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Thursday 14 February 2019
Taiwan silicon wafer firms post mixed January results
GlobalWafers has disclosed revenues for January 2019 hit the third highest monthly levels in the company's history, while Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) saw its January revenues slip...
Thursday 14 February 2019
Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...
Thursday 14 February 2019
Tourism Bureau promotes smart travel to enrich Taiwan travel experience
Taiwan received 11 million visitors in 2018 and the number of tourism businesses has grown 21% over the past three years, indicating tourism in Taiwan is booming. With do-it-yourself...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Taiwan cryptocurrency mining supply chain to see sales drop in 1Q19
Taiwan-based graphics card players, Nvidia and semiconductor players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Global Unichip and Faraday Technology are expected...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
PERC mono-Si solar cell tight supply to remain
Supply of PERC mono-Si solar cells in Taiwan and China has been tight since early January 2019, and the tight supply is expected to remain until the end of March and April respectively...
Friday 1 February 2019
Taiwan Mobile appoints new president
Taiwan Mobile has named Jamie Lin, co-founder of AppWorks Venture, as its new president, with the appointment to take effect on April 1.
Friday 1 February 2019
India solar cell makers interested in buying used equipment from China, Taiwan
India's solar cell makers are interested in acquiring second-hand equipment from China- and Taiwan-based fellow makers, according to industry sources.
Friday 1 February 2019
Quanta chair issues prescriptions for AI healthcare development in Taiwan
AI applications can usher in brand-new values for Taiwan's medical sector, given the growing integration of health insurance data and technological resources and improving relationships...
Friday 1 February 2019
Taiwan 4Q18 economic growth hits 10-quarter low
Taiwan's economic growth rate for fourth-quarter 2018 is estimated at 1.76%, lower than the 2.02% forecast in November 2018 and hitting the lowest since third-quarter 2016, according...
Friday 1 February 2019
Winbond capacity expansion remains on track
Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics has said plans to build a new 12-inch wafer plant in southern Taiwan are still on track despite some near-term headwin...
Thursday 31 January 2019
Taiwan inaugurates integrated semiconductor research body
The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TRSI) was inaugurated on January 30 under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), marking the world's only national tech...
Wednesday 30 January 2019
US-China tariff war casting clouds over global trade, says Taiwan trade chief
The US-China trade war has cast clouds over global trade, and Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) will take it seriously and adopt necessary countermeasures, according to JN Yang,...
Wednesday 30 January 2019
TSMC advanced-node chip lead-time shortened
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen the delivery time for chips produced on its advanced node processes reduced to less than two months compared with over three...
Wednesday 30 January 2019
Taiwan Flexible Electronics Committee under SEMI-FlexTech inaugurated
The Taiwan Flexible Electronics Committee under the SEMI-FlexTech has been set up recently, with ASE Technology vice president YY Yeh elected as its chairman.
Tuesday 29 January 2019
Diode maker Actron to expand capacity for automotive IGBT
Diode maker Actron Technology will start constructing a new plant dedicated to producing automotive insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan around mid-2019...