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Wednesday 29 May 2019
Gigabyte showcases Aorus motherboards using X570 chipsets
Gigabyte Technology has unveiled several flagship motherboards using AMD's X570 chipsets under its Aorus gaming brand at Computex 2019.
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Universities to cooperate with Singapore-based Certis in AI R&D
The repsective AI R&D centers of National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) have signed MoUs with Singapore-based smart security service provider...
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Taiwan TV makers to be not much affected by US tariffs hike
Taiwan's TV manufacturers would not be much affected by the US raising tariffs on TVs from China, as many of the TVs sold in the US are from Mexico.
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Foxconn to build smart server plant in southern Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will acquire a land plot in Kaohsiung for building a smart plant to make servers and related products, as part of its efforts to enhance...
Wednesday 29 May 2019
TH Tung: Taiwan startup sector must create its characteristics
TH Tung, chairman of Taipei Computer Association (TCA), likens the startup scene - whose fundamental elements are capital, talent, technology and market - to wine making, which depends...
Tuesday 28 May 2019
Toshiba Memory, Western Digital to jointly invest in new 3D flash memory fab
Toshiba Memory and Western Digital have finalized a formal agreement to jointly invest in the "K1" manufacturing facility that Toshiba Memory is currently constructing in Kitakami...
Tuesday 28 May 2019
Science minister Chen Liang-gee shows confidence and ambition in promoting Taiwan entrepreneurship
Science minister Chen Liang-gee has been making a lot of efforts grooming Taiwan's startups, a clear example being his ministry's arrangement of a large delegation to Eureka Park...
Monday 27 May 2019
Pegatron beefs up operation in Taiwan
Pegatron has been shifting its production back to Taiwan from China to minimize the impact of the US hiking tariffs on Chinese imports.
Monday 27 May 2019
Notebook ODMs prepare production in Taiwan for possible US tariff hike
The notebook industry has been making adjustments as ODMs brace for the impacts of increased US tariffs on Chinese goods by increasing production in Taiwan.
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan networking device, server makers to see stable profits in 2Q19 after lowering China capacity
Some of Taiwan's networking device and server makes are expected to see their sales stablize starting the second quarter of 2019 after their earnings were weighed down in the first...
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan MOSFET supply chain gaining rush orders from Huawei
Taiwan's 6-inch wafer foundry houses such as Mosel Vitelic have been landing rush orders from China - probably from the Huawei camp - in May for processing MOSFET chips for use in...
Monday 27 May 2019
Less than a quarter of Taiwan monitor shipments to be impacted by US tariff hike, says Digitimes Research
Some of Taiwan's monitor makers have begun looking for suitable production sites outside of China, as they brace for the 25% tariffs on Chinese goods. But only around 23% of Taiwan's...
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan 1Q19 economic growth estimated at 1.71%
Taiwan's economic growth for first-quarter 2019 is estimated at 1.71%, 0.01pp lower than the 1.72% preliminarily estimated in April 2019, according to the Directorate General of Budget,...
Friday 24 May 2019
Bosch hits record Taiwan sales in 2018
Germany-based Bosch generated revenues of NT$16.3 billion (US$529 million) in the Taiwan market in 2018, the highest-ever annual level with 24% growth on year, according to managing...
Friday 24 May 2019
JDI seeks bailout deal to secure funds for OLED production, says Digitimes Research
With the prospects of the financially-battered Japan Display (JUI) to secure new sources of funds in the Japanese market becoming dim after the company reported its fifth consecutive...