Elpida to build R&D center in Taiwan, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 27, 14:53

Elpida Memory reportedly plans to invest about NT$3 billion (US$95.5 million) to set up an R&D center in Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times repor...

Ability Enterprise acquires land in Taipei for building headquarters, R&D center

Sep 27, 12:13

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Ability Enterprise has acquired a plot of land of 4,072 square meters (43,828 square feet) located in a newly developed district of the Taipei area...

HP Taiwan to merge all local R&D centers

Sep 23, 14:41

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan will gradually move its local headquarters to a new location in Nangang, Taipei with all its R&D centers in Taiwan to be merged and moved to the new...

Hanwang to set up R&D center in Taiwan

Aug 13, 16:56

China-based e-book reader maker Hanwang Technology plans to invest US$1 million to set up a R&D center in Taiwan at the end of 2010, according to company chairman Liu Ying-jian...

Intel establishes R&D center for MeeGo and Atom in China

Jul 26, 15:14

Intel has established an R&D center in Shenzhen, China mainly focusing on the MeeGo operating system and Atom processor, according to sources from PC players.

HP expected to establish a new R&D center in Taipei

May 18, 16:29

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to establish a new R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan in September 2010 and will allocate all its notebook and desktop R&D technicians and resources...

Portwell starts using R&D and production center in northern Taiwan

Apr 9, 12:31

Taiwan-based industrial PC maker Portwell, on April 8 inaugurated its newly completed R&D and production center located in the Taipei metropolitan area, according to the compan...

IBM sets up third R&D center in China

Mar 24, 11:18

IBM has launched a predictive analytics software lab in Xi'an, northwestern China, with the lab serving as a global hub for development of business analytics, according to IBM.

ITRI receives NT$400 million from government for PV R&D in 2010

Mar 12, 16:27

The Photovoltaic (PV) Technology Center under the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has been commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs...

Heraeus sets up R&D center in Taiwan; PV silver paste factory to arrive in 2012

Mar 10, 11:43

Germany-based Heraeus on March 9 announced the establishment of an R&D center in northern Taiwan at an initial investment of NT$60 million (US$1.88 million) to provide materials...

TSMC to begin trial production on 22nm process in 3Q12, says R&D head

Feb 25, 11:11

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to enter trial production on its 22nm high performance process node in the third quarter of 2012, and then move to the...

TSMC to install equipment at LED R&D center in 4Q10, say sources

Feb 23, 13:59

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to start equipment installation for the first-phase construction of a new LED R&D center in the fourth quarter of...

Hong Kong-based Halo Motor to set up R&D center in Taiwan

Feb 10, 16:44

Halo Motor, a newly founded Hong Kong-based developer of high-efficiency battery and recharging technologies for electric vehicles, on February 9 announced it will establish a Mobility...

Atmel sets up R&D center in Taipei

Jan 27, 15:34

Atmel has set up an R&D center in Taipei for development of low-power microcontroller units (MCUs) with embedded non-volatile memories - AVR- and ARM-based product lines - in...

Inventec to expand server R&D center in Taiwan

Jan 26, 12:23

Inventec plans to expand its server R&D center in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan from 1,400 staff members at present to 3,000 in 2012, according to company vice president and spokesman...

TSMC to recruit over 3,000 new employees in 2010

Jan 15, 11:39

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said it plans to hire more than 3,000 employees in 2010. The new recruits will be mostly engineers and technical staff but will...

China makers developing UMG-Si, sources in Taiwan say

Jan 8, 16:30

Some players in China's solar industry are developing upgraded metallurgical grade silicon (UMG-Si), which is cheaper to produce than polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) made using...

ITRI cloud computing team to unveil products by end of 2010

Dec 15, 14:55

The Cloud Computing Research Center for Mobile Application (CCMA), established by the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in September 2009, plans...

Foxconn and Wistron shift PND R&D teams to develop other products

Dec 2, 11:18

The PND R&D teams under Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Wistron have been shifted to the development of e-book readers and MIDs due to declining PND orders,...

Foxlink to set up R&D center in Dongguan Songshan Lake Science Park, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 27, 16:42

Taiwan-based connector and handset maker Foxlink will invest NT$9.4 billion (US$291 million) to set up a R&D center at the Dongguan Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry...

Belgium-based IMEC to set up R&D center in Taiwan

Oct 29, 15:04

Belgium-based Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) plans to set up a R&D center in Taiwan in 2010 with an aim to accelerate the development of the MEMS market in Taiwan,...

FIH to consolidate handset R&D units within Foxconn Group

Oct 29, 14:38

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) plans to consolidate a total of eight handset R&D units belonging to member companies within the Foxconn Group, including Foxconn Electronics,...

Inventec starts up a new server R&D center in Taiwan

Oct 15, 17:13

Inventec recently started up a new R&D center for server and industrial PC related products in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The company expects its annual revenues from the server business...

Nokia soliciting RFI for ODM production of Maemo-based smartphones, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 5, 11:45

Aiming to fend off increasing competition from rival vendors in the smartphone segment, Nokia has reportedly released RFI (request for information) requirements on ODM production...

UMC focusing R&D on 28nm, 22nm processes

Sep 30, 14:23

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) currently focuses its R&D on 28nm and 22nm processes and related key technologies as well as 18-inch wafers, according to company central...

Jabil looking to recruit handset R&D talent in Taiwan, say sources

Sep 30, 11:29

EMS provider Jabil Circuit is reportedly following the steps of rival company Flextronics International of seeking to recruit R&D staff from handset ODMs in Taiwan to strengthen...

Former TSMC R&D executive joins Samsung

Newswatch - Sep 29, 16:53

Samsung Electronics has employed Mong-Song Liang, who formerly served as senior director of the Logic Technology Platform Division at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...

MediaTek buys office building in Beijing

Sep 25, 17:11

MediaTek has announced that it has spent 744.95 million yuan (US$109.09 million) buying an office building in Beijing, China, with market observers speculating that it is a step the...

China to set up renewable energy development fund, reports say

Aug 26, 10:54

The China government has proposed an amendment to its Renewable Energy Law, focusing on establishing a fund for R&D to connect renewable energy with electricity grids, as well...