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Tuesday 28 May 2019
Starting with information security certification services, Bureau Veritas brings added value to 5G/IoT customers
With 5G communication increasingly catching public attention in recent years, a small number of 5G-ready phones are finally making debut on the market beginning in 2019. However,...
Monday 27 May 2019
Nvidia launches edge computing platform to bring real-time AI to industries
Nvidia has announced EGX, an accelerated computing platform that enables companies to perform low-latency AI at the edge - to perceive, understand and act in real time on continuous...
Monday 27 May 2019
AMD announces next-generation products at Computex 2019
AMD has announced high-performance 7nm-based computing and graphics products. During her Computex keynote today, AMD president and CEO Lisa Su announced a range of products including...
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan networking device, server makers to see stable profits in 2Q19 after lowering China capacity
Some of Taiwan's networking device and server makes are expected to see their sales stablize starting the second quarter of 2019 after their earnings were weighed down in the first...
Monday 27 May 2019
Foxconn issues rare statement about orders
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has issued a statement saying there may be changes to customers' orders due to market developments.
Monday 27 May 2019
Sales of iPhones to be affected by higher tariffs
The top-four smartphone vendors in the US market are Apple, Samsung, LG and Lenovo, which together account for nearly 90% of the market share. Samsung and LG have sufficient production...
Friday 24 May 2019
China smartphone market and industry – 1Q 2019
Smartphone shipments to China slid to 71.7 million units, down 31.3% on quarter and 16.7% on year in first-quarter 2019.
Friday 24 May 2019
Huawei stepping up memory chip purchases from Japan, Korea
Huawei is looking to step up purchases of memory chips from its Japan- and South Korea-based suppliers, including Toshiba Memory and SK Hynix, according to industry sources.
Friday 24 May 2019
TSMC maintains chip supplies to Huawei
TSMC continues fulfilling chip orders placed by Huawei and will maintain its supply to the China-based customer, according to the pure-play foundry, which also has reiterated its...
Thursday 23 May 2019
Taiwan telecom operators to stop selling new phones from Huawei
Taiwan's five leading telecom operators have said that they will stop selling new smartphones made by Huawei due to concerns of after-sale services after Google stopped providing...
Thursday 23 May 2019
IBM set to commercialize quantum computers in 3-5 years, says executive
IBM is set to commercialize its quantum computers in the next 3-5 years, when they can outperform existing supercomputers in terms of computing capability in some specific domains,...
Thursday 23 May 2019
Machvision to have two startups launch IPOs
Taiwan AOI (automated optical inspection) specialist Machvision has seen efforts of its Bethel Unicorn Incubator Center gradually pay off, with two out of four startups incubated...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Sporton expects inspection demand for 5G phones to drive growth
Mobile device testing and certification service company Sporton International is already engaged in conducting tests and certification for 5G sub-6GHz and mmWave smartphones, and...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Huawei well-prepared for US trade ban, says CEO
Huawei's revenue growth will likely slow to less than 20% for the whole 2019 from 39% in the first quarter of the year, due to the US trade ban, company CEO Ren Zhengfei has been...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Xiaomi reports higher-than-expected sales for 1Q19
Xiaomi has reported higher than expected revenues of CNY43.76 billion (US$6.33 billion) for the first quarter of 2019, increasing 27.2% from a year earlier.