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Monday 2 July 2018
Formosa Sun Energy unveils rooftop PV systems in northern Taiwan
Solar cell maker TSEC has disclosed Formosa Sun Energy, its subsidiary which undertaks PV power generation projects, has inaugurated rooftop PV systems established at buildings of...
Monday 2 July 2018
Taiwan science parks record revenues of over NT$794 billion for January-April 2018, says MOST
Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$794.733 billion (US$26.38 billion)...
Friday 29 June 2018
Taiwan kicks off NT$4 billion semiconductor project to foster AI chip talent
A total of 20 out of 45 academic applicants have been selected to join the four-year Semiconductor Moonshot Project hosted by Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), which...
Friday 29 June 2018
Taiwan needs internationalized talent, says Wretch Chien, AME Cloud Venture principal
Wretch Chien, principal of AME Cloud Venture, was himself an entrepreneur when he founded a community website Wretch.cc in Taiwan. Since then his career has taken several turns, taking...
Friday 29 June 2018
UMC in trading halt pending announcement
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has entered a trading halt today (June 29), pending the release of material information, according to a company filing with the Taiwan...
Friday 29 June 2018
China semi capex to be larger than Europe and Japan combined in 2018, says IC Insights
IC Insights has forecast that China-headquartered companies will spend US$11.0 billion in semiconductor industry capex in 2018, which would represent 10.6% of the expected worldwide...
Thursday 28 June 2018
Wafer Works kicks off 8-inch wafer manufacturing at new China plant
Wafer Works has recently commenced production at its new plant in Zhengzhou, China dedicated to producing 8-inch wafers, according to company chairman Pat Chiao.
Thursday 28 June 2018
Taiwan firm sets up health examination matching platform
In an effort to better serve both the supply and demand sides involved in health examination, Taiwan-based Medicrowd Smarthealth has recently set up a medical service platform to facilitate...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Adlink IIoT gateway devices used by Michelin, SoftBank in Japan
Adlink Technology, a major Taiwan supplier of building blocks and intelligent platforms for edge computing, has recently announced that its newly developed IIoT (industrial IoT) gateway...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
VIA Technologies to focus on AI, IoT solution market
VIA Technologies is shifting its focus to develop high-performance solutions for AI and IoT markets, in addition to x86-based, embedded and other SoC platform products, according to...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Taiwan partners to gain from Nintendo Switch shipment boom
Japan gaming consoles provider Nintendo is aggressively bracing for the upcoming robust shipments of its star product Switch series gaming machines with the rollout of heavyweight...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Taiwan must be prepared for entrepreneurship, says Acorn Campus Taiwan chairman Wu-Fu Chen
Chairman of Acorn Campus Taiwan Wu-Fu Chen, with a record of having founded 13 companies within a 15-year period and having all of them either acquired or listed, clearly showed his...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Samsung enriches product portfolios in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics has enriched its product portfolios for the Taiwan market as it is expanding the ecosystem of its products in order to boost its overall performance in the local...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Taiwan maker offers smart mattresses to detect sleep quality
Sleep quality detection entails big business potentials, prompting Taiwan makers to develop smart mattresses or wearable devices installed with sleep sensing systems to collect relevant...
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Taiwan May manufacturing production index up
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 111.12 for May 2018, increasing 7.07% sequentially and 7.24% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...