Latest Technology News In South Africa
Lite-On Technology was founded in Taiwan in 1975 and became one of the country’s early manufacturers of light-emitting diode products. The company expanded from optoelectronics into power supplies and electronic components as Taiwan’s computer industry grew.
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Xi’an ESWIN Material Technology was established as part of the broader ESWIN semiconductor ecosystem to develop and manufacture silicon wafers and related materials for integrated-circuit production in China. The company targeted the large-diameter silicon substrates required by modern semiconductor fabs, an area where global supply has historically been concentrated among a small number of specialist producers.
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Kagemasa Kozuki founded the business that became Konami in Osaka in 1969, initially operating jukebox repair and rental services before moving into amusement machines. Konami entered arcade games during the 1970s and developed a portfolio of coin-operated and later home-console software.
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Kuaishou began in 2011 as GIF Kuaishou, an app created by Su Hua and Cheng Yixiao’s team for making and sharing animated images. The product shifted towards short-form video as smartphone cameras and mobile data made user-generated video practical.
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William C. Stone founded SS&C Technologies in 1986 in Connecticut to provide software and services to financial institutions and investment managers. The company built specialised systems for accounting, portfolio management and financial operations.
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BE Semiconductor Industries, commonly known as Besi, was founded in the Netherlands in 1995 to supply equipment used in semiconductor assembly and packaging. The company focused on die handling, bonding and packaging processes performed after wafers are fabricated.
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Lasertec was founded in Japan in 1960 and built its early business around laser-based measurement and inspection technology. The company developed specialised instruments for detecting defects and measuring surfaces, eventually concentrating heavily on semiconductor photomasks and wafers.
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Kaspi.kz traces its roots to a Kazakh banking business that was transformed under investors and management including Mikhail Lomtadze and Vyacheslav Kim during the 2000s. The company shifted from traditional banking towards digital consumer financial services and mobile-first products.
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Hwatsing Technology was established in China to develop semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with particular emphasis on chemical mechanical planarisation systems. CMP flattens wafer surfaces between process steps, making it possible to build many precise layers without accumulated topography destroying later lithography.
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F5 Networks was founded in Seattle in 1996 by Jeffrey Hussey and other networking entrepreneurs during the rapid commercial growth of the web. Its early BIG-IP products distributed incoming traffic across multiple servers so websites could remain responsive and available as demand changed.
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