TrendForce Expects NAND Flash Prices to Keep Rising During 2017
The global NAND Flash industry will see an annual increase of just 6% in its total wafer capacity in 2017, according to analysis by DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. DRAMeXchange noted, as the pace of the industry-wide transition to 3D-NAND architecture accelerates, supply of 2D-NAND memory will drop sharply, leading to shortages next year...
ASUS’s Zenbo is Now Available in Taiwan for NT$19,900
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ASUS today announced at a press event in Taipei that the Mandarin edition of Zenbo — the first ASUS robot designed to provide assistance, entertainment, and companionship to families — will be available for pre-order with price of NT$19,900 and NT$24,900 in Taiwan from 1st January, 2017...
Memory Market to Increase 10% in 2017, IC Insights Says
According to IC Insights, the total memory market still down 1% yearly in 2016, and will increase 10% in 2017 to a new record high of $85.3 billion as gains in average selling prices for DRAM and NAND flash. IC Insights pointed, after increasing by more than 20% in both 2013 and 2014, the memory market fell upon difficult times in 2015...
STM and Valencell Announce Collaboration on Biometric Sensor Platform for Wearables and IoT
Valencell and STMicroelectronics (STM) announced today the launch of a new, highly accurate and scalable development kit for biometric wearables that includes ST's compact SensorTile turnkey multi-sensor module integrated with Valencell's Benchmark(TM) biometric sensor system...
Taiwanese Companies to Show Cutting-Edge Technologies at CES 2017
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is returning to Las Vegas for CES 2017. Influential voices from global Taiwanese brands, ASUSTeK, Kymco, Delta, and Thermaltake, will share their insights into innovation at a press conference on January 4th, 2017...
Acer Announces Intangible Asset Impairment Charge to Development New Businesses
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer’s Board of Directors today agreed at a special meeting to take an impairment charge of approximately NT$6.34 billion. Once completed, the impact on earnings per share (EPS) is estimated to be NT$2.06 with net value per share at approximately NT$19...