The TFT LCD panel industry is continuing to intensify as market demand is increasing, bringing competition between Korea-, Japan-, Taiwan- and China-based panel makers to unprecedented levels. As produciton capacity becomes...

Despite lagging growth in the global economy, smartphone and tablet applications that use one-glass-solution (OGS) touch screen technology are becoming increasingly popular in the market and demand for the technology at...

Corning Glass is one of the world's leading makers in specialty glass. One of its latest products is the Willow glass, which promises to enable the commercialization of flexible display products. Digitmes recently managed...

Despite the fact the penetration rate of LED backlight units (BLUs) in TVs has been increasing continuously, shining a light on the LED industry, Biing-jye Lee, chairman of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar, believes market...

As early as 1993, IRTouch's R&D team started exploring infrared touch technology. It claims to be the earliest company to have a patent for the technology. In 2003, IRTouch was officially established and focused on...

The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) in the second half of 2011 has brought more uncertainties to the development of the world's LCD panel industry...

Touch panel maker TPK Holding managed to ramp up its revenues 7-fold to NT$143.37 billion (US$4.86 billion) in 2011 from NT$18.71 billion in 2009. The touch panel vendor also posted an EPS of NT$48.22 in 2011, while a number...

US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%. Digitimes sat down with James T Jenson, vice president of Veeco's LED business unit to talk about the company's plans in...

The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based LED chipmaker Hang Zhou Silan Azure (Silan Azure) to gain insights in China's LED market.

The US Justice Department's antitrust cases against the world's major LCD panel makers have resulted in hefty fines for companies and prison terms for executives. Among them were Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and its president...

As a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar has been viewed as a LED backlight module maker. Recently Lextar has set goals to enter the LED lighting market. David Su, chairman of Lextar explains the current condition...

Digitimes Research has been publishing quarterly research reports on the ICT (information and communications technology) and FPD (flat-panel display) industries since 2004. Starting this year, the research arm of Digitimes...

Late last year the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the Wi-Fi Direct peer-to-peer specification that allows Wi-Fi devices to talk to each other without the need for wireless access points (hot spots). Wi-Fi Direct-certified network...

A booming time has come for the LED lighting industry, and its players are optimistic. Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based LED components firm Edison Opto (Edison), talked about the company's business strategy and the future...

With LED chipmakers aggressively increasing capacity to meet fast growing demand from the LCD displays and general lighting markets, suppliers in the upstream are optimistic on outlook for 2011. The following is an interview...

The 12th Five-Year Plan that China is implementing next month has a very different focus than those in the past, namely it is aiming at a more balanced development of the country by restructuring its industries and regional...

Local and foreign players are scrambling to build next-generation large-size TFT LCD panel fabs in China, which is expected to become the largest LCD TV market in the world in 2011. Digitimes Research senior analyst Tony...

Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be the world's first commercialized e-book...

Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be the world's first commercialized e-book...

Beginning in 2009, the LED industry saw aggressive capacity expansion and a series of strategic alliances, and Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has been one of the most active. Since 2009, it has invested in fellow LED...

Inventec Appliances is an ODM maker rolling out MP3 players, GPS devices, smartphones, VoIP phones, and 3G data cards, and yet it is also the vendor of OKWAP-brand handsets. In addition, the company has recently unveiled...

Many companies went bankrupt in the financial storm, and the remaining companies also learned the lesson the hard way. In the aftermath of the financial woes, many enterprises are looking forward to recovery, but questions...

Pixtronix, a US-based start-up with a staff size of about 45, claims it has been doing what everyone else in the flat panel display industry has been trying to achieve: low-cost and energy-saving solutions without trading...

Taiwan-based digital image products maker Aiptek International has introduced its first pico projector with built-in media player and 1GB memory. Peter Chen, chairman of the company, believes that such products combining...