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Monday 28 August 2017
Digitimes Research: Google aims to achieve virtual experiences through daily life applications
Google's development of AI/VR/AR products can be backdated to as early as the launch of Google Search as the service is using machine learning algorithms to search for needed information...
Monday 28 August 2017
Global tech heavyweights actively vying for smart home market pie
The market for smart home applications, particularly smart audio products, is emerging as a new major battlefield among global high-tech giants, as Amazon, Apple, Google and Xiaomi...
Monday 28 August 2017
AI complementary to HI, says Microsoft Taiwan marketing head
AI (artificial intelligence) and HI (human intelligence) have respective advantages and thus should complement each other, according to Microsoft Taiwan's new marketing and operating...
Friday 25 August 2017
China e-car startup Singulato to roll out smart cars in 2018, says CEO
China's e-car startup Singulato Motors is scheduled to start volume production of smart cars capable of Level 3 (partial) autonomous driving in 2018, and roll out cars with Level...
Friday 25 August 2017
Alchip posts EPS of NT$1.53 for 2Q17
Alchip Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of ASIC/SoC design services, saw its EPS hit a nearly 3-year high of NT$1.53 (US$0.05) in the second quarter of 2017.
Thursday 24 August 2017
China AI startup Cambricon receives new funding of US$100 million
China-based AI chip startup Cambricon Technologies has newly raised US$100 million in series A round funding to support its development of advanced AI chips, which is expected to...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
China AI service provider Unisound gains strategic funding of US$45 million
China's AI service platform Unisound has gained CNY300 million (US$45 million) in strategic investment from an undisclosed group of investors to finance the firm's R&D on AI technologies...
Monday 21 August 2017
Taiwan to build AI innovation ecosystem, says MOST
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will undertake five strategic tasks to establish an AI (artificial intelligence) innovation ecosystem in a bid to boost development...
Friday 18 August 2017
Lenovo reports net loss of US$72 million for April-June 2017
Lenovo has reported net loss of US$72 million for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2017, during which the companmy recorded quarterly revenues of US$10 billion, flat on year,...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Electric car vendor Thunder Power to build plants in Taiwan
Hong Kong-based Thunder Power Holding has announced a new electric car in Taiwan and has also recently signed a letter of intent with a local government to establish plants for battery...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Taiwan science ministry to enforce 4-year AI chips research project
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to implement a four-year "Semiconductor Moonshot Project" to encourage university professors to lead students in researching...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Spreadtrum to roll out 12nm AI chips in 2018
Spreadtrum Communications plans to launch its 12nm mobile chips for artificial intelligence (AI)-based smartphones in 2018, according to company CEO Leo Li.
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Pegatron to rebound after hitting bottom in 2Q17
Pegatron Technology has announced net profits of NT$3.44 billion (US$115.93 million) for the second quarter, down 11.5% sequentially and 13.8% on year, while EPS were only NT$1.34,...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
China lags behind US in AI investment, says research institute
While China has attached much importance to AI (artificial intelligence) development, local companies have significantly lagged behind US counterparts in terms of investment in AI...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Inventec posts EPS of NT$0.54 for 2Q17
Inventec has reported consolidated revenues of NT$111.12 billion (US$3.74 billion) for the second quarter of 2017 with net profits of NT$1.73 billion and of EPS NT$0.54, while consolidated...