Taiwan optical disc drive overview - Jul 2007
Last update: Tuesday 14 August 2007
The year 2006 saw further consolidation in Taiwan’s optical disc drive (ODD) industry, as the biggest player, Lite-On IT, took over the ODD manufacturing business of its closest...
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Taiwan digital camera overview - Jun 2007
Last update: Monday 16 July 2007
Taiwan-based digital camera makers maintained a mild growth in 2006. The top-4 Taiwan-based makers, Foxconn (into which Premier Technology merged), Altek, Ability Enterprise and Asia...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Taiwan and global digital camera shipments 2004-2009 (k units)
Table 1: Top Taiwan digital camera maker shipments (million units)
CCD sensors continue to account for a major portion of Taiwan output
Chart 3: Quarterly shipments of CCD and CMOS digital cameras from Taiwan-based makers (k units)
Chart 4: Overall digital camera shipments from Taiwan broken down by resolution
Chart 5: CCD-based digital camera shipments from Taiwan broken down by resolution
Chart 6: CMOS-based digital camera shipments from Taiwan broken down by resolution
Chart 7: Taiwan CCD-based shipments by major makers, 4Q05-1Q07
Table 3: Annual company revenues for Taiwan-based digital camera manufacturers (NT$m)
Large-size LCD panel overview - Jun 2007
Last update: Friday 6 July 2007
Global large-size LCD panel market revenues are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% to US$96.2 billion by 2011, up from US$53.5 billion in 2006,...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Global large-size panel shipments by application, 2006-2010 (m units)
Chart 4: Price trend for 15.4"W WXGA notebook panels, 2006 (US$)
Table 2: TFT LCD generation vs. panel cutting, 4G and more mature (mm/inch)
Table 3: TFT LCD generation vs. panel cutting, 5G and more advanced (mm/inch)
Table 5: First-tier global TFT LCD makers, capex plans in 2006 and 2007 (US$b)
Table 6: Capacity increase from new lines, 1Q06-4Q07 (k substrates)
Table 9: Taiwan TFT LCD panel makers, panel launch plans, 2007
Innolux boosts position in small- to medium-size panel market with Jemitek acquisition
Table 10: Taiwan major large-size panel makers, capex plans, 2002-2007 (NT$b)
Chart 5: Taiwan large-size panel makers, monthly consolidated sales (NT$m)
Chart 6: Taiwan large-size panel makers, monthly shipments (k units)
Taiwan panel makers - Jun 2007
Last update: Friday 6 July 2007
As of June 2007, the major Taiwan-based large-size TFT LCD makers are AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display. Innolux...
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Table of contentsTable 4: AUO, TFT LCD plants line-up and capacity expansion plan through 2007
Table 8: CMO, panel shipment breakdown by application, 2004-2007 (m units)*
Table 9: CMO, TFT LCD plants line-up and capacity expansion plan through 2007
Table 13: CPT, TFT LCD and CF plant line-up and capacity expansion plan through 2007 (k substrates)
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
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- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
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- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.