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Thursday 28 May 2020
Taiwan PC monitor shipments to rebound in 2Q20, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments, fueled by rising work-from-home activities, are expected to undergo a sequential growth of 24% to 22.94 million units in the second quarter 2020 after...
Thursday 28 May 2020
AUO heads Space4Money in building smart showcase for Taiwan National Palace Museum
AU Optronics (AUO) has leveraged its display technologies and teamed up with Space4Money, the company's wholly-owned subsidiary specializing in smart retail software and hardware...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Largan sells China plant
Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision has taken a major step in expanding capacity in Taiwan by remitting back about NT$11 billion (US$367 million) in income from selling...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Chang Wah to double QFN leadframe capacity in 2020
Leadframe specialist Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has disclosed plans to expand production capacity for QFN (quad flat no-lead) leadframes at its factory sites in China and Taiwan...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Raising IC self-sufficiency increasingly difficult for China
US vendors remain dominant players in the global front-end semiconductor equipment market segment, which will be a critical factor blocking China's ambition of raising self-sufficiency...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Taiwan economic development to focus on six areas
The National Development Council (NDC) has proposed strategies for boosting Taiwan's economic development, focusing on six areas: Semiconductor, biotechnology/medical care, digital...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Taiwan Mobile expanding sales of Nest Mini smart speakers
Google's Nest Mini has outraced rival devices such as those from Xiaomi to become the top-selling smart speakers in Taiwan's telecom channels, according Taiwan Mobile, the sales agent...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Metal chassis makers to see revenues spike from auto applications
Metal chassis makers Catcher Technology and Ju Teng International, after building solid presences in notebook, tablet and handset segments, have successfully forayed into automotive...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Glass substrate landscape changing in line with reductions in Korea LCD fabs
The global landscape for the supply of display glass substrates is changing along with the moves by Samsung Display and LG Display to gradually withdraw from the LCD panel market.
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Taiwan April manufacturing production index down on month
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 108.37 for April 2020, decreasing 7.62% sequentially but increasing 4.15% on year, according to statistics released...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Taiwan handset HDI board makers cautious about 2H20
Taiwan's makers of handset-use HDI boards have yet to feel the pinch of waning handset sales so far this year and are expected to enjoy stable shipments through second-quarter 2020,...
Monday 25 May 2020
Pachinko upgrades to boost NAND flash demand
Upgrades in Japanese-made pachinko game machines are set to play a driver of NAND flash demand growth in 2020, according to industry sources.
Monday 25 May 2020
Chromebook to win most in Japan purchase program, says Digitimes Research
The Japanese government will begin a JPY300 billion (US$2.786 billion) plan to purchase mobile computing devices to cope with urgent demand for remote study triggered by the coronavirus...
Monday 25 May 2020
Moving production lines out of China is uneasy
Taiwan-based electronic component supply chain makers have come under pressue to move production lines out of China in the wake of the US-China trade war and coronavirus pandemic,...
Monday 25 May 2020
Taiwan Chelic constructing new plant in China
Pneumatic automation component maker Taiwan Chelic has disclosed it is constructing a plant in eastern China with investment of CNY180 million (US$25.5 million), with production set...