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Wednesday 9 January 2019
Micron, Qualcomm team up for automotive infotainment
Micron Technology has announced its automotive-grade LPDDR4X memory devices are being adopted for Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon automotive cockpit compute systems. The companies...
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Intel showcases technology for next era of computing at CES 2019
Intel made several announcements spanning PCs and new devices to diverse growth segments including artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and autonomous driving, at a pre-CES show.
Monday 7 January 2019
Diode maker Iris Technology eyes stable revenue growth in 2019
Taiwan-based diode maker Iris Technology is optimistic about stable improvements in 2019 revenue performances, thanks to growing demand for diode devices to support applications in...
Friday 4 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: South Korea continues bold investments in memory sector
South Korea is a global semiconductor powerhouse, with semiconductor output recording an increasing ratio of its total annual exports, surging from 12.6% in 2016 to 17.1% in 2017,...
Thursday 3 January 2019
Chipmakers keen to roll out NPU-based AI mobile SoCs
Discrete NPU (neural processing unit) is increasingly incorporated by chipmakers including Huawei HiSilicon, Qualcomm and MediaTek into their mobile chip solutions to execute AI computing...
Thursday 3 January 2019
Silicon IP developer M31 kicks off IPO auction
M31 Technology, a silicon intellectual property (IP) provider in TSMC's IP Alliance, will hold an IPO auction during January 3-7 ahead of its listing on the Taipei Exchange on January...
Thursday 3 January 2019
Datacenter server demand to see sharp growth after sluggish 1H19
Orders for datacenter servers are expected to slow down in the first half of 2019, but will resume sharp growth in the second half and grow even stronger in 2020, as many first-tier...
Wednesday 2 January 2019
Nan Ya PCB seeking profitability for entire 2019 on 5G demand
Taiwan-based Nan Ya PCB is gearing up to further upgrade its process technology and adjust product portfolios seeking to fully swing to profitability in the entire 2019 by cashing...
Wednesday 2 January 2019
Supply chain conservative about 2019 mining ASIC outlook
Crypto mining fever has subsided along with Bitcoin price collapsing from US$15,000 in January 2018 to under US$4,000 in December, sending mining ASICs supply chain players turning...
Wednesday 2 January 2019
Public blockchain or private blockchain? How do businesses make a choice?
The talk about public blockchain or private blockchain takes me back to the time when cloud concepts first emerged over a decade ago. People only had a vague idea of cloud and were...
Friday 28 December 2018
AWS urges enterprises to step up digital transformation with cloud services
Enterprises can leverage external cloud resources to accelerate digital transformation at lower IT cost to boost competitiveness, according to Zhang Xia, Greater China principal enterprise...
Friday 28 December 2018
Conservative attitude weakens MediaTek presence in high-end mobile chip market
Taiwan-based IC designer MediaTek has repeatedly outperformed most peers in the development of mobile chip solutions, but its long conservative practice of offering higher-end solutions...
Friday 28 December 2018
Microsoft, Taiwan AI Labs unveil TaiGenomics
Microsoft Taiwan and Taiwan AI Labs have jointly unveiled TaiGenomics, an AI-based genetic analysis platform using Microsoft Azure cloud computing and storage capabilities.
Thursday 27 December 2018
ASIC vendors eyeing hefty demand growth
Taiwan-based ASIC vendors expect staggering growth in orders in the next few years, driven by demand from the high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors...
Thursday 27 December 2018
2018 review and 2019 outlook: The race to the top in the smartphone market
On November 26, 2018, Microsoft saw its market value of US$807 billion surpass Apple's NT$805 billion, officially making the software giant the most valuable IT player worldwide....