TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has assured the United States it has no intention of causing trouble in the Taiwan Strait, the self-ruled island’s envoy to a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders said on Monday. The comments by James Soong came after he told ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan developers to introduce new financial products under new bill
In Taiwan, the legislature’s Finance Committee has passed a draft bill introducing a regulatory sandbox for developers to explore with new financial products and services while getting exemption from some regulations and liabilities during the trial period. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 0.13%
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 401 to 354 and 121 ended unchanged. Shares in Generalplus Technology Inc (TW:4952) rose to all time highs; up 9.97% or 6.00 to 66.20. Shares in Ene Technology Inc (TW:6243 ... ( read original story ...)
NVIDIA Collaborating with Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology to Accelerate AI Development
Oct. 27, 2017 — NVIDIA today announced that it is collaborating with Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence across Taiwan’s commercial sector in support of its recently announced AI ... ( read original story ...)
One Chip Stock’s Getting an Overlooked Boost From Cryptocurrency Mining
Roughly $350 million to $400 million of Taiwan Semi's revenue in the third quarter (reported Oct. 19) came from cryptocurrency mining, said Taiwan Semi co-CEO Mark Liu on the company's earnings call with investors. That's a relatively small proportion of ... ( read original story ...)
Beyond Beijing, Taiwan looks to India
The chairman will be in Bangalore later this month, his fourth visit to India since January. Two factors are catching the attention of Taiwan business - factors that lured them to China 30 years back. Cheap labour combined with a large consuming middle ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s military says a missing pilot didn’t defect to China, but speculation blooms anyway
A Taiwanese air force jet has been missing for five days, the military says, prompting speculation about what happened — including the possibility that the pilot defected to mainland China. Military search-and-rescue crews, as well as Taiwan’s coast ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s semiconductor output forecast to grow 7.1% in 2018
In a report released earlier this week, the IEK, which is under the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute, said the production value of Taiwan's IC industry is expected to hit NT$2.64 trillion (US$87.42 billion) in 2018, registering ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Foxconn ratifies US$10b deal with Wisconsin for LCD factory
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of consumer electronics, has formally ratified a US$10 billion investment deal with Wisconsin that could bring up to 13,000 jobs to the US state. The project, first announced in July ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan IC designers vying for 8-inch foundry supply
As a result, quite a few major Taiwan MCU players have seen their revenue scales, average chip prices, and gross margins rise significantly, including Holtek Semiconductor, Generalplus Technology, Nuvoton Technology, Weltrend Semiconductor, Sonix ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s service sector continues to show slight overheating
as only the information and technology services industry saw an increase in sales, the report showed. Other factors in the sub-index, such as the number of flights handled by airports in Taiwan and sales in the retail, wholesale and food/beverage ... ( read original story ...)
Cost of Taiwan’s ageing Mirage jets in spotlight again as fighter goes missing
Beijing later opted for Soviet technology and developed its own versions of Moscow’s MiG-29 and Su-27. Taiwan leader promises to raise defence spending as she praises ‘unprecedented’ friendship with United States Taiwan also developed its own F-CK-1 ... ( read original story ...)
Entire Technology Co., Ltd (3573) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Nov 9
Entire Technology Co., Ltd currently has a total float of 126.76 million shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 12.15 and high of 26.5. Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) Driving Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Accton Technology Corporation (2345) Rises 2.12% on Nov 12
Accton Technology Corporation currently has a total float of 544.80M shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 41.9 and high of 103.5. Taiwan is one of the fastest-growing countries in Asia in terms of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan – Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media – Statistics and Analyses
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Taiwan is a country leading in technology use. The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments. ( read original story ...)
Lai addresses ‘five shortages’ with a message to business leaders
Taipei, Nov. 11 (CNA) Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) this week outlined plans to address issues concerning business leaders while delivering a message aimed at reassuring them and reminding them that the responsibility of improving Taiwan's economic ... ( read original story ...)