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Wednesday 21 September 2016
Inotera provides update on acquisition by Micron
Inotera Memories has provided an update on the progress of its share-swap deal with Micron Technology, under which the US firm will buy all the shares it does not own in the Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$6.6 billion in January-August
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,273 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$6.627 billion in January-August 2016, respectively decreasing...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
EMEA server spending decreases by 3.7% on year in 2Q16, says IDC
As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the second quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported a moderate on-year decline in vendor revenues of 3.7% to EUR3 billion (US$3.37...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
FET unveils first 5G lab in Taiwan
Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has unveiled the first 5G laboratory ever established in Taiwan through cooperation with Ericsson. The lab, which is also...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Taiwan Photon Source inaugurated
Taiwan's National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) on September 19 held a ceremony for starting operation of Taiwan Photon Source (TPS), a synchrotron radiation facility...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Nichia, Taiwan LED chips makers to start UV-C LED production
Japan-based Nichia will begin production of UV-C (ultraviolet with wavelength of below 280nm) LED products in fourth-quarter 2016, while Taiwan-based LED chip makers will do so by...
Wednesday 14 September 2016
Weblink will not see major strategy changes in next 3-6 months, says Acer Taiwan head
Commenting on brand partners' concerns over his succession as the head of Acer Taiwan at a distributor conference on August 13, new general manager Lin Chia-chang said that Weblink...
Wednesday 14 September 2016
Inspur starts price war for servers in Europe, say Taiwan makers
China-based server vendor Inspur Technologies has triggered price-cut competition for servers used in cloud data centers in Europe, looking to expand in Europe's cloud computing server...
Wednesday 14 September 2016
CWTC listed on Taiwan OTC
Chang Wah Technology (CWTC), which manufactures LED leadframe packaging materials, started trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market at an initial price of NT$102 (US$3.22)...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Entegris optimistic about equipment demand from Taiwan foundries
Taiwan-based IC foundries including TSMC and UMC will continue to build additional capacity and advance their technologies for a larger pie of the foundry space, which will further...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Focusing on silicon technologies will be the future road for Taiwan, says Stan Shih
Commenting on Taiwan IT industry's next step, Acer co-founder Stan Shih at a forum hosted by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on September 12, said the country...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Japan market: SoftBank to adopt massive MIMO for 4G networks
Japan-based mobile telecom carrier SoftBank will adopt massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) for 100 of its 4G base stations in 43 cities around Japan beginning September...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Taiwan fingerprint sensor suppliers set to post strong 3Q16
Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers including Egis Technology (Egistec), Elan Microelectronics and FocalTech Systems are set to post brisk sales for the third quarter of 2016...
Monday 12 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Touch Taiwan 2016 becomes main stage for Taiwan display panel makers
The exhibition at Touch Taiwan has been beyond touch panels and technology, for Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and...
Monday 12 September 2016
Acer Taiwan general manager appointment raises concern among IT vendors
Acer has appointed Lin Chia-chang, general manager of its subsidiary Weblink International, as general manager of Acer Taiwan and Lin will also continue to head Weblink. However,...