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Monday 3 October 2016
Foxconn invests in China-based startup Megvii
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has said that one of its subsidiaries, Foxteq Holdings, has bought 2.275 million shares, or a 3.286% stake, in China-based start-up Megvii Technology...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Former Acer executive to helm optical fiber sensor startup
Former Acer Taiwan's president Towny Huang has recently joined Internet of Things (IoT) startup Citpo Technologies and become the chairman of the firm.
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Fingerprint sensor startup raises nearly NT$200 million
Eminent Electronic Technology, an Elan Microelectronics subsidiary specializing in the design of fingerprint sensors, has completed a capital increase by raising nearly NT$200 million...
Wednesday 4 November 2015
Taiwan startup Appier lands funding from global investors
Taiwan-based startup Appier has successfully closed US$23 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital, UOB Venture Management, TransLink Capital, JAFCO Asia and MediaTek Ventures,...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Startup UPQ, Sony, Kyocera highlights of Japan portable CE market in 3Q15
Japan's portable consumer electronics market in the third quarter of 2015 was highlighted by the rise of innovative startup UPQ, Sony's introduction of H.ear headsets, and Kyocera's...
Friday 31 July 2015
Acer pushing investments in startups
Acer has announced to cooperate with Taiwan's Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, which will be represented by Institute for Information Industry...
Thursday 4 June 2015
Computex 2015: Startup company Endless pushing PC for developing countries
Startup company Endless, an operating system developer, has participated at Computex 2015 showcasing its first product, the Endless PC, priced from US$169-229, targeting mainly developing...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Alibaba to set up venture capital fund in Taiwan
China-based Alibaba Group has said it plans to set up a NT$10 billion (US$319 million) non-profit venture capital fund in Taiwan to finance local young entrepreneurs to build up a...
Friday 19 April 2013
Startup offers USB 3.0 PHY IP on TSMC 40nm
M31 Technology, a Taiwan-based silicon IP startup, has announced that its USB 3.0 PHY (physical layer interface) technology is silicon proven on TSMC's 40nm HKMG technology node....
Friday 4 May 2012
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete digital solution directly from the C-based algorithm of its customers, and...
Thursday 15 March 2012
Analog/mixed-signal IC startup contracts TSMC for Class-D amplifiers
NeoEnergy Microelectronics (NEM), a startup IC design company specializing in analog and mixed-signal chips, has released a Class-D audio power amplifier targeting slim type digital...
Wednesday 22 February 2012
FPGA startup contracts Intel for 22nm chips
FPGA startup Tabula has confirmed previous speculation that it is implementing a family of 3D programmable logic devices (3PLDs) manufactured by Intel using its 22nm manufacturing...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
TSMC not afraid of possible Intel threat
FPGA startup Achronix Semiconductor's recent announcement that Intel will make 22nm chips for it has sparked speculation that the chip giant is looking to share the higher end segment...
Monday 4 October 2010
SSD startup finds its niche
The clear advantages of solid-state drives (SSD) over traditional hard drives, such as low vibration sensitivity and high shock resistance, draws more attention from military, industrial...
Friday 2 April 2010
Flash startup Violin Memory draws investment from Toshiba
Toshiba has made a significant investment in Violin Memory, which specializes in scalable memory appliances for large dataset applications, according to the California-headquartered...