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Friday 19 January 2018
Taiwan steps up green energy development
The Taiwan government is implementing a Green Energy Industries and Technological Innovation plan to boost renewable energy development.
Thursday 18 January 2018
Taiwan makers to benefit from China OLED capacity build-ups
The massive build-ups of OLED panel production capacity by China-based panel makers are expected to bring business opportunities for Taiwan-based makers, including driver IC designers,...
Thursday 18 January 2018
Taiwan launches biomedical accelerator platform
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has newly established a "Taiwan Biomedical Accelerator" platform to drive a new wave of innovations by local players in the biomedical...
Thursday 18 January 2018
Taiwan unveils diagnostic image sharing cloud platform
Taiwan's National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) has unveiled a cloud-based platform for sharing diagnostic images among local hospitals and clinics.
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Global IT spending to reach US$3.7 trillion in 2018, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.5% from 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
Wednesday 17 January 2018
UL sets up laser/LED optical radiation lab in Taiwan
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has unveiled its Laser/LED Optical Radiation Laboratory in Taiwan to undertake testing and certification for laser and LED products for photobiological...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
New Kinpo Group to construct lights-out factories in Southeast Asia
The New Kinpo Group is planning to establish lights-out factories in Thailand and the Philippines in 2018 and is looking to build another in Thailand in 2019 to help save manual labor,...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Global gaming notebook shipments to grow single-digit rate in 2018
Global gaming notebook shipments are expected to grow by a single-digit rate in 2018, as overall shipments of such products came to a lower-than-expected volume of around five million...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Southern Taiwan Science Park to see revenues break NT$1 trillion mark soon
The annual revenues scored by firms operating in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) are expected to break the NT$1 trillion (US$33.84 billion) in the near future, as Taiwan Semiconductor...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
Taiwan could reach 90% mobile e-payment penetration by 2020, says Visa executive
While the Taiwan government has set a goal of reaching 90% penetration for mobile e-payment services by 2025, the goal is likely to be reached 3-5 years ahead of schedule, according...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
HTC launches U11 Eyes in Taiwan
HTC launched its new smartphone, the U11 Eyes, in the Taiwan market on January 15 and began to take pre-orders immediately. The new model, which features 2D facial recognition capability,...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
China, Taiwan PV makers see weak demand
China-based vertically integrated PV makers and Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen weakened demand mainly because a rush to construct distributed PV systems in China to qualify...
Monday 15 January 2018
Taiwan makers must pursue client-centric innovations with AI, big data, says expert
Taiwan manufacturers must pursue innovative values on the customer end to secure successful transformation, and must better utilize AI (artificial intelligence) and big data analysis...
Friday 12 January 2018
PC market sees first positive holiday quarter growth in 6 years, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, recording slightly positive (0.7%) on-year growth,...
Friday 12 January 2018
Mitac receives navigation solution orders from NY
Taiwan-based Mitac International's Magellan brand return-to-route navigation solution has obtained orders from New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) for use in snowplow and...