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Wednesday 25 December 2019
US may tighten ban on Huawei with mixed impacts on Taiwan IC designers
The US government is reportedly mulling adjusting regulations to tighten control on Huawei's access to US-originated technology, which may bring uncertainties to Taiwan-based IC design...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
GlobalWafers sees order visibility improve
Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers has seen better-than-expected order visibility for the first quarter of 2020, particularly for 12-inch wafers, according to company chairperson...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
LCD heyday coming to an end
For the global LCD panel industry, the year 2019 has been mostly engulfed by oversupply due notably to rampant capacity ramps by Chinese makers. Oversupply coupled with the impacts...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Epson Taiwan promoting SCARA robots
Epson Taiwan is eyeing the demand for automation equipment from Taiwan's electronics manufacturing industry by promoting its selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) products,...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Taiwan CCL makers may ramp up shipments to European clients in 2020
Taiwan-based CCL manufacturers are on track to embrace a larger harvest in 2020 as they have been asked by their Europe-based clients to enter risk production for applications for...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Taiwan November manufacturing production index up
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 115.71 for November 2019, increasing 0.97% sequentially and 2.29% on year, according to statistics released by...
Monday 23 December 2019
Corning Taiwan partners with university to set up startup accelerator
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan has partnered with Taidah Entrepreneurship Center under National Taiwan University (TEC NTU) to set up an accelerator to help startups develop...
Monday 23 December 2019
China keen on developing AI-based ASICs
Chinese chipmakers are revving up development of HPC (high performance computing) chips for AI and deep learning applications, which are expected to become available for volume production...
Monday 23 December 2019
Taiwan November export orders down
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$44.53 billion in value in November 2019, decreasing 5.8% sequentially and 6.6% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOE...
Monday 23 December 2019
Taiwan PCB output to rise slightly to US$21.7 billion in 2019
Taiwanese PCB makers' production in 2019 is expected to grow slightly from a year earlier to NT$656.2 billion (US$21.74 billion), with strong shipments of rigid-flex boards, high-end...
Friday 20 December 2019
Etron to tap Japan AR glasses supply chain with 3D sensor solutions
Etron Technology and its affiliate eYs 3D Microelectronics are likely to tap into Japan's AR glass industry supply chain in 2020 with diverse smart 3D sensing solutions, according...
Friday 20 December 2019
Big data present big challenge for AI, says Quanta chairman
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam has noted that he believes the biggest upcoming challenges for AI development are big data and precision healthcare.
Thursday 19 December 2019
Unimicron, Nan Ya may serve Chinese CPU makers with advanced ABF substrates
While China's homegrown processor makers are gearing up to develop new-generation solutions to serve huge domestic PC replacement demand, Taiwan-based Unimicron Technology and Nan...
Thursday 19 December 2019
Taiwan science parks generate revenues of NT$2,122 billion in January-October
Government-developed Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated NT$2,122.780 billion (US$69.60 billion) in total...
Thursday 19 December 2019
Major robot developers showcasing innovations at iREX 2019
International Robot Exhibition (iREX) 2019 opened in Tokyo, Japan on December 18 with major robot developers including Universal Robots, TM-Robot, OnRobot and Solomon, all showcasing...