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Friday 2 November 2018
Qualcomm to build three technology, testing centers in Taiwan
Qualcomm has announced that it will set up three technology and testing centers in Taiwan as it deepens its collaborative efforts with the local government and business concerns to...
Friday 2 November 2018
China not necessarily top job destination for Taiwan IC packaging talent
China backend service providers such as Tongfu Microelectronics, Tianshui Huatian Technology, Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology have been actively raiding talent from Taiwan's...
Thursday 1 November 2018
Huawei outraces HTC, Sony Mobile in Taiwan smartphone market
Huawei beat HTC and Sony Mobile Communications for the first time to take the fifth title in terms of unit shipments in Taiwan's smartphone market in September with a 5.8% share,...
Thursday 1 November 2018
Taiwan LCD TV shipments to continue growing in 4Q18, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan makers grew 11.4% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018, with prospects to register another sequential increase of 14.7% in the fourth quarter,...
Thursday 1 November 2018
Taiwan 3Q18 economic growth estimated at 2.28%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, for the third quarter of 2018 is estimated at 2.28%, 0.08 percentage point lower than 2.36% forecast in August 2018, according...
Thursday 1 November 2018
TSMC opens 12-inch fab in Nanjing
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held a ceremony on October 31 to mark the opening of its 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing, China. Company chairman Mark Liu and CFO...
Wednesday 31 October 2018
Taiwan, Japan can better tap opportunities via horizontal labor division, says Acer founder
Enterprises in Taiwan and Japan can jointly create a horizontal labor division model instead of vertical integration to supply new tech products or render technological services to...
Wednesday 31 October 2018
Xiaomi launches Mi 8 Lite, Redmi Note 6 Pro in Taiwan
Xiaomi has introduced its Redmi Note 6 Pro and Mi 8 Lite into the Taiwan market aiming to wage up its smartphone sales during the upcoming Double 11 shopping festival.
Wednesday 31 October 2018
GlobalWafers net profits more than double in 3Q18
Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has announced net profits surged 119.8% from a year earlier to NT$3.63 billion (US$117.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
IBM Taiwan, StarFab join forces to bolster startups
The Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau has teamed up with IBM Taiwan and StarFab Accelerator to better carry out its TAIRA (Taiwan AI x Robotics) program to accelerate the growth...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Winbond set to ramp up 25nm DRAM chip production in 4Q18
Winbond Electronics saw shipments of chips built using 38nm process technology ramp up substantially to account for 24% of the chipmaker's total DRAM sales in the third quarter of...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Huawei launches Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro in Taiwan
Huawei has launched the latest flagship models, the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$22,900 (US$739) and NT$29,900, respectively, with the availability...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Demand for public cloud services in Taiwan to take off, says Microsoft Taiwan head
While demand for public cloud services in Taiwan has been growing more slowly than in China, Singapore and Hong Kong, it is expected to take off mainly due to Taiwan Semiconductor...
Monday 29 October 2018
Taiwan gearing up for smart city projects
The government in Taiwan is moving to carry out smart city and town projects in the coming two years by appropriating NT$8.2 billion (US$264.52 million) to subsidize procurements...
Monday 29 October 2018
Micron opens DRAM backend fab in Taiwan
Micron Technology has announced the opening of a new plant in Taichung, central Taiwan that will be dedicated to providing backend services for the manufacture of DRAM memory.