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Thursday 31 December 2015
Korea makers prepping US$12.8 billion in OLED equipment investments for Apple, says report
Apple is about to finalize agreements with Samsung Display and LG Display regarding OLED panel supply. The two panel makers are estimated to invest a combined US$12.8 billion in production...
Wednesday 30 December 2015
Taiwan market: Acer desktop, notebook, tablet shipments to fall in 2015
The Taiwan market will see desktop PC shipments decrease 20% on year in 2015, consisting of a decline of 30% for brand vendors and 10% for white-box vendors, according to Towny Huang,...
Wednesday 30 December 2015
Taiwan, Malaysia violators in EU probe take up 9%, 7% of PV modules used in Europe
Taiwan- and Malaysia-produced PV modules found to have circumvented minimum import pricing set by the EU account for 7% and 9% respectively of the modules used in Europe, according...
Wednesday 30 December 2015
Global DIY motherboard shipments in 2015 to fall 21.7%, say Taiwan makers
There will be an estimated 54 million DIY motherboards shipped globally in 2015, decreasing 21.7% on year, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Wednesday 30 December 2015
Taiwan IC design houses gearing up for IoT boom
Brisk orders for IoT-related products are expected to boost the performance of several Taiwan-based IC design houses specializing in MCUs, power management ICs and wireless transmission...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
iPhone shipments from production lines in 4Q15 to be 5-10% short of original expectations, say Taiwan makers
As demand for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus appear to have slowed down recently, shipments of iPhone devices from production lines in the fourth quarter of 2015 are likely to be 5-10%...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
Taiwan market: Visa, E.Sun Bank to cooperate to offer HCE mobile payment services
Visa and E.Sun Bank are cooperating to offer smartphone-based HCE (host card emulation), a software architecture that provides virtual representations of various electronic identity...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
Taiwan market: Gogoro sees increasing electric scooter sales
Gogoro has sold nearly 1,000 electric scooters in Taiwan in December, the highest monthly record since it was founded, and the company is now planning to add another 21 battery exchange...
Monday 28 December 2015
21 makers passing EU anti-circumvention probe account for 90% of Taiwan's PV exports to Europe
The European Commission under the European Union (EU) has announced that 21 Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers and PV module makers have passed its anti-circumvention...
Monday 28 December 2015
Taiwan market: Handset sales down slightly in November
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 765,000 units in November, down slightly from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Smartphones currently...
Monday 28 December 2015
Taiwan records January-September solar cell production value of NT$68.9 billion, says MOEA
Taiwan-based makers generated total production value of NT$68.9 billion (US$2.10 billion) from crystalline silicon solar cells during January-September 2015, decreasing 9.3% on year,...
Friday 25 December 2015
Taiwan market: Xiaomi ships over 600,000 smart bracelets in first nine months of 2015
Xiaomi Technology shipped over 600,000 units of its smart Mi Band in the Taiwan market during the January-September period of 2015, according to the company.
Friday 25 December 2015
NTU research team discovers optoelectronic application for molybdenum disulfide
A research team under the National Taiwan University (NTU) has discovered an optoelectronic application for molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a 2-dimensional semiconductor material, according...
Friday 25 December 2015
Taiwan market: Notebook, consumer electronics sales to remain flat in 2016, says Apple device dealer
Sales of consumer electronics, computer and communication devices in the Taiwan market are expected to remain flat in 2016 as compared to a year earlier, according to Andy Tu, president...
Friday 25 December 2015
Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top notebook vendor during January-October period
Asustek Computer ranked as the number one notebook vendor with a 54% share in Taiwan's notebook market in the first 10 months of 2015, according to sources from the local retail ch...