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Monday 27 April 2015
Global handset demand likely to disappoint in 2015, say Taiwan IC design houses
The global handset market could register flat growth in 2015, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses, adding that they have seen customer orders pick up at a slow pa...
Monday 27 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers small- to medium-size panels drop over 19% in 1Q15
Taiwan makers' shipments of small- to medium-size panels dropped 19.1% on quarter in the first quarter of 2015 to 288 million units and are expected to grow 12.7% on quarter in the...
Monday 27 April 2015
Seagate and EverFocus safeguards 400 Taiwanese brand optical shops in Taiwan
Taiwanese brand Optical shops, one of the major professional optometry service providers in Taiwan, has recently deployed EverFocus eZ.IP solution, including enterprise-level CMS...
Monday 27 April 2015
AMD to launch Godavari APUs at end of May, say Taiwan makers
AMD will launch Godavari series APUs at the end of May to compete with Intel's Broadwell and Skylake platforms, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Friday 24 April 2015
Taiwan notebook shipments down 16% sequentially in 1Q15, says MIC
Taiwan makers shipped about 31.62 million notebooks in the first quarter of 2015, decreasing 16% from a quarter earlier, the government-backed MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting...
Friday 24 April 2015
Taiwan IC backend production value to rise 4.9% in 2015, says IEK
The production value of Taiwan's IC packaging and testing industry sector is forecast to register increases of 5.7% and 3.2%, respectively, in 2015, according to the government-funded...
Friday 24 April 2015
Wireless charging module makers to offer dual- or multi-mode solutions, say Taiwan makers
Wireless charging module suppliers have geared up efforts to develop dual- or multi-mode models in order to cope with the rising popularity of wireless charging applications, according...
Friday 24 April 2015
EU postponement of energy-inefficient halogen bulbs ban until September 2018 to have varying results, says IHS
The European Commission has voted to postpone the ban on energy-inefficient halogen bulbs until September 2018. The ban was originally planned for September 2016, as part of the wider...
Thursday 23 April 2015
Intel to help vendors launch inexpensive tablets, say Taiwan makers
Intel will offer new RDAs (reference designs for Android) in the second half of 2015 to help partnering vendors, including China-based white-box ones, launch inexpensive 7-, 8- and...
Thursday 23 April 2015
Taiwan March manufacturing production index up on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 112.84 for March 2015, increasing 23.99% on month 6.97% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Thursday 23 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan sees decreased 1Q15 LCD monitor shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped 18.799 million LCD monitors worth US$2.155 billion in the first quarter of 2015, with the shipment volume dropping 15.5% on quarter and 6.5% on year. Shipment...
Thursday 23 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 1Q15 handset shipments down 30.3% sequentially
HTC and Taiwan-based ODMs together shipped 17.6 million handsets in the first quarter of 2015, decreasing 30.3% on quarter but increasing 8.4% on year. 16.1 million units were smartphones,...
Thursday 23 April 2015
Taiwan makers ship 83 million smartphones in 1Q15, says MIC
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan makers totaled 83.03 million units in the first quarter of 2015, down 27.4% from the previous quarter but up 52.5% from a year earlier period, the...
Thursday 23 April 2015
Taiwan March unemployment rate up on month, down on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 431,000 jobless citizens in March 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.72% which rose 0.03pp on month but dropped 0.31pp on year, according to statistics released...
Thursday 23 April 2015
US fab tool book-to-bill ratio rises
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10 in March 2015, having been above parity for three months in a row, according to the...