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Wednesday 30 December 2020
Wiwynn to embrace green energy
Wiwynn has signed contracts with Mr Watt, a Taiwan-based green energy reseller, to purchase green energy.
Tuesday 29 December 2020
Taiwan server-related product revenues to grow 11% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan makers will see revenues from server-related hardware and software including motherboards, full-rack systems, networking equipment and storage equipment, increase by about...
Tuesday 29 December 2020
Taiwan PCB makers set to enter domestic white-box 5G cell market
Taiwan's PCB makers including Gold Circuit Electronics and Unitech are ready to deliver shipments to local makers of white-box 5G cell equipment, particularly O-RAN (open radio access...
Tuesday 29 December 2020
CISA unveils white paper for digital transformation in Taiwan
Taiwan-based Information Service Industry Association (CISA) has published a white paper aimed at helping government and private sectors in digital transformation.
Tuesday 29 December 2020
GlobalWafers to raise spot quotes for silicon wafers
GlobalWafers has run all its production lines for 12-, 8- and 6-inch silicon wafers at full capacity, according to company chairperson Doris Hsu. The silicon wafer supplier plans...
Tuesday 29 December 2020
Taiwan IT firms need direction for quantum development, says expert
Taiwanese enterprises still do not know what they can do with quantum technologies and are not ready to take part in long-term projects, according to Chung-Yu Mou, director of National...
Monday 28 December 2020
Rising foundry quotes to push up costs of Taiwan IC design houses
With Taiwan-based foundries set to raise their quotes, Taiwan-based IC design houses have come under growing pressure to raise their chip prices next year, according to industry so...
Monday 28 December 2020
GaN-on-SiC application to 5G base stations ramping up in US, Europe
Vendors in the US and Europe are ramping up application of third-generation semiconductor materials including SiC (silicon carbide) and GaN to 5G base stations and EVs, according...
Monday 28 December 2020
Taiwan analog IC firms to enjoy strong 1H21
Taiwan-based analog IC design houses, including MOSFET chip specialists, may have seen their sales growth constrained by tight capacity at 8-inch foundries in the second half of 2020,...
Friday 25 December 2020
Taiwan IC substrate makers doing well in China market
Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unmicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB, and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen their production lines in China running at full capacity to serve Chinese...
Friday 25 December 2020
WinWay to expand production capacity for high-end IC test sockets
Taiwan-based WinWay Technology, a dedicated supplier of IC test interface solutions, has plans to expand production capacity for high-frequency and high-speed IC test sockets in 2021...
Friday 25 December 2020
Taiwan panel makers pushing into medical industry, says Digitimes Research
Both Taiwan-based panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are gearing up their efforts to develop display products for medical applications in response to the lingering impacts...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Taiwan Star to see 5G penetration reach 10% in 2021
Taiwan Star Telecom has seen its 5G penetration reach its target of 5% of its total mobile subscribers set for 2020, and the firm will step up its efforts to push the ratio to 10%...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Taiwan IC testers ask clients to procure own process components
Taiwan-based IC testing houses have asked their fabless and IDM clients to shoulder some of the components costs needed to process their orders, a measure tantamount to raising prices,...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Accton doubling down on R&D efforts in Taiwan
Network device maker Accton Technology is doubling down on its R&D efforts, announcing that it has secured the right to use a land lot of an AI smart park in Hsinchu, northern...