
Advantech to Launch the IoT Platform at the Smart City Summit & Expo Tomorrow
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Smart City Summit & Expo will be held at the TWTC NANGANG Exhibition Hall in Taipei on January 19, Taiwanese industrial PC giant, Advantech announced that three Internet of Things (IoT) platforms plus two virtual reality domains will be showcased...

TSMC and UMC to Increase 8-inch Foundry Capacity in China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese IC foundries are increasing their local 8-inch silicon wafer production capacities in China. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to increase the monthly 8-inch wafer production capacity in its Shanghai Songjiang factory to 120,000 wafers, which is a 60% increase...

Taiwan Turns On The Engine of E-Commerce By Passed Third-Party Payment Regulations
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Electronic Payment Institution Regulations has passed by Legislative Yuan last Friday. According to the new law, a company who have capital of more than NT$5 hundred million can provide internet paymant services or payment platform; as to user, the daily trading limit may not exceed a total of NT$ 50,000 or its equivalent in foreign currency...

Samsung Electronics Starts Mass Producing 8GB GDDR5
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...

AcBel Polytech to Launch More Industrial use Product Lines
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...

UBS: Semiconductor Industry to Combine the Smart Appliances
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...