Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [159 news items]
Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
May 22, 14:23
Asustek Computer on May 21 signed an MoU with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for cooperation to set up a supply chain for cloud computing services in Taiwan and overseas markets, with the...
Quanta adopts low profile about cloud computing business
May 15, 20:09
Quanta Computer Chairman Barry Lam, at the company's recent inventors meeting, has stopped talking about the company's cloud computing business lineup and only said that the business...
Taiwan makers struggle to benefit from fast growing cloud computing storage market
May 3, 15:00
While global demand for cloud computing-based storage has been growing fast, it is difficult for Taiwan-based hardware makers to enjoy such business opportunities because cloud computing-based...
Promise expects 15-30% revenue growth for cloud storage in 2013
May 3, 10:39
Promise Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of RAID storage solutions, expects its revenues from cloud computing storage solutions in 2013 to increase on year by 15-30%, company chairman...
Inventec focuses on cloud computing business by developing data center server solutions
Apr 30, 10:42
Taiwan-based ODM Inventec has stepped into the cloud computing business with a focus on developing server solutions for data centers, and has participated in collaborative development...
Asustek cooperates with subsidiary to launch in-car cloud computing navigation system
Apr 23, 21:48
Asustek Computer on April 23 announced the adoption of a smart cloud computing-based navigation system for 35 Toyota electric cars to be available for rent in the Sun Moon Lake scenic...
IDF Beijing 2013: Transforming computing experiences from the device to the cloud
Apr 11, 11:51
During Intel's annual developer forum this week, company executives announced new technologies and partnerships aimed at transforming how people experience technology from the device...

Taiwan market: GigaCloud launches cloud computing services for SMBs
Apr 3, 10:39
Taiwan-based GigaCloud on April 2 announced the launch of SaaS (software as a service) public cloud computing services in the Taiwan market, targeting small and medium businesses...
Asustek to offer cloud computing services through cooperation with Taipei City Government
Apr 2, 22:12
Asustek Computer on April 2 signed an MOU with the Taipei City Government for cooperation to set up five cloud computing application platforms providing cloud computing services in...

Commentary: Taiwan cloud industrial parks to face reality check
Mar 20, 15:23
In the fourth quarter of 2012, Taiwan's government began announcing projects regarding government cloud services. In January 2013, the governments of Taipei and New Taipei City both...
Taiwan market: Canon launches three cloud computing photo MFPs
Mar 20, 15:02
Canon Marketing (Taiwan) has unveiled three Canon PIXMA series cloud computing photo MFP (multi-function peripheral) models, MG6370, MG5470 and MX927, for immediate launch in the...

Taiwan government setting up environment cloud computing platform
Mar 13, 11:11
Taiwan is constructing a cloud computing platform for environmental administration with a 4-year budget of NT$600 million, according to Environmental Protection Administration (EPA...
Acer starts AcerCloud service worldwide
Feb 18, 23:04
Acer has announced the activation of its cloud computing service platform AcerCloud worldwide. The platform crosses three major operating systems and the company expects to attract...
Mobile and cloud computing spur tripling of micro server shipments in 2013, says IHS
Feb 7, 15:54
Driven by booming demand for new data center services for mobile platforms and cloud computing, shipments of micro servers are expected to more than triple in 2013, according to an...
Foxconn/FIH prospects clouded by growing concerns over Apple
Jan 31, 15:00
Increasing market concerns over Apple's ability to continue rolling out innovative products have not only affected Apple but also its primary ODM production partner, Foxconn Electronics...
In Win Development and partners launch cloud computing appliances
Jan 29, 19:52
In Win Development, a Taiwan-based PC/server chassis and power supply maker, and its partners including SaveCom International, Lancer Systems, Advanced Control & Systems and NetVision...
Taipei City to develop cloud computing industry parks
Jan 23, 14:23
The Taipei City Government has announced plans to develop cloud computing industry parks on three suburban sites in the city based on a BOT (build-operate-transfer) model.
Taiwan market: Epson launches 2 cloud-connected MFPs
Jan 21, 15:17
Epson Taiwan Technology and Trading on January 21 unveiled the Epson WF-3541 and WF3521, two MFPs (multi-function peripherals) supporting Epson Connect cloud computing-based mobile...
Chunghwa Telecom to cooperate with Wiwynn to launch Cloud Appliance
Jan 10, 16:15
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on January 9 signed an MoU with Wiwynn, a wholly-owned subsidiary of notebook ODM Wistron providing system integration services for cloud computing applications,...
Asustek forms health cloud computing alliance
Dec 20, 13:40
Asustek Computer on December 19 formed a health cloud computing alliance through cooperation with Taiwan-based Show Chwan Health Care System to establish a cloud computing ecosystem...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom launches additional business-use cloud computing services
Nov 23, 15:29
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), having launched HiCloud Mall, on November 22 introduced additional internally-developed enterprise-use cloud computing services, HiCloud VPC (virtual private...
CHT to invest in visual effects cloud computing service
Nov 22, 21:34
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 21 signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based visual effects producer Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H) to establish a Cloud for Animation...
Notebook ODMs offer extra services to attract tablet orders
Nov 19, 22:55
With notebook shipments estimated to only have a single-digit percentage growth on year in 2013, notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron, are aggressively...
Taiwan market: Toshiba debuts cloud computing HDD
Nov 19, 13:40
Toshiba Digital Media Network Taiwan, Toshiba Storage Products' subsidiary responsible for marketing Toshiba hard disk drives (HDDs) in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia,...
SAP seeking partnerships with Taiwan makers to offer cloud computing solutions
Oct 19, 10:59
SAP AG is seeking Taiwan-based hardware ODMs/OEMs for partnership to offer hardware/software-integrated cloud computing solutions to compete with database applications from Oracle,...
Acer to introduce smartphone with personal cloud service
Oct 17, 22:05
Acer plans to introduce a CloudMobile smartphone series featuring a personal cloud service. Market observers believe Acer will face strong competition and challenges in trying to...
Taiwan ODMs seek cooperation with software providers to offer cloud computing solutions
Oct 2, 14:09
With more and more companies outsourcing data center operations to cloud computing service providers, Taiwan-based hardware ODMs have been seeking cooperation with cloud computing...
Taiwan government opens Cloud Open Lab
Sep 25, 16:11
The Taiwan government on September 24 started operation of Cloud Open Lab, a platform for matching software application providers, mainly independent software vendors (ISVs) and system...
Notebook ODMs expect surging growth in cloud computing business in 2013
Sep 25, 01:25
As cloud computing business opportunities are expanding, several notebook ODMs have been aggressively pushing their related business segments and expect strong revenue growth from...
Nvidia to add cloud and mobile computing segments at GTC 2013
Sep 24, 15:40
Nvidia has officially announced that the annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC 2013) will be held from March 18- 21, 2013 in San Jose, the US. The show will continue to be hosted...
Taiwan government starts health cloud pilot project through cooperation with Microsoft
Sep 18, 15:05
Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) on September 17 announced the beginning of a pilot project of cloud computing applied to health information management through HealthVault, a Microsoft-developed...
Sep 13, 16:23
The Taiwan government will establish a platform for developing and testing solutions based on cloud computing technology to offer public services. The platform will aim to match demand...
Asustek cooperates with FET to offer Super Cloud
Sep 5, 16:40
Asustek Computer and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), a mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, have jointly announced that they will cooperate to offer Super Cloud, business-use storage...
Taiwan market: TWM cooperates with Evernote to offer personal cloud computing services
Aug 31, 15:53
Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on August 30 announced cooperation with California-based Evernote to promote its notetaking personal...
Quanta announces 2Q12 results; details future planning
Aug 31, 01:20
Quanta Computer has announced its financial report for the second quarter with net profit after tax of NT$5.99 billion (US$200.06 million) and EPS at NT$3.80, helping the company's...
Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
IT + CE | 25min ago
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
Bits + chips | 27min ago
Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
IT + CE | 35min ago
Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
Bits + chips | 1h 5min ago
Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
Mobile + telecom | 1h 25min ago
ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
Green energy | 3h 16min ago
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Displays | 3h 19min ago
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
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- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
24-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34% |

| TSE electronic | 310.89 | -0.43 | -0.14% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 118.64 | -0.71 | -0.59% |

| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |

- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.























