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Wednesday 14 June 2017
Taiwan aims to increase wind power-generating capacity by 652MW during 2017-2020
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has come up with a 4-year (2017-2020) wind power generation plan aiming to increase cumulative wind power-generating capacity from 682MW...
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular outperforms APT to become 4th-largest telecom operator
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Star Cellular has outperformed rival company Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) to become the fourth-largest telecom operator in the Taiwan market, buoyed by...
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Winbond to expand 12-inch fab capacity
Winbond Electronics plans to expand its 12-inch fab capacity to 48,000 wafers per month by the end of 2017 from the current 44,000 units, according to the memory maker. The monthly...
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Smart car photonics show opens in Taiwan
The International Automotive Photonics Exposition, the first of its kind in Taiwan, will run alongside the International Optoelectronics Exposition (Opto Taiwan) 2017 in Taipei during...
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Quanta Storage to expand production capacity
Quanta Storage, which makes collaborative robots for sale under own brand Techman, will expand production capacity in June by moving to its new plants with larger space. At the same...
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Taiwan market: LG Electronics launches new OLED TVs
LG Electronics has launched a new lineup of OLED TVs with display sizes ranging from 55- to 65-inch in the Taiwan market and aims to ship over 2,500 units in the local market in 20...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Taiwan market: Sales of Ultra HD TVs rising
The proportion of Ultra HD TVs to total TVs sold in the Taiwan market is expected to rise from nearly 30% in 2016 to nearly 60% in 2017 thanks to vendors' efforts to promote 4K models,...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Toppan welcomes partnership with China firms
Toppan Printing welcomes the potential for China-based companies to become partners, according to the Japan-based photomask vendor. Toppan is looking to work closely with China-based...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Biostar, ASRock, Colorful see rising demand for mining motherboards, says paper
Because of rising demand for mining cryptocurrencies, motherboard players including Biostar, ASRock and China-based Colorful are enjoying increasing shipments of their mining motherboards,...
Monday 12 June 2017
Quanta, Wiwynn to expand server capacity as orders increase
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, a server affiliate of Wistron, are expected to see server shipments increase in the second half of 2017, thanks to rising demand for big data generated...
Monday 12 June 2017
Taiwan market: TWM posts highest EPS among top-3 telecom carriers in May
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) led the top-3 Taiwan-based mobile telecom operators with the highest EPS of NT$0.48 for May, compared to NT$0.40 earned by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and NT$0.30 by...
Friday 9 June 2017
UL to set up IoT testing center in Taiwan
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) will set up a testing center for IoT technology and products in northern Taiwan, which will open as soon as the end of 2017, according to UL Taiwan.
Friday 9 June 2017
Creative Technology lands orders for Sound BlasterX 720 from Taiwan vendors
Singapore-based Creative Technology has won adoption of it Sound BlasterX 720 software from Taiwan-based gaming device vendors including Acer, Clevo and Gigabyte Technology, according...
Friday 9 June 2017
TSMC 5nm chip production to take place in southern Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated its 5nm chip production will take place at its manufacturing site at the South Taiwan Science Park (STSP), although...
Thursday 8 June 2017
TSMC names new president for North America operation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has announced the promotion of a veteran executive, Dave Keller to president of TSMC North America. Rick Cassidy remains as CEO of TSMC...