Focus Taiwan 2012/01/12 Taipei, Jan. 12 (CNA) The tariff concessions on imports from China, allowed under a trade agreement, have not adversely affected Taiwan’s domestic industries, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Thursday.   
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The China Post January 13, 2012 The China Post news staff–Taiwanese net-surfers often rightly complain about the slow broadband service. According to a survey conducted by the Consumers’ Foundation (消費者文教基金會), Taiwan’s average download speed is 13 Mbps, and 2.7 Mbps for upload. This lags behind the world’s average of 37.5 Mbps download speed. The...
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Focus Taiwan 2012/01/02 Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Mobile devices with cloud computing capabilities will drive the technology industry in the future and will enhance business productivity, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Chairman Morris Chang said Monday.    
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Wafer manufacturing in Taiwan is getting substantially cheaper this year. Tom’s Hardware January 1, 2012 by Wolfgang Gruener – source: Digitimes ZoomDigitimes reports that prices for wafers built on mature node processes have been dropped by 10 to 15 percent because of declining production costs. Of course, it is not just a selfless move;...
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Rome Sentinel January 1, 2012 Congressman William Owens is in Taiwan this week for a visit including talks with a major semiconductor maker about a possible investment in New York, but local prospects are unclear. The talks with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., known as TSMC, have prompted speculation that the company may be...
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