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Thursday 4 February 2016
Taiwan MOEA approves TSMC 12-inch fab investment in China
The Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved TSMC's proposal to set up a 12-inch wafer fab and a design service center in Nanjing, China...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Toshiba reportedly to close R&D center in Taiwan
Toshiba reportedly plans to close its R&D center in Taiwan and will lay off about 100 engineers working at the center, according to sources in Taiwan's notebook industry.
Thursday 4 February 2016
China PV module makers ask Taiwan makers to lower solar cell prices
China-based PV module makers, in view of high inventory levels and an unexpected decrease in demand in the US market, have asked Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship 10.235 million LCD TVs in 4Q15
Taiwan-based makers shipped 10.235 million LCD TVs on ODM, OEM or OBM (own brand manufacturing) worldwide during the fourth quarter of 2015, increasing 12.0% on quarter but decreasing...
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Toshiba to buy land to expand flash memory production
Toshiba is looking to expand production of its proprietary BiCS flash 3D memory by acquiring 150,000 square meters of land in Japan's Mie prefecture, according to the company.
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Konica Minolta showcases flexible OLED lighting panels at Lighting Japan 2016
Japan-based Konica Minolta exhibited flexible OLED lighting panels based on a roll-to-roll process at Lighting Japan 2016 in Tokyo during January 13-15, showing that it is a global...
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Taiwan market: Foxconn leads patent applications in 2015
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) topped local companies in the number of patent applications in 2015, with 659, according to data released by the Intellectual Property Office...
Wednesday 3 February 2016
TSMC to deal out cash dividend of NT$6 for 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors has adopted a proposal recommending the distribution of a NT$6 (US$0.18) cash dividend per common share for...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
ASE says planned buyout of SPIL gets anti-trust approval in Korea, Germany
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has received clearance from anti-trust authorities in South Korea and Germany for its intended buyout of Siliconware Precision Industries...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2015
Worldwide notebook shipments enjoyed a slight growth of 0.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015 thanks to stable demand from the year-end holidays in Europe and North America...
Monday 1 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow slightly on quarter in 4Q15, but will drop over 16% in 1Q16
Worldwide notebook shipments enjoyed a slight growth of 0.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015 thanks to stable demand from the year-end holidays in Europe and North America...
Monday 1 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan sees decreased 4Q15 shipments of small- to medium-size panels
Taiwan-based makers shipped 284.026 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels in the fourth quarter of 2015, decreasing 7.5% on quarter and 20.3% on year, according to Digitimes...
Monday 1 February 2016
Taiwan market: HP to shift marketing focus from market share to profitability
Viewing that Taiwan has become a developed PC market, Hewlett-Packard (HP) will adjust its strategy through shifting focus from market share to profitability and thereby will strengthen...
Monday 1 February 2016
Asustek ranks top SIM-free smartphone vendor in Japan in 2015, says paper
Asustek Computer ranked the number one supplier of SIM-free smartphones in Japan in 2015 with a 28.6% market share, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Monday 1 February 2016
HiSilicon ramps orders to Taiwan foundry, backend service companies, says report
China-based chipset vendor HiSilicon Technologies has increased wafer and IC packaging/testing orders at Taiwan-based foundry and backend service companies as it plans to ramp output...