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Monday 17 October 2016
Microsoft retrieving component purchasing rights to maintain server quality
Microsoft has recently become more involved in choosing specific hardware component suppliers for its datacenter servers. Microsoft used to let its ODM partners choose the component...
Monday 17 October 2016
Taiwan market: MSO Taiwan Optical Platform to acquire 65% stake in EBC
Taiwan Optical Platform (TOP), a MSO (multi-system operator) of cable TV, has said it will acquire a 61% stake in Eastern Broadcasting Co. (EBC), a cable TV channel operator, from...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan Mobile appoints new chairman
Taiwan Mobile has announced the appointment of Daniel Tsai to serve as its new chairman, replacing incumbent Richard Tsai, who will assume the chairmanship left by Daniel Tsai at...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan FTC to hold public hearing on ASE-SPIL merger
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has said it will arrange a public hearing on Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) planned merger with Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL)...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Asustek Transformer Mini becomes available
Asustek Compute has started selling its new 10-inch Transformer Mini 2-in-1 device in Taiwan and expects the device to boost its shipments in the fourth quarter as tablet demand has...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung Note 7 problems increase demand for S7 Edge, says paper
Samsung Electronics Taiwan is offering a refund or an exchange for other Samsung smartphones for the Galaxy Note 7. Channel retailers report that 90% of customers returning the Note...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship 37.65 million LCD TVs in 2017
Taiwan-based ODMs, OEMs and OBMs (own-brand manufacturers) will ship 37.65 million LCD TVs in 2017, increasing 6.4% on year and taking up 17.2% of global total, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Xiaomi aims to ship 600,000 Mi Band devices in 2016
Xiaomi Technology is expected to ship a total of 600,000 units of its Mi Band wearable devices in the Taiwan market in 2016, according to sources from local retail channels.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan chip vendors strive to lower costs
Taiwan-based chip suppliers are in talks with their foundry partners about possible ways to cut costs, including reducing silicon area and the number of masks, according to industry...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Qualcomm appoints new head of Taiwan business unit
Qualcomm has announced the appointment of ST Liew, former co-president of Acer's BYOC Smart Products Business unit, to serve as its vice president as well as president of Qualcomm...
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Taiwan market: Chimei aims to ship 180,000 LCD TVs in 2016
Taiwan-based LCD TV vendor Chimei shipped 120,000 units in the Taiwan market during January-September 2016 and aims to ship 180,000 units in 2016, according to the company.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
AUO to complete 32MWp PV installation in Taiwan in 2016
AU Optronics (AUO) is setting up rooftop PV systems around Taiwan and will complete total PV installation capacity of 32MWp in 2016, according to the company.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Heraeus introduces new series of PERC Metallization Pastes at PV Taiwan International Photovoltaic Exhibition
Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, announced the introduction of a new generation of high efficiency silver front-side...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Taiwan sees decreased September export value, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.56 billion for September 2016, decreasing 8.5% on month and 1.8% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$18.19 billion...
Friday 7 October 2016
Heraeus confidently looking to next phase of legal proceedings in Taiwan patent dispute
Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, announced that the lawsuit against Giga Solar has entered the next stage of the...