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Wednesday 21 February 2018
Some AI chip startups may bow out in 2018, says Alibaba academy
The number of startup developers of AI (artificial intelligence) chips has increased fast over the past two years but some of them may bow out in 2018, according to predictions by...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Facebook to launch two smart speakers in July 2018
Facebook is set to officially foray into the global smart speaker market in mid-2018 by launching two new models, codenamed Aloha and Fiona - both with 15-inch touchscreens - in July...
Monday 12 February 2018
NB-IoT chip module shipments to China may hit 100 million units in 2018
Shipments of NB-IoT (narrow band IoT) chip modules to the China market may grow exponentially from five million pieces in 2017 to 100 million pieces in 2018 as demand for such chips...
Friday 2 February 2018
Alibaba nets CNY9.20 EPS for 4Q17
China-based e-commerce operator Alibaba Group Holding has reported net EPS of CNY9.20 (US$1.41) for fourth-quarter 2017, up 32.56% on year.
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Alibaba Cloud launches City Brain in Malaysia
Alibaba Cloud has announced the launch of its Malaysia City Brain initiative in collaboration with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), the country's digital economy development...
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Competition to heat up in smart speaker chip sector in 2H18
As global demand for smart voice assistant devices is estimated to soar sharply from 30 million units to 50 million in 2018 before hitting over 80 million in 2020, an increasing number...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
IC packager Lingsen to benefit from explosive demand for MEMS microphones
With smart speakers emerging as new fashion devices at CES 2018 and global tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Alibaba rushing to release new products, the global market...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Alibaba Cloud upgrades AI platform
Alibaba Cloud, China-based e-commerce operator Alibaba Group's cloud computing subsidiary, has upgraded ET, its in-house-developed AI (artificial intelligence) with single intelligent...
Thursday 14 December 2017
China tech giants forming alliances to tap immense AIoT opportunities
With AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things) applications combing fast to create immense AIoT business opportunities, China tech giants are gearing up to strengthen...
Thursday 14 December 2017
NXP pushing partnerships with China developers
NXP Semiconductors has announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and business unit of Alibaba Group. The two companies are working together to enable...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
IC designers to embrace lucrative smart speaker market in 2018
With global brand vendors aggressively venturing into the smart speaker market, the worldwide demand for smart speakers is likely to rise sharply to 30-50 million units in 2018, and...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
Alibaba applies AI to Shanghai subway
Alibaba Group Holding and affiliated Ant Financial Services have together inked a pact with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group to apply AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to the...
Monday 27 November 2017
Commentary: China actively nurturing unicorns in Southeast Asia
Statistics from US-based research body CB Insights show that non-US unicorn startups commanded a 50% share of total global unicorns as of the end of August 2017, sharply up from only...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Single's Day highlights China e-commerce smart logistics
China-based e-commerce operators, including Alibaba and JD.com, efficiently utilized smart logistics services to maintain express deliveries of ordered products at the 24-hour Single's...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Moore's Law can last two more process generations, says MediaTek chair
The Moore's Law that sets the pace of the semiconductor development can last two more generations, as the process technology may hit bottlenecks after advancing to 3nm node from the...