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Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2015
Taiwan-based LCD TV makers are seeing improving shipments. Among them, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will have the strongest shipment growth in the second half...
Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan science parks post January-June total revenues of over NT$1 trillion, says MOST
The three science parks developed and operated by Taiwan's government, Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), generated...
Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan market: BenQ to sponsor gaming event
Taiwan-based monitor brand vendor BenQ will sponsor the Capcom Pro Tour gaming event in Taiwan, which will be hosted starting August 22. The company's RL-series monitors will be the...
Friday 21 August 2015
Second-tier IC foundries face low utilization in 4Q15
Second-tier IC foundries will struggle to maintain their capacity utilization rates above 60% in the fourth quarter of 2015, due to disappointing demand for smartphones, tablets,...
Thursday 20 August 2015
China pushes for homegrown display driver IC industry
China is looking to build a homegrown panel-use driver IC industry in Hefei, China, which will likely threaten Taiwan's IC driver IC sector, according to industry sources.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$2.3 billion in January-July, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,068 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$2.310 billion in January-July 2015, increasing...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan July export order value down, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$36.29 billion in total in July 2015, decreasing 0.8% on month and 5% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: ITRI to display new On-Cell Touch AMOLED technology
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will display On-Cell Touch AMOLED technology in addition to new wearable display solutions at Touch Taiwan 2015.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular opens online store
Taiwan Star Cellular, a 4G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on August 20 announced the opening of its online store as an auxiliary retail channel to its retail chains.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan IP camera shipments top 2.33 million in 1H15, up 14.9% on year, says MIC
The global IP camera market is projected to grow in 2015, but two factors pushed down Taiwan IP camera makers' shipment performance in the first half of 2015. China players' aggressively...
Thursday 20 August 2015
China IC foundries, backend firms soliciting orders from Taiwan
China-based IC foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), and backend firms such as Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology...
Thursday 20 August 2015
AUO spends NT$1.57 billion to acquire LCD display manufacturing equipment
AUO has spent NT$1.57 billion (US$48.39 million) to acquire equipment for manufacturing LCD displays from Screen Finetech Solutions and ULVAC, according to a company filing with the...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: InFocus to launches 3 new smartphones
The US-based smartphone vendor InFocus plans to launch three new models, the M812, M808 and M370, in the Taiwan market on August 25. The three models feature a 5-, 5.2- and 5.5-inch...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: Innolux to showcase 8K displays
Innolux will display 8K 65-inch TV panels that feature 3D technology in addition to a variety of new Ultra HD (4K) displays at Touch Taiwan 2015.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom reaches 400,000 4G users
Asia Pacific Telecom has 400,000 subscribers of 4G mobile communication services, aiming to reach 700,000-800,000 by year-end 2015, according to company chairman Lu Fang-ming.