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Wednesday 13 September 2017
Toshiba signs MoU to sell memory business to Bain Capital-led consortium
Toshiba announced on September 13 that the company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bain Capital Private Equity, the lead member of a consortium currently...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Taoyuan cooperates with Microsoft Taiwan for smart city
The Taoyuan government has signed an MoU with Microsoft Taiwan to recruit the latter's technological assistance to help the northern Taiwan city turn into a smart city.
Wednesday 13 September 2017
SEMICON Taiwan 2017: KLA-Tencor showcasing reticle blank inspection tools
At the ongoing SEMICON Taiwan 2017, KLA-Tencor is showcasing its new FlashScan reticle blank inspection product line which represents the company's entry into the dedicated reticle...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
SEMICON Taiwan 2017: Focus on IoT, AI, smart applications
The 22nd annual SEMICON Taiwan trade show has kicked off in Taipei, running from September 13-15, with this year's theme focusing on IoT, AI, smart manufacturing, smart transportation...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to rebound in September
Smartphone shipments in the Taiwan market are expected to rebound to over 650,000 units in September, buoyed by the launch of new flagship models by Samsung Electronics, and Sony...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Merck sets up IC materials R&D center in southern Taiwan
Merck has inaugurated its first IC materials application R&D center in Asia, which will be located in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. More than EUR2.8 million (US$3.35 million) will...
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Taiwan market: HDS sees expanding presence in solid-state array storage market
Hitachi Data Systems' (HDS) Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) F series solutions have gained increased recognition from enterprise users, helping HDS stay as a leading player in the...
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom ramping MOD business
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has made a great progress in promoting its multimedia-on-demand (MOD) business recently and managed to garner more than 40,000 new subscribers in August alone,...
Tuesday 12 September 2017
WCIT 2017: Taiwan aspiring to become software innovator, says president
Taiwan has moved beyond hardware production to software innovation and welcomes companies and experts engaged in IoT (Internet of Things), Industry 4.0 or AI (artificial intelligence)...
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Taiwan county signs with CIP to boost offshore wind power generation
The Chnaghua County government has disclosed it has signed an MoU with Denmark-based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for cooperation to boost development of offshore wind...
Monday 11 September 2017
Taiwan market: Top-3 telecom operators report handsome gains for August
Taiwan's top-three telecom operators continued to post handsome profits in August, with Taiwan Mobile reporting the highest EPS of NT$0.53 for the month, followed by NT$0.42 of Chunghwa...
Monday 11 September 2017
Toshiba to break ground for new memory fab in 2018
Toshiba has announced subsidiary Toshiba Memory has selected Kitakami City in Japan's Iwate prefecture as the next location to expand its flash memory operations. Construction of...
Monday 11 September 2017
Taiwan diode maker HY Electronic to unveil new China plant in 2018
Taiwan's leading diode maker HY Electronic will inaugurate its second plant in Yangzhou, China in the first half of 2018, to support production of automotive alternator rectifier...
Monday 11 September 2017
Taiwan August export value hits 36-month high, says MOF
Taiwan export value totaled US$27.77 billion in August 2017, reaching highest monthly level since September 2014 and increasing 2.4% sequentially and 12.7% on year, while the corresponding...
Friday 8 September 2017
Taiwan market: Pre-sale orders for new iPhone to start
Taiwan will be included in the first group of markets where the next-generation iPhone devices will be made availabe after their debut on September 12, and consumers in Taiwan are...