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Wednesday 16 August 2017
Taiwan market: Sharp intros Aquos S2
Sharp has introduced its new Aquos S2-series smartphones in the Taiwan market targeting the mid-tier to high-end segment.
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Taiwan market: Garmin launches smart bands
Garmin has partnered with pharmaceuticals distributor Chunghwa Yuming Healthcare for launching vivo series smart wrist bands, mainly vivosmart 3, vivofit jr and vivosmart HR, in the...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Free Bionics enters Japan market with motion assistance robot
Taiwan-based wearable motion assistance robot developer Free Bionics has recently signed contracts with medical equipment distributor USCI Japan for it to promote its robots to major...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Taiwan Chelic 2Q17 revenues rise 58% sequentially
Pneumatic automation component maker Taiwan Chelic has reported its second-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues reached NT$418 million (US$14.09 million), up 58.33% sequentially, with...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Commentary: Consolidation of Taiwan solar supply chain badly needed
The integration of the supply chain of Taiwan's solar cell industry is a pressing job, as it is increasingly difficult for makers to survive volatile market situations and ever-expanding...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Robust silicon wafer, photoresist demand to boost Topco revenues in 3Q17
IC materials distributor Topco Scientific is expected to report brisk sales results for the third quarter of 2017 thanks to strong demand for silicon wafers and photoresists, according...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
SPIL to invest US$25 million in China
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced plans to invest indirectly a total of US$25 million in its newly-established wholly-owned subsidiary in China. Named Siliconware...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Powerchip posts EPS of NT$1.59 for 1H17
Contract chipmaker Powerchip Technology has announced net profits increased 17.6% on year to NT$3.63 billion (US$119.7 million) in the first half of 2017. EPS for the six-month period...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Arcadyan, Sercomm shipping more optical broadband devices to Europe
Networking device makers Arcadyan Technology and Sercomm both have reported that demand for optical broadband devices from the telecom sector in Europe is still growing. The two companies...
Monday 14 August 2017
TSMC 12nm FinFET process ready for volume production in 4Q17, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will enter volume production of chips built using its 12nm FinFET process in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a recent Chinese-language...
Monday 14 August 2017
Taiwan professor develops radar to track bee flying
A university researcher has developed a harmonic radar that can track flying of bees with body length of 1.5cm in an effort to study causes of disappearance of bees.
Monday 14 August 2017
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2017
Taiwan TV makers' shipments to some of their China-based clients were weakened by rising LCD panel prices in the second quarter of 2017, during which shipments to China's financially-troubled...
Friday 11 August 2017
Taiwan government to foster 30,000 startups in 3 years via direct investment
Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) has decided to make direct investments in tech startups, instead of offering them subsidies as done in the past, aiming to build sound...
Friday 11 August 2017
Taiwan market: Top-3 telecom operators fare well in January-July period
Taiwan's top-three telecom operators - Chung Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) - were performing better than expected in the first seven...
Friday 11 August 2017
Taiwan market: Hojin introduces smartphone for seniors
Taiwan-based Hojin International (also known as iNO) has launched a new smartphone, the iNO S9, targeting the senior citizen market. The iNO S9 carries a price tag of NT$7,990 (US$...