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Thursday 31 March 2016
MediaTek shipments unlikely to rebound until May or June
MediaTek's shipments are still affected partially by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) wafer delivery delays caused by an earthquake that hit southern Taiwan in...
Thursday 10 March 2016
NEC to test earthquake early warning system in Taiwan
Japan-based NEC will begin field testing of its in-house-developed earthquake early warning system in Taiwan through cooperation with Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) in September...
Friday 4 March 2016
NCREE promoting measures to minimize earthquake impact
The National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) under Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories is promoting three measures to minimize the impact of earthquakes:...
Thursday 3 March 2016
Taiwan earthquake causing aftershocks in LCD panel market
With Taiwan LCD panel maker Innolux experiencing damage on production equipment producing 39.5-inch TV applications, some customers are shifting their orders to 40- and 43-inch panels,...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Innolux fully restores production at 8 factories in STSP
Innolux on February 22 announced the complete restoration of production at eight factories at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) which were hit by a large earthquake on February...
Thursday 18 February 2016
TSMC cuts 1Q16 margin guidance due to quake
TSMC has lowered its margin guidance for the first quarter of 2016, due to the impact of the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on February 6.
Monday 15 February 2016
Impact of earthquake on TSMC larger than originally expected
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on February 6 estimated wafer shipments in the first quarter of 2016 would decrease less than 1% due to the impact of a large earthquake...
Saturday 6 February 2016
Earthquake hits key Taiwan Science Park
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 hit Southern Taiwan on February 6 and several semiconductor, optoelectronic and photovoltaic players at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP)...
Saturday 6 February 2016
Innolux production base hit by earthquake
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 shook southern Taiwan, the main production base of LCD panel maker Innolux. The company stated that after the quake hit at 4:00am on February 6,...
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Taiwan chipmakers unaffected by earthquake
Taiwan-based chipmakers including foundries TSMC and UMC, and IC packager ASE have said that their operations have not been affected by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the...
Monday 20 April 2015
AUO, Innolux not affected by Taiwan earthquake
After witnessing a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan on the morning of April 20 that shook most of the island including main panel production areas, panel makers including AU Optronics...
Monday 22 April 2013
Taiwan ODM factories in western China unaffected by earthquake
Four Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, have indicated that their factories in Chongqing and Chengdu, western China, were not affected...
Friday 10 August 2012
AUO sees drop in July revenue due to earthquake, says company
AU Optronics (AUO) has said an earthquake in Taiwan affected its July revenue by causing one of its 6G LCD panel plants to stop for 3-5 days.
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics
Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Global HDD shipments to grow only 3% sequentially in 3Q11
Global hard disc drive (HDD) shipments are expected to grow slightly by 3% in the third quarter, up from 165 million units in the second, while shipments in the fourth quarter are...