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Thursday 7 November 2019
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenue hit another record high in 4Q19
Combined revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to hit another record-high...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
CloudMile to set up AI R&D center in Taiwan
CloudMile, a Taiwan-based AI-based cloud computing service provider and strategic partner for Google Cloud Platform, will set up an AI R&D center in Taiwan, according to company...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan backend firms expanding testing capacities for 5G chipsets
Taiwan's backend specialists ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are all moving to ready additional capacities to...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Two PCB makers expected to share bulk of SLP orders for next iPhone
Taiwanese PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology (ZDT) and Austrian peer AT&S are expected to together land at least 50-60% of substrate-like PCB orders for Apple's next iPhones to be...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Novatek poised for strong 4Q19
Novatek Microelectronics has seen orders increase for OLED driver ICs from China-based handset vendors, with the orders set to result in a particularly strong fourth quarter for the...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan white-box server shipments to rebound in 2020
Taiwan's white-box server shipments are expected to rebound in 2020 after public cloud datacenter players finish adjusting their inventory levels in 2019, according to sources from...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan IC supply chain cautious about China 5G incentive
China has recently offered to allow Taiwan-based firms to join the country's 5G technology R&D, standards formulation, network construction and product test, but most Taiwanese...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for USB-C devices pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for USB Type-C power delivery (PD) and other USB-C chip solutions pick up, with order visibility extended through 2020, according to...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Garmin cooperates with SCOR to help life insurers in Taiwan
Garmin has cooperated with France-based life reinsurance company SCOR Global Life to help life insurance companies in Taiwan collect biometric data from their clients via smart wearable...
Monday 4 November 2019
Some flat panel makers in Korea, Taiwan to slash capex for 2019
Some flat panel makers in Korea and Taiwan, notably LG Display, AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux, are cutting their capex for 2019 as they seek to improve their bottom lines in the...
Monday 4 November 2019
Taiwan large-size LCD panel shipments up slightly in 3Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipment of large-size LCD panels (9-inch and above) by Taiwan's makers (excluding Sharp) edged up 2.1% sequentially to 59.3 million units in the third quarter of 2019 due mainly...
Monday 4 November 2019
Taiwan CCL makers not eyeing big order transfer from floods-hit Panasonic
Taiwan CCL makers have a chance to land part of orders from their Japan counterpart Panasonic whose plant in northern Japan was seriously hit by floods caused by Typhoon Hagibis in...
Monday 4 November 2019
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for China 5G rollout
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers and backend houses are all gearing up to tap robust demand for 5G-related applications from China, where local major telecom carriers have started...
Monday 4 November 2019
Darfon tapping Japan e-bike market
Keyboard and passive component maker Darfon Electronics has become the largest vendor of high-end electric bicycles in Japan with a market share of 20% for models priced at above...
Monday 4 November 2019
Mini LEDs not expected to be widely used over next 3-4 years
While mini LED chips has begun seeing adoption for high-end LCD monitor and TV backlighting, the technology is not expected to be widely used over the next 3-4 years, according to...