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艾維克公司（EVGA Corporation）是一家主要供應基於NVIDIA顯示核心的顯示卡生產商，是NVIDIA的AIC合作夥伴之一[1]。公司總部位於加利福尼亞州貝雷亞市。EVGA的產品在全球多個國家販售，2010年3月30日在台灣新北市成立子公司與研發中心，名為艾維克科技股份有限公司（EVGA Technology Incorporated，簡稱ETi）。

The Latin term “pro hac vice” literally means “for this turn.” It is used in a court of law to refer to a situation in which a lawyer is allowed to practice in a specific case despite not being licensed by the regional bar. Most commonly, this situation happens when a lawyer from a different state requests permission to practice pro hac vice because he or she is offering expertise to a case. Fans of courtroom dramas may have noticed this phrase in the course of their viewing or reading.

When a lawyer wishes to practice pro hac vice, a formal “motion to appear pro hac vice” must be filed with the court, usually by a sponsoring lawyer who has been admitted to the bar in the state or region where the court is located. The application may need to include a statement from the lawyer's local bar, stating that he or she is a member in good standing, and a filing fee may need to be paid for the court to consider the motion.

Asustek Computer has been applying its IT hardware/software know-how to medical care, according to the company.

Asustek said it plans to cooperate with partners from different fields to develop medicare applications. For example, Asustek may not undertake development and/or production of medicare devices, but can provide advice on product design for partners and leverage its price bargaining advantages to help partners minimize procurement costs, it said.

Buoyed by the release of Android 4.0 and Windows 8 operating systems, tablet PCs will dominate the touch-controlled device market in 2012 with models below 10.1-inch sizes accounting for a majority share, according to industry sources.

In addition to next-generation iPads and Kindle Fires, Sony is eager to launch new tablet PCs integrated with its digital game software and audio/video platform, said sources, adding that other vendors including Samsung Electronics, HTC and Asustek Computer will also roll out new models integrated with Android 4.0 and Windows 8.

Taiwan will completely switch terrestrial TV broadcasting from analog to digital on July 1, 2012, boosting the local TV sector - including content, hardware and services - to NT$130 billion (US$4.3 billion) next year, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

In addition to terrestrial TV broadcast, the Taiwan government plans to complete digitization of cable TV in 2014, the sources indicated. There are about five million household subscribers of cable TV services in Taiwan currently, and digital cable TV only accounts for about 9.5% of the users, the sources said.

In response to media report that vendors of servers will shift R&D of servers from Taiwan to China, these vendors indicated that R&D in Taiwan focuses on product innovation while that in China is oriented toward product application and it is not feasible to shift R&D of servers from Taiwan to China, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Currently, IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have all had R&D centers established in Taiwan for product developments.