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Thursday 26 August 2021
Rendering made easy: Q&A with Piotr Chomczyk, founder of creative production PaaS startup Renderro
Poland-based Renderro was selected by the Epoch Foundation Garage+ Accelerator in early June as one of the 46 must-see startups to participate in Computex Taipei 2021 Virtual Exhibition...
Wednesday 25 August 2021
Allxon, Trend Micro partnership aims to strengthen security of edge devices
Allxon, a remote monitoring and management platform, has announced a partnership with information security company Trend Micro. Through this partnership, Allxon will integrate Trend...
Wednesday 25 August 2021
Weblink expects consumer PC sales to slow down in 2H21
Weblink International, a channel distributor under Acer, expects consumer PC sales in Taiwan to slow down in the second half of this year, while sales of business products and new...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Factory workers sleep over on site amid COVID resurgence in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Export-processing Zone Authority (HEPZA) has allowed factory workers to live on site, starting on Aug 23, to keep operations going. Factories that fail to follow the restrictions...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Advantech aims at 100% of power use for green energy in 2032
Industrial computing device maker and solution developer Advantech, in line with its green energy commitment in ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance), aims to have...
Monday 23 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Suppliers eyeing Starlink opportunities
Taiwanese suppliers are keen to play a part in the SpaceX's Starlink project, which is expected to create significant...
Monday 23 August 2021
Handset vendors see sales challenges in 4G/5G transition
Despite putting sales focus on 5G smartphones, handset vendors will find it a crucial task to sustain the competitiveness of their 4G models if they want to achieve good business...
Monday 23 August 2021
China smartphone vendors step up pace of 4G chip orders, say sources
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen a strong pull-in of orders for 4G mobile chips recently from their China-based handset clients, with the orders being placed at a much more...
Monday 23 August 2021
Kinpo Electronics to add three factories in Thailand
EMS provider Kinpo Electronics will add three factories in Thailand by the end of 2021, according to company chairman Rock Hsu at the 2021 shareholder general meeting.
Friday 20 August 2021
Prices of 4G mobile chips to rise in 2H21
With mobile chip suppliers putting increased focus on 5G solutions, the supply of 4G smartphone chips is being scaled down. Prices of 4G mobile chips will be rising in the second...
Friday 20 August 2021
New 3M glass bubbles enable faster, more reliable 5G infrastructure and devices
3M has introduced a new member of its high-strength hollow glass bubbles product line to provide a low-loss high-speed high frequency (HSHF) resin additive for composite materials...
Friday 20 August 2021
Taiwan handset sales start picking up
Handset sales in Taiwan are expected to rise more than 30% sequentially in August after registering a nearly 20% increase in July, according to sources at the local retail channel.
Friday 20 August 2021
MediaTek intros 6nm chips for 5G smartphones
MediaTek has rolled out two new 5G smartphone chips built using TSMC's 6nm process technology.
Thursday 19 August 2021
Highlights of the day: China foundries to see strong profits
China-based foundries may not be able to provide manufacturing sevices using the most advanced processes, but they see strong demand from the domestic market. SMIC...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Supply of chips for 4G applications falls short of demand
The supply of 4G product chips including power amplifiers (PAs) and smartphone application processors has fallen short of demand due mainly to the chip suppliers' increased focus...