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Thursday 17 March 2016
ASE fails to gain antitrust approval for SPIL bid
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) will be unable to win antitrust approval in Taiwan by March 17 - the deadline of its tender offer for another 24.71% stake in Siliconware...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Taiwan IC design companies to foray into solution market for commercial drones
Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor will foray into the chipset solution market for commercial drones, particularly for the China market.
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Taiwan government to set aside budget of NT$2.4 billion for R&D of 5G technologies in 2017-2020
The Taiwan government has decided to set aside an annual budget of NT$600 million (US$18.2 million) for R&D of 5G technologies each year between 2017-2020, with recipients of...
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Quanta lands OEM orders for VxRail from EMC
Quanta Computer has obtained OEM orders for US-based EMC's VxRail storage equipment based on hyper-converged infrastructure, which integrates servers with storage devices to minimize...
Tuesday 15 March 2016
ZTE sanctions won't have serious effect on Taiwan makers
While the US Department of Commerce has placed sanctions on China-based telecom equipment vendor ZTE, Taiwan-based networking/communication device makers indicated that their shipments...
Monday 14 March 2016
Taiwan to have difficulty starting 5G commercial operations by 2020, says NCC chairman
Chairman Howard Shyr for Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to whether Taiwan can begin commercial operations for 5G mobile communication services in 2020...
Monday 14 March 2016
PCL Technologies benefits from LTE network deployments in Japan, China
Optical component and module maker PCL Technologies expects orders for LTE optical transceiver modules from Japan and China in 2016 to increase significantly on year, according to...
Friday 11 March 2016
Taiwan market: Lenovo to launch ultra-thin 14-inch notebook
Lenovo will launch the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 14-inch business-use Windows 10 notebook, featuring carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic chassis, thinness of 17.7mm and a weight of 1.31kg, for...
Friday 11 March 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches Galaxy S7, S7 Edge
Samsung Electronics has launched its new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, in the Taiwan market.
Thursday 10 March 2016
NEC to test earthquake early warning system in Taiwan
Japan-based NEC will begin field testing of its in-house-developed earthquake early warning system in Taiwan through cooperation with Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) in September...
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Taiwan market: Lenovo aims at 8% market share for consumer PCs in 2016
Lenovo aims to increase its market share for consumer PCs in the Taiwan market from 4% in 2015 to 8% in 2016, and sets a target growth of over 10% in sales of consumer-use PCs, according...
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Microsoft producing HoloLens in-house, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft is currently producing its augmented reality (AR) device, HoloLens, at its own factory in the US instead of having Pegatron Technology, its main manufacturing partner in...
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Taiwan February CPI up, says DGBAS
Taiwan's February 2016 consumer price index (CPI) of 105.11 (2011 as base year) increased 1.94% on month and 2.40% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of...
Wednesday 9 March 2016
DNP and E Ink announce partnership
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and E Ink Holdings have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop and co-market products using E Ink epaper. DNP will leverage its strong sales network...
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Taiwan, China PERC solar cell production not smooth as expected
Taiwan- and China-based solar cell makers have seen issues with PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) production due to equipment suppliers' adjustment of manufacturing process,...