Last update: Friday 17 May 2013 [552 news items]
Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
May 17, 15:47
Asustek Computer has unveiled its latest Intel 8 series motherboards ahead of the chipset's official launch on June 2 as the company received Intel's agreements for allowing partial...
Acer, Asustek see large sequential decreases in April revenues
Stockwatch - May 13, 10:57
Acer has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$25.772 billion (US$868 million) down on month by 31.02%, while Asustek Computer saw revenues of NT$32.594 billion, down 22.11%,...
Price gap between touch and non-touch notebooks may drop below US$50 in 3Q13
May 7, 11:59
As Acer and Asustek Computer are both aggressively promoting touchscreen notebooks, sources from channel retailers expect the price gap between touchscreen and non-touchscreen notebooks...
Asustek cooperates with subsidiary to launch in-car cloud computing navigation system
Apr 23, 21:48
Asustek Computer on April 23 announced the adoption of a smart cloud computing-based navigation system for 35 Toyota electric cars to be available for rent in the Sun Moon Lake scenic...
Asustek to push Padfone Infinity in China
Apr 23, 09:57
Asustek Computer has recently partnered with China Unicom to sell its new Padfone Infinity in China and the company will also host a launch conference later this month (April) to...
Asustek to launch own-brand SSDs
Apr 19, 12:11
Asustek Computer will launch a new line of SSDs based on the PCI Express 2.0 interface and made from MLC flash supplied by Toshiba, in May 2013 under the ROG (Republic of Gamers)...
Palit, PC Partner surpass Asustek in graphics card market share
Apr 16, 19:34
Taiwan-based Palit Microsystems and Hong Kong-based PC Partner have surpassed Asustek Computer to rank first and second in terms of global retail market share for graphics cards,...
Gigabyte gaining on Asustek in motherboard shipments
Apr 16, 00:14
Gigabyte Technology shipped 4.9 million motherboards in the first quarter, only slightly behind Asustek Computer's five million units, allowing the company to have a chance to beat...
Innolux lands orders for 13-inch WIS touch panels from Asustek
Apr 9, 14:24
Innolux has obtained orders from Asustek Computer for 13-inch WIS (window integrated sensor) touch panels for use in Taichi, a dual-screen tablet/notebook hybrid, according to sources...
Asustek March revenues show 29% sequential growth
Apr 9, 13:43
Asustek Computer reported March revenues of NT$41.847 billion (US$1.39 billion), representing an on-month growth of 29.49% and an on-year growth of 24.30%. Accumulated revenues in...
Asustek to offer cloud computing services through cooperation with Taipei City Government
Apr 2, 22:12
Asustek Computer on April 2 signed an MOU with the Taipei City Government for cooperation to set up five cloud computing application platforms providing cloud computing services in...

Asustek to deal out dividend of NT$19.00 for 2012
Stockwatch - Mar 28, 15:40
Asustek Computer's board of directors on March 27 decided to distribute a dividend per share of NT$19.00, all in cash, for 2012, it highest dividend on record and accounting for 63.78%...
Taiwan market: Asustek unveils Padfone Infinity for pre-order
Mar 26, 21:57
Asustek Computer on March 26 unveiled Padfone Infinity, a 5-inch WCDMA smartphone which can be docked into a 10.1-inch tablet, for pre-order in the Taiwan market at retail prices...

Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to participate in next-generation Windows development
Mar 25, 22:19
Microsoft has recently finished the preparation for its integrated development program (IDP) for the next-generation Windows operating system and several brand vendors including Acer,...
Taiwan market: Asustek offers Fonepad for pre-order
Mar 21, 16:15
Asustek Computer on March 20 announced the offering of Fonepad, a 7-inch tablet with 3G voice communications function, for pre-order in the Taiwan market at a retail price of NT$8,990...
Asustek Computer expected to ship 4.5-5 million LCD monitors in 2013
Mar 19, 19:24
Asustek Computer is expected to ship about 4.5-5 million LCD monitors in 2013, according to market observers.

Second-generation Nexus 7 to use Qualcomm processor
Mar 18, 22:30
Google's and Asustek Computer's co-branded second-generation Nexus 7 tablet reportedly has adopted a solution from Qualcomm instead of Nvidia, which was the processor supplier of...

Asustek, Pegatron suffer on-month declines in February revenues
Mar 12, 13:40
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$32.32 billion (US$1.09 billion) for February, down 19.43% on month and 8.5% on year, while Pegatron Technology saw its consolidated...
Asustek, Acer aim at shipping 1-1.5 million smartphones in 2013
Mar 11, 22:46
Asustek Computer and Acer have recently unveiled their latest products for the smartphone industry with Asustek expecting its shipments to reach one million units and Acer 1.5 million...
Taiwan market: Asustek launches touchscreen Transformer AIO series
Mar 8, 12:12
Asustek Computer on March 7 unveiled the Transformer AIO, a tablet which can be docked into a pad to become an all-in-one (AIO) PC, for launch in the Taiwan market. The AIO pad features...
Asustek aims to lead touchscreen notebook market in 2013, says CEO
Mar 5, 22:03
Asustek Computer has set a goal of attaining the largest global market share for touchscreen notebooks, and the second-largest for all types of notebooks and tablets in 2013, company...
CeBIT 2013: Asustek, Gigabyte to have no booth
Mar 4, 16:05
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology will not have any booth at CeBIT 2013, which will be hosted from March 5-9 in Hannover, Germany. The two companies have instead rented conference...
Asustek aims at third largest market share for notebooks, tablets in Spain and Portugal in 2013
Feb 26, 21:22
Asustek Computer has scored points in tapping Spain and Portugal and aims to hike its market share for notebooks and tablets in the markets from the sixth largest currently to the...
MWC 2013: Asustek announces Fonepad priced at US$249
Feb 26, 19:09
Asustek Computer has announced several new products at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 including the Fonepad, a handset tablet; the PadFone Infinity, the latest model of its PadFone...
Asustek reports strong January sales
Feb 19, 12:28
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$40.11 billion (US$1.35 billion) for January, up 35.78% on year, mainly due to strong tablet and notebook shipment growth. However, the...
Asustek, Gigabyte together share over 50% of own-brand motherboard market in 2012
Feb 7, 20:42
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology shipped 22 million and 19 million motherboards respectively for own-brand sale in the global DIY market in 2012, together occupying 51.3%...
Asustek to add in-house 3D motion sensing technology into Haswell products
Feb 6, 22:18
Asustek Computer plans to add its in-house developed 3D motion sensing technology into its upcoming high-end Haswell-based PC products including all-in-one PCs and notebooks.
Asustek likely to unveil 7-inch Fonepad at 2013 MWC
Feb 6, 12:31
Asustek Computer may unveil the Fonepad, a 7-inch Android 4.1 tablet equipped with voice communication functions at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC) to take place in Barcelona,...
Vendors to push convertible all-in-one PCs in the summer
Feb 5, 15:14
All-in-one PC brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo, Asustek Computer and Sony, are preparing to release convertible all-in-one PCs in summer 2013, according to sources...
Nearly 1 million units of Asustek Padfone 2 sold globally, say Taiwan makers
Feb 1, 10:19
Asustek Computer launched Padfone 2, a hybrid smartphone/tablet model, three months ago and nearly one million units have been sold globally, with shipments continuing, according...
Google to cooperate with Asustek for second-generation Nexus 7
Jan 28, 23:02
Google is set to announce its second-generation Nexus 7 tablet in May with the cooperation of Asustek Computer. The combined shipments of the company's first- and second-generation...
Asustek aims to ship 24 million notebooks in 2013
Jan 28, 14:39
Asustek Computer has set goals of shipping 24 million notebooks and 12 million tablets in 2013, hiking 26.3% and 90.5% respectively from 2012, according to the company.
Taiwan motherboard makers to enjoy 4 million motherboard shipments from Intel
Jan 23, 22:14
As Intel has released information that it will gradually phase out from the branded motherboard market, sources from motherboard players expect Intel's four million units of motherboard...
Cooling module makers to benefit from smartphone and tablet orders in 2013
Jan 21, 22:42
Cooling module makers, which used to mainly focus on supplying notebook products, are expected to benefit from orders from smartphone and tablet products in the second quarter of...
Jan 17, 19:31
As Acer and Asustek Computer will soon launch 7-inch tablets for sale at about US$149, Google, although having cooperated with Asustek to develop the Nexus 7, is not worried about...
ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 6h 16min ago
Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
Bits + chips | 6h 30min ago
Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
Displays | 6h 42min ago
3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
Displays | 7h 28min ago
NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
Displays | 7h 54min ago
AGC to release new self-adhesive glass for optical bonding used in electronic products
Displays | 8h 6min ago
eMagin enters electronic viewfinder market with OLED microdisplay
Displays | 8h 10min ago
New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
Displays | 8h 11min ago
Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
LED | 8h 14min ago
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
IT + CE | 8h 56min ago
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | 9h 56min ago
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Before Going to Press | 6h 42min ago
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
Before Going to Press | 6h 50min ago
Shipment proportions of 8- and 10-megapixel lens modules on the rise, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 7h 11min ago
Telecom operators in China expected to stop placing orders for 3.5-inch smartphones by July 2013
Before Going to Press | 7h 21min ago
Taiwan connector makers worried about competition from China-based makers
Before Going to Press | 7h 32min ago
Taiwan FPCB makers to face renewed competition from rivals in Japan
Before Going to Press | 7h 33min ago
China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
Before Going to Press | 7h 34min ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Before Going to Press | 8h 6min ago
Monitor panel pricing expected to remain stable in May
Before Going to Press | 9h 9min ago
CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
Before Going to Press | 9h 9min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 10h 5min ago
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
21-May-2013 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 8383.05 | +6.00 | +0.07% |

| TSE electronic | 316.85 | +0.06 | +0.02% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 120.38 | +0.64 | +0.53% |

| OTC electronic | 144.61 | +0.55 | +0.38% |

- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.























