During Computex Taipei 2009, Taiwan IPC maker Lanner Electronics (Nangang Exhibition Hall, L808) launched what it claimed was the world's first Intel Atom-based fanless embedded computer with discrete graphics for digital...

While US-based Qualcomm has been a major player driving growth in the wireless handset market over the past 20 years, the company is now looking to expand its market scope into mobile computing with its Snapdragon processor...

Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years ago the Santa Clara-based chipmaker started...

Digitimes recently had a chance to talk to Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia to discuss recent issues surrounding the chip design giant.

Digitimes recently had the opportunity to interview Taiwan's new Economics Minister Dr. Chii-Ming Yiin, to discuss current issues being handled by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), including regulations on investments...

With Nvidia recently revealing its Tegra processor for mobile computer products to challenge Intel's Atom platform on MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), Digitimes took the opportunity to talk to Anand Chandrasekher, manager...

A quarter has passed since Asustek Computer spun-off its ODM business, however, there are still many questions surrounding the roles the two spun-off companies will play in the market – Pegatron Technology (in charge...

Nvidia's recent introduction of the APX 2500 applications processor indicates that the company is getting serious about its offerings in the smartphone market. However, the company faces stiff competition from established...

Asustek Computer's recent launch of the low-cost Eee PC has prompted a wide range of opinions across the market. Some say the Eee PC sacrificed too many functions and performance for its price, while others are optimistic...

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's number one PC vendor, has made substantial gains in the global consumer notebook market and the company is also making headway in the business notebook segment with its new strategy targeting...

With many IT players expanding their business by acquiring others over the past few years, TH Tung, the vice chairman of Asustek Computer and chairman of Kinsus Interconnect Technology commented that there is no principle...

Best known as a designer of Bluetooth chips, CSR also does WiFi, with its UniFi chip. The Cambridge, UK, based company has now added a multimedia applications processor (MAP) to the UniFi solution for a low-cost VoIP-enabled...

Established in 1973, the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is known around the globe as Taiwan's largest technology research and development center. Commonly associated with the Taiwan...

California-based Global Locate, a producer of A-GPS (assisted-GPS) semiconductors and software, recently caught quite some attention when it announced that its Hammerhead GPS solution and software was adopted by TomTom's...

Almost three years after it debuted at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), wireless USB remains one of the most promising implementations of ultra wideband (UWB) short-range radio technology, but it is still waiting for its...

Taiwan-based Quanta Computer is expected to ship 20 million notebooks in 2006 and 25 million units in 2007. Since Quanta currently accounts for 30% of global production of notebooks, many consumers who purchased a notebook...

Graphics used in mobile applications are increasingly being found in a variety of devices, from handsets to GPS navigation devices to ultra-mobile PCs and are playing an increasingly important role in the functioning of...

The enormous success of the mobile phone as a "must have" consumer item has brought in its train a number of security issues, and notably the unlocking of the SIM Lock/IMEI. There's a lot of pressure on designers...

According to market research, the semiconductor-IP business is growing, and one company enjoying that upside is CEVA, a leading licensor of DSP IP cores. In 2005, 130 million devices shipped with CEVA technology inside...

Although Acer had grown accustomed to seeing its notebook shipments grow 70-80% on year, the company only saw growth of 30-40% in the first half of this year. Consequently, Acer's stock price dropped from more than NT$80...

DXG Technology is typical of Taiwan's digital camera makers in that it pursues the mainstream consumer market, while recognizing the reality that high-end digital camera production is dominated by Japan. DXG is still trying...

Finland based and a specialist in IP for mobile video, Hantro is a small company but one with international representation. The company is now poised to offer both hardware- and software-IP solutions for emerging markets...

Stan Shih, founder of the Acer Group, considers that BenQ's plan of separating its own-brand and manufacturing operations will help enhance the company's own-brand...

Although the US-headquartered IC-design house SigmaTel continues to leverage its patents in response to market pressure from its ambitious China-based rival, Actions Semiconductor, as well as other competitors, the company,...

Texas Instruments (TI) has established itself as a leading provider of chips for mobile phones, but as mobile devices see an increasing convergence between communications and entertainment, TI is increasingly positioning...