Taiwan-based TUL, specializing in AMD graphics cards, has announced a move to team up with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) and regtech (regulation & technology) specialist venture platform QRC Japan to jointly develop blockchain and IoT technologies and applications and cultivate blochain talent.

Long noted for stringent computer system security management, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) recently unexpectedly suffered a virus infection at part of its fab tools and computer systems, fueling concerns of how enterprises address similar network security problems in the era of Internet of Everything, particularly industrial IoT (IIoT) and smart manufacturing operations.

Taiwan AI Startup Appier has announced that it will move to acquire India marketing automation startup QGraph as a wholly-owned subsidiary to be renamed AIQUA, in a bid to deepen its AI application deployments and help enterprise clients accelerate digital transformation and commercial automation process.

The just-concluded annual Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition saw a major gathering of industrial robot brands from around the world, showcasing a variety of robots able to make coffee, tie shoelaces, pack gifts and serve as casino dealers in addition to working at production lines.

The automotive industry optimistically expects Level 3 autonomous vehicles to become mainstream by 2020. Level 3 self-driving cars enable drivers to take their hands off the wheel and feet off the pedals. Level 4 systems can take full control, allowing drivers to take their eyes off the road. However, it may still be hard to believe for most consumers...

Power supply maker and industrial automation solution developer Delta Electronics showcased a 3D machine vision-based inspection solution matched with CPS (cyber-physical system) for use in glue dispensing and precise soldering in PCB production, an example of application of CPS to smart manufacturing solutions, at Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition 2018 during August 1-4.

Denmark-based Universal Robots (UR) is gearing up to promote sales of its latest flagship e-Series collaborative robots in the Taiwan market to help local small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) accelerate their automation transformation.

In a bid to help Taiwan makers explore smart city business opportunities at home and abroad, Taipei City Government has plans to set up the Global Organization of Smart (GO Smart) in 2019, with the body's secretariat to be established in Taipei in October, according to Taipei deputy mayor CR Lin.

Advantech has disclosed it is working to strengthen its partnership with Tokyo Electron Device (TED) in striving to promote edge computing. With the aim of transforming the conventional business approach of dealing in single-unit embedded hardware to focus on AIoT solutions, Advantech and TED are cooperatively developing and promoting IoT edge computing solutions linked with Microsoft Azure.

Network communication technologies have been developing at a fast pace ever since they became an integral part of people's lives, advancing from 3G, 4G to 5G in the immediate future. They have fundamentally changed the way people live and work.