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Heterogeneous integration bringing more innovation: Q&A with Etron chairman Nicky Lu
The Taiwan semiconductor industry is gearing up to tap huge business opportunities arising from AI and IoT applications, such as machine learning, cloud to edge...
Asustek shakeup: Q&A with company chairman Jonney Shih and president Jerry Shen
Asustek Computer has long been the leader in the motherboard business since its establishment in 1990. In 1997, the Taiwan-based vendor ventured into the notebook...
ASEAN sees fast growth in e-commerce, says ASOCIO chairman
The ASEAN market sees fast growth in e-commerce, with total transaction value increasing by about 20% annually, according to ASOCIO (Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry...
Vietnam focusing on smart city development, says FPT chairman
Facing the great waves of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Vietnam is keen on promoting e-government projects, and the government there has selected five main...
Huami to expand into Asia Pacific smart wearable markets, says chairman
China-based Huami, a main ODM of Xiaomi's smart wrist bands and weight scales, launched its own-brand smartwatch, Amazfit, in Europe and US in September 2016 and...
Taiwan should encourage early-stage investments, says LuxNet chairman Hsing Kung
LuxNet chairman, Hsing Kung, has founded three companies. Among them, SDL was established in 1983, specializing in manufacturing optical communication devices...
Taiwan must be prepared for entrepreneurship, says Acorn Campus Taiwan chairman Wu-Fu Chen
Chairman of Acorn Campus Taiwan Wu-Fu Chen, with a record of having founded 13 companies within a 15-year period and having all of them either acquired or listed,...
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...
Avoiding cut throat competition: Q&A with SPIL chairman Bough Lin
Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has disclosed that it had never occurred to him that his company would one day merge with one of...
Creating user value: Q&A with EIH chairman Frank Ko
E Ink Holding (EIH) has been a pioneer in the development of electrophoretic display (EPD) technology and consequently become a primary e-paper solution supplier...
Bright prospect for wireless charging: Q&A with WPC chairman Menno Treffers
Wireless charging is emerging as a new major feature of high-end smartphones after Apple, Samsung and other leading vendors incorporated it into their latest smartphone...
All feasts must come to an end: Q&A with TSMC chairman Morris Chang
Just three days after announcing an encouraging decision that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will build its 3nm wafer fab in Taiwan, the firm's...
Ways to explore Indonesia ICT market: Q&A with Aptiknas chairman Franky Christian
When making forays into the Indonesia market for ICT products, Taiwan makers would curiously ask where their business opportunities are after finding that the...
Seeking to become major IoT brand: Q&A with Aaeon chairman YS Chuang
As one of Taiwan's major makers of industrial PCs, Aaeon Technology was back to the capital market in late August 2017, when it was relisted on the local bourse...
Solar passenger planes a reality soon: Q&A with Si2 co-pilot Bertrand Piccard and Covestro CEO Patrick Thomas
At the 2017 World Congress on Information Industry (WCIT) held September 11-13 in Taipei, there were two prominent guest speakers: Bertrand Piccard, chairman of...
Potential of wireless charging technology: Q&A with WPC chairman Menno Treffers
To help foster the development of related wireless charging technology in Taiwan, the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with...
Targeting Taiwan IC sector: Q&A with Tsinghua Unigroup chairman Zhao Weiguo
China-based Tsinghua Unigroup is currently riding high in the global semiconductor industry with a series of acquisitions totaling over US$10 billion in the past...
TCA chairman optimistic about Taiwan ICT industries despite challenges
Computex has evolved into one of the biggest and most important ICT trade shows in the world since its first edition was launched 35 years ago. Computex 2015,...
Rooftop PV systems are stage for Taiwan solar cell makers: Q&A with Win Win Precision chairman Davis Chen
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been impacted by the US imposing an average 19.5% anti-dumping tariffs rate. But rooftop PV systems, especially...
Consolidation needed to address oversupply in NOR flash industry: Q&A with Macronix chairman Miin Wu
Macronix International, which ranks as the world's second-largest NOR flash supplier with a 19% share currently, aims to become the number one player in the sector...
SSD products for sustainable growth: Q&A with Phison chairman Khein-Seng Pua
NAND flash chip controller maker Phison Electronics has seen its sales grow robustly in 2014. And under the leadership of its chairman Khein-Seng Pua, the company...
Geared up for car-use market: Q&A with Macronix chairman Miin Wu
NOR flash memory supplier Macronix International is looking to expand its presence in the automotive market, and aims to become the largest supplier of NOR flash...
Cree investment is good for Taiwan LED development: Q&A with Lextar chairman David Su
US-based Cree will invest US$83 million to take a 13.32% stake in Taiwan-based Lextar Electronics, which provides LED epitaxial wafers and chips, as well as packaging...
On the handset market in India and increasing presence of Lava: Q&A with Lava chairman Hari Om Rai
As India's handset market is continuing to grow, local vendors including Lava, Spice, Intex and GI 5 are seeing monthly sales reach between 500,000-1 million units...
