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Thursday 7 April 2016
TSMT reports March revenues decrease
Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), an LCD surface-mount technology (SMT) production solutions provider, has announced consolidated revenues for March 2016 decreased 10.5%...
Thursday 7 April 2016
Europe becoming new battlefield for datacenter server players
Datacenter server competition has recently expanded from North America to Europe and players including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Quanta Computer and Wistron's server subsidiary, Wiwynn,...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Global server shipments grow 9.8% in 2015
Taiwan server players' revenues from products including server motherboards, servers, storage and related network equipment, continued to enjoy growth on year to surpass NT$500 billion...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Socionext Taiwan Inc. established April 1 to develop cloud, IoT and 8K imaging applications across the world from Taiwan
Leading Japanese SoC (System-on-Chip) company Socionext Inc. was established in March 2015. Socionext Taiwan Inc. has been established in Taiwan on April 1, 2016. Socionext Inc. was...
Friday 1 April 2016
Taiwan MOEA confirms receipt of Tsinghua Unigroup application to invest in PTI, says report
The Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on March 31 confirmed it has received an application submitted by China-based Tsinghua Unigroup to invest...
Friday 1 April 2016
Taiwan server shipment forecast and industry analysis, 2016
Strong demand from the cloud computing market helped Taiwan's server shipments grow 12.5% on year to break 10 million units in 2015, accounting for 90.7% of worldwide shipments and...
Friday 1 April 2016
Taiwan market: FET starts running 4.5G networks on 2,600MHz band
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on March 31 started operation of 4.5G networks on two 2,600MHz frequency bands in the Taiwan market, becoming a 3CA (3-carrier aggregation) 4G...
Thursday 31 March 2016
Some Taiwan solar cell makers lower quotes for April
Some Taiwan-based solar cell makers, especially those heavily relying on orders released by China-based module makers, have seen decreasing orders from China and thus have lowered...
Thursday 31 March 2016
Asustek sees 30% growth in Europe LCD monitor market, Acer leads in North America
Asustek Computer and Acer are seeing increasing sales of their LCD monitors with Asustek dominating in the gaming sector and enjoying over 30% growth in Europe in 2015, while Acer...
Thursday 31 March 2016
Taiwan IC design houses could benefit from Foxconn-Sharp takeover
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reached a deal to take over Japan-based Sharp, which could bring in more business opportunities for Taiwan-based IC design houses,...
Thursday 31 March 2016
MediaTek shipments unlikely to rebound until May or June
MediaTek's shipments are still affected partially by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) wafer delivery delays caused by an earthquake that hit southern Taiwan in...
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Fire strikes Epistar Hsinchu factory
A fire broke out at LED chipmaker Epistar's factory at the Hsinchu Science Park, northern Taiwan in the late hours of March 28. No employees have been reported injured by the fire,...
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Taiwan fingerprint sensor suppliers vying for orders from brand handset vendors
Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers are eyeing 2016 orders from branded handset vendors, while industry leader Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has moved to lower its quotes to stay...
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Taiwan ODMs/OEMs take up 91% of 2015 global server shipments, says IDC
There were 9.68 million servers and server motherboards shipped globally in 2015 and Taiwan-based ODMs/OEMs accounted for 91% of the volume, according to IDC.
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Taiwan government should create regulatory environment to let PV contractors go international, says SAS chairman
The incoming Taiwan government should amend existing regulations on PV installation to facilitate Taiwan-based contractors for PV EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) projects...