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Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan biotech can take off by overcoming challenges, says Frank Kung, founder of Vivo Capital
Having started three businesses, two of which successfully went public, founder of Vivo Capital Frank Kung set foot in the biotech sector in the 1970s. Thanks to Kung's decades of...
Friday 7 September 2018
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in August
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and flexible PCB specialists Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect have all posted sequential...
Friday 7 September 2018
Sumco halts production after quake hits Hokkaido
Semiconductor silicon wafer provider Sumco has suspended production at its local plant in Hokkaido, Japan where a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit on September 6 causing landslides and...
Friday 7 September 2018
ITRI, SEMI, Taiwan universities team up to develop flexible hybrid electronics technology
To promote precision sports, ITRI, SEMI, Chang Gung University (CGU), and National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) have signed an agreement to jointly develop flexible hybrid electronics...
Friday 7 September 2018
Backend firm Amkor to expand capacity in Taiwan
Amkor Technology will soon start operating a new factory at its manufacturing site in Longtan, northern Taiwan for wafer-level packaging (WLP) and wafer test services. The arrival...
Friday 7 September 2018
Shin-Etsu discloses JPY110 billion plan to expand silicone materials capacity
Shin-Etsu Chemical has announced plans to invest nearly JPY110 billion (US$990.6 million) to expand silicone materials production capacity over the next two to three years.
Thursday 6 September 2018
Dell EMC unveils AI ready solutions in Taiwan
Dell EMC has introduced its AI ready solutions into the Taiwan market. The solutions, co-developed with Nvidia and Intel, are empowered by integrated server and storage capabilities...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Innovation to drive future semiconductor market growth, says Morris Chang
Speaking at a forum during the ongoing Semicon Taiwan 2018, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang said the semiconductor industry will outgrow global...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Seiko Epson launches continuous ink inkjet printers in Taiwan
Seiko Epson has unveiled two monochrome (black and white) continuous ink inkjet printers, Epson M1120 and Epson M2140, and two color continuous ink inject printers Epson L3110 and...
Thursday 6 September 2018
RAC to supply electric buses to southern Taiwan firm
RAC Electric Vehicles has disclosed it has signed a contract with South Taiwan Bus, a public bus service operator Kaohsiung, to supply 14 low-floor electric buses totaling NT$138.9...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Global semiconductor sales increase 17% in July, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$39.5 billion for the month of July 2018, an increase of 17.4% compared to the July 2017 total of US$33.6 billion, according to the Semiconductor...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Worldwide wearable market ticks up 5.5% due to gains in emerging markets, says IDC
Growth continued in the global wearable market during the second quarter of 2018 as shipment volume reached 27.9 million units, up 5.5% from the previous year according to data from...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Powerchip to undertake restructuring
Powerchip Technology has disclosed plans to implement a corporate restructuring project under which the company will transfer all its 12-inch fab operations to subsidiary Maxchip...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Semicon Taiwan 2018 opens with 680 exhibitors
The annual Semicon Taiwan tradeshow has kicked off in Taipei running from September 5-7, with this year's theme focusing on advanced manufacturing and testing technologies for artificial...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Taiwan tech firms, startups urged to enhance cooperation with Israel
Taiwan's colleges, tech enterprises and startups can move to enhance technology and talent exchanges with Israel and step up bilateral cooperation on a variety of tech fields, so...