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Friday 14 August 2020
Pegatron to merge with Casetek
Pegatron has announced plans to merge with its metal chassis-making affiliate Casetek Holdings in a NT$14.5 billion (US$492.84 million) deal that aims to optimize the group's resources...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan 5G subscriber penetration rate to be higher than global average in 2025
The number of 5G service subscribers in the Taiwan market is expected to total 14.3 million by 2025, representing a penetration rate of 48%, higher than a global average of nearly...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan could develop into a mmWave industry base, says Qualcomm executive
Taiwan has an opportunity to become a base for the development of mmWave technology, leveraging its established industry foundations, OEM/ODM technologies and related talent, according...
Friday 14 August 2020
Polarizer maker Optimax to sell plant to TSMC
Optimax Technology has disclosed plans to sell its plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to TSMC for NT$3.65 billion (US$124.2 million), with the deal likely to complete...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Chimei sets up green energy park with AUO help
Plastic material maker Chimei has worked with AU Optronics (AUO) to convert an idle factory in southern Taiwan into a green energy park featuring coexistence between a 15MWp PV power...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Casetek, Pegatron in trading halt pending announcement
Chassis maker Casetek Holding and Pegatron, which holds 60% of Casetek, both have announced they will stop trading on Taiwan's stock market on August 13 pending the release of material...
Wednesday 12 August 2020
Highlights of the day: Taiwan panel makers have rosy outlook for 3Q20
Taiwanese panel makers have seen improvements to their sales, and most of them are expected to return to profitability...
Wednesday 12 August 2020
China handset players launch 5G phones in Taiwan
China's handset brands including Realme and Oppo have launched new 5G phones in the Taiwan market.
Wednesday 12 August 2020
TSMC board approves US$5 billion for advanced process manufacturing
The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of about US$5.27 billion for the installation and expansion of advanced technology...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
Taiwan IC design houses to enjoy robust Wi-Fi 6 chip shipments in 3Q20
Taiwan's IC suppliers have seen increasing demand for Wi-Fi 6 chips as device vendors have begun rolling out related devices such as routers supporting 5G networks, according to industry...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
Taiwan PCB makers look to servers, notebooks for 3Q20 growth
Taiwan-based rigid PCB manufacturers including HannStar Board, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Tripod Technology are expected to see stable increases in shipments for server, networking...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
TSMC fab toolmakers see July revenue increase on-year
TSMC's Taiwan-based fab tool suppliers, including Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Grand Process Technology (GPTC) and Gudeng Precision Industrial, all saw their revenues for July...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
Star Shining starts construction of PV power station in southern Taiwan
Star Shining Energy, an AU Optronics (AUO) affiliate, has begun construction of a 40MWp PV power station in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, with completion scheduled for year-end 2021,...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
Taiwan, Cisco jointly set up 5G open networking experiment platform
Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau has teamed up with Cisco to set up the country's first 5G open networking experiment platform, gathering heavyweight server and networking firms...
Monday 10 August 2020
Taiwan makers eyeing Open RAN
Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) is one of the options for telecom operators' deployments in the 5G era. As Open RAN can adopt COTS (commercial off the shelf) or GPP (general...