
Advanced economies news coverage
Microsoft optimistic about business transformation in Taiwan
Wednesday 27 January 2021Ken Sun, president of Microsoft Taiwan, has expressed optimism about business transformation of Taiwan's enterprises, as its joint research with IDC shows that the maturity of Taiwan's...
Testing house Sigurd set to acquire UTAC Taiwan
Tuesday 26 January 2021Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to wholly acquire fellow IC assembly and test service company UTAC Taiwan for NT$4.62 billion (US$165 million), and expects to complete...
Taiwan December manufacturing production hits record
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 131.52 for December 2020, the highest-ever monthly level with growths of 5.60% sequentially and 10.41% on year,...
Taiwan makers step up miniLED-backlit automotive displays development
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based LED firms Everlight Electronics and Lextar Electronics, and LCD panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) are stepping up efforts developing miniLED-backlit LCD automotive...
Taiwan IC design houses slow new chip development due to foundry capacity shortage
Monday 25 January 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, continue to encounter tight capacity at their foundry partners and have to decelerate the development of their new chip products...
Smart driving industry alliance to promote autonomous buses in Taiwan
Monday 25 January 2021Five Taiwan-based companies and government-sponsored Automotive Research & Testing Center will form an intelligent driving industry alliance to promote autonomous buses for public...
Rohm ramping up SiC power device output
Friday 22 January 2021Rohm recently held an opening ceremony announcing the completion of a new building at its Apollo plant in Chikugo, Japan. The facility is to enhance the company's production capacity...
Kinsus to expand ABF substrate capacity by 30% in 2021
Friday 22 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology plans to restore a fire-hit flexible PCB (FPCB) plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and convert it to produce ABF substrates...
TSMC, NTU expand R&D partnership to quantum materials
Friday 22 January 2021TSMC and National Taiwan University (NTU) have expanded their collaboration in technology development to quantum materials research.
Pegatron sees slowdown in orders for iPhone 12 mini
Friday 22 January 2021Pegatron has seen a slowdown in orders for the iPhone 12 mini as sales of the model in the US and Europe are affected negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry sou...
Taiwan IC design houses likely to see sales growth constrained in 1Q21
Friday 22 January 2021With foundry capacity staying tight, coupled with longer delivery lead times at backend houses, Taiwan-based IC design houses are likely to see their sales growth constrained in the...
Taiwan December export orders hit record
Thursday 21 January 2021Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$60.55 billion in December 2020, hitting a monthly record for the fourth consecutive month with increases of 4.8% sequentially...
Taiwan makers regain orders for EV motor components from Tesla
Wednesday 20 January 2021Taiwan's automotive components makers are expected to expand their presence in the supply chain of Tesla, as some of them reportedly have regained orders for electric motor components...
Taiwan IC substrate makers see promising demand for SiP, AiP designs
Wednesday 20 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate makers are generally cautious about expanding BT-based substrate capacity. Nevertheless, with demand for SiP (system-in-package) and AiP (antenna-in-package)...
Unimicron to further boost ABF substrate capacity
Wednesday 20 January 2021PCB maker Unimicron Technology is likely to rebuild and transfer its fire-damaged BT substrate plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, to the production of ABF substrates, according to...
Taiwan server makers eyeing double-digit increases for 2021 shipments
Wednesday 20 January 2021Taiwan-based server makers including Quanta Computer, Inventec, Wiwynn, Mitac Computing Technology and Foxconn Technology are optimistic about their business prospects this year with...
Taiwan IC design houses see supply constrained
Wednesday 20 January 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their supply constrained by tight foundry capacity, as well as longer delivery times at backend houses, according to industry sources.
JEITA platform facilitates development of smart home services in Japan
Tuesday 19 January 2021Smart Home Data Catalog, a platform for collecting data from connected electric home appliances launched in October 2020 by Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries...
Japan setting up nationwide smart logistics platform
Monday 18 January 2021Japan is establishing a nationwide smart logistics platform to collect data about entire delivery processes of selected products from production, transportation, distribution to sales...
Taiwan machine tool output value to grow 15-20% in 2021
Monday 18 January 2021Taiwan's output value for machine tools and related accessories and components in 2021 is likely to increase 15-20% on year amid recovery in demand, according to Habor Hsu, chairman...
WinWay breaks ground for new plant in southern Taiwan
Friday 15 January 2021WinWay Technology, a dedicated supplier of IC test interface solutions, has recently broken ground for a new plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
Taiwan PCB output value hits record high in 2020
Friday 15 January 2021The output of Taiwan's PCB industry grew 5.6% on year to a record high of NT$667.2 billion (US$23.83 billion) in 2020, bolstered by pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy in most of...
Taiwan electric bus makers look to overseas markets
Friday 15 January 2021Taiwan-based electric bus makers RAC Electric Vehicles, Kaison Green Energy Technology, Master Transportation Bus Manufacturing and Yangeng Advanced Vehicles have been competing for...
Taiwan becoming Asian hub of offshore wind farms
Friday 15 January 2021Taiwan has been keen on constructing offshore wind farms in line with its aim to have renewable energy account for 20% of total electricity output in 2025, paving way for the country...
Cisco to set up software development center in Taiwan
Thursday 14 January 2021Cisco Systems will set up a software development center in Taiwan to work with local partners to develop solutions for 5G private networks, according to Cisco Systems Taiwan general...
- The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors (Jan 26) - Bloomberg
- Germany urges Taiwan to help ease auto chip shortage (Jan 24) - Reuters
- South Korea export growth in December fastest since 2018 (Jan 1) - Bloomberg
- Europe threatens to break up Big Tech if it doesn't play by new rules (Dec 15) - CNN
- The US-China tech war won't end under Biden (Dec 15) - Wall Street Journal
- Japan plans phase-out of new gasoline cars by mid-2030s (Dec 3) - Bloomberg
- Japan Inc to begin experiments issuing digital yen (Nov 19) - Reuters
- Apple hit with two privacy complaints in Europe over its mobile tracking tool for advertisers (Nov 16) - CNBC
- Shin-Etsu taps Taiwan in 20% boost to chipmaking material capacity (Oct 15) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- U.S. renews pressure on Europe to ditch Huawei in new networks (Sep 29) - Reuters