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Wednesday 24 December 2014
IC design service firms partnering with foundry houses to solicit orders for advanced processes
Taiwan-based Global Unichip and Alchip Technologies, two IC design service companies partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), have stepped up efforts to lure...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Western Digital to set R&D center in Taiwan
Western Digital has announced to establish an R&D center in Taiwan and expects Taiwan's talent and rich R&D experience to benefit its software development process.
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Taiwan team announces SEMI PV57-1214 standards
A Taiwan team has announced SEMI-recognized international standards of performance measurement for dye-sensitized solar cells and organic solar cells, coded SEMI PV57-1214.
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Taiwan market: Oppo launches two flagship smartphones
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has launched two flagship models, the Oppo R5 and N3, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone Telecommunications,...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Taiwan market: Apple is top smartphone vendor in November
Apple ranked as the number one smartphone vendor in the Taiwan market in November, in terms of both sales volume and sales value, according to data compiled by local retail channel...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Regional smartphone brands in Europe ramping market share
Regional handset brands in Europe, including Wiko, Fly and Prestigio, have seen their shares in the region's smartphone sector increase substantially, posting a threat to China-based...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Taiwan November manufacturing production index down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan reported a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 107.58 for November 2014, decreasing by 4.13% on month but increasing by 6.92% on year, according to statistics...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Mitsui Chemical, SKC to merge polyurethane material businesses
Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals and Korea-based petrochemical firm SKC on December 22 reached an agreement to establish a joint venture that will merge both firms' polyurethane material...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
UTAC said to set up 12-inch wafer-level packaging line in Taiwan
United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC), a Singapore-based assembly and test company, will continue its investment in Taiwan in 2015 by setting up a 12-inch wafer-level packaging line,...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Delta Electronics lands orders for distributed, low-power inverters form Japan, say papers
Taiwan-based power supply and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics has obtained orders for 750-800 20KW distributed inverters for use in a 15MWp PV power-generating...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
PSI to list on Taiwan emerging stock market
Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) will start trading on the Emerging Stock Board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on December 23, with a planned listing price of $55 (US$1.74),...
Monday 22 December 2014
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$4.4 billion in January-November, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,223 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.433 billion in January-November 2014,...
Monday 22 December 2014
Taiwan November export order value down sequentially, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$43.51 billion in total in November 2014, decreasing by 3.1% on month but increasing by 6.0% on year, according to statistics released by the...
Monday 22 December 2014
Taiwan, China notebook vendors halt notebook sales in Russia, report says
Asustek Computer, Acer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Lenovo have stopped selling their notebooks in Russia as they have been suffering losses due to a free...
Monday 22 December 2014
Taiwan November unemployment rate down, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 451,000 jobless citizens in November 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.89% which dropped by 0.06pp on month and by 0.27pp on year, according to the Directorate-General...