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Thursday 12 October 2017
Tyan showcasing GPU-powered servers at Nvidia GTC in Europe
Tyan Computer, a server brand subsidiary of the Mitac Group, is showcasing its new GPU-powered server products including Thunder HX FT77D-B7109 at Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Qualcomm faces antitrust fine in Taiwan
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded an investigation into wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, finding that certain of the company's business practices are in violation of...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Global semiconductor sales increase 4% in August, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$35 billion for the month of August 2017, an increase of 4% compared to the previous month's total of US$33.6 billion and a 23.9% jump...
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Taiwan steelmaker partners with CI III, DGA for offshore wind farm
Taiwan-based steelmaker China Steel Corp (CSC) has signed an MoU with Copenhagen Infrastructure III KS (CI III) and Diamond Generating Asia (DGA) to co-develop a wind farm off Taiwan's...
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Giga Solar subsidiary to set up 80MWp PV power station in southern Taiwan
Giga Solar Materials' subsidiary will set up a PV power station with installation capacity of 80MWp in Tainan, southern Taiwan, according to the parent company, which makes PV conductive...
Thursday 5 October 2017
PC vendors eyeing medical care market
PC brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have shown interests in entering the medical care device market and are partnering with their component suppliers to design...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Nintendo ups Switch supply to 2 million a month
Nintendo has recently raised its orders for the Nintendo Switch to two million units a month because of the product's surging demand and the vendor is expected to be able to achieve...
Thursday 5 October 2017
MLCC maker Yageo scores record revenues in 3Q17
Taiwan's leading MLCC maker Yageo saw its revenues for September and the third quarter of 2017 hit record highs of NT$3.001 billion (US$98.78 million) and NT$8.369 billion, respectively,...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Digitimes Research: Panel makers stepping up 10.5G development
With competition in the TV panel market gradually mounting in the above 55-inch segment, some makers have been aggressively establishing new 10.5G production lines, including: China's...
Thursday 5 October 2017
NSP subsidiary to set up 40MWp PV power station in central Taiwan
General Energy Solutions (GES) will construct a ground-mounted PV power station with installation capacity of 40MWp in Changhua, central Taiwan, according to its parent company Neo...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Everlight at CEATEC Japan 2017
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is for the first time participating in CEATEC Japan 2017 during October 3-6, showcasing products including infrared (IR) LED photo...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Delta aims to push 8K projectors into mass production in 2H18
Delta Electronics has recently showcased a prototype of what it claims as the world's first 8K Ultra HD projector and pledged to begin mass production of its 8K projectors in the...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Sharp Taiwan invests in local retail chain
Sharp (Taiwan) Electronics has revealed it will acquire a 66% stake in Aurora Telecom retail chain for NT$546.89 million (US$18.1 million) to strengthen marketing of its consumer...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
MediaTek to conduct interoperability tests with SoftBank for NB-IoT development in Japan
MediaTek has announced it will conduct a series of interoperability tests of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank in the first quarter of 2018 to pave the way for development...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches mid-tier Xperia XA1 Plus
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its new mid-tier model, Xperia XA1 Plus, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$11,900 (US$392) unlocked.