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Wednesday 4 March 2020
Taiwan MCU firms ramping up wafer starts at foundries
Taiwan-based MCU specialists have enjoyed an influx of short lead-time orders for healthcare applications, mainly ear thermometers, since February, and are ramping up wafer starts...
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Netherlands to fund Taiwan training program for offshore wind farm development
The Netherlands government will fund a cooperative talent-training program to help Taiwan develop offshore wind power farms, focusing on marine engineering, operation and maintenance...
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Coronavirus outbreak in Japan, South Korea may impact supply of solar cell materials
China- and Taiwan-based solar cell makers are concerned that the continued increase in coronavirus infection cases in Japan and South Korea is likely to affect supply of key materials...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Highlights of the day: Coronavirus may affect IT supply outside of China
With the coronavirus starting to widely spread in many countries outside of China, the semiconductor industry has...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Anji nets NT$2.21 per share for 2019
PV module maker and rooftop PV system investor Anji Technology recorded net EPS of NT$2.21 for 2019, according to the company.
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Taiwan IC designers eyeing shipments upturn in March
With labor return rates recovering in China, Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see shipments start picking up in March as the impact pressure of the coronavirus outbreak...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
VisEra to build new color filter plant to serve Sony
Color filter (CF) maker VisEra Technologies, a subsidiary of TSMC, will establish a new plant in Longtan, northern Taiwan and is eyeing new orders from Sony, according to industry...
Monday 2 March 2020
Kioxia strives to return to profitability
Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) is reportedly looking to go public by October 2020, and therefore is striving to swing back to profit, according to industry sources.
Monday 2 March 2020
Business talent crucial to software industry in Taiwan: Q&A with CyberLink chairman Jau Huang
The development of the software sector in Taiwan has been much slower compared to hardware manufacturing, which has been supported by large numbers of engineering talent.
Monday 2 March 2020
Taiwan OEMs losing price bargaining chips
Taiwan-based makers' bargaining power for international OEM quotes is diminishing, especially those in traditional manufacturing industries, mainly because they have long relied on...
Monday 2 March 2020
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues slip 1% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to drop 1.2% sequentially...
Monday 2 March 2020
Microsoft Taiwan sees booming adoption of Teams in wake of COVID-19 outbreak
Microsoft Taiwan saw clients' adoption of Teams-based remote work solutions double in February as compared to January due to urgent demand for remote work in the wake of the coronavirus...
Thursday 27 February 2020
Taiwan PC monitor shipments to decline 15% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments are expected to drop 15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, as some clients had demanded advanced shipments a quarter earlier and the effects...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Taiwan to see difficulty achieving IoT production goal due to outbreak
Taiwan aims to hike its share of global IoT output value from 3.8% in 2015 to 4.2% in 2020, but the coronavirus outbreak is expected to make it difficult to reach the target, according...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Xiaomi reportedly cutting back IC orders
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that have disrupted business as well as consumer activities, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi is cutting back orders to its IC suppliers...