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Thursday 8 March 2018
StarVR to roll out HMD VR devices with eye tracker
StarVR, a VR device joint venture between Acer and Sweden-based Starbreeze, plans to roll out a new head-mounted display (HMD) VR series with Tobii eye tracking capability in 2018...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Synnex February revenues drop
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$22.165 billion (US$757 million) for February, decreasing 35.30%...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Cable TV operator Kbro eyeing IoT market
Kbro, the largest cable TV operator in Taiwan, will step up efforts to expand its smart home, building and community surveillance services using IoT applications, and it also plans...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Eris raises auto diode shipment goal for 2018
Taiwan-based Eris Technology, which specializes in the manufacture of rectifier diodes, has raised its automotive diode shipment target for 2018 to 150 million units.
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Aaeon partners with Intel for AI
Taiwan-based IPC player Aaeon has cooperated with Intel to unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) Core module that is equipped with Intel's Movidius Myriad 2 VPU, at Embedded World...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Silicone supply to be tighter in 2018, says Topco chairman
Global supply of silicone materials in 2018 is expected to turn much tighter than in 2017, allowing Topco Technologies, which distributes and sells silicone products for Japan's Shin-Etsu...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Chip resistor makers hike quotes by 100% amid supply shortfall
Following the footsteps of MLCC, chip resistors have evolved into the seller's market, and Taiwan suppliers have implemented a 100% hike in quotes for some specs of resistors in serious...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
ASRock to enter graphics card market
Motherboard player ASRock reportedly will enter the graphics card market in April and focus mainly on supplying AMD-based products, according to some market watchers.
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Lelon foresees record-breaking 2018 revenues, driven by automotive electronics and 5G
Benefitting from flourishing growth of automotive electronics and telecommunication markets, Taiwan's No. 1 aluminum electrolytic capacitor manufacturer Lelon Electronics has recently...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Acer reportedly mulls buying Albatron shares
Acer is reportedly considering buying a stake in IPC developer Albatron Technology or fully acquiring the company in order to quickly gain access to the cryptocurrency mining and...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Global wearable market grows 7.7% in 4Q17 and 10.3% in 2017, says IDC
The worldwide wearables market continued its upward trajectory in both the fourth quarter of 2017 and full year 2017 with total shipment volumes reaching new records. Moreover, thanks...
Monday 5 March 2018
Acer launches new mobile workstation
Acer has announced a mobile workstation, the TravelMate P8 in Taiwan and expects the product to help raise its revenue proportion from Taiwan's enterprise sector to 50% in 2018, according...
Monday 5 March 2018
Acer increases investments in StarVR
Acer has injected an additional investment of US$5 million into StarVR, a HMD (head-mounted display) device joint venture it set up with Sweden-based Starbreeze, boosting its stake...
Monday 5 March 2018
Acer announces wearables for Taiwan religious market
Acer has announced its latest wearable device, the Leap Beads, for the Taiwan market, targeting specifically the religious followers.
Friday 2 March 2018
Taiwan diode makers hike prices by 7-15% to reflect cost increases
Taiwan-based diode makers have raised their quotes by 7-15% to reflect increases in costs for materials such as copper and silicon epi wafer and for wafer fabrication, with prices...