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Thursday 5 December 2019
Taiwanese IC designers seeking closer partnerships with Chinese foundries
More Taiwan-based IC design houses are moving to strengthen partnerships with foundries in China so as to land more orders from Chinese brand vendors seeking to cut reliance on US...
Thursday 5 December 2019
Powerchip seeing strong demand for smartphone sensors
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), a foundry subsidiary of Powerchip Technology, has enjoyed robust demand for smartphone-use sensors which is filling its 12-inch fab ca...
Thursday 5 December 2019
Taiwan PC monitor shipments to stop growing in 4Q19
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments registered increases of 8.2% sequentially and 5.8% on year in the third quarter of 2019, according to Digitimes Research. But shipments are unlikely...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
MPI, LCP materials for smartphone antennas to coexist
Modified polyimide (MPI) and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) materials for smartphone antennas are expected to coexist, with the former being adopted mainly for Android models, and the...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Taiwan supply chain eye orders for mini LED-backlit iPad Pro
Taiwan-based supply chain makers including Epistar, General Interface Solution (GIS), Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect are...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
China, Taiwan chipmakers step up deployments in automotive NOR flash
China's GigaDevice, and Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have been aggressively expanding their automotive NOR flash offerings eyeing a bigger share in...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Xiaomi expanding overseas presence
With its share unlikely to see major changes in China's smartphone market, Xiaomi has geared up expanding global presence, with Japan being its next target market.
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Taiwan LCD monitors – 3Q 2019
Taiwan PC monitor shipments continued to grow on-year in the third quarter of 2019 at 5.8% to arrive at 23.73 million units.
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Relocation not easy for components suppliers
System integrators have been relocating their assembly lines out of China in the wake of the trade war between the world's two superpowers, but many of their upstream component suppliers...
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Taiwan vendors redefine cybersecurity innovation, says Frost & Sullivan
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has collaborated with Frost & Sullivan to develop a set of case studies to showcase the region's brightest security inn...
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Taiwan sets high goal for mobile payment
The Taiwan government has been promoting mobile payment since early 2018, aiming to have it penetrate 90% of all retail sales transactions in 2025, according to Ministry of Economic...
Monday 2 December 2019
Small cell to have slower start in 5G, says Arcadyan president
The arrival of 5G commercialization will first boost smartphone demand, followed by customer premise equipment (CPE), with small cells to be the last to enjoy the benefits, according...
Monday 2 December 2019
JDI to showcase micro LED display at FinTech Japan 2019
Japan Display Inc (JDI) has announced it has developed a prototype micro LED display, a strong candidate to become a next-generation mainstream display technology, and it will be...
Monday 2 December 2019
Vena Energy building PV power stations in Taiwan
Vena Energy, a major renewable energy investor and project undertaker in Asia, has been building seven PV power stations with total installation capacity of 341MWp in Taiwan with...
Monday 2 December 2019
Taiwan 3Q19 economic growth hits 5-quarter high
Taiwan's economic growth for third-quarter 2019 is estimated at 2.99%, 0.32pp higher than 2.67% forecast in August 2019, reaching the highest quarterly level since third-quarter 2018,...