2015 Taipei Int'l Invention Show Slated for Oct.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The 2015 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart (TIIST) is slated for October 1 to 3 at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1 under the auspices of several government agencies that aims at inspiring the transfer of international Intellectual property and technology...
Foxconn Seeks Help from Apple in Buying Sharp’s LCD Business
TAIPEI, Taiwan — An old saying goes well, “Two heads are better than one.”Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn Precision Industry Co. is planning to ask the iPhone maker to jointly invest funds to buy a stake in Sharp Corp.’s LCD business, according to Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun...
MediaTek Releases Two Software Development Kits for Apple HomeKit
MediaTek today announced it has released two software development kits (SDKs) that support Apple HomeKit. Apple HomeKit is a framework built into iOS that enables secure home control from iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple Watch and lets home accessories work together in smart ways...
Prices of Sapphire Market Drops of 30% YoY in September
The average monthly price of sapphire has fallen by more than 30% year on year this September, according to the LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. This decline is the result of suppliers expanding their production capacities despite the weaker-than-expected demand...
Xilinx Ships 16nm FinFET All Programmable MPSoC Ahead of Schedule
Xilinx today announced first customer shipment of the industry's first 16nm multiprocessor SoC (MPSoC) a quarter ahead of schedule. The early release of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC enables Xilinx customers to begin designing and delivering MPSoC-based systems today...
Andes Technology Teams up with Acer in BYOC and More
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In an attempt to better the data storage of Internet of Things (IoT) and the business opportunity of cloud computing, Andes Technology Co. teamed up with Acer Inc. in Acer’s Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) to develop cloud service solutions...