Having reached an agreement to invest in a 12-inch fab in Xiamen, China recently, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has insisted that it will keep its advanced manufacturing...

TV vendors have begun slashing prices for Ultra HD TVs in preparation for the Black Friday period in North America, with Vizio maintaining pricing for 50-inch units below US$1,000,...

As demand for data center hardware in Europe has started growing strong recently, server players including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Quanta Computer have been aggressively investing...

Shipment volume of the Taiwan smartphone industry has topped around 5.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, according to MIC. "The new rollouts of Samsung, Sony, and...

US-based sapphire ingot producer GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has applied for bankruptcy protection possibly because its HEM technology-based ingot growing process has seen much...

Shipment volume of the Taiwan desktop industry is estimated to have reached approximately 17.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, marking the highest-ever quarterly shipment...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) will split into two companies, HP Enterprise and HP Inc., but this will not cause a substantial change to its ODM orders in the short term. But if this is the...

It is the right time for Hewlett-Packard (HP) to split into HP Enterprise and HP Inc. because HP's business groups for enterprise hardware and services, and PCs and printers have...

In September 2014, Japan was the only market where average retail pricing for Ultra HD TVs increased, with 40- and 50-inch units climbing 6.8% and 17.3% respectively, according to...

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will offer tiered usage-based pricing for its 4G services in place of existing unlimited plans, with the new pricing effective from November, according to company...

Under large pressure due to booming sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and new iPad models possibly to be launched in the fourth quarter and Apple Watch expected to be launched...

US-based Cree will invest US$83 million to take a 13.32% stake in Taiwan-based Lextar Electronics, which provides LED epitaxial wafers and chips, as well as packaging services, as...

Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer started production of 12-inch MacBook Air in small volumes in October and will gradually increase output beginning November, according to sources...

Taiwan recorded total export value of US$26.43 billion for September 2014, decreasing 5.9% sequentially but increasing 4.7% on year, while the month's total import value of US$22.93...

While Samsung Electronics has attempted to offer low quotes to obtain 14nm FinFET foundry orders for A9 processors from Apple in 2015, it may be difficult for the Korea-based company...