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Monday 1 February 2016
Taiwan IC suppliers look to land more orders from Huawei, Lenovo in 2016
Taiwan-based IC design houses, particularly LCD driver IC vendors, are eyeing orders from Huawei and Lenovo to sustain sales growth and market share in 2016, according to industry...
Friday 29 January 2016
Taiwan 4Q15 economic growth estimated at -0.28%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's on-year economic growth for fourth-quarter 2015 is estimated at -0.28%, downward adjusted by 0.77pp from a previous forecast in November, according to the Directorate General...
Friday 29 January 2016
Everlight Electronics to start production at new factory in central Taiwan in 2Q16
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is constructing a new factory in central Taiwan and will complete the first phase and begin production in the second quarter of...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Production of new 4K iPad Air to begin in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers
Apple is expected to unveil new models of its iPad Air in March 2016 and production will start in the second quarter, with General Interface Solution and TPK Holding to supply touch...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Motech to increase solar cell capacity in China
Solar cell maker Motech Industries, in order to hike production capacity in China, will shift part of its production capacity from Taiwan to its two factories in China, with the proportions...
Thursday 28 January 2016
UMC buys equipment from Lam, Tokyo Electron
United Microelectronics (UMC) has purchased a total of NT$1.96 billion (US$58.4 million) worth of equipment from Lam Research and Tokyo Electron for its 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen,...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Taiwan large-size LCD panels - 4Q 2015
Taiwan's share of global large-size TFT LCD panel shipments (9-inch and above) dropped in 2015 as competition from China makers intensified. Innolux managed to be the third largest...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan large-size panel shipments increase 2.6% in 4Q15
Taiwan panel makers' shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels reached 60.14 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 2.6% on quarter, according to Digitimes Resea...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Taiwan Star Cellular aims at over 1 million 4G users by end of 2016
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Star Cellular has set a goal of exceeding one million subscribers by the end of 2016, 3.5 times the number at present, according to company president...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
EMEA PC market contracted by 18.2%, says IDC
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an 18.2% decrease on year, according to IDC. After a strong shipment...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Taiwan market: TWM launches VoLTE services
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has launched VoLTE (voice over LTE) services based on SRVCC (single radio voice call continuity) technology which features seamless switching from VoLTE to 3G...
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Taiwan LED makers expected to benefit from US objection to Philips selling Lumileds, says report
Philips has canceled the planned sale of an 80.1% stake in Philips Lumileds Lighting to China-based GO Scale Capital due to objections from US authorities concerned for the sake of...
Monday 25 January 2016
Order visibility prior to Lunar New Year remains unclear, say Taiwan IC designers
Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about the first quarter of 2016 citing unclear order visibility. Customers are still reluctant to place orders despite the approach...
Monday 25 January 2016
TSMC orders equipment worth NT$7 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced two purchases of machinery equipment and engineering facilities for a total of NT$7.09 billion (US$211.5 million) from...
Monday 25 January 2016
Korea government invests in public displays, says report
The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as US$6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News.