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1 in 3 Home Wi-Fi Routers to Double as Public Hotspots by 2017 (2016.01.26) |
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A new study from Juniper Research predicts that at least 1 in 3 home routers will be used as public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2017, and that the total installed base of such dual-use routers will reach 366 million globally by the end of 2020... |
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China's Smartphone Market Enjoys 5.8% Growth in 3Q15 (2016.01.26) |
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Market volume of China's smartphone market reached 102.6 million units in the third quarter of 2015, up 5.8% sequentially after a consecutive decline in the prior two quarters, according to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute)... |
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XYZPrinting Launches 3DP, Robot Services in Taiwanese Stores (2016.01.26) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - XYZPrinting announced that they will establish a 3D printing creative space in Taichung’s i-House location, where they will offer DIY courses from time to time and rent out the space as a venue for other parties... |
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Public Cloud Services Market Is Forecast to Reach $204 Billion in 2016 (2016.01.25) |
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The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 16.5 percent in 2016 to total $204 billion, up from $175 billion in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc.
Gartner noted that the highest growth will come from cloud system infrastructure services (infrastructure as a service [IaaS]), which is projected to grow 38... |
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ASUS Brings ZenFone Zoom to India (2016.01.25) |
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ASUS CEO Jerry Shen invited India to See the World Up Close with the revolutionary ZenFone Zoom, the world’s thinnest 3X optical-zoom smartphone — heralding a revolutionary new era for smartphone photography.
ZenFone Zoom is the world’s thinnest smartphone optical-zoom smartphone, with a 13MP PixelMaster rear camera and 3X lens in a body that measures just 5mm at the edges... |
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HTC Denies Plans to Spin-Off VR into Independent Company (2016.01.20) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — HTC clarified the fact that the it’s not going to form a new company to develop its VR business, the company issued a statement denying any such plans, saying it would chart a direction for the development of its VR operations with the goal of creating the best value for its shareholders... |
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Sony to Realign Production Operations in Its Electronics Business (2016.01.20) |
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Sony Corporation has been engaged in ongoing initiatives to reinforce production operations, including manufacturing, logistics, procurement, quality and environment-related measures.
As part of these efforts, Sony today announced further measures to be executed under the leadership of Masashi Imamura, in charge of Sony's Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, Quality and Environmental Platform... |
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TCI to Launch Efficient and Low-Cost Standard Touch Panel (2016.01.19) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese touch panel solutions provider Twinwill Communtech Inc.(TCI) is planning this year to launch a series of standard touch panel products from7-inch to 25-inch measurements.
TCI finished the development of these products at the end of last year, and currently they are undergoing verification... |
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HTC to Spin-Off Vive in to Independent Company (2016.01.19) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — The HTC Vive will not only be the rebuttal of the company’s extinction forecast from media, HTC Chairperson Cher Wang planned to separate HTC’s VR operations from its core business and to form an independent entity, Chinese-language Commercial Times reported Monday... |
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Samsung Begins Mass Producing World’s Fastest DRAM (2016.01.19) |
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 4-gigabyte (GB) DRAM package based on the second-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) interface, for use in high performance computing (HPC), advanced graphics and network systems, as well as enterprise servers... |
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Plessey to build LEDs in cubic GaN to overcome The Green Gap (2016.01.18) |
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Plessey, Anvil Semiconductors and the University of Cambridge announced today that they are working together to fabricate high efficiency LEDs in cubic GaN grown on Anvil's 3C-SiC / Si substrates.
Cubic GaN has the potential to overcome the problems caused in conventional LEDs by the strong internal electric fields which impair carrier recombination and contribute to efficiency droop... |
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Worldwide IT Spending is Forecast to Grow 0.6% in 2016, Gartner Says (2016.01.18) |
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Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.54 trillion dollars in 2016, just a 0.6 percent increase over 2015 spending of $3.52 trillion dollars, according to Gartner, Inc. 2015 saw the largest U.S. dollar drop in IT spending since Gartner began tracking IT spending... |
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Exhibitor Registration Soars as COMPUTEX Debuts New Exhibits (2016.01.18) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - TAITRA, Taiwan External Trade and Development Council, announced today that domestic exhibitor registration for the 2016 COMPUTEX show was completed in December of 2015. Confirmed exhibitors include Acer, Asus, MediaTEK, and Advantech, as well as early overseas registrations like Intel, Microsoft, Haier, Siemens, Hisense, and Supermicro... |
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TrendForce: Annual Sales of Smartphones in Russia Grow By 22% YoY (2016.01.18) |
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More consumers in Russia have shifted to online and mobile platforms due to the rapid expansion of the 4G network and the maturation of mobile payment services in the country.
According to the latest research by the global market research firm TrendForce, annual sales of smartphones in Russia grew by 22% year on year from 21... |
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Commercial Drone Sales to Rise by More Than 80% in 2016 (2016.01.18) |
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According to Juniper Research, the annual revenues from commercial drones sales are expected to reach $481 million this year, up by 84% on last year’s figure of $261 million.
Juniper Research found that a low price point had significantly reduced the barrier to entry in many sectors, with high performance models now available for less than $3,000... |
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Jonney Shih: Asus Robots Will be Unveiled in 2016 (2016.01.18) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Jonney Shih, Chairperson of Asus, stated that the company has a lot of goals in the new year, including smartphones ranking in the top ten list, PC competing with the high-end competitors and its robots will be unveiled in 2016... |
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Hon Hai Eyeing India Expansion (2016.01.15) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Foxconn), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, is planning to expand its production facilities in India in the next six months in an attempt to turn its production base into a global hub, Indian media reported on Thursday... |
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