
Microsoft, Acer Expand Partnership to Bring Mobile Productivity Services
Microsoft and Acer announced on Wednesday the expansion of their global partnership to bring Microsoft mobile productivity services to more consumers. From the second half of 2016, Acer will begin pre-installing Microsoft services and apps on its portfolio of Android smartphones and tablets...

Worldwide Silicon Wafer Area shipments Increases 3% in 2015, Decreases by 6%
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 3 percent in 2015 when compared to 2014 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. However, worldwide silicon revenues decreased by 6 percent in 2015 compared to 2014...

GSMA Announces Security Guidelines to Support Growth of IoTs
The GSMA announced the availability of new guidelines designed to promote the secure development and deployment of services in the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. The document, ‘The GSMA IoT Security Guidelines’, has been developed in consultation with the mobile industry and offers IoT service providers and the wider IoT ecosystem practical advice on tackling common cybersecurity threats...

ASE update on the Feb 6, 2016 Taiwan Earthquake
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) today announced that the earthquake measuring 6.4 on the richter scale which hit southern Taiwan around 0400 hours on February 6th, had not impacted the company’s operations in Kaohsiung and Chung Li...

Taiwanese Fabless IC industry's Shipment Value Grew 8.4% in the Q3 2015
According to a lastest report from Research and Markets, Taiwanese fabless IC industry's shipment value grew 8.4% sequentially in the third quarter of 2015. Research and Markets reported that the industry's shipment value is anticipated to have declined slightly in the fourth quarter of 2015, reaching US$4...

Advantech’s PWS-870 Rugged Tablet Wins 2016 IF Design Award
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Advantech announce that its PWS-870 fully rugged tablet with application-oriented peripherals was honored with an award at this year’s prestigious iF Design Awards hosted in Hamburg, Germany, from January 19 - 21, 2016...