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Wednesday 16 December 2015
TSMC orders NT$1.4 billion of equipment
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Applied Materials and Disco for a total of about...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Apple expected to focus on micro-LED displays at new Taiwan facilities
Apple is expected to focus on developing micro-LED displays at its new facilities in Taiwan in order to create thinner and more energy-efficient products, according to Digitimes Research...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Apple Taiwan lab developing flexible OLED technology, say sources
Apple's new lab in Longtan, northern Taiwan is dedicated to developing flexible OLED technology for new displays for use in its devices including iPhones and iPads, and has a team...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Taiwan IC design houses look to auto and IoT related products for 2016 growth
IC shipments for automotive electronics, wearables and IoT devices will enjoy a higher increase than shipments for PCs, tablets and smartphones in 2016, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 15 December 2015
HTC to set up virtual reality product experience center in Taipei, Taiwan
High Tech Computer (HTC) has announced it will cooperate with Syntrend, an IT mall in Taipei, to establish an experience center for consumers to test its virtual reality product HTC...
Monday 14 December 2015
Should Taiwan open its IC design industry to China capital?
Taiwan has come to a turning point as whether it should open its IC design industry to China investment. The issue arises now as China-based Tsinghua Unigroup wants to buy a 25% stake...
Monday 14 December 2015
Tsinghua Unigroup looking to buy stakes in SPIL and ChipMOS
China's state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup plans to spend a total of about US$2 billion to acquire stakes in ChipMOS Technologies Taiwan and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL)...
Friday 11 December 2015
Taiwan market: Handset shipments down in 3Q15, says paper
Shipments of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 2.26 million units in the third quarter of 2015, down 17% sequentially and 12% on year, the Chinese-language Liberty Times...
Friday 11 December 2015
Digitimes Research: Promotion of remote medicare to boost smart wearables in Japan
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has liberally interpreted remote medical care services by eliminating many restrictive definitions, allowing physiological measurements...
Friday 11 December 2015
Korea large area AMOLED manufacturing equipment market to record US$ 8.64 billion for next 5 years, says UBI Research
The complementary investment market in Korea for OLED manufacturing equipment is expected to record US$8.64 billion between 2016-2020, according to UBI Research,
Friday 11 December 2015
Taiwan flexible PCB firms report decreased November revenues
Taiwan-based flexible PCB (FPCB) suppliers Career Technology, Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology Holding have reported sequential decreases of 2.6%, 22.2% and 12.8%, respectively,...
Friday 11 December 2015
Taiwan PCB firms post mixed November results
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers have posted mixed revenue results for November 2015.
Thursday 10 December 2015
Taiwan FTC fines 10 capacitor firms for price fixing
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a verdict to slap fines totaling NT$5.79 billion (US$176.64 million) on 10 aluminum and tantalum capacitor makers, including seven...
Wednesday 9 December 2015
International enterprises inquiring about setting up data centers in Taiwan, says vice premier
In addition to Facebook's plans to set up a data center in central Taiwan, other international enterprises have inquired about doing so, according to vice premier Simon Chang.
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Inventec to undertake ODM production of 12.5-inch notebook for Xiaomi
Taiwan-based Inventec will undertake ODM production of a 12.5-inch notebook model for China-based vendor Xiaomi Technology at its factory in Shanghai, eastern China, with shipments...