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Monday 17 July 2017
Worldwide IT spending to grow 2.4% in 2017, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$3.5 trillion in 2017, a 2.4% increase from 2016, according to Gartner. This growth rate is up from the previous quarter's forecast of...
Monday 17 July 2017
China industrial robot production and demand fast growing
As development of industrial robots is among target industries to be boosted in China's 13th Five-year National Development Plan, production of and demand for industrial robots in...
Monday 17 July 2017
Taipei Medical University introduces IBM Watson for Oncology
Taipei Medical University has introduced IBM Watson for Oncology, an AI-based cognitive computing system to help oncological physicians treat cancer, to Taipei Medical University...
Monday 17 July 2017
Production of OLED-version iPhone delayed, says paper
Production of the OLED-version next-generation iPhone will be delayed to November-December, shipping only in small volumes initially, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Monday 17 July 2017
China market: Unmanned retail store sales on the rise
In the China market, transaction value at unmanned retail stores in 2017 will total CNY38.94 billion (US$5.73 billion) and will increase to CNY1.8 trillion in 2022, while the number...
Monday 17 July 2017
Samsung to announce launch date for Galaxy Note 8 in August
Samsung Electronics will launch its Galaxy Note 8 smartphone soon and will announce the official timetable for the planned launch at the end of August, according to Dongjin Koh, president...
Friday 14 July 2017
Taiwan market: OTT device players expected to acquire viewers from CHT
With Chunghwa Telecom's (CHT) multimedia content offered via its MOD services shrinking significantly due to disputes with content providers, several over-the-top (OTT) device players...
Friday 14 July 2017
Integration of robots, IoT, AI needed to maximize smart production synergy, says industry expert
Only through close integration of robots, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications can the manufacturing sector manage to achieve maximum smart production...
Friday 14 July 2017
Taiwan market: Vivo to enter local smartphone market in 4Q17
China-based smartphone vendor Vivo reportedly will enter Taiwan's smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2017, a move which will push it to take on not only fellow China-based...
Friday 14 July 2017
Compal reportedly to recruit ex-Inventec manager to lead server business
Compal Electronics reportedly has recruited an executive from Inventec to lead its server department and has also integrated its server team's resources, looking to land orders from...
Friday 14 July 2017
TSMC expects to see 10nm account for 10% of 2017 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects sales generated from 10nm process technology to account for 10% of its overall revenues for 2017.
Thursday 13 July 2017
Server vendors unveil products with Intel Purley platform
With Intel releasing its new Xeon scalable processors, server suppliers have begun unveiling their latest products using the CPUs. Dell has announced the full series of its 14th-generation...
Thursday 13 July 2017
Samsung likely to roll out Galaxy Note 8 in September, say sources
Samsung Electronics is likely to launch its Galaxy Note 8 smartphone in September 2017 at the earliest, to make up the product gap left by its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 7, according...
Thursday 13 July 2017
Huawei set to unveil AI processors by yearend, says executive
Sensing the imminent arrival of a smart Internet era driven by artificial intelligence (AI), China's top ICT solutions provider Huawei Technologies is actively proceeding with the...
Thursday 13 July 2017
Cloud and mobile upgrade cycles to boost worldwide IT spending in 2H17, says IDC
Worldwide IT spending is expected to increase by 4.5% in 2017 in constant currency terms, a significant improvement on last year's growth of 2.5%, with stronger upgrade cycles for...