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Wednesday 19 February 2020
Driver IC backend houses expect demand to rebound in 2H20
Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
V-shaped rebound likely in memory market, says Macronix
The memory chip market is expected to see a V-shaped recovery after the coronavirus epidemic ends, according to ROM and flash memory chipmaker Macronix International.
Wednesday 19 February 2020
NTUST fosters team for development of power electronics industry in Taiwan
Playing a vital role in global power electronics technology development, Taiwan hosts six of the world's top 10 power supply manufacturers. The impressive achievement is attributable...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Winedex aims to establish wine index trading center in Taiwan
Taiwan-based startup Cloud Wine Index Technology (Winedex) aims to set up an international wine/liquor index trading center in Taiwan, according to company co-founder and CEO Ban...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Taiwan IC industry output value grows 1.7% in 2019, says TSIA
Worldwide semiconductor revenues declined 12.1% to US$412.1 billion in 2019, while Taiwan's IC industry output value registered a slight increase on year, according to a government-sponsored...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Mobo, graphics card sales in China to halve in 1Q20
Motherboard and graphics card sales in China are expected to plunge 50% or more in the first quarter of 2020, according to sources at local channel distributors, who also expressed...
Monday 17 February 2020
AccuHit finishes pre series-A funding
AI-based marketing solution developer AccuHit AI Technology Taiwan has raised NT$70 million (US$2.3 million) in pre series-A funding round, with the fund to be used to enhance R&D...
Monday 17 February 2020
Quanta steps up notebook production in Taiwan amid outbreak
Taiwan notebook ODM Quanta Computer is reportedly moving to accelerate volume production at its new assembly lines in northern Taiwan to fulfill rush shipments to US brand vendors...
Monday 17 February 2020
Taiwan moving to help more firms return home from China
The government in Taiwan has decided to strengthen three major investment action plans to attract more Taiwanese and international firms to shift their investment focus from China...
Friday 14 February 2020
Kingwaytek lands Taiwan approval for trial operation of autonomous buses
High-definition electronic map provider Kingwaytek Technology has obtained Taiwan's approval for trial operation of autonomous mini-buses, and will start the trial on a road mainly...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Top-5 semiconductor firms hold 53% of global wafer capacity
The world's top-five wafer capacity leaders each had capacity of more than 1,000,000 wafer starts per month, with their combined capacity representing 53% of the world's total wafer...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Taiwan LCD TV shipments to tumble in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan-based makers are expected to fall below five million units in the first quarter of 2020, down nearly 44% on quarter and over 20% on year, affected by...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Taiwan hinge makers resuming operations in China
Taiwan-based hinge makers are resuming production in China after extended Lunar New Year holidays in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak but some clients prefer to have their products...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Taiwan 4Q19 economic growth estimated at 3.31%
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, for fourth-quarter 2019 is estimated at 3.31%, 0.07percentage point lower than the 3.38% preliminarily estimated in January 2020,...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Taiwan ODMs see Kunshan plants in serious labor shortages
Taiwan-based ODMs' plants in Kunshan, China are facing serious labor shortages at the moment with a majority of their workers still unable to return to work, according to sources...