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Friday 13 July 2018
Samsung capex for NAND flash to hike
Samsung Electronics will expand its capex for NAND flash memory to around US$9 billion in 2019, up from about US$6.4 billion in 2018, a recent Chosun Ilbo report quoted industry...
Thursday 12 July 2018
Taiwan telecom carriers see June results meet guidance
Taiwan's top-three telecom operators, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile, and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), have all seen their sales performance meet their guidance for...
Thursday 12 July 2018
Taiwan makers under pressure from China restrictions on PV installation
China's latest move to impose stricter control on PV installations has sent a chilling wave across the domestic market, and in turn created pressure on Taiwan-based solar power supply...
Thursday 12 July 2018
Taiwan makers urged to develop small and medium LCD panels for emerging applications
Taiwan's LCD panel makers should develop more small- and medium-size panels for emerging applications that will come along with the rapid developments of 5G, IoT and IoV industries,...
Thursday 12 July 2018
Information needs comprehensive protection, says telecom carrier
As the information application architectures in today's business sectors are increasingly interconnected, making it difficult for individual enterprises to safeguard their information...
Thursday 12 July 2018
IBM announces Domino 10 in Taiwan
IBM has announced its Domino 10 software in Taiwan, integrated with IBM's Watson cognitive services and cloud computing technologies, and supporting common office tools including...
Thursday 12 July 2018
Alliance formed to spur blockchain development in Taiwan, China
Following 10 years of development, blockchain technologies are emerging as a disruptive innovation beginning to challenge and subvert established business and production models, but...
Wednesday 11 July 2018
YouCam beauty apps most downloaded for virtual makeup
YouCam beauty apps offered by Taiwan-based Perfect Corp have become the world's most downloaded beauty apps, scoring over 600 million global app downloads, with global beauty and...
Wednesday 11 July 2018
LG ramping OLED TV shipments in Taiwan
LG Electronics has launched its W8, E8, C8 series of OLED TVs in 55- and 65-inch sizes in Taiwan, aiming to ramp up its OLED TV shipments by more than 3-fold in the local market in...
Wednesday 11 July 2018
Taiwan firms urged to invest in commercialization of genome editing
While Taiwan electronics industry is aggressively mulling over how to tap the huge business opportunities to be created by quantum computers, the country's Ministry of Science and...
Tuesday 10 July 2018
China to become largest semiconductor equipment market in 2019, says SEMI
China will unseat South Korea as the largest market of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2019, when global sales hit another record-high levels, according to SEMI.
Tuesday 10 July 2018
Taiwan June export value up on year
Taiwan's export value totaled US$28.25 billion in June 2018, slipping 3.0% sequentially but growing 9.4% on year. It was the highest-ever for the month of June, according to the Ministry...
Monday 9 July 2018
Older-generation LCD lines still crucial for Taiwan panel makers, says Digitimes Research
With the growth of mainstream LCD applications, such handset, PC and TV panels, slowing down and at the same time more and more new-generation production lines coming online, makers...
Monday 9 July 2018
Lida, Taiwan Chelic see mixed June results
General air compressor maker Lida Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$775.1 million (US$25.5 million) for June, growing 3.93% sequentially and 7.98% on year, while pneumatic...
Monday 9 July 2018
US-China trade rift hitting 2H18 Taiwan electronics shipments
With deep presence in the global electronics and tech supply chains, Taiwan businesses are beginning to feel the pinch of mounting trade tensions between the US and China that are...