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Monday 26 February 2018
Taiwan makers to see handset shipments fall 30% in 1Q18, Digitimes Research says
After scoring a sequential gain in the fourth quarter of 2017, Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to see their combined shipments drop by 30% sequentially in the first...
Friday 23 February 2018
Smartphones unveiled at MWC to come with high specs
New smartphones to be unveiled at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 will feature high-end cameras and all-screen displays with strong artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities,...
Friday 23 February 2018
Samsung Galaxy S9 devices to feature SLP, dual-lens cameras, Digitimes Research says
Samsung Electronics' forthcoming Galaxy S9 and S9+, which are expected to be unveiled at MWC 2018, are likely to employ substrate-like PCB (SLP) products to enable more space for...
Thursday 22 February 2018
AMD launches embedded EPYC and Ryzen processors
AMD has introduced two new product families - the AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 processor and AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 processor. AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 brings the power of "Zen" to a variety...
Thursday 22 February 2018
Taiwan hardware makers see growing opportunities from booming datacenter segment
The ongoing investment spree on datacenter infrastructure will boost shipments of Taiwan-based white-box server and related hardware makers during 2018, according to industry sourc...
Thursday 22 February 2018
Acer to continue enhancing gaming device, smart solution developments
Acer will continue to deepen its deployments in the gaming PC and Chromebook sectors in 2018, while stepping up its efforts to develop smart transportation and education solutions...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
APeJ public cloud services spending to reach US$15 billion in 2018, says IDC
Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach US$15.08 billion in 2018, an increase of 35.66% over 2017, according...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Huawei to use more smartphone SoCs from HiSilicon in 2018, says report
Huawei is expected to increase the adoption of smartphone solutions from its chipset subsidiary, HiSilicon Technologies, in 2018 which will add more pressure on Qualcomm and MediaTek,...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
FIH Mobile to swing to losses in 2017
FIH Mobile, a handset unit of the Foxconn Group, has said that it expects to swing to a net loss of up to US$525 million in 2017 due largely to losses arising from the impairment...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Yaskawa Electric to set up base at CTSP
Japan-based Yaskawa Electric will set up a production, technological service and exhibition center for smart industrial robots at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), with construction...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Beijing AI research institute founded
In a bid to turn China's capital city into a hub for talent in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), an AI research institute in Beijing was newly inaugurated, with Kai-fu Lee...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Taiwan tech startups present innovative AIoT solutions
AI (artificial intelligence) is deemed as the last integral part of the IoT (Internet of Things) architecture, and the integration of AI and IoT can generate brand new AIoT business...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
HTC smartphone business head resigns
HTC has seen the head of its smartphone business resign, about two weeks after it completed a deal to transfer its ODM smartphone team to Google.
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Taiwan moving to set up national AI research network
The Taiwan government will move to implement five action plans in line with eight major international AI (artificial intelligence) development trends to turn Taiwan into one of the...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Half a billion smartphones and other devices with wireless power technology shipped in 2017, IHS says
Led by mobile phones, small appliances and wearables, shipments of consumer electronics devices enabled with wireless charging rose 40% in 2017 compared to the previous year. In all,...