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Thursday 8 March 2018
MediaTek gearing up for AI smartphones
MediaTek has introduced its new solution to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to smartphones, and is gearing up for competition in the AI smartphone field.
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Back on the growth track: Q&A with MediaTek president Joe Chen
There were major management changes at MediaTek last year, showing the IC deisgner's intention to regain its growth momentum. The changes included the appointment of Joe Chen as MediaTek...
Thursday 1 March 2018
Global diode supply shortfall to last into 2Q18, says Diodes CEO
The supply shortfall seen in the global diode industry since the beginning of 2017 will last into the second quarter of 2018, with the shortfall mainly being driven by ever-growing...
Thursday 22 February 2018
Avoiding cut throat competition: Q&A with SPIL chairman Bough Lin
Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has disclosed that it had never occurred to him that his company would one day merge with one of its major competitors,...
Monday 29 January 2018
IoT edges to drive demand for advanced data storage solutions, says Seagate executive
Driven by the development of IoT (Internet of Things), cloud, big data and machine learning technologies and applications, aggregate global data volume is estimated to expand exponentially...
Monday 22 January 2018
Taiwan IT players have big opportunites in AI, IoT era, says Pegatron chairman
Despite not performing well in the era of smart mobile devices, there is no reason for Taiwan's information technology (IT) players to feel pessimistic about their future prospects,...
Monday 15 January 2018
Railway power module business is new growth driver: Q&A with Minmax manager Whittaker Cheng
Taiwan-based Minmax Technology is the largest supplier of DC-DC converters and AC-DC power supply units for general industrial equipment in Taiwan. Currently, the company is seeing...
Monday 8 January 2018
The IoT possibility for traditional IPCs: Q&A with Artila director of IoT Division Mike Kao
Artila Electronics is a long-term player in the IPC industry, but unlike most others that focus on developing x86 applications, Artila has chosen ARM-based systems as the main direction...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Data is like crude oil in new tech era, says Applied Materials VP Erix Yu
After progressing from the PC and network generation in 2000-2010 to the mobile device and social networking generation during 2010-2020, the ever-advancing tech development will...
Tuesday 19 December 2017
Macronix ramps up efforts to gain market share in embedded non-volatile memory
Prices of memory chips, including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and all types of flash memory, have rallied throughout 2017, buoying the business value of five of the top 10...
Tuesday 19 December 2017
Smartening up Bluetooth earphones: Q&A with UnlimiterHear executives
With the growing popularity of smart speakers and voice assistance tools offered by first-tier Internet service providers, many have focused on the development of emerging home devices...
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Smart city to develop fast amid AI, IoT applications, says expert
The raging development of AI (artificial intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things) and cloud computing applications will bring drastic changes to human life, and smart cities, particularly,...
Thursday 30 November 2017
Coopetition and coexistence in IC industry: Q&A with ASE COO Wu Tien-yu
The global semiconductor industry is experiencing faster quantitative and qualitative changes along with the increasingly fierce coopetition among wafer foundry, IDM (integrated advanced...
Tuesday 28 November 2017
Race to top of market: Q&A with Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, president of Server Solutions at Dell EMC
The acquisition of EMC has enabled Dell's server business to enjoy impressive growth, and Dell stands a good chance of becoming the world's largest supplier by revenues by the end...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Automation market full of opportunities, says Aurotek executive
Aurotek, founded in 1981, was one of the earliest automation equipment component suppliers in Taiwan. The company started the business as a distribution agent of mechanical equipment...