Month: June 2013

China Software & IT – Cloud & SmartCity Hottest

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At the 17th China International Software Expo, cloud computing and smart city are by far the hottest industry topics.

China & Cloud Computing Almost half of the participating vendors mentioned cloud computing at their booths. Public cloud has become quite popular among small business clients, while private cloud is the first choice for large enterprises. Established software companies are busy transforming their products to latch on to cloud platforms. There are also hundreds of vendors providing support and technological services for cloud computing systems.

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Chinese Government Push for both TD/FD LTE

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Unlike the Government of India with its flip flop policies and High Corruption, China will embrace both the TD-LTE and FD-LTE. China Mobile is promoting a 5-mode TD-LTE smartphone that includes WCDMA and not CDMA. China Mobile will introduce Jego (a Skype-like service), which targets overseas Chinese China Unicom and China Telecom still look for … Read more

Expectations Run High at Computex 2013 Taiwan

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Models of Computex 2013 - TaiwanComputex is due to take place in Taipei on June 4-7. Computex is a more PC-centric trade show, and we see several PC peripheral IC design companies that could benefit from the new Intel platform, Ultrabook, and touch-devices:

Expectations are running high from the laggards in the race Intel & Microsoft – Intel is expected to feature Haswell ultrabooks (ranging from the value segment to innovative high-end segment), and Microsoft should emphasize Windows touch experiences across different devices. Thanks to Microsoft’s full support of small screen touch, we believe touch module adoption will be extended to the 11.6” and below segment. Expect Tablet PC to be priced from US$149+, and we are going to see touch NetBook pricing to start from US$399 and ultrabook pricing to start from US$499.

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