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Wednesday 27 November 2019
Pure-play online banks to kick off operations in Taiwan in 2020
Taiwan's FinTech will enter a new era of development as three Internet-only banks have been approved to kick off operations in 2020, according to Willington Koo, chairman of the Financial...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Taiwan telecoms eyeing startups
Taiwan-based telecom operators including Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile and Asia Pacific Telecom have all launched their respective startup accelerator programs as they are...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Backend firms to gain from strong chip demand for midrange 5G handsets in 2020
As shipments of midrange 5G smartphones are expected to expand significantly in 2020, the resultant strong demand for chipsets will be a major revenue growth driver for Taiwan's backend...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
VFX startup Renovatio looks to North America market
Renovatio Pictures, a Taiwan-based startup specialized in VFX (visual effects) production, has scored points in the domestic market and plans to foray into North America together...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Taiwan October manufacturing production index down on year
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 114.34 for October 2019, increasing 2.78% sequentially but decreasing 3.27% on year, according to statistics...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Taiwan to play a technological gatekeeper role for IT firms in ASEAN
Taiwan could play a key "technological gatekeeper" role to help global high-tech companies fine-tune their technologies to enable the delivery of a variety of localized and customized...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Notebook brands mull new production practice to avoid tariffs
To avoid US tariffs on Chinese imports, notebook vendors are considering a new practice of manufacutring where production lines in China will only handle the final assembly work,...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
TSMC Nanjing swings to quarterly profit
TSMC Nanjing Company has reported its first quarterly profit for the third quarter, which narrowed its losses to NT$1.41 billion (US$46.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2019...
Monday 25 November 2019
ITRI incorporates 3D smart vision sensors into garment production
Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Everest Textile, a local maker of functional fabrics, have jointly developed an automated multi-tasking...
Monday 25 November 2019
Taiwan university installs DGX-1 supercomputers for AI study
Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has recently deployed five new Nvidia DGX-1 deep-learning supercomputers, looking to improve its R&D in AI technologies. Prior to...
Monday 25 November 2019
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Monday 25 November 2019
Taiwan IT firms to invest NT$59.2 billion for expanding local production lines
By the end of 2019, 29 Taiwan-based firms including ASKey, Tyntek, Gigabyte Technology, Nan Liu Enterprise, and Inventec, will have invested a total of NT$59.2 billion (US$1.92 billion)...
Friday 22 November 2019
KKFARM cultivates music artists
KKFARM, a startup spun off from KKBOX Group, is engaged in cultivating digital music artists and businesses through venture capital funding and providing marketing solutions based...
Friday 22 November 2019
Taiwan firms ready for production of LCP-based flexible antenna boards
Major Taiwan-based flexible PCB specialists have had their respective production lines for LCP (liquid crystal polymer) antenna boards ready for commercial runs as they are eyeing...
Friday 22 November 2019
ATrack lands GPS orders from Japan
GPS car-use tracking device maker ATrack Technology has disclosed it has become an ODM for a major Japan-based maker of automotive air-conditioning systems.