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Wednesday 14 March 2018
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues rise 10% on year in 1Q18, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
AirPower launch to sharply boost Taiwan GPP rectifier shipments
With Apple set to launch its in-house designed wireless charging pad AirPower by the end of March, Taiwan suppliers of glass passivated package (GPP) bridge rectifiers needed to support...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Fab spending poised for 5% growth in 2019, says SEMI
Fab equipment spending will increase at 5% in 2019 for a fourth consecutive year of growth, according to SEMI. China is expected to be the main driver of fab equipment spending growth...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Taiwan reaches short-term PV installation target
Taiwan has installed PV capacity of 1,535MWp since it began a campaign to promote solar power in 2016, according to the Bureau of Energy (BOE).
Monday 12 March 2018
Taiwan February export value down
Taiwan recorded export value totaling US$22.37 billion for February 2018, slipping 18.3% sequentially and 11.2% on year, while the corresponding import value of US$19.46 billion dropped...
Friday 9 March 2018
Advantech readies new business strategy for worldwide IoT business units
Advantech has disclosed its strategies, plans and goals for 2018, indicating that in November it company will organize an Internet of Things (IoT) summit in Suzhou, China to demonstrate...
Friday 9 March 2018
Silicon wafer prices to rise over 30%, says Macronix chairman
Prices for upstream wafers will rise more than 30% in 2018, according to Miin Wu, chairman for Taiwan-based Macronix International, a supplier of flash memory and mask ROM chips.
Thursday 8 March 2018
Wistron, Taiwan hospital partner to test exoskeleton robots
Wistron Medical Tech, a subsidiary of the Wistron Group, has signed a cooperation contract with the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) to provide exoskeleton robots for clinical...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Corning increases R&D investments in Taiwan
Corning has continued to increase its R&D investments in Taiwan by expanding the laboratory facilities and operations of its Corning Advanced Technology Center in Taipei, according...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Silicone supply to be tighter in 2018, says Topco chairman
Global supply of silicone materials in 2018 is expected to turn much tighter than in 2017, allowing Topco Technologies, which distributes and sells silicone products for Japan's Shin-Etsu...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Galaxy S9 series well received in Taiwan market
Samsung Electronics' recently unveiled Galaxy S9 devices have met with enthusiastic responses from consumers in Taiwan with strong pre-orders received by its major distribution partners...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Sigurd revenues rise 51% on year in February
Taiwan IC tester Sigurd Microelectronics saw its revenues for February 2018 surge 51% on year to NT$692 million (US$23.63 million) despite the Lunar New Year holidays in the month,...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Taiwan IC designers to embrace explosive orders for IoT chipsets
With the global IoT (Internet of Things) chipset markets, particularly in China, expected to grow sharply in 2018 along with the rapid development of diverse terminal devices and...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Taiwan January manufacturing production index up
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 117.45 for January 2018, increasing 2.03% sequentially and 10.84% on year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)...
Monday 5 March 2018
Acer launches new mobile workstation
Acer has announced a mobile workstation, the TravelMate P8 in Taiwan and expects the product to help raise its revenue proportion from Taiwan's enterprise sector to 50% in 2018, according...