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Tuesday 18 December 2018
Yahoo TV to enrich services in Taiwan via AR/VR, 5G applications
Yahoo TV has made significant progress in its business expansion through multiple partnerships, intensive live streams and innovative services in Taiwan in 2018 and is looking at...
Monday 17 December 2018
CPT shuts down LCD lines in Taiwan
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has been forced to shut down its LCD production lines in Longtan and Yangmei, both in northern Taiwan, as its primary nitrogen supplier, Linde Lien Hwa...
Monday 17 December 2018
Taiwan IC distributors look to IoT, 5G for 2019 growth
With the AI and 5G markets set to flourish, chip demand for HPC, IoT and cloud servers is expected to enjoy substantial growth in 2019, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC dist...
Friday 14 December 2018
Taiwan server revenues to surge 24.6% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Overall revenues scored by Taiwan's server sector including segments of motherboards, terminal systems, storage devices and related network equipment, are expected to surge 24.6%...
Thursday 13 December 2018
UMC to spend NT$27 billion on capacity deployment
The board of directors of United Microelectronics (UMC) has authorized a capital budget execution of NT$27.406 billion (US$889.4 million) for capacity deployment.
Thursday 13 December 2018
IBM Taiwan expects rising hardware business in 2019
As enterprises have been accelerating their paces of adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, IBM has been assisting clients in the manufacturing, medical care and finance...
Thursday 13 December 2018
Semiconductor equipment sales set to rise to record high in 2018, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 9.7% to US$62.1 billion in 2018, exceeding the historic high of US$56.6 billion set last year,...
Thursday 13 December 2018
Taiwan diode firms cautious about 1Q19
Taiwan-based power diode makers including Lite-On Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSC), Panjit International, Eris Technology and HY Electronic will see their sales performance...
Wednesday 12 December 2018
IC materials distributors to end 2018 with notable revenue increases
Taiwan-based IC fabrication and packaging material distributors including Topco Scientific, Niching Industrial and Wahlee Industrial are expected to end 2018 with impressive annual...
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Taiwan science parks record NT$2,109 billion in revenues for January-October 2018
Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated revenues totaling NT$2,109.441 billion (US$68.43 billion)...
Monday 10 December 2018
TSMC and UMC revenues down in November, VIS up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have reported sequential decreases in November consolidated revenues of 3.1% and 8.1%, respectively,...
Monday 10 December 2018
Taiwan panel makers brace for slow sales in December
Having reported decreased sales for November, most Taiwan-based flat panel makers are expected to see their revenues continue to drift downward in December due to dwindling demand...
Monday 10 December 2018
Taiwan server revenues and shipments to continue rising in 2019
Overall revenues from Taiwan's server sector are expected to rise over 20% on year in 2018 with server shipments increasing over 10% on year, according to Digitimes Research figures...
Monday 10 December 2018
Taiwan November export value down
Taiwan's exports totaled US$27.81 billion in November 2018, dropping 5.9% sequentially and 3.4% on year, while the month's imports reached US$23.16 billion, falling 11.6% sequentially...
Monday 10 December 2018
Taiwan MOSFET firms post increased November revenues
Taiwan-based MOSFET chip firms Excelliance MOS and Sinopower Semiconductor have reported sequential increases in November revenues of 14% and 2%, respectively.