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Wednesday 12 July 2017
Ericsson Taiwan: Taiwan makers keen to 5G technology
Telecom operators around the globe, including Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), are positive about building their 5G networks, driven by...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Taiwan IC design houses gearing up for high speed transmissions
With high speed transmissions becoming an important spec for electronics devices, Taiwan-based IC design houses including ASMedia, Parade Technologies, Weltrend, On-Bright, Etron...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Chip demand for TVs and STBs picking up
Chip demand for LCD TVs and set-top boxes (STB) has started to pick up recently as device manufacturers are gearing up for their peak season, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Global semiconductor equipment sales set to reach record high in 2017, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 19.8% to total US$49.4 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Taiwan makers lag behind in polycrystalline black silicon solar cell production
Taiwan-based solar cell makers is lagging behind their China-based peers in adjusting manufacturing process to produce polycrystalline black silicon models, according to industry...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers focus on automotive applications at LED Expo Taiwan
At LED Expo held in Taipei last month, Taiwan-based LED and laser diode makers demonstrated a strong focus on automotive applications.
Wednesday 12 July 2017
NVIDIA to assist Taiwan server ODMs to develop GPU-powered datacenter products
Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown to become more mature due to aggressive development by related players over the past few years and is now able to support more applications...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Broadcom to slash workforce in Taiwan
Broadcom is set to cut its workforce in Taiwan by over 90% at the end of August, according to industry sources. The speculation has drawn the attention of several chipmakers such...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Global Unichip opens new Korea office
Taiwan-based Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC design house, has announced the establishment of its new office in Seoul. The move is to enhance both technical and business customer su...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Parpro sees surging June revenues
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Parpro saw its June consolidated revenues grow 235.9% on month and 131.38% on year to reach NT$643 million (US$21.48 million), while consolidated...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Taiwan market: Top-3 telecom companies post higher than expected earnings for 1H17
Taiwan's top-three telecom operators, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), all posted higher-than-expected earnings in the first half...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Micron resumes DRAM production at Taiwan plant
Micron has reiterated that DRAM chip production at its Taoyuan, Taiwan site, where there was a minor facility related event on July 1, has already resumed.
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Advantech sees growing June revenues thanks to contribution from Northeast Asia and emerging markets
Advantech has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.37 billion (US$145.96 million) for June, growing 19% from May's NT$3.67 billion and 12.34% from June 2016's NT$3.89 billion,...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Asustek 2Q17 revenues drop
Asustek Computer's June consolidated revenues reached NT$38.9 billion (US$1.3 billion), up 24% on month but down 8% on year. The company's revenues in the second quarter of 2017 also...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
China graphics card vendors eyeing cryptocurrency business opportunity
The growing cryptocurrency market has created shortages of AMD-based graphics cards and tight supply of Nvidia's GPUs. But Taiwan- and China-based graphics card players are taking...