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Monday 12 March 2018
MOSFET makers to see 1Q18 revenues rise on price hike
Aided by the price hikes enforced in late 2017, Taiwan MOSFET makers including Sinopower Semiconductor, Excelliance MOS, Niko Semiconductor and Advanced Power Electronics (APEC) all...
Monday 12 March 2018
TDDI chipmakers see shipment boom eroded by price competition
Taiwan IC designers will see their shipments of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips and fingerprint recognition chips sustain growth momentum in 2018, but looming price-cutting...
Monday 12 March 2018
Wistron reports on-year growth in February revenues
Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$67.36 billion (US$2.29 billion) for February, down 15.16% on month, but up 36.31% on year, and NT$146.76 billion for the first two...
Monday 12 March 2018
Apple new entry-level MacBook to reach 4 million in unit shipments in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Apple is preparing to release a new entry-level MacBook at the end of the second quarter with a price tag expected to be about the same level as that of the existing MacBook Air or...
Monday 12 March 2018
Ardentec expects to enter volume production at new China plant in 2Q18
Taiwan-based Ardentec, which specializes in testing services for memory, logic and mixed-signal ICs, expects its new plant in Nanjing to enter volume production in the second quarter...
Monday 12 March 2018
HTC to set up VR accelerator center in London
HTC has announced that it will set up its sixth VR accelerator center in London to support VR startups in the UK and Europe.
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer sees strong gaming demand in Middle East
Acer is seeing strong gaming notebook demand in Dubai since local consumers have high acceptance of innovative products, while the price is not a major concern, according to Paul...
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer looking to expand presence in enterprise notebook market in Middle East, Africa
Acer is looking to grow its share of the enterprise notebook market in the Middle East and Africa to 15% in 2018 from only 2% in 2017, according to country manager Paul Collins.
Friday 9 March 2018
Passive component supply to remain tight through 2019, says Yageo chair
The global supply of passive components is expected to remain tight through 2019, thanks to robust end-market demand, according to Pierre Chen, chairman for Yageo.
Thursday 8 March 2018
StarVR to roll out HMD VR devices with eye tracker
StarVR, a VR device joint venture between Acer and Sweden-based Starbreeze, plans to roll out a new head-mounted display (HMD) VR series with Tobii eye tracking capability in 2018...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Synnex February revenues drop
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$22.165 billion (US$757 million) for February, decreasing 35.30%...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Cable TV operator Kbro eyeing IoT market
Kbro, the largest cable TV operator in Taiwan, will step up efforts to expand its smart home, building and community surveillance services using IoT applications, and it also plans...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Eris raises auto diode shipment goal for 2018
Taiwan-based Eris Technology, which specializes in the manufacture of rectifier diodes, has raised its automotive diode shipment target for 2018 to 150 million units.
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Aaeon partners with Intel for AI
Taiwan-based IPC player Aaeon has cooperated with Intel to unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) Core module that is equipped with Intel's Movidius Myriad 2 VPU, at Embedded World...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Silicone supply to be tighter in 2018, says Topco chairman
Global supply of silicone materials in 2018 is expected to turn much tighter than in 2017, allowing Topco Technologies, which distributes and sells silicone products for Japan's Shin-Etsu...