778 news items tagged Microsoft
Pegatron sees influx of notebook orders
Wednesday 3 March 2021Pegatron has seen robust demand for notebooks, and is still rushing to fulfill orders slated for delivery by the end of the first quarter, according to industry sources.
Microsoft Taiwan eyeing local medical care industry
Wednesday 3 March 2021Microsoft Taiwan plans to devote more resources to help promote Taiwan's medical care industry, according to the company's marketing and operations director Flora Chen.
Global tablet market – 4Q 2020
Wednesday 24 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 global tablet shipments amounted to 51.56 million units, soaring 17.6% from a quarter ago and 19.3% from a year ago.
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2020
Friday 5 February 2021Global notebook shipments, excluding detachable models, surged over 10% sequentially to hit a fresh high of 60 million units in fourth-quarter 2020, mainly driven by robust demand...
Microsoft Taiwan promotes digital transformation in education
Thursday 4 February 2021Microsoft Taiwan in January 2021 started first-phase Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer Program in a bid to drive digital transformation of primary and secondary education in the...
Foxconn to improve gross margin to 7% in 2021
Wednesday 3 February 2021Foxconn expects to improve its gross margin this year to 7% in 2021, and will continue to deepen its deployments in a spate of segments including electric vehicles (EV), robots and...
Global server market – 4Q 2020
Monday 1 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 global server shipments amounted to 3.84 million units, down 9.6% quarter-over-quarter but up 12.6% year-over-year.
Global server shipments estimated to surge 5.2% in 2021
Thursday 28 January 2021Global server shipments are estimated to have surged 7.9% on year to around 16 million units in 2020 and may further rise 5.2% to more than 17 million units in 2021, driven by the...
Microsoft optimistic about business transformation in Taiwan
Wednesday 27 January 2021Ken Sun, president of Microsoft Taiwan, has expressed optimism about business transformation of Taiwan's enterprises, as its joint research with IDC shows that the maturity of Taiwan's...
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 planning special gaming, cloud, and Windows events in coming months (Feb 2) - The Verge
- Xbox Series X will be in short supply until at least June, Microsoft admits (Feb 1) - The Verge
- Azure cloud will pass Office to become Microsoft's biggest business next year, says analyst (Jan 28) - CNBC
- Microsoft reports 17% revenue growth as cloud business accelerates (Jan 26) - CNBC
- Microsoft says it 'messed up' on Xbox Live pricing, won't raises rates (Jan 24) - Digital Trends
- Microsoft is investing and partnering with GM's Cruise on self-driving cars (Jan 19) - CNBC
- 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