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Friday 19 February 2016
IBM Taiwan to request parent company set up local data center
In order to strengthen marketing of cloud services in the Taiwan market, IBM Taiwan will request its US headquarters to establish a data center either on its own or through cooperation...
Friday 19 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Telecom carriers to drive FinTech technology in Japan
With Japan-based Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank having recently crossed into the Financial Technology (FinTech) industry, FinTech has become a new trend. However, Japan's...
Friday 19 February 2016
Utilization rates rise at 8-inch fabs in China and Taiwan
Capacity utilization rates at 8-inch fabs in China and Taiwan have risen sharply since the first quarter of 2016 thanks mainly to a pull-in of orders for fingerprint sensors and large-size...
Friday 19 February 2016
ATrack Technology expects revenues proportion from North America to top 50% in 2016
Own-brand GPS maker ATrack Technology, in view of booming orders from North America, expects the revenue proportion from the regional market to rise from 25% in 2015 to over 50% in...
Thursday 18 February 2016
Taiwan 4Q15 economic growth rate estimated at negative 0.52%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate in GDP, for the fourth quarter of 2015 is estimated at negative 0.52%, downward adjusted by 0.24pp from the preceding forecast in January 2016, according...
Thursday 18 February 2016
Taiwan market: TWM leads in mobile Internet-access speeds
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has said its mobile networks have the highest average Internet-access speed at 37Mbps among mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, higher than 29Mbps for Chunghwa...
Thursday 18 February 2016
Taiwan IC design houses look to short lead-time orders in March-April
Demand for smartphone-, tablet- and other mobile device-related chips is unlikely to gain any momentum until the end of March or early April when clients start placing short-lead...
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Taiwan sees decreased January export value, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.20 billion for January 2016, decreasing 1.6% on month and 13.0% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$18.69 billion...
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Korea memory-IC industry output value to fall 10% in 1Q16
The production value of South Korea's memory chip industry is expected to decline around 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2016, due mainly to falling chip prices, according...
Monday 15 February 2016
Japan market: 35.77 handsets shipped in 2015, says MM Research Institute
There were 35.77 million handsets shipped in the Japan market in 2015, slipping on year for the third consecutive time by 6.6%, according to Japan-based MM Research Institute.
Friday 5 February 2016
Taiwan semiconductor firms expected to start restocking inventories
Companies in Taiwan's semiconductor industry supply chain are expected to start restocking their inventories at the end of the first quarter or in early second-quarter 2016, leading...
Friday 5 February 2016
A few local makers win Taiwan government LED street lamp procurement bids
A few Taiwan-based LED packaging service providers and LED lighting makers, mainly Everlight Electronics, Leotek Electronics, Delta Electronics, Bright Led Electronics, Genius Electronic...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Taiwan LCD TVs – 4Q 2015
Taiwan's LCD TV shipments reached 10.24 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, increasing 12.0% on quarter but decreasing 5.8% on year.
Thursday 4 February 2016
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2015
Taiwan's small-to-medium-size LCD panel shipments dropped 7.5% sequentially and 20.3% on year to reach 284.03 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 due to seasonality, competition...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Inotera announces execution of share swap deal with Micron
Inotera Memories has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to conduct a share swap transaction with Micron Semiconductor Taiwan (MST). After closing of the transaction,...