Last update: Monday 15 October 2012 [15 news items]
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte take 70% motherboard market in September
Oct 15, 12:38
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology together took a 70% share of the motherboard market in China in September, with shipments totaling 1.1 and 1.0 million units, respectively,...
Asustek, Gigabyte push for annual motherboard shipment goal
Aug 28, 01:05
Seeing the PC market is remaining weak in the third quarter, top-2 motherboard vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have both recently dropped their motherboard prices...
Motherboard players may see single-digit percentage growth in 3Q12 shipments
Jul 24, 01:30
With the Europe and the US markets still suffering from economical turmoil, and summer demand from China's PC DIY market still not yet fired up as expected, motherboard players are...
Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012
Jun 9, 15:55
The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.
ASRock becomes the third-largest brand in motherboard industry in 2010
Jan 27, 01:15
Taiwan-based motherboard brand ASRock shipped eight million branded motherboards in 2010 and became the third-largest motherboard brand, surpassing Micro-Star International (MSI)...
MSI, ECS see branded motherboard shipment gap with Asustek, Gigabyte widen
Apr 15, 15:39
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have seen their branded motherboard shipments-gap with Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology widen, according...
Ex-ECS chairman investments may connect Shuttle and Biostar
Dec 28, 16:18
Ex-Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) chairman Johnson Chiang reportedly recently invested in second-tier PC maker Shuttle. Chiang has previously invested in second-tier motherboard...
Biostar introduces G41-based motherboard series
Jul 9, 16:54
Biostar Microtech International has introduced an Intel G41 chipset-based motherboard series which includes the T41 HD, G41D3G, G41 DVI and G41-M7.
ASRock expects to ship seven million motherboards in 2009, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 6, 12:19
Taiwan-based second-tier motherboard maker ASRock shipped around three million motherboards in the first half of 2009 and expects annual shipments to reach seven million units, according...
Biostar launches AMD 760G-based motherboard
Jan 20, 16:09
Biostar Microtech International has announced TA760G M2+ and A760G M2+ motherboards powered by AMD's 760G IGP chipset.
Biostar launches Intel X58-based motherboard
Nov 19, 10:21
Biostar Microtech International has unveiled a top of the line motherboard for next generation Intel platform-TPower X58 based on Nehalem architecture.
Nvidia says no truth to rumors it plans to cut off GPU supply to second-tier makers
Oct 23, 12:09
With rumors circulating recently that Nvidia is planning to cut off supply of graphics processing units (GPU) to second-tier makers, Nvidia has officially refuted the rumor saying...
Biostar launches an AMD 790GX-based motherboard
Aug 8, 15:51
Biostar Microtech International has launched the T-Series TA790GX A2+, an integrated motherboard based on AMD's 790GX chipset with an integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300 GPU. The motherboard...
Computex 2008: Highlights from the motherboard booths
Jun 5, 11:20
What quickly becomes clear as you walk among the various booths of Taiwan's motherboard and graphics card makers at this year's Computex is that the main attraction is boards based...
Biostar launches Intel 4-series-based motherboards
Jun 2, 13:50
Biostar Microtech International has announced the launch of a number of Intel 4-series-based motherboards, including its TPower I45.
Biostar G41 chipset motherboard
Biostar Microtech International has introduced an Intel G41 chipset-based motherboard series which includes the T41 HD, G41D3G, G41 DVI and G41-M7. Biostar's G41-based motherboards...
Photo: Company, Jul 13.
Biostar TA790GX A3+ motherboard
Biostar Microtech International has announced the TA790GX A3+, an AMD Dragon platform-based motherboard with support for AM3-based Phenom II processors. The AM3-based Phenom processors...
Photo: Company, Feb 16.
Biostar TA760G M2+ motherboard
Biostar Microtech International has announced the TA760G M2+ and A760G M2+ motherboards powered by AMD's latest IGP 760G chipset. The 760G comes paired with AMD's SB710 southbridge,...
Photo: Company, Jan 22.
Biostar TPower X58 motherboard based on Intel's X58 chipset
Biostar Microtech International has unveiled a top of the line motherboard for next generation Intel platform-TPower X58 based on Nehalem architecture. The TPower X58 features Biostar's...
Photo: Company, Nov 19.
Biostar TA790GX A2+ motherboard
Biostar Microtech International has launched its T-Series TA790GX A2+, an integrated motherboard based on the AMD 790GX chipset with integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300 GPU (graphics processing...
Photo: Company, Aug 11.
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
- Releases
- White papers
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- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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
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- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Company, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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...
- 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.