Hardware

• Year 2008
  • General Activities
    • “IT Month” mania sates year-end consumer demand for electronics (January 4)

• Year 2007
  • General Activities
    • Acer moves to No. 3 with Gateway buy (September 6)
  • Reports and Statistics
    • CEPD: Output of RFID industry to reach NT$10 billion by 2009 (August 15)
    • IC packaging and testing firms profit from outsourcing boom (April 19)

• Year 2006
  • General Activities
    • Far EasTone moves to compete for mobile TV license (September 15)
    • VIA lands Samsung orders for UMPC chips (April 18)
    • Dell takes on existing PC brands (April 10)
    • Inotera bags 30% of world DDRII chip market (March 23)
    • TSMC teams up with design houses on power management IC biz (March 17)
    • Samsung taking its best shot at Taiwan's camera market (March 11)
    • Skype co-founder visits Taiwanese suppliers to strengthen partnerships (March 9)
    • Hand tool suppliers to debut digital tools at Cologne Fair (February 27)
    • Taiwan's IT-automotive project suffers setback as big partners pull out (February 27)
    • Cyber Link lands orders from HP and Lenovo (February 24)
    • Corning Display fires up new furnaces to produce larger LCD glass substrate (January 27)
    • Alliances formed to compete in "autotronics" (January 13)
  • Reports and Statistics
    • Taiwan to ship 3 million FVD players, drives this year (April 14)
    • Cell phone shipments estimated at 153 million units in 2006 (March 17)
    • Taiwan to secure 40% of worldwide digital still camera market (March 3)
    • Cheap Shots (February)

• Year 2005
  • General Activities
    • Public-private alliance launched to spur high-tech machine sector (December 30)
    • Merck opens liquid crystal plant, to begin shipping early next year (December 16)
    • Government rewards IPOs for buying Taiwanese (December 9)
    • Canadian company announces Taiwanese R&D center (December 2)
    • Toppoly, MDS agree on merger (November 25)
    • Accton set to go into action on Skype-enabled devices (November 25)
    • Consortium to develop new-generation DRAM chips (July 29)
  • Reports and Statistics
    • First certified RFID consultancy to help firms tag and track goods (November 18)
    • Organic LEDs open up vast range of new possibilities (September 30)
    • LEDs go way ahead of light bulbs (September 23)
    • Experts debate market clout of LCD television (September 16)
    • Computer output tops US$34 billion (August 10)

• Year 2004
  • General Activities
    • IPOs anticipate procurement boost in 2004 (January 9)
    • Hoya sets up branch in Taiwan, ups photomask supply (January 9)

• Year 2003
  • General Activities
    • Asahi to invest US$109.83 million to produce ultralarge glass substrates (July 4)
    • High Tech expects to remain top pocket PC maker (June 27)
  • Reports and Statistics
    • Businesses lead the way in cutting the cord (July 4)
    • China is Taiwan's stepping stone (June 30)
    • Taiwan tops 80 percent of world market share of WLAN equipment (June 12)