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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.
Monday 29 October 2018
Advantech to acquire Japan-based automation developer Omron Nohgata
Advantech has announced it will invest JPY1.84 billion (US$16.5 million) to acquire a total of 80% shareholding in Japan-based embedded PC maker Omron Nohgata, a subsidiary of Japan-based...
Monday 29 October 2018
Advantech announces strong profits for 3Q18
Advantech has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2018 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$12.36 billion (US$395.64 million), down 2.26% sequentially, but...
Monday 29 October 2018
LG reports 2.7% increase in 3Q18 revenues
LG Electronics has reported consolidated sales of KRW15.43 trillion (US$13.76 billion) and operating profit of KRW748.8 billion for the third quarter of 2018. Revenues were the highest...
Monday 29 October 2018
Cloud services to disrupt IC design process: Q&A with Microsoft Taiwan GM Ken Sun
At the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum held in early October, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced the launch of OIP Virtual Design Environment...
Friday 26 October 2018
Synnex cooperates with Ecovacs to promote smart cleaning robots in Taiwan
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on October 24 unveiled three Deebot series smart floor cleaning robots and a Glassbot series smart...
Thursday 25 October 2018
Inspection service firm Sporton posts EPS of NT$2.15 for 3Q18
Mobile device testing and certification service company Sporton International saw its net profits increase 4.7% on year to NT$199 million (US$6.42 million) in the third quarter of...
Thursday 25 October 2018
SK Hynix delivers another quarter of record revenues, profits
SK Hynix has reported net profits of KRW4.69 trillion (US$4.12 billion) on consolidated revenues of KRW11.42 trillion for the third quarter of 2018. Both hit record-high levels.