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Tuesday 21 April 2020
TRIPLE helps startups commercialize innovations
Taiwan Rapid Innovation Prototyping League for Entrepreneurs (TRIPLE) is a government-sponsored project for matching startup teams or businesses with supply chain makers to quickly...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Taiwan PCB makers eyeing 5G infrastructure, HPC applications for 2020 growth
Taiwan-based PCB makers are expected to see robust demand for 5G base stations, servers, networking equipment and HPC devices significantly drive up their shipments in 2020 while...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Taiwan IC firms see orders for 5G infrastructure pull in from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed a pull-in of orders for 5G base-station and customer-premise equipment (CPE) from China, according to sources at Taiwan's IC distributors.
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Taiwan sees March export orders increase
Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$40.26 billion in value in March 2020, increasing 40.4% sequentially and 4.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 20 April 2020
Epistar to set up mini LED capacity in Taiwan
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has disclosed it will invest NT$5.4 billion (US$179 million) to set up mini LED production lines at its existing factories in Central and...
Friday 17 April 2020
AUO setting up new production lines for automotive panels in Taiwan
AU Optronics (AUO) is installing two new production lines for the manufacture of automotive panel modules in Taiwan, with volume production slated to kick off in the second quarter...
Friday 17 April 2020
Taiwan IC backend firms gearing up shipments for new iPhone SE
Taiwan's IC backend service suppliers are benefitting from Apple's recent release of its second-generation 4.7-inch iPhone SE, ramping up their capacity utilization rates and revenues...
Friday 17 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses to remain beneficiaries of US-China trade war
The lingering US-China trade tensions are set to further encourage Huawei and other China smartphone vendors to reduce their dependence on their US chip suppliers, which will continue...
Friday 17 April 2020
Sharp Taiwan sets up e-commerce platform
Sharp Taiwan has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, Cocoro Life, to take over operation of FLNet, an online shopping operator established by the Foxconn Group, and duplicate the operation...
Thursday 16 April 2020
Laster to start volume production at Taiwan factory
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech is installing equipment at existing factory buildings in Taiwan with volume production to begin in May 2021 and products to be shipped...
Thursday 16 April 2020
Taiwan cooling fan makers eyeing automotives as growth driver
Taiwan-based cooling fan makers remain keen on expanding their presence in the automotive field, which they hope can drive their long-term growth, according to industry sources.
Thursday 16 April 2020
Nearly 95% of AmCham Taipei members satisfied with Taiwan diseases control
Of the members of American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham Taipei), 94.8% are satisfied with the Taiwan government's efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic, according to...
Thursday 16 April 2020
Traditional PC shipments see sharp decline in 1Q20, says IDC
The global traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 9.8% on year in the first quarter of 2020, reaching a total of 53.2 million shipments...
Wednesday 15 April 2020
Taiwan IC firms upbeat about demand for servers
Taiwan-based IC design houses remain optimistic about demand for server peripheral chips, which will be further strengthened in the second half of 2020, according to industry sourc...
Wednesday 15 April 2020
Unimicon, Na Ya to enjoy robust orders for ABF substrates till 4Q20
Taiwan-based IC substrates makers including Unimicron and Na Ya PCB are expected to see their capacities, especially those for ABF substrates, fully booked till fourth-quarter 2020,...