Novatek: There Will be a Slow Growth in 2015
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Novatek Microelectronics, a display driver IC provider, on February 5 announced that consolidated net sales for January 2015 totaled NT$4,624,544 thousand. The company said that due to the slump in demand of smartphone, plus the inventory adjustments of system on chip (SoC), it might be a slow growth year...
4 Highlights in COMPUTEX Taipei 2015
TAIPEI, Taiwan — According to Taipei Computer Association, smart technology, mobile computing, cloud business, and the application of wearables will be four highlights in the COMPUTEX Taipei 2015. Judging from the venue layout, the smart wearables zone, and 3D business application zone will be the new zones to experience...
MediaTek Launches New IoT Development Platform
HSINCHU, Taiwan –MediaTek today announced the MediaTek LinkIt Connect 7681 development platform. Based on MediaTek’s MT7681 Wi-Fi System on Chip (SoC), the new platform provides developers and makers with the tools they need to create simple Wi-Fi enabled IoT devices that can be controlled from smartphones or the internet...
Acer Reaches No. 1 in Canadian Notebook PC Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer captured the No. 1 spot for notebook PCs in Canada by taking more than 26% market share in both November and December 2014. This was mainly attributable to increased consumer purchasing during the holiday shopping season...
FB to use the White box Switches Benefit Quanta Computer
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rumor has it that one of the invest plans of Facebook (FB)'s data center is to faster the use of white box network switches. Quanta Computer has the close relationship with FB so that it will be the biggest beneficiary out of it...
ARM Cortex-A72 is the Growth Driver of TSMC
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The global processor IP developer ARM launched the latest processor architecture ARM Cortex-A72, providing the better experience of high-end handset devices, which is 3.5x faster than 2014's 32-bit Cortex-A15 and consumes 75 percent less power...