PRIMAX Invests US$40 Million in China Factories
TAIPEI, Taiwan-PRIMAX has invested US$40 million in Mainland China to expand its factories in Dongguan and Chongqing. Production is expected to begin in the middle of next year. PRIMAX is a computer peripherals company that specializes in manufacturing products such as keyboards and mouses, which make up 40-45% of its total revenue...
China Issues New Policy to Boost Distributed PV Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan- According to EnergyTrend, the China National Energy Administration announced a new policy on September 4 aimed at bolstering the distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) market. China has high hopes for distributed PV...
Apple, Falls from a Pioneer to a Follower?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Apple wrapped up its September 9 press event in California, where the U.S. electronics giant unveiled two larger iPhones, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the fingerprint-based Apple Pay for wireless mobile payment and its first wearable device, Apple Watch...
New iPhones are the Major Growth Driver of TSMC
TAIPEI, Taiwan — New iPhones will soon be released, though it has mixed reviews it is still the major growth driver of many Taiwanese component firms. TSMC is one of the iPhone suppliers, Its Chairperson Morris Chang is very optimistic toward fourth quarter because of the demand of new iPhones...
Typical Family Home Could Contain More Than 500 Smart Devices by 2022
According to Gartner, the falling cost of adding sensing and communications to consumer products will mean that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart objects by 2022. "We expect that a very wide range of domestic equipment will become 'smart' in the sense of gaining some level of sensing and intelligence combined with the ability to communicate...
Intel Announces the Availability of Edison
Intel Edison, a postage stamp-size computer with built-in wireless that was announced at CES, is now shipping and available. Mike Bell, Intel New Devices Group VP, announced on IDF that Intel Edison is available now where allow makers to rethink where and in what situations computing is possible...