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Tuesday 6 August 2019
Memory spot prices to continue rally
Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory will continue rallying in the short term, driven by the ongoing trade disputes between Japan and South Korea, as well as suppliers'...
Tuesday 6 August 2019
Everlight succeeds in invalidating Nichia YAG patents in US, Australia, China, Taiwan
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has disclosed it has succeeded in invalidating Nichia's YAG (a material to make white-light LED) patents in the US, Australia,...
Monday 5 August 2019
NetApp expanding R&D manpower in Taiwan
Data storage solution provider NetApp is to double its R&D team in Taiwan to over 100 people by the end of 2019 as it is scaling up its operations to meet the growing demand for...
Monday 5 August 2019
Yageo stays conservative
Yageo remains conservative about its performance for the rest of 2019, and continues to keep a close eye on the development of global trade conditions and other macro factors which...
Friday 2 August 2019
Huawei handset shipments survive worst moment, says Taiwan agent
The worst moment for Huawei's handset shipments has gone, and the Chinese vendor still has a chance of approaching its annual sales goal of 270 million units in 2019, further strengthening...
Friday 2 August 2019
Taiwan CCL firms post profit increases in 2Q19
Taiwan-based CCL suppliers including Elite Materials (EMC) and Iteq enjoyed on-year profit increases in the second quarter of 2019, thanks to rising sales of high-end products.
Thursday 1 August 2019
Taiwan industrial alliance eyeing white-box small cell market
The Taiwan government-backed Information and Telecommunications Research Laboratories (ITRL) is working with a number of local companies to develop 5G small-cell base stations, with...
Thursday 1 August 2019
Taiwan 2Q19 international Internet bandwidth over 3,325Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 12 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached bandwidth of 3,325.170Gbps as of the end of second-quarter 2019, increasing 11.59% sequentially...
Thursday 1 August 2019
Taiwan 2Q19 economic growth estimated at 2.41%
Taiwan's economic growth for second-quarter 2019 is preliminarily estimated at 2.41%, 0.63 percentage point higher than 1.78% forecast in May 2019, according to the Directorate General...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Samsung sees double-digit tablet PC sales increase in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics and Apple have seen impressive tablet sales in Taiwan, with the former's surging 24% on year in volume and 16% in value so far this year, according to industry...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Taiwan III-Vs supply chain to play crucial role in 5G market
Taiwan-based III-V compound semiconductor supply chain players are expected to play a critical role in the 5G application market, thanks partly to their close partnerships with major...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Global notebook shipments to drop in 3Q19, 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide notebook shipments rose over 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2019, but volumes in both the third and fourth quarters are expected to experience sequential declines,...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Taiwan to issue 3 virtual bank licenses
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has approved applications filed by three competing consortiums for setting up the country's first three virtual banks.
Wednesday 31 July 2019
JCET kicks off 12-inch wafer bumping production in S Korea
Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), the largest China-based IC backend service provider, has announced that volume production is kicking off at its new 12-inch wafer...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
Taiwan sees surging server exports to US in 1H19
Taiwan's server exports to the US surged 400% from a year ago in the second quarter of 2019 thanks to Taiwan-based makers relocating production back to Taiwan from China in response...