Darfon Electronics Corp, world’s third-largest NB keyboard manufacturer and Apple Macbook keypad supplier, has seen its efforts on the development of E-bike, as the environmentally-friendly bike equipped with Darfon Dynamic Riding Management System (DDRMS) has gained a positive reputation in the Europe market. Su Kai-Chien, Darfon’s chairman, said that although the Information Technology (IT) ...

With the rise of electric cars suppressing the need of such conventional vehicle fuels as gasoline, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is now facing enormous pressure, as implied by its forecast that 266 million electric vehicles would roam on the roads to account for 12% of total automobiles worldwide by 2025. According to the well-known finance website, Bloomberg New En...

With the two major features of unmanned systems and smart manufacturing, Taichung Industrial Automation Exhibition and Taichung Plastics and Rubber Industry Show 2017, held at Greater Taichung International Expo Center, Taichung, Taiwan July 13th– 17th, is expected to attract 50,000 visitors and business opportunities worthy of NT$ 1 billion (US$ 32.7 million). At the grand opening ceremony, A...

Gruber, a technology blogger who has correctly predicted earlier Apple moves, noted that the next version of iPhone (iPhone 8) might start at US$ 1,200(NT$ 36,700) due to the limited supply and massive demands. Gruber predicted that the 64GB iPhone 8 will start at US$ 1,199 (NT$ 36,700) or as much as US$ 1,249 (NT$ 38,000), and 256GB model would cost US$ 1,299 (NT$ 39,700), or as much as US$ 1...

At a strategy meeting held earlier by Executive Yuan, the chief executive organ of the Taiwanese central government, which gathered a large number of celebrities from industries and academic institutes and aimed to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI), MediaTek Inc., one of world’s best-known IC (integrated chip) designers, heralded a promising future of the industry. The Cabinet-level Strateg...

Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), a Taiwanese government-funded R&D institute, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TECHNOSPARK Nanotechnology Center, a Moscow-based scientific park in Russia, to further enhance the bilateral cooperation on the development of semiconductor equipment and high energy physics application. The MOU signing ceremony was witnessed by...

Chen Liang-gee, Minister of Science and Technology (MOST), is seeking support to secure a NT$ 5 billion (US$163 million) budget on artificial intelligence (AI) development, planning to set up 3-4 cutting-edge high-speed AI computing bases to create more opportunity for Taiwanese AI sectors. MOST plans to recruit over 300 veteran researchers in the said bases, and to integrate resources among ...

The disastrous ransomware, “Wanna Cry”, has raised people’s awareness of data security issue, causing the backup-to-disc option to become an attractive new data storage solution apart from cloud storage services. Archival Disc, jointly debuted by Panasonic and Sony, the Japan-based, multinational electronics corporations, is the latest ultra-high capacity B2B storage solution with outstanding...

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), implementing the so-called Project of Mobile Broadband Service Acceleration and Industry Development ratified by Executive Yuan (the Cabinet), has put aside nearly NT$ 5 billion (about US$ 164 million) to further boost the development of “smart city” and has brought positive outcomes. Industrial Development Bureau noted that through conducting the ...

The 2017 Russia-Taiwan Semiconductor Smart Manufacturing and Equipment Technology and Business Matchmaking Event, held at Zelenogard, Moscow, Russia, took place in late June, gaining fruitful results as a platform for Russia-Taiwan business cooperation and bilateral markets development. Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony for PIC of Russian Academy of Science, MIRDC, Optosystems, and ...