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Based in Taipei, Chiu Yu-Tzu looks at trending issues in Taiwan's enterprise technology industry.

Chiu Yu-Tzu

Based in Taipei, Chiu Yu-Tzu has been a journalist covering Asia's tech hardware hub Taiwan since mid-1990s. Currently, she contributes news reports about policies, technology industry, R&D updates, among others, to New York-based IEEE Spectrum, Washington D.C.-based Bloomberg BNA, and other media outlets.

Latest Posts

ASE chair's apology for water pollution delivered

An apology delivered by the founder of Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering might fail to convince environmental officials and prosecutors.

December 16, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Tech Industry

Partial ASE shutdown in Taiwan might benefit competitors

Facing a possible shutdown of an offending plant involving water pollution at home, Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering might be seeing the shift of some orders to its rivals.

December 15, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Tech Industry

Google's largest Asian data center in Taiwan to boost cloud sector

More global companies could follow Google's lead in rolling out a data center in Taiwan, according to its government, which will help further grow the cloud industry.

December 12, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Data Centers

ASE faces possible halt due to water pollution

A plant of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world's largest semiconductor packaging company, might receive an order to halt operation if it fails to file an acceptable explanation to the local government by December 19.

December 10, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Tech Industry

Taiwan IT month to highlight wearable electronic devices

Innovative wearable electronic devices will be highlighted at a coming nationwide IT Month electronic fair in Taiwan.

November 28, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Tech Industry

HTC beefs up mid-end portfolio to regain market share

After underestimating segments outside of the high-end market, it's launched four new mid-end phones in Taiwan under the Desire series positioned as affordable quality devices.

November 27, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Smartphones

Taiwan market has great potential for Line

Japan's Line Corp will unbound its market potential in Taiwan by expanding its Taiwan branch and teaming up with the country's biggest mobile provider.

November 26, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Developer

Apple corrects name 'mistake' over Taiwan in map app

Apple has amended its inclusion of Taiwan under China in its new maps app, following outcry from the Taiwanese government.

October 31, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Apple

Taiwan demands Apple amend map app over its inclusion under China

The Taiwanese government has expressed concerns over a mistake made by Apple on its new map app, which wrongly lists the island country as a province of China, demanding a correction as soon as possible.

October 30, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Government: Asia

Taiwan approves first Chinese smartphone brand to offer services directly

The Taiwanese government gave a green light to a Chinese investment project, proposed by a Hong Kong firm, to buy out a Taiwanese company selling Chinese Xiaomi brand smartphones domestically.

October 28, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Hardware

Samsung fined $340K in Taiwan for smearing rivals

The Taiwanese unit of Samsung Electronics was fined for a smear campaign against rivals on local online forums including hiring bloggers to mislead consumers.

October 24, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Legal

TSMC hits record-high Q3 profit on consumer electronics boost

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co reports its third-quarter net profit hit a new-high of US$1.77 billion due to boosted demand for consumer electronics devices. It also forecasts higher capital expenditure in 2014 of at least US$10.6 billion.

October 17, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Processors

Foxconn to sell more products through 7-Eleven in Taiwan

Operator of the convenience store chain in Taiwan adds 7-inch tablet and multimedia device to its range of product offerings manufactured by Foxconn, with plans to add smartphones and notebooks by year-end.

October 3, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in E-Commerce

HTC may remain profitable with Beats exit

Analysts say the Taiwanese smartphone maker may remain profitable in 2013 after it announced plans last week to sell its remaining shares in Beats Electronics for US$265 million.

September 30, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Smartphones

Taiwanese attachment to social media interests Facebook, Twitter

Nation's dynamic free society and apparent addiction to all things social offer a high potential growth market for social media companies including Facebook and Twitter.

September 26, 2013 by Chiu Yu-Tzu in Social Media