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Friday 11 May 2018
Taiwan offers smart machinery subsidies
Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) has begun offering companies subsidies for them to incorportate smart machine boxes (SMBs) on manufacturing equipment, enabling connectivity...
Friday 11 May 2018
Business transformation: Q&A with Qisda chairman Peter Chen
EMS provider Qisda has made efforts to transform operations by acquiring majority stakes in industrial motherboard and computer maker DFI and POS device maker Partner Tech in 2017,...
Thursday 10 May 2018
TPK, GIS see mixed iPhone touch panel shipment prospects for 2Q18
Taiwan-based touch panel makers TPK and General Interface Solution (GIS), both iPhone supply chain partners, have mixed prospects for the second quarter of 2018, with the former likely...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Smart machines, robots, IoT devices highlighted at iMTduo 2018
The 2018 Taipei Intelligent Machinery & Manufacturing Technology Show (iMTduo) opened on May 9 for a four-day run at the Nangang Exhibition Center, with additive manufacturing,...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan government to boost smart machinery development, says president
The Taiwan government will make efforts to promote development of smart machinery by integrating resources, cultivating high-level talent and encouraging local production of smart...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan machinery exports up 18.3% to US$6.43 billion in 1Q18
Taiwan's machinery exports, after surging 21.1% on year to US$25.6 billion in 2017, soared 18.3% from a year earlier to US$6.43 billion in the first quarter of 2018, with China remaining...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Google embracing AI technologies
Google kicked off its annual, three-day developers' conference in Mountain View, California on May 8 with a theme focusing on the development of full-fledged artificial intelligence...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Qualcomm still undecided about server chip biz amid reports of R&D resources cut, say sources
Members of Qualcomm's top management are still divided over whether the company should stay in or withdraw from the server market, despite reportedly having sharply reduced R&D...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Xiaomi, Oppo neck and neck in Taiwan
China-based smartphone vendors Xiaomi Technology and Oppo have both launched their latest flagship models in Taiwan as they gear up efforts to ramp up their market shares there.
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Gaming 3.0 user experience to dominate at Computex 2018
Computex 2018 will welcome nearly 70 leading gaming and VR/AR suppliers - including Asustek Computer, Cooler Master, Gigabyte, G.Skill, MSI, Thermaltake, and Zotac - to showcase cutting-edge...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Taiwan moving to cushion impacts of US-China trade row
The government in Taiwan is actively taking actions to cushion possible undesirable impacts on the country's economic and trade development from the ongoing trade spats between the...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Global server shipments to rise 9% in 2Q18, says Digitimes Research
Global server shipments (based on motherboards shipped) amounted to 3.4 million units in the first quarter of 2018, slightly down on quarter, but the shipments are expected to rise...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
HTC reports earnings for 1Q18
HTC has reported net profits of NT$21.1 billion (US$707.69 million) or NT$25.7 per share for the first quarter of 2018, ending its 11 consecutive quarterly losses.
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Synnex April revenues up on year
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.68 billion (US$940 million) for April, decreasing 17.79%...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
TSMC 7nm process to attract more orders from China for AI chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 7nm FinFET process has obtained orders for the production of AI-capable SoCs from a number of China-based chip firms, such as Huawei's...