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Thursday 5 October 2017
Everlight at CEATEC Japan 2017
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is for the first time participating in CEATEC Japan 2017 during October 3-6, showcasing products including infrared (IR) LED photo...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Delta aims to push 8K projectors into mass production in 2H18
Delta Electronics has recently showcased a prototype of what it claims as the world's first 8K Ultra HD projector and pledged to begin mass production of its 8K projectors in the...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Sharp Taiwan invests in local retail chain
Sharp (Taiwan) Electronics has revealed it will acquire a 66% stake in Aurora Telecom retail chain for NT$546.89 million (US$18.1 million) to strengthen marketing of its consumer...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
MediaTek to conduct interoperability tests with SoftBank for NB-IoT development in Japan
MediaTek has announced it will conduct a series of interoperability tests of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank in the first quarter of 2018 to pave the way for development...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches mid-tier Xperia XA1 Plus
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its new mid-tier model, Xperia XA1 Plus, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$11,900 (US$392) unlocked.
Monday 2 October 2017
IT component shortages could worsen during holidays
With components including DRAM and panels still in shortages, the long holidays in China, South Korea and Taiwan in October are expected to pose a great challenge to smartphone and...
Monday 2 October 2017
Commentary: Triple-win decision for TSMC to build 3nm wafer fab in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently decided to set up the world's first 3nm wafer fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) after gaining government...
Friday 29 September 2017
TSMC announces plan to build 3nm fab in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced that following careful evaluation, the company's planned advanced 3nm fab will be located in the Tainan Science Park...
Friday 29 September 2017
Taiwan unveils 4-year science, technology development plan
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has unveiled the 2017-2020 National Science and Technology Development Plan to boost digital economy development and use of smart...
Friday 29 September 2017
Partnerships that matter: Q&A with HMD Global CMO Pekka Rantala
HMD Global, which began to market Nokia-branded feature phones and smartphones through a license agreement with Nokia at the end of 2016, has further enriched its product portfolio...
Friday 29 September 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone vendors also eyeing entry-level, mid-tier segments
A number of smartphone vendors are gearing up efforts to promote entry-level and mid-tier models in the Taiwan market despite mounting competition brought upon by the availability...
Friday 29 September 2017
Diode maker Eris looks to revenue and profit growth in 2018
Taiwan-based Eris Technology, which specializes in the manufacture of rectifier diodes, expects to enjoy another year of revenue and profit growth in 2018, driven by robust orders...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Sumitomo and Gogoro announce partnership for electric scooter sharing service in Japan
Sumitomo and Taiwan-based electric scooter vendor Gogoro have announced a joint partnership to introduce the latter's Smartscooter for use in a sharing service that will launch in...
Thursday 28 September 2017
NAND flash to reach supply-demand balance in 2018, says DRAMeXchange
The global NAND flash market will shift away from undersupply and reach a supply-demand balance in 2018, when supply bit growth is forecast to reach 42.9%, according to DRAMeXchang...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
AI and smart speaker firms keen for Computex 2018, says TCA
Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has started the online registration process for exhibiting at Computex 2018 and a few hundred Taiwan firms, including those from emerging industries...