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Tuesday 31 May 2016
Chin-Poon remains focused on automotive PCBs
PCB firm Chin-Poon Industrial will be aggressively vying for new orders from Europe- and US-based car vendors while exploring opportunities in the China and Southeast Asia automotive...
Tuesday 31 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Korea memory-IC industry output value to increase 5% in 2Q16
The production value of South Korea's memory chip industry is expected to increase about 5% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, according Digitimes Research. Demand for smartphones...
Monday 30 May 2016
Taiwan market: Seiko Epson launches smartwatch
Seiko Epson has launched Smart Canvas, a smartwatch with four e-paper-based changeable display formats in the Taiwan market at a retail price of NT$5,490 (US$169), according to Epson...
Monday 30 May 2016
Taiwan 1Q16 economic growth estimated at negative 0.68%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, growth in GDP, for the first quarter of 2016 is estimated at negative 0.68%, upward adjusted by 0.16pp from the forecast made in April 2016, according...
Friday 27 May 2016
Taiwan market: Oppo launches R9 Plus smartphone
Oppo has unveiled its latest smartphone, the Oppo R9 Plus, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on June 1, priced at NT$16,990 (US$522) unlocked for a 64GB version...
Friday 27 May 2016
Taiwan tier-2 motherboard players aggressively seeking new business opportunities
Second- and third-tier Taiwan's motherboard players have been aggressively looking for business opportunities outside of the branded motherboard market as competition from the top-two...
Thursday 26 May 2016
Taiwan handsets – 1Q 2016
Taiwan's handset brand vendors and ODMs both saw sharp declines in their shipments in the first quarter of 2016. The brand vendors' shipments will improve in the second quarter due...
Thursday 26 May 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches new Galaxy J7 and J5 smartphones
Samsung Electronics has launched its new mid-range smartphones, the Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) in the Taiwan market targeting the NT$5,000-10,000 (US$154-308) segment.
Thursday 26 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Wi-SUN widely used in Japan, but internationalization faces problems
Wi-SUN (wireless smart utility network), the Japan-developed wireless communication technology used in management of connected home appliances, has been popularly in the Japan market...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales slow down in April
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, in the Taiwan market totaled 650,000 units in April, decreasing 2.9% from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail chan...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Taiwan 4G Internet download speeds average 40.87Mbps in 1Q16, says NCC
Mobile broadband Internet download speeds in Taiwan during first-quarter 2016 reached at an average 40.87Mbpa for 4G networks and 8.84Mbps for 3G, according to the National Communications...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan smartphone shipments set to decline in 2Q16
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to reach 12.6 million units in the second quarter of 2016, down 9.7% sequentially and 42.9% on year,...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
UMC Holds 2016 Japan Technology Forum
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today held its 2016 Japan Technology Forum at the Tokyo International...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
NSP to shut down PV module factory in Taiwan
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has announced that it will close a PV module factory in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, at the end of May.
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Taiwan backend firms seeing robust orders from HiSilicon
Demand for HiSilicon's chips has been robust, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC backend firms, which have identified the China-based fabless IC vendor as one of their important...