I call the first island chain in East Asia the "Asian Edge," which carries a double reference: cutting-edge technologies in an IT context, and the peripheral in geopolitics. In the ICT market, the US is the first superpower, while China, which has been catching up fast, comes in second...
How is the trade war between the US and China affecting Taiwan, Japan and South Korea? Why are semiconductors and 5G becoming the key issues of their brawls? 5G technologies are bringing revolutionary changes to the ICT industry's operation and ecosystem. Apart from the economic benefits, they have strong implications in terms of many sensitive issues, such as data and national security...
Mobile modem chips are likely to become scarce strategic resources in the 5G era, now that Intel has decided to exit the 5G smartphone modem market to focus on 4G and 5G modems for PCs, IoT and smart home devices, according to industry sources.
Taiwan startup KKStream, a video streaming service consultant affiliated with Taiwanese music streaming service provider KKBOX Group, will leverage AI, big data and cloud computing solutions as well as 4K and 8K applications to offer multiple B2B video streaming services to help clients better grab business opportunities associated with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to company president Eric...
Samsung Electronics uses mainly 18nm process technology to manufacture server DRAM chips, and is gearing up for transition to a newer 16nm process node in 2020, according to Digitimes Research.
At FPD China 2019, more flat panel production equipment and related component suppliers were present, while the number of flat panel makers decreased. But the main focus of its technology forums was still on emerging display technologies, in particular foldable AMOLED.
The Taipei municipal government, as a co-organizer of the ongoing Smart City Summit & Expo 2019, runs a pavilion to showcase over 30 smart city solutions for public housing, transportation, medical care, education, public security and others.
Teco Electric & Machinery and its subsidiaries are exhibiting smart solutions used in retail, transportation and energy management at Smart City Summit & Expo 2019 in Taipei during March 26-29.
Global shipments of smartphone-use TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips are expected to increase 20% in 2019 from about 414 million units in 2018, according to Digitimes Research.
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed an agreement to set up a joint innovation center to foster local startup businesses and help small- to medium-size enterprises in digital transformation.
