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Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan handset ODMs to perform differently in 2015
Taiwan-based handset ODMs Compal Electronics and Inventec are set to ramp their shipments in 2015 after the consolidation of their associated companies Compal Communications and Inventec...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of large-size panels expected to reach 60.87 million in 1Q15
Taiwan makers' shipments of large-size panels are expected to reach 60.87 million in the first quarter of 2015, down 9.2% on quarter and down 2.2% on year, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Shipments of iPhone devices to top 50 million units in 1Q15, say Taiwan makers
Shipments of iPhone devices are expected to top 50 million units in the first quarter of 2015, increasing 14.4% from 43.7 million units shipped in the year earlier period, according...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Taiwan market: CityPower offers rental e-Bike, e-Motorbike services
CityPower Taiwan has set up rental electric bicycles (e-Bike) and electric motorcycles (e-Motorbike) services with support of about 30 battery exchange stations in New Taipei City,...
Monday 2 February 2015
Taiwan makers warned not to export B-grade solar cells, PV modules to US
Considering that the US government in 2016 will review anti-dumping tariffs imposed on Taiwan-made crystalline silicon solar cells, experts in the PV industry in Taiwan are warning...
Monday 2 February 2015
Facebook planning to give network switch orders to Taiwan ODMs
Optimistic about software defined network (SDN) development, Facebook is planning to shift its network switch orders from existing brand partners to Taiwan's white-box suppliers in...
Friday 30 January 2015
Taiwan amid top-5 Google Play markets globally, says Google Play executive
Taiwan has ranked among the five largest Google Play markets around the world in terms of revenues, according to Google vice president of engineering and Google Play Asia Pacific...
Friday 30 January 2015
Taiwan IC design houses January sales to rise
Sales at Taiwan-based IC design houses including Elan Microelectronics, FocalTech Systems, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Richtek Technology...
Friday 30 January 2015
AUO to increase production capacity at Taiwan 8.5G facilities
AU Optronics (AUO) will increase monthly production capacity at its 8.5G facilities in Houli, Taiwan by 25,000-30,000 substrates a month, which will fully roll out in 2016, according...
Friday 30 January 2015
Facebook opens Taiwan office
Facebook has an office in Taiwan mainly for educating local enterprises on how to use Facebook to attain commercial goals and training local Facebook advertising agents, according...
Friday 30 January 2015
TSEC to showcase P-type PERC monocrystalline solar cell at Japan Expo
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker TSEC will exhibit V-Cell, a P-type PERC (passivated emitter rear cell) monocrystalline model with an energy conversion rate of 21%, at the International...
Thursday 29 January 2015
Taiwan MOEA approves new investments at Kaohsiung Software Park
The Export Processing Zone Administration (EPZA) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has has approved applications from Hoya Marketing, Madhatter Technology, and Edispay Solutions,...
Thursday 29 January 2015
Smart LED lighting expected to see fast growing demand in 3-4 years, says Philips Taiwan head
Demand for smart LED lighting solutions, LED lights controlled by smartphones or tablets through wireless Internet connections, will see a rapid growth in demand in three to four...
Thursday 29 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan sees increased 4Q14 digital camera shipments
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Asia Optical and Foxconn Electronics together shipped 3.99 million digital cameras during the fourth quarter of 2014, increasing 13.9% on quarter and 15.7%...
Thursday 29 January 2015
Acer online ticket services deserve praise, says founder
Acer's recently handling of online ticket sales for concerts by Taiwan-based singer Jody Chiang through its cloud system was a success despite some quarrels during the process, according...