected to become a new specification for ruggedized tablets in 2014, vendors, such as Taiwan-based Getac Technology and Japan-based Panasonic, are eyeing the market for such devices.

Fujitsu forms Greater China division; turns business focus to ICT solutions

May 15, 22:10

Japan-based Fujitsu will start turning its business focus from hardware sales to ICT solutions and will change its marketing structure from overseas and Japan divisions, to three major segments: Greater China, Japan and other oversea markets, according to the company.

Quanta adopts low profile about cloud computing business

May 15, 20:09

Quanta Computer Chairman Barry Lam, at the company's recent inventors meeting, has stopped talking about the company's cloud computing business lineup and only said that the business is a very sensitive topic at the moment.

Fujitsu considers hike in domestic in-house production due to yen depreciation

May 15, 14:47

Japan-based Fujitsu is considering increasing the proportion of domestic in-house production because the depreciation of the Japanese yen means production costs in Japan have decreased, workers in Fujitsu revealed.

Foxconn to become major investor in fiber-optic venture

May 13, 21:44

Taiwan-based fiber-optic cable maker Tai Tung Communication, the major shareholder of The Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), has announced it is giving purchasing priority of its paid-in capital increase to Hon Yun Development & Investment, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics...

Inventec acquires orders from new server clients for 2H13

May 13, 21:36

Inventec at its investor meeting on May 13 revealed that the company has acquired server orders from a new client for the second half and though Inventec refused to name the client, some market watchers believe the orders were shifted from other ODMs.

Advantech sees April revenues grow 16% on year

May 13, 15:19

Industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$2.529 billion (US$84 million), an increase of 16.34% compared to NT$2.173 billion reported in April 2012. Accumulated consolidated revenues from January-April were NT$9.132 billion, up 8.4% compared to NT$8.424 billion...

Arbor Technology to tap Southeast Asia market

May 7, 19:52

Arbor Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of embedded and industrial computing devices, will extend focus marketing from the North America market currently to Southeast Asia specifically for computing devices for medical applications, according to the company.

Taiwan makers struggle to benefit from fast growing cloud computing storage market

May 3, 15:00

While global demand for cloud computing-based storage has been growing fast, it is difficult for Taiwan-based hardware makers to enjoy such business opportunities because cloud computing-based storage entails close integration between hardware and software and Taiwan-based makers are generally weak...

Micron intros new PCIe SSD for data centers

May 3, 11:22

Micron Technology has announced a new PCIe enterprise solid state drive (SSD) which it claims will improve overall performance in enterprise servers, appliances and storage platforms.

Promise expects 15-30% revenue growth for cloud storage in 2013

May 3, 10:39

Promise Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of RAID storage solutions, expects its revenues from cloud computing storage solutions in 2013 to increase on year by 15-30%, company chairman and CEO James Lee said at a May 2 investors conference.

Inventec focuses on cloud computing business by developing data center server solutions

Apr 30, 10:42

Taiwan-based ODM Inventec has stepped into the cloud computing business with a focus on developing server solutions for data centers, and has participated in collaborative development of Cloud OS (operating system) with the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and CAFE...

AMD announces new embedded G-series SoC

Apr 24, 14:08

AMD has announced its new embedded G-series system-on-chip (SoC) platform, a single-chip solution based on the next-generation Jaguar CPU architecture and AMD Radeon 8000 series graphics.

Lenovo seeking help from Taiwan ODMs for the server industry

Apr 23, 09:56

With Lenovo reportedly talking with IBM about the the acquisition of IBM's server business, sources from the upstream supply chain pointed out that the China-based vendor has already been seeking cooperation with Taiwan-based server ODMs to establish a joint venture for the development of server-related...

Quanta Computer lands orders for own-brand servers from Alibaba, Sina

Apr 11, 20:27

Quanta Computer has secured orders for own-brand servers for use in cloud computing data centers from Alibaba, the largest China-based e-commerce operator, and Sina, a large China-based web portal, and is talking about such orders with several China-based Internet service providers, according to Taiwan-based...

Wistron reports rising March revenues

Apr 9, 14:30

Notebook ODM firm Wistron saw March consolidated revenues reach NT$60.88 billion (US$2.02 billion), showing a sequential increase of 37.07% and an on-year increase of 11.18%. The March revenues rose due to increases in notebook and smartphone shipments, according to the firm.

Gigabyte sees growth in March revenues

Apr 9, 13:50

Gigabyte Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.43 billion (US$147.54 million) for March, up 30.3% on month and 8.96% on year, while revenues reached NT$12.4 billion for the first quarter, up 15.9% on year.

Taiwan market: GigaCloud launches cloud computing services for SMBs

Apr 3, 10:39

Taiwan-based GigaCloud on April 2 announced the launch of SaaS (software as a service) public cloud computing services in the Taiwan market, targeting small and medium businesses (SMBs), according to the company.

Intel to showcase latest technology in IDF 2013 Beijing

Mar 29, 14:00

Intel's annual IDF in Beijing, China, will be held from April 10-11 and hosted by Ian Yang, president of Intel China. Top company executives such as senior vice president Kirk Skaugen, vice president Hermann Eul and CTO Justin Rattner will give speeches about the latest platform products and business...

Arbor Technology expects growing revenues from medical applications

Mar 29, 13:56

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) firm Arbor Technology has reported that revenues from medical applications accounted for 38% of total revenues in 2012. According to company CEO, Eric Lee, the medical application market is growing rapidly and the firm aims to increase revenues from the market to above...

Inventec sees clients asking to place server orders directly

Mar 28, 12:27

As placing orders directly to ODMs is gradually becoming a trend among large Internet players, Inventec has revealed that a few clients have been asking about directly placing orders, skipping their original server brand partners. However, Inventec pointed out that the company will continue to keep...

Embedded system makers eyeing medical applications

Mar 26, 14:05

Taiwan-based embedded system makers such as Advantech, ICP Electronics, Arbor Technology, Avalue Technology, and Unitech have been aggressive in developing the medical application market. Industry sources noted that the global medical related embedded system application market is likely to show significant...

Taiwan server firms shift into spotlight

Mar 25, 12:16

Demand growth in the global PC market continues to slow down but the server market has been maintaining steady growth. International chipmakers have noted that the server market will likely see a wave of equipment replacement in 2013 and Taiwan-based major ODM firms and developers such as Quanta Computer,...

Commentary: Taiwan cloud industrial parks to face reality check

Mar 20, 15:23

In the fourth quarter of 2012, Taiwan's government began announcing projects regarding government cloud services. In January 2013, the governments of Taipei and New Taipei City both announced plans to cooperate with international software and hardware firms to build cloud clusters and industrial par...

Acer expands commercial offering with new Veriton P workstation and Altos server

Mar 19, 15:04

Acer has announced its entry to the professional workstation market with the Veriton P series and new Altos servers thereby expanding its commercial offering. The new workstations and servers support a wide range of computing configurations and feature Intel Xeon E3 and E5 processors, error-correcting...

Power supply maker Zippy purchases Clevo facilities for capacity expansion

Mar 14, 13:46

Taiwan-based industrial and server power supply maker Zippy Technology has recently spent NT$2.67 billion (US$89.88 million) to purchase Clevo's plants and office buildings in Wugu, Taiwan and will use the facilities to expand its production capacity.