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Tuesday 1 September 2020
FPCB makers keen on building new capacities in Taiwan
Taiwan flexible PCB makers in the supply chain of Apple devices are taking the lead to set up new capacities in Taiwan in line with the vendor's efforts to diversify production bases...
Monday 31 August 2020
Aeon Motor developing tricycle electric scooter
Taiwan-based motorcycle maker Aeon Motor is developing the Ai-2 Gather, a tricycle electric scooter mainly for business use, and plans to launch it in 2021, according to company CEO...
Monday 31 August 2020
Taiwan backend houses cautious about 4Q20
Taiwan backend houses are cautious about business prospects for the fourth quarter of the year thanks to upcoming disruptions in MediaTek shipments to China's Huawei under the latest...
Monday 31 August 2020
Taiwan LTCC makers keen on capacity expansions for 5G
With LTCC (low temperature co-fired ceramic) demand for 5G handsets to grow at least 30-40% from 4G handsets, Taiwan's makers in the segment are actively proceeding with capacity...
Monday 31 August 2020
Investment agreements with Southeast Asian countries key to Taiwan development
Despite efforts by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to expand Taiwan's cooperation with countries in Southeast Asia, some industry observers have noted that Taiwan has not...
Monday 31 August 2020
BERI rates Taiwan as third best place to invest
Taiwan has been ranked as the third-best destination for investment in the latest US Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI) report, next only to Switzerland and Norway, according...
Friday 28 August 2020
Taiwan fab toolmakers brace for impact of HSMC woes
Taiwan-based fab toolmakers engaged in the supply chain of China's Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC) have expressed concerns about whether the foundry startup is proceeding...
Friday 28 August 2020
Acer teams up with Oplus to tap smart home AI
Acer has partnered with Oplus, a smart home solution provider, to develop AI platforms for smart home applications.
Friday 28 August 2020
Kinsus to run new ABF substrate production lines in 4Q21
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology will build ABF substrate production lines at a plant it recently acquired from the bankrupt Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) in Yangmei,...
Friday 28 August 2020
Startup FlowView raises new funds
FlowView Tek, a startup business spun off from Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), has attracted investments from Taiwan's National Development...
Thursday 27 August 2020
KYEC, Sigurd to boost capacity support for MediaTek orders
Testing houses King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics will substantially scale up their capacities for MediaTek orders in September and October, while being aware...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Taiwan makers poised to scale up AiP substrate shipments in 2021
Taiwan-based IC substrate makers Unimicron, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect are expected to significantly scale up their AiP (antenna-in-package) substrate shipments in 2021, driven...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Samsung share in Taiwan smartphone market hits 7-year high
Samsung Electronics saw its smartphone sales in the Taiwan market hit a seven-year high of 30.3% in July, up nearly 9pp from the level seen a year earlier, according to data compiled...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Taiwan IC design houses likely to post gross margin decreases in 4Q20
Taiwan-based IC design houses will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in the fourth quarter of 2020, due to falling chip ASPs in China, according to industry sour...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Leading Taiwan makers keen on overseas expansions
Leading Taiwan-based supply chain makers have been keen on investing in India and Southeast Asia, in response to the world's changing economic influence in next three decades or so,...