
Wistron Announces H1 of 2016 Financial Results and the Transition of CEO
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Wistron announced that its Board of Directors approved the financial results for first half of 2016. The total revenue in the first half of 2016 was NT$281,323 million, operating income was NT$2,476 million, profit before tax (PBT) was NT$1,517 million and profit after tax (PAT) was NT$999 million, with EPS of NT$0...

SDK to Expand VGCF Production Capacity for Use in Automotive LIBs
Showa Denko has decided to expand production capacity for VGCF(TM), carbon nanofiber added to cathodes and anodes of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) to improve electrical conductivity. Specifically, SDK will gradually increase its VGCF production capacity at Kawasaki Plant, Kanagawa Prefecture, from 200t/y at present to 300t/y by the end of 2017, to meet growing demand for large LIBs used in cars...

IBM Researchers Use Grocery Scanner Data to Avoid Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
IBM Research announced its scientists have discovered that analyzing retail-scanner data from grocery stores against maps of confirmed cases of foodborne illness can speed early investigations. In the study, researchers demonstrated that with as few as 10 medical-examination reports of foodborne illness they can narrow down the investigation to 12 suspected food products in just a few hours...

Allied eSports Announces Major Investment in North American Esports Arena
Allied eSports announced today that it has entered into a strategic investment partnership with Santa Ana, California -based Esports Arena. The partnership includes investment toward new Esports Arena locations in North America , with the first location to open in Oakland , and expansion of Esports Arena's broadcast capabilities in its Santa Ana location...

Samsung to Provide 4th-Gen 64-layer V-NAND Flash Products in Q4
At Flash Memory Summit 2016, held in the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center, Samsung showcased its 4th generation Vertical NAND (V-NAND) and a line-up of high-performance, high-capacity solid state drives (SSDs) available for its enterprise customers as well as Z-SSD, a new solution providing breakthrough performance for flash-based storage...

TSIA Expects Taiwan IC revenue to reach US$74.9B in 2016
According to the TSIA’s survey, the Q2 2016 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled US$18.6B, up 10.5% on-quarter and 8.2% increase on-year. In design, with US$5.2B (16...