Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass

May 17, 15:20

Corning has announced the commercial launch of Corning Lotus XT glass, a second-generation glass substrate specially formulated for high-performance displays. The company will feature...

PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%

May 17, 14:13

Apex International, a Thailand-based PCB maker listed on the Taiwan stock market, is expected to report sales growth of more than 10% sequentially for the second quarter of 2013 on...

Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong

May 16, 21:46

Demand for small-size LCD driver ICs has remained strong thanks to brisk smartphone sales in China, which is set to drive revenue growth for related suppliers including design houses,...

Panel makers to benefit from Huawei plans to sell 60 million smartphones in 2013

May 16, 14:23

Huawei Device is reportedly aiming to sell 60 million smartphones worldwide over the next 12 months, which is expected to bring in major orders for Taiwan-based panel makers, according...

SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance

May 16, 14:20

US-based solar firm SunPower has provided financial guidance for second-quarter and fiscal year 2013. The firm stated that second-quarter 2013 revenues are likely to be between US$550-600...

LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA

May 16, 14:15

The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for LED lighting for plant factories is estimated at 27% from 2011-2018, according to Taiwan's Photonic Industry and Technology Development...

Fujitsu forms Greater China division; turns business focus to ICT solutions

May 15, 22:10

Japan-based Fujitsu will start turning its business focus from hardware sales to ICT solutions and will change its marketing structure from overseas and Japan divisions, to three...

Global shipments of large-size panels drop 5% in April 2013, says WitsView

May 14, 20:53

Global shipments of large-size panels in April 2013 reached 65.2 million units, dropping 5% on month, according to research firm WitsView.

Wistron expected to become largest ODM for BlackBerry in 2013

May 14, 19:58

Wistron has taken over BlackBerry's R&D staff of about 100 members based in Chicago and is expected to undertake production of 50-60% of the vendor's smartphones launched in 2013,...

Taiwan market: Home appliance makers expect decreased performances in 2013

May 14, 15:36

Home appliance makers in Taiwan expect their performances to improve on quarter in the second quarter of 2013 but decrease on year, according to market observers.

Gemtek raises 2013 LTE shipment goal

May 14, 10:40

Taiwan-based networking/communication device maker Gemtek Technology originally set a goal of shipping one million LTE terminal devices in 2013, but expects shipments to exceed the...

Inventec acquires orders from new server clients for 2H13

May 13, 21:36

Inventec at its investor meeting on May 13 revealed that the company has acquired server orders from a new client for the second half and though Inventec refused to name the client,...

Computex 2013 expected to create US$25 billion in business opportunities

May 13, 16:27

Computex Taipei 2013, which will run from June 4-8, is expected to attract 40,000 international buyers and create business opportunities worth US$25 billion. The show will have about...

Sony aims for 16 million LCD TV shipments in fiscal 2013

May 13, 15:10

Sony hopes to reach 16 million LCD TV shipments in fiscal year 2013, up 19% from fiscal year 2012, and believes that it will make up for past losses in its flat screen TV segment.

CPT announces April 2013 performance

May 10, 15:41

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced that its consolidated net sales for April 2013 reached NT$45.27 billion (US$1.52 billion), up 2% on month and 10.5% on year.

Solar wafer production forecast to grow 19% in 2013, says Solarbuzz

May 9, 20:38

After falling 15% in 2012, solar wafer production is forecast to grow 19% in 2013, passing 30GW and recovering to 2011 levels, according to Solarbuzz. However, industry utilization...

AUO reports April 2013 consolidated revenues

May 9, 16:01

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its preliminary consolidated April 2013 revenues reached NT$37 billion (US$1.25 billion), down 2.4% on month but up 21.9% on year.

Innolux announces April 2013 performance

May 9, 15:59

Innolux Corporation has announced its April 2013 unaudited consolidated revenues reached NT$40.9 billion (US$1.39 billion) in April 2013, a decrease of 7.9% on month but an increase...

Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013

May 9, 14:39

Over-investment has caused rising inventories in the sapphire industry. Although demand has been returning in the first-half of 2013, to reduce inventories, sapphire prices are unlikely...

PC industry expected to return to a 4:6 shipment ratio for 1H13 and 2H13

May 8, 21:43

The PC industry is expected to return to a shipment ratio of 4:6 for the first and second halves of 2013, Acer president Jim Wong said at the company's investor conference on May...

DRAM shortages to impact PC players in 2Q13

May 8, 21:10

DRAM shortages, which started in early 2013, have become worse recently and may impact PC brand vendors' performances in the second quarter, according to sources from PC players.

Aurora to rely on China market for business growth in 2013

May 8, 11:26

Aurora, a Taiwan-based distributor of office automation (OA) machines and office furniture, expects the China market to be the source of business growth in 2013 with net profit contribution...

Inotera 2Q13 sales likely to rise 30%

May 7, 15:21

DRAM manufacturer Inotera Memories is expected to post revenue growth of 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, thanks to rising shipments of chips built using 30nm process...

IC distributor WT Micro looks to moderate revenue growth in 2Q13

May 7, 13:49

Taiwan-based IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects it revenues to grow 0.9-6.4% to NT$20.2-21.3 billion (US$683.40-720.26 million) in the second quarter of 2013, buoyed by strong...

Unity Opto sees April revenues increase 41% on year

May 7, 10:20

Unity Opto posted consolidated revenues of NT$695 million (US$23.4 million) for April, increasing by 6.85% on month and by 41.8% on year. The growth was due to increasing sales of...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to have smartphones take up 90% of handset sales by end of 2013

May 6, 22:43

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is promoting contract-bundled sale of smartphones as part of its efforts to boost mobile access to the Internet and aims to increase the proportion of total...

Penetration rate of Full HD notebook panels expected to reach 15% in 2013, says WitsView

May 6, 16:19

The penetration rate of Full HD panels used in notebook products may reach as high as 15% in 2013, according to research firm WitsView,

Sony PS4 may not achieve expected shipments in 2013

May 6, 14:18

Sony's PlayStation (PS) 4 may have trouble achieving shipments of 12-16 million units in 2013 as expected, as the related upstream supply chain has not yet received any shipment instructions...

Macronix approves NT$2.62 billion for 2013 capex

Stockwatch - May 3, 15:54

The board of directors of Macronix International, a manufacturer of mask ROM and NOR flash memory, has approved plans to budget NT$2.62 billion (US$88.7 million) in capex for 2013...

Apple and Samsung to ship a combined 110 million tablets in 2013

May 3, 12:16

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers have received surging orders from international tablet vendors and China-based white-box ones, according to Taiwan-based supply chain sources, adding...

Promise expects 15-30% revenue growth for cloud storage in 2013

May 3, 10:39

Promise Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of RAID storage solutions, expects its revenues from cloud computing storage solutions in 2013 to increase on year by 15-30%, company chairman...

Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 estimated at over 1.5 million units

May 2, 21:40

There will be at least 1.5 million tablets sold in the Taiwan market in 2013 mainly 7-inch models, growing 25% from 2012, according to local retail channels.

Heat pipe demand from tablets starts rising in 2013

May 2, 15:20

Cooling module demand from tablets is rising in 2013 as average power consumption of ARM-based processors has increased significantly from 3W in the past to 6-7W currently and heat...