
Over 80% of Amazon's AI Patents Concentrate on Natural Language Processing Technology
Amazon's annual reports between 2012 and 2016 show an upward trend in revenue which rose from US$61.093 billion in 2012 to US$135.987 billion in 2016 with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 22.1%, according to the Taipei-based government-backed IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute)...

MediaTek Adopts Qualtera’s Silicondash Platform to Enhance Semiconductor Yield and Quality
Qualtera today announced that MediaTek’s deployment of Qualtera’s Silicondash Smart Manufacturing Platform has gone live in June 2018 and is now handling the manufacturing operations. Silicondash is used as MediaTek’s primary corporate data analytics solution with data integration across the global supply chain of worldwide manufacturing and test suppliers...

Survey: Taiwan’s Mobile Addiction to Viewing Maximum Information Surpasses 70%
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese market research organization conducted a “mobile phone use behavior” survey of Taiwanese netizens. In a survey of selected markets, it was discovered that 72.7% of people self-identified as mobile phone addicts; furthermore, the addiction rate was higher for people with lower ages with the addiction rate decreasing with age...

Taiwan’s Resources Recycling Achievement Highly Appreciated – Invited to Europe for Publicity
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Recycling Found Management Board of Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration’s 20th anniversary results exhibition “2018 Taiwan Recycling Tour – Recycling Foundation 20th Anniversary” drew a successful close on August 25...

TSMC to Build a New 200mm Fab for Customized Design; 5-nm to Enter Trial Production Next Year
TAIPEI, Taiwan - C.C. Wei, CEO and vice chairman of TSMC, said at its supply chain management forum held in Hsinchu, Taiwan, that TSMC's 5nm process is expected to enter trial production in the second quarter of next year. In addition, TSMC will establish a new 8-inch(200mm) fab to meet the requirements of the customized design...

Demand for Top Chinese Brands Drove Worldwide Smartphone Sales in Q318, Gartner Says
In the third quarter of 2018, Chinese brands Huawei and Xiaomi, helped drive global smartphone sales, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall, sales of smartphones to end users grew 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2018 to reach 389 million units...