Posts Tagged ‘Taiwan’

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), the big contact chip maker, has become alarmed over rising inventory levels, DigiTimes reports, citing industry sources. The report contends that the company is demanding IC design houses take delivery of ordered wafer starts before placing new orders. The piece contends Taiwan Semi “is alarmed by the possibility that the clients might have been overbooking.” DigiTimes writes that the company’s inventory ... Full story

Someone is buying computers. Connecticut-based research firm Gartner said PC shipments are up 27% to 84.3 million units in the first quarter, surpassing most analysts’ estimates. Helped by sales of all-in-one designs and touch screen displays, it seems the PC market has bounced back from the year-earlier period when sales dropped almost 7 percent to the ... Full story

SEATTLE – Worldwide personal computer shipments increased more than 20 percent in the first three months of 2010 from the same period a year ago, a sign the PC business is on firmer ground after one of its shakiest stretches ever. ... Full story

To those led to believe that, as President Barack Obama claimed, the passage of the health care bill is "comparable to the passage of Medicare and Social Security" and that "every American will be guaranteed high quality, affordable health care coverage" as a result of it, my advice is to hold off on uncorking the champagne. For one, Social Security and Medicare were public programs ... Full story

BEIJING – Type "Falun Gong" in Chinese into Google's search engine from Beijing, and the Web browser suddenly becomes unresponsive for about a minute. Make the same search from Hong Kong, and you'll get plenty of links to the spiritual movement banned by the Chinese government. ... Full story

NEW YORK – Sprint Nextel Corp. is aiming to make video calls a selling point of the new, faster data network that it's spending billions with co-investors to build. The wireless carrier on Tuesday ... Full story

SAN FRANCISCO – Google's attempted detour around China's Internet censorship rules was met with countermeasures Tuesday by the communist government, which blocked people on the mainland from seeing search results dealing with such forbidden topics as the pro-democracy movement. ... Full story

Good news, the ongoing rift between Beijing and Taiwan — a nuisance that constantly interjects itself into international affairs — is coming to an end. Taiwan will eventually submit to Beijing’s will. Here’s why. Taiwan’s economic growth is growing more and more dependent on Chinese demand. From Waverly Advisors: More signals of stronger than anticipated demand in China over the Lunar New Year holiday arrived from Taiwan’s Ministry ... Full story

Leading Australian clean automotive technology company Automotive Technology Group (ATJ) is pleased to announce that it has signed a $8 million distribution agreement with leading Chinese automotive distribution group, Huachuang Zhenxin Automobile Technology Development Co Limited for the exclusive distribution of ATG’s Sprintex® Supercharger products in China. This agreement will give Huachuang the exclusive rights to market and sell ATG aftermarket automotive products including its ... Full story

After stalled talks with China, Google is likely to close its operations there. It looks like Google won’t be able to operate in China without censoring results, so the search company, which won’t run a censored search engine, is poised to pull out. The Wall Street Journal has details: Chinese authorities on Friday told ... Full story