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Monday 20 July 2015
Taiwan 2Q15 international Internet bandwidth rises to 1.561Tbps, says TWNIC
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 15 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached total bandwidth of 1.561Tbps as of the end of the second quarter of 2015, increasing...
Monday 20 July 2015
PERC solar cell equipment in short supply, say Taiwan makers
As Taiwan- and China-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have adopted a PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) process to hike energy conversion rates, PERC equipment is...
Friday 17 July 2015
Mozilla Firefox OS R&D team in Taiwan loses staff
Mozilla COO and Taiwan general manager Gon Li have resigned and set up a new company and recruited about 30 engineers from the Mozilla Firefox OS R&D team in Taiwan, almost suspending...
Thursday 16 July 2015
Taiwan market: Dell unveils 2 ruggedized notebooks
Dell on July 16 unveiled the Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme, a 12-inch ruggedized 2-in-1 convertible, and Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme, a 14-inch ruggedized notebook, for launch in the...
Thursday 16 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 3Q15 notebook shipments expected to drop 12.2% on year
Taiwan-based ODMs will ship an estimated 32.067 million notebooks (not including detachable hybrid models) during the third quarter of 2015, accounting for 81.6% of the global total...
Thursday 16 July 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung to launch Galaxy A8
Samsung Electronics plans to unveil its new smartphone, the Galaxy A8, in the Taiwan market on July 21. The Galaxy A8 features a metal body, 5.7-inch AMOLED display, Qualcomm 8-core...
Wednesday 15 July 2015
BOE to receive new OLED equipment from Korea makers in 2H15
China panel maker BOE's subsidiary Xinihua will reportedly receive an increase in OLED equipment from Korea-based STI in the second half of 2015, according to Korea media reoprts.
Wednesday 15 July 2015
Chip equipment spending to continue growth through 2016, says SEMI
SEMI has forecast that the total semiconductor equipment market will grow 7% in 2015 reaching US$40.2 billion, and expand another 4% to US$41.8 billion in 2016. Following strong growth...
Wednesday 15 July 2015
TSMC cuts 28/20nm prices as much as 10%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has slashed its prices on 28nm and 20nm process technologies by 5-10% in order to secure orders from major clients including Qualcomm...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Taiwan market: Oppo unveils smartphones R7, R7 Plus
China-based vendor Oppo has unveiled its 5-inch R7 and 6-inch R7 Plus smartphone in the Taiwan market. The R7 is available immediately at NT$10,990 (US$355) unlocked, while the R7...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 2Q15 notebook shipments up on quarter, down on year
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped an estimated 31.302 million notebooks (not including detachable hybrid models) during the second quarter of 2015, accounting for 81.7% of the global total...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Taiwan notebook ODMs face growing competition from China-based LCFC, Uniwill
China-based ODMs LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology and Uniwill Technology are expected to have notebook shipments in 2015 significantly increasing on year, posing increasing competitive...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Taiwan large-scale companies urged to acquire small innovative firms to enhance competitiveness
Taiwan's vice premier Chang San-cheng has encouraged Taiwan-based large-scale enterprises such as Foxconn Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to further...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Apple research center in Japan part of government IT development strategy, says report
Part of Apple's successful establishment of an upcoming technological research center in Yokohama, Japan is due to the local government's efforts to strengthen supply chain developments...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Taiwan market: PChome Online launches smartphone instant messaging app
PChome Online, a web portal and the largest operator of online shopping services in Taiwan, has launched PChome IM, an in-house-developed smartphone-based instant messaging application,...