Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2010
Last update: Tuesday 22 June 2010
The global handset market did not have a banner year in 2009, with overall shipments of 1.167 billion units representing a drop of 3.2% from the previous year, according to data from...
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Table of contentsChart 2: Taiwan share of global shipments, 2005-2009 (k units)
Table 2: Top-5 Taiwan-based handset maker shipments, 2005-2009 (k units)
Chart 3: Taiwan handset shipments by transmission technology, 2004-2009 (k units)
Chart 4: Taiwan handset shipment share by transmission technology, 2004-2009
Table 3: Top-10 global mobile handset vendors, 1Q10 (m units)
Table 6: Top-5 smartphone vendor shipments worldwide, 1Q 2010 (m units)
Table 7: Worldwide handset shipments by OS, 1Q 2010 (m units)
Taiwan DRAM-module industry overview - May 2010
Last update: Friday 4 June 2010
Back to 2006 when total revenues for the third-party module market reached US$12.2 billion, Taiwan had over 15 vendors shipping DRAM modules under their own brand names with five...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Semico's global DIMM module revenues, 2005-2009 (US$m)
Chart 2: Semico's global DIMM module revenue forecast, 2010-2012 (US$m)
Chart 3: Semico's global DIMM module shipment forecast, 2010-2012 (US$m)
Table 4: Major DRAM suppliers - mass production schedule for 40nm-class nodes, 2010
Chart 4: DRAMeXchange's leading DRAM suppliers revenues, 1Q09-1Q10 (US$m)
Chart 5: DRAMeXchange's leading DRAM suppliers market share, 1Q09-1Q10
Table 5: iSuppli's Top-10 third-party* DRAM module suppliers by revenues, 2009 (US$m)
Chart 6: TSE listed DRAM-module houses, 2006-2009 revenues (NT$m)
Chart 7: TSE listed DRAM-module houses, 2006-2009 net income (NT$m)
A glimpse into the e-book reader market - May 2010
Last update: Thursday 3 June 2010
In 2008, worldwide e-book reader shipments totaled only 700,000 units, according to Digitimes Research. But demand exploded in 2009 as consumer interests grew and prices dropped.
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Table of contentsChart 1: Worldwide e-book reader shipments, 2008-2013 (k units)
Chart 2: Worldwide e-book reader market value, 2008-2013 (US$m)
Chart 5: Vendor share of e-book reader market, 2010 (forecast)
Chart 7: E-book reader market share by display technology, 2009
Chart 8: E-book reader market share by display technology, 2010
Overview of LCD TV market - May 2010
Last update: Thursday 3 June 2010
When the economic recession hit at the end of 2008, the LCD TV market seemed to be heading toward a doomsday scenario in 2009; however, demand turned out to be surprisingly strong.
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Table of contentsChart 2: Share of LCD TV sales for foreign and local brands during China holidays, 2008-2009
Chart 3: Taiwan LCD TV shipments by business model, 2005-2009
Table 2: Top-5 Taiwan LCD TV makers’ shipment share by customers, 2009-2010 (k units)
Chart 4: Taiwan LCD TV shipments by maker tier, 2007-2009 (k units)
Chart 5: Taiwan LCD TV shipments by region, 2005-2009 (k units)
Table 3: Taiwan LCD TV makers - relationship with the global Top-5 vendors
Chart 6: Global Top-5 LCD TV vendors’ shipments, 2008-2010 (k units)
Chart 7: Global LED-backlit LCD TV shipments, 2008-2012 (k units)
Chart 8: Price of 40-inch TV-use white LED BLU, 2007-2010 (US$)
Chart 9: China LED-backlit LCD TV market, 2009-2012 (k units)
Chart 11: LCD TV shipments to emerging and mature markets, 2009-2012 (m units)
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
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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.