TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems, today announced that on March 14 it successfully won the auction for Cando Corporation assets, which will be ... ( read original story ...)
6 Taipei Hotels for Every Type of Traveler
The property’s basement level will boast a lounge and a restaurant with a menu from Mikkel Maarbjerg, the Michelin-starred chef of Ensemble in Copenhagen, Denmark. The hotel is also located just down the block from the Mandarin Oriental. This Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments see first on-year decline in 2016, says IDC
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market decreased 18% on year to 8.74 million units in 2016, the first year-on-year decline in Taiwan's smartphone market, according to data compiled by IDC. Saturating market conditions, narrowing differences between ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC says to decide on U.S. chip plant next year
An industry source familiar with the matter said TSMC was deeply interested in the Toshiba unit. (Reporting by Jess Macy Yu and J.R. Wu in Taipei; Editing by Himani Sarkar) ( read original story ...)
Fewer buildings being constructed as property market cools
Taipei, March 17 (CNA) With Taiwan's property market cooling, there has been a fall in the number of new buildings being built, according to government statistics released on Friday. In 2016, the government issued licenses for buildings with a total floor ... ( read original story ...)
Samsung ranks top of smartphone sales in 2016
TAIPEI -- Undeterred by the widely reported explosion of several Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, Taiwan's consumers have demonstrated a preference for the South Korean firm's smartphone models over other brands, making Samsung the largest smartphone ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. Announces 7nm+ Technology
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) has been on a roll over the last several years, bringing out new manufacturing technologies and subsequent enhancements thereof like clockwork. That pace of innovation has been one ... ( read original story ...)
Why the appetite for overseas properties will grow
According to figures from Taiwan’s Interior Ministry, 1,086 Hong Kong people emigrated to the island last year, compared to 697 in 2014 and marking one of the highest figures in recent years. There have been many pamphlets in my letter box for property ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Review: Shangri-la’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Taipei – Excellent Horizon Club Lounge With Amazing Taipei 101 Views
There is perhaps no other hotel in Taipei that has a better view than Shangri-la’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Taipei. At 43 storeys tall, the property stands at southern section of the main drag of the CBD, Tun Hwa South Road and is adjacent to the Far ... ( read original story ...)
HTC Teaser Hints At New Smartphone Launch In March
HTC has launched two smartphones at the CES 2017, but a post on the company's Taiwanese Facebook Page is giving a serious hint that HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play aren't the only two handsets that it intends to introduce this year. The teaser posted by the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Huawei launches black Mate 9, Porsche Design Mate 9
Huawei also plans to strengthen its presence in the NT$5,000-10,000 segment to ramp up the popularity of Huawei' smartphones in Taiwan, while aiming a 2-fold increase of its smartphone shipments in the local market in 2017, Tsao said. Buoyed by improved ... ( read original story ...)
China says investment will help unification with Taiwan
Long-standing political tension between the neighbours has seen Taiwan put restrictions on Chinese investments in its prized semiconductor sector, with an eye to protecting intellectual property and trade secrets. At least three major deals have fallen ... ( read original story ...)
Dacin launched Vision Residential project
Dacin, the third largest construction company of Taiwan, officially launched the first phase of its Vision Residential project on March 12. Located in Tran Dai Nghia Street of Binh Tan district, at An Lac Roundabout, buyers found Vision Residential so ... ( read original story ...)
Shares in MediaTek unit soar on main board debut
Taipei, March 14 (CNA) Shares in Andes Technology Corp. (晶心科), an embedded microprocessor intellectual property supplier and a subsidiary of leading Taiwanese integrated circuit designer MediaTek Inc., jumped on the company's first day on the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
China Times: Taiwan's semiconductor industry at critical juncture
For Taiwan, the sector is especially significant as it accounted ... U.S. to upgrade its semiconductor industry by nurturing new talent, protecting intellectual property rights and promoting the Internet of Things. The semiconductor industry has long ... ( read original story ...)
It's the government that runs the court of law
if such a treaty does not include conditions regarding the possession of property and territory taken during the war. The R.O.C. signed a peace treaty with Japan in Taipei in 1952 to end the war that broke out in 1944. This principle enabled Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)