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GT Advanced Files for Bankruptcy Results in Taiwanese Firms in Hot Water
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Published: Oct 08,2014
New Line 18 Plant to Help Samsung Tighten Grip on Chip-Making Industry
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Samsung Electronics plans to build a new semiconductor plant in South Korea at a cost of Won15.6tn ($14.7bn) to meet burgeoning demand for chips used in mobile devices. Construction of the chip-making plant, which will be the largest of its kind globally, will begin in the first half of 2015 and be completed in the second half of 2017, Samsung said...
Taiwan's Desktop PC Industry Witnessing the Highest-ever Quarterly Shipment Volume
Shipment volume of the Taiwanese desktop PC industry is estimated to have reached approximately 17.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, marking the highest-ever quarterly shipment performance, according to MIC. "The growth has been mainly upheld partly by the back-to-school demand and the advanced purchase in anticipation of China's upcoming October long holiday," said Evelyn Chang, the industry analyst with MIC...
Quanta Hires Emergency Workers to Catch Up on Apple Watch
TAIPEI, Taiwan-According to Taiwan media reports, OEM manufacturer, Quanta, is hiring emergency employees on a large-scale in response to upcoming production orders due to Apple’s imminent release of the Apple Watch. In addition, components manufacturers are also sparing no efforts in preparing stock of various components, including panels, cases, batteries, and carrier boards...
Simplo Technology Receives Orders From Apple, hit the 2014 Highest Revenue
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Though the latest handset iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus don't have special and critical new hardware specs, the newest iPhone series still sell like hot cakes in the market and benefit its component firms a lot...
Chu Xiang-sheng: Resources are Critical for HTC
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chu Xiang-sheng, Chairperson of Hua Nan Securities Investment Management, commented on HTC's return to ODM business, he suggested that resources are critical for HTC. Following an eight-year hiatus from the sector, HTC CEO and President Peter Chou recently announced the company's bid to return to the original design manufacturing (ODM) market in addition to its pursuits toward building a distinctive handset brand...
HTC Desire Eye Will Catch the eye on Wed.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — HTC is going to unveil its latest handset product HTC Desire Eye on Wednesday, which is boasting for its double exposure. Desire Eye is mostly a mid-range handset, with a 5.2-inch 1080p display, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of on-board flash storage...