MediaTek Ranks Top 16 IC Suppliers Worldwide
TAIPEI, Taiwan-According to IC Insights’ latest report that the top 20 worldwide semiconductor (includes ICs and O-S-Ds—optoelectronics, discretes, and sensors) sales leaders for 2013 included three in Taiwan, MediaTek has ranked the top 16, entered top 20 for the first time...
Hydis Licenses FFS Technology to China LCD Company BOE
TAIPEI, Taiwan-E Ink, an electronic paper supplier, announced on Tuesday that its South Korean subsidiary Hydis signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with BOE Technology, a China display company. This is the first licensing agreement with China panel makers after LG Display (LGD), Sharp, AUO, CPT and Innolux...
Line Users Tops 400 Million
TAIPEI, Taiwan — By spreading the concept of giving and receiving free calls, Line has reached 400 million worldwide and over 17 million in Taiwan alone, the service's developer said Wednesday. However, its rival WeChat has more than 600 million users still compares superiorly than Line and What's App...
Gartner Says a Thirty-Fold Increase in Internet-Connected Physical Devices by 2020
The future explosion in the number of intelligent devices will create a network rich with information that allows supply chains to assemble and communicate in new ways. Gartner, Inc. forecasts that a 30-fold increase in Internet-connected physical devices by 2020 will significantly alter supply chain leader information access and cyber-risk exposure...
ITU to Work on Standards for Future Flight Data Recorders
Dubai – The Malaysian Minister for Communications and Multimedia called upon ITU to develop leading edge standards to facilitate the transmission of flight data in real time. He was speaking at the opening of the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference taking place in Dubai...
Taiwan's LCD Makers Support Cross-Strait ATS, Call for Free Competition
TAIPEI, Taiwan -Cross-Strait Agreement on Trade in Services(ATS) sparked a huge controversy in Taiwan, also to shut down Parliament. The subsequent impact on the negotiation of trade agreements with China, raise the concern of electrics industry...