223 news items tagged infrastructure
Foxconn subsidiaries push into 5G businesses
Thursday 12 December 2019Now that Young Liu has taken the helm, the Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has begun a series of transformations targeting the business opportunity from 5G,...
Market of RF components for telecom infrastructure to be shaken by active antenna systems, says Yole
Tuesday 3 December 2019The radio frequency (RF) front-end (FE) market for telecom infrastructure, estimated at US$1.47 billion in 2018, is forecast to reach US$2.52 billion in 2025, according to Yole Dev...
Small cell to have slower start in 5G, says Arcadyan president
Monday 2 December 2019The arrival of 5G commercialization will first boost smartphone demand, followed by customer premise equipment (CPE), with small cells to be the last to enjoy the benefits, according...
Chinese makers to see 2019 earnings double on strong HLC PCB demand
Friday 29 November 2019China's leading PCB makers Shennan Circuits and Wus Printed Circuit are expected to see their net earnings for 2019 double from 2018 on robust demand for high-layer-count (HLC) PCBs...
Taiwan manufacturing industry sees production decline 7% in 3Q19
Thursday 21 November 2019Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due...
Foxconn moving to transform into technology services provider
Thursday 14 November 2019Foxconn Technology Group will step up transforming into a provider of technology services by deepening deployments in electric vehicle, smart heath care and robot industries while...
Kioxia intros new PCIe 4.0 SSD series certified with PCI-SIG, NVMe
Thursday 14 November 2019Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) has announced that its lineup of PCIe 4.0 NVMe enterprise solid state drives (SSD) has achieved PCI-SIG compliance for PCIe 4.0 and University of...
Global Unichip, Alchip set to enjoy over 20% revenue growth in 4Q19
Tuesday 12 November 2019IC design service providers Global Unichip and Alchip are both expected to report over 20% sequential increases in fourth-quarter revenues, thanks to robust orders for developing...
Pegatron mulling more production in Southeast Asia
Friday 8 November 2019Pegatron will not rule out setting up new factory sites in Vietnam and India to satisfy customer demand, according to company president and CEO SJ Liao.
Tencent eyes rising demand for digital transformation and cloud infrastructure in China
Thursday 7 November 2019With Internet Plus becoming a national strategic policy for China, demand for digital transformation and cloud computing infrastructure has been rising exponentially in the country...
Huawei offers integrated cloud platform to satisfy increasing computing demand
Wednesday 6 November 2019Facing rising demand for computing capacity, Huawei is currently offering a solution that combines one cloud system with two computing platforms.
Top 5 share of semi industry capex to set new record in 2019
Wednesday 6 November 2019The share of semiconductor industry capital spending held by the top-5 companies (Samsung, Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix and Micron) is forecast to reach an all-time high of 68% this year,...
Taiwan backend firms expanding testing capacities for 5G chipsets
Wednesday 6 November 2019Taiwan's backend specialists ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are all moving to ready additional capacities to...
OSF hosting Open Infrastructure Summit in China
Wednesday 6 November 2019OpenStack Foundation (OSF) is hosting Open Infrastructure Summit in Shanghai, eastern China, during November 4-6, with major attendees including Intel and China-based Tencent, Baidu,...
Taiwan CCL makers not eyeing big order transfer from floods-hit Panasonic
Monday 4 November 2019Taiwan CCL makers have a chance to land part of orders from their Japan counterpart Panasonic whose plant in northern Japan was seriously hit by floods caused by Typhoon Hagibis in...
IoT end devices need timely intelligence: Q&A with SoftChef CEO Josh Chai
Friday 1 November 2019Taiwan cloud software startup SoftChef has been devoted to developing comprehensive solutions from edge devices to infrastructures since its inception in 2017, providing customized...
Quanta chairman expects AI+5G to drive cloud computing development
Thursday 31 October 2019Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam is optimistic about the development of the 5G and AI combination, likening 5G to an airplane's engine and AI the pilot. He believes the combination...
ABF substrate supply may fall short of 5G-driven demand in 2020
Tuesday 29 October 2019ABF substrate demand will stay robust throughout 2020 and beyond thanks to a diversity of applications arising with the advent of the 5G era, according to Jiang Xugao, a PCB expert...
MLCC demand booming for 5G networking, industrial applications
Thursday 24 October 2019MLCC firms have struck new long-term contracts for the supply of high temperature-resistant and medium- to high-capacitance MLCCs for 5G base station equipment and industrial applications,...
Demand for infrastructure equipment to increase 10-fold in 5G era, says Covestro
Friday 18 October 2019Global demand for infrastructure equipment such as base stations, active antenna units, transceivers in the next-generation 5G era will increase 10-fold as compared to those required...
Shennan Circuits to post record 3Q19 profits
Thursday 17 October 2019China's leading PCB maker Shennan Circuits (SCC) is expected to generate record-high net profits in the third quarter of 2019, thanks to robust demand for 5G base station equipment...
Qualcomm joins Taiwan 5G Alliance
Tuesday 8 October 2019Qualcomm has recently joined Taiwan's 5G Alliance and will partner with Taiwan's OEM/ODMs and academies to conduct 5G research, according to Alex Orange, senior director of Government...
Optical communication sector to rebound on 5G-driven fiber upgrades
Monday 7 October 2019The optical communication equipment industry is expected to resume growth momentum in 2020 after three years of lackluster demand, as new 5G infrastructure construction projects kicking...
M31 develops IP solutions on multiple TSMC specialty processes
Thursday 26 September 2019M31 Technology has announced its series of developments geared to optimize IP solutions for TSMC's specialty processes.
PCB makers see stronger momentum from 5G smartphones than base stations
Monday 16 September 2019For PCB makers, especially those based in Taiwan, 5G business opportunities from smartphones may outrace those from base stations as demand for the latter has been dented by slowed...
- Why tech companies are racing each other to make their own custom AI chips (Apr 21, 2018) - CNBC
- Micron, Rambus, Northwest Logic and Avery Design to deliver comprehensive GDDR6 solution (Jan 23) - Company release
- Graphene could buttress next-gen computer chip wiring (Feb 17) - IEEE Spectrum
- Samsung buys NewNet for RCS technology (Nov 16) - ZDNet
- China infrastructure investment model under fire (Sep 11) - The Financial Times
- Toshiba expects biggest-ever yearly net loss of US$6 billion (Feb 4) - Wall Street Journal
- China rejects Taiwan as founding member of policy bank (April 12) - Reuters
- How to stop worrying and love the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (April 6) - Washington Post
- HP in talks to buy Aruba Networks for Wi-Fi infrastructure (Feb 25) - Bloomberg
- IBM signs Cloud agreement with ABN AMRO (Dec 1) - Company release