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Samsung Electronics Starts Mass Producing 8GB GDDR5 (2015.01.17) |
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Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) GDDR5 DRAM, based on the company’s leading-edge 20-nanometer (nm) process technology. GDDR5 is the most widely used discrete graphics memory in the world... |
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AcBel Polytech to Launch More Industrial use Product Lines (2015.01.16) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — AcBel Polytech had suffered from slump in sales since the thrid quarter of 2014 because of loss of big server customers that led to bad performance of industrial power supply. The company to launch more industrial product lines to 50 percent to maintain its revenue... |
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UBS: Semiconductor Industry to Combine the Smart Appliances (2015.01.16) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — An analyst from UBS pointed out that one of the trends of semiconductor industry in 2015 is to crossover businesses, platforms in a bid to collaborate with one another. Network firms to combine with smart appliances is one of the possible way to work it out... |
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Taiwan’s ITRI Developing Lightweight Exoskeleton Technology for Disabled (2015.01.16) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute(ITRI) is developing an exoskeleton technology to provide affordable aids for disabilities, to rebuild their mobile ability with cheaper and lighter design.
Artificial exoskeleton is an emerging technology with two main purposes: First... |
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Public Cloud Services In Mature APAC and Japan To Reach $7.4B in 2015 (2015.01.15) |
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According to Gartner, the public cloud services market in the mature Asia/Pacific and Japan (APJ) region is on pace to grow 14.2 percent in 2015 to total $7.4 billion, up from $6.5 billion in 2014. Cloud management and security services, the fastest growth segment of the cloud services market in mature APJ region, is expected to grow 29... |
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TSMC to Retrieve The Leading Position of 16nm in 2016 (2015.01.15) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held its fourth quarter of 2014 investor conference on January 15, Chairperson Morris Zhang presented along with two Co-CEO Mark Liu and C.C. Wei. The Chairperson said that their 16 nanometer market share will surpass all the other rivals in 2016, will be back to the leading status and continue the dominance for a few years... |
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TSMC Reports Fourth Quarter EPS of NT$3.08; Records High (2015.01.15) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on January 15 announced consolidated revenue of NT$222.52 billion, net income of NT$79.99 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$3.08 (US$0.50 per ADR unit) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014... |
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Inventec to Increase Capacity of Cell Phone OEM And Expand Software Business (2015.01.15) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Shi-Qing Li, Inventec chairman, said yesterday, will ally with Kingsoft to provide it translation software and cloud storage solutions, except OEM cellphone for Xiaomi.
Inventec is the main OEM service provider for Xaiomi’s smartphone, produced by its Nanjing factory, can produce about 6 million units per month... |
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Global Substation Automation Systems Market Value Growing to $3.2 Billion by 2020 (2015.01.14) |
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According to GlobalData, the global market for Substation Automation Systems (SAS) for transmission substations will expand in value from an estimated $2.1 billion in 2014 to approximately $3.2 billion by 2020.
The company’s latest report states that the two key factors driving SAS market growth are the global rise in electricity demand and increased emphasis on clean energy... |
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Acer Holds Leading Position in Multiple Markets during Holiday Season 2014 (2015.01.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer has achieved excellent sell-through results during the latter months of 2014, according to the latest data by GfK Retail and Technology on PC shipments which represents actual sell through figures. The fourth quarter includes the holiday season where the company held numerous holiday promotional activities around the world and delivered outstanding results... |
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Mobile Internet Access is Increasing Rapidly in Taiwan (2015.01.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — The National Development Council presented the Digital Opportunity Survey for Individuals and Households Report at the 10th NDC Council Meeting. Through analysis of the long-term development change trends of digital opportunity in Taiwan, solid reference for the formulation of future polices by central government agencies and local government can be provided... |
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Lei Jun: Xiaomi to Surpass Samsung in 5 to 10 years (2015.01.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lei Jun, Founder and CEO of the world's third largest smartphone distributor, said at the CSMIC 2015 that the company will surpass Samsung in five to ten years from now.
Lei Jun claimed smart home devices that link to personal handheld devices via cloud computing will be the major market trend in the next five years, but he didn't see many Taiwanese manufacturers working on this business opportunity yet... |
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Semiconductor Sales Expected to Reach $358B in 2015; 5.4% YoY Increase (2015.01.14) |
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According to Gartner, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $358 billion in 2015, a 5.4 percent increase from 2014, but down from the previous quarter's forecast of 5.8 percent growth. The market is being driven by strong growth in application-specific standard products (ASSPs) in smartphones, along with DRAM and NAND flash in ultramobiles and solid-state drives (SSDs)... |
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Taiwan and India Signs MOU of Three Industries (2015.01.14) |
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AIPEI, Taiwan - Industry Associations from Taiwan and India, involved electronics, textiles and shipbuilding, signed a cooperation MOU yesterday in New Delhi, to increase in commercial interaction between the two sides. The scope of cooperation between Taiwan and India in the future will expand to other areas... |
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SUNIX to Exhibit New I/O Solutions At CeBIT 2015 (2015.01.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan- SUNIX, a Taiwanese ICs soluions provider, announced today that will join CeBIT 2015 to demonstrate the latest solutions, including USB 3.1, DevicePort and iSaft SecurKey.
USB 3.1 is going to rsie in 2015, eyes on this trend, SUNIX will showcase a series of USB 3... |
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Public Display Shipments Growth Rate Reaches Record High (2015.01.13) |
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According to DisplaySearch, public display shipments grew 16% Y/Y in Q3’14, and LCD public display shipments alone grew 18%, while plasma public display shipments were negligible, as many plasma products were phased out. Annual public display shipments began to improve in Q2’14 and grew 3% Q/Q in Q3’14, which is the market’s highest quarterly growth rate over the past six quarters... |
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Thermaltake Launches DPS G App 2.0 IoT Solution for PCs (2015.01.13) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Thermaltake, a provider of computer chassis, thermal solutions, and power supply units. The company is extending its lead over the competition with the DPS G App 2.0 software for Toughpower DPS G power supply units, the world's first Internet of Things (IoT) power supply, providing IoT solution with hardware, PC software, mobile application, and Cloud management platform... |
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PixArt Imaging and ITE Tech Eye on IoT (2015.01.13) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese IC design firms are keeping up with the trend and shifting their focus on the new applications of Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables, PixArt Imaging penetrated the medical use heart rate monitor while ITE Tech's Sensor Hub was certified by Android Wear... |
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