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Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan foundries to see 8-inch fabs run at full utilization till October
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Transportation vehicles are largest source of PM2.5 in Taiwan
Of PM2.5 (suspended particulate matter with diameters of 2.5-micron or below) in Taiwan, 34-43% are attributable to sources external to Taiwan. Transportation vehicles account for...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
General Energy Solutions sells PV station in Japan
General Energy Solutions (GES) has sold a PV station with installation capacity of 14.68MWp in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to a Canada-based clean energy company, according...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Micron responds to report of scrapped wafers at Taiwan fab
Micron Technology has issued a statement regarding recent reports about its fabrication facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Micron clarified that there was no nitrogen leaking incident nor...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Taiwan government plans to facilitate bank lending for offshore wind power projects
The Taiwan government, in view of local banks' conservative attitude towards offering loans for offshore wind power generation projects, plans to take measures to hike lending.
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Advantech to build maintenance center in Vietnam, says paper
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has been aggressively expanding into markets including Vietnam and South Korea, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Pegatron offers unsecured bonds to raise NT$7 billion in Taiwan
Pegatron Technology has announced details of its unsecured corporate bonds offering and will issue NT$7 billion (US$233.8 million) worth of bonds in the first phase each priced at...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Taiwan ODMs consider suspending ties with LeEco
Taiwan-based Compal Electronics is evaluating all possible situations in order to decide whether it will continue to cooperate with China-based LeEco amid the deterioration of its...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
About half of wafers produced at Micron Taiwan fab scrapped, says report
A Taiwan-based DRAM foundry owned by Micron Technology, which was formerly Inotera Memories, recently scrapped half of the wafers produced at its 12-inch fab due to problems associated...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
China smartphone vendors shifting panel orders away from Taiwan
With Taiwan-based panel makers experiencing tight production capacity for 18:9 all-screen panels, China-based smartphone vendors such as Vivo have shifted some orders to local panel...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Taiwan backend firms gearing up for robust demand for TDDI chips
Demand for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips is set to boom starting the third quarter of 2017 which will buoy sales at related backend companies including Chipbond...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Samsung begins mass production at new fab
Samsung Electronics announced its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) has begun mass production and shipping its first product to customers. The new facility...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Taiwan proposes 8-year infrastructure development program
The Taiwan government has proposed a tentative 8-year (2017-2024) Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program to create economic growth potential and accelerate industrial...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Global semiconductor sales increase 22.6% in May, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$31.9 billion for the month of May 2017, an increase of 22.6% compared to the May 2016 total of US$26 billion and 1.9% more than the April...
Monday 3 July 2017
IBM Taiwan names new general manager
IBM has appointed Lisa Kao as general manager for its Taiwan branch office, replacing Jennifer Hwang who is retiring at the end of July.