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Monday 12 May 2014
Designing Roadmap for Smart Cities: Seeking Opportunities for Taiwan's ICT Industry to Drive Structural Transformation through Smart Services
The roadmap to smart cities illustrates that intelligent networking infrastructures connected through the Internet of Things (IoT) can lead to the convergence of next-generation information...
Monday 12 May 2014
Northern Europe demonstrates good example of integrating IT and ICT advantages to help Taiwan become a paragon of smart city development
Northern Europe can be seen as a pioneering region and offers the most successful example of the development of global smart cities. Local governments actively engage in construction...
Monday 12 May 2014
MacBook shipments in 2Q14 to grow 28.6% sequentially, say Taiwan makers
There will be 3.6 million MacBook notebooks shipped in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 28.6% on quarter, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Monday 12 May 2014
Pegatron only Taiwan notebook ODM to see sequential growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Inventec, Wistron and Pegatron have reported consolidated revenues for April, with only Pegatron seeing on-month growth, according to...
Friday 9 May 2014
Taiwan April export value down on month, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$26.6 billion for April 2014, decreasing 4.2% on month but increasing 6.2% on year, while the corresponding import value of US$24.06 billion...
Friday 9 May 2014
Some Taiwan solar wafer makers mulling merger with China firms
Major China-based solar wafer makers reportedly have contacted Taiwan-based fellow makers about the possibility of mergers. Taiwan-based makers, due to continued operating losses...
Friday 9 May 2014
Taiwan PC IC designers conservative about 2Q14
Taiwan-based PC IC design houses are generally conservative about the prospects for second quarter of 2014, expecting their sales to grow 5-10% on average for the quarter, according...
Friday 9 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 9-inch and above panel shipments fall to 62.21 million units in 1Q14
Taiwan panel makers' shipments of 9-inch and above size TFT LCD panels reached 62.21 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down 3.2% on quarter, according to Digitimes Resear...
Thursday 8 May 2014
TacBright to invest NT$3 billion to expand TAC film facilities
TacBright Optronics, a TAC (triacetyl cellulose) film subsidiary of Taiwan-based Shinkong Synthetic Fibers (SSF), will invest NT$3 billion (US$100 million) to construct a new TAC...
Thursday 8 May 2014
Asustek, Acer, Lenovo snatching notebook market share from Samsung and Sony in Europe
Asustek Computer, Acer and Lenovo are expected to see their notebook market shares in Europe grow as both Samsung Electronics and Sony are paying less attention on their notebook...
Thursday 8 May 2014
China vendors to rely on Taiwan high-end TV panels, says Innolux president
As China's panel industry is expected to see significant increases in TV panel production capacity by 2015, many market observers claim Taiwan's TV panel industry is likely to be...
Wednesday 7 May 2014
China datacenter orders to be dominated by Taiwan server makers
As China's datacenter market is seeing rapid growth, first-tier server brand vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are both aggressively trying to enter the industry. Since...
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments drop 18.9% in 1Q14
Taiwan makers' LCD monitor shipments dropped 18.9% on quarter and 4.4% on year in the first quarter of 2014 to 19.83 million units, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Taiwan generates 213,400GWh of power in 2013, says Taipower
A total 213,400GWh of electricity was generated in Taiwan in 2013, according to state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower).
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Taiwan makers see orders for notebook touch panels shift to China
Taiwan touch panel makers are losing orders for touch panels used in notebooks to makers in China due to price competition, according to industry sources.