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Monday 14 April 2014
Taiwan market: Lenovo expects 200% increase in 2014 PC sales to SMBs
Lenovo expects desktop, notebook and tablet sales to small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs) in the Taiwan market to triple in 2014, according to Lenovo Taiwan general manager Justin...
Friday 11 April 2014
Some China PCB makers pose threat to Taiwan makers
Some China-based PCB makers, including Founder Technology, Guangdong Goworld and Taigerbuilder Circuit (Suzhou), have entered the supply chains of Apple, Acer and HTC, becoming competitors...
Friday 11 April 2014
Taiwan electric vehicle supply chain faces competition from South Korea, says Fukuta chairman
While Taiwan-based makers have formed quite a complete supply chain for electric vehicles (EVs), South Korea-based makers are competing for orders from EV vendors, according to chairman...
Friday 11 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC backend production value to expand 5.9% in 2014
The production value of Taiwan's IC testing and packaging industry is expected to grow 5.9% in 2014, higher than the 4.9% growth posted a year earlier, as well as the 4.2% growth...
Thursday 10 April 2014
Microsoft may release server orders to Taiwan ODMs
Microsoft will set up four additional Azure data centers in 2014 and is expected to expand its procurement orders to server ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, according to Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Taiwan panel makers have order visibility for the Transformer Book T1000 until June
Panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) have order visibility for Asustek Computer's Transformer Book T1000 until June, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Acer to open cloud computing center in Taiwan; will see over 50% gross margins from related licensing
Acer's cloud computer experiencing center will open in Taoyuan, Taiwan at the end of May. The company hopes to use the facility to provide more details on its Build Your Own Cloud...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Taiwan market: Asustek releases ZenFone smartphones in Taiwan; expects to sell 5 million units in 2014
Asustek Computer started selling its ZenFone series smartphones in Taiwan on April 8. Chairman Jonney Shih said the company expects sales of its ZenFone products to surpass five million...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Tatung to set up 3MWp PV systems in northern Taiwan
Tatung, a Taiwan-based own-brand machinery and consumer electronics maker, has extended business operation to PV-ESCO (photovoltaic-energy service company) and signed with New Taipei...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Amtran ships 580,000 LCD TVs in 1Q14
LCD TV maker Amtran reportedly shipped 580,000 TVs in the first quarter of 2014 and expects slight growth going into the second quarter due to a revival in the North America TV market,...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Taiwan makers look to demand for thin heat-pipes used in smartphones
Sony Mobile Communications has adopted thin heat-pipes for its Xperia Z2, and Taiwan-based thermal module makers hope that other smartphone vendors will follow suit, according to...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Taiwan market: CHT to offer faster fiber-optic Internet access
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has revealed it will launch 300Mbps/100Mbps fiber-optic Internet-access services in Taiwan at a monthly charge of below NT$2,000 (US$66) in May 2014.
Monday 7 April 2014
Taiwan March export value up on month, year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$27.76 billion for March 2014, increasing by 30.4% on month and by 2.0% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$25.80 billion...
Monday 7 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs losing out as PC brand vendors turn to China supply chain for tablets
Among global top-7 PC brand vendors, only Apple (sixth place) still outsources its tablet orders mainly to Taiwan-based EMS providers and ODMs, while the rest - Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard...
Monday 7 April 2014
Taiwan becomes largest source of China electronics imports in 2013, says MOEA
China imported electronic devices and components worth US$307.04 billion in total in 2013 and Taiwan-based makers together accounted for 27.3%, making Taiwan become the largest source...