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Tuesday 18 July 2017
Taiwan firms urged to develop integrated chips for AI systems
Taiwan should strive to become an exporter of AI (artificial intelligence) system products and to develop niche-type integrated smart system chips that could reach a production value...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Taiwan component suppliers may suffer further impact from LeEco inventory problems, says paper
With LeEco having recently stopped selling some of its smartphones on its online shopping website, several market watchers expect the company's upstream component suppliers to be...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Applied Materials builds 2nd display equipment manufacturing center in Taiwan
Applied Materials held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new production center to be built at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) on July 17. The new production center will be the...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Gogolook offers Whoscall in South Korea
Taiwan-based software developer Gogolook has announced it has signed a MoU with South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) to use its Whoscall app to help prevent telephone...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Singapore-based accelerator AIRmaker unveils office in Taiwan
AIRmaker, a Singapore-based startup accelerator focusing on IoT (Internet of Things)-based health care and smart city sectors, on July 17 unveiled its operating base at Southern Taiwan...
Monday 17 July 2017
SAS subsidiary to set up rooftop PV system at SPIL plant
Sunrise PV World, a subsidiary of solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), will set up a rooftop PV system at a plant belonging to IC packaging and testing service...
Monday 17 July 2017
Taiwan IT players to see opportunities from electric vehicle industry
Taiwan-based notebook component suppliers including chassis makers Catcher Technology, Waffer Technology and Ju Teng; cooling module makers Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry and...
Monday 17 July 2017
US finalizes review of anti-dumping tariffs on Taiwan solar cell makers
US Department of Commerce has reviewed anti-dumping tariff rates imposed on Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers and determined final rates of below 5%.
Monday 17 July 2017
Taiwan AI Labs moving to turn Tainan into AI-backed city
Just three months after jointly setting 2017 as the first year for Taiwan's AI (artificial intelligence) development, the Taiwan AI Labs and the Ministry of Science and Technology...
Monday 17 July 2017
Taipei Medical University introduces IBM Watson for Oncology
Taipei Medical University has introduced IBM Watson for Oncology, an AI-based cognitive computing system to help oncological physicians treat cancer, to Taipei Medical University...
Monday 17 July 2017
Globalfoundries and VeriSilicon to enable single-chip solution for next-gen IoT networks
Globalfoundries and VeriSilicon have announced a collaboration to deliver a single-chip IoT solution for next-generation Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks. Leveraging GF's 22FDX...
Friday 14 July 2017
MOEA sets 2017 feed-in tariffs for PV, wind power
The Bureau of Energy under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on July 13 announced feed-in tariffs for PV power stations, rooftop PV systems, and onshore and offshore wind...
Friday 14 July 2017
Traditional PC market fares slightly better than expectations as component shortages ease, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, workstation) totaled 60.5 million units in the second quarter of 2017, posting an on-year decline of 3.3%, according to...
Friday 14 July 2017
50 Japan-based PV firms shut down in 1H17, says Nikkei
50 Japan-based companies engaged in PV related business were insolvent and forced to close operations in the first half of 2017, 2.2 times that for the first half of 2016. Total debts...
Friday 14 July 2017
Taiwan to sponsor local startups for Eureka Park, 2018 CES
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), in a bid to introduce Taiwan-developed innovative products, services and ideas to international venture capital investors, will...