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Monday 3 December 2018
Taiwan needs to promote intrapreneurship, says Nobel Prize winner Shechtman
Not everybody owns the "entrepreneurship DNA," and not too many people would choose to choose to create startups, according to Dan Shechtman, an Israeli materials scientist who was...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Semiconductor equipment communication standard sees increasing application
To accelerate the development of communication infrastructure for mechanical networking to support Industry 4.0 applications amid the lack of unified communication standards, Taiwan...
Friday 23 November 2018
Foxconn says R&D excluded from expense cut plan
To clarify concerns raised about its expense cut, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has maintained that the budget reduction is primarily aiming at business units that...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
IoT applications offer fertile soil for fostering unicorn startups, says professor
IoT applications can provide fertile soil for incubating unicorn startups, as long as startups can find key solutions in the process of developing creative IoT devices to satisfy...
Monday 29 October 2018
Advantech to acquire Japan-based automation developer Omron Nohgata
Advantech has announced it will invest JPY1.84 billion (US$16.5 million) to acquire a total of 80% shareholding in Japan-based embedded PC maker Omron Nohgata, a subsidiary of Japan-based...
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Lead frame makers expanding capacity to better serve IDMs
Taiwan-based lead frame suppliers such as Jih Lin Technology will build additional production capacity to satisfy growing demand from their IDM customers, despite the growing economic...
Friday 12 October 2018
Synopsys Armenia provides cradle for quality IT talent
Having developed a solid presence in Armenia, US-based electronic design automation (EDA) solutions provider Synopsys has spared no efforts fostering young Armenia IT talent through...
Thursday 11 October 2018
Diode makers see 4Q18 revenue prospects dimmed by US-China trade war
Taiwan diode makers are likely to see their revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018 suffer sequential decreases amid growing uncertainties arising from the US-China trade war, prompting...
Friday 21 September 2018
Taiwan ICT firms urged to join WITSA events to tap global opportunities
Through attending various commercial activities hosted by the World Information Technology and Services Alliances (WITSA), Taiwan information software and hardware firms can more...
Thursday 20 September 2018
IIoT to be driven by tech breakthroughs, customized production in next 5-10 years, says Advantech executive
IIoT (industrial Internet of Things) applications have started to take root since the beginning of 2018 and will develop at full speed in the next 5-10 years, driven by constant technology...
Tuesday 18 September 2018
IoT applications set to flourish in 2019-2020, says Advantech chairman
The IoT (Internet of Things) applications will see explosive development in 2019-2020 with total NB (narrow band)-IoT solutions to be fully incorporated into the smart city field,...
Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan startup FootPrintKu unveils AI-based EDA cloud platform
Taiwan tech startup FootPrintKu (FPK) has newly released an AI-based EDA cloud management platform seeking to build universal standard design specs for electronics parts by leveraging...
Thursday 6 September 2018
China gearing up for independent tech innovation capabilities
China is moving at full throttles to develop its own tech innovation capabilities seeking to compete well with the US, Japan and advanced Europe countries and become a "super" strong...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
ITRI, AIDC, Mirle co-develop robotic arms for aerospace components production
Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Mirle Automation have cooperated in developing high-precision...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Semicon Taiwan 2018 opens with 680 exhibitors
The annual Semicon Taiwan tradeshow has kicked off in Taipei running from September 5-7, with this year's theme focusing on advanced manufacturing and testing technologies for artificial...