Last update: Thursday 23 May 2013 [3464 news items]
Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
May 23, 21:42
Since the beginning of the second quarter, prices of solar wafers and cells in Taiwan have been increasing due to expectations that Europe may levy anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs...
Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
May 23, 11:47
Senao International, a Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics retail chain, plans to expand its retail network in eastern China from 40 stores currently to 100 by the end of 2013,...
China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
May 23, 11:42
Online gaming operators in the China market generated revenues of CNY12.788 billion (US$2.05 billion) during first-quarter 2013, increasing 4.4% sequentially and 13.5% on year, according...
China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
May 23, 11:24
Sales of LCD TVs during China's Labor Day holiday rose 18% in 2013 compared to a year earlier, as consumers were lured by attractive promotional pricing and a government subsidy program,...
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
May 22, 21:46
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has successfully acquired the technology for carbon nanotube (CNT) touch panel production through cooperation between its subsidiary...
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
May 22, 21:44
Buynow, a channel retail subsidiary of notebook maker Clevo in China, expects its profits to grow significantly in 2013. The company already enjoyed a giant leap in its first-quarter...
China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
May 22, 15:31
In the China market, B2C (business to customer) online shopping operators generated a total sales transaction value of CNY133.12 billion (US$21.38 billion) during the first quarter...
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
May 22, 11:36
China-based Nanjing Z-Com Wireless has cooperated with IC design houses to begin development of 4G small cell equipment specifically for the China market and expects adoption by mobile...
China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
May 22, 11:27
There were 90.54 million handsets sold in the China market during first-quarter 2013, growing 23.5% sequentially and 34.8% on year, and 75.28 million units of them were smartphones,...
May 21, 15:22
In the China market, third-party e-payment services generated total sales transaction value of CNY1.253 trillion (US$201.2 billion) in first-quarter 2013, rising 3% on quarter and...
China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
May 21, 15:09
Providers of online advertising services in the China market generated total revenue of CNY18 billion (US$2.89 billion) during the first quarter of 2013, falling 14.5% on quarter...
Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers facing increasing competition from rivals in China
May 20, 15:15
Taiwan-based analog IC vendors are facing increasing competition from China-based rival companies, which are now aiming to replace Taiwan makers as the major analog IC suppliers in...
Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
May 20, 11:11
The European Union (EU) plans to announce the details of its anti-subsidy tariff against China-based solar firms on June 6, 2013. The tariff is expected to be 30-67.9% with the average...
May 17, 14:22
Taiwan-based Wintek plans to establish a 6G touch panel factory in China on a joint venture basis with China-based Nanjing Panda Electronics with respective stake ratios of 60% and...
China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
May 17, 14:11
A shortage in the supply of some key components, including high-end camera modules, touchscreen panels and multi-chip package (MCP) memory chips, is worsening in the smartphone industry...
Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
May 16, 22:07
Innolux is competing for orders for panels used in all levels of smartphones from China-based vendors, while in contrast, fellow maker AU Optronics (AUO) is focusing on orders for...
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,...
Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
May 16, 11:32
China-based solar firm Suntech Power Holdings has announced that it has agreed on a new forbearance agreement with the majority of the holders of the firm's 3% convertible notes,...
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...
Taiwan IC suppliers land pull-in orders from China smartphone, tablet makers
May 14, 14:13
Shipments of IC parts to China by Taiwan-based IC suppliers have regained momentum following a slight pause after the May 1 holidays, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
China Mobile procures 1.5 million Wi-Fi APs
May 14, 11:27
China Mobile has procured 1.5 million Wi-Fi access points (APs) from 10 suppliers through open-bid competition, according to a report from China.
Sanan suspends fund-raising plan
May 13, 11:56
China-based LED chipmaker Sanan Optoelectronics has reportedly halted the second-phase construction of its plant in Wuhu, China, following a company annoucement that it has suspended...
China LED firm NVC bans distributors from selling Everlight products, say reports
May 13, 10:50
China-based LED lighting firm NVC Lighting Technology has reportedly banned cooperating local distributors from displaying and selling LED products from Taiwan-based LED packaging...
European Commission proposes high solar tariff against China firms
May 10, 15:09
The trade war in the solar market does not seem to be stopping. Following the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariff levied on China-based firms from the US, the EU is likely to follow...
China market: Flat panel TV sales for early May 1 holiday up 7.7% on year, says AVC
May 10, 12:21
In the China market, 4.27 million flat panel TVs were sold in the peak period from April 15 to May 5, increasing 7.7% from the same period in 2012, according to China-based All View...
May 9, 12:26
China-based LED firms have slowed down the pace of price cuts as LED chipmakers face shrinking profit margins. Taiwan-based firms noted that China-based LED industry leader Sanan...
China market: Rising popularity of tablets with 3G functionality to benefit MediaTek, Qualcomm
May 9, 10:46
Demand for 7-8-inch white-box tablets with built-in 3G functionality in China has been increasing, a trend which is likely to benefit MediaTek and Qualcomm, according to industry...
May 8, 16:00
Nokia has appointed Eirk Bertman to serve as its new general manager of Nokia China, effective June 1, 2013. Bertman will replace outgoing Gustavo Eichelmann who will resign for personal...
Edison Opto expanding capacity at China factory
May 8, 14:56
LED packaging house Edison Opto began to expand production capacity at its factory in Yangzhou, eastern China, by 40% in the first quarter of 2013, with the expansion to be completed...
Ledlink starts production at factory in eastern China
May 8, 14:51
Taiwan-based LED optical lens maker Ledlink on May 7 began production at its new factory in Yangzhou, eastern China, and will expand injection molding capacity from 40 sets initially...
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...
MediaTek, MStar TV chip market share in China falling down
May 7, 22:16
MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor have seen their combined share in China's TV chip market drop to below 70% recently as more TV brands in China have chosen to use TV chips from Realtek...
Handsets with 4.5-inch and above screens to make up 30% of shipments in China during 2Q13
May 7, 20:04
About 30% of handsets shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2013 are expected to have panels sized 4.5-inch and above, according to market observers.
China Mobile to procure equipment of 200,000 TD-LTE base stations through open bid
May 7, 10:19
China Mobile will start an open-bid competition process as early as in mid-May to procure equipment of 200,000 TD-LTE base stations as well as equipment of 110,000 TD-SCDMA base stations...
Z-Com scores points in tapping China Wi-Fi hot spot equipment market
May 6, 15:48
Taiwan-based broadband wireless Internet-access solution provider Z-Com, having supplied Wi-Fi hot spot equipment for large events in China including the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games...
Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
Before Going to Press | May 23, 21:29
Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
Before Going to Press | May 23, 21:01
Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs at Computex 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:38
UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:31
IC suppliers expect PC demand to hit bottom in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:29
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:28
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:37
Asia set to be largest 4G LTE market, says Nokia Siemens executive
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:36
Nokia CDMA Windows Phone in China
China Telecom and Nokia have announced the Nokia 800C, the first CDMA Windows Phone in China and Nokia's first Lumia phone for the world's largest smartphone market. The partnership...
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Memoright will present its military and industrial ruggedized SSDs at the 2011 CeBIT show from March 1-5, and Embedded World 2011 from March 1-3 (Hall 12, 479). The products include...
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CES 2011: LG Display's FPR 3D panel
LG Display said its film patterned retarder (FPR, polarized glasses type) 3D technology can eliminate problems associated with shutter glass 3D technology such as flicker, cross talk,...
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Tianhe-1A supercomputer in China
Tianhe-1A, a new supercomputer revealed at HPC 2010 China, has set a new performance record of 2.507 petaflops, as measured by the LINPACK benchmark, making it the fastest system...
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Netcom 32GB microSD card for high-end phones
China-based Shenzhen Netcom Electronics, which specializes in flash storage devices such as memory cards and USB drives, has launched a microSD card with a density of 32GB. The company...
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The development of OGS products in China: Q&A with Truly chairman
Despite lagging growth in the global economy, smartphone and tablet applications that use one-glass-solution (OGS) touch screen technology are becoming increasingly popular in the...
Trade barriers bad for solar industry: Q&A with Phoenix Solar president and CEO Murray Cameron
The US government announced the final verdict of the anti-dumpig and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on October 10, 2012. At PV Taiwan 2012, Digitimes had...
Despite the fact the penetration rate of LED backlight units (BLUs) in TVs has been increasing continuously, shining a light on the LED industry, Biing-jye Lee, chairman of Taiwan-based...
Expanding the motherboard market: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing
Following the recent launch of Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform, new announcements from AMD, and the growing anticipation for Windows 8, Computex 2012 will provide PC players from...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) in the second half of 2011 has brought more uncertainties to the development...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
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- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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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- 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
- 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
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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.
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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...
- 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.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
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.