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Thursday 18 June 2020
AUO ramping up capacity for high-end displays in Taiwan
AU Optronics (AUO) has completed the installation of two new production lines for high-end display and modular products in Taiwan. The new facilities are part of a NT$40.7 billion...
Thursday 18 June 2020
China, Taiwan IC designers keen on developing OLED DDI chips
Fabless chipmakers in Taiwan and China specializing in display driver ICs and fingerprint sensor chips are keenly developing OLED DDI chip solutions for smartphones seeking to build...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
HTC launches 5G phone in Taiwan
HTC has launched its first 5G smartphone, the HTC U20 5G, in Taiwan ahead of 5G commericialization in the local market starting July.
Wednesday 17 June 2020
GlobalWafers to expand 12-inch silicon wafer capacity in Taiwan
GlobalWafers has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of subsidiary Taisil Electronic Materials, and will use offshore capital to fund the expansion, which is set to complete...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Taoyuan aspiring to become smart city for logistics
To demonstrate its smart city solutions to other cities worldwide, the local government of Taoyuan, Taiwan signed contracts with Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), a network...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Taiwan solar cell makers to return to profitability
Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been adjusting business focus since 2018, mainly phasing out production for the poly-Si segment and devoting more to making mono-Si PERC models...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Taiwan panel, touch solution providers seeing rush orders for healthcare applications
Taiwan-based flat panel makers and related touch solution providers expect demand for healthcare applications, such as those for ventilators and blood oxygen machines, to stretch...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Taiwan science parks record revenues of over NT$900 billion for January-April
Government-developed Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$900.077 billion (US$30.13...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Formosa Sumco to run at nearly full capacity in 3Q20, says report
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), which ships silicon wafers to mainly Taiwan- and China-based logic and memory foundries, is expected to see its production lines run at nearly full...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Oppo pushes in-house development of mobile chips
Oppo is reportedly stepping up efforts to develop its own mobile application processors in house and will appropriate an annual R&D budget of over NT$20 billion (US$673.6 million)...
Monday 15 June 2020
UMC vows to appeal trade secrets theft verdict
UMC has vowed to appeal a Taiwan court ruling agianst it in a trade secrets theft lawsuit brought by Micron Technology.
Friday 12 June 2020
Dell launches new enterprise PCs in Taiwan
Dell has launched several enterprise notebooks, workstations and desktops in Taiwan including the top-end Latitude 9510 notebook, which puts a 15-inch display into a 14-inch notebook...
Friday 12 June 2020
Taiwan court soon to rule on trade secret lawsuit brought by Micron
The Taichung District Court will issue a ruling around the middle of June on the lawsuit brought by Micron Memory Taiwan (formerly Rexchip Electronics) against its former employees...
Friday 12 June 2020
Taiwan memory chipmakers post decreased May revenues
DRAM maker Nanya Technology, specialty DRAM and flash memory specialist Winbond Electronics, and mask ROM and flash chipmaker Macronix International have reported sequential decreases...
Thursday 11 June 2020
MSI expects stable 2020 sales
Micro-Star International (MSI) is optimistic about its second-quarter financial results and expects stable operation to continue for the remaining 2020, according to company chairman...