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Wednesday 3 December 2014
Foxconn earns US$12.4 million from selling GoPro stock
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced that its subsidiary Foxteq Holdings sold 211,354 shares of GoPro stock at US$75 per share and earned US$15.85 million...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
NXP appoints new VP, Taiwan Sales and Country Manager
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that Mr. Frank Chen has joined NXP as the VP, Taiwan Sales and Country Manager effective 1st December 2014. Frank is based in...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan market: HTC launches mini camcorder
Smartphone vendor HTC has started marketing its mini camcorder, the HTC Re, in the Taiwan market.
Wednesday 3 December 2014
UMC orders equipment from Applied Materials
United Microelectronics (UMC) has purchased a batch of production equipment from Applied Materials for NT$827 million (US$26.6 million), according to a company filing with the Taiwan...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Medical applications for 3D printing faces 3 challenges, says UL Taiwan
In terms of 3D printing applications, consumer electronics accounts for 29% of total output, automotive 19% and medical 13%, according to the Taiwan government-sponsored Information...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
AWSC responds to media reports on 4Q14 sales
GaAs IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) stating it was not the source of Chinese-language reports from...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Intel appoints Robert Swinnen as new head of Asia Pacific branch
Intel has appointed Robert (Robby) Swinnen as the new general manager of Intel Asia Pacific and Japan, while the current general manager Gregory Bryant will return to the US and lead...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan market: BenQ occupies 14% of LCD monitor shipments
There will be an estimated 900,000 LCD monitors shipped in the Taiwan market in 2014 and BenQ expects a market share of 14%, with 85% of its shipments to be general-use models and...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan handset ODMs to see orders fluctuate significantly in 2015
Taiwan-based handset ODMs may see their orders from Sony Mobile Communications and LG Electronics fluctuate significantly in 2015 following the recent reshuffles of top management...
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Asustek catching up quickly with MSI in gaming notebook business
Asustek Computer's good brand recognition in the high-end PC segment and price cut strategy, has reportedly helped the company to surpass Micro-Star International (MSI) in gaming...
Tuesday 2 December 2014
TSMC to hold annual supply chain forum on December 4
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will hold its annual supply chain management forum on December 4, and is expected to reveal the latest developments on its 16nm and...
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Innovation and collaboration: Synopsys and partners demonstrate leading technology and close collaboration at SNUG Taiwan 2014
SNUG Taiwan 2014 was recently hosted by Synopsys Taiwan in Hsinchu, with representatives from almost 30 heavyweight customers sharing ideas and presenting their design and research...
Monday 1 December 2014
Chicony sells stock in Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Chicony Technologies has announced that its subsidiary Chicony Overseas sold 1.32 million shares of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals stock at US$8.28 and acquired US$10.93 million from the...
Monday 1 December 2014
Taiwan 4Q14 economic growth downwardly adjusted to 2.83%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's on-year economic growth rate has been downwardly adjusted for the fourth quarter of 2014 from the 3.08% estimated in August 2014 to 2.83%, according to the Directorate General...
Monday 1 December 2014
Global Unichip obtains server chip orders from major Japan-based networking solution provider
Global Unichip has announced that an ongoing series of server-related designs for one of the major Japan-based networking solution providers is in mass production.