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Thursday 20 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC revenues to rise 6% in 2014
The combined revenues of Taiwan's top-six LCD driver IC makers are expected to register a 6.1% increase in 2014, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 20 November 2014
Win Win Precision cooperates with vendor to market HeatCap in Japan
PV module maker Win Win Precision Technology has cooperated with a Japan-based PV vendor to co-market HeatCap, patented PV modules developed by Win Win Precision, in the Japan rooftop...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan October export order value hits record, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$44.91 billion in total in October 2014, historically the highest monthly level and increasing 3.7% on month and 13.4% on year, according to...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches new Yoga tablets
Lenovo has launched its full series of Yoga tablets in Taiwan including the Yoga Tablet 2, the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro and the Yoga 3 Pro with sizes ranging from 8- to 13-inch.
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan market: Philips expects to sell 50,000 TVs in 2015
Philips expects to sell 20,000 TVs in the Taiwan market during 2014 followed by 50,000 in 2015.
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Monocrystalline solar cell prices may fall in 4Q14, say Taiwan makers
As many Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have increasingly shifted production from polycrystalline models to monocrystalline ones for higher gross margins, increased...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
TSMC buys Qualcomm Taiwan factory for US$85 million
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has acquired a Qualcomm factory in Longtan, northern Taiwan, for US$85 million, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Inventec plans to launch cloud computing services via cooperation with Microsoft
Inventec is talking with Microsoft about cooperation to integrate Microsoft-developed cloud computing software with Inventec hardware to launch related services in 2015, with target...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Microsoft ending support for Windows Server 2003 expected to drive replacement of servers, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft plans to end technical support for Windows Server 2003 in July 2015 and this is expected to drive global demand for replacing or upgrading more than 10 million Windows Server...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Commentary: Taiwan lags behind in development of high-power semiconductors
Electric car, solar energy and smart grid manufacturing sectors have become the main focuses of industrial development for many countries recently, and the development of these sectors,...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Taiwan market: LG launches Wine Smart flip phone
LG Electronics has launched its new flip smartphone, the LG Wine Smart, in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$7,990 (US$260). LG aims to ship 6,000 units of the...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Global PV installation capacity in 2015 may be flat or decline, say Taiwan makers
Mainly because the 2015 total installation capacity of new PV systems in Japan is likely to drop a great deal from 7GWp in 2014, and installations in China, the US and Europe are...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Taiwan market: FET aims at 1 million 4G users by year-end
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has 700,000 4G subscribers at present and aims at attaining one million subscribers by the end of 2014, according to the company.
Monday 17 November 2014
Wistron Kunshan to acquire equipment from Wistron InfoComm Technology
Wistron has announced that its subsidiary Wistron Kunshan, located in Kunshan, China will acquire equipment sets from its affiliate Wistron InfoComm Technology - also located in Kunshan...
Monday 17 November 2014
China-Korea trade pact to weigh on foreign investments in Taiwan, says Foxconn chairman
The consensus reached by China and Korea on a free trade agreement (FTA) is a warning to Taiwan as it will weigh on foreign investors for making investments in Taiwan, according to...