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Monday 12 February 2018
Taiwan eases rules to drive investment in AI, big data, biomedicine
Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) has relaxed regulations on applications for funding under its jurisdiction to better support and encourage investments in AI (artificial...
Monday 12 February 2018
Chipmakers expect bundle deal to promote NAND flash sales
Memory makers are demanding their downstream clients place orders for DRAM chips bundled with certain amounts of NAND flash, according to industry sources. Such bundled deals are...
Friday 9 February 2018
Taiwan, Japan to jointly help SMEs tap Southeast Asian market
Japan has expressed hopes for joining forces with Taiwan to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of both countries develop markets targeted by Taiwan's New Southbound Policy,...
Friday 9 February 2018
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2017
Worldwide notebook shipments, not including detachable 2-in-1 devices, were weaker than expected and arrived at only around 41.15 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, registering...
Friday 9 February 2018
Taipower to set up largest PV power plant in Taiwan
State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has broken ground for a poject to build a PV power station with installation capacity of 100MWp at estimated total investment of NT$6.2 billion...
Friday 9 February 2018
Qisda subsidiary obtains Taiwan license for hemodialyzer
BenQ Dialysis Technology has obtained a license from Taiwan's authority for its in-house-developed hemodialyzers and will start production in March 2018, eyeing markets in Taiwan,...
Friday 9 February 2018
Dell EMC introduces latest all-flash storage solutions to Taiwan
Dell EMC has released its latest all-flash storage products and other cloud datacenter solutions including software-defined storage, data protection, and hyper-converged infrastructure...
Thursday 8 February 2018
HP expects rising share in Taiwan workstation market, says paper
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has launched its latest enterprise PCs and workstations in Taiwan as well as a virtual reality (VR) backpack, a wearable workstation system supporting...
Thursday 8 February 2018
Taiwan January export value down sequentially
Taiwan export value totaled US$27.38 billion in January 2018, slipping 7.2% sequentially but growing 15.3% on year, recording on-year growth for the 16th consecutive month. Import...
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Aurora launches 3D printer Mcor ARKe in Taiwan
Aurora, a distributor of office automation machines, has launched Mcor ARKe, a 3D printer using paper as material, in the Taiwan market.
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Global spending on semiconductors increases markedly in 2017, says IHS
In a clear sign of recovery from a disappointing downturn just two years ago, global spending on semiconductors rose to a five-year high in 2017, spurred by a hike in the pricing...
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Nanya January revenues hit record for 4th straight month
DRAM chipmaker Nanya has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.15 billion (US$210.1 million) for January 2018, hitting a monthly record for the fourth consecutive month.
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Taiwan tech sector unscathed from deadly earthquake
A deadly earthquake hit eastern Taiwan late Tuesday night, killing at least two people and injured more than 200 others, but the tech industries along the island nation's west coast...
Tuesday 6 February 2018
Semiconductor sales hit record US$412 billion in 2017, says SIA
The global semiconductor industry posted sales totaling US$412.2 billion in 2017, the industry's highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to the 2016 total, according...
Monday 5 February 2018
Taiwan supply chain to turn profitable on robust Apple orders in 2018
Although some Taiwan makers in the iPhone X supply chain have been affected by Apple's move to scale back shipments of the device, some others including Career Technology, E&R...