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Wednesday 4 March 2015
ASMedia appoints lawyers to defend patent lawsuit against VIA
Commenting on its lawsuit against VIA Technologies, which VIA has accused ASMedia for infringing its intellectual property rights concerning USB 3.0 in the US, ASMedia has issued...
Wednesday 4 March 2015
Digitimes Research: South Korea sees worldwide memory market share reaching 57.1% in 4Q14
South Korea's production value for memory products, mainly DRAM and NAND flash chips, has been increasing for three consecutive quarters and reached KRW13.17 trillion (US$11.97 billion)...
Wednesday 4 March 2015
China PV module makers to suffer from Japan feed-in tariff cut
The Japan government plans to reduce feed-in tariffs for PV systems and power-generating stations with installation capacity of over 10KWp to JPY27 (US$0.23)/kWh beginning July 2015,...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Foundry houses in China, Taiwan set to compete for specialty process orders
Competition by foundry houses in China and Taiwan on specialty BSI (backside illuminated) technology is heating up after China-based SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International)...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Taiwan January export order value down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$39.04 billion in total in January 2015, decreasing 11.7% on month but increasing 8.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to grow 13% in 2015
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry will rise 13.1% in 2015, thanks mainly to continued-strong demand coming from the smartphone sector, according to Digitimes Rese...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
ASMedia leads in USB 3.1 controller ICs amid Taiwan IC designers
ASMedia Technology, among Taiwan-based IC design houses, has taken the initiative to offer USB 3.1 controller ICs and has won adoption by Asustek Computer and ASRock for new motherboards...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Alibaba to set up venture capital fund in Taiwan
China-based Alibaba Group has said it plans to set up a NT$10 billion (US$319 million) non-profit venture capital fund in Taiwan to finance local young entrepreneurs to build up a...
Monday 2 March 2015
Galaxy S6 sales to outperform its predecessors, says Samsung Taiwan executive
Samsung Electronics will begin to market its newly released flagship smartphone the Galaxy S6 starting April 10 and expects sales to outperform the Galaxy S4, the vendor's best-selling...
Monday 2 March 2015
Taiwan Chinsan 2015 sales to rise 20%
Capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial is expected to post a 20% revenue increase in 2015, thanks to new orders for LED lighting and consumer electronics, according...
Monday 2 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of touch panels used in handsets and tablets to drop in 1Q15
Taiwan makers' shipments of touch panels used in handsets and tablets are expected to drop 10.8% and 22.3%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2015, according to Digitimes Resea...
Monday 2 March 2015
Competition increasing between first-tier China, Taiwan solar cell makers
Of the 20-largest global crystalline silicon solar cell makers, 10 China-based and seven Taiwan-based makers are expected to see increasing competition because global production capacity...
Monday 2 March 2015
Taiwan to release more 4G frequency bands in 3Q15
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on February 25 announced plans to release a total bandwidth of 190MHz for operating 4G mobile communication services through open...
Thursday 26 February 2015
Taiwan January unemployment rate down on month, year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 430,000 jobless citizens in January 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.71%, down 0.08pp on month and 0.31pp on year, according to statistics released by the...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
ASE orders equipment for NT$1.3 billion
IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has purchased machinery and equipment from Advantest and Premtek International for a total of about NT$1.31 billion (US$41.75...