Chroma Invested Touch Cloud Inc. to Embrace AI
TAOYUAN, Taiwan - Chroma ATE Inc., is aggressively taking part in AI by investing in Touch Cloud Inc. pioneered in AI solutions, as its largest corporate shareholder. Implementing AI into Chroma's core technologies will make their instrumentation and turnkey solutions smarter and a higher value to their customers...
Expedition of MIT Indie Teams to Singapore GameStart
Taipei Game Show brought 4 Taiwan indie teams to GameStart 2017 in Singapore for the 3rd time. Through meeting with and listening to the feedback from developers and gamers in Southeast Asia, the teams explored the opportunity of overseas launching in the future...
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts September 2017 Billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.03 billion in billings worldwide in September 2017 (three-month average basis), according to the September Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published by SEMI...
IC Insights Raises 2017 IC Market Forecast to +22%
IC Insights has raised its IC market growth rate forecast for 2017 to 22%, up six percentage points from the 16% increase shown in its Mid-Year Update. The IC unit volume shipment growth rate forecast has also been increased from 11% depicted in the Mid-Year Update to 14% currently...
TrendForce Reports Prices of Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Enters a Slow Climb
The latest lithium-ion battery market report from EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, finds that the price upswing for battery cells has started to moderate since this third quarter. Although the price of cobalt reached a new high for the recent years during the third quarter, prices of battery cells have been climbing more slowly after the large hikes in the second quarter...
Gaming Monitor Shipments Soar 350% Year-over-Year, IHS Markit Says
Global shipments of gaming monitors increased 350 percent to 1.1 million units in the first half of 2017 from the same period a year ago, according to IHS Markit. Gaming is the hottest application for desktop monitors, invigorating a mature product category...