SoftBank, Bharti, Foxconn to Develop a 350MW Solar Plant in India
SB Energy, a three way joint venture between SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”), Bharti Enterprises Limited (“Bharti”) and Foxconn Technology Group (“Foxconn”), won the NTPC bid to develop a 350MW solar plant under the Phase-II, Batch-II, Tranche-I of National Solar Mission at a 25-year tariff of Rs...
Taiwan Lacks of the Service-Oriented Platform for VR, AR
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As smartphone sales in the world’s biggest smartphone market — China have fallen for the first time as the market reaches saturation, high hopes pinned on VR, AR technologies and devices would be a crucial growth driver in the future...
Apple’s Taiwan Lab Expected to Recruit Hundreds for Display Technology Research
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hsinchu Science Park Bureau (HSPB) stated that Apple’s Taiwan display laboratory, under the moniker of its local Taiwanese branch company gained approval to enter the district on November 11, 2014, and on April 14, 2015 the company registration was completed...
Semiconductor Equipment Sales Forecast $38 Billion in 2016
SEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will decrease 0.6 percent to $37.3 billion in 2015, according to the SEMI Year-end Forecast, released today at the annual SEMICON Japan exposition...
By 2018, 50% of Consumers in Mature Markets to Use Smartphones or Wearables for Mobile Payments
According to Gartner, Inc., with half of consumers in mature markets expected to be using smartphones or wearables for mobile payments by 2018. This is just one of many innovations impacting customer preferences in the personal technologies market...
ASE Offers to Purchase Rest of SPIL Shares
Taiwan — Mergers and acquisitions take place again. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) on Monday proposed acquiring the remaining 75 percent of rival Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) for US$4 billion in cash, as a countermeasure to SPIL’s planned sale of stock to China’s Tsinghua Unigroup...