Foxconn Sets up R&D Team For 5G Technology
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Foxconn said yesterday that the company has teamed up 200 experts to research in 5G. The team started from 5G basic technology and then extend steadily to construct patent and products, such as Femtocell, RRH and C-RAN...
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for China in 2015-2016
Gartner has identified the 10 most important technology trends for China in 2015 and 2016. Internet businesses are key investors across the top 10 trends, led by the Baidu, Alibaba Group and Tencent (BAT) companies, while government plays an important role in driving and improving China's IT environment...
ARM Opens Asia’s First CPU Design Center in Hsinchu
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ARM yesterday held an opening ceremony to mark its expanding operations and Asia’s first CPU design center. This design center will focus on Cortex-M core next-generation embedded applications, including all types of IoT chips, smart medical treatment, Industry 4...
Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology to Purchase Viking Tech’s 40% of its Shares
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The rising “Red Supply Chain” has posed another threat to Taiwan industry. Viking Tech Co., a supplier of resistors and inductors, announced on September 22 it had received a notice of tender offer from Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology Holding Co...
UMC Mass Produces Industry's First 0.11um eFlash Process Touch IC
HSINCHU, Taiwan – United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) today announced that it has entered high volume production for touch IC applications manufactured on UMC's 0.11um eFlash process. The specialized technology, first introduced by UMC in late 2012 as the foundry industry's first, true 12-volt aluminum back-end-of-line (BEoL) process, is developed for next generation touch controller IC and IoT applications...
Chinese LED Package Companies Generate a Wave of Acquisitions
The scale of China’s LED package market is projected to expand 16% year on year to 61.4 billion RMB in 2015, according to the latest Chinese LED Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The growth of Chinese LED package market on the whole has slowed...