
STM and Valencell Announce Collaboration on Biometric Sensor Platform for Wearables and IoT
Valencell and STMicroelectronics (STM) announced today the launch of a new, highly accurate and scalable development kit for biometric wearables that includes ST's compact SensorTile turnkey multi-sensor module integrated with Valencell's Benchmark(TM) biometric sensor system...

Taiwanese Companies to Show Cutting-Edge Technologies at CES 2017
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is returning to Las Vegas for CES 2017. Influential voices from global Taiwanese brands, ASUSTeK, Kymco, Delta, and Thermaltake, will share their insights into innovation at a press conference on January 4th, 2017...

Acer Announces Intangible Asset Impairment Charge to Development New Businesses
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer’s Board of Directors today agreed at a special meeting to take an impairment charge of approximately NT$6.34 billion. Once completed, the impact on earnings per share (EPS) is estimated to be NT$2.06 with net value per share at approximately NT$19...

COMPUTEX Expands Unmanned Technology Exhibition
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taipei computer exhibition, COMPUTEX, and organizer, Taipei Computer Association (TCA) jointly announced that this year a new InnoVEX exhibition area will be established for start-up companies from May 30, 2017 to June 1...

Ericsson, Qualcomm and SK Telecom Collaborate on 5G NR Trials to Accelerate 5G Deployments
Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and SK Telecom today announced plans to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on 5G New Radio (NR) standards being developed based on specifications in 3GPP...

China’s National IC Fund to Focus on Fabless IC Design
China’s National Integrated Circuitry Investment Fund (here referred to as “National IC Fund”) has committed to invest nearly RMB 70 billion into the domestic semiconductor sector since its creation in 2015. Approximately 60% of the committed investment amount has been allocated to building semiconductor wafer fabs, according to TrendForce’s analysis...