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Tuesday 30 April 2019
Taiwan 1Q19 patent applications slightly down
Taiwan-based and foreign applicants applied for 17,243 patents in total during first-quarter 2019, decreasing 2.44% on year, according to Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan moving to develop B5G, 6G tech
Despite 5G applications still at a budding stage, Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is actively seeking B5G (beyond 5G) and 6G academic research projects aiming to...
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan PCB makers urged to extend tech lead over China peers
Taiwan PCB makers have to strengthen their investment in R&D of high-end processes to extend their technological lead over Chinese rivals who are fast catching up, CM Lee, chairman...
Monday 29 April 2019
Asian Edge: The crucial roles of Taiwan, Korea and Japan in IT industry
I call the first island chain in East Asia the "Asian Edge," which carries a double reference: cutting-edge technologies in an IT context, and the peripheral in geopolitics. In the...
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan LCD TV shipments to rebound in 2Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan makers are expected to grow 9.6% sequentially to 6.86 million units in the second quarter of 2019, although the figures will be still 10% lower than...
Monday 29 April 2019
Nexcom, SAP team up to build Industry 4.0 ecosystem for Taiwan enterprises
Taiwan's IPC maker Nexom International has teamed up with business management solutions provider SAP Taiwan to create a smart manufacturing alliance to converge IT and OT technologies...
Friday 26 April 2019
Universal Robots to beef up marketing in China, Taiwan
Denmark-based collaborative robot vendor Universal Robots (UR) will strengthen marketing in China and Taiwan through setting up an Asia Pacific application laboratory in Shanghai,...
Friday 26 April 2019
Partner Tech in strategic cooperation with SAP Taiwan
POS (point of sale/service) device maker Partner Tech has formed a strategic partnership with SAP Taiwan to utilize SAP C/4HANA to help local retail stores and restaurants hike operational...
Thursday 25 April 2019
Alliance to be formed in Taiwan to develop AI bionic chips, says ITRI
Taiwan will soon set up an "AI on chip" alliance to develop AI bionic chips for a variety of applications, with the first such chip expected to be released by the end of 2019 for...
Thursday 25 April 2019
GlobalWafers leads 8-inch silicon wafer market in Europe
GlobalWafers' Novara plant in Italy dedicated to making 8-inch silicon wafers became the largest supplier of 8-inch silicon wafers in Europe in 2018, with a 24% market share, according...
Thursday 25 April 2019
Samsung launches multiple high-end TV models in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics has launched an array of its new series of QLED 4K and 8K TVs in Taiwan, waging up its marketing campaigns to take on rivals LG Electronics and Sony for securing...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Taiwan March manufacturing production index down on year
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 104.48 for March 2019, increasing 20.95% sequentially but decreasing 10.52% on year, according to the Ministry...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Merck promoting OLED inkjet print technology for foldable smartphones
Merck has been rolling out efforts to advance its OLED inkjet printing technology aiming at driving the future development process of foldable smartphones, according to Dick Hsieh,...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for Android phones pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for Android smartphones pick up in the second quarter, thanks mainly to the upcoming rollouts of new models, according to industry so...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Taiwan March export order value up on month, down on year
Taiwan received export orders worth US$38.59 billion in total in March 2019, increasing 33.5% on month but decreasing 9% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...