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Wednesday 6 September 2017
Taiwan market: Samsung launches The Frame TVs
Samsung Electronics has launched its brand new The Frame series TV products in the Taiwan market, promising consumers a new way to experience TV content and visual art through a...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Motech to set up 400MWp PV power stations in southern Taiwan
Solar cell maker Motech Industries has disclosed it has signed an MoU with the government of Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, for setting up PV power-generating stations with total...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Winbond to set up new fab in southern Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has approved specialty DRAM and flash maker Winbond Electronics' plan to set up a new fab at the Kaohsiung Science Park (KSP), southern...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Taiwan market: Feilo Sylvania launches LED lighting
Feilo Sylvania, a lighting vendor owned by China-based Shanghai Feilo Acoustics, has announced its entry into the Taiwan market by launching LED light tubes, bulbs and streetlamps.
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Mobile e-payment services in Japan promising
Apple Pay and Android Pay - launched in Japan market in October and December 2016 respectively - are expected to hike consumers' willingness to use mobile e-payment services, as the...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Microsoft partners with Taiwan medical university for AI, says paper
Microsoft Taiwan and Taipei Medical University (TMU) have teamed up for a project to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Samsung increases chip orders to Taiwan fabless firms
Samsung Electronics has stepped up purchases of IC parts from its Taiwan-based suppliers, including fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) and RF component specialist...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Commentary: Cabinet reshuffle casts uncertainty over Taiwan AI, IoT development
Premier Lin Chuan, who once served as chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and his Cabinet members will resign en masse on September 7, casting uncertainty over...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
TAIROS 2017: Simplo to showcase robotic arms
Taiwan-based battery maker Simplo Technology is expected to showcase its latest development in automation including robotic arms at Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show (TAIROS)...
Monday 4 September 2017
Digitimes Research: FTTH fixed-line broadband service enjoys highest growth in Korea
For the four types of high-speed fixed-line services - FTTH, FTTB+LAN, HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) and xDSL - currently available in Korea, the number of FTTH service subscribers increased...
Monday 4 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top-3 foundries combined revenues to rise 13% in 3Q17
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Friday 1 September 2017
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Azure Stack
Microsoft has launched Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform in the Taiwan market to meet increasing demand for management of sensitive data from enterprise customers.
Friday 1 September 2017
US startup accelerator Plug and Play may set up branch in Taiwan
Plug and Play Tech Center, claimed as the world's biggest startup accelerator and most active venture capitalist based in the Silicon Valley, is studying the feasibility of setting...
Friday 1 September 2017
Jazz Hipster unveils smart speaker with IoT support
Taiwan-based speaker vendor Jazz Hipster has launched its latest smart speaker in Taiwan with support of Internet of Things (IoT) functionality.
Friday 1 September 2017
Nanya disposes of more Micron shares
Nanya Technology recently sold an additional three million shares of Micron Technology, according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). A total of about NT$42 million...