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Wednesday 14 March 2018
Synnex posts strong profit for 2017
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported fourth-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues of NT$106.968 billion (US$3.65 billion), with...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
High-speed transmission chipmakers land stable orders from first-tier clients
With the growing demand for high-speed data transmission interface solutions including PCIe, Type C, DP, and SerDes fueled by rampant AI, cloud service, big data and IoT applications,...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Sony Xperia XZ2 launched in Taiwan
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest flagship model, Xperia XZ2, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on March 21 at a price tag of NT$24,990 (US$854).
Wednesday 14 March 2018
ARM-based IPC opportunities: Q&A with Jason Liu, director of Intelligent Solution and System, Avalue
Avalue Technology is one of Taiwan's veteran industrial PC (IPC) players, having been in the sector since 2000. Although it is not as big as some of the first-tier players, Avalue...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
New MediaTek AI chip to power upcoming Oppo, Meizu smartphones
MediaTek's recently-introduced Helio P60 mobile SoC that comes with AI capabilities has been adopted by Oppo and Meizu for their upcoming smartphone models, according to a report...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
IC analyzer iST sees 5G, AIoT, car electronics as major growth drivers
Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST), specialized in offering semiconductor materials analysis and IC debugging services, will see revenue growth driven by five major...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Samsung aims higher sales for Galaxy S9
Samsung Electronics has prepared two million more Galaxy S9 series devices than the previous Galaxy S8 products for the first-year sale in 2018 as the firm aims to achieve a higher...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Sercomm eyeing higher profits
Networking device supplier Sercomm will aim to ramp up shipments of higher-margin products to shore up its gross margin and net profits in 2018, according to company CEO and president...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Worldwide server revenues up 25.7% in 4Q17, says Gartner
The worldwide server market continued to grow through 2017 as worldwide server revenues increased 25.7% in the fourth quarter of 2017, while shipments grew 8.8% on year, according...
Monday 12 March 2018
Adlink reports EPS of NT$1.79 for 2017
IPC player Adlink Technology registered consolidated revenues of NT$10.67 billion (US$362.35 million) for 2017, rising 11.5% on year, but its gross margin was only 37%, leading net...
Monday 12 March 2018
FII approved to list on SSE
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), an IoT arm of the Foxconn Group, has secured approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to launch an initial public offering...
Monday 12 March 2018
Bandwidth upgrades, IoT applications bring huge opportunities, says Sercomm CEO
Global demand for broadening network bandwidths is still maintaining substantial growth momentum, particularly bolstered by active deployments of optical fiber transmission networks...
Monday 12 March 2018
Global AP market, 2017-2021
Digitimes Research estimates total shipments of smartphone application processors (AP) worldwide will grow 1.5% on year to 1.67 billion units in 2018. The slowing growth in the smartphone...
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer looking to expand presence in enterprise notebook market in Middle East, Africa
Acer is looking to grow its share of the enterprise notebook market in the Middle East and Africa to 15% in 2018 from only 2% in 2017, according to country manager Paul Collins.
Friday 9 March 2018
Android phone vendors deterred by 3D sensing high cost
Most Android smartphone vendors, particularly those in China, are still reluctant to adopt 3D sensing technology for their new models to be launched in 2018 due to the persistent...