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Friday 11 May 2018
Hiwin 1Q18 revenues, profit hit records
Mechanical motion control component and industrial robot maker Hiwin Technologies has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.553 billion (US$223 million) and net profit of NT$1.215...
Friday 11 May 2018
ITRI showcasing 3-layer smart manufacturing at iMTduo 2018
Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is exhibiting 3-layer architecture of smart manufacturing - IaaS, PaaS and SaaS - at Taipei Intelligent Machinery...
Friday 11 May 2018
Qisda posts NT$0.51 EPS for 1Q18
EMS provider Qisda has reported net profit of NT$997 million (US$33.52 million) and EPS of NT$0.51 for first-quarter 2018.
Friday 11 May 2018
Taiwan offers smart machinery subsidies
Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) has begun offering companies subsidies for them to incorportate smart machine boxes (SMBs) on manufacturing equipment, enabling connectivity...
Friday 11 May 2018
Business transformation: Q&A with Qisda chairman Peter Chen
EMS provider Qisda has made efforts to transform operations by acquiring majority stakes in industrial motherboard and computer maker DFI and POS device maker Partner Tech in 2017,...
Thursday 10 May 2018
TPK, GIS see mixed iPhone touch panel shipment prospects for 2Q18
Taiwan-based touch panel makers TPK and General Interface Solution (GIS), both iPhone supply chain partners, have mixed prospects for the second quarter of 2018, with the former likely...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Smart machines, robots, IoT devices highlighted at iMTduo 2018
The 2018 Taipei Intelligent Machinery & Manufacturing Technology Show (iMTduo) opened on May 9 for a four-day run at the Nangang Exhibition Center, with additive manufacturing,...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan government to boost smart machinery development, says president
The Taiwan government will make efforts to promote development of smart machinery by integrating resources, cultivating high-level talent and encouraging local production of smart...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan machinery exports up 18.3% to US$6.43 billion in 1Q18
Taiwan's machinery exports, after surging 21.1% on year to US$25.6 billion in 2017, soared 18.3% from a year earlier to US$6.43 billion in the first quarter of 2018, with China remaining...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Google embracing AI technologies
Google kicked off its annual, three-day developers' conference in Mountain View, California on May 8 with a theme focusing on the development of full-fledged artificial intelligence...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Qualcomm still undecided about server chip biz amid reports of R&D resources cut, say sources
Members of Qualcomm's top management are still divided over whether the company should stay in or withdraw from the server market, despite reportedly having sharply reduced R&D...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Xiaomi, Oppo neck and neck in Taiwan
China-based smartphone vendors Xiaomi Technology and Oppo have both launched their latest flagship models in Taiwan as they gear up efforts to ramp up their market shares there.
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Gaming 3.0 user experience to dominate at Computex 2018
Computex 2018 will welcome nearly 70 leading gaming and VR/AR suppliers - including Asustek Computer, Cooler Master, Gigabyte, G.Skill, MSI, Thermaltake, and Zotac - to showcase cutting-edge...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Taiwan moving to cushion impacts of US-China trade row
The government in Taiwan is actively taking actions to cushion possible undesirable impacts on the country's economic and trade development from the ongoing trade spats between the...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Global server shipments to rise 9% in 2Q18, says Digitimes Research
Global server shipments (based on motherboards shipped) amounted to 3.4 million units in the first quarter of 2018, slightly down on quarter, but the shipments are expected to rise...