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Friday 8 September 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches Xperia XZ1, XZ1 Compact
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest smartphones, Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$20,900 (US$695) and NT$17,900, respectively,...
Thursday 7 September 2017
Taiwan moving to deepen high-tech cooperation with US
As part of its efforts to enforce the "Reconnect USA" policy, a delegation organized by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) had signed six memoranda of understanding on cooperation...
Thursday 7 September 2017
Taiwan memory chipmakers see August revenues increase
Mask ROM and flash specialist Macronix International has reported August revenues surged 19.5% sequentially while specialty DRAM and flash chipmaker Winbond Electronics' August revenues...
Thursday 7 September 2017
Seiko Epson aims higher share in Taiwan robot market
Seiko Epson, already a major player in the industrial robot and selective compliance articulated robot arm (SCARA) market, is further sharpening its competitiveness in the field by...
Thursday 7 September 2017
Two former Micron Taiwan employees indicted for alleged trade secrets theft
Two former employees of Micron Memory Taiwan (formerly Rexchip Electronics) have been indicted on charges of stealing trade secrets, according to prosecutors.
Thursday 7 September 2017
Equis Energy wins Taiwan PV installation project
Equis Energy (formerly Soleq), the Taiwan subsidiary of Singapore-based Equis, which is Asia's largest renewable energy developer and investor, has won an open bid for constructing...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Touch Taiwan 2017 to kick off September 20
The Touch Taiwan 2017 trade fair will kick off in Taipei from September 20-22 featujring nine major sections and accommodating a total of 978 booths. Taiwan's major flat panel makers...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Taiwan market: Samsung launches The Frame TVs
Samsung Electronics has launched its brand new The Frame series TV products in the Taiwan market, promising consumers a new way to experience TV content and visual art through a...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Motech to set up 400MWp PV power stations in southern Taiwan
Solar cell maker Motech Industries has disclosed it has signed an MoU with the government of Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, for setting up PV power-generating stations with total...
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Winbond to set up new fab in southern Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has approved specialty DRAM and flash maker Winbond Electronics' plan to set up a new fab at the Kaohsiung Science Park (KSP), southern...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Taiwan market: Feilo Sylvania launches LED lighting
Feilo Sylvania, a lighting vendor owned by China-based Shanghai Feilo Acoustics, has announced its entry into the Taiwan market by launching LED light tubes, bulbs and streetlamps.
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Mobile e-payment services in Japan promising
Apple Pay and Android Pay - launched in Japan market in October and December 2016 respectively - are expected to hike consumers' willingness to use mobile e-payment services, as the...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Microsoft partners with Taiwan medical university for AI, says paper
Microsoft Taiwan and Taipei Medical University (TMU) have teamed up for a project to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Samsung increases chip orders to Taiwan fabless firms
Samsung Electronics has stepped up purchases of IC parts from its Taiwan-based suppliers, including fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) and RF component specialist...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Commentary: Cabinet reshuffle casts uncertainty over Taiwan AI, IoT development
Premier Lin Chuan, who once served as chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and his Cabinet members will resign en masse on September 7, casting uncertainty over...