MediaTek Teams up With Google Rolls out Handset Uno Mi-498
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Asian biggest chips maker MediaTek teamed up with Google to roll out an entry-level smartphone Uno Mi-498. It is the first smartphone from Spice to be a part of Google's Android One initiative. The new Spice Dream Uno is now on sale at an India website, e-retailer Flipkart...
The Abrupt Rise of Vietnam’s Smartphone Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) estimates that by the year 2017, smartphones will show explosive growth in Vietnam, with an increase from 2 million smartphones sold in 2012 to more than 9 million sold in 2017...
Acer Debuts on Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Acer has been selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the first time, is listed on the DJSI Emerging Markets Index which includes the top 10 percent performing companies out of the 800 companies invited to participate in this assessment...
Intel: Wireless Charging is on the go for PC
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The semiconductor giant Intel predicted what it would be like of the PC market in 2015 at (IDF) Intel Developer Forum, saying that by fourth quarter of 2015 the unleashed of latest 14 nanometer processor Skylake, most of the supporting equipment will feature wireless charging and wireless transmission technology, including ASUS, Acer, Dell, and Lenovo are all going to adapt the A4WP Rezence standard to develop products...
MStar Ships its 20 Millionth HEVC Decoder
TAIPEI, Taiwan — HEVC is a hot topic in IBC with a lot of companies talking about the new video decoding technology. But for MStar Semiconductor, Inc. HEVC is not new at all. MStar will launch its 3rd generation of chipsets at IBC 2014 using the HEVC standard whilst also celebrating the milestone of 20 million HEVC decoders shipped...
Seagate's Shipment of SSHD Reaches 10 Million
Seagate Technology plc announced that it has shipped its 10 millionth solid-state hybrid hard drive (SSHD). Combining its expertise in both flash and hard disk drive technologies, Seagate’s SSHDs deliver a powerful mix of performance and capacity that is optimized to handle the most demanding requirements of both today’s IT organizations and consumers alike...