17320 news items tagged IT components, peripherals
MediaTek intros new-gen 5G SoC
Wednesday 27 November 2019MediaTek held a press conference on November 26 to introduce the new generation of its 5G SoC chips, with guests including TSMC VP Lora Ho, a number of high-ranking executives from...
Taiwan to play a technological gatekeeper role for IT firms in ASEAN
Tuesday 26 November 2019Taiwan could play a key "technological gatekeeper" role to help global high-tech companies fine-tune their technologies to enable the delivery of a variety of localized and customized...
Notebook brands mull new production practice to avoid tariffs
Tuesday 26 November 2019To avoid US tariffs on Chinese imports, notebook vendors are considering a new practice of manufacutring where production lines in China will only handle the final assembly work,...
Intel, MediaTek partner to bring 5G connectivity to next-gen PC
Tuesday 26 November 2019MediaTek has announced it is partnering with Intel to bring MediaTek's new 5G modem to PCs. Through this partnership, Intel has been working with MediaTek on the 5G solution for deployment...
ITRI incorporates 3D smart vision sensors into garment production
Monday 25 November 2019Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Everest Textile, a local maker of functional fabrics, have jointly developed an automated multi-tasking...
Intel CPU shortages may affect SSD adoption in PCs in 2020
Monday 25 November 2019Intel's CPU shortages are expected to continue haunting the PC industry in the first quarter of 2020, and may even last into the second quarter, undermining demand for SSDs from the...
Taiwan university installs DGX-1 supercomputers for AI study
Monday 25 November 2019Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has recently deployed five new Nvidia DGX-1 deep-learning supercomputers, looking to improve its R&D in AI technologies. Prior to...
Taiwan IT firms to invest NT$59.2 billion for expanding local production lines
Monday 25 November 2019By the end of 2019, 29 Taiwan-based firms including ASKey, Tyntek, Gigabyte Technology, Nan Liu Enterprise, and Inventec, will have invested a total of NT$59.2 billion (US$1.92 billion)...
China software designers ready UOS for end-of-2019 release
Friday 22 November 2019Unity Operating System (UOS), an in-house developed operating system by China-based software designers including NewStart, Wuhan Deepin Technology and stated-owned CEC, is expected...
Highlights of the day: Samsung cautious about expanding NAND flash output
Friday 22 November 2019The memory market market is expected to recover next year, but suppliers remain cautious about expanding output. Samsung's bit growth for NAND...
China sets up fund for industrial upgrades with focus on new materials
Friday 22 November 2019China has set up a CNY147.2 billion (US$20.94 billion) national fund aimed at spurring transformations and upgrades at its manufacturing industries to turn the country into a smart...
ATrack lands GPS orders from Japan
Friday 22 November 2019GPS car-use tracking device maker ATrack Technology has disclosed it has become an ODM for a major Japan-based maker of automotive air-conditioning systems.
Demand for bone conduction headsets gaining momentum
Friday 22 November 2019Global demand for bone conduction headsets is gaining momentum along with the thriving sales of true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets, according to sources at headset makers in China...
Highlights of the day: 5G and 4G phones to jointly boost handset market in 2020
Thursday 21 November 2019The handset market is welcoming the arrival of 5G smartphones, shipments for which may range from 200 million to 300 million units in 2020. Such volumes for 5G smartphones mean 4G...
Components makers to gain from 5G-driven applications in daily life
Thursday 21 November 2019The high speed, low latency and wide connectivity traits of 5G transmission technologies are expected to spur diverse applications of related terminal devices to people's daily life,...
Taiwan manufacturing industry sees production decline 7% in 3Q19
Thursday 21 November 2019Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due...
Leading camera module suppliers to remain dominant in high-end segment
Thursday 21 November 2019Major camera module suppliers in Taiwan and China will remain dominant in winning orders for high-end modules that are being sought by top-tier handset brands for performance upgrades...
Concraft sees bright prospects for 1Q20 amid strong demand for TWS devices
Wednesday 20 November 2019Acoustic component maker Concraft is set to land more windfall orders in the first quarter of 2020 as current market demand for true wireless stereo (TWS) devices launched by its...
Food delivery by robots: Q&A with Kiwi Campus founder Felipe Chavez Cortes
Wednesday 20 November 2019Silicon Valley-based Kiwi Campus is a startup dedicated to operating a semi-autonomous robotic platform for delivering foods, beverages and groceries to consumers on college campuses...
Taiwan notebooks – 3Q 2019
Tuesday 19 November 2019Taiwan's notebook shipments rise 1.8% sequentially and 8.6% on year to come to 34.14 million in the third quarter of 2019.
Highlights of the day: Memory sector sees demand recovering
Tuesday 19 November 2019After a disappointing year, the memory industry is expected to recover in 2020, thanks to momentum coming from 5G-driven demand. Memory module makers and their backend partners have...
Wiwynn positive about 2020
Tuesday 19 November 2019Wiwynn, a cloud computing server affiliate of Wistron, is optimistic about its business outlook for 2020 with plans to build more production lines at is plant in southern Taiwan,...
Apple to intro 13.3-inch MacBook Pro featuring scissor switch keyboard in 1H20
Tuesday 19 November 2019Apple's new 13.3-inch MacBook Pro series slated for launch in the first half of 2020 will also feature a scissor-switch keyboard, a design found in its recently-introduced 16-inch...
Intel unveils new GPU architecture and oneAPI software stack
Tuesday 19 November 2019Intel, addressing the increasing use of heterogeneous architectures in high-performance computing, has announced a new category of discrete general-purpose GPUs optimized for AI and...
Foxconn to serve as EV software-hardware integrator
Monday 18 November 2019Foxconn Technology Group will mainly serve as a software and hardware system integrator in the supply chain of electric vehicles (EV), which will join smart healthcare and robotics...
- Are costly SSDs worth the money? Enterprise users say absolutely (September 6) - Computerworld
- Flash in the pan? SSDs not currently viable, Seagate claims (Mar 8) - APC Magazine
- WD again outships Seagate in disk drives (Jan 19) - PC Magazine
- Hitachi, Seagate, WD forge hard drive research group (Aug 16) - EE Times
- Altera ships lowest power FPGAs with 6.375Gbps transceivers (Jul 12) - Company release
- Seagate, Toshiba to make SSD+HDD hybrid? (May 21) - TG Daily
- Corsair introduces two new solid-state drives (May 5) - PC World
- Intel to roll out new low-cost and high-end SSDs (Nov 10) - Computerworld
- Latest migrations show SSD is ready for some datacenters (Oct 19) - Ars Technica
- Samsung quietly testing mini SSD for laptops, netbooks (Oct 13) - Computerworld