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Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung Note 7 problems increase demand for S7 Edge, says paper
Samsung Electronics Taiwan is offering a refund or an exchange for other Samsung smartphones for the Galaxy Note 7. Channel retailers report that 90% of customers returning the Note...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship 37.65 million LCD TVs in 2017
Taiwan-based ODMs, OEMs and OBMs (own-brand manufacturers) will ship 37.65 million LCD TVs in 2017, increasing 6.4% on year and taking up 17.2% of global total, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Xiaomi aims to ship 600,000 Mi Band devices in 2016
Xiaomi Technology is expected to ship a total of 600,000 units of its Mi Band wearable devices in the Taiwan market in 2016, according to sources from local retail channels.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan chip vendors strive to lower costs
Taiwan-based chip suppliers are in talks with their foundry partners about possible ways to cut costs, including reducing silicon area and the number of masks, according to industry...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Qualcomm appoints new head of Taiwan business unit
Qualcomm has announced the appointment of ST Liew, former co-president of Acer's BYOC Smart Products Business unit, to serve as its vice president as well as president of Qualcomm...
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Taiwan market: Chimei aims to ship 180,000 LCD TVs in 2016
Taiwan-based LCD TV vendor Chimei shipped 120,000 units in the Taiwan market during January-September 2016 and aims to ship 180,000 units in 2016, according to the company.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
AUO to complete 32MWp PV installation in Taiwan in 2016
AU Optronics (AUO) is setting up rooftop PV systems around Taiwan and will complete total PV installation capacity of 32MWp in 2016, according to the company.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Heraeus introduces new series of PERC Metallization Pastes at PV Taiwan International Photovoltaic Exhibition
Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, announced the introduction of a new generation of high efficiency silver front-side...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Taiwan sees decreased September export value, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.56 billion for September 2016, decreasing 8.5% on month and 1.8% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$18.19 billion...
Friday 7 October 2016
Heraeus confidently looking to next phase of legal proceedings in Taiwan patent dispute
Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, announced that the lawsuit against Giga Solar has entered the next stage of the...
Friday 7 October 2016
Taiwan market: MSOs to procure over 6.5 million STBs by end of 2017
Taiwan's National Communications Commission aims to complete 100% digitization of cable TV networks around Taiwan by the end of 2017. MSOs (multi-system operators) are expected to...
Thursday 6 October 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches 4 new PowerEdge servers
Dell has launched four new enterprise PowerEdge servers in Taiwan, aiming to expand its presence in Taiwan's 4U server market. Currently, Dell's servers are manufactured by Inventec,...
Thursday 6 October 2016
Japan market: Foxconn to launch in-house-produced smartphones
Foxconn Electronics is expected to introduce its entry-level and mid-range smartphones into the Japan market through its subsidiary Sharp in the first quarter of 2017, according to...
Thursday 6 October 2016
Internationalization, smartization, and providing products as services, Microsoft IoT Expo gives birth to Taiwan's IoT ecosphere
Microsoft IoT Expo will take place on October 13 and 14, and Cathy Yeh, Principal PM Manager, Cloud + Enterprise Product Group, Internet of Things Development Center of Microsoft...
Thursday 6 October 2016
VR, AR, AI developments to have greater scalability, says Google Taiwan head
In addition to applications related to virtual reality (AR), augmented reality (AR) and Internet of Things (IoT), the development of artificial intelligence will have a greater scalability...