
Morris Chang Resigned, CO-CEO Era Begin in TSMC
Morris Chang, Chairman and CEO of TSMC, has resigned from CEO, which position will be took over together by Mark Liu and C.C. Wei, but will stand still be Chairman to own the management rights for TSMC. Mark Liu and C.C. Wei, Co-Chief operating officer of TSMC, moved up to be President and Co-CEO simultaneously yesterday...

Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry to Continue Its Growth in 4Q13
According to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, Taiwanese IC packaging and testing industry`s third-quarter shipment value reached around US$3.29 billion, up 5...

Inventec Head to Solar and 3D Printing Market
(Taipei, Taiwan) In order to improve profitability, Inventec is actively expanding solar and 3D printing market, hoping to increase revenue, currently its investee companies E-Ton Solar and Inventec Appliances has begun seeking the market opportunities...

Global Optical Networks Market Will Exceed US$17.5bn in 2018 as 100G Surges
The optical networks (ON) market will exceed US$17.5bn by 2018, for a 3.1 percent CAGR from 2012, predicts global analyst firm Ovum. An exceptionally strong 2Q13 has signaled the beginning of a spending bounce-back. 2Q13 was the strongest quarter in the last six and was the 7th highest quarter in the last 10 years...

Affordable True Eight-Core Smarthone
(Taipei, Taiwan) Taiwanese company Bungbungame, Tuesday release Project S smartphone in fund-raising platform indiegogo, is advertised as everyone can afford, with 5.8-inch WQHD screen with a resolution up to 2560X1440, and using 16 million pixel camera as well as the ARM architecture Big...

TSMC's 20 nanometer chips have been shipped
(Taipei, Taiwan) TSMC's major customers Xilinx announced on Monday that TSMC 20-nanometer chip PLD has officially shipped and is scheduled to mass production in the first quarter of next year. This is also the first official shipment of TSMC 20nm products...