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Wednesday 9 November 2005
Taiwan’s game software industry finds times tough
Six leading providers of game software and/or on-line game services in Taiwan either suffered a net loss in their earnings per share (EPS) for January-September 2005 or saw a decrease...
Wednesday 26 October 2005
VIA teams up with professional gamer Ms.X on competitive gaming website
VIA Technologies, yesterday announced the launch its new PC gaming community website, VIA Competitive Gamers Arena, managed and edited by Alana ‘Ms.X’ Reid, top professional...
Wednesday 19 October 2005
Taiwan market: Online game World of Warcraft needs 50,000 subscribers to break even
World of Warcraft, a globally popular on-line game currently under open beta (OB) testing in the Taiwan market, must have 50,000 subscribers to break-even in Taiwan, more than the...
Friday 14 October 2005
Chainpus aims to sell 5,000 Bluetooth gamepads per month
Chainpus Technology, a Taiwan-based developer and manufacturer of wireless keyboards for PDAs and smartphones, is aiming by the end of this year to sell 5,000 units of its BGP100...
Thursday 13 October 2005
Taiwan to boost digital content industries with US$600 million investment
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has decided to promote development of digital content industries by investing NT$20.0 billion (US$600 million) over the next five years, according to...
Monday 26 September 2005
CSR launches fifth-generation Bluetooth solutions
Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) has now launched its fifth generation of Bluetooth devices, the latest members of the BlueCore family of combined hardware and software solutions.
Thursday 15 September 2005
Taiwan-based Hipro blamed for supplying faulty AC adaptors for Sony PS2
Taiwan-based Chicony Electronics, a leading maker of PC keyboards and digital still cameras, has admitted that its 100%-owned subsidiary Hipro Electronics manufactured the faulty...
Friday 9 September 2005
TI DLP 1080p chips for projectors arrive
Texas Instruments (TI) announced the launch of its 1080p resolution (1,920×1,080) chips for the front projection market at the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association...
Thursday 8 September 2005
Xbox 360 related component shipments to boost Foxlink and Ji-Haw revenues
Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry) and Ji-Haw Industrial (JH) reported that they began shipping Xbox 360 related components to Microsoft in August, and they expect shipments of...
Monday 5 September 2005
Packaging and testing outlook bright as demand picks up
Thanks to the upcoming hot season for the packaging and testing industry, sales from Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL)...
Tuesday 2 August 2005
Taiwan makers fail to land Sony PSP wireless module orders
An unspecified Japan-based network specialist has beaten out Taiwan-based wireless module makers to supply built-in WLAN modules for Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) consoles,...
Friday 29 July 2005
Sources: TSMC and UMC land Xbox 360 chip orders from Microsoft
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will manufacture the northbridge chip for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 at its 12-inch wafer fabs, while rival United Microelectronics...
Tuesday 12 July 2005
Taiwan market: Microsoft pushes Xbox promotion
Microsoft Taiwan has offered a discount retail price of NT$7,999 (US$250) for a package of five Xbox games, a remote control and a Xbox console, with the products set to be sold through...
Friday 17 June 2005
Belated coverage of Acon 5 in China: Warcraft III and Counter Strike finals dramatic, exciting and entertaining
Taking place in Xi An, the supposed first capital of a united China, Acon 5 began with great fanfare and pomp. A troupe of Chinese acrobats jumped out on stage with flags and began...
Friday 17 June 2005
Designing for the digital home: Q&A with Kun-shan Lin, VP, Texas Instruments, part two
Texas Instruments has a dominant position in digital signal processing (DSP) technology, reflected in its leading role as chip provider to the mobile-phone industry, and that places...