ViewSonic, which marks its 35th year of establishment in 2022, has been actively promoting digital transformation in recent years, shifting from a hardware company to a solutions company. Looking towards the future, company chairman James Chu has laid out the key development strategy of "ecosystem as a service," announcing the Universe education metaverse software.
At present, large companies in most countries in the world have formulated net-zero carbon emission strategies and set goals, covering their supply chains and importers as well as themselves. Taiwan is a major global center of manufacturing, and its industrial development is thus closely related to the happenings of the world. Faced with this trend in ESG, how can Taiwanese companies respond? In the "Ubiquitous: Tech Leads from the Future" series, Tsai-Chi Kuo, deputy dean of the School of Management and Professor of the Department of Industrial Management at NTUST, and Colley Hwang, president of DIGITIMES Asia, shared the issues of corporate sustainability.
The crypto trade bubble may burst, but the technology applications and innovation trends behind it will not, according to KPMG Taiwan's head of advisory Jason Hsieh.
The world's largest semiconductor foundry service provider, TSMC, shared innovations beyond its current roadmaps to illustrate technology innovation at system and product level, and said collective efforts from the technology community will provide solutions to realize visions that transform industries such as healthcare, automotives, finance and retail.
Driven by the huge temptation of economic interests, hacker groups have continued to expand their attacks during the pandemic. According to Check Point's latest Cyber Security Report, the number of cyberattacks hitting enterprises each week in 2021 increased by more than 50% compared with 2020. Information security challenges faced by enterprises today can be roughly divided into three categories: first is someone specifically targeting an enterprise or organization; the second is the change of access mode brought about by remote and mobile office work models, which expands the scope of malicious program attack; finally, a large number of not-for-profit hacking incidents, such as collecting the personal information of political figures, has paralyzing critical infrastructure.
A Taiwan-based data analysis service provider has released a non-fungible token (NFT) market report for 2021-2022, showing that NFTs combined with games have become a new business model. However, as the global crypto market declines, NFT transactions have also slowed down.
The global environment is changing rapidly, and net zero by 2050 has become the consensus of the world's governments and industries. Taiwan, a major global manufacturing hub, be it in environmental protection or industrial development, must be committed to promoting green energy and pursuing sustainable development. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) has cooperated with industry to actively develop technologies and cultivate professionals in this area, thereby laying the foundation for Taiwan's energy transformation.
The rise of 5G, 8K, Internet of Things (IoT) applications is turing healthcare from a "service" into an "industry" in Taiwan, where companies, the government and academic circles are keen on developing smart healthcare.
Google announced in a blog on August 3 that GlobalFoundries (GF) is participating in its open-source silicon initiative as a new partner, calling the new partnership a milestone in the foundry ecosystem market.
In an era when the consumer experience is paramount, AIoT has become the first choice for companies to create services tailored for their consumers. Faced with rapid changes in demand of the consumer market, the global manufacturing industry is making large strides toward Industry 4.0; and AIoT is an important solution for smart manufacturing. Although research institutions define smart manufacturing differently, their definitions all note that it must be able to meet customer requirements, generate optimal decisions, and improve financial investment, reduce the inventory, and enhance contingency management capabilities. Only then can it help to enhance overall competitiveness and lay a solid foundation for the long-term development of companies.
Indonesia delegates PT Telkom Indonesia, the state carrier, creating its own metaverse called "MetaNesia" to promote local firms that compete with foreign services.
The automobile industry has encountered the biggest transformation in over a century. With the successive introduction of new technologies, what once was a vision of smart mobility is gradually becoming a reality. Although historically Taiwan was not home to large automakers, the supply chain is actually rather comprehensive, especially for self-driving technology. At present, most domestic ICT companies are actively investing in the technology and gradually establish their reputations in the industry. If Taiwan's automotive supply chains can integrate with the ICT industry, vigorous potential for future development can be expected. However, in terms of system and functional requirements and the ecosystem, the automobile industry is quite unique compared with other industries. Self-driving cars not only face a complex situation in a real-world driving scenario, but they must also pass extensive testing before any new feature can be installed on the vehicles. On the topic "Ubiquitous: Tech Leads from the Future," DIGITIMES Research analyst Yi-Fan Chen, and Liang-Kuang Chen, associate professor of the NTUST Department of Mechanical Engineering as well as director of its SEV Research Center, made a deep-dive analysis of the development of current regulatory standards and human control system design considerations for self-driving cars.
In its online earnings call on July 26, CyberLink's chairman and CEO Jau Huang indicated that the company's FaceMe facial recognition engine is expected to contribute to revenues starting from 2023, thanks to the adoption by Toyota for factory inspector identification as well as CyberLink's cooperation with Avigilon and MediaTek.
A multi-cloud datacenter jointly established by VMware and Far EasTone Telecom for Foxconn (Hon Hai Technology) at its headquarters in New Taipei has become operational since June. According to Barry Chen, general manager of VMware Taiwan, the cooperation can help the EMS provider with accelerating its digital transformation.
Thailand's National Innovation Agency (NIA) has recently hosted the Southeast Asia Startup Assembly (SEASA 2022) in Bangkok under the theme "Open the Cities for Startup Opportunities among APEC Member Economies."
