Taiwan market: Samsung to launch 3G/Wi-Fi-connected bridge camera

Nov 23, 11:09

Samsung Electronics on November 22 unveiled Galaxy Camera, a bridge camera equipped with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and 3G/Wi-Fi connectivity for editing and sharing photos/video, for...

Consumer electronics industry set for marginal revenue growth in 2012, says IHS

Oct 19, 16:00

Global consumer electronics market revenues are set to expand by a scant 1.3% in 2012 as brands focus on low pricing during the holiday season to lure buyers impacted by weak global...

Smartphones, tablets causing the IT supply chain to fall into imbalance

Oct 17, 21:45

The rapid growths of the smartphone and tablet markets have started to impact demand in other industries such as desktops, notebooks, and digital still cameras (DSC), while causing...

Taiwan panel industry to do better than expected in 3Q12

Sep 13, 16:15

Taiwan-based TFT panel providers and touch screen panel makers are expected to see better than expected financial results by the end of the third quarter of 2012 due to demand for...

Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot SX500 IS

Sep 10, 14:21

Canon on September 10 unveiled the PowerShot SX500 IS, a digital bridge camera for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$11,990 (US$401), according...

Quanta aiming to move all notebook production lines to Chongqing by 2014

Aug 16, 01:25

Quanta Computer is aiming to move all its notebook production lines except those for Apple's products to Chongqing, China within two years and estimates that its notebook shipments...

Holtek nets NT$1.25 per share in 1H12

Jul 27, 11:42

Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard MCU and consumer electronics IC solutions, saw its net profits grow 1.2% on year to NT$278 million (US$ 9.22 million) in...

Consumer IC supplier Sonix sees weak 3Q12 sales

Jul 17, 15:16

IC design house Sonix Technology has expressed caution about its sales performance during the third quarter of 2012, due to a slowing in IC orders for notebook webcams and consumer...

STATS ChipPAC announces volume manufacturing of fcCuBE technology

Jul 9, 14:34

STATS ChipPAC has announced its fcCuBE technology - an advanced flip chip packaging technology that features copper (Cu) column bumps, bond-on-lead (BOL) interconnection and enhanced...

Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12

Jun 28, 01:40

Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...

Taiwan market: Sony to launch new Cybershot

Jun 8, 14:07

Sony on June 7 unveiled the Cybershot RX100 for launch in the Taiwan market on July 12 at a recommended retail price of NT$21,980 (US$736), according to Sony Taiwan.

Second phase of energy-saving consumer electronics subsidies to begin at May 17, says MOEA

May 16, 16:47

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced a second phase of subsidies for consumer electronics, with a total budget of NT$700 million (US$23.7 million), that will...

CES 2012 may not help pump up demand

Dec 20, 01:30

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, which will be hosted from January 10-13 in 2012, may not help pump up consumer demand afterward as there are not expected to be many new...

Consumer electronics market faces reality of weak year, says IHS

Nov 22, 14:36

A sharp slowdown in spending due to continuing economic chaos will cause revenue growth in the global consumer electronics (CE) market to fall short of growth expectations by more...

Foxconn October revenues hit record

Nov 11, 01:30

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its revenues hit record high levels in October 2011.

Pressure sensors to become top MEMS device by 2014, says IHS

Oct 28, 12:13

Pressure sensors will become the leading MEMS device by 2014, thanks to their relatively high prices and expanding use in a host of automotive, medical and industrial applications,...

Global Unichip 3Q11 revenues to rise 15-20%

Sep 22, 01:10

IC design service provider Global Unichip is expected to report 15-20% sequential growth in revenues for the third quarter of 2011, as orders for 65nm and 40nm non-recurring engineering...

Taiwan market: Sony launches Handycam PJ5, to launch Walkman A860, A760

Sep 16, 16:59

Sony on September 15 unveiled its Handycam PJ5 camcorder for immediate launch and two Walkman series, A860 and A760, for launch on September 23 in the Taiwan market.

Thailand-based Apex Circuit expanding capacity for multi-layer PCBs

Aug 19, 14:05

Apex Circuit International, a Thailand-based PCB maker established by entrepreneurs from Taiwan, has said it will continue expanding capacity to meet rising demand, in particular,...

Macronix, Winbond to see increasing overlap in NOR flash products with larger peers

Aug 2, 12:35

Taiwan-based NOR flash chipmakers Macronix International and Winbond Electronics have extended their market reach beyond consumer electronics, and consequently, the overlap between...

SiS to phase out its PC chipset business

Aug 2, 01:10

Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...

LCD driver IC vendors count on small-size models to boost sales

Jul 21, 14:22

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC vendors including Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies have strengthened their deployment in driver ICs for small-size panels recently as demand...

Nanya enhancing products targeted at consumer electronics, servers

Jul 21, 01:30

Nanya Technology now offers products ranging from 64Mb to 2Gb for consumer electronics applications, and has received orders from first-tier network equipment suppliers and brand-name...

NPC expects double-digit growth in 3Q11 revenues

Jun 24, 01:05

PCB and IC substrate supplier Nanya PCB (NPC) expects revenues to increase by a double-digit rate sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, according to company chairman CJ Wu, adding...

Foxconn will not quit notebook manufacturing, says company chairman

Jun 9, 02:10

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a recent investors meeting, stated that Foxconn...

Asustek taking cautious attitude toward Acer dumping 3 million notebooks in Europe

Jun 3, 10:11

As Acer has announced it will provide channels with US$150 million in sales allowances to clear inventory, sources from the notebook industry believe such action will result in close...

Toshiba reportedly abandoning ideas for developing Wintel-based tablets and Chromebooks

May 24, 01:00

Japan-based notebook brand vendor Toshiba reportedly has abandoned ideas for developing Windows 7-based tablet PCs and Chromebooks as the two devices have already disappeared from...

Infineon purchases Qimonda assets in Dresden for EUR100.6 million

May 11, 10:59

Infineon Technologies announced on May 10 that the company has purchased real estate and manufacturing facilities from Michael Jaffe, insolvency administrator managing the assets...

Motherboard players see mixed result in April

May 10, 01:25

Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...