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Tuesday 27 February 2018
NSP sets up rooftop PV system consisting of double-glass, double-side modules in Taiwan
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has disclosed it has completed a rooftop PV system consisting of 6,500 in-house-developed Glory BiFi PV modules at Ministry of Labor buildings...
Monday 26 February 2018
Taiwan LCD driver IC makers diversifying product lines
Taiwan LCD driver IC designers are aggressively diversifying their product lines to counter the declining presence of domestic TFT LCD panel makers in the global market, and will...
Monday 26 February 2018
ThroughTek advances to Barcelona MWC Show headlining at Taiwan Pavilion
Leveraging Taiwan's IT industry forces, the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs invited nine vendors from various IT fields, including ThroughTek, Chunghwa Telecom,...
Monday 26 February 2018
Taiwan makers to see handset shipments fall 30% in 1Q18, Digitimes Research says
After scoring a sequential gain in the fourth quarter of 2017, Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to see their combined shipments drop by 30% sequentially in the first...
Friday 23 February 2018
Samsung breaks ground on new EUV line in Hwaseong
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has broken ground on a new EUV (extreme ultraviolet) line in Hwaseong, Korea, aiming to maintain its leadership in state-of-the-art semiconductor...
Friday 23 February 2018
Wind power is practical in Taiwan, says energy authority
The Bureau of Energy has dismissed skepticism about the practicality of wind power in Taiwan where capacity factor in the summer is estimated at very low levels by some critics.
Friday 23 February 2018
Taiwan January foreign direct investment reaches US$365 million
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has revealed it approved 292 foreign direct investment projects (excluding those from China) totaling US$365.49 million in January 2018,...
Thursday 22 February 2018
Taiwan hardware makers see growing opportunities from booming datacenter segment
The ongoing investment spree on datacenter infrastructure will boost shipments of Taiwan-based white-box server and related hardware makers during 2018, according to industry sourc...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Taiwan LCD TVs – 4Q 2017
Asia overtook North America to become Taiwan LCD TV suppliers' largest market in the fourth quarter of 2017, as a result of dramatic increases in shipments to China of Foxconn-made...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Yaskawa Electric to set up base at CTSP
Japan-based Yaskawa Electric will set up a production, technological service and exhibition center for smart industrial robots at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), with construction...
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Taiwan LED firms face pressure from China competitors in automotive lighting
Taiwan-based LED packaging service providers face increasing pressure from China competitors for automotive lighting orders from China's automakers and after-market.
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Taiwan tech startups present innovative AIoT solutions
AI (artificial intelligence) is deemed as the last integral part of the IoT (Internet of Things) architecture, and the integration of AI and IoT can generate brand new AIoT business...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Taiwan moving to set up national AI research network
The Taiwan government will move to implement five action plans in line with eight major international AI (artificial intelligence) development trends to turn Taiwan into one of the...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Taiwan small- to medium-size panel shipments steady in 4Q17, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels dropped by a lower-than-expected 1.1% sequentially to 314 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, as AU Optronics (AUO)...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Taiwan IC backend production value to rise 4-5% in 2018, says IEK
The production value of Taiwan's IC packaging and testing industry sector is expected to increase 4-5% in 2018, according to the government-funded Industrial Economics and Knowledge...