84 news items tagged blockchain
Backend house Winstek to enjoy 10% sales growth in 2021
Tuesday 5 January 2021IC backend service provider Winstek Semiconductor is expected to post an about 10% revenue increase in 2021, driven by demand for AI chips for handset and blockchain applications,...
Taiwan OSAT firms see clear order visibility through mid-2021
Tuesday 22 December 2020Taiwan-based OSAT services providers have seen clear order visibility through mid-2021, thanks to robust demand for 5G and Wi-Fi chips, power management ICs (PMIC), and display driver...
The release of Filecoin could mean product shortages in the semiconductor industry
Wednesday 9 December 2020Years after the release of Bitcoin, the semiconductor industry is in for a splash with the upcoming release of Filecoin, a block-chain based digital storage system. With many users...
Winstek set to land more backend orders for blockchain AI chips
Tuesday 24 November 2020IC backend service provider Winstek Semiconductor (formerly STATS ChipPAC Taiwan) is expected to see a surge in demand for blockchain-use AI chips in December, according to company...
Taiwan to head for smart digital economy, says science minister
Friday 13 November 2020Taiwan will focus its next wave of technology development on materializing smart healthcare, precision medicine, smart city and digital data governance by leveraging its robust semiconductor...
Cryptography everywhere: Q&A with Chain Reaction CEO Alon Webman and CTO Oren Yokev
Tuesday 3 November 2020Less than one year after Mellanox was acquired by Nvidia for US$7 billion, Alon Webman, co-founder of Mellanox, started his second entrepreneurial project. The new company, Chain...
BSOS develops blockchain tools
Tuesday 27 October 2020BSOS has developd BridgeX enterprise tool for practicing blockchain, and Suplex platform for polycentric business ecosystem, according to the company.
Blockchain to add US$1.76 trillion to global GDP over 2021-2030, says PwC Taiwan
Wednesday 21 October 2020PwC Taiwan has published a report predicting blockchain technology will add a total of US$1.76 trillion to GDP of all countries around the world during the 2021-2030 decade.
CFH developing EV IoT blockchain financing platform
Monday 8 June 2020Taiwan's Cathay Financial Holdings (CFH) has disclosed its technology center is developing an electric vehicle (EV) IoT blockchain financing platform through cooperation with EV charging...
Virtual banks to go online in Taiwan in 2H20
Friday 5 June 2020Next Bank, Line Bank and Rakuten International Commercial Bank, the first three virtual banks approved by Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in late July 2019, are expected...
ASE Technology enters Huawei server CPU ecosystem
Monday 20 April 2020ASE Technology has entered the backend supply chain of Huawei/HiSilicon's ARM-based Kunpeng 920 server CPU, with its affiliated Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) set to start...
Taiwan startups intro smart security solutions incorporating fingerprint ID, blockchain at CES 2020
Thursday 9 January 2020Taiwan startups are demonstrating at CES 2020 a variety of smart tech solutions incorporating fingerprint recognition, blockchain and data visualization technologies to enhance online...
Taiwan startups unveil cross-domain smart innovations at CES 2020
Wednesday 8 January 2020Taiwan startups are showcasing a variety of cross-domain smart tech solutions integrating 5G telecom infrastructure, diverse sensor-based IoT equipment, blockchain and AR/VR/MR applications...
Bitmark blokchain system seeks to turn medical data into wealth
Thursday 26 December 2019Bitmark has created a specialized blockchain application to convert personal medical data - with patients' authorization - into digital assets that can be sold, licensed and transferred...
Blockchain-based DeFi gaining ground in financial upgrades, says Kyber CEO
Monday 23 December 2019Blockchain-based decentralized finance (DeFi) is gaining significant momentum, promising to be one of the most eye-catching FinTech solutions in 2020, according to Thomas Hu, founder...
Blockchain to benefit foundry development, says Kyber CEO
Friday 20 December 2019Efforts by the blockchain industry will accelerate the development of the existing foundries, according to Thomas Hu, CEO of blockchain technology developer Kyber Capital.
Taiwan accelerator AppWorks hosts event to promote AI, blockchain startups
Thursday 28 November 2019Taiwan-based AppWorks accelerator has recently hosted AppWorks Demo Day#19 in Taiwan to promote 18 of its startups, with the event attracting over 1,200 investors and industry repr...
Digital transformation via AI enablement: Q&A with dTran Smart Consulting executives
Thursday 14 November 2019A serach for "digital transformation" on Google will come up with more than 350 million results - an indication of the attention it has been drawing. But many Taiwanese firms have...
Positioned as LaaS provider: Q&A with WPG CEO Frank Yeh
Wednesday 30 October 2019As the largest electronics distributor in Asia, WPG Holdings continues to expand and diversify its offerings particularly those for 5G, AI and automotive electronics devices gearing...
HTC moves to promote blockchain smartphones, VR business
Thursday 24 October 2019HTC has been keen to make efforts to advance both of its handset and VR businesses after Yves Maitre took the reins as CEO at the Taiwan-based smartphone vendor in mid-September.
TEEMA to assist Taiwan makers in digital transformation
Tuesday 22 October 2019Taiwanese makers will continue facing fierce competition from Chinese peers and will need to accelerate their paces in business transformation, according to Taiwan Electrical and...
Blockchain application growing in Bank 4.0 era
Tuesday 22 October 2019The application of blockchain technology to banking services has got off to a good start in Taiwan, as blockchain startup AMIS Technologies has been approved by the Financial Supervisory...
BitoEX to showcase solutions at FinTech Festival 2019
Monday 21 October 2019Cryptocurrency exchange platform BitoEX will participate at FinTech Festival 2019 in Singapore from November 11-15 along with another 13 FinTech solution developers, all led by Taiwan-based...
BiiLabs, SoftChef launch blockchain-based IoT SaaS platform
Monday 30 September 2019Blockchain startup BiiLabs and IoT solutions provider SoftChef have jointly launched Benchy-Alfred SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for machine-to-machine (M2M) encrypted IoT...
Blockchain can be appplied to manage health records, says startup CEO
Wednesday 25 September 2019Blockchain technology can be applied to manage patients' healthcare records, allowing them to access encrypted data and determine whether to decrypt the data when delivered to home...