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Thursday 3 September 2015
ASE chairman urges Taiwan companies to unite to face challenges from China supply chain
Taiwan-based companies should work together to confront the challenges posed by the rise of China's IT supply chain, according to Jason Chang, chairman for Advanced Semiconductor...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales to remain weak in 3Q15
Sales of smartphones in the Taiwan market remain weak in the third quarter of 2015 due to the maturing local market and slower than expected back-to-school demand, according to sources...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Holland High Tech Pavilion at SEMICON Taiwan 2015
The Netherlands Trade & Investment Office (NTIO), the Dutch representation in Taiwan, organizes together with the Dutch High Tech industry for the third time in a row the Holland...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
SEMICON Taiwan 2015: Inspiring the next big idea
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, SEMICON Taiwan 2015 (September 2-4) highlights opportunity, innovation, and sustainability to inspire the next big idea. SEMICON Taiwan 2015 will...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
III sets up IoT intelligent commerce SIG to promote smart e-commerce in Taiwan
The Taiwan government-sponsored Institute for Information Industry (III) has announced the establishment of the IoT (Internet of Things) Intelligent Commerce SIG (special interest...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
SEMICON Taiwan 2015: Inotera, Applied and HMI positive about semi industry outlook
Inotera Memories, Applied Materials and Hermes Microvision (HMI) are all positive about the prospects of the global semiconductor industry although they have different views about...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Taiwan PCB production to edge up marginally in 2015
The production value of Taiwan's PCB industry will edge up 1.46% on year to NT$571.3 billion (US$17.59 billion) in 2015, affected by a slowdown in demand for PCs, smartphones and...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Acer and Asustek looking to raise notebook prices in Taiwan, says paper
Acer is planning to raise pricing of its new PC by 4.5-5% in Taiwan in September as the NT dollar has been depreciating over the past few weeks. Asustek Computer is also planning...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
South Korea market: SK Telecom to launch Luna produced by FIH Mobile
Korea-based SK Telecom will start marketing a smartphone with high specifications but a low price tag, the Luna, in the Korea market on September 4, according to a Korea-based Yonhap...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Sony Mobile Taiwan looking to acquire 20% market share with new wearables
Sony Mobile Taiwan is looking to expand promotions for its wearable devices in Taiwan and will treat Internet of things (IoT) and smart wearable device as the future development focus...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
HTC to lay off 600 employees working in Taiwan
HTC will lay off 600 employees working in Taiwan, with the layoff to take effective at the end of October 2015. The layoff is part of its plan to reduce up to 15% of its workforce...
Monday 31 August 2015
Japan sees decreased 2Q15 PV module shipments, says JPEA
Makers in Japan shipped 1,737.6MWp of PV modules in total during the second quarter of 2015, decreasing 39% on quarter and 13% on year, according to Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association...
Monday 31 August 2015
Japan market: HTC to beef up marketing of SIM-free smartphones
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC expects demand for contract-free (SIM-free) smartphones in the Japan market to take off after the Japan government allowed sales of such smartphones...
Monday 31 August 2015
Taiwan IC design houses see order visibility continue improving
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their order visibility continue improving recently, which will allow them to meet their sales targets set for the third quarter of 2015, according...
Monday 31 August 2015
Advantech, Panasonic, Aurotek cooperate to boost Industry 4.0 in Taiwan
Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based industrial computing device maker, Panasonic and Aurotek, a Taiwan sales agent for automation components produced by Advantech and Panasonic, have...