Spansion and Winbond Sign Licensing Agreement
Spansion Inc. announced the signing of a cross-license agreement with Winbond Electronics Corporation, a Taiwanese supplier of specialty memory. This gives both companies access to each other's Flash memory patent portfolio. "This agreement reflects the strong IP position of both companies and our ongoing commitment to provide and have access to valuable memory patents in the industry...
Taiwan Government Approves Two Cases for Hon Hai to Invest in Mainland China
TAIPEI, Taiwan-The MOEA Investment Commission on Monday approved two cases for Hon Hai to invest in Mainland China. The total amount is NT$18 billion and is divided between Henan Fu Tai Hua Precision Electronics’ smartphone assembly and Hong Fujian Precision Electronics’ tablet computer assembly operations...
Acer Commercial PC Business in US Sees Highest YoY Growth Rate
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Acer’s commercial PC business, which focuses on sales to SMB, education and government markets, realized the highest year-on-year growth (YoY) rates among the top five players in the US market during Q2 2014...
Canatu Partners with Display Solution to Deliver Innovative Touch Display Solutions
Canatu announced that it is partnering with Display Solution to collaborate on innovative and disruptive touchscreen technology. The partners will use Canatu's CNB (Carbon NanoBud) Film technology and Display Solution's controller equipment to develop touch display solutions which provide excellent sunlight readability...
MediaTek Labs Developer Program is Designed for Wearable and IoT
TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek launched MediaTek Labs (http://labs.mediatek.com), a global initiative that allows developers of any background or skill level to create wearable and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The new program provides developers, makers and service providers with software development kits (SDKs), hardware development kits (HDKs), and technical documentation, as well as technical and business support...
Chinese Vendors Will Drive Growth of White-Box Smartphones and Tablets
Emerging markets are continuing to drive strong sales of white-box smartphones and tablets in 2014. Gartner expects the white-box smartphone market to grow 50 percent, while the white-box tablet market will experience growth of 15...