Last update: Thursday 6 June 2013 [21 news items]
3M releases 46-inch high-performance multi-touch display
Jun 6, 19:36
3M Touch Systems has announced the release of its newest high-performance multi-touch display designed specifically for multi-user collaborative applications, the 46-inch 3M multi-touch...
3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
May 21, 20:41
3M has announced it is in the final stages of scale-up for its new 3M quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF). 3M has teamed with Nanosys to produce the 3M QDEF solution specifically...
3M unveils R&D center in Taiwan
Jan 23, 10:59
US-based 3M has unveiled a R&D center in northern Taiwan. The firm said it invested US$1.5 million to set up the center, a 4-story building with a floor space of 933 square meters...
Quanta announces 2Q12 results; details future planning
Aug 31, 01:20
Quanta Computer has announced its financial report for the second quarter with net profit after tax of NT$5.99 billion (US$200.06 million) and EPS at NT$3.80, helping the company's...
3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
May 23, 10:19
3M's Optical Systems Division has announced that its 3MFTB3-50 and FTB3-125 films-flexible, optically clear films that protect sensitive electronics from water vapor and oxygen, are...
Sep 14, 11:38
US-based 3M, through its 3M New Ventures organization, has announced it has invested in Pixel Qi, a developer of next-generation LCD panels with operations in Taiwan and California...
Quanta to set up touch panel joint venture with 3M
Mar 11, 01:45
Quanta Computer has announced plans to set up a joint venture with US-based 3M in Singapore for developing projected capacitive touch technology in order to gain profits from the...
Quanta to cooperate with 3M for new touch screen technologies
Jan 11, 02:40
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has announced it will cooperate with US-based 3M over touch screen technologies and will develop a next-generation solution; however, Quanta...
Display Taiwan 2010: 3M showcases multi-touch, 3D and USB-driven displays
Jun 10, 15:36
US-based 3M is showcasing a range of multi-touch, 3D and USB 3.0 display solutions, as well as its DBEF (dual brightness enhancement film) applications at Display Taiwan 2010.
Computex 2010: Quanta announces new touchscreen technology
Jun 2, 14:08
Quanta Computer has announced at Computex 2010 a new touchscreen technology called dispersive signal technology (DST), which the company has co-developed with 3M, and expects to launch...
3M plans to expand BEF capacity in Taiwan
May 19, 15:28
US-based 3M, in view of potential growth in demand from Taiwan-based panel makers, plans to expand production capacity for brightness enhancement films (BEF) at its factory in the...
Taiwan market: Epson to partner with 3M to offer large-format printing service
Aug 21, 16:58
Seiko Epson and 3M will cooperate to provide large-format printing service in the Taiwan market, planning to set up 30 service centers to generate reveneues of NT$104 million (US$3.2...
3M to increase purchases from Taiwan by 10% in 2009, says company executive
Aug 4, 09:55
US-based 3M is switching more of its purchase budget to Taiwan, with purchases from Taiwan expected to increase by 10% in 2009, according to 3M Taiwan managing director George Chao...
Large-size BLU optical film demand grows 22% sequentially in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
Jul 8, 13:36
Large-size TFT-LCD backlight optical film demand grew by more than 22% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009 to 56 million square meters from 45.9 million square meters in the...
LCD brightness improvement films demand to grow 30% by area in 2009, says DisplaySearch
Apr 14, 11:33
The demand for brightness improvement films used in TFT-LCD backlights will grow by 30% on year to 116 million square meters in 2009 from 89.6 million square meters in 2008, according...
Worldwide front projector shipments grow 15% on-year in 3Q08, says Pacific Media
Nov 3, 12:25
Worldwide front projector shipments topped 1.6 million units in the third quarter of 2008, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA), representing 15.2% growth over the third quarter...
Optoma and Aiptek make headstart in handheld projector market
Oct 8, 12:24
Competition in the fledgling handheld projector market is heating up, as Optoma and Aiptek International have separately launched their first models, the former adopting the Texas...
Photonics Festival and Display Taiwan expos to kick off in Taipei
Jun 10, 12:06
Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2008, along with Display Taiwan 2008, will kick off on June 12 and run until June 13, at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC).
Computex 2008: Aiptek reveals mini projector and camera photo frame
Jun 6, 01:35
Digital camcorder and camera vendor Aiptek recently launched a pocket-size media player and a digital photo frame with a built-in camera at Computex 2008.
BEF price drop benefiting LCD panel makers, says paper
Newswatch - Jun 4, 15:51
The component costs of LCD panel makers are expected to drop as prices for brightness enhancement films (BEFs) have decreased sharply amid a price war triggered by 3M, which has cut...
Taiwan optical film makers under pricing pressure from first-tier competitors
May 28, 10:55
Taiwan's fledgling optical film sector is struggling to fend off a pricing onslaught from first-tier international competitors, according to industry sources.
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
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HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
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Adata Technology has launched its S511 SSD series, which employs the latest SATA 6Gb/s specification. The S511 utilizes the new generation SandForce SF-2200 series chip, with native...
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The 3M has introduced a new pocket projector, the MPro120, which is a next-generation handheld, battery-operated projector. The MPro120 displays images and videos from computers...
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3M Vikuiti combines brightness enhancement film and reflective polarizer for monitors
3M's Optical Systems Division has unveiled its multi-function film for monitors, the Vikuiti Monitor BEF-RP-230, which combines brightness enhancement film and reflective polarizer...
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ViewSonic commercial display CD4220T
ViewSonic's new commercial display, the CD4220T, features 3M MicroTouch DST touch system as the touch interface. The DST system offers the 42-inch HDTV-ready CD4220T interactive...
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3M has introduced a new pocket-size microprojector, the MPro 110. The MPro 110 is compatible with a selection of multimedia devices capable of offering video signal output. The...
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- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- 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
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- 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
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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.