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Wednesday 30 August 2017
Appier obtains investment of US$33 million in series C round, says paper
Taiwan-based AI (artificial intelligence)-based application developer Appier has raised venture capital funds of US$33 million in series C round from Japan-based SoftBank and LINE,...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Commentary: Innovation is key to survival for Taiwan IC designers
Due to lackluster business performances recorded by most Taiwan IC design houses in the first half of 2017, the overall production value of Taiwan's IC design industry will see only...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Intel unveils neural compute engine in Movidius Myriad X VPU for AI
Intel has introduced its new Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU), advancing Intel's end-to-end portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to deliver more autonomous...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Taiwan approves 5-year NT$16 billion AI development plan
The Taiwan government has approved a Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) proposal to undertake five strategic tasks with a 5-year budget of NT$16 billion (US$527 million) to...
Monday 28 August 2017
Digitimes Research: Google aims to achieve virtual experiences through daily life applications
Google's development of AI/VR/AR products can be backdated to as early as the launch of Google Search as the service is using machine learning algorithms to search for needed information...
Monday 28 August 2017
Global tech heavyweights actively vying for smart home market pie
The market for smart home applications, particularly smart audio products, is emerging as a new major battlefield among global high-tech giants, as Amazon, Apple, Google and Xiaomi...
Monday 28 August 2017
AI complementary to HI, says Microsoft Taiwan marketing head
AI (artificial intelligence) and HI (human intelligence) have respective advantages and thus should complement each other, according to Microsoft Taiwan's new marketing and operating...
Friday 25 August 2017
China e-car startup Singulato to roll out smart cars in 2018, says CEO
China's e-car startup Singulato Motors is scheduled to start volume production of smart cars capable of Level 3 (partial) autonomous driving in 2018, and roll out cars with Level...
Friday 25 August 2017
Alchip posts EPS of NT$1.53 for 2Q17
Alchip Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of ASIC/SoC design services, saw its EPS hit a nearly 3-year high of NT$1.53 (US$0.05) in the second quarter of 2017.
Thursday 24 August 2017
China AI startup Cambricon receives new funding of US$100 million
China-based AI chip startup Cambricon Technologies has newly raised US$100 million in series A round funding to support its development of advanced AI chips, which is expected to...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
China AI service provider Unisound gains strategic funding of US$45 million
China's AI service platform Unisound has gained CNY300 million (US$45 million) in strategic investment from an undisclosed group of investors to finance the firm's R&D on AI technologies...
Monday 21 August 2017
Taiwan to build AI innovation ecosystem, says MOST
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will undertake five strategic tasks to establish an AI (artificial intelligence) innovation ecosystem in a bid to boost development...
Friday 18 August 2017
Lenovo reports net loss of US$72 million for April-June 2017
Lenovo has reported net loss of US$72 million for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2017, during which the companmy recorded quarterly revenues of US$10 billion, flat on year,...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Electric car vendor Thunder Power to build plants in Taiwan
Hong Kong-based Thunder Power Holding has announced a new electric car in Taiwan and has also recently signed a letter of intent with a local government to establish plants for battery...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Taiwan science ministry to enforce 4-year AI chips research project
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to implement a four-year "Semiconductor Moonshot Project" to encourage university professors to lead students in researching...