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Computex Taipei
COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show (), is a computer expo held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. Since the early 2000s, it is one of the largest computer and technology trade shows in the world. The last COMPUTEX was held from 28 May to 1 June 2019 with sessions about such topics as 5G, facial recognition, and Internet of Things, along with a charity League of Legends tournament. COMPUTEX 2020 was cancelled after a delay from early June to 28 September due to public health safety concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic. COMPUTEX is co-organized by government-funded Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and private sector Taipei Computer Association (TCA). The first expo, then called Taipei Computer Show, was held in 1981 and started out as a place where small and medium-sized businesses in Taiwan's nascent computer industry could display their products. Stan Shih, a former head of the TCA, proposed to change to the current name in the four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei World Trade Center
The Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC; ) was inaugurated in January 1986 by Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), to provide a single, modern venue that would combine exhibition space, conference facilities, offices, and hotel accommodation for international business. TWTC combines every possible service that brings together a vast consulting service on trade-related issues, trading partners, suppliers, and markets. This four-in-one complex, located in the city's Xinyi District, is designed to accommodate the needs of the international business community, which is why there is not just one, but four structures at the TWTC. The Exhibition Hall, International Convention Center, TWTC International Trade Building and Grand Hyatt Taipei, all comprise one integrated business complex. Establishment The current Taipei World Trade Center only saw completion in 1985 following many drawbacks in construction and developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NVIDIA
Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to early-mid 2000s. Though unofficial, second letter capitalization of NVIDIA, i.e. nVidia, may be found within enthusiast communities and publications. ( ) is an American multinational technology company incorporated in Delaware and based in Santa Clara, California. It is a software and fabless company which designs graphics processing units (GPUs), application programming interface (APIs) for data science and high-performance computing as well as system on a chip units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market. Nvidia is a global leader in artificial intelligence hardware and software. Its professional line of GPUs are used in workstations for applications in such fields as architecture, engineering and construction, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Events Established In 1981
Recurring means occurring repeatedly and can refer to several different things: Mathematics and finance *Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure *Repeating decimal, or recurring decimal, a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely *Curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), a software design pattern Processes *Recursion, the process of repeating items in a self-similar way *Recurring dream, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period Television *Recurring character, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role *Recurring status Recurring status is a class of actors that perform on U.S. soap operas. Recurring status performers consistently act in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and receive a certain sum for each episode in which they appear. This i ..., condition whereby a soap opera actor may be us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consumer Electronics Show
CES (; formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Held in January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada, United States, the event typically hosts presentations of new products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry. History The first CES was held in June 1967 in New York City. It was a spinoff from the Chicago Music Show, which, until then, had served as the main event for exhibiting consumer electronics. The event had 17,500 attenders and over 100 exhibitors; the kickoff speaker was Motorola chairman Bob Galvin. From 1978 to 1994, CES was held twice each year: once in January in Las Vegas known for ''Winter Consumer Electronics Show (WCES)'' and once in June in Chicago, known as ''Summer Consumer Electronics Show (SCES)''. The winter show was successfully held in Las Vegas in 1995 as planned. However, since the summer Chicago shows were beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Taiwan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). As of 18 December 2022, 28,928,047 tests had been conducted in Taiwan, of which 8,578,053 are confirmed cases, including 14,890 deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Taiwan on 21 January 2020, with the first case being a 50-year-old woman who had been teaching in Wuhan, China. The Taiwanese government integrated data from the national health care system, immigration, and customs authorities to aid in the identification and response to the virus. Government efforts are coordinated through the (NHCC) of the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, established to aid in disaster management for epidemics following the 2003 SARS outbreak. The ''Journal of the American Medical Association'' says Taiwan engaged in 124 discrete action items to prevent the spread of the disease, including early screening of flights from Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Rapid Transit System
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondola. Taipei Metro was the first metro system ever built in Taiwan. The initial network was approved for construction in 1986 and work began two years later. It began operations on March 28, 1996, and by 2000, 62 stations were in service across three main lines. Over the next nine years, the number of passengers had increased by 70%. Since 2008, the network has expanded to 131 stations and the passenger count has grown by another 66%. The system has been praised by locals for its effectiveness in relieving growing traffic congestion in Taipei and its surrounding satellite towns, with over two million trips made daily. History Proposal and construction The idea of constructing the Taipei Metro was first put forth at a press conference on 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei International Convention Center
The Taipei International Convention Center (TICC; ) is a convention center in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The convention center is an integral part of the Taipei World Trade Center. Except for renting for conferences and exhibitions, the venue is also used for holding concerts and launch parties. Architecture TICC consists of 6 floors with a total area of 60,000 m2. It consists of a multipurpose plenary hall, meeting rooms of various sizes and a banquet hall. Events * 14th National Congress of the Kuomintang * 15th National Congress of the Kuomintang * 2nd Cross-Strait CEO Summit Transportation The convention center is accessible from Taipei 101–World Trade Center Station of the Taipei Metro. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * Taipei World Trade Center The Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC; ) was inaugurated in January 1986 by Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), to provide a single, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vie Show Cinemas
Vie (IPA: /'vi.e/), is a district (or ''quarter''), of Oradea, a city in Bihor, Romania. The name means ''vineyard'' in Romanian. Geography Vie is situated in the hills overlooking Oradea, in the northern part of the town. It spans quite a large area, from a part just north of the hills but the centre extending quite far into the Oradea hills. Vie is bounded in the south by Republicii Street (''Strada Republicii''), the mainline railway tracks crossing Oradea and the Oradea central railway station (everything south of the railway station is considered part of the city centre, or ''Centru'', everything north is considered part of Vie. Infrastructure and demographics The range of infrastructure in Vie is quite broad – the southern part of the quarter, which is in proximity to the city centre, can be described as suburban, containing either low-rise houses or apartment blocks with up to five storeys. However, as one proceeds north, away from the Oradea city centre, the quarter b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York New York (NYNY) Shopping Center
New York, New York is the city of New York, in the state of New York. New York, New York, may also refer to: *Manhattan, a borough (within New York City) which is coterminous with New York County, New York, and denoted postally as "New York, New York" or "New York, NY" *New York-New York Hotel and Casino, on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada Music * ''New York, N.Y.'' (album), a 1959 jazz album by George Russell * "Theme from ''New York, New York''", a 1977 song composed by Kander and Ebb for Liza Minnelli, later covered and popularized by Frank Sinatra * "New York, New York" (''On the Town''), a song from the 1944 musical ''On the Town'', also performed by Frank Sinatra and others in the 1949 film adaptation * "New York, New York", a song by The Last Poets from their eponymous album, 1970 * "New York, New York", a song by Duke Ellington from '' Eastbourne Performance'', 1973 * "New York, New York", a song by Back Street Crawler from ''The Band Plays On'', 1975 * "New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), the first identified strain of the SARS coronavirus species, ''severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus'' (SARSr-CoV). The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the syndrome caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. In the 2010s, Chinese scientists traced the virus through the intermediary of Asian palm civets to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan.The locality was referred to be "a cave in Kunming" in earlier sources because the Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township is administratively part of Kunming, though 70 km apart. Xiyang was identified on * For an earlier interview of the researchers about the locality of the caves, see: SARS was a relatively rare disease; at the end of the epidemic in June 2003, the incidence was 8,469 cases with a case fatality rate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Grand Hyatt Taipei () is a 5-star luxury hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Located in Xinyi Planning District, the 27-story, skyscraper hotel is located adjacent to Taipei 101, Taipei World Trade Center complex, Taipei City Council, Taipei International Convention Center, and various shopping malls and entertainment. It opened in 1990 as "the first, true international luxury hotel in the capital." The hotel is owned by Hong Leong Group and operated by Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Accommodation Grand Hyatt Taipei has 850 rooms and suites, the largest number of guest rooms in the country. Guestrooms and suites range from 31 sq m to 220 sq m, and offer city, mountain or poolside views. Notable guests * Air Supply * Andrea Bocelli * Avril Lavigne * B1A4 - South Korean band * Backstreet Boys * Beyoncé * Bill Clinton - The 42nd President of the United States * Boyz II Men * Bradley Beal - NBA player * Chen Yunlin - former chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Computer Application Show
Taiwan Trade Shows (known as "Taipei Trade Shows" before 2012) is a series of trade exhibitions organized by TAITRA in Taipei, Taiwan. It is based on the ''Taiwan Clothes Export Mart Exhibition'' first held in September 1974. Currently, TAITRA holds a number of annual "Taiwan Trade Show" exhibitions including COMPUTEX, Taipei Cycle, and TAITRONICS at the Taipei World Trade Center. List of Taiwan Trade Shows Current *COMPUTEX Taipei *Fastener Taiwan Taiwan International Fastener Show (Fastener Taiwan; ) is one of the world's largest professional trade fairs focused on the fastener industry. It takes place biennially in the Kaohsiung Arena in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, creating a global platform fo ... *FOOD TAIPEI *Foodtech & Pharmatech TAIPEI *Furniture Taipei *Giftionery Taipei *METICARE TAIWAN *Mediphar Taipei *Motorcycle Taiwan *SENCARE *TaiSPO *Taipei Cycle *TaiHerbs *Taipei International Machine Tool Show *TAIPEI PACK *Taipei PLAS *TAITRONICS Series **Autotronics Taipei **TAITRO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
