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Friday 8 August 2014
Taiwan solar cell makers lower prices to US$0.33/W
Taiwan-based makers have lowered quotes for polycrystalline silicon solar cells with a prevailing energy conversion rate of 17.8% from US$0.40-41/W in early June to US$0.33/W currently,...
Friday 8 August 2014
PV thin-film makers seize North America market share due to the US-China trade war, says EnergyTrend
After the US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, PV makers in both China and Taiwan have been confronted by high tariff rates. Module and cell prices shipped...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Taiwan July export value down on month, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$26.77 billion for July 2014, decreasing 0.1% on month but increasing 5.8% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$24.16...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Dell hosting conference in Taiwan to promote enterprise products
Dell hosted the Dell Enterprise Forum in Taiwan on August 6 and unveiled new storage, server, Big Data, mobile, cloud computing and information security products and solutions to...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Samsung holds Smart School symposium in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics on August 6 held a Smart Interactive Learning symposium to examine the implementation of Smart Schools, in Taiwan. As part of a global project, Samsung has set...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Taiwan market: Acer launches Ultra HD monitor
Acer's Ultra HD professional-level monitor, the B286HK, has become available in Taiwan priced at NT$22,900 (US$763) with a three-year warranty.
Thursday 7 August 2014
Digitimes Research: South Korea ambitious in boosting 3D printing
The South Korea government has been actively promoting development of the 3D printing industry, aiming to hike South Korea's 3D printing patents as a percentage of those around the...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Taiwan market: Optoma launches 4 DLP projectors
Taiwan-based DLP projector vendor Optoma Technology has unveiled four home-use projectors, the HC51, HD36, HD26 and ultra-short-throw GT1080, for immediate launch in the Taiwan mar...
Thursday 7 August 2014
LCD TV supply chain ready for 4Q14 peak season, say Taiwan makers
The LCD TV supply chain has started processing orders for peak demand in the fourth quarter of 2014, and vendors are expected to focus promotions on large-size and Ultra HD models...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Taiwan panel makers seeing strong demand from Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi
China-based smartphone and tablet vendors Huawei Device, Lenovo and Xiaomi Technology have increased demand for panels and touch panels since the beginning of the third quarter of...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2014
Taiwan makers' small- to medium-size panel shipments reached 351.4 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 16.8% sequentially but down 2.8% on year.
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Taiwan government, Intel, Siemens to jointly hold APEC summit and competition
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Intel and Siemens will jointly hold the 2014 APEC Accelerator Network Summit and Challenge in Taiwan on August 6 and 7, with 34 start-up...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship 53.13 million smartphone touch panels in 2Q14
Taiwan-based makers together shipped 53.13 million smartphone touch panels in the second quarter of 2014, growing 5.9% on quarter mainly due to increased demand from Microsoft Mobile,...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Lenovo to cooperate with Compal to launch US$199-249 Windows notebooks at end of 2014, say Taiwan makers
Lenovo has talked about cooperation with Compal Electronics to launch Windows 8 notebooks for sale at US$199-249 during the year-end peak sales period, according to Taiwan-supply...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Taiwan July CPI down on month, says DGBAS
Taiwan's July 2014 consumer price index (CPI) of 104.39 (2011 as base year) decreased 0.04% sequentially but increased 1.75% on year, while the wholesale price index (WPI) of 96.84%...