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Thursday 7 September 2017
IoT applications steal spotlight at 2017 Cross-Strait Startup Contest
IoT (Internet of Things) applications took center stage at the 2017 Cross-Strait Startup Competition that just wound up its three-month run in late August at Shanghai Jinshan Cross-Strait...
Thursday 7 September 2017
HTC August revenues lowest in 13 years
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3 billion (US$99.69 million) for August, the company's lowest monthly figures in 13 years. August revenues also represented a decline...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Synnex August revenues hit record
IT and consumer electronics distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$34.759 billion (US$1.15 billion) for August, a company record with...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Visual recognition AI tech to thoroughly change social, commercial activities
While AI (artificial intelligence) has quietly penetrated various fields of human life and bring brand-new dialogue models between machine and mankind, the visual recognition AI technology...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
GrandTech sets up subsidiary to support AWS
GrandTech CG Systems, a provider of value-added marketing services in graphics, imaging, multimedia and information security software, has announced investment of NT$100 million (US$3.3...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Competition in AI chip market heating up on full presence of global tech giants
Competition in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market is heating up as nearly all major players in the IT industry have joined the race to develop AI chips and applications...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
The midrange smartphone concept: Q&A with TL Lee, GM of MediaTek Wireless Communication Dept
Taiwan-based chip designer MediaTek has newly released its Helio P-series chipset solutions for smartphones, aiming to regain its share of the global market for SoCs for midrange...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Acer to showcase MixBot intelligent mixology robot solution
Acer will showcase its service-oriented and intelligent mixology robot solution, the MixBot, at Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition 2017 held from September 6-9.
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Breakthroughs needed before AR glasses can replace smartphones
There is gradual awareness in the market that augmented reality (AR) glasses do have the potential to replace smartphones, as Microsoft's HoloLens AR glasses inventor Alex Kipman...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Microsoft partners with Taiwan medical university for AI, says paper
Microsoft Taiwan and Taipei Medical University (TMU) have teamed up for a project to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Acer seeking niche consumer groups in gaming market
Acer's president of IT products business Jerry Kao, commenting on the gaming product business, has pointed out that the competition in the market is extremely fierce and it will be...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Commentary: Cabinet reshuffle casts uncertainty over Taiwan AI, IoT development
Premier Lin Chuan, who once served as chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and his Cabinet members will resign en masse on September 7, casting uncertainty over...
Monday 4 September 2017
IFA 2017: LG launches V30 flagship smartphone
LG Electronics has unveiled its LG V30, the latest iteration of the company's V series flagship smartphones, at IFA 2017. The V30 features F1.6 aperture camera lens, a glass Crystal...
Monday 4 September 2017
Digitimes Research: FTTH fixed-line broadband service enjoys highest growth in Korea
For the four types of high-speed fixed-line services - FTTH, FTTB+LAN, HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) and xDSL - currently available in Korea, the number of FTTH service subscribers increased...
Monday 4 September 2017
Posiflex board approves plan for Portwell acquisition
The board of industrial PC (IPC) maker Posiflex Technology has approved a plan to invest over NT$5.1 billion (US$173.4 million) to fully acquire Portwell, also an IPC player, for...