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Thursday 14 December 2017
Komatsu adopts Nvidia AI technology
Komatsu, one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, has selected Nvidia as its partner to bring AI (artificial intelligence) to jobsites, making...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
Alibaba applies AI to Shanghai subway
Alibaba Group Holding and affiliated Ant Financial Services have together inked a pact with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group to apply AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to the...
Monday 11 December 2017
IC distributor ANSTek sees bright prospect for 1H18
Taiwan semiconductor sales agent Answer Technology (ANSTek) expects bright business prospects for the first half of 2018, as it has secured high-end, lucrative product lines including...
Monday 11 December 2017
Nvidia announces Titan V
Nvidia has introduced Volta-based Titan V GPU for the PC, saying its 21.1 billion transistors deliver 110 teraflops, 9x that of its predecessor.
Friday 8 December 2017
Quanta showcases medical innovations at Taiwan Healthcare + Expo 2017
Quanta Computer, together with its Taiwan distributor Leosys, is showcasing its QOCA brand remote healthcare, bedside care and cloud computing conference systems at Taiwan Healthcare...
Friday 8 December 2017
TSMC Nanjing fab to start volume production in May 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will see its 12-inch wafer fab in Nanjing, China start volume production in May 2018, more than one quarter ahead of its original...
Thursday 7 December 2017
AI, IoT to greatly benefit Taiwan ICT sector, says TCA chair
Taiwan information and communication technology (ICT) industry has no reason to show pessimism about its future prospect, as such new tech applications as AI (artificial intelligence),...
Thursday 7 December 2017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 introduces new architectures for AI, immersion
Qualcomm Technologies has introduced the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 mobile platform designed for immersive multimedia experiences including eXtended reality (XR), on-device artificial...
Thursday 7 December 2017
Taiwan NARLabs inks LOI with Microsoft on AI collaborations
The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) under Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) signed on December 6 a letter of intent (LOI) with Microsoft Taiwan to...
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Smartphone chips suppliers to see gross margins rebound in 2018
Smartphone chip solution providers including MediaTek, Spreadtrum Communications and Qualcomm are expected to see their gross margins rebound in 2018, as smartphone vendors are incorporating...
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Backend IC service provider Sigurd sees bright prospect in 2018
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics is expected to enjoy strong revenue performance in 2018 due to more orders from Amazon for its smart speaker chips,...
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,...
Friday 1 December 2017
China keen to develop AI industry
The production value of the AI (artificial intelligence) industry in China is expected to increase to CNY360 billion (US$54.46 billion) in 2017 from CNY300 billion recorded in 2016,...
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...
Wednesday 29 November 2017
Chassis maker In Win looks to turn profitable in 2018
Computer chassis maker In Win Development is expected to swing back to profitability in 2018 as the company has shifted its production focus to power supply products, IPCs, servers...