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Friday 8 May 2015
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 1Q 2015
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel makers are seeing intensifying competition from China makers, such as BOE and Tianma, who are aggressively expanding their LTPS panel capacitie...
Friday 8 May 2015
Microsoft to release server orders, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft, in line with increasing cloud computing services, has been setting up data centers and is expected to soon release new orders for related hardware for the second half of...
Friday 8 May 2015
Taiwan market: Xiaomi launches Mi 4i smartphone
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled one of its latest smartphones, the Mi 4i, in the Taiwan market. The model will be available at NT$6,499 (US$212) unlocked, starting May 15.
Thursday 7 May 2015
Intel to host conference for newly established stylus alliance
Intel's Universal Stylus Initiative (USI) is set to host a supply chain conference in Taiwan at the end of May to establish an unified stylus standard that can be used across different...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Taiwan makers to benefit from new smartphones from Xiaomi, LeTV
Taiwan-based handset ODMs and component suppliers, including Pegatron, Foxconn Electronics, Compal Electronics and Largan Precision, are expected to benefit from strong sales of new...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Taiwan DRAM makers post mixed April results
Nanya Technology saw its April revenues decline 4% sequentially while fellow DRAM company Inotera Memories' sales increased 1.3% on month.
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Taiwan market: CNS to finish digitization of cable TV networks by end of 2015
China Network Systems (CNS), a multi-system operator of cable TV services in the Taiwan market, plans to complete digitization of its networks around Taiwan by the end of 2015, according...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
TSMC InFO-WLP technology to generate significant revenues starting 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) backend integrated fan-out (InFO) wafer-level packaging (WLP) technology will start contributing significantly to the IC foundry's...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
PC demand slow in 2Q15, say Taiwan IC design firms
IC demand for PCs is unlikely to pick up until the second half of 2015, when new Intel processors and Windows 10 will be available, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
Taiwan April CPI up on month, down on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan's April 2015 consumer price index (CPI) of 102.91 (2011 as base year) increased 0.48% on month but decreased 0.8% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI)...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
EU may soon decide whether to start anti-circumvention probe of China PV module makers
The European Union (EU) is likely to determine soon whether a formal investigation will be launched into China-based PV modules makers over alleged circumvention of minimum import...
Monday 4 May 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to ship 25.5 million handsets in 2Q15
Taiwan-based vendors HTC and Asustek Computer as well as ODMs Foxconn Group (including FIH Mobile and Chi Mei Communication Systems), Compal Electronics and Wistron will ship 25.50...
Monday 4 May 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments in 1Q15 lowest since 2010
Taiwan makers' shipments of LCD TVs reached 7.48 million in the first quarter of 2015, down over 30% on quarter and the lowest since the first quarter of 2010, according to Digitimes...
Monday 4 May 2015
C3nano seals acquisition of silver nanowire maker Aiden
C3nano, a maker of transparent conductive films (TCFs) for the touch sensor and display industry, has announced it has acquired the major supplier of silver nanowire (AgNW) in Asia,...
Thursday 30 April 2015
China PV module makers seeking solar cells produced outside of China, Taiwan
China-based PV module makers, viewing that PV module demand in the US is rebounding and prices are relatively high, have been seeking supply sources of crystalline silicon solar cells...