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Tuesday 5 March 2019
Taiwan ODMs competing for datacenter server orders
Taiwan-based ODMs have been competing for datacenter server orders for 2019. Wiwynn will have a chance of landing orders from Amazon in the second half of 2019, joining the client's...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Taiwan panel makers revitalizing older-generation fabs for high-margin products
Taiwan's top-2 flat panel makers, Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO), are revitalizing their older-generation fabs to develop new display products with high margins for niche market applications,...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues fall in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Monday 4 March 2019
Taiwan firms see niche in automotive electronics for driverless cars
Autonomous cars are emerging as a common industrial development trend worldwide with huge business opportunities looming ahead, prompting Taiwan makers to cash in on great demand...
Monday 4 March 2019
Taiwan university establishes facilities to promote entrepreneurship
Taiwan's Chung Yuan Christian University has established a demonstration production line that comes with R&D and product demonstration centers, looking to assist its entrepreneurship...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Taiwan IC industry output value to grow 1% in 2019, says TSIA
Taiwan's IC industry output value will continue growing but at a slow pace in 2019, according to a government-sponsored association.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Taiwan firms eyeing microgrid business opportunity
The smart grid and microgrid have become new business opportunities for Taiwan-based developers such as Delta Electronics, Teco Electric and Machinery, and AcBel Polytech, and recruiting...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Taiwan January manufacturing production index down
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 107.43 for January 2019, decreasing 3.81% sequentially and 1.92% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Taiwan monitor shipments continue rising on year in 4Q18, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan-based makers saw their combined shipments of monitors increase on year for the fourth consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Cooling specialist Auras reportedly enters Samsung, Huawei supply chains
Taiwan-based Auras Technology has Korea and China smartphone vendors among its clients for cooling modules and will move to expand production of heat spreaders seen to be increasingly...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Taiwan opens self-driving car test field
Taiwan CAR Lab, a closed field for testing self-driving vehicles, was inaugurated on February 25 and will be available for use beginning March 2019, according to National Applied...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
ASE raises stake in JV with TDK
Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has raised its stake in ASE Embedded Electronics, a joint venture between ASE and Japan's TDK, to 90.68%, according to ASE Technology...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Taiwan handset shipments to fall over 30% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of handsets by Taiwan's brand vendors and ODMs are expected to fall over 30% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019 after they managed to drive up sales by 3.3% on quarter...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
J&V Energy aims at 100MWp floating PV power stations in Taiwan in 2019
J&V Energy Technology aims to build floating PV power stations on fish ponds in central and southern Taiwan with target total installation capacity of 100MWp in 2019, according...
Monday 25 February 2019
Google move sparks interest in green energy purchases in Taiwan
Many manufacturers have inquired about purchasing PV power after Google decided to buy such green energy for its datacenter in Taiwan in January 2019, according to industry sources...