
Mitsui Chemicals: Taiwan Joint Venture for Electrolyte Solution Starts Operations
Formosa Mitsui Advanced Chemicals, a joint venture of Mitsui Chemicals, and Formosa Plastics Corporation, announced startup of its lithium-ion battery-use electrolyte solution production facilities. Demand for lithium ion batteries has expanded in line with growth of laptop, smartphone, and tablet device markets...

Safest Lithium-Ion Battery from Taiwan’s ITRI and J.S. Power Backs Sharp’s Home Robot
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed the STOBA technology that is effective in preventing lithium-ion battery explosion. This technology has been adopted by J.S. Power Co. Ltd...

Stabilization of NAND Flash Market With Revenue Rising 3.4% Sequentially in Q2, TrendForce Says
In the second quarter of 2016, demand for high-capacity eMMC/eMCP from Chinese smartphone brands and the stock-up activities ahead of the iPhone 7 release caused a gradual tightening of NAND Flasrh supply. The decline in contract prices for eMMC and SSDs of both client and enterprise grade also started to ease during the same period, according to the latest report from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce...

NVIDIA Unveils New AI Computer Mapping for Baidu's Autonomous Car
NVIDIA today unveiled a palm-sized, energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) computer that automakers can use to power automated and autonomous vehicles for driving and mapping. The new single-processor configuration...

UWin Nanotech’s UW-860 Chemical Gold Stripper Acquires Invention Patent in China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - UWin Nanotech, a Taiwanese eco-friendly metal stripping solution provider, announced today that the company has obtained the invention patent of its UW-860 chemical gold stripper after acquired invention patent of its electrolytic gold stripper in China...

AUO Heads 2016 DJSI World’s ITC Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components Industry
HSINCHU, Taiwan – AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) today announced that the Company has topped ITC Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components Industry of 2016 DJSI World (Dow Jones Sustainability World Index). Meanwhile, AUO is named to DJSI World for the seventh consecutive year, with its outstanding corporate sustainability achievements once again acknowledged globally...