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Friday 10 May 2019
5G technology to lift 8K/4K video services, says Sharp executive
The developments of related key technologies and solutions for the ultra-high definition (UHD) 8K/4K video services will be accelerated and realized by optimizing 5G networks, according...
Thursday 9 May 2019
Edge computing dominant in 5G-driven smart production operation
Smart manufacturing plants will materialize faster with commercialization of 5G mobile communication technologies, and edge computing will play a leading role in the materialization...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
IC designers placing additional foundry orders in anticipation of 3Q19 boom
Taiwan IC designers are now moving to place additional orders with foundry houses and thicken their inventories lest they should suffer insufficient foundry capacity support in the...
Monday 6 May 2019
Global 1Q19 smartphone market continues to shrink; Huawei shines
Following four consecutive quarters of negative growth in 2018, the global smartphone market continued to struggle in the first quarter of 2019 suffering a 6.3% year-over-year decline...
Monday 6 May 2019
CCL firm Iteq posts profit growth in 1Q19
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) specialist Iteq has reported net profit surged 40.4% from a year earlier to NT$506 million (US$16.4 million) in the first quarter of 2019. EPS for the quarter...
Monday 6 May 2019
Quanta making AI push, says chairman
AI will usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and Taiwan must manage to develop a solid presence in the AI era that will persist into the next decades, Quanta Computer chairman...
Friday 3 May 2019
Sporton positive about demand for 5G related devices
Demand for testing, inspection and certification will continue ramping up in the mobile device and other wireless communication sectors in the second quarter of 2019, as the industry...
Friday 3 May 2019
Wiwynn net earnings up 13.7% on year in 1Q19
Taiwan-based server maker Wiwynn managed to score better shipment and profit performances in the first quarter of 2019 than a year earlier despite overall weak market sentiment reflected...
Thursday 2 May 2019
Taiwan industrial transformation just kicking off, says minister
Structural transformation of Taiwan's industry is just kicking off following a three-year implementation of the "5+2" industrial innovation program, and whether the budding development...
Thursday 2 May 2019
Cloud servers for datacenters to see significant shipments in 2H19
Global server shipments are not expected to regain significant growth momentum until the third quarter or even the fourth quarter of 2019, but the cloud segment's outlook remains...
Thursday 2 May 2019
MediaTek gross margin rebounds above 40%
MediaTek has reported net profit fell 16.2% sequentially to a four-quarter low of NT$3.42 billion (US$110,5 million) in the first quarter of 2019, but gross margin climbed 2.3pp on...
Thursday 2 May 2019
ASE profits fall in 1Q19
ASE Technology Holding has reported net profit of NT$2.04 billion (US$66.2 million) for the first quarter of 2019, down 62% sequentially. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.48.
Tuesday 30 April 2019
China smartphone AP shipments – 1Q 2019
Smartphone AP shipments to China slid 29.3% sequentially in first-quarter 2019 under the influence of system integrators' inventory adjustment and fewer working days.
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan moving to develop B5G, 6G tech
Despite 5G applications still at a budding stage, Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is actively seeking B5G (beyond 5G) and 6G academic research projects aiming to...
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan PCB makers urged to extend tech lead over China peers
Taiwan PCB makers have to strengthen their investment in R&D of high-end processes to extend their technological lead over Chinese rivals who are fast catching up, CM Lee, chairman...