
Mobile, telecom, computing trends
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.
Adlink develops swarm autonomy solution
Monday 1 February 2021Industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology has developed a swarm autonomy solution for factories of the future (FoF), featuring harmonious collaboration among a swarm of...
China smartphone market declines 11% in 2020, says Canalys
Friday 29 January 2021The smartphone market in China finished 2020 with 84 million units shipped in the fourth quarter, declining 4% on year, according to Canalys. For full-year 2020, the China market...
Taiwan 5G services to see at least 20% penetration in 2021
Friday 29 January 2021Telecom operators in Taiwan expect 5G services' penetration rate in the local market to be at least 20% in 2021 and the percentage will go higher with competitive subscription deals...
Automotive World Expo 2021 in Japan features CASE vehicle solutions
Friday 29 January 2021The just-concluded Automotive World Expo 2021 in Tokyo was characterized by hardware/software-integrated solutions to create connected, autonomous, shared/service and electric (CASE)...
UMC donates UV disinfection robots to hospital
Friday 29 January 2021United Microelectronics (UMC) has disclosed it has donated three ultraviolet (UV) disinfection robots to a hospital in northern Taiwan to help contain the coronavirus pandemic, each...
Adlink, Foxconn team up for automated driving system
Friday 29 January 2021Industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology has teamed up with Foxconn Electronics for developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology, according to company chairman and...
Samsung posts profit drop in 4Q20
Friday 29 January 2021Samsung Electronics has reported operating profits fell 26.7% sequentially to KRW9.05 trillion (US$8.08 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2020, due to weaker memory prices, sluggish...
Micron delivers 1α DRAM technology
Friday 29 January 2021Micron Technology has announced volume shipments of 1α (1-alpha) node DRAM products.
Foxtron focuses on development of EVs, subsystems and services
Friday 29 January 2021Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, a joint venture established by Foxconn Electronics and Yulon Motor, focuses on three areas for electric vehicle (EV) development: the cars, subsystems...
Highlights of the day: MediaTek expects bright 2021
Thursday 28 January 2021MediaTek is optimistic about its operation in 2021, with revenues expected to rise up to 8% sequentially in the first...
Apple takes global smartphone top spot in 4Q20, says Canalys
Thursday 28 January 2021Worldwide smartphone shipments reached 359.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020, down by a slight 2% on year, according to Canalys. Apple shipped its most iPhones ever in...
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...
Backend firms upbeat about demand for MediaTek chips
Thursday 28 January 2021Backend houses in the supply chain of MediaTek have expressed optimism about demand for the fabless client's 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and automotive chip solutions in 2021, and are ramping up...
Google sets up hardware R&D base in Taiwan
Thursday 28 January 2021Google on January 27 started using its new office in northern Taiwan, which is the largest hardware R&D base outside the US and the first overseas one, according to Google Taiw...
Taiwan urged to focus on quantum computer hardware initially
Thursday 28 January 2021Felix Gwo, director of the Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, has noted that Taiwan should focus on optimizing the hardware as the initial target in the development of...
MIH aims to be EV innovator
Thursday 28 January 2021MIH, an open hardware/software-integrated platform for developing electric vehicles (EVs) established by Foxtron Vehicles Technologies, is intended to play the role of an innovator,...
AMD sees record revenues in 4Q20 and 2020
Wednesday 27 January 2021AMD has announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2020 of US$3.24 billion, operating income of US$570 million, net income of US$1.78 billion and diluted earnings per share of US...
Nvidia intros certification system for accelerator servers
Wednesday 27 January 2021Nvidia has announced a certification system for accelerator servers that are able to provide enterprises stable and reliable AI computing capability.
Public cloud platforms turn to offer special AI solutions for specific industries, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 27 January 2021Amazon Web Service (AWS) has announced industrial AI solutions designed specifically for the manufacturing industry that provides sensor and image recognition equipment.
Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-gen servers to boost ASPs
Wednesday 27 January 2021Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-generation servers based on Intel's 10nm Ice Lake processors to push up their product ASPs.
MediaTek, Swisscom, Ericsson and Oppo enable 5G CA and VoNR
Wednesday 27 January 2021MediaTek has announced it has reached a 5G carrier aggregation (CA) and voice over new radio (VoNR) milestone in collaboration with Swisscom, Ericsson and Oppo, advancing 5G networks...
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...
RFID specialist SAG to tap 5G opportunities
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based RFID specialist Securitag Assembly Group (SAG) expects the commercialization of 5G networks will be instrumental in boosting sales of its products, including RFID labels...
China smartphone vendors in hardware specs competition
Tuesday 26 January 2021China-based handset brands have triggered a new round of hardware specification competition seeking to expand their market shares globally, according to industry sources.