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Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan market: HTC Vive availability starting on July 12
Following its entry into the Japan market on July 7, High Tech Computer's (HTC) Vive will become available in Taiwan on July 12, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Foxconn to assemble Sharp products in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics plans to set up assembly lines in Taiwan to roll out Sharp's products for sale in the local market, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 5 July 2016
BeingNet Alliance establishes medical application wing
Acer founder Stan Shih on July 4 announced the establishment of a medical application net for BeingNet Alliance and has invited Taiwan's ex-premier Simon Chang to be the chairman...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan IT players see Apple demanding price cuts
With worldwide smartphone shipment growth slowing down, Apple has been cutting its existing upstream component suppliers' quotes and seeking new component suppliers to maintain its...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan International Fruit and Vegetable Show to highlight potential of local IT sector in helping spur agricultural innovation
In order to come together and propose complete and effective solutions in Asia's fine agriculture markets, Sphere Exhibits Pte. Ltd. is collaborating with Taiwan trade show organizer...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan June CPI up
Taiwan's June 2016 consumer price index (CPI) of 104.77 (2011 as base year) increased 0.34% on month and 0.90% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 85.45...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan IC design houses ramping orders at foundries
Foundries have seen their Taiwan-based fabless clients step up their pace of orders as they anticipate a seasonal pick-up in demand, according to industry sources.
Monday 4 July 2016
Korea market: Pantech reenters smartphone market, says report
Korea-based handset vendor Pantech has made a reentry into Korea's smartphone market launching a new model, the SKY IM-100, according to a Korea-based ET News report.
Monday 4 July 2016
Pegatron pushing new car electronics products for Europe, says paper
Pegatron Technology has entered into the car electronics business beginning July 1 with a new management team. Since the European Union (EU) recently set new policies for all new...
Monday 4 July 2016
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to set up LoRaWAN for IoT, says paper
Mobile telecom carrier Asia Pacific Telecom will deploy 500 LoRaWAN (low-power long-range wide area network) hot spots in Taipei City, New Taipei City and Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan,...
Friday 1 July 2016
Taiwan market: FET launches smart home solution
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has launched a smart home solution featuring an all-in-one terminal equipped with IP camera, temperature and humidity sensors to monitor conditions...
Friday 1 July 2016
TSMC discloses NT$4.4 billion worth of facility construction for Nanjing site
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has spent NT$4.4 billion (US$136.7 million) on factory building construction with China Construction First Division Group Construction...
Thursday 30 June 2016
ASE buys equipment from Teradyne
Packaging and testing company Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has purchased equipment from automated test equipment supplier Teradyne for a total of NT$625.95 million (US$19.37...
Thursday 30 June 2016
UMC orders equipment for Xiamen fab
United Microelectronics (UMC) has purchased NT$562.88 million (US$17.42 million) worth of equipment from ASML for its 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen, according to a company filing with...
Thursday 30 June 2016
Taiwan market: Acer launches new notebook, to boost share to 24% in 4Q16
Acer has unveiled its new notebook, the Aspire S13, for sale in the Taiwan market in the second half of 2016. The Aspire S13 features a 13.3-inch display, an Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU...