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Wednesday 22 January 2020
Taiwan IC backend houses to expand production capacity
Taiwan-based IC backend houses plan to implement their capacity expansion projects in 2020 to satisfy growing demand for more complex chip designs and high-end testing, according...
Wednesday 22 January 2020
IC substrate market increasingly dominated by leading makers
Driven by 5G and AI applications, the IC substrate sector is experiencing the fastest wave of tech advancement in 20 years, raising the entry threshold for newcomers and boosting...
Wednesday 22 January 2020
Taiwan ICT players set to gain from new AR/VR, AIoT applications
The just-concluded CES 2020 has witnessed diverse new tech innovations and applications, such as wearable devices focusing more on diverse health monitoring, AR/VR gears incorporating...
Wednesday 22 January 2020
EPED taps markets outside of Taiwan
Taiwan-based Stereotactic surgery navigation solution developer EPED has been tapping overseas markets and expects consolidated revenues for 2020 to exceed NT$100 million (US$3.3...
Wednesday 22 January 2020
Taiwan 4Q19 economic growth rate hits 6-quarter high, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, for the fourth quarter of 2019 is preliminarily estimated at 3.38%, 0.34 percentage point higher than the 3.04% forecast in November...
Tuesday 21 January 2020
Taiwan semiconductor production value reaches NT$2.6 trillion in 2019
The production value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry reached NT$2.6 trillion (US$86.713 billion) in 2019, according to science and technology minister Chen Liang-gee.
Tuesday 21 January 2020
MOST minister cautions about insufficient high-level talents in electronics industry
There will be hidden concerns about Taiwan's economic development if high-level scientific research talent is not sufficient, according to Liang-gee Chen, minister of science and...
Tuesday 21 January 2020
Taiwan December export order value down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$43.78 billion in total in December 2019, decreasing 1.7% on month but increasing 0.9% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Friday 17 January 2020
High 5G bidding prices likely to prompt Taiwan carriers to adopt x86 equipment
As the auction of 5G spectrums in Taiwan has reached an end, telecom carriers' high bidding prices are expected to prompt them to accelerate the adoption of x86 servers in their equipment...
Friday 17 January 2020
Telecoms, handset brands ready to compete in Taiwan 5G market
Taiwan's telecommunication service industry will usher in a new era starting the second half of 2020 as now the government has auctioned off spectrums for the offering commercial...
Friday 17 January 2020
Compal expects non-notebook shipments to surge in 2020
Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments to register only flat growth on year in 2020, but shipments of its non-notebook products such as wearables, smart home devices, automotive...
Friday 17 January 2020
TTA startups win significant business opportunities at CES 2020, says MOST
Taiwan's startup delegation to CES 2020 has won business opportunities of more than US$226 million during their stay in the US, according to the Ministry of Science and Technoilogy...
Friday 17 January 2020
Compal constructing second plant in Vietnam
Compal Electronics will see its Vietnam-based plant soon run at full capacity, and is therefore constructing a new plant in the country with additional capacity to come online by...
Friday 17 January 2020
Taiwan PCB makers urged to widen tech lead in 5G applications
Taiwan's PCB industry ended 2019 with better-than-expected performance thanks to robust demand for 5G infrastructure and TWS (true wireless stereo) headsets applications offsetting...
Friday 17 January 2020
Taiwan needs to step up EDA development, says MOST
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is urging the local industry and academy to devote more efforts to R&D on electronic design automation (EDA) to fill Taiwan's...