Last update: Monday 20 May 2013 [487 news items]
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see 17.6% drop in 2012 LCD TV shipments
Nov 23, 15:54
Taiwan-based makers will ship a total of 37.513 million LCD TVs in 2012, slipping 17.6% from 2011, with a global share of 18.2%, down 4.1pp as well, according to Digitimes Research...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 25 million LCD monitors in 3Q12
Nov 23, 11:51
Taiwan-based makers shipped 25.780 million LCD monitors during the third quarter of 2012, increasing 7.4% on quarter but decreasing 11.4% on year and occupying 63.4% of global total...
Digitimes Research: China tablet SoC developers enjoy robust shipment growth in 2012
Nov 20, 20:43
There has been a surge in demand for tablet-use SoC solutions in the China market thus far in 2012, benefiting local IC design companies such as Allwinner Technology, Rockchip Technology...
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to surpass that of notebooks in 2013
Nov 19, 22:59
Digitimes Research expects global tablet shipments to reach 210 million units in 2013, up 38.3% on year and surpass those of notebook for the first time, with branded tablet shipments...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see 12.3% decrease in 2013 digital camera shipments
Nov 19, 16:18
There will be 93.827 million digital cameras shipped globally in 2013, dropping 7.2% due to slow economic conditions and increasing competition from smartphones. Taiwan's four main...
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to grow 30% in 2013
Nov 19, 15:52
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 30% to 865 million units in 2013, accounting for 43.9% of total handset shipments in the year, Digitimes Research has estimated.
Digitimes Research: Digital TV product and home entertainment system sales down in 3Q12
Nov 15, 21:20
Global consumer electronics sales were lower than expected during the third quarter of 2012, with digital TV products as well as home entertainment and sound systems getting hit the...
Nov 15, 21:01
Taiwan-based LCD TV makers' shipments are expected to reach 44.73 million units in 2013, a 20% on-year increase, due to an expected recovery in the LCD TV segment and increased orders...
Digitimes Research: Asustek to compete with Acer for top-3 worldwide notebook vendor spot in 2013
Nov 15, 15:45
Weak Global notebook demand is expected to reshuffle the top-10 notebook brand rankings in 2013, with Lenovo expected to successfully take over Hewlett-Packard's (HP) leading position...
Digitimes Research: Sanan-Formosa Epitaxy cooperation to benefit both firms
Nov 15, 15:31
China-based Sanan Optoelectronics recently announced it was buying up shares of Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy. Cooperation between the two firms can achieve benefits such as economies...
Digitimes Research: 4.57 million e-book readers to be shipped globally in 4Q12
Nov 14, 16:22
Global e-book reader shipments in the fourth quarter of 2012 will reach 4.57 million units, hiking 92% on quarter but dropping 49.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Digitimes Research: More offshore wind power systems in non-EU countries
Nov 14, 14:33
In the past, Europe has been the main market for offshore wind-generated electricity and about more than 50% of the systems are located in the UK. Over the past two years, a surge...
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet shipments to surpass 50 million units in 2012
Nov 13, 16:01
White-box tablets are expected to see a surge in shipment growth in 2012 with volumes surpassing 50 million units, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wang.
Digitimes Research: Windows 8 expected to have minimal impact on touch screen notebooks in 2013
Nov 13, 15:44
Shipment growth for touch screens used in notebooks throughout the fourth quarter of 2012 and most of 2013 will at large not be affected by the release of Windows 8, according to...
Digitimes Research: Samsung Electronics holds strong in 2012 due to panel production strategies
Nov 8, 20:33
Samsung Electronics has held the top spot in terms of revenues generated in 2012 compared to other Asia-based panel makers such as LG Display (LGD), Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics...
Digitimes Research: Southeast Asia solar markets need subsidies to stimulate growth
Nov 8, 20:25
Countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines have sufficient sunlight hours which is suitable to develop a strong solar market.
Digitimes Research: South Korea aggressively promotes LED commercialization policies
Nov 8, 14:40
To promote the commercialization of LED lighting, South Korea's Knowledge Economy Ministry announced in 2006 a "15/30" plan, which means to achieve 30% LED lighting commercialization...
Digitimes Research: Global tablet market to enjoy strong shipment growth in 4Q12
Nov 8, 14:06
Global tablet shipments from major brands worldwide are expected to reach 40.93 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 72.7% sequentially and 89.7% on year, according to...
TSMC 16nm FinFET rollout to come earlier than expected, says Digitimes Research analyst
Nov 8, 14:03
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to ramp up 20nm production ahead of schedule, and also put its 16nm FinFET process into production far earlier than expected,...
Digitimes Research: Nexus 4 to be popular in prepaid SIM card and telecom retail channels
Nov 7, 21:57
Google's Nexus 4, which comes with a 4.7-inch 720p HD display and Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor, is expected to become a popular model in the prepaid SIM card segment...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 4Q12 digital camera shipments to hit 15-quarter low
Nov 7, 09:25
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical will ship 8.86 million digital cameras in total in the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing 17.1% sequntially...
Digitimes Research: China-based tier-2 LED chipmakers see falling revenues in 2012
Nov 6, 14:42
China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 10 million LCD TVs in 4Q12
Nov 6, 10:49
Taiwan-based makers will ship 10.828 million LCD TVs in the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 9.7% on quarter but decreasing 6% on year, with 65% of the sets to be shipped on an...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 339 million small- to medium-size panels in 4Q12
Nov 6, 10:45
Taiwan-based makers will ship 339.697 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels during the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing 9.9% on quarter and 7.8% on year, according to
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see on-year decrease in large-size LCD panel shipments in 4Q12
Nov 5, 22:03
Taiwan-based panel makers' large-size TFT LCD panel shipments are expected to approach 69 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, an on-year decrease of 3.4%, due to an expected...
Digitimes Research: Google will become more influential in tablet market
Nov 2, 15:42
Senior analyst James Wang of Digitimes Research believes that Google's recently announced Nexus 10, developed...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 17 million handsets in 4Q12
Nov 2, 15:36
Taiwan-based OBMs (own-brand manufacturers), ODMs and IDM (joint-design manufacturers) will ship an estimated 17.14 million handsets in total during the fourth quarter of 2012, growing...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 376 million small- to medium-size panels in 3Q12
Nov 2, 14:57
Taiwan-based makers shipped 376.793 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 8.4% on quarter but decreasing by 18.0% on year, according...
Digitimes Research: Thailand solar market has good prospects
Nov 1, 16:09
Thailand enjoys long sunshine hours. Its capital city, Bangkok, has an average year-round temperature of 24-degrees Celsius with over 1,800 sunshine hours/year. Central and Northeastern...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship nearly 10 million LCD TVs in 3Q12
Oct 30, 15:01
Taiwan-based makers shipped 9.874 million LCD TVs in the third quarter of 2012, increasing 18.9% on quarter but decreasing 12.4% on year. 65.5% of the shipment volume was on an OEM/ODM...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of large-sized panels up 5.2% sequentially in 3Q12
Oct 30, 14:41
Taiwan-based Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display together shipped 71.415 million large-sized TFT-LCD panels during the third...
Digitimes Research: Surface tablet to mainly devour notebook demand in the short term
Oct 30, 14:05
Microsoft's recently launched own-brand Surface tablets have raised the question of whether Surface will devour consumer demand for tablets or notebooks, or maybe even both. In terms...
Digitimes Research: China government continues to support LCD industry
Oct 25, 20:32
The China government is continuing to help China's TFT LCD industry by increasing funding to various companies for development of technology, as well as by reducing or eliminating...
Digitimes Research: Apple has chance to become the fifth largest PC brand in 2013
Oct 25, 11:25
Apple has released its new iMac, Mac mini, 13.3-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad. For the Mac product lines, which are all heading towards...
Digitimes Research: CSOT increases influence in China panel industry
Oct 23, 21:20
China-based China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has surpassed BOE in TV panel shipments, and is now one of the three largest providers of LCD TV panels in China, surpassing...
Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
Bits + chips | 29min ago
TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
Bits + chips | May 20, 22:50
Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
IT + CE | May 20, 21:55
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Bits + chips | May 20, 21:46
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Displays | May 20, 21:45
Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
IT + CE | May 20, 21:43
MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
Bits + chips | May 20, 21:30
Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
Mobile + telecom | May 20, 21:28
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
Bits + chips | May 20, 21:26
Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
Displays | May 20, 21:24
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:28
Touchscreen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong May
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:27
Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:26
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook panel shipments during 2Q13
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:26
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:23
Epistar expects revenue proportion for LED used in lighting to rise to 30%
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:23
HTC cooperates with KDDI to launch HTC One in Japan market
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:21
Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:11
The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based LED chipmaker Hang Zhou Silan Azure (Silan Azure) to gain insights in China's LED...
China government to promote semi industry consolidation, says Digitimes Research
According to a recently published Digitimes Research...
The coming of Smart TV: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Tom Lo
Digitimes Research has been publishing quarterly research reports on the ICT (information and communications technology) and FPD (flat-panel display) industries since 2004. Starting...
The PV inverter boom: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Sophia Chen
The PV inverter market managed a staggering shipment growth of 132% to 19.8GWp because of strong demand, according to Sophia Chen, author of the recently published Digitimes Research...
The LED upstream boom: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Jessie Lin
With LED chipmakers aggressively increasing capacity to meet fast growing demand from the LCD displays and general lighting markets, suppliers in the upstream are optimistic on outlook...
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers facing increasing competition from rivals in China
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- More firms provide crystal-less USB 3.0 device controllers
- BLU makers report different results in 1Q13
- ChipMOS capex for 2013 to reach NT$2.5-2.8 billion
- BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Capella tops analog IC suppliers with highest EPS in 1Q13
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- 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
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
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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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
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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.