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76% of IC Products Expected to See Flat/Negative Growth in 2019, Says IC Insights
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Published: Aug 08,2019


Taiwan's Tech Tycoons Assembled to Discuss National Industry Development
TAIPEi, Taiwan - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on last Friday held a “Strategic Peak Roundtable Discussion,” which was hosted by Vice-President Chen Chien-jen, and featured TSMC Founder Morris Chang in attendance, along with representatives from US silicon Products Co...

Smartphone Shipments in China Fell 6% in Q2 2019, IDC Reports
According to preliminary figures in the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , smartphone shipments in China stood at 98 million units in the second quarter of 2019, down 6% from the same period last year. This was better than expectations of an 9% contraction...

Cadence and UMC Collaborate on Certification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Flow for 28HPC+ Process
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC") today announced that the Cadence analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has achieved certification for UMC’s 28HPC+ process technology...

“Taming the Weather” The New Relationship Between Man and Nature
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Dr. Shiuh-Shen CHIEN, professor in geography, environment and development studies at National Taiwan University who has published a series of paper on sustainability research and volume geography studies, finds that weather modification practice is surprisingly popular in China...

KYOCERA to Strengthen Open Innovation in AI and IoT with New Research Center
Kyocera announced the opening of the new Minato Mirai Research Center in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The center was created with the aim of promoting open innovation and the development of new business and technologies...

AI Augmentation Will Create $2.9 Trillion of Business Value in 2021, Gartner Says
In 2021, artificial intelligence (AI) augmentation will create $2.9 trillion of business value and 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity globally, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner defines augmented intelligence as a human-centered partnership model of people and AI working together to enhance cognitive performance...