Ovum:Global OC Market to Grow 8% in 2014
The global optical components (OC) market posted revenues of US$6.8bn in 2013, up 3% from the 2012 level. The gain was due to strong datacom sales driven by hyperscale data centers, 100G coherent demand, and unexpected growth in sales of transceivers for fiber-to-the-antenna applications for 4G build-outs, according to Ovum...
Intel Discloses Newest 14nm Process Technical Details
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Intel today disclosed details of its newest microarchitecture that is optimized with 14nm manufacturing process. Together these technologies will provide high-performance and low-power capabilities to serve a broad array of computing needs and products from the infrastructure of cloud computing, IoT, and mobile computing...
Gartner:Chromebook Sales Will Reach 5.2 Million Units in 2014
According to Gartner, sales of Chromebooks will reach 5.2 million units in 2014, a 79 percent increase from 2013. By 2017, sales of Chromebooks are set to nearly triple to reach 14.4 million units. Isabelle Durand, principal analyst at Gartner, said: "Competition in the Chromebook market is intensifying as more vendors launch Chromebooks, with eight models in the market in 2014...
u-blox Acquires Antcor Get IP for Industrial Wi-Fi
Swiss u-blox has acquired the company Antcor, a developer of Wi-Fi baseband intellectual property (IP). The acquisition consists of a purchase of 100% of the shares of Antcor Advanced Network Technologies S.A. at a price of EUR 5...
Trend of Unmanned Container Yard in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan- KMTC, a subsidiary of the Yangming Group,, will unveil its second-phase of the Port of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal on September this year. At that time, KMCT will have four berths with a total length of 1,500 meters and expect to raise its annual operation capacity to 2...
First Insight:Acer Liquid Leap to Become a Best Seller
TAIPEI, Taiwan- The Acer Liquid Leap smartband was recently forecasted by analytics firm First Insight to become one of the best-selling wearable devices, and was one of the top three picks among all the devices evaluated. The results of the forecast were derived from a survey where participants were given images and descriptions of wearable devices that were unbranded...