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Friday 7 July 2017
HTC investigating smartphone fire incident in France
High Tech Computer (HTC) has commented on a couple reports that its smartphones has spontaneously caught fire in Taiwan and France, saying it is cooperating with third-party investigations...
Thursday 6 July 2017
New CHPT HQ set to open in 3Q19
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the site of its new headquarters in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan. The new...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan market: NCC to release more bandwidth for 4G communications
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has said it will begin accepting bids from July 19 to September 1 for the release of 2100MHz and 1800MHz frequency band units for...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan foundries to see 8-inch fabs run at full utilization till October
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Transportation vehicles are largest source of PM2.5 in Taiwan
Of PM2.5 (suspended particulate matter with diameters of 2.5-micron or below) in Taiwan, 34-43% are attributable to sources external to Taiwan. Transportation vehicles account for...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
General Energy Solutions sells PV station in Japan
General Energy Solutions (GES) has sold a PV station with installation capacity of 14.68MWp in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to a Canada-based clean energy company, according...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Micron responds to report of scrapped wafers at Taiwan fab
Micron Technology has issued a statement regarding recent reports about its fabrication facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Micron clarified that there was no nitrogen leaking incident nor...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Taiwan government plans to facilitate bank lending for offshore wind power projects
The Taiwan government, in view of local banks' conservative attitude towards offering loans for offshore wind power generation projects, plans to take measures to hike lending.
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Advantech to build maintenance center in Vietnam, says paper
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has been aggressively expanding into markets including Vietnam and South Korea, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Pegatron offers unsecured bonds to raise NT$7 billion in Taiwan
Pegatron Technology has announced details of its unsecured corporate bonds offering and will issue NT$7 billion (US$233.8 million) worth of bonds in the first phase each priced at...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Taiwan ODMs consider suspending ties with LeEco
Taiwan-based Compal Electronics is evaluating all possible situations in order to decide whether it will continue to cooperate with China-based LeEco amid the deterioration of its...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
About half of wafers produced at Micron Taiwan fab scrapped, says report
A Taiwan-based DRAM foundry owned by Micron Technology, which was formerly Inotera Memories, recently scrapped half of the wafers produced at its 12-inch fab due to problems associated...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
China smartphone vendors shifting panel orders away from Taiwan
With Taiwan-based panel makers experiencing tight production capacity for 18:9 all-screen panels, China-based smartphone vendors such as Vivo have shifted some orders to local panel...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Taiwan backend firms gearing up for robust demand for TDDI chips
Demand for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips is set to boom starting the third quarter of 2017 which will buoy sales at related backend companies including Chipbond...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Samsung begins mass production at new fab
Samsung Electronics announced its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) has begun mass production and shipping its first product to customers. The new facility...