Lite-On sees on-month growth, but on-year drop in March revenues

Apr 10, 01:15

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.47 billion (US$151.28 million) for March, up 17.1% on month, but down 7.1% on year, while the...

Taiwan IT hinge players to enter China medical market

Feb 20, 15:57

Taiwan-based IT hinge maker Syncmold is set to cooperate with China-based players to enter into China's medical cart market as the China government is pushing the 125 plan to help...

Asustek tapping medical care market

Dec 23, 15:23

Asustek Computer has been applying its IT hardware/software know-how to medical care, according to the company.

Pressure sensors to become top MEMS device by 2014, says IHS

Oct 28, 12:13

Pressure sensors will become the leading MEMS device by 2014, thanks to their relatively high prices and expanding use in a host of automotive, medical and industrial applications,...

Wistron to launch a tablet PC model with in-house built software support

Oct 4, 01:30

Wistron is set to launch a tablet PC that will support cloud computing and the company will push the device in the education and medical markets, according to company president Robert...

Quanta, Wistron, Taiwan Mobile announce cloud computing cooperation

Aug 30, 01:20

Taiwan-based PC makers Quanta Computer and Wistron, and telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile have jointly announced cooperation over cloud computing service with the two PC makers to also...

Taiwan PC supply chain players facing bankruptcy crisis in China

Aug 4, 01:10

Taiwan-based PC supply chain players are facing a crisis of being bankrupted in China as the China government started executing new social insurance policies in July which will significantly...

Posiflex steps into medical care services through cooperation with 55Tone

Apr 29, 10:58

Posiflex Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of own-brand POS (point of sale/service) systems/devices, has developed interactive terminal devices for medical care of elderly people through...

Apple CEO medical leave will not impact component suppliers

Jan 18, 16:11

Apple's Taiwan-based upstream partners such as Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical for optical lens supply as well as Pegatron Technology, should not be impacted...

High-value MEMS market set for robust growth, says iSuppli

Sep 8, 17:41

Revenues for "high-value" MEMS are projected to reach US$1.6 billion in 2010, up 29.7% from US$1.2 billion in 2009, according to iSuppli. Such revenue levels translate into...

Power management ICs in portable devices represent nearly 40% of total analog IC revenues, says Petrov Group

Aug 10, 15:20

The annual unit growth rate for portable devices is estimated at more than 12%, from about two billion in 2008 to over 3.4 billion devices in 2013. These devices have an increasing...

Taiwan market: Wistron working on medical cloud computing

Jun 24, 14:11

Wistron ITS, a software design subsidiary of Wistron, has recently cooperated with Wistron to develop a medical cloud computing platform and the service system has already won the...

Wistron cuts into software service market

Jun 4, 15:42

Wistron has been working aggressively on software service R&D and is currently developing solutions for e-book readers, digital signage and medical electronics, according to company...

Computex 2010: WiMAX medicare use demonstrated to Taiwan president

Jun 2, 11:11

Chairman JT Wang for both Acer and the Taipei Computer Association, one of the organizers of Computex, and chairwoman Lin Kuo Wen-yen for Tatung InfoComm, one of the six WiMAX operators...

Backend supplier UTAC says sales of copper wirebonding process growing

May 18, 11:48

United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) has seen sales generated from copper wire bonding account for 20% of its total revenues, according to company CEO Lee Joon Chung. Apart from...

Quanta Computer invests in UK-based Toumaz Holdings

Mar 16, 11:56

Quanta Computer has taken a 1% stake in Toumaz Holdings, a UK-based developer of wireless communication solutions for medical applications, according to the British company. Quanta...

Gou-donated stem cell therapy center opens in Taipei

Mar 15, 16:29

A stem cell therapy center donated by Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has been unveiled in Taiwan.

Ibase Technology aims at 2010 revenues of NT$1.8-2 billion

Feb 3, 14:57

Taiwan industrial PC maker Ibase Technology has settled orders as far as in June 2010 and has set a revenue goal of NT$1.8-2 billion (US$56.3-62.5 million) for 2010, according to...

Ampoc to tap medical equipment market

Dec 28, 15:44

Taiwan's Ampoc Fareast, which mainly makes equipment for PCB production, has disclosed it is developing inspection equipment for medical use through collaboration with Abnova, in...

Foxconn refutes rumor of buying a Taiwan medical device supplier, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 22, 16:37

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has refuted rumors indicating the company will acquire Excelsior Healthcare, a Taiwan-based medical equipment provider, according...

Holtek July order volumes surpasses those in June

Jul 14, 15:24

Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has seen orders in the first half of July 2009 surpass levels in June, and has already begun to take August orders. The company...

KYE offers medical LCD displays

Jul 7, 11:02

KYE Systems, a Taiwan-based maker of mice, keyboards and other PC accessories, has stepped into production of handwriting-input LCD screens specifically for medical use, and has won...

Taiwan cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics steps into medical devices

Jul 1, 16:38

Taiwan-based electronics cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics has stepped into medial applications, having its subsidiary Digio2 International produce components for remote medical...

POS maker Flytech eyes medical applications

Jun 23, 10:20

Taiwan-based POS (point of sale/service) maker Flytech Technology will step into development and production of devices or equipment for medical applications based on its successful...

Intel and Nvidia come roaring back in 1Q09, says Jon Peddie Research

Apr 29, 17:01

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2009.

Southeast Asia MCU market set to grow steadily, says Frost & Sullivan

Apr 6, 16:29

The popular perception that the microcontroller unit (MCU) that offers the fastest clock speed at the most advanced process node is the future of the Southeast Asian microcontroller...

Foxconn forms strategic partnership with IBM Taiwan

Mar 5, 14:14

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and IBM Taiwan have announced a strategic partnership under which Foxconn will invest around US$1 billion over the next five years...

IC distributors eye niche markets

Dec 22, 10:33

In order to avoid too much sales decline in 2009, IC distributors have made more deployments outside the consumer electronics, communications and computer market, such as industrial...

IC design houses look to medical applications to drive revenue growth in 2009

Nov 19, 12:16

Two Taiwan-based IC design houses, Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology, have voiced optimism about the growth potential for the medical electronics market. Holtek and Sonix...