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Friday 30 April 2021
Taiwan 1Q21 patent applications up on year, says IPO
A total of 17,156 patents were applied by Taiwanese and foreign applicants in the first quarter of 2021, increasing 2.85% on year, according to Intellectual Property Office (IPO)...
Thursday 29 April 2021
Teras Marine works with K2 Management for offshore wind farm development
Taiwan-based Teras Marine Services has teamed up with K2 Management A/S, a Denmark-based engineering and management consultant for renewable energy development projects, for designing...
Thursday 29 April 2021
VIS to buy AUO fab for NT$905 million
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced plans to take over the L3B plant of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), and related equipment and facilities,...
Thursday 29 April 2021
Apple to launch new color iPhone 12 in Taiwan
Apple plans to release a new purple-colored iPhone 12 in the Taiwan market at the end of April, aiming to prolong the sales momentum of its iPhone 12 lineup in the local market, according...
Thursday 29 April 2021
Canadian firm Solace to power smart manufacturing and IoT in Taiwan
Massive demand for rapid, secure, and stable transmission of data and information in the age of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 is attracting solution providers to seek...
Thursday 29 April 2021
UMC to expand factory site in southern Taiwan
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to invest a total of NT$100 billion (US$3.58 billion) in the expansion of its 12-inch factory site in southern...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
PCB, CCL makers under pressure from rising copper price
PCB and CCL makers, while seeing strong orders, have been under pressure of ongoing hikes in international copper price, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Component shortages drag down Taiwan TV shipments in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan-based makers shipped only 6.26 million LCD TVs globally in the first quarter of 2021, down 34.2% sequentially, due mainly to shortages of panels, display driver ICs and SoC...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Gudeng breaks ground for new plant in northern Taiwan
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, broke ground on April 27 for a new plant in...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see 1Q21 gross margins hike
Taiwan-based IC design houses particularly those specializing in display driver ICs and MOSFET chips are set to see their gross margins and profitability hike in the first quarter...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
UMC eyeing long-term contracts with major clients
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is striving to get its major clients including Samsung Electronics, MediaTek and Qualcomm to enter into 3-year supply agreements, according...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Quanta new capacity in Taiwan to start production in 2Q21
Quanta Computer's newly expanded server capacity in Taiwan will begin volume production in the second quarter and raise the ODM's overall server output from Taiwan by 20%, according...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Taiwan 1Q21 international Internet bandwidth over 4,840Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 15 countries/regions (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached total bandwidth of 4,840.613Gbps as of the end of first-quarter 2021, increasing...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Aluminum capacitor supply to stay tight throughout 1H21
The supply of aluminum electrolytic capacitors is expected to remain tight throughout the first half of 2021, thanks to strong demand for server, power supply, automotive electronics,...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
T-Global integrates supply chain through thermal module designing services
In this 5G era, diverse environments have led communications systems and equipment suppliers to find different development opportunities. Also, as private business network applications...