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Friday 23 December 2016
Foundries 10nm yield rates lower-than-expected
Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) and Samsung's 10nm processes have reached lower-than-expected yield rates, according to industry sources.
Friday 23 December 2016
Taiwan market: Kingwaytek Technology launches 4G-based in-car IoV device
Digital map provider Kingwaytek Technology on December 22 launched an in-car IoV (Internet of Vehicles) device based on 4G in the Taiwan market. The device features navigation functions,...
Thursday 22 December 2016
Lenovo lands datacenter server orders from TSMC with help from Compal
Lenovo is cooperating with Compal Electronics to land orders from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for datacenter servers with orders reportedly lasting through July...
Thursday 22 December 2016
Taiwan November unemployment rate down on month, year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 455,000 jobless citizens in November 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.87% which dropped 0.08 percentage point on month and 0.04 percentage point on year, according...
Thursday 22 December 2016
Taiwan market: Asustek officially launches Zenbo home service robots
Asustek Computer has officially launched its home service robot, the Zenbo, in the Taiwan market. The company will begin to take the first round of pre-orders for the robots on January...
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Dell leads in Windows Hello biometric security solutions, say Taiwan makers
Among vendors of business-use notebooks, tablets and 2-in-1 hybrid models, Dell has leadership in adopting Windows Hello, Microsoft's new biometric security system built into Windows...
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Taiwan sees increased November export order value, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$43.62 billion in total in November 2016, increasing 2.2% on month and 7.0% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to reach 8-8.5 million units in 2017
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market in 2017 are expected to be flat on year, totaling about at 8-8.5 million units, according to sources from local retail channels.
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Prize-winning: Raiden series triumphs in Taiwan Excellence Awards 2017
Raiden series by AVEXIR Technologies Corp. was awarded with Taiwan Excellence Awards 2017. "Taiwan Excellence Award" is based on five key indicators: R&D, Design, Quality,...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan foreign direct investment tops US$10.6 billion in January-November, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,093 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$10.634 billion in January-November 2016,...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Digitimes Research: MVNOs growing fast in Japan, may face mergers due to price competition
MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) services have seen fast growing demand in Japan mainly due to the government asking mobile telecom carriers to unlock SIM cards and stop offering...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan Mobile to reduce capex for 2017
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) expects its capex for 2017 to be significantly lower than the amount it spent in 2016 due to decreased spending on establishing network infrastructure, according...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile, Samsung to launch mobile e-payment services
Mobile electronic payment (e-payment) services will gain a boost in the Taiwan market in 2017 as Sony Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics will launch related services soon,...
Friday 16 December 2016
NTU and NTHU achieve breakthrough in near IR OLED
An joint R&D team from National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has synthesized a platinum complex compound that can form a linear array able...
Friday 16 December 2016
Foxconn to benefit from education procurement orders in Japan, says paper
Sharp is planning to release four new electronic dictionaries in January 2017, targeting mainly the Japan market. The project is codenamed Brain and the four products will feature...