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Tuesday 27 July 2021
Views from Taiwan (1): Insights into IT trends and dynamics
After the peak of component crunch in the second quarter along with insufficient inventory in the third quarter, stress of stagnant deliverables on the highway seems to have been...
Monday 26 July 2021
Taiwan ODM executives share similar view with Intel CEO about notebook prosperity
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, at an online investors conference, has pointed out that he expects PC total available market (TAM) to grow all the way to 2022, despite the pandemic being...
Monday 26 July 2021
Kdan raises US$16 million in Series B round, looking to go international
Taiwanese software startup Kdan Mobile raised US$16 million in Series B round from investors from South Korea and Japan, looking to take its cloud-based remote signing solutions DottedSign...
Monday 26 July 2021
Asian countries see mixed 5G progresses
5G subscriptions are growing at a rate of about one million per day. 5G is expected to become the fastest adopted mobile generation in history, compared to 4G LTE. It is estimated...
Monday 26 July 2021
UMC to raise quotes for 40nm, other processes in 1Q22
United Microelectronics (UMC) plans to raise its foundry quotes for 40nm process technology by 10-15% starting the first quarter of 2022, as well as quotes for other mature process...
Monday 26 July 2021
Manufacturing production index in Taiwan expected to increase 20.20% in June
The industrial production index in Taiwan increased 18.37% in June 2021, compared with the same month in 2020. The annual production index by some major industrial divisions is as...
Monday 26 July 2021
VinFast to start selling EVs in Europe and North America
Vietnam-based VinFast's branch offices in the US, Canada, France, Germany, and Netherland have begun operation and will start selling electric vehicles (EVs) in these countries, according...
Friday 23 July 2021
ASC 100: Motherson Sumi rides EV wave
India's largest car parts supplier Motherson Sumi Systems is riding the wave of automobile electrification. Placed 89th in DIGITIMES' Asia Supply Chain 100, Motherson Sumi might be...
Friday 23 July 2021
Foxconn, Nidec to set up JV for EV-use motor systems
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai), Foxtron Vehicle Technologies and Japan-based motor maker Nidec are in talks for establishing a Taiwan-based joint venture to develop, produce and market...
Thursday 22 July 2021
Taiwan server ODMs gearing up for capacity expansions
Taiwan-based server ODMs including Inventec, Quanta Computer, and Wiwynn are all gearing up to carry out their capacity expansion projects in Taiwan and overseas, according to company...
Thursday 22 July 2021
TV unit sales boom in Japan
Unit sales of flat-screen TVs including OLED TVs in Japan increased for the 15th consecutive month in June 2021, according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries...
Thursday 22 July 2021
Apple, carmakers vying for more ICs
Apple has stepped up its chip purchases for the upcoming iPhones, while first-tier automotive component vendors in the supply chains of carmakers in Japan are also vying for more...
Thursday 22 July 2021
Taiwan to form car tech association
Several Taiwan-based ICT makers and associations will participate in establishing Taiwan Advanced Automotive Technology Development Association (TADA) soon, according to the initiator...
Wednesday 21 July 2021
Daxin eyes significant business expansion in 2022
LCD chemical material supplier Daxin Materials will complete the construction of its new plant in Taichung, central Taiwan by the end of this year, laying the groundwork for significant...