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Thursday 24 July 2014
Han's Laser and Goodfeel to attend Touch Taiwan 2014
China's largest laser equipment maker Han's Laser and sapphire processing player Goodfeel Technology will attend Touch Taiwan 2014, August 27-29 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Taiwan market: 91mai APP Store launched
N Squared in July 2013 launched 91mai APP Store, a platform for mobile application vendors to open handset/tablet-based online stores of mobile applications, and indicated that the...
Thursday 24 July 2014
LCD monitor panel prices rise on tight supply, say Taiwan makers
Because panel makers have focused production on LCD TV panels, supplies of 19-, 19.5-, 21.5-, 23-, 23.6- and 27-inch LCD monitor panels have been tight, and consequently prices have...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Taiwan June manufacturing production index down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 108.13 for June 2014, decreasing 1.63% on month but increasing 8.93% on year, according to statistics released...
Thursday 24 July 2014
North America semiconductor equipment industry posts book-to-bill ratio of 1.09 in June, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.47 billion in orders worldwide in June 2014 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.09,...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan market: Nearly 1,500 4G base stations in operation at end of June, says NCC
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) approved the establishment of 2,918 4G base stations, and 1,458 ones were in operation as of the end of June 2014.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Microsoft facing increased competition from MacBooks and Chromebooks, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft is facing increased competition from MacBooks and Chromebooks, with the global notebook OS market share for Windows 8 already dropping to below 90%, according to Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2014
Taiwan's notebook makers saw an unexpected sequential rise in shipments in the second quarter after the end of Microsoft's support for Windows XP generated a wave of replacement demand...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Fujitsu Taiwan and local university to set up Big Data R&D platform
Fujitsu Taiwan and National Cheng Kung University on July 22 signed an MoU for cooperation to establish a Big Data R&D platform specifically for agricultural applications combining...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan tablet shipments plunge sequentially in 1Q14, says MIC
In the absence of new Apple products, tablets shipped to Apple - the major client taking up nearly 70% of Taiwan makers' tablet shipments - witnessed a 38% sequential decline in the...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan server ODMs may benefit from Project Scorpio 2.0
Taiwan-based server ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec may obtain orders arising from the beginning of Project Scorpio 2.0, the second version of a project to boost...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Bay Zu Precision to showcase roll-to-roll vacuum sputtering systems at Touch Taiwan 2014
Bay Zu Precision will showcase in-house-developed roll-to-roll multi-film vacuum sputtering systems at Touch Taiwan 2014.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan makers can tolerate 15-20% US anti-dumping rates for PV modules
As the US Department of Commerce will decide on preliminary anti-dumping tariffs on PV products imported from China and Taiwan on July 24, Taiwan-based PV module makers using in-house-produced...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Samsung teams up with Taiwan universities to push app development
Samsung Electronics has recently teamed up with some Taiwan universities, looking to nurture talent for app design. It is also offering SDKs for Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Gar 2 and...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$1.9 billion in January-June, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,656 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.926 billion in January-June 2014, respectively...