Power supply maker Zippy purchases Clevo facilities for capacity expansion

Mar 14, 13:46

Taiwan-based industrial and server power supply maker Zippy Technology has recently spent NT$2.67 billion (US$89.88 million) to purchase Clevo's plants and office buildings in Wugu,...

Applied Materials to set up panel technology laboratories in Taiwan

Mar 14, 11:07

US-based Applied Materials will establish advanced display technology laboratories in the Southern Taiwan Science Park to introduce display and touch panel technologies including...

Lenovo acquisition of Blackberry quite unlikely due to Canada government, say Taiwan makers

Mar 13, 15:53

While Lenovo has expressed its willingness to acquire Canada-based vendor Blackberry to enhance its competitiveness in the international business-use PC market, the bid is likely...

Taiwan government setting up environment cloud computing platform

Mar 13, 11:11

Taiwan is constructing a cloud computing platform for environmental administration with a 4-year budget of NT$600 million, according to Environmental Protection Administration (EPA...

Taiwan IC designers under price pressure from international vendors for 32-bit MCUs

Mar 12, 14:26

Taiwan-based IC design houses are facing increasing competition in the 32-bit MCU segment as international vendors have reduced quotes to close to prices for 8-bit models and have...

Taiwan market: January 3G revenues up on year, says NCC

Mar 11, 15:03

There were 5.852 million 2G mobile communication subscribers with total revenues of NT$1.728 billion (US$58.2 million) in Taiwan in January 2013, decreasing on year by 17.1% and 35.6%...

Taiwan market: New HTC One unveiled

Mar 8, 14:18

The New HTC One will be avaialbe in Taiwan at the end of March, with a retail price of NT$19,900 (US$670) for the 16GB version, NT$21,900 for 32GB and NT$24,900 for 64GB.

Innolux becomes largest handset panel supplier for Nokia, say Taiwan makers

Mar 8, 14:14

Innolux has obtained 30-35% of orders for panels used in Nokia handsets, becoming Nokia's largest handset panel supplier, according to Taiwan-based supply chain sources.

Taiwan market: Asustek launches touchscreen Transformer AIO series

Mar 8, 12:12

Asustek Computer on March 7 unveiled the Transformer AIO, a tablet which can be docked into a pad to become an all-in-one (AIO) PC, for launch in the Taiwan market. The AIO pad features...

HP, Acer, Asustek to ship 2.0, 1.7, 1.1 million notebooks in March, say Taiwan makers

Mar 8, 11:23

Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Asustek Computer will ship two million, 1.7 million and 1.1 million notebooks in March, growing over 27%, nearly 20% and 17-18%, respectively, according...

Gigastorage hopes Taiwan government to increase annual solar installation limit

Mar 8, 10:59

The necessity of having nuclear power plants has been under debate recently in Taiwan. Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Gigastorage has suggested four ways that the government can take...

Globalfoundries succeeds in landing 28nm orders from MediaTek, say Taiwan makers

Mar 8, 10:22

Globalfoundries has beaten out Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to land orders for 28nm foundry services from Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek, according...

Taiwan February export value down, says MOF

Mar 8, 10:17

Taiwan recorded total export value of US$19.74 billion in February 2013, decreasing 23.1% on month and 15.8% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$18.82 billion...

Taiwan solar makers see rising orders in February and March

Mar 7, 21:12

Taiwan-based solar firms have been seeing rising orders in February and March. Some firms believe the changes are due to the EU's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against...

Retail channel motherboard inventory levels too high due to overstocking

Mar 7, 19:42

In order to hit their 2012 shipment targets, motherboard vendors significantly increased shipments in November-December 2012 although market demand did not rise, and consequently...

Too late for China to develop own mobile operating systems, say Taiwan makers

Mar 7, 11:11

While China Academy of Telecommunication Research under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in its white paper calls for China's development of own operating systems...

Taiwan Mobile obtains SGS Qualicert

Mar 6, 15:31

Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has obtained SGS Qualicert certification for quality of customer services from Switzerland-based SGS, for myfone, its retail chain, according to...

Taiwan market: VMware to cooperate with server ODMs for software bundled sale

Mar 6, 15:14

VMware will extend its partnerships from server vendors, such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM, to Taiwan-based server ODMs to pre-install its desktop virtualization...

Microsoft to offer discount on Windows 8 OEM prices

Mar 5, 22:21

Viewing that Windows 8 has fallen short of expectations in driving demand mainly because Windows 8 notebooks and tablets are too expensive, Microsoft will lower OEM licensing costs...

Taiwan market: Kbro to procure two-way STBs for MSO user behavior surveys

Mar 5, 15:44

Kbro, a MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, will procure 370,000 set-top boxes (STBs) in 2013, with 100,000 units to be two-way models which can collect information...

Taiwan solar cell quotes remain unchanged

Mar 5, 11:26

Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred...

Some tier-one Taiwan solar cell makers see increased orders from Japan

Mar 5, 11:05

Due to the expectation that Japan will lower its solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) in April and the US punitive tariffs' impacts on China-made solar products, some tier-one Taiwan-based...

Taiwan February CPI slightly up sequentially, says DGBAS

Mar 5, 10:33

Taiwan's February 2013 consumer price index (CPI) of 102.91 (2011 as base year) increased by 0.48% on month and by 2.97% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI)...

Taiwan market: TV vendors look to offer special deals via cooperation with content providers

Mar 4, 21:38

Rumors are spreading in Taiwan that local-based TV vendors are looking to clear out their reserves by offering low-priced or even free TVs to consumers upon the consumers' agreement...

DRAM modules replacing portions of SSD demand, say Taiwan makers

Mar 4, 15:59

Some memory controller IC design houses have adopted DRAM modules as solutions to replace SSDs used in cloud computing systems, financial applications, medical services, and online...

Taiwan IC design houses to perform well in 2013 on booming tablet sales

Mar 4, 14:45

IC design houses, including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor, are expected to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2013 and also see their sales momentum...

Commentary: Entering the entry-level tablet competition a must for ODMs

Mar 1, 10:32

Although some upstream supply chain players do not think notebook ODMs should join the entry-level tablet competition because of profitability concerns, it seems a neccessary step...

LED lighting can save 12.78% energy used in Taiwan

Feb 27, 15:54

If LED lighting is fully adopted in Taiwan, the country can reduce its electricity consumption by 12.78%, an equivalent to the combined capacity of two of its existing nuclear power...

Europe polysilicon makers seeking cooperation with Taiwan solar wafer makers

Feb 27, 14:29

To avoid possible tariffs imposed by China, Europe-based polysilicon firms have been reportedly seeking cooperation with Taiwan-based solar wafer makers. Solar firms noted that the...

Taiwan market: Channel retailers to offer discounts for TV products in March

Feb 27, 14:22

Taiwan-based channel retail chains are preparing to offer 10-60% discounts for several LCD TV products in March to welcome the release of new TV products in April, according to sources...

Taiwan market: BenQ expects large-size TV sales to increase in 2013

Feb 26, 20:33

BenQ sold over 10,000 65-inch LCD TVs in January 2013 and expects sales of it 50-inch and above size TV to make up approximately 15% of the company's overall TV sales during the year,...

Taiwan market: Projector sales expected to climb in 2013

Feb 26, 18:59

Projector sales in Taiwan are expected to climb on year due to increasing interest for larger viewing display options among local consumers, according to market observers.

Taiwan January export order value down 5.7% sequentially, says MOEA

Feb 26, 18:56

Taiwan received export orders worth US$37.14 billion in total in January 2013, decreasing 5.7% on month but increasing 18% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...