
Samsung, LG Procurements Drive Rising TV Panel Prices in November
While the holiday season will fuel price growth in the short run and LG and Samsung will continue to place large panel orders, prices are likely to hit a ceiling relatively soon, according to WitsView. Demand for Samsung TV panels produced by the company’s Samsung Visual Display division is resilient, said Eric Chiou, senior research director of WitsView...

Knowles Corporation Taiwan Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Knowles Corporation announced its Taiwan facility is celebrating 40 years of dedication to leading acoustic technologies and superior customer service and will host a technical workshop to help mark the occasion...

MediaTek New IoT Solution Chipset MT2601 Is On The Go
TAIPEI, Taiwan — MediaTek new Internet of Things (IoT) solution chipset MT2601 is on the go! According to Chinese media report that after the company lauching the Aster MT2502 in the second quarter, the specs of the latest IoT wearable chipset MT2601 leaked out, which supports 3G communications...

iPhone 6 Models Strengthen Growth in HD and FHD Smartphone Displays
According to DisplaySearch, due in large part to robust consumer demand for Apple iPhone 6 models, adoption of HD and FHD smartphone displays is forecast to grow quickly. With the rise of developing markets, and rapid increases in low-priced smartphone models, the growth of wide video graphics array (WVGA, 480 x 800) and full wide video graphics array (FWVGA, 480 x 854) is expected to slow in 2015...

Hon Hai and InnoLux Invests NT$ 80 Billion in LTPS
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Hon Hai announced today a new investment project with InnoLux, will invest NT$ 80 billion to expend production capacity of Gen 6 of LTPS and Gen 8.5 factory in Kaohsiung, to apply for small and medium size panel to seize iPhone orders and expand InnoLux’s production capacity for large-scale size to fulfill the adoption of TV, is expected to put into operation in April 2016...

Big Data Helps TSMC in Improving Defect-free Rate
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) illustrated how big data is going to play an important role in improving the defect-free rate of wafer production at the early test stage. The industry-academic cooperation findings could lower the defect rate 14 percent of TSMC's wafer production at the early test stage...