Quanta Computer donates R&D cloud computing platform to Taiwan university

Nov 11, 17:10

Taiwan-based Quanta Computer on November 11 donated a cloud computing platform for R&D application to the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of National Taiwan...

TSMC suing former R&D executive

Oct 27, 01:10

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed recent speculation that the company is suing Mong-Song Liang, a former R&D executive. The company said it is unable...

Acer to focus on recruiting R&D talent

Oct 3, 17:09

Acer is currently working on a second personnel reorganization and is set to make some adjustments to internal structure as well as strengthening its R&D resources and to establish...

A 10Networks sets up cloud computing R&D center in Taiwan

Sep 26, 10:03

A 10Networks, a California-based provider of application delivery controller and server load balancing solutions, has established a R&D center focusing on cloud computing in Taipei's...

Elpida R&D center plan approved by Taiwan, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 19, 10:20

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved plans by Elpida Memory to establish an R&D center for sub-40nm DRAM production and next-generation memory technologies...

PC ODMs to increase R&D expenses to develop multi-platform products in 2012

Sep 16, 01:10

PC ODMs are likely to be required to increase their R&D expenses substantially in 2012 to cope with demand from branded PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Dell...

TSMC expects to ramp 14nm process in 2015, says R&D head

Sep 8, 01:05

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will conduct R&D for 14nm process technology starting 2012, and expects to begin volume production on the node in 2015, according...

R&D to become important for notebook ODMs, says PC players

Sep 5, 16:30

As competing via shipment volumes using a low price strategy is becoming less effective in the notebook market, sources from PC players have commented that in addition to shipment...

Foxconn to transit Shenzhen plants into R&D centers; adds robot into production lines

Aug 1, 17:16

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is set to gradually transit its two major plants in Shenzhen into R&D centers, which will focus on technology R&D for modules,...

Acer unveils R&D center in western China

Jul 19, 10:54

Acer on July 18 unveiled Acer Intellectual (Chongqing), its R&D center in western China for developing smart handheld devices including smartphones and tablet PCs as well as software...

Flextronics R&D team recruited by Compal, Wistron

Jun 28, 01:25

With Electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Flextronics recently exiting the notebook manufacturing industry, the company's notebook R&D team was soon being recruited...

Google to set up Chrome OEM/ODM R&D center in Taiwan

Jun 1, 01:45

Google, viewing that development of Chrome OS-based products necessitates collaboration with Taiwan-based hardware makers, will establish a Chrome OEM/ODM R&D in Taiwan, Sundar...

Foxconn reportedly lays off CDMA R&D staff in Korea

May 27, 14:44

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly has laid off over 80% of its 280 employees from its CDMA handset design subsidiary Foxconn International Holdings Technology...

LCY Chemical to increase investments in R&D for green energy

May 20, 11:26

Taiwan-based LCY Chemical (LCY) has announced a plan to set up a corporate R&D center in Kaohsiung. The investment will amount to NT$2.4 billion and will begin operations in 2012...

Huawei to invest US$300 million in Brazil R&D center

Apr 14, 10:50

China-based telecom equipment supplier Huawei Technologies plans to invest US$300 million to set up a R&D center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, according to China-based it.sohu.com<...

Foxconn R&D center in Changsha, China to begin operation in April

Mar 28, 15:49

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is accelerating its deployment in western China with its R&D center in Changsha, Hunan province to commence official operations...

IBM sets up business server R&D center in Taiwan

Mar 25, 01:25

IBM has announced the establishment of a research center in Taiwan for the development of its high-end Power Systems business server products. Wistron, IBM's production partner for...

BLU maker Forhouse to build R&D center

Feb 21, 11:58

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Forhouse has unveiled plans to invest NT$90 million (US$3.07 million) to build a R&D center at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), northern Taiwan.

Elpida, Rexchip develop prototype 1Gb DDR3 with 4F2 technology

Feb 10, 13:52

Elpida Memory and Rexchip Electronics have jointly announced the successful joint pilot production of 1Gb DDR3 SDRAM featuring 4F2 memory cell architecture. The pilot run was handled...

Eaton Phoenixtec to expand R&D team for PV inverter in Taiwan

Jan 18, 01:10

PV inverter maker Eaton Phoenixtec is set to start producing large uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems in the second quarter of 2011, while is also planning to expand its R&D...

TSMC first pure-play foundry to join top-10 R&D spenders, says IC Insights

Jan 14, 16:25

The now well known trend of IC manufacturers abandoning the IDM fab business model to become fabless or fab-lite has resulted in, or is the result of, depending on the point of view,...

HTC to invest US$500,000 to set up R&D subsidiary in China

Jan 10, 17:05

HTC has decided to establish an R&D subsidiary for handset-use and Internet-based software in China with an initial investment of US$500,000, according to the company. The subsidiary...

Notebook vendors seeing R&D delays for Android 3.0 tablets

Dec 29, 16:19

Notebook vendors have expressed concerns about the launch schedule of their Android 3.0 tablet PCs as Google is currently giving priority for Android 3.0 support mainly to smartphone...

TSMC 2011 spending on R&D to rise 39%

Dec 21, 01:40

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) total spending on R&D will top NT$50 billion (US$1.67 billion) in 2011, up from the NT$36 billion estimated this year, according...

Chunghwa Telecom, China Mobile to cooperate in C-RAN R&D and testing

Dec 15, 11:56

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) have announced that its Telecommunication Laboratories and China Mobile's Research Institute signed an MOU for two-year cooperation in R&D...

TSMC approves budget over US$2.68 billion for capacity expansion, R&D

Nov 10, 11:30

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors on November 9 approved a budget of US$2,684.66 million, of which US$1,880.9 million will be for establishing...

TPK to continue capacity expansion and set up R&D center in Taiwan in 2011

Oct 29, 17:05

Touch panel maker TPK Touch Solution will continue to expanding its capacity as the touch panel market is just taking off, and the company plans to set up an operations center in...

Option withdraws anti-dumping charges against Huawei dashing hopes of Taiwan makers

Oct 29, 01:05

Belgium-based wireless Internet-access equipment maker Option has announced it has withdrawn its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy charges against imports of wireless/mobile Internet-access...

Taiwan makers appropriating smartphone R&D resources to develop tablet PCs

Oct 27, 01:50

First-tier Taiwan-based vendors and makers have appropriated in-house or affiliated smartphone R&D resources to develop tablet PCs, which may reduce competitiveness in the smartphone...

IMEC signs co-funding contract with Taiwan government for new R&D center

Oct 21, 02:05

The Belgium-based Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) has signed an agreement with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to co-fund a new R&D center in Taiwan...

Former R&D executive to rejoin TSMC

Oct 19, 02:15

Mong-Song Liang, a former senior director of the Logic Technology Platform Division at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is likely to rejoin the former employer,...

TSMC to boost R&D spending in 2011, says CEO

Oct 14, 14:41

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to allocate US$1 billion on R&D spending in 2011, compared with the US$800 million budgeted for 2010, according to company...

HP to increase its R&D proportion in Taiwan

Oct 12, 01:55

With Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan officially moving into its new office in Nangang, Taipei on October 11, an executive of the company pointed out that although most of the company's...