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Wednesday 13 April 2016
Taiwan market: Oppo to launch R9
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo will launch the R9, an Android 5.1 selfie smartphone, in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of NT$14,990 (US$460) on May 1.
Wednesday 13 April 2016
Taiwan forms IoT alliance
Taiwan-based enterprises and research/academic organizations on April 12 announced the formation of the Asia IoT Alliance (AIoTA) in an attempt to promote IoT applications across...
Tuesday 12 April 2016
HTC partners with Microsoft and GameStop to establish experience centers
HTC has been seeking partnerships for its Vive virtual reality device and in addition to cooperation with car vendors Audi and BMW, HTC has also partnered with Microsoft and GameStop...
Tuesday 12 April 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$2 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased engineering and facility equipment from Applied Materials, Fu Tsu Construction and Tokyo Electron for a total of about...
Tuesday 12 April 2016
Taiwan fingerprint sensor suppliers start shipments to China, Korea smartphone vendors
Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers have started shipping products to China- and Korea-based smartphone vendors, according to sources at Taiwan-based foundries.
Monday 11 April 2016
Taiwan March export value up on month, down on year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.72 billion for March 2016, increasing 27.8% on month but decreasing 11.4% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$18.22...
Monday 11 April 2016
GCL-Poly slightly lower solar wafer quotes for Taiwan cell makers
China-based poly-Si solar wafer maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has lowered quotes for Taiwan-based solar cell makers to an average US$0.87 per wafer from the March level of US$0.88,...
Friday 8 April 2016
Taiwan market: iPhone SE launches
Apple on April 7 launched the 4-inch iPhone SE in the Taiwan market, with a 16GB version for sale at NT$15,500 (US$473) and 64GB model at NT$19,500, according to sources from the...
Friday 8 April 2016
LTPS is common platform for TFT-LCD, OLED, says Japan Display CTO
While TFT-LCD technology and OLED technology have respective advantages in production cost and application, LTPS (low-temperature poly-Si) technology provides back panels for each...
Friday 8 April 2016
Taiwan solar cell makers shift to higher efficiency models for shipments to China
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, in view of price-cut competition for polycrystalline solar cells with energy conversion rates of 17.8-18.0%, have increased production...
Thursday 7 April 2016
Japan Display seeking panel orders for notebooks, tablets and 2-in-1s
Japan Display has had its sales team solicit panel orders from Lenovo, Huawei Technologies and Asustek Computer for notebook, tablet and 2-in-1s , according to Taiwan-based supply...
Thursday 7 April 2016
TSMT reports March revenues decrease
Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), an LCD surface-mount technology (SMT) production solutions provider, has announced consolidated revenues for March 2016 decreased 10.5%...
Thursday 7 April 2016
Europe becoming new battlefield for datacenter server players
Datacenter server competition has recently expanded from North America to Europe and players including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Quanta Computer and Wistron's server subsidiary, Wiwynn,...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Global server shipments grow 9.8% in 2015
Taiwan server players' revenues from products including server motherboards, servers, storage and related network equipment, continued to enjoy growth on year to surpass NT$500 billion...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Socionext Taiwan Inc. established April 1 to develop cloud, IoT and 8K imaging applications across the world from Taiwan
Leading Japanese SoC (System-on-Chip) company Socionext Inc. was established in March 2015. Socionext Taiwan Inc. has been established in Taiwan on April 1, 2016. Socionext Inc. was...