769 news items tagged Microsoft
Intel-powered foldable-screen notebooks to become available in 2H21
Monday 4 January 2021Intel has reportedly continued to push the development of foldable-screen notebooks with the devices having a good chance to hit store shelves by the end of 2021, according to sources...
Datacenter operators eye liquid cooling solutions for servers with next-generation CPUs
Thursday 31 December 2020As Intel and AMD are expected to release their next-generation server CPUs in the first quarter of 2021, US- and Europe-based datacenter operators have accelerated their paces in...
Microsoft, CIRC jointly develop surveillance drone solution
Wednesday 16 December 2020Microsoft and Coretronic Intelligent Robotics (CIRC) have jointly developed an Azure-based autonomous surveillance drone solution, according to Microsoft Taiwan.
Global tablet market – 3Q 2020
Wednesday 25 November 2020Global tablet shipments amounted to 43.83 million units in third-quarter 2020, up 10.5% on quarter and 0.4% on year.
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...
Phison sees PCIe SSD controller shipments surge
Wednesday 11 November 2020Phison Electronics has disclosed shipments of its PCIe SSD controllers surged nearly 94% on year in the first 10 months of 2020, with shipments for October alone rising 55% to a monthly...
Taiwan notebooks – 3Q 2020
Thursday 5 November 2020Taiwan's third-quarter 2020 notebook shipments grew 4.3% sequentially and picked up 31.3% on year to arrive at 44.46 million units, a new high since the second quarter of 2012.
Global server market – 3Q 2020
Wednesday 4 November 2020Global server shipments, after reaching the peak of 2020 in the second quarter, are estimated to have slipped 6% sequentially in the third quarter as demand began to turn weak and...
Global server shipments slip 6% on quarter in 3Q20, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 3 November 2020Global server shipments, after reaching the peak of 2020 in the second quarter, are estimated to have slipped 6% sequentially in the third quarter as demand began to weaken, and will...
Notebook shipments to stay robust through 1H21
Tuesday 3 November 2020The ongoing global notebook shipment dynamics is expected to stretch into the first half of 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic has continued to wreck havoc in a number of the world's...
Around 15,000 servers needed for new Microsoft Azure datacenter in Taiwan
Tuesday 3 November 2020An estimated 15,000 servers will be needed to support Microsoft's new Azure datacenter that will be unveiled in Taiwan by the end of 2021 at the earliest, according to industry sou...
Global tablet shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Friday 30 October 2020According to Digitimes Research's observations, 2020 global tablet shipments will show flat growth from the 2019 level as the COVID-19 pandemic spurs explosive stay-at-home demand...
Global server shipments to drop in 4Q20, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 28 October 2020Global server shipments, after reaching the peak of 2020 in the second quarter, are estimated to have slipped 6% sequentially in the third quarter and to drop another 12% in the fourth...
IC Insights expects modest DRAM price erosion through end-2020
Wednesday 28 October 2020DRAM ASPs climbed to US$3.70 in June 2020 before tapering off to US$3.51 in July and August, according to IC Insights, which expects modest price erosion through the end of this ye...
Quanta gearing up for enterprise digital transformation market
Wednesday 28 October 2020Quanta Cloud Technology (QTC) is gearing up to develop digital transformation solutions integrating server hardware and software to better serve enterprise clients, according to the...
Huawei to see tablet shipments shrink in 2021, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 27 October 2020Huawei will see its tablet shipments in 2021 undermined by the US trade sanctions as the Chinese brand is unable to obtain processors from Qualcomm or MediaTek, or outsource in-house...
Microsoft to build Azure datacenter, cloud hardware R&D team in Taiwan
Tuesday 27 October 2020Microsoft has announced plans to build a data center in Taiwan and grow a local team dedicated to the development of Azure cloud hardware and infrastructure, which is expected to...
Global server shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Monday 26 October 2020Global server shipments are expected to see a CAGR of 6.7% from 2020-2025, driven by demand for datacenter, HPC, AI and 5G related applications.
Microsoft Surface makes way into entry-level sector
Monday 19 October 2020Microsoft has priced the latest member of its Surface family - the Surface Laptop Go - at only US$549 with the device believed to be targeting primarily Chromebooks as its competition,...
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Wednesday 14 October 2020Notebook shipments are expected to grow over 20% on year in 2020 thanks to demand from stay-at-home activities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Microsoft accelerator links Taiwan startups to enterprises
Wednesday 14 October 2020Microsoft for Startup-Taiwan focuses on the role of matching startups with enterprises for the latter to help the former promote products and services, according to Peter Hu, CEO...
Datacenter demand turning strong in 4Q20
Thursday 8 October 2020Demand from datacenter operators has regained momentun after seeing a deceleration in server orders from US clients in third-qauarter 2020, according to sources from the upstream...
Pegatron sees rising orders from notebook clients in 4Q20
Wednesday 7 October 2020Pegatron is seeing strong notebook orders from clients such as Microsoft and Asustek Computer thanks to stay-at-home activities, according to sources from the upstream supply chain...
Global notebook shipment CAGR at 0.9% in 2020-2025, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 6 October 2020Global notebook shipments are forecast to rise at a CAGR of 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, according to Digitimes Research's latest five-year forecast for the notebook industry.
Taiwan PCB makers to maintain stable shipments for PS5 in 4Q20
Friday 18 September 2020Taiwan's PCB makers in the supply chain for Sony's PS5 expect stable shipments of rigid mainboards for the new hgame console in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to industry so...
- Microsoft releases Surface Pro tablet for business and education (Jan 11) - CNBC
- Microsoft has asked AMD for help in combating Xbox Series X stock shortages (Jan 3) - Tech Radar
- Microsoft may follow Apple in creating own chips for Surface notebooks (Dec 20) - Apple Insider
- Apple's M1 crushes Windows on ARM in 64-bit benchmarks (Dec 16) - ExtremeTech
- Microsoft will release the Surface Duo in more countries next year (Dec 16) - engadget
- Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony will collaborate to make gaming safer (Dec 14) - engadget
- Game consoles may haul in $45 billion this year, and big changes are coming (Nov 20) - CNBC
- Microsoft Pluton is a new processor with Xbox-like security for Windows PCs (Nov 17) - The Verge
- Microsoft looks beyond the console wars as it releases new Xboxes alongside Sony's PS5 (Nov 15) - CNBC
- Microsoft launches next-generation Xbox gaming consoles amid pandemic-driven demand (Nov 10) - Reuters