Wintek Announces Layoffs, Withdraws from Touch Business
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Unable to sustain continued loses, Taiwanese touch panel company, Wintek, this week dismissed large numbers of employees. In the future, Wintek will only have 300 employees in Taiwan, which is only 6% of its former labor force...
Powerchip: Internet is the Driving Force of Semiconductor
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Powerchip Technology held its 20th anniversary party on Thursday, the company's CEO Huang Chong-ren pointed out that the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected car will be the major driving force of semiconductor industry within five years...
Standard & Poor maintains its ratings on CHT
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) announced on Friday that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its “AA” long-term foreign currency corporate rating on the company. The outlook is stable. Taiwan Ratings Corp...
China-Korea FTA Impact Less on Taiwan than Increasing 8.5G Lines
On November 10, Geun-hye China's President Xi Jinping and South Korean president Park signed a FTA (Free Trade Agreement), which is reportedly to eliminate tariffs on 90 percent of goods traded between the two countries. Presently, China still levies 5% import taxes for cell panels (32" or smaller LCD TV panels) of foreign entities...
Genesis Photonics' Flip Chip Applies in LED
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Genesis Photonics has been devoted in developing and researching LED epitaxial wafer and chip technology for 10 years, has made great progress in flip-chip packaging. The company has fostered flip-chip and eutectic bonding technology, which are to improve reliability of LED lighting fixtures, making them to reach stringent outdoor lighting standards...
Career Technology Eyes on the Wearables
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Wearables will be the driving force of Career Technology, said the company's spokesperson Wang Ji-hui, referring to the company has had planned on wearables' flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) earlier than its competitors that makes them start the limited production of wearables' FPCB on November...