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Tuesday 12 January 2016
Hardware vendors optimistic about VR potential to save PC industry
With Sony, Samsung Electronics, Oculus/Facebook, High-Tech Computer (HTC) and Google developing virtual reality (VR) wearable devices, related supply chain players are becoming optimistic...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Toshiba expands ApP Lite processor family for wearable applications
Toshiba has announced the launch of TZ1201XBG, an application processor for wearable devices, as the latest addition to its ApP Lite family for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Thursday 7 January 2016
HTC teams up with Under Armour to launch UA HealthBox
HTC has teamed up with Under Armour to launch UA HealthBox, a connected fitness system kit comprising of three devices: a wearable wristband, a heart rate monitor and a Wi-Fi connected...
Tuesday 5 January 2016
MediaTek unveils new chips for wearables, smart homes and UHD Blu-ray
MediaTek has announced its new chip series for wearable and smart home applications, and Ultra HD Blu-ray players.
Thursday 31 December 2015
Acer expands smartphone presence into Latin America
Acer has announced cooperation with Bahamas Telecommunications and Ecuador's Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones to sell its smartphones and wearable devices.
Wednesday 30 December 2015
Samsung starts mass production of bio-processors for health-oriented wearables
Samsung Electronics has announced it is mass producing an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market, the Bio-Processor.
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Acer announces brisk sales of smart bracelets
Acer has announced that it sold out 70,000 units of its fitness bracelet Liquid Leap Active during a 24-hour limited-time promotional campaign held through a TV shopping channel in...
Thursday 17 December 2015
IoT market to nearly double by 2019, says IC Insights
Between 2015 and 2019, worldwide systems revenues for applications connecting to the Internet of Things (IoT) will nearly double reaching US$124.5 billion in the final year of the...
Thursday 17 December 2015
China wearable device market continues to grow, with varied performance between segments, says IDC
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC ), wearable device shipments in China reached 7.37 million units in the third quarter of 2015, up 40.1% from the previous quart...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Taiwan IC design houses look to auto and IoT related products for 2016 growth
IC shipments for automotive electronics, wearables and IoT devices will enjoy a higher increase than shipments for PCs, tablets and smartphones in 2016, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Korea government to invest US$110 million into wearables development, says report
The Korea government has announced from 2016 it will invest US$110 million over a five-year period into developing materials and components for wearable products, according to Korea-based...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Himax obtains design-wins for smartphone-use force touch solutions
Himax Technologies has gained design-wins for its multi-level force touch controller series from leading smartphone vendors for models to be launched in the first half of 2016, according...
Friday 20 November 2015
Kionix announces 6-axis accel-gyro combo sensors
Kionix has announced the mass production of its KXG03 6-axis accelerometer-gyroscope combo and the unveiling of two new flagship 6-axis accel-gyro combos: the KXG07 and the KXG08.
Thursday 19 November 2015
Imec partners with UEST to develop emergency-detecting wearables
Nano-electronics research center imec and UEST, a Belgian start-up company, have started the production of Zembro, a smart bracelet designed to enable the elderly to connect with...
Monday 16 November 2015
Wearable devices becoming main growth driver for ODMs
Notebook ODMs are expected to see their shipments in the fourth quarter to drop from the third and the volumes may continue to decline in 2016, making mobile devices especially wearable...
Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research