Coretronic BLU shipments down 18% in February

Mar 11, 10:24

Coretronic shipped 5.73 million backlight units (BLUs) in February, decreasing 18% sequentially, according to the company. It also shipped 47,000 DLP projectors in February, dropping...

Coretronic expects to ship 1.1 million DLP projectors in 2012

Nov 1, 15:04

Coretronic expects to ship 80,000-90,000 DLP projectors a month in the fourth quarter of 2012, with total shipments of 1.1 million units for the whole year, the company indicated...

DLP technology keeps Texas Instruments at top of MEMS market, says IHS

May 9, 10:07

Texas Instruments (TI) remained the world's No. 1 microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturer in 2011, retaining top honors after fending off runner-up Hewlett Packard (HP)...

Coretronic revenues up for projectors, down for BLUs

Jul 11, 11:33

Coretronic shipped 107,000 own-brand DLP projectors and 4.89 million LCD backlight units (BLUs) in June, with the former's revenues rising 11% on month to NT$1.774 billion (US$61.4...

Taiwan market: Casio to launch eight DLP projector models

Jun 30, 11:35

Casio will launch eight business-use DLP projectors - four standard, two professional and two short-throw models - in the Taiwan market in July, according to Casio Taiwan.

Optoma aims to ship 600,000 DLP projectors in 2011

Jun 14, 10:40

Taiwan-based Optoma expects to ship 600,000 own-brand DLP projectors in 2011, growing by 10% from 2010, the company told a shareholders meeting on June 13.

Coretronic May shipments of DLP projectors, BLUs up sequentially

Jun 10, 01:00

Taiwan-based maker Coretronic shipped 107,000 DLP projectors and 5.34 million backlight units (BLUs) in May 2011, growing 9% and 2% respectively on month, according to the company...

DLP revival returns Texas Instruments to MEMS market leadership in 2010

Apr 6, 14:00

Five years after losing its leadership position in the global market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Texas Instruments reclaimed the top spot in 2010 because of resurgent...

Vivitek aims to ship 300,000 DLP projectors in 2011

Apr 1, 01:45

Vivitek expects to ship 300,000 DLP projectors globally in 2011, hiking 80% from 2010, according to Vivitek Taiwan.

Japan earthquake damages factories, says TI

Mar 15, 13:35

Texas Instruments (TI) has said that its manufacturing site in Miho, Japan, about 40 miles northwest of Tokyo, suffered substantial damage during the recent earthquake.

Pico projectors and personal projectors show increasing popularity of DLP models, says PMA

Mar 1, 16:50

Consumers of front projectors from the US storefronts and direct marketers (web and catalog) are increasingly choosing smaller, sub-500 lumen brightness, "New Era" projectors,...

CES 2011: TI announces DLP Pico HD chipset

Jan 6, 13:08

At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled a new era for portable high definition (HD) entertainment with the new DLP Pico HD chipset...

CES 2011: DLP Pico technology lights up new, on-the-go possibilities

Jan 6, 13:07

Texas Instruments (TI) DLP Products has announced that more than 30 DLP Pico-enabled products, covering a wide variety of useful and unique form factors, will be on display by the...

BenQ aims to ship 900,000 projectors in 2011

Nov 10, 01:45

BenQ aims for 13% market share in the global front projector market in 2011, which is about 900,000 units in shipments.

Pico and pocket projectors market up 125% on year in 3Q10, says PMA

Nov 5, 15:58

The global pico and pocket projector market is expected to increase 125% on year in the third quarter of 2010, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA). This high-growth emerging...

Micron launches pico projection engine

Oct 20, 11:19

Micron Technology has announced the V100 pico projection engine for integration in smartphones with price expected to drop under US$30. It is scheduled to begin volume production...

Delta to show World Cup games in 3D in Taiwan

Jul 2, 16:17

Delta Electronics has announced that it will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), ELTA TV, Vivitek, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Adidas to show five World...

Nikon to launch new DSC with LCoS pico projector in August

Jun 24, 16:08

Nikon reportedly plans to launch a second-generation digital still camera (DSC) with built-in LCoS pico-projector technology from Himax Technologies, which is capable of connecting...

3D DLP projector shipments reach 250,000 units in 1Q10, says PMA

Jun 14, 17:09

Shipments of 3D DLP projectors reached 250,000 units worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to president of Pacific Media Associates (PMA) William Coggshall.

Asia Optical sees April revenues down on month, up on year

May 7, 10:23

Digital camera and lens kit maker Asia Optical has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.77 billion (US$56.3 million) for April, slipping by 2.5% on month but rising by...

Young Optics expects handset pico projector market to take off at end of 2010

May 5, 16:30

Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics believes shipments of pico projectors for handsets will begin to increase significantly around the end of 2010 and most handset vendors...

Prices for CF-LCoS pico projectors to drop to US$20 at end of 2010, say Taiwan makers

May 5, 11:20

The development of CF LCoS (color-filter liquid crystal on silicon) pico projectors will reduce the typical dimension from 4.6cc (cubic centimeters) currently to 3cc and hike power...

Coretronic reports 6% sequential drop for February revenues

Mar 10, 16:58

Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has posted consolidated revenues of NT$6.7 billion (US$210.99 million) for February, down 6.08% on month but up 50.67% on year,...

Taiwan-based Optoma aims at 15% global market share for DLP projectors in 3 years

Mar 3, 16:58

Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology shipped 490,000 units for a global market share of 8% in 2009 and expects to hit 15% in three years, according to the company.

Opus expected to land scanning mirror chip orders from Sony

Feb 3, 17:00

Taiwan-based Opus Microsystems is in talks with Sony for cooperation. Sony plans to design in-house pico-projector modules for use in digital still cameras (DSCs) using Opus' scanning...

Taiwan-based Asia Optical and TI cooperate to develop digital camera with DLP pico projector

Jan 8, 15:31

Asia Optical has cooperated with US-based Texas Instruments (TI) to develop digital cameras equipped with built-in pico projectors based on TI's DLP technology. Products will be launched...

Projector chips supply to remain tight through end of 2009

Nov 3, 11:59

Front projector vendors are seeing chip shortage, especially for DLP chips from Texas Instruments (TI), amid surging demand since the second quarter of 2009, and they expect the shortage...

Coretronic posts on-month growth in August revenues

Sep 10, 15:28

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.94 billion (US$181.68 million) for August, a growth of 11.62% from NT$5.32 billion for July, but...

Pico projector market to take off in 2010

Sep 7, 16:27

Demand for pico projectors is estimated to take off in 2010 with DLP and LCoS being the mainstream technologies, according to market observers.

Strong growth set for pico projectors in handsets, says iSuppli

Aug 7, 10:19

Because of their capability to overcome screen-size limitations in mobile electronics devices, tiny pico projectors embedded into products such as smart phones are set for a staggering...

Optoma increases 2009 China front projector sales target by 50%

Jul 1, 16:43

Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology has increased its sales goal for the China market in 2009 by 50% to 60,000 front projectors from the original target of 40,000 units...

Coretronic posts 25% sequential increase in March revenues

Apr 14, 12:04

Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) and DLP projector maker Coretronic has posted March consolidated revenues of NT$3.9 billion (US$116.08 million), up 25% sequentially, but down 42%...

TI announces next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform

Apr 3, 16:25

Texas Instruments (TI) DLP Cinema has announced plans for the next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform at ShoWest. Scheduled to be released by the end of 2009, the next generation...