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Wednesday 20 February 2019
Taiwan makers facing competition from China for car-use PCBs
Taiwan-based PCB makers are facing fierce price competition from China-based rivals in the mid-range to entry-level segments of the car-use electronic component industry, but in the...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Smartphone vendors see increasing profit pressure
Brand smartphone vendors may see their profits fall significantly in 2019 as they are investing heavily in upgrading their models despite sluggish terminal market demand, according...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Taiwan leadframe suppliers to see sales from automotive sector climb
Taiwan-based leadframe suppliers Jih Lin Technology and Shuen Der Industry (SDI) are both expected to see sales generated from the automotive sector climb substantially as a proportion...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
PC vendors eyeing Southeast Asia gaming market
PC and peripherals vendors have been aggressively expanding into the gaming markets of some Southeast Asia countries where e-sport has received much government support, with vendor...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Taiwan small- to mid-size panel shipments to decline in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels by Taiwan makers are expected to decline 11.6% sequentially and 28.5% on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to Digitimes Res...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Taiwan set to release 5G spectrum licenses by 2020
The government in Taiwan will complete the first-stage release of 5G spectrum licenses by 2020 at the latest to embrace global explosions of 5G applications and smartphone shipments,...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Taiwan large-size panel shipments to drop 8% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels by Taiwan-based makers (excluding Sharp) reached 62.38 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 3.7% sequentially,...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Taiwan backend firms gearing up for robust demand for COF packaging
Taiwan-based backend houses are expected to ramp up production capacity for chip-on-film (COF) packaging in the third quarter of 2019 to satisfy growing demand for smartphone panel...
Monday 18 February 2019
VIS to see revenues rebound in 2Q19
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to see its revenues rebound to sequential growth in the second quarter of 2019, as the visibility of its...
Monday 18 February 2019
Taiwan panel makers mostly see weak results in January
Panel makers in Taiwan have mostly reported weak results for January due to seasonality, but HannStar Display saw an almost 60% increase in sales for the month thanks to extra orders...
Monday 18 February 2019
Taiwan has advantages in smart medical care, says Acer founder
Besides IT and semiconductor industries, Taiwan has opportunities of developing another globally-competitive sector in smart medical care, according to Acer founder Stan Shih.
Monday 18 February 2019
Taiwan January export value down
Taiwan's export value totaled US$27.3 billion in January 2019, dropping 4.6% sequentially and 0.3% on year, while import value for the month reached US$26.39 billion, the third highest-ever...
Friday 15 February 2019
Huawei eyeing smartphone market crown in 2019
Huawei has set ambitious goals for its smartphone operations in 2019, aiming to unseat Samsung as the world's largest smartphone vendor, according to industry sources.
Friday 15 February 2019
Taiwan exploring niche satellite market
Taiwan will not engage in money-burning space competition with China but will step up tapping niche markets associated with the space industry chain, according to CL Lin, director...
Thursday 14 February 2019
Taiwan 4Q18 economic growth revised to 1.78%
Taiwan's economic growth rate for fourth-quarter 2018 has been revised to 1.78%, 0.02pp higher than 1.76% preliminarily estimated in late January 2019, according to the Directorate...