techfile 6.3.09
Faced with industry-wide overcapacity, Taiwan announced it was restructuring the nation’s memory chip companies and creating a new government-backed group. The move comes two days after AMD and Abu...
View ArticleWay cleared for first cross-Strait chip tie-up
The way is finally clear for the first formal tie-up between a Taiwanese and a Chinese chipmaker. Taiwan’s government on Monday gave approval for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world’s biggest...
View ArticleTaiwan manufacturers in danger of over-expansion?
Are the seeds already being sown for the next technology down cycle? Prospects of a downturn seem remote, given how strong demand for consumer electronics, PCs, and smartphones remain, and how major...
View ArticleBranson eyes Square deal
Tech news from around the web: British billionaire Sir Richard Branson has made a ‘multimillion-dollar’ investment in mobile payment start-up company Square, a spokesperson for the company has told...
View ArticleGoogle to benefit from Taiwan-China link?
Could Google become one of the beneficiaries of improving ties between Taiwan and China? The US internet company on Tuesday began construction of its own data center in central Taiwan, one of three...
View ArticleFoxconn and Pegatron: changing fortunes – but for how long?
Just a few weeks ago, Foxconn was apologising profusely for poor performance as rival contract manufacturer Pegatron was riding high on reports that it had won out over Foxconn, Apple’s main...
View ArticleAcer cools on touchscreen notebooks
Acer, the Taiwanese computer company, has struggled for a while to sell enough computers to stay profitable, but investors still found room for disappointment in its most recent results. Shares were...
View ArticleGoogle to double data centre investment in Taiwan
Google will double its investment in a new data centre it is building in Taiwan as internet use in Asia rockets beyond what the US internet group predicted a few years ago when it first planned the...
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