
TrendForce: Prices Dropped for Both LED Light Bulbs and Components in August
The global average price of 40W replacement LED light bulbs fell 1.5% in August to US$10.9, while the 60W replacement LED light bulbs fell 2.3% to US$14.9, based on the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. According to LEDinside analyst Allen Yu, the U...

Using GPUs to Predict Storms and Other Weather Hazards
The Swiss have made significant advancements in their ability to predict storms and other weather hazards with higher levels of accuracy by using high performance GPUs. The Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, is the first major national weather service to deploy a GPU-accelerated supercomputer to improve its daily weather forecasts...

Should PC Brands Worry About the Microsoft Acquiring of AMD?
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The rumor has it again that AMD is going to offer for sale and Microsoft will likely takeover it, Samsung also intent to play a part in it. Should PC brands worry about the acquisition? According to Fudzilla, an tech news website, Microsoft is seriously discussing with AMD about the merging affairs but the process is still ongoing with uncertainty...

Microsoft Poses Threats to Asus and Acer by Acquiring AMD
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rumors about Microsoft acquiring Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have been the most talk-about topic today. Besides, it is widely circulated that Intel is also allegedly considering purchasing the competition. One thing is for sure, Microsoft has shown its ambition acrossing PC, notebook, motherboard—PC hardware industry...

Pegatron Expects Growth on Back of iPhone 6 Sales
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus do not necessarily have to leave a negative impact on its partners in Taiwan. Pegatron Co., one of Apple Inc’s main iPhone assemblers, expects next quarter to be better than this quarter, supported by robust orders from its main client, according to the company...

IBM Announces New Cloud-based Service for Automakers to Build Connected Vehicles
IBM today announced a new IBM Cloud-based service to help automakers turn driver and vehicle data into actionable insights for predictive vehicle maintenance, real-time diagnostics on engine trouble,and to guide drivers to the most efficient traffic routes...