Last update: Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11 news items]
Taiwan government delays power price hike
Sep 18, 13:59
Taiwan's government has decided to delay a planned electricity rate hike originally set to take place on December 10, 2012 until October 1, 2013.
Taiwan IC packaging materials market to see 5% shipment rise in 3Q12
Aug 24, 10:39
Taiwan's semiconductor packaging materials industry is expected to generate NT$23.78 billion (US$794 million) in production value in the third quarter of 2012, with shipments up 5%...
Taiwan PCB production value slips 4.8% in 1Q12
Jun 1, 15:13
Taiwan's PCB production value reached NT$123.6 billion (US$4.14 billion) in the first quarter of 2012, down 4.8% sequentially but up 7.5% on year, according to the Industrial Economics...
FPCB production value to rise 6% in 2012, says IEK
May 11, 12:03
Production value of the global flexible FPCB industry will grow 5.91% to US$6.81 billion in 2012 driven by demand for compact and slim-profile consumer devices, according to the Industrial...
Taiwan PCB production value to slip 4% in 4Q11
Dec 8, 16:32
Taiwan's PCB production value is set to decrease 4% sequentially to NT$129.8 billion (US$4.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011, due to a slowdown in orders, predicted the Industrial...
Commentary: Energy policies face showdown between ideals and reality
Apr 27, 16:33
The energy policies proposed by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in Taiwan aim to provide stable energy while encouraging multiple energy sources. Future energy policies should...
Taiwan government supports WiMAX, but will take LTE potential into account, says economics minister
Sep 15, 14:44
The Taiwan government has been boosting establishment of a WiMAX supply chain and applications in Taiwan, but has considered the development potential of LTE and will also promote...
Taiwan government will not inject funds into TIMC, says economics minister
Mar 4, 10:36
The Taiwan government has decided to not inject funds into Taiwan Innovative Memory Company (TIMC), and TIMC, as a privately held company, will have to decide its own future, according...

Taiwan economics minister to meet DRAM makers
Mar 3, 10:51
Taiwan's economics minister Shih Yen-shiang will meet officers of 10 DRAM memory-related companies including Nanya Technology, Inotera Memories, Rexchip Electronics and ProMOS Technologies...

Taiwan economics minister worried about PV and LED industries
Jun 24, 11:25
Taiwan's Economic Affairs Minister Chii-ming Yiin expressed his concerns about the prospects for Taiwan's photovoltaic (PV) and LED industries at a forum on June 23, for the two industries...
Government to reduce Taiwan Memory investment to only one-third
Apr 30, 12:26
Taiwan's economics minister Chii-ming Yiin has reaffirmed that the government will definitely follow through with its plans to found Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), but revealed that...
Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
IT + CE | 1min ago
Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
Displays | 23min ago
Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
Mobile + telecom | 25min ago
MediaTek-MStar merger yet to receive China approval
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 29min ago
Netronix aims to become largest e-book reader ODM in 3 years, says paper
IT + CE - Newswatch | 56min ago
PCB equipment makers Csun, Ampoc 2Q13 sales to rise
Bits + chips | 1h 26min ago
Alltop expects 20-30% growth in non-notebook businesses
IT + CE | 2h 57min ago
Chipbond expects sales to peak in 3Q13
Bits + chips | 3h ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Handycam camcorder GW88V
IT + CE | 3h 47min ago
Simplo, Dynapack approve 2012 dividends
IT + CE - Stockwatch | 3h 50min ago
Spreadtrum raises sales guidance for 2Q13
Bits + chips | 3h 57min ago
Taiwan optical supply chain facing challenges from China players
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 22:11
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- ODMs promoting convertible notebooks to brand vendors
- Chunghwa Telecom breaks ground for data center in northern Taiwan
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Digitimes Research: Competition in the AMOLED panel industry continuing to heat up
- Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term
- Acer, Asustek to continue posting losses in smartphone business
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Order visibility from BlackBerry extends to 2-3 quarters, say suppliers
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom mulls partnership for 4G investment
- LED packaging houses face rising technological challenge
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Rising demand for large-size TVs beneficial to polarizer makers: Q&A with Ho Jau-yang, chairman of CMMT
- Digitimes Research: China mobile AP market to expand in 2013
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Coolpad becomes top 3G handset vendor in China
- Releases
- White papers
- Bulletin
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- 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
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...

Singapore-based Gajah International Pte Ltd (Gajah) has won several Computex 2013 Design and Innovation...
- 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.

















