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Tuesday 3 October 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches mid-tier Xperia XA1 Plus
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its new mid-tier model, Xperia XA1 Plus, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$11,900 (US$392) unlocked.
Monday 2 October 2017
IT component shortages could worsen during holidays
With components including DRAM and panels still in shortages, the long holidays in China, South Korea and Taiwan in October are expected to pose a great challenge to smartphone and...
Monday 2 October 2017
Commentary: Triple-win decision for TSMC to build 3nm wafer fab in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently decided to set up the world's first 3nm wafer fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) after gaining government...
Friday 29 September 2017
TSMC announces plan to build 3nm fab in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced that following careful evaluation, the company's planned advanced 3nm fab will be located in the Tainan Science Park...
Friday 29 September 2017
Taiwan unveils 4-year science, technology development plan
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has unveiled the 2017-2020 National Science and Technology Development Plan to boost digital economy development and use of smart...
Friday 29 September 2017
Partnerships that matter: Q&A with HMD Global CMO Pekka Rantala
HMD Global, which began to market Nokia-branded feature phones and smartphones through a license agreement with Nokia at the end of 2016, has further enriched its product portfolio...
Friday 29 September 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone vendors also eyeing entry-level, mid-tier segments
A number of smartphone vendors are gearing up efforts to promote entry-level and mid-tier models in the Taiwan market despite mounting competition brought upon by the availability...
Friday 29 September 2017
Diode maker Eris looks to revenue and profit growth in 2018
Taiwan-based Eris Technology, which specializes in the manufacture of rectifier diodes, expects to enjoy another year of revenue and profit growth in 2018, driven by robust orders...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Sumitomo and Gogoro announce partnership for electric scooter sharing service in Japan
Sumitomo and Taiwan-based electric scooter vendor Gogoro have announced a joint partnership to introduce the latter's Smartscooter for use in a sharing service that will launch in...
Thursday 28 September 2017
NAND flash to reach supply-demand balance in 2018, says DRAMeXchange
The global NAND flash market will shift away from undersupply and reach a supply-demand balance in 2018, when supply bit growth is forecast to reach 42.9%, according to DRAMeXchang...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
AI and smart speaker firms keen for Computex 2018, says TCA
Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has started the online registration process for exhibiting at Computex 2018 and a few hundred Taiwan firms, including those from emerging industries...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Aurora eyeing Taiwan educational 3D printing market
Aurora, a distributor of office automation machines and office furniture in Taiwan and China, will start offering 3D printing promotional services at its outlets around Taiwan for...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Winbond to break ground on new 12-inch fab in mid-2018
Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics, a manufacturer of specialty DRAM and NOR flash memory, expects to break ground on a new 12-inch wafer plant at the Kaohsiung Science Park (KSP),...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Smartphone sales in Taiwan remain sluggish in August
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market reached 589,000 units in August, decreasing 2.48% from the previous month as consumers were waiting for the release of new models from...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Samsung ready to mass produce MRAM chips using 28nm FD-SOI process
Samsung Foundry will soon be ready to enter mass production of magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) chips built using 28nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) process...