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Friday 21 October 2016
Leadtek pushing into medical market
Taiwan-based professional graphics card vendor Leadtek Research has been aggressively pushing into the medical electronics market during the past few years and has recently sent its...
Friday 21 October 2016
China smartphone vendors to buy more panels and other parts from local suppliers in 2017
China-based smartphone vendors are expected to purchase more parts and components such as LCD panels from local suppliers for their smartphone production in 2017 amid their growing...
Friday 21 October 2016
India market: 35 million smartphones shipped in 3Q16, says Counterpoint
Shipments of smartphones totaled 35 million units in India in the third quarter of 2016, increasing 21% on quarter and 25% on year, according to data released by Counterpoint Technology...
Friday 21 October 2016
China Mobile nets CNY88.1 billion for January-September 2016
Mobile telecom carrier China Mobile recorded net profit of CNY88.1 billion (US$13.39 billion) for January-September 2016, growing 3.1% on year, according to the company's financial...
Friday 21 October 2016
Baidu adopts Xilinx to accelerate machine learning applications in the data center
Xilinx has announced that Baidu is utilizing Xilinx FPGAs to accelerate machine learning applications in their data centers in China, and the pair is collaborating to further expand...
Friday 21 October 2016
Verizon launches MediaTek-powered smartphone
Verizon Wireless has launched the first-ever MediaTek-powered CDMA/LTE smartphone. The LG Stylo 2 V marks its debut as a certified smartphone chipset provider for Verizon, according...
Thursday 20 October 2016
Global IT spending to reach US$3.5 trillion in 2017, says Gartner
Driven by growth in software and IT services revenues, worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach US$3.5 trillion in 2017, up 2.9% from 2016 estimated spending of US$3.4 trillion,...
Thursday 20 October 2016
Asustek ZF3 smartphones enjoy strong sales in the US, says paper
Demand for Asustek Computer's latest smartphone series products, including the entry-level ZenFone 3 (ZF3), mid-range ZF3 Ultra, and high-end ZF3 Deluxe, in the US market has been...
Thursday 20 October 2016
China market: Suning, Alibaba to form e-commerce joint venture
Suning.com, a subsidiary of China-based retail giant Suning Commerce Group, will form a CNY1 billion (US$148.41 million) e-commerce joint venture with the Alibaba Group in Chongqing,...
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Global Sources Electronics Trade Show taking place in HK
The 2016 Electronics Trade Show hosted by Global Sources is taking place in Hong Kong during October 18-21. About 2,600 booths will exhibit mobile consumer electronics including smartphones,...
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Qualcomm announces 5G modem solution
Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, has announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem, making Qualcomm the first company to announce a commercial 5G modem chipset sol...
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Industry 4.0-based network manager ensures solid industrial connectivity
With the hot topics of Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), intelligent automation and so forth emerging into the market, factory machines and equipment will become...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
India x86 server market declines by 16.9% in 2Q16, says IDC
According to IDC, the server market in India declined by 16.9% on quarter in the second quarter of 2016, with 33,662 units shipped as against 40,488 units in the first quarter of 2016...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
China market: Alibaba Cloud to cooperate with Foxconn to develop server products
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group, will cooperate with Foxconn Electronics to develop server products to be used by its cloud computing platform, according...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Huawei confident of reaching 2016 smartphone shipments target, say reports
China-based vendor Huawei Technologies has shipped over 100 million smartphones globally so far in 2016 and is confident of attaining its goal of shipping 140 million units for the...