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Monday 22 June 2015
Taiwan sees decreased May unemployment rate up, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 420,000 jobless citizens in May 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.62% which dropped 0.01pp on month and 0.23pp on year, according to statistics released by...
Thursday 18 June 2015
Commentary: What does rising China supply chain mean for Taiwan?
As the China government continues to pour money into fostering local supply chains in terms of capacity and technology, Taiwan makers are starting to feel the heat, and as a result...
Thursday 18 June 2015
PV modules shipped from Taiwan, Malaysia detained at Rotterdam seaport
1.5 million PV modules equivalent to 50MWp in total capacity, shipped from Taiwan and Malaysia have been detained at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, due to suspected circumvention...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
IC manufacturers close or repurpose 83 wafer fabs from 2009-2014, says IC Insights
Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older capacity in order to produce devices more cost-effectively on larger wafers...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
A leading Taiwan IC fabless crafts versatile RF technology: Interview with Peter Chen, product marketing manager of AMICCOM
We are constantly bombarded with electromagnetic waves of all kinds of radio frequencies (RF), many of them have been encoded with specific information, whether it is a voice, a tone,...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Taiwan market: Asustek to launch high-spec version ZenFone 2
Asustek Computer plans to launch the flagship model of its ZenFone 2 series with 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM priced at NT$11,990 (US$388) in the Taiwan market on June 18, according to a...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 5DS, 5DSR
Canon on June 16 unveiled two 50.6-megapixel DSLR camera models, the EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R, for immediately launch in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$103,900...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
AUO setting up 21MWp rooftop PV systems in central Taiwan
TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) have been setting up rooftop PV systems with total installation capacity of 21MWp at its factories in central Taiwan, with the PV systems to...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Diode maker Eris breaks into supply chain of car vendors in Europe, says chairman
Taiwan-based Eris Technology, which specializes in the manufacture of rectifier diodes, has cut into the supply chain of Europe-based car vendors, according to company chairman Jonathan...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Taiwan market: HTC ships over 1 million HTC Desire family smartphones
HTC has shipped over one million units of its HTC Desire family products, including the HTC 816, HTC 820 and HTC 626, in the Taiwan market during the period from May 2014 to April...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Embedded server product maker Artesyn opens new R&D center in Taiwan
To provide better service to its Taiwan-based cloud server clients such as Quanta Computer, Inventec and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), embedded computing and power...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Japan Display aims to hold 30-40% share in high-end smartphone panel market in 5 years
Japan Display (JDI) aims to hold a 30-40% market share in the high-end smartphone panel market five years from now, according to various media reports in Taiwan that quoted company...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
China MIIT official calls for cross-strait cooperation in telecom
Vice minister Liu Lihua for China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), at an annual cross-Taiwan Strait telecommunication conference held in Taiwan on June 15,...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
A glance at Taiwan photonics industry in 2015
The photonics industry has a significant influence on future industrial development of both Taiwan and the world. According to data from the ITIS project initiated by the technology...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches flagship Xperia Z3+ smartphone
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest smartphones including the flagship Xperia Z3+ and mid-range M4 Aqua Dual in Taiwan and is looking to boost its share in Taiwan's...