
MediaTek Launches New IoT Development Platform
HSINCHU, Taiwan –MediaTek today announced the MediaTek LinkIt Connect 7681 development platform. Based on MediaTek’s MT7681 Wi-Fi System on Chip (SoC), the new platform provides developers and makers with the tools they need to create simple Wi-Fi enabled IoT devices that can be controlled from smartphones or the internet...

Acer Reaches No. 1 in Canadian Notebook PC Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer captured the No. 1 spot for notebook PCs in Canada by taking more than 26% market share in both November and December 2014. This was mainly attributable to increased consumer purchasing during the holiday shopping season...

FB to use the White box Switches Benefit Quanta Computer
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rumor has it that one of the invest plans of Facebook (FB)'s data center is to faster the use of white box network switches. Quanta Computer has the close relationship with FB so that it will be the biggest beneficiary out of it...

ARM Cortex-A72 is the Growth Driver of TSMC
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The global processor IP developer ARM launched the latest processor architecture ARM Cortex-A72, providing the better experience of high-end handset devices, which is 3.5x faster than 2014's 32-bit Cortex-A15 and consumes 75 percent less power...

ARM Launches 4K-Supporting Cortex-A72 Processor Using TSMC 16nm FF+
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ARM released its Cortex-A72 64 bit mobile processor architecture Yesterday in Beijing, the processor can support 4K2k UHD resolution, and be adopted by MediaTek, Hass, Rockchip and other 10 customers, and used TSMC's FinFET Plus(16FF+) technology...

Largan Begins Construction of Taichung Factory in Q1
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Optical lens supplier, Largan Precision Co., Ltd. on Tuesday announced that it had already signed the construction contract for its new Taichung factory, which will cost NT$4.147 billion and be the company’s largest expenditure...