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Tuesday 19 January 2021
FET to ramp up 5G penetration rate to 20-30% in 2021
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expects to see the user number of its 5G services to top one million or 20-30% of its total mobile subscribers by year-end 2021, after having...
Tuesday 19 January 2021
IPC makers under pressure of component shortage
Industrial computing device makers, including Advantech, Aaeon Technology, Adlink Technology, Avalue Technology, DFI and Axiomtek, wary of components shortages, are stepping up negotiations...
Monday 18 January 2021
Japan setting up nationwide smart logistics platform
Japan is establishing a nationwide smart logistics platform to collect data about entire delivery processes of selected products from production, transportation, distribution to sales...
Monday 18 January 2021
Inventec teams up with Affirmed Networks to develop 5G smart factory solutions
Inventec has said that it is developing 5G smart manufacturing solutions in cooperation with Affirmed Networks, a Microsoft subsidiary, which plays a platform and application software...
Monday 18 January 2021
Kiosks in growing demand amid pandemic
Kiosks with self-service functions to avoid contact between store staff and customers see demand increasing in the wake of the pandemic, according to industrial computing device maker...
Monday 18 January 2021
Dell optimistic about emerging technology development in 2021, says company CTO
Dell is optimistic about the development of quantum technologies, heterogeneous architecture of semiconductors, 5G and edge computing in 2021, according to company CTO John Roese.
Friday 15 January 2021
Intel expected to fully advance to 10nm in 2021
Intel is expected to see strong growths in sales and profits in 2021 thanks to the releases of new-generation 10nm CPUs, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Friday 15 January 2021
Foxconn appoints Jack Cheng to MIH
Foxconn Electronics has selected Jack Cheng, former executive president and co-founder of China-based electric vehicle (EV) vendor NIO, to be in charge of planning for its MIH alliance...
Friday 15 January 2021
Seagate to expand HDD storage capacity
With the amount of global data expected to grow over 40% over the next two years, Seagate has recently launched its latest 20TB hard disc drive (HDD) and is set to expand the storage...
Friday 15 January 2021
Zyxel lands orders for 5G NR FWA routers from Telenor Norway
Taiwan-based Zyxel Communications has announced its entry into the equipment supply chain of Telenor Norway and will offer 5G NR7101 outdoor routers to support the construction of...
Friday 15 January 2021
Protective component maker PTTC enjoys substantial ramp-up in orders for smartphones
Polytronics Technology (PTTC) has seen orders placed by China-based smartphone vendors ramp up substantially since the first quarter of 2021, according to the Taiwan-based protective...
Friday 15 January 2021
Sunny Optical sees growth in 2020 shipment
China-based Sunny Optical Technology has disclosed it shipped nearly 1.53 billion smartphone-use lens modules in 2020, increasing 13.9% on year.
Friday 15 January 2021
Switching iPhone orders is not easy
The riot at a Wistron plant in India may result in Apple looking for alternative makers of the iPhones that the Taiwanese ODM has been handling, but switching orders among suppliers...
Friday 15 January 2021
AI-based AOI, AMRs adopted for smart manufacturing
Many manufacturers have generally adopted AI-based AOI (automated optical inspection) solutions and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) as initial subsystems on their way to installing...
Thursday 14 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Bright outlook for TSMC
TSMC has reported strong sales and profits for 2020, and the world's top pure-play foundry house expects to post another record...