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Tuesday 23 June 2015
Taiwan sees decreased May export order value, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.79 billion in total in May 2015, decreasing 4.1% on month and 5.9% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Digitimes Research: 8K solutions to start appearing in 2018
Panel makers aim to tackle the 8K market starting 2018 when Japan will offer various channel transmissions in 8K, and the World Cup is held in Russia. Demand will continue to grow...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$1.7 billion in January-May, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,443 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.718 billion in January-May 2015, respectively...
Monday 22 June 2015
Taiwan ranks 3rd among China polysilicon suppliers in April
China imported 10,897 tons of solar-grade polysilicon in April 2015, with 1,851 tons (or 16.99%) coming from Taiwan, behind only the 3,785 tons from South Korea and 3,667 tons from...
Monday 22 June 2015
Catcher subsidiary to acquire equipment from China-based Jingdiao
Catcher Technology has announced that its subsidiary in Suqian, China has acquired equipment from China-based Beijing Jingdiao, according to a company's post on Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Monday 22 June 2015
Apple in-house developing TDDI solutions, say Taiwan chipmakers
Apple is internally developing touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions for its iPhones, according to sources in Taiwan's IC design industry.
Monday 22 June 2015
Taiwan market: Gogoro launches electric scooters starting at NT$128,000
Taiwan-based Gogoro on June 17 unveiled the Gogoro Smartscooter and Gogoro Plus for launch in the Taipei metropolitan area on July 25 at retail prices of NT$128,000 (US$4,129) and...
Monday 22 June 2015
Taiwan market: FET to offer smart home services in 2H15
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will provide smart home services based on its mobile communications networks through cooperation with other members of the Far Eastern Group in...
Monday 22 June 2015
Taiwan sees decreased May unemployment rate up, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 420,000 jobless citizens in May 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.62% which dropped 0.01pp on month and 0.23pp on year, according to statistics released by...
Thursday 18 June 2015
Commentary: What does rising China supply chain mean for Taiwan?
As the China government continues to pour money into fostering local supply chains in terms of capacity and technology, Taiwan makers are starting to feel the heat, and as a result...
Thursday 18 June 2015
PV modules shipped from Taiwan, Malaysia detained at Rotterdam seaport
1.5 million PV modules equivalent to 50MWp in total capacity, shipped from Taiwan and Malaysia have been detained at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, due to suspected circumvention...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
IC manufacturers close or repurpose 83 wafer fabs from 2009-2014, says IC Insights
Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older capacity in order to produce devices more cost-effectively on larger wafers...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
A leading Taiwan IC fabless crafts versatile RF technology: Interview with Peter Chen, product marketing manager of AMICCOM
We are constantly bombarded with electromagnetic waves of all kinds of radio frequencies (RF), many of them have been encoded with specific information, whether it is a voice, a tone,...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Taiwan market: Asustek to launch high-spec version ZenFone 2
Asustek Computer plans to launch the flagship model of its ZenFone 2 series with 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM priced at NT$11,990 (US$388) in the Taiwan market on June 18, according to a...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 5DS, 5DSR
Canon on June 16 unveiled two 50.6-megapixel DSLR camera models, the EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R, for immediately launch in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$103,900...