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Tuesday 5 September 2017
TAIROS 2017: Simplo to showcase robotic arms
Taiwan-based battery maker Simplo Technology is expected to showcase its latest development in automation including robotic arms at Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show (TAIROS)...
Monday 4 September 2017
Digitimes Research: FTTH fixed-line broadband service enjoys highest growth in Korea
For the four types of high-speed fixed-line services - FTTH, FTTB+LAN, HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) and xDSL - currently available in Korea, the number of FTTH service subscribers increased...
Monday 4 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top-3 foundries combined revenues to rise 13% in 3Q17
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Friday 1 September 2017
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Azure Stack
Microsoft has launched Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform in the Taiwan market to meet increasing demand for management of sensitive data from enterprise customers.
Friday 1 September 2017
US startup accelerator Plug and Play may set up branch in Taiwan
Plug and Play Tech Center, claimed as the world's biggest startup accelerator and most active venture capitalist based in the Silicon Valley, is studying the feasibility of setting...
Friday 1 September 2017
Jazz Hipster unveils smart speaker with IoT support
Taiwan-based speaker vendor Jazz Hipster has launched its latest smart speaker in Taiwan with support of Internet of Things (IoT) functionality.
Friday 1 September 2017
Nanya disposes of more Micron shares
Nanya Technology recently sold an additional three million shares of Micron Technology, according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). A total of about NT$42 million...
Friday 1 September 2017
Toshiba says talks to sell Toshiba Memory continue
Toshiba has disclosed negotiations with three potential buyers for its memory chip business, Toshiba Memory, continue.
Friday 1 September 2017
ITRI unveils smart trial production base
Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has inaugurated a smart manufacturing trial base in Taichung Precision Machinery Innovation Technology Park in...
Friday 1 September 2017
Most of 2017 capital spending will go to foundry and flash memory, says IC Insights
Following a substantial increase in semiconductor capital expenditures during the first half of 2017, IC Insights raised its annual semiconductor capex forecast to a record high of...
Friday 1 September 2017
Orders for NOR flash, car electronics chips to buoy Ardentec revenues in 2H17
Ardentec has landed a ramp-up of orders for NOR flash memory while seeing stable demand for car electronics chips from Renesas Electronics and Texas Instruments (TI), according to...
Thursday 31 August 2017
Commentary: Will Taiwan satellite industry ever take off?
Taiwan's first indigenously produced Earth observation satellite Formosat-5 was successfully launched August 25 from California, the US, into a low Earth orbit, about 720 kilometers...
Thursday 31 August 2017
Advantest obtains ramp-up of orders for memory production
Semiconductor testing equipment supplier Advantest has landed a ramp-up of orders from Korea- and Taiwan-based memory chipmakers, according to CH Wu, chairman of Advantest Taiwan.
Thursday 31 August 2017
Taiwan market: JPW to open 8 VR arcades in September
JPW International Technology, a VR motion and arcade solution provider, will open a total of eight JoyLand VR arcades in five cities around Taiwan in September, according to company...
Thursday 31 August 2017
WI Harper manages US$165 million fund to help Taiwan develop AI
US-based venture capital firm WI Harper Group manages a US$165 million fund partly contributed by the Taiwan government, in a bid to help Taiwan develop AI (artificial intelligence)...