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Friday 7 December 2018
TSMC to build new 8-inch fab capacity
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has disclosed plans to build a new 8-inch wafer fab at its manufacturing site in Tainan, southern Taiwan to satisfy robust customer...
Friday 7 December 2018
Taiwan memory module firms land orders transferred from China
Taiwan-based memory module makers have started landing orders transferred from their fellow China-based firms since September, according to industry sources.
Thursday 6 December 2018
Synergy ScienTech listed on TWSE
Li-ion battery and Li-ion polymer battery maker Synergy ScienTech was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) at an initial price of NT$18 (US$0.58) per share on December 5, according...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Brinno acquires procurement orders for time-lapse surveillance cameras from Japan
Time-lapse camera maker Brinno has secured procurement of MAC series time-lapse surveillance cameras used in outdoor security monitoring from the governments of Fukushima and Aichi...
Thursday 6 December 2018
CCL firm Ventec approved for listing on TWSE mainboard
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) has approved the listing application of copper clad laminate (CCL) supplier Ventec International, which expects to start trading on the TWSE mainboard...
Thursday 6 December 2018
GMT to launch tender offer for AAT
Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, has announced plans to launch a tender offer for fellow company Advanced Analog...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Seiko Epson unveils continuous ink inkjet printers in Taiwan
Seiko Epson has unveiled three continuous ink inkjet MFPs, Epson L5190, L5196 and L3116, and a continuous ink inkjet printer, Epson L1110, in Taiwan.
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Mobvoi unveils smartwatches in Taiwan
China-based AI start-up Mobvoi has unveiled two smartwatches, TicWatch Pro and TicWatch C2, for sale in Taiwan at recommended retail prices of NT$7,790 (US$253) and NT$6,290 respec...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
PV makers disappointed by Taiwan proposed FIT cuts
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has set tentative feed-in tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy for 2019, with major cuts for PV power generation. The reduced rates are...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
China unlikely to give up on homegrown memory firms despite Korea DRAM dominance
South Korea's dominance in the manufacture of DRAM memory seems solid, given that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together control three quarters of the global DRAM market, but China,...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Taiwan ODMs continue moving production out of China despite trade-war truce
Though the US and China have agreed a 90-day suspension on new tariffs, Taiwan-based ODMs are still being pushed by their brand clients to establish production capacity outside of...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Global semiconductor sales increase in October, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$41.8 billion for the month of October 2018, up 12.7% compared to year-ago levels and 1% sequentially, according to the Semiconductor Industry...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Quanta, Wiwynn see no impact from Intel CPU shortages on cloud server market
Although PC sales in the second half of 2018 have been seriously undermined by Intel's CPU shortages, the cloud computing server market has been little affected, with Quanta Computer...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Taiwan High Speed Rail launches buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer for overseas tourists
To encourage more overseas tourists to visit Taiwan, the Tourism Bureau, MOTC, has also been encouraging visitors to explore central and southern Taiwan's new tourist attractions...
Monday 3 December 2018
Taiwan 3Q18 economic growth estimated at 2.27%
Taiwan's economic growth rate for third-quarter 2018 is estimated at 2.27%, 0.09pp lower than 2.36% forecast in August 2018, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting...