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Global Shipments of Smart Speakers to Grow by 53% YoY, Says TrendForce
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Published: Nov 07,2018

Highly Concentrated IT Market with Reduced Profits to Drive Business Transformation in IT Sector
Among the Top 10 Taiwanese businesses in 2017, six were IT hardware brands, which account for 72% of the top ten’s revenues, according to the Taipei-based, government-backed IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute)...

Advantech Publishes Newest IoT Platform Architecture WISE-PaaS 3.0
Smart systems company Advantech in Suzhou, China held their first annual Internet of Things summit. At the summit , five thousand Advantech customers and partners from around the world witnessed Advantech publish their newest IoT platform architecture WISE-PaaS 3...

Toshiba Develops High-Speed Algorithm and Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning Processor
Toshiba Memory Corporation today announced the development of a high-speed and high-energy-efficiency algorithm and hardware architecture for deep learning processing with less degradations of recognition accuracy. The new processor for deep learning implemented on an FPGA achieves 4 times energy efficiency compared to conventional ones...

FlexTech Taiwan Committee Launched to Advance Flexible Hybrid Electronics
TAIPEI, Taiwan – SEMI Taiwan today announced the formation of the FlexTech Taiwan Steering Committee. Serving as a platform that connects industry, academia, research and government, the committee will focus on identifying market trends and needs, solving technical challenges and accelerating innovation and business development to advance the flexible hybrid electronics industry and open business opportunities for its members...

Accenture to Open New R&D Lab in Shenzhen, China, Focusing on AI, Robotics and Industry X.0
Accenture will open an Accenture Lab in Shenzhen, China, in the first half of 2019 that will specialize in applied research and development (R&D) activities in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, as well as Industry X.0, which is Accenture’s business area focused on helping companies redefine smart connected software and physical products...

Intel and Tencent YouTu Team on AI Products
At the Tencent Global Partner Conference, Intel announced new artificial intelligence (AI) collaborations with Tencent YouTu Lab: DeepGaze, an AI camera, and YouBox, an AI box. Customer analytics, enabled by AI, can help retailers predict sales performance based on trends and real-time tracking of shoppers’ activity and product turnover...