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Monday 8 August 2016
Taiwan July CPI up, says DGBAS
Taiwan's July 2016 consumer price index (CPI) of 105.02 (2011 as base year) increased 0.22% on month and 1.23% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 84.87...
Monday 8 August 2016
AUO to combine wholly-owned subsidiary Taiwan CFI
AU Optronics (AUO) will merge with Taiwan CFI, a color filter subsidiary, on October 1, 2016, according to AUO.
Friday 5 August 2016
Nintendo to start production of NX in early 4Q16, say Taiwan makers
Nintendo will start trial production of its next-generation console, the NX, in the third quarter of 2016 and start volume production in early fourth quarter, about one quarter ahead...
Friday 5 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 19 million LCD monitors in 2Q16
Taiwan-based makers shipped 19.629 million LCD monitors in the second quarter of 2016, increasing 1.2% on quarter but decreasing 4.1% on year, with the shipment volume accounting...
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Sigfox hopes to cooperate with Taiwan makers
Sigfox, a France-based developer of low-power long-range wireless communication technology specifically for IoT, hopes to cooperate with Taiwan-based semiconductor and device makers...
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments total 607,000 units in June
Shipments of smartphones totaled 607,000 units in the Taiwan market in June 2016, down from the 641,000 units shipped in the previous month and 640,000 units shipped a year earlier,...
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Windows 10 new project to benefit Taiwan supply chain, says paper
In addition to releasing an update for its Windows 10, Microsoft is also planning to partner with upstream suppliers to provide enterprises with Windows 10 for a licensing fee of...
Monday 1 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship 58.38 million large-size panels in 2Q16
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers shipped 58.38 million large-size (9-inch and above) panels in the second quarter of 2016, growing 18.1% on quarter and 0.8% on year, according to...
Monday 1 August 2016
TSMC capex hike to prompt capacity ramps by foundry houses in Taiwan and China
Many wafer foundry houses in Taiwan and China are expected to join the race to ramp capacity after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced recently that it will...
Friday 29 July 2016
Taiwan 2Q16 economic growth estimated at 0.69%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's GDP growth for second-quarter 2016 is estimated at 0.69%, upward adjusted by 0.21 pp from the forecast made in May 2016, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting...
Friday 29 July 2016
Taiwan market: Flagship smartphones unable to boost 4G subscriptions, says TWM president
New flagship smartphones, including Apple's upcoming iPhone, are not expected to boost the number of 4G subscribers in Taiwan's telecom market in second-half 2016 because demand for...
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships nearly 8.5 million LCD TVs in 2Q16
Taiwan-based makers shipped 8.448 million LCD TVs in the second quarter of 2016, increasing 14.9% on quarter and 6.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Taiwan to be flexible in allocating frequency band for IoT, says minister
The Taiwan government, specifically for IoT application, will allocate frequency band units based on flexibility and application-oriented considerations, according to minister of...
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships over 269 million small- to medium-size panels in 2Q16
Taiwan-based makers shipped 269.249 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels during the second quarter of 2016, slipping 0.5% on quarter and 6.3% on year, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Pepper enters Taiwan service market
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has started selling its Pepper robot in Taiwan via its subsidiary and will initially focus on the B2B market mainly. Several Taiwan-based...