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Monday 10 December 2018
Acer and university jointly developing self-driving farming vehicle
A Taiwan univeristy has unveiled a self-driving farming vehicle prototype jointly developed with Acer.
Monday 10 December 2018
Taiwan server revenues and shipments to continue rising in 2019
Overall revenues from Taiwan's server sector are expected to rise over 20% on year in 2018 with server shipments increasing over 10% on year, according to Digitimes Research figures...
Monday 10 December 2018
Mobvoi touts disruptive man-machine interaction
New-generation man-machine interaction in the post-smartphone era will be dominated by mobile + voice, with voice-control mobile devices to enjoy huge sales opportunities, according...
Friday 7 December 2018
Foxconn chairman encourages firms to help balance US-China trade
Foxconn Group chairman Terry Guo has urged businesses to play a role in balancing US-China trade, disclosing that his company will begin helping import more quality products to Chi...
Friday 7 December 2018
Huawei may face US sanctions, dimming prospects for Taiwan supply chains
The arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wangzhou threatens to further escalate the US-China trade tensions, significantly dimming business prospects for the China firm's...
Friday 7 December 2018
ITRI develops cold chain logistics solution
Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute's (ITRI) Service Systems Technology Center (SSTC) has developed a cold chain logistics solution based on sharing...
Friday 7 December 2018
HTC gearing up for blockchain phones, 5G mobile hubs
HTC is striving to make a turnaround in 2019 by accelerating its development of blockchain-focused smartphones and new mobile products for the upcoming 5G era, according to industry...
Friday 7 December 2018
Keelung to turn into smart people-serving city, says mayor
The government of Keelung has been keen on proceeding with smart city development in recent years, aiming to turn the harbor city in northern Taiwan into a people-serving city from...
Friday 7 December 2018
Smart manufacturing should prevent problems from occuring, says FII executive
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) vice chairman Jay Lee has noted that smart manufacturing is not meant to solve problems after they happen, but to foresee and predict the occurrence...
Friday 7 December 2018
MediaTek showcases Helio M70 5G baseband chipset at China event
MediaTek showcased at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou on December 6 its first 5G baseband chipset Helio M70, which was launched in mid 2018.
Thursday 6 December 2018
US telecom operators to roll out 5G services in 1Q19, says Qualcomm president
The commercialization of 5G communications will be realized starting in early 2019 with mobile device launches and network rollouts across North America, Europe, Japan, South Korea,...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Business of 5G seen to bring only symbolic benefits for GaAs firms in 2019
Applications of 5G will generate only symbolic rather than substantive economic benefits to suppliers of wireless compound semiconductor components devices such as radio frequency...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Popular 5G applications not likely in years, says TwIoTA chairman
It will take years for 5G applications to become popular, and business opportunities for 5G hardware supply chains are not visible for the moment, according to Frank Huang, chairman...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Compound semiconductor firms see unclear order visibility for 1Q19
Compound semiconductor firms are conservative about order visibility for the first quarter of 2019 due partly to Apple cutting orders amid weaker-than-expected sales of new iPhones,...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Largan November revenues hit 7-month low
Largan Precision on December 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.008 billion (US$130 million) for November, the lowest monthly level since May 2018, decreasing 23.08% on month...