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Tuesday 30 May 2017
Taiwan players expect AI to benefit PC hardware supply chain
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robots are both hot topics for Computex 2017 and will become focuses for the IT industry for the next several years. Taiwan's PC and server supply...
Tuesday 30 May 2017
The enterprise platform revolution of 2017: An opportunity for Taiwan vendors to take the lead
With all the overcooked buzz about mobility, IoT and other consumer-oriented market speak, it is easy to forget the less sexy, but far more profitable and strategically important...
Tuesday 30 May 2017
Welcome to Computex 2017: New friends, renewed rivalries
After several years where players in a post-mature PC industry have been more concerned about making sure they clear out inventory rather than consistently introducing new innovations...
Friday 26 May 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments decline sharply in April
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 543,000 units in April, down nearly 10% from the previous month and 20% from a year earlier period, according to data compiled...
Thursday 25 May 2017
E Ink, Japan Display co-develop LTPS e-paper
E Ink Holdings (EIH) has revealed it has developed e-paper displays based on LTPS backplanes provided by Japan Display. Such e-paper displays have resolutions of 400ppi (pixels per...
Wednesday 24 May 2017
Taiwan market: Samsung Pay launched
Samsung Electronics formally launched Samsung Pay on May 23 in Taiwan after a three-week trial operation of the smartphone-based e-payment services in cooperation with seven local...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Taiwan April manufacturing production index down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 104.11 for April 2017, decreasing 10.02% on month but increasing 0.79% on year, according to statistics released...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Taiwan market: Alliance Digital Tech to boost mobile e-payment services
Alliance Digital Tech, a TSM (trusted service management) company jointly established by five local mobile telecom carriers and EasyCard Corp., will promote mobile e-payment services...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
China outpaces Taiwan in IC design, backend industry output value
The output value of both China's IC design and backend industry sectors has already outpaced that of their counterparts in Taiwan. According to the China Semiconductor Industry Association...
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Taiwan market: FET offers rental online consulting services
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has teamed up with Soluto to launch online consulting services regarding use of handsets and connected consumer electronics for its subscribers,...
Monday 22 May 2017
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of US$1.462 billion in January-April, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 991 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.462 billion in January-April 2017, respectively...
Monday 22 May 2017
Taiwan April export order value down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.61 billion in total in April 2017, decreasing 13.4% on month but increasing 7.4% on year which was on-year growth for the ninth consecutive...
Monday 22 May 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship nearly 21 million handsets in 2Q17
Taiwan-based ODMs, OBMs (own-brand manufacturers) and JDM (joint-design manufacturers), but not including OEMs (such as for the iPhone), will together ship 20.92 million smartphones...
Monday 22 May 2017
Taiwan April unemployment rate down
Taiwan had 432,000 jobless citizens in April 2017, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.67% which dropped 0.11pp sequentially and 0.19pp on year, according to the Directorate-General...
Monday 22 May 2017
Northland Power, Yushan Energy jointly propose offshore wind farm project in Taiwan
Canada-based Northland Power and Singapore-based Yushan Energy have jointly proposed a project to establish wind power-generating facilities some 50km off Taiwan's west coast, according...