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Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan market: Advantech cooperates with Microsoft to market cloud computing solutions
Industrial computing device maker Advantech, in view of large market potential for IoT (Internet of Things) applications, has cooperated with Microsoft to provide cloud computing-based...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan FTC extends review period on ASE-SPIL takeover bid
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has extended its review period on a proposal submitted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire a majority stake in Siliconware...
Thursday 25 February 2016
China, Taiwan IC firms ramp 16nm chip orders at TSMC
China- and Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, HiSilicon Technologies and Spreadtrum Communications have placed 16nm chip orders with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan January export order value down, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$34.19 billion in January 2015, decreasing 11.9% on month and 12.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan science parks post 2015 total revenues of over NT$2.3 trillion, says MOST
Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$2.308 trillion (US$70.27 billion)...
Wednesday 24 February 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$2.7 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased facility equipment from M+W High Tech Projects Taiwan and United Integrated Services (UIS) for a total of about NT$2.72...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Taiwan plans to allow PV power stations on inarable land
The Taiwan government plans to allow PV power stations to be built on contaminated land not suitable for farming and land with serious subsidence, according to vice economics minister...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$533 million in January
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 283 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$533 million in January 2016, respectively increasing 2.17%...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Samsung Display offers standard AMOLED solutions to tout China smartphone vendors
Samsung Display, in an attempt to tout China-based smartphone vendors, has offered standard AMOLED touch panel solutions for common use to keep prices down, according to Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Several Taiwan IC design houses ready for virtual reality boom
Etron Technology, Elan Microelectronics and C-Media Electronics are already engaged in the development of chips for virtual reality (VR) devices gearing up for the market boom. However,...
Monday 22 February 2016
ASE, KYEC make equipment purchases
IC packaging and testing houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) have both announced equipment purchases via their respective company filings...
Monday 22 February 2016
Testing company CHPT to list on Taiwan OTC
Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT), which specializes in high-end IC testing solutions such as load boards for final testing and probe cards for wafer probing, will be listed...
Monday 22 February 2016
In Western Europe, 1 in 5 tablets sold in 4Q15 is detachable, says IDC
According to figures published by IDC, in the fourth quarter of 2015 over 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe as the market volume declined 10.1% on year. In value terms,...
Monday 22 February 2016
Taiwan IT vendors mixed on HNA Ingram Micro acquisition
Seeing the global largest IT distributor Ingram Micro having agreed to sell the company to the China-based HNA Group at a price of US$6 billion, Acer, which is a client of Ingram...
Friday 19 February 2016
Taiwan government urged to boost PV power generation
Executives from three local PV firms have jointly urged the Taiwan government to step up efforts promoting PV power generation to phase out the country's nuclear power plants and...