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Thursday 23 May 2019
Machvision to have two startups launch IPOs
Taiwan AOI (automated optical inspection) specialist Machvision has seen efforts of its Bethel Unicorn Incubator Center gradually pay off, with two out of four startups incubated...
Friday 17 May 2019
Cloud enables Taiwan healthcare exports to Southeast Asia
The availability of quality medical resources is one of Taiwan's most powerful competitiveness, but how the resources can be better utilized to not only take care of the health of...
Friday 10 May 2019
IntelliEPI April revenues fall 23.8%
GaAs epi-wafer company Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which uses MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) growth technology, saw its revenues for April plunge 23.8% on month to...
Thursday 9 May 2019
Edge computing dominant in 5G-driven smart production operation
Smart manufacturing plants will materialize faster with commercialization of 5G mobile communication technologies, and edge computing will play a leading role in the materialization...
Thursday 9 May 2019
BOE expanding portfolios for IoT, medical applications
Having become the world's largest TV panel supplier both in terms of unit and area shipments recently, BOE Technology has also enriched its portfolios for a wide range of smart IoT...
Thursday 2 May 2019
Asian Edge: From PC to 5G
The PC market used to cater mainly to white-collar workers, with manufacturers relying mostly on HP and Dell. The traditional PC and handset assembly sector remains a stable supply...
Thursday 2 May 2019
MediaTek gross margin rebounds above 40%
MediaTek has reported net profit fell 16.2% sequentially to a four-quarter low of NT$3.42 billion (US$110,5 million) in the first quarter of 2019, but gross margin climbed 2.3pp on...
Friday 19 April 2019
Compal enhancing non-notebook offerings
Compal Electronics has been enhancing its non-notebook product lines to include a wide range of smart home and healthcare devices. Tablets and smartwatches remain the major drivers...
Friday 19 April 2019
TSMC 7nm utilization to climb in 2H19, says CEO
TSMC will see its 7nm process utilization rate climb substantially in the second half of 2019, driven by a seasonal pick-up in demand for smartphones, as well as chip demand for HPC,...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Monday 15 April 2019
Samsung set to lose semiconductor market lead in 2019
Samsung Electronics increased its lead as the No. 1 semiconductor vendor due to the booming DRAM market in 2018, according to Gartner. However, the memory chip giant is likely to...
Monday 15 April 2019
MediaTek 2Q19 revenues likely to grow by up to 14%
MediaTek is expected to post revenues of between NT$56 billion (US$1.82 billion) and NT$61 million in the second quarter of 2019, representing a 7-14% sequential increase, with gross...
Friday 12 April 2019
Power, talent shortages may dent hi-tech investments in Taiwan
Taiwanese semiconductor, communication and electronics firms have significantly increased their investments in Taiwan since the China-US trade war kicked off in 2018, but shortages...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Eight-inch fab utilization rates picking up
IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by a pull-in of orders for IoT and automotive electronics applications, according to sources at...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Machvision listed on TWSE
Automated optical inspection (AOI) specialist Machvision, officially listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) on April 2, will kick off a new wave of business transformations in...