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Wednesday 23 December 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Secom provides retail management services via cooperation with Microsoft
Taiwan Secom, the largest residential/commercial security service provider in Taiwan, on December announced cooperation with Microsoft to provide cloud-based management services to...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
ASE seeking to buy another 25% stake in SPIL
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), which has already purchased 25% shares of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has announced new plans to acquire another 25% stake in...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Digitimes Research: South Korea expected to develop large-size flexible displays based on AMOLED, PI substrates and roll-to-roll process in 2016
South Korea is expected to adopt AMOLED display technology, PI (polyimide) plastic substrates, organic TFT driving technology and roll-to-roll process to develop large-size flexible...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Asustek, Gigabyte plan to launch VR devices, say Taiwan makers
Asustek Computer plans to launch wearable virtual reality (VR) devices to be used with its gaming notebooks, while with Gigabyte Technology is also doing so by working with VR technology...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Solartech PV power station in Japan on gird
Solar cell maker Solartech Energy has announced a 2.45MWp PV power-generating station it has built in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has been connected to a local grid,...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC foundry capacity utilization rate to fall in 4Q15
Utilization rates at Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will fall further to 85.8% in the fourth quarter of 2015 - the lowest level in 13 quarters, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Samsung to mass produce 18nm DRAM in 2Q16, says Korea media
According to South Korea's Digital Times, Samsung Electronics will start mass production of DRAM chips built using 18nm (1x) process technology in the second quarter of 20...
Monday 21 December 2015
Taiwan November export order value down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$40.76 billion in total in November 2015, decreasing 4.2% on month and 6.3% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 21 December 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$4.1 billion in January-November, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,412 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.128 billion in January-November 2015,...
Monday 21 December 2015
2-in-1 PC shipments to see significant growth in 2016, say Taiwan makers
While notebook and tablet shipments have seen slow growth or decreases, 2-in-1 notebook/tablet shipments have significantly increased and therefore global 2-in-1 shipments in 2016...
Monday 21 December 2015
Corning to supply glass substrates for BOE 10.5G fab, says Corning Taiwan president
As BOE Technology started constructing a 10.5G LCD panel fab in Hefei, northern China, in early December, Corning will set up a production base adjacent to it to become its glass...
Friday 18 December 2015
Taiwan firms obtain verification for OLED driver ICs from Samsung, but still awaiting orders
Taiwan-based IC design houses have disclosed their OLED panel-use driver ICs already went through verification by Samsung's procurement unit, but they have not landed orders from...
Friday 18 December 2015
Taiwan market: Xiaomi launches 2nd-generation Mi Band
Xiaomi Technology has begun marketing its second-generation Mi Band smart fitness bracelet in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$595 (US$18.10).
Friday 18 December 2015
Taiwan market: TLW cooperates with Unity Opto Technology for LED light bulbs, says paper
TLW, a DIY merchandise retail chain in Taiwan, has cooperated with LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology to ODM produce own-brand LED light bulbs for sale in its chain...
Friday 18 December 2015
Taiwan market: 3Glasses launches VR device
China-based VR technology developer 3Glasses on December 17 unveiled D2, its second-generation VR headset featuring 5.5-inch 2560 by 1440, 110-degree viewing-angle and 13ms delay...