
Taiwan Passes South Korea to Become NO.1 in IC Wafer Fab Capacity
IC Insights reported that Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with nearly 22% of worldwide IC capacity installed in the country in the Dec-2015. And Taiwan surpassed South Korea in 2015 to become the largest capacity holder after having passed Japan in 2011...

Mizuho Bank to Develop Customer Service-oriented Robots with IBM Research
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. today announced plans to use a new common robotics platform using research developed by IBM (NYSE: IBM) Research-Tokyo for the bank’s customer service-oriented robots. Most existing robots operate on commercially available technology platforms that can limit customization and prevent companies from applying robots to new tasks or activities...

xCommerce will Be a US$17 Trillion Industry in Asia by 2019, IDC Says
International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that the xCommerce market will grow rapidly in the Asia-Pacific ex-Japan (APeJ) region, rising from nearly $7 trillion in 2015 to nearly US$17 trillion in 2019. This represents a strong double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19% within the 2015–2019 period...

PHITECH, Axiros Partner to Bring TR-069 Advanced IoT Solutions to Taiwan
Axiros today announced that it has partnered with PHITECH Corporation , the Taiwanese communications and network integration solutions provider, to bring TR-069 advanced device management to service providers and device manufacturers in Taiwan ...

ZTE Joins the GSMA NB-IoT Forum As A Major Member at MWC
ZTE today announced that it officially joined the GSMA NB-IoT (Narrow Band-IoT) Forum as a major member, at the Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. The NB-IoT forum mainly comprises mainstream operators, major equipment manufacturers, chip providers and terminal module manufacturers around the world...

Large-Size LCD Panel Shipments Declines Over 10% in January
WitsView, a division of TrendForce, reports that large-size LCD panel shipments for this January totaled 57.47 million units, down 16.8% from a month ago. Most panel makers posted declining results, but Panasonic LCD and Sharp were able to grow their shipments against market headwinds because they had shorter base periods...