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Monday 20 May 2019
Huawei seeking capacity increases at Taiwan partners despite US ban
Huawei has reportedly promised not to cut its orders with Taiwan's upstream and downstream supply chain partners and also inquired about the possibility of increasing their production...
Monday 20 May 2019
Taiwan 1Q19 international Internet bandwidth over 2,979Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 12 countries/areas (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached total bandwidth of 2,979.743Gbps as of the end of first-quarter 2019, increasing...
Monday 20 May 2019
China PV module makers under pricing pressure at Intersolar Europe
China-based makers showcasing PV modules made of P-type and N-type high-efficiency solar cells at Intersolar Europe 2019 in Germany last week saw Europe-based potential buyers ask...
Monday 20 May 2019
Teco showcases products at Taiwan Expo 2019 in India
Teco Electric & Machinery exhibited several products at Taiwan Expo 2019 in India, an annual exhibition organized by government-sponsored Taiwan External Trade Development Council,...
Friday 17 May 2019
Taiwan AI supercomputer comes into trial operation
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has announced the beginning of trial operation of Taiwania 2, a domestically developed AI supercomputer, and the inauguration of Taiwan...
Friday 17 May 2019
Japan vendor reportedly seeking to sell automotive IGBT production lines
A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.
Friday 17 May 2019
Cloud enables Taiwan healthcare exports to Southeast Asia
The availability of quality medical resources is one of Taiwan's most powerful competitiveness, but how the resources can be better utilized to not only take care of the health of...
Friday 17 May 2019
First Taiwan offshore wind farm to be completed at end of 2019
Formosa 1 offshore wind farm with installation capacity of 128MW will be completed by year-end 2019, becoming the first of its kind in Asia, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Friday 17 May 2019
Huawei tightening ties with Taiwan IC supply chain
China's largest telecom equipment maker Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon are ambitiously proceeding with their vertical and horizontal deployments in diverse chip solutions...
Friday 17 May 2019
Asian Edge: Competition between Korea and Taiwan in semiconductor
Samsung has a far smaller share than TSMC in the wafer foundry sector, but Samsung's technologies built from its experience in memory and Exynos series AP production are as good as...
Thursday 16 May 2019
DIY market may shrink further due to US-China trade tensions
Motherboard makers have experienced sluggish demand coming from the PC DIY market, which is likely to shrink further as the US-China trade dispute escalates, according to industry...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
ABF substrate supply remains tight
The supply of ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) substrates has been tight, and will continue to fall short of demand in the second half of 2019, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Support from supply chain hub needed for moving production out of China, says Quanta chairman
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam, commenting on the US government's announcement of extending the 25% tariff to notebooks and smartphones imported from China, has pointed out that...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
PC vendors looking to raise prices in US, says paper
With the US having raised tariffs on China-imported products from 10% to 25%, some PC brand vendors including Asustek Computer are considering increasing product prices in the US...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
GlobalWafers says revenue growth forecast remains unchanged
GlobalWafers expects the US tariff increase on Chinese goods to have an insignificant impact on its performance this year, as the silicon wafer supplier will enjoy another year of...