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Monday 14 May 2018
Quanta sees weak 1Q18 results
Quanta Computer has announced its first-quarter 2018 financial results with its profits, gross margin and operating profit margin all slipping from the same quarter a year ago, with...
Monday 14 May 2018
Dell PC business to continue thriving in 5G era, says CEO
Unlike most IT players showing pessimism about the future of the PC industry, Michael Dell, CEO of of his namesake company, has optimistically stressed that Dell's PC business will...
Friday 11 May 2018
SMIC to start risk production of 14nm FinFET process in 1H19
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the largest China-based foundry house, will kick off risk production of its 14nm FinFET process and venture into the AI (artificial...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Google embracing AI technologies
Google kicked off its annual, three-day developers' conference in Mountain View, California on May 8 with a theme focusing on the development of full-fledged artificial intelligence...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Google to highlight Android P, AI, AR/VR at upcoming event
Google is expected to unfold its latest developments on mobile app, AI, machine learning, VR/AR, Google Assistant, IoT and other related applications and services during Google I/O...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
TSMC 7nm process to attract more orders from China for AI chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 7nm FinFET process has obtained orders for the production of AI-capable SoCs from a number of China-based chip firms, such as Huawei's...
Monday 7 May 2018
China smartphone AP shipments to increase 17% in 2Q18, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to increase 17% sequentially to 173.8 million units in the second quarter of 2018, Digitimes Research estim...
Thursday 3 May 2018
Jetwell to list on Taiwan OTC market in late May
Taiwan-based Jetwell Computer is slated to list on the domestic over-the-counter (OTC) securities market in late May, seeking to source more public capital to support its one-stop...
Thursday 3 May 2018
Nearly 50% of new smartphones launched by China makers by year-end 2018 to come with AI applications
About half of new smartphone models launched by China's smartphone vendors, including the top-four players Huawei, Xiaomi Technology, Oppo and Vivo, as well as other brands, by the...
Thursday 3 May 2018
Dell server, PC stable growths to benefit Taiwan ODMs
Taiwan partners in the supply chains of Dell's PC and server products are poised to benefit from significant increases in shipments to the US firm, whose global sales numbers have...
Thursday 3 May 2018
5G to drive explosive growth of AI, IoT applications, says Dell CEO
The upcoming 5G will be a massive accelerator on all the things going on in technology, fueling the development of all forms of AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things)...
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Faraday enjoys strong orders for NRE designs
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, has enjoyed robust orders for non-recurring engineering (NRE) designs. The company has reported sales generated...
Friday 27 April 2018
MLCC shortatges disrupting downstream production and shipments
Channel distributors of MLCCs are increasingly plagued by the growing supply shortfall of the passive component, as they can hardly find new supply sources to meet customer demand,...
Thursday 26 April 2018
Wafer test specialist CHPT 1Q18 revenues surge 36% on quarter
Taiwan-based IC test equipment supplier Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$740 million (US$24.90 million) for the first quarter of 2018,...
Thursday 26 April 2018
AI to be new direction for storage industry: Q&A with Pure Storage VP Robert Lee
Pure Storage has worked with Nvidia and Arista Networks to jointly create AI Ready Infrastructure (AIRI) that is able to assist its clients with demand for AI applications.The company's...