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Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan startup FootPrintKu unveils AI-based EDA cloud platform
Taiwan tech startup FootPrintKu (FPK) has newly released an AI-based EDA cloud management platform seeking to build universal standard design specs for electronics parts by leveraging...
Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan biotech can take off by overcoming challenges, says Frank Kung, founder of Vivo Capital
Having started three businesses, two of which successfully went public, founder of Vivo Capital Frank Kung set foot in the biotech sector in the 1970s. Thanks to Kung's decades of...
Friday 7 September 2018
Investments in startups provide good opportunities for large enterprises, says Jackie Yang, co-founder of Translink Capital
Co-founder of Translink Capital Jackie Yang has accumulated 21 years of experience in venture capitalism since he first set foot in the field in 1996. Having witnessed the rise and...
Friday 7 September 2018
ITRI, SEMI, Taiwan universities team up to develop flexible hybrid electronics technology
To promote precision sports, ITRI, SEMI, Chang Gung University (CGU), and National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) have signed an agreement to jointly develop flexible hybrid electronics...
Friday 7 September 2018
Acer ITS installs smart parking meters in Taipei
Acer ITS has installed in-house-developed smart parking meters along a road section in Taipei, with operation kicking off on September 6, according to the company.
Thursday 6 September 2018
Indonesia leading in AI incorporation in Asia Pacific, says Appier
Indonesia has taken the lead in AI deployments among eight Asia markets, with 65% of its enterprises polled having incorporated AI, much higher than Taiwan's 44%, according to findings...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
ITRI, AIDC, Mirle co-develop robotic arms for aerospace components production
Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Mirle Automation have cooperated in developing high-precision...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Homecare platform startup Ucarer launches in Silicon Valley
Taiwan-headquartered Ucarer, which helps connect Chinese seniors who need in-home care with homecare professionals, is seeking series B funding as it begins to expand business to...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
GIGA-TMS unveils UHF RFID system for pre-shipment tracking
Taiwan-based RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions specialist GIGA-TMS has newly released its Scannel-branded RFID tunnel system designed mainly to track pre-shipment production...
Monday 3 September 2018
Taipei installs e-paper signage
An e-paper digital signage developed by Taiwan's E Ink Holdings (EIH) in cooperation with domestic partners has been adopted by the Taipei City Government, which has installed it...
Monday 3 September 2018
ITRI unveils bionic palm with six degrees of freedom
Taiwan government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has newly developed a bionic palm that can catch objects in a more agile way and can be applied to the medical...
Monday 3 September 2018
Zukku to come to Taiwan
Zukku, a palm-size service robot selected to guide visitors to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, will be introduced to the Taiwan market for use in retail stores, restaurants and service...
Monday 3 September 2018
Hiwin unveils robots with 3D vision for fast biscuit packaging
3D machine vision is increasingly applied to production lines as it can achieve fast and accurate vision that human eyes can hardly do, and a typical application is seen in an automated...
Friday 31 August 2018
Human-machine collaboration in growing use
Unmanned factories are usually considered the ultimate achievement in smart manufacturing but they are actually rare because key technologies needed to construct them far complicated...
Friday 31 August 2018
Memory IC to account for 53% of total 2018 semi capex, says IC Insights
Total semiconductor capital expenditures are forecast to rise to US$102.0 billion in 2018, the first time that the industry spends more than US$100 billion on capex in one year, according...