The Topology Research Institute of Taiwan and the Gartner Group of the United States, both of which track the information-technology market, predict that the robust demand for tablet PCs will strike a blow at global shipments of PCs this year. Topology projects worldwide tablet shipments of 51 million units for this year, a huge jump from last year's 16.7 million systems. The company's foreca...

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in mid-April announced the 10 winners of the prestigious Taiwan Excellence Gold Award at a gala ceremony in Taipei, hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and attended by leaders from different industries. Taiwan Excellence is the highest accolade awarded to products that embody innovalue. Formerly known as the Symbol of Excelle...

Ruten.com, an online auction joint venture by PChome Online Inc. and the U.S.-based eBay Inc., held fifth-anniversary party on June 13 to celebrate the achievement of more than 30 million commodity items on its auction platform. More than 300 outstanding auctioneers were invited to take part in the celebration, during which the company pledged an all-out effort to boost the popularity of its “Fas...

IDC Taiwan, the local subsidiary of the global media of market intelligence, advisory services and events for the information technology (IT), telecom, and consumer technology markets, recently publicized at a press conference its top-10 predictions for the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in Taiwan for 2011. Taiwan's ICT market has been gradually recovering since 2010 ...

The Neo Solar Power Corp. (NSP) rebounded from a net loss of NT$5.99 per share in 2009 to earn NT$11.55 per share in after-tax net income last year, despite an excess of supply in the market. Quincy Lin, corporate chairman of the solar-cell maker (and former senior vice president of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the island's top silicon foundry), is confident of the company's prospe...

Topology Research Institute (TRi), the largest private market research firm in Taiwan, recently predicted that global shipments of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs would reach 210.9 million units this year, up 16% from 2010. Shipments to emerging markets are expected to reach 115 million units, accounting for 55% of the total, outstripping shipments to developed markets (about 96 million units) f...

In the fourth quarter of 2010, the flat panel display (FPD) industry in Taiwan turned out NT$383.66 billion (US$12.79 billion) of products, a 11.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline and a 2.2% year-on-year (YoY) decrease, according to the government-sponsored research project IEK-ITIS (Industry & Technology Intelligence Services). FPDs made up NT$261.12 billion (US$8.7) billion of the total pr...

The market for Internet-protocol communications (IPC) equipment is projected for steadily growing turnover in 2011 to satisfy brisk demand for wireless applications, including Internet of Things (IOT), cloud computing, and triple-play telecom services. The global IPC equipment market will rise 8.02-9.3% from 2010's projected US$300 billion, to US$324.6-332.4 billion in 2011, according to the ...

Apple's iPad has triggered a fashion landslide around the world, but the "i" fever is expected to gradually cool down as more and more personal computer (PC) makers using open-architecture operating systems, like Acer and Dell, jump onto the tablet PC bandwagon, says J.T. Wang, chairman of Acer Inc. Acer is the world’s second-largest PC brand, with a global market share of 13% in the second quart...

Besides deserving praise for virtually becoming a fixture on winners' podiums at many global design contests, Taiwan-based designers have further built presence at the fiercely competitive 2010 iF Product Design Award, or the Oscars of the product design world, where Taiwanese designers have won three Gold Prizes. Bagging a total of 76 prizes at the iF Product Design Award or about a tenth of...