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Thursday 1 February 2018
Global notebook shipments lower than expected in 4Q17, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide notebook shipments, not including detachable 2-in-1 devices, performed weaker than expected and arrived at only around 41.15 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017,...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Taiwan MLCC makers urged to develop optimal ceramics purification formula
Taiwan MLCC makers must manage to work out optimal formula for purifying ceramic materials if they want to sail smoothly into the "blue ocean" market for high-voltage MLCCs bearing...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Taiwan 4Q17 economic growth estimated at 3.28%
Taiwan's fourth-quarter 2017 GDP growth is estimated at 3.28%, higher than the 2.3% estimated in November 2017, according to the latest figures from the Directorate General of Budget,...
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Acer takes helm at AOpen
Acer has obtained three seats on AOpen's board of directors after taking a major stake in the Taiwan-based digital signage developer. Acer chairman Jason Chen has also been elected...
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Taiwan to let foreign banks arrange financing for offshore wind farm projects
Taiwan plans to let foreign banks arrange syndicated loans for the country's offshore wind farm projects, according to deputy economics minister Kung Ming-hsin.
Wednesday 31 January 2018
PTI profits climb to 7-year high in 2017
Memory-IC backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) saw its net profits climb to a seven-year high of NT$5.85 billion (US$200.4 million) in 2017.
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Global 1Q18 server shipments to be flat, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide server shipments in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to stay flat or drop slightly due to seasonal impact, but demand from large-size datacenter clients will remain...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Taiwan IC packagers to cash in on mining craze in 2018
Taiwan IC backend service providers including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics (KYE), are upbeat about their...
Monday 29 January 2018
IBM to enhance private cloud business in Taiwan in 2018
IBM will step up promoting its Cloud Private software platform in Taiwan in 2018 to help enterprise customers in the country better access microservice architectures to create new...
Monday 29 January 2018
Japan passive component suppliers likely to raise quotes
Japan-based passive component suppliers including Murata and Taiyo Yuden are likely to raise their quotes for their MLCCs, chip resistors, and electrolytic and solid capacitors due...
Monday 29 January 2018
Gaming to surpass notebook in production value in 2020, says TH Tung
Taipei Computer Association (TCA) chairman TH Tung has pointed out that the production value of the gaming industry will have a good chance of reaching US$143.5 billion by 2020, an...
Friday 26 January 2018
AcBel expects new products to boost 2018 revenues
Despite a nearly 10% on-year drop in 2017 consolidated revenues, Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech still expects its 2018 revenues to benefit from volume production of...
Friday 26 January 2018
Taiwan eases rules on hiring foreign professionals
Taiwan has eased rules to facilitate introduction of foreign professionals and R&D talent needed to support tech innovations and applications in the fields of semiconductor, AI...
Friday 26 January 2018
Elan gearing up for AI
Fabless IC firm Elan Microelectronics has been involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) chips with plans to assign a team of over 100 engineers to enhance further...
Friday 26 January 2018
Taiwan IC designers expected to post substantial revenue growth in January
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to post substantial sequential growth in January revenues thanks to a pull-in of orders from China, according to industry sources.