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Wednesday 12 September 2018
Taiwan panel makers embracing mini, micro LED technologies
The recently concluded Touch Taiwan 2018 was a great fanfare with the exhibits including a 277-inch bezel-less spliced wall panel and also a 100-inch S-UHD TV panel with a 15,360...
Wednesday 12 September 2018
Memory module firm Team Group applies for TWSE listing
Taiwan-based memory module maker Team Group has applied to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Taiwan IC firms enforcing capacity expansions with imported equipment
Taiwan's machinery imports are expected to see sharp increases in the second half of 2018, as suppliers of silicon wafers, memory and passive components have started to take delivery...
Tuesday 11 September 2018
BDT to sell hemodialyzers in South Korea in 4Q18
BenQ Dialysis Technology (BDT) has disclosed it has obtained a license from South Korean authorities allowing it to begin supplying its Qflux Dialyzer hemodialyzers in the country...
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Amkor opens new plant in Taiwan for high-end IC backend
Amkor Technology has unveiled its new plant in Taiwan to focus mainly on high-end IC backend services, such as wafer-level and flip-chip packaging, and high-end chip probing.
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Taiwan startups should eye applications combining hardware, software, says Gwong Lee, managing director of Translink Capital
Successfully starting his own business twice, Gwong Lee, managing director, Translink Capital, sold his second firm for a high price 15 months after its establishment and he was named...
Monday 10 September 2018
TSMC August revenues up, UMC down
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its August revenues climb 22.4% sequentially, while fellow foundry company United Microelectronics' (UMC) revenues slipped 8.1%...
Monday 10 September 2018
DJI launches two camera drones in Taiwan
China-based Da-Jiang Innovations Science and Technology (DJI) has unveiled two latest camera drone models, Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom, in Taiwan at recommended retail prices of...
Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan startup FootPrintKu unveils AI-based EDA cloud platform
Taiwan tech startup FootPrintKu (FPK) has newly released an AI-based EDA cloud management platform seeking to build universal standard design specs for electronics parts by leveraging...
Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan August export value up on year
Taiwan's export value totaled US$28.30 billion in August 2018, slipping 0.2% sequentially but growing 1.9% on year, while imports totaled US$23.77 billion, down 9.0% sequentially...
Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan biotech can take off by overcoming challenges, says Frank Kung, founder of Vivo Capital
Having started three businesses, two of which successfully went public, founder of Vivo Capital Frank Kung set foot in the biotech sector in the 1970s. Thanks to Kung's decades of...
Friday 7 September 2018
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in August
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and flexible PCB specialists Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect have all posted sequential...
Friday 7 September 2018
Sumco halts production after quake hits Hokkaido
Semiconductor silicon wafer provider Sumco has suspended production at its local plant in Hokkaido, Japan where a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit on September 6 causing landslides and...
Friday 7 September 2018
ITRI, SEMI, Taiwan universities team up to develop flexible hybrid electronics technology
To promote precision sports, ITRI, SEMI, Chang Gung University (CGU), and National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) have signed an agreement to jointly develop flexible hybrid electronics...
Friday 7 September 2018
Backend firm Amkor to expand capacity in Taiwan
Amkor Technology will soon start operating a new factory at its manufacturing site in Longtan, northern Taiwan for wafer-level packaging (WLP) and wafer test services. The arrival...