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Wednesday 28 December 2016
HTC expected to unveil HTC Vive 2 at CES 2017, says report
HTC is likely to unveil its second-generation VR device, the HTC Vive 2, at the upcoming CES 2017 to be held in Las Vegas from January 1-5, according to a Taipei-based Central...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
ASE obtains ISO 26262 for its Kaohsiung site
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has obtained the ISO 26262 certification from TUV Nord for its Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan facility, according to the packaging and testing...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Avalue expects over 10% growth in 2016 and optimistic about 2017 performance
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Avalue Technology had weaker than expected growth in the second half of the year due to orders being postponed, but the company will still manage...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Asustek, Gigabyte restructing poorly performing businesses
As the mobile device market is no long seeing strong growth, Asustek Computer has been reorganizing its loss-making tablet business since the first half of 2016, while Gigabyte Technology...
Monday 26 December 2016
Sharp to regain own-brand TV marketing in Europe via investing in SUMC
Sharp will regain marketing right of own-brand LCD TVs in the Europe market through investing JPY10.4 billion (US$88.6 million) for an over 50% stake in Cyprus-registered Skytec Universal...
Monday 26 December 2016
Foxconn appoints CMO, says report
Foxconn Electronics has named Freddie Yuan as the first person to hold the title of chief marketing officer (CMO) for the company, with the appointment becoming effective in December,...
Friday 23 December 2016
Huawei Technologies chooses Pegatron, Quanta as notebook ODMs in 2017
Huawei Technologies will launch a 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch clamshell notebook in 2017 and has selected Taiwan-based Pegatron and Quanta Computer as ODMs, according to industry sourc...
Friday 23 December 2016
Taiwan market: Kingwaytek Technology launches 4G-based in-car IoV device
Digital map provider Kingwaytek Technology on December 22 launched an in-car IoV (Internet of Vehicles) device based on 4G in the Taiwan market. The device features navigation functions,...
Thursday 22 December 2016
Lenovo to downsize scale in Brazil, says report
Lenovo will reduce its scale to decrease overall operating costs in Brazil, mainly through downsizing personnel by 84% from 8,000 employees currently to 800, and reducing total floor...
Thursday 22 December 2016
Robot products may not enjoy demand as expected in 2017, says market watchers
Although many vendors have already entered into the robot market and released products aiming for 2017, some market watchers are pessimistic about their demand as these products are...
Wednesday 21 December 2016
TDK to acquire InvenSense for US$1.3 billion
TDK and InvenSense have entered into a definitive agreement wherein TDK agrees to acquire all outstanding InvenSense shares for cash at US$13.00 per InvenSense share, for a total...
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Dell leads in Windows Hello biometric security solutions, say Taiwan makers
Among vendors of business-use notebooks, tablets and 2-in-1 hybrid models, Dell has leadership in adopting Windows Hello, Microsoft's new biometric security system built into Windows...
Wednesday 21 December 2016
TV panel prices further rise in December, says IHS
Prices for 40- to 43-inch LCD TV panels have risen US$3 and those for 49- to 65-inch units have increased US$5 in December, according to IHS.
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Acer recognizes intangible asset impairment of NT$6.34 billion
Acer on December 20 announced the recognition of intangible asset impairment of NT$6.34 billion (US$199 million), equivalent to net loss per share NT$2.06, for 2016 in accordance...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
TV panel supply chain in major reshuffle with Sharp set to stop shipments to Samsung
Foxconn Electronics' decision to have its subsidiary Sharp stop shipping LCD TV panels to Samsung Electronics beginning 2017 will trigger a chain reaction that will also affect Sony,...