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Thursday 23 April 2020
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against HTC in Japan
Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has won a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan against HTC Nippon and its local distributor Kanematsu Communications.
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Backend firm PTI poised to challenge new revenue records in 2020
Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2020 and may have a chance to end the year with record revenues as...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Taiwan handset sales weak in March
Handset shipments in Taiwan slipped 15% sequentially and 10% on year to 426,000 units in March 2020, affected by the coronavirus pandemic, according to data compiled by local retail...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Taiwan cooling module firms see keener competition in handset space
Taiwan-based cooling module specialists including Auras Technology expect ASPs for handset-use solutions to drop about 10% in the second half of 2020, due to competition from Chinese...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
New iPhone SE pre-orders strong in Taiwan
Pre-orders for Apple's recently released new iPhone SE in the Taiwan market have been strong, but it remains to be seen if the sales momentum could continue into the second half of...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
TRIPLE helps startups commercialize innovations
Taiwan Rapid Innovation Prototyping League for Entrepreneurs (TRIPLE) is a government-sponsored project for matching startup teams or businesses with supply chain makers to quickly...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Taiwan PCB makers eyeing 5G infrastructure, HPC applications for 2020 growth
Taiwan-based PCB makers are expected to see robust demand for 5G base stations, servers, networking equipment and HPC devices significantly drive up their shipments in 2020 while...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Taiwan IC firms see orders for 5G infrastructure pull in from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed a pull-in of orders for 5G base-station and customer-premise equipment (CPE) from China, according to sources at Taiwan's IC distributors.
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Taiwan sees March export orders increase
Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$40.26 billion in value in March 2020, increasing 40.4% sequentially and 4.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 20 April 2020
Epistar to set up mini LED capacity in Taiwan
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has disclosed it will invest NT$5.4 billion (US$179 million) to set up mini LED production lines at its existing factories in Central and...
Friday 17 April 2020
AUO setting up new production lines for automotive panels in Taiwan
AU Optronics (AUO) is installing two new production lines for the manufacture of automotive panel modules in Taiwan, with volume production slated to kick off in the second quarter...
Friday 17 April 2020
Taiwan IC backend firms gearing up shipments for new iPhone SE
Taiwan's IC backend service suppliers are benefitting from Apple's recent release of its second-generation 4.7-inch iPhone SE, ramping up their capacity utilization rates and revenues...
Friday 17 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses to remain beneficiaries of US-China trade war
The lingering US-China trade tensions are set to further encourage Huawei and other China smartphone vendors to reduce their dependence on their US chip suppliers, which will continue...
Friday 17 April 2020
Sharp Taiwan sets up e-commerce platform
Sharp Taiwan has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, Cocoro Life, to take over operation of FLNet, an online shopping operator established by the Foxconn Group, and duplicate the operation...
Thursday 16 April 2020
Laster to start volume production at Taiwan factory
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech is installing equipment at existing factory buildings in Taiwan with volume production to begin in May 2021 and products to be shipped...