1078 news items tagged investment
Merry Electronics partners with SYNergy
Tuesday 29 December 2020Headset/headphone and electro-acoustic device maker Merry Electronics has subscribed to unsecured convertible bonds worth NT$280 million (US$9.7 million) issued by lithium-ion polymer...
China moving to prevent blind investment in third-generation semiconductors
Monday 28 December 2020China plans to invest big to build its homegrown third-generation compound semiconductors sector, but is also moving to prevent blind investments by Chinese players, asking them to...
Passive component maker Ta-I to set up new plant in Vietnam
Friday 25 December 2020Taiwan-based chip resistor specialist Ta-I Technology will invest a total of US$12 million in the establishment of a production subsidiary in Vietnam, according to a resolution approved...
Accton doubling down on R&D efforts in Taiwan
Thursday 24 December 2020Network device maker Accton Technology is doubling down on its R&D efforts, announcing that it has secured the right to use a land lot of an AI smart park in Hsinchu, northern...
Longsys preps for IPO
Thursday 24 December 2020Memory module firm Longsys Electronics has filed an application for its A-shares IPO and expects to trade on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE).
Taiwan investors should change mentality towards startups, says Wistron chairman
Wednesday 23 December 2020Taiwan's investors should change their mentality about entrepreneurships, giving more support to startups, according to Wistron chairman Simon Lin.
Entegris expands manufacturing facility in Taiwan
Monday 21 December 2020Entegris, a supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries, has announced it is expanding its manufacturing presence...
MediaTek announces equity investment in Asix
Friday 18 December 2020MediaTek through subsidiary Airoha Technology will invest up to NT$495 million (US$17.6 million) through private placement to acquire an about 20% stake in fellow Taiwan-based IC...
Pegatron on track to commence investment project in India, says chairman
Wednesday 16 December 2020Pegatron is on track to step up its investment in India, according to company chairman TH Tung, despite a riot at a Wistron plant in the country.
Growth ahead for semiconductor equipment market
Tuesday 15 December 2020Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to increase 16% compared to US$59.6 billion in 2019 and register a new industry...
Rigid PCB suppliers expect robust orders for notebooks in 2021
Friday 11 December 2020Rigid PCB suppliers believe demand from the notebook sector will continue to be robust in 2021 with the lingering coronavirus pandemic likely to maintain the momentum for the stay-at-home...
Qisda to expand investment in Sysage
Wednesday 9 December 2020Qisda will expand its investment in Sysage Technology, an ICT solution provider, through purchasing up to 38 million stocks of the latter, an equivalent to a stake of 20.17%, at NT$45...
Taiwan to invest NT$8 billion over 5 years in quantum computing R&D
Wednesday 9 December 2020Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Academia Sinica are set to invest a total of NT$8 billion (US$280.7 million) over five...
Quanta expands investments in Thailand subsidiary
Monday 16 November 2020Quanta Computer has announced an investment of THB2 billion (US$70.08 million) in QMB, a subsidiary in Thailand, to fund its purchases of production equipment.
Yageo breaks ground for new plant in southern Taiwan
Monday 16 November 2020Yageo recently broke ground for a new plant at an industrial park in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan where the passive component vendor has two plants.
Wistron to ramp up server production
Friday 13 November 2020Wistron has disclosed it will rent a factory in Taiwan from solar cell and module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) for housing additional server production capacity, and will also...
TSMC board approves US$3.5 billion investment for US fab project
Wednesday 11 November 2020TSMC has allocated a US$3.5 billion budget for setting up a subsidiary in Arizona, where the pure-play foundry plans to build a wafe fab using 5nm process technology.
Wistron to beef up CVC investment in EV sector
Thursday 5 November 2020ODM Wistron will strengthen CVC (corporate venture capital) investment in business concerning electric vehicles (EVs), according to company chairman and chief strategy officer Simon...
Samsung expects profit to decline in 4Q20
Friday 30 October 2020Samsung Electronics expects profit to decline in the fourth quarter amid weakening memory chip demand from server customers and intensifying competition in mobile phones and consumer...
IC Insights expects modest DRAM price erosion through end-2020
Wednesday 28 October 2020DRAM ASPs climbed to US$3.70 in June 2020 before tapering off to US$3.51 in July and August, according to IC Insights, which expects modest price erosion through the end of this ye...
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
Wednesday 28 October 2020China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
Microsoft to build Azure datacenter, cloud hardware R&D team in Taiwan
Tuesday 27 October 2020Microsoft has announced plans to build a data center in Taiwan and grow a local team dedicated to the development of Azure cloud hardware and infrastructure, which is expected to...
Dialog licenses non-volatile ReRAM technology to Globalfoundries for 22FDX platform
Tuesday 20 October 2020Dialog Semiconductor and Globalfoundries have entered into an agreement in which Dialog licenses its conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) technology to Globalfoundries, according to the...
Foxsemicon breaks ground for new plant in northern Taiwan
Friday 16 October 2020Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, broke ground for a smart manufacturing plant in Chunan of northern Taiwan on October...
Taiwanese businesses keen to invest in Thailand
Wednesday 23 September 2020Taiwanese enterprises together invested THB7.8 billion (US$248 million) in Thailand during January-August 2020, the fifth largest in terms of foreign direct investment in the country...

KLA-Tencor 2910 series optical inspection system and eDR-7100 e-beam review tool
Photo: Company, Thursday 18 July 2013