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Friday 27 July 2018
Xiaomi gears up for smartphones in Taiwan
Xiaomi has launched three new smartphones, Mi 8, Redmi 6 and Mi A2, in Taiwan as it aims to enhance its penetration in the local market through aggressive marketing campaigns.
Friday 27 July 2018
TIPO receives over 35,000 patent applications in 1H18
Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under Ministry of Economic Affairs on July 26 announced that it received 35,293 cases of patent application in the first half of 2018, slightly...
Thursday 26 July 2018
IC foundries seeing 8-inch fab capacity remain tight
IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fabs run at full utilization, but order visibility for their 12-inch fab capacity is becoming unclear, according to industry sources.
Thursday 26 July 2018
Taiwan academia-assisted startups show strong innovation prowess
As many as 50 startup teams have demonstrated their latest innovations at an annual conference, dubbed TEC #2 Demo Day, hosted on July 24 by Taidah Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) of...
Thursday 26 July 2018
Taiwan bike app Velodash adopted to record Singapore cycling event
Taiwan biking software platform Velodash app has been selected by Singapore to record the country's RIBA (Round Island Bike Adventure) activity to be held on August 5, the city state's...
Thursday 26 July 2018
Lenovo enjoys bigger presence in Taiwan gaming PC market
Lenovo has announced six new gaming PCs in Taiwan including notebooks and desktops and will begin selling them in August, according to general manager of Lenovo Taiwan Benjamin Lin...
Thursday 26 July 2018
SK Hynix posts record profits and revenues in 2Q18
SK Hynix has reported net profits of KRW4.33 trillion (US$3.87 billion) on consolidated revenues of KRW10.37 trillion for the second quarter of 2018. Both results hit record-high...
Thursday 26 July 2018
7-Eleven opens unstaffed store in Taipei
7-Eleven has opened its second unstaffed X-Store in Taipei, relying on AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies to serve customers.
Tuesday 24 July 2018
Orders for OLED driver ICs to boost Chipbond revenues in 2019-2020
Taiwan-based backend firm Chipbond Technology is expected to see revenues generated from orders for OLED panel driver ICs make a substantial contribution to company revenues in 2019...
Tuesday 24 July 2018
Taiwan MOSFET suppliers poised to hike quotes in 2H18
Taiwan-based MOSFET suppliers are mulling raising their quotes to reflect rising silicon wafer and foundry costs, as they are expected to secure more foundry capacities to support...
Tuesday 24 July 2018
Taiwan overseas M&A investments surge 42% on year in 1Q18
The growing market uncertainties ensuing from the lingering US-China trade rifts have driven Taiwan enterprises to pursue overseas acquisitions, with their outbound investments for...
Tuesday 24 July 2018
Xiaomi expansion into South Korea heaping pressure on Samsung
China-based Xiaomi launched its latest smartphones including the flagship Hongmi Note 5, in Seoul, South Korea, priced KRW200,000-300,000 (US$190-285), in cooperation with local telecom...
Monday 23 July 2018
Taiwan June manufacturing production index down on month
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 107.86 for June 2018, decreasing 3.49% sequentially but increasing 0.68% on year, according to the Ministry of...
Monday 23 July 2018
Taiwan June export order value down
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$40.31 billion in June 2018, decreasing 1.9% sequentially and 0.1% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Monday 23 July 2018
Nanya to buy 19% stake in backend firm
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has disclosed plans to acquire an about 19% stake in Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC), a backend house specializing in memory chips.