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Friday 17 February 2017
Taiwan has 4 graphics card vendors among global top-5 in 2016
Of the global top-five graphics card vendors in 2016, four were based in Taiwan, namely, Palit Microsystems, the largest shipping about seven million cards, Asustek Computer, second-largest...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Smart City Summit and Expo 2017 to open on February 21 in Taiwan
The Smart City Summit and Expo 2017 will be hosted from February 21-24 at the Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The show will host about 200 exhibitors and feature special...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Taiwan market: Fuji Xerox eyes 30% printer market share in 2017
Printer vendor Fuji Xerox Taiwan has been expanding aggressively in Taiwan's enterprise market and is looking to increase its share in the local printer market to 30% in 2017 to narrow...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Taiwan 4Q16 economic growth estimated at 2.88%
Taiwan's GDP growth for fourth-quarter 2016 is estimated at 2.88%, upward adjusted by 0.30pp from the preliminary estimate made in late January 2017, the Directorate General of Budget,...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Digitimes Research: LED, optoelectronics focus on automotive applications at Lighting Japan 2017
Exhibitors focused LED and optoelectronics devices at Lighting Japan 2017 in Tokyo during January 18-20 on automotive applications, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Notebook shipments get bump in 4Q16
The final quarter of 2016 brought good news to the global notebook industry, as shipments showed an on-year increase for the first time since 2012, according to data from Digitimes...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Pixart posts NT$1.20 EPS for 2016
IC design company Pixart Imaging's EPS for 2016 fell to NT$1.20 (US$0.04), the lowest level since its listing on Taiwan's OTC market in May 2006. Revenues for the year came to NT$398...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship nearly 313 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels in 4Q16
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers together shipped 312.94 million small- to medium-size units in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 1.0% on quarter and 10.2% on year.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2016
The notebook market has been showing signs of recovery, with Taiwan makers seeing their first on-year shipment growth since first-quarter 2012 in fourth-quarter 2016.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
CPU core IP provider Andes to debut on Taiwan OTC market in mid-March
Taiwan-based CPU core IP provider Andes Technology, a subsidiary of MediaTek, will debut on Taiwan's OTC securities market in mid-March with the underwriting price for the IPO tentatively...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Taiwan market: Oppo aims to sell 800,000-1,000,000 smartphones in 2017
China-based vendor Oppo aims to ramp up shipments of its smartphones in the Taiwan market to 800,000-1,000,000 units in 2017, up from 400,000 units shipped a year earlier, according...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Micron ramping up 1Xnm chip production, says executive
Micron Technology's wafer plant in Taichung, central Taiwan is scaling up its output of DRAM chips built using 1Xnm process technology, and will have more than half of its total production...
Monday 13 February 2017
Acer focuses 2017 PC marketing on slim notebooks, gaming notebooks, says Taiwan president
Acer will focus PC marketing in 2017 on two market-niche product lines, slim notebooks and gaming notebooks, and will launch new models beginning the first quarter, according to the...
Monday 13 February 2017
Micron starts making 1Xnm DRAM in Taiwan, says report
Micron Technology's factory site in Taichung, central Taiwan is already producing DRAM chips using 1Xnm process technology, and will have all its production capacity using the newer...
Friday 10 February 2017
Taiwan Mobile sees revenues down slightly in January
Taiwan Mobile has reported consolidated revenues of NT$9.94 billion (NT$320.06 million) for January, down 4% on month and 2.49% on year.