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Tuesday 22 January 2019
5G moving out of lab for official kickoff in 2019, says MediaTek chair
The next generation of mobile connectivity, 5G, is moving out of its testing stage and will take off in 2019, according to MediaTek chairman MK Tsai.
Tuesday 22 January 2019
HTC launches blockchain-focused healthcare chat robots
HTC has teamed up with a hospital in Taiwan to launch a blockchain-enabled healthcare chat robot, dubbed LINE Bot, as it moves to deepen its deployment in the precision medicine and...
Tuesday 22 January 2019
More flagship smartphones with 10GB or more RAM to hit store shelves in 2019
New Android-based smartphones rolled out for 2019 will have some core components upgraded, particularly the upgrade to 10GB or more RAM in flagship devices, according to industry...
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Server DRAM contract prices to fall larger-than-expected, says DRAMeXchange
Server DRAM contract prices are expected to fall by more than 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, according to DRAMeXchange, which estimated previously a smaller 15% dro...
Monday 21 January 2019
Acer stepping up efforts for AI hardware business in 2019
Acer so far in January 2019 has already obtained two procurement orders for high-performance computing (HPC) products for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and is looking...
Monday 21 January 2019
CCL firms to thrive on 5G infrastructure construction boom
Demand for 5G infrastructure materials will grow exponentially in the next few years, generating many business opportunities for smaller suppliers of copper-clad laminates (CCL),...
Monday 21 January 2019
China vendors set pricing for initial 5G phones
China's vendors are likely to adopt a pricing strategy selling their 5G smartphones at about CNY500 (US$74) more than their current price ranges to increase profitability in 2019,...
Monday 21 January 2019
Flytech sets up subsidiary aiXpert Solutions
POS (point of sale/service) device maker Flytech Technology has discloed that via its wholly-owned subsidiary FeiShiun Investment, it has invested NT$42 million (US$1.36 million)...
Monday 21 January 2019
TIRC develops humanoid baccarat dealer robots for Macau casinos
Taiwan Intelligent Robotics (TIRC) has disclosed it has developed customized humanoid baccarat dealer robots for casinos in Macau.
Friday 18 January 2019
Taiwan Mobile cooperates with Asus Cloud for cloud storage business, says paper
Taiwan Mobile has announced to partner with Asus Cloud, a cloud computing service affiliate of Asustek Computer, to offer storage cloud services to Taiwan's small- to medium-size...
Friday 18 January 2019
Wistron pushing into autonomous driving development, says paper
Wistron and its partners from an autonomous driving development team including several IT and bus companies in Taiwan and National Taiwan University (NTU), have unveiled their latest...
Friday 18 January 2019
Innovative mobility services highlighted at 2019 Automotive World
A spate of newest auto industry development trends on autonomous driving, Internet of Vehicles (IoV), and electric vehicles, as well as automotive electronics including sensors, discrete...
Friday 18 January 2019
K-Best promoting new LoRa technology
K-Best Technology, a subsidiary of Acer, is gearing up efforts to develop new IoT devices and applications based on its newly developed new LoRa technology, dubbed Super Taiwan Radio...
Friday 18 January 2019
Demand for 7nm fabrication to surge when 5G chips become available
More mobile SoC suppliers are expected to start sampling their 5G-capable solutions at the end of 2019, which will spur further demand for 7nm fabrication processes at foundries,...
Friday 18 January 2019
Acer founder expects elderly consumers to be opportunity for Taiwan IT industry
Acer founder Stan Shih has pointed out that Taiwan's IT sectors should work together to pursue the business opportunity from the elderly consumer group and can leverage the success...