Last update: Monday 20 May 2013 [737 news items]
TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
May 20, 22:50
A report has claimed that Samsung Electronics' combined production of chips using advanced 32/28nm process technologies accounted for roughly 50% of the global production of the same...
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...
Top industrial electronics chipmakers suffer declining revenues in 2012, says IHS
May 10, 10:14
The eight leading suppliers of industrial electronics semiconductors suffered revenue declines in 2012, reflecting weak conditions for the beleaguered market, according to IHS iSup...
Mobile devices lead electronics purchases, says CEA
May 2, 12:24
Consumers' desire for mobility is driving sales of tablets, smartphones, e-book readers and wireless mobile hotspots, according to a new study released by the Consumer Electronics...
May 2, 12:16
What would happen if half of all global production for DRAM, two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing and 70% of the world's tablet display supply suddenly disappeared from the market?...
Delta Electronics expects significant growth in 2Q13 sales
May 2, 10:35
Delta Electronics expects its second-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues to significantly increase on quarter mainly due to growing orders for industrial automation equipment.
KYEC, Giga Solution see in-house developed equipment attract new orders
Apr 26, 11:22
IC testing houses King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) and Giga Solution Tech have both developed their own manufacturing equipment, which is helping the companies attract new orders,...
KYEC lands new orders for MEMS testing
Apr 25, 22:18
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has grabbed orders for tri-axis accelerometers used in low-to-mid cost smartphones from a major MEMS IDM, with shipments kicking off...
Delta Electronics to ship at least 6,000 home-use EV chargers in 2013
Apr 24, 10:12
Delta Electronics will ship at least 6,000 home-use electric vehicle (EV) charging appliances to the North America market in 2013, with shipments to begin in May, according to company...
Winbond breaks into Galaxy S4 supply chain
Apr 23, 14:51
Winbond Electronics reportedly has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy 4S with its specialty DRAM and NOR flash chips.
Taiwan market: LED lighting demand to take off in 2H13, says Everlight Electronics
Apr 22, 21:55
Demand for LED lighting in the Taiwan market is expected to take off in the second half of 2013, with mainstream power of LED light bulbs to rise from 8W currently to 10-12W and sales...
Companies gearing up for USB 3.0 hub market boom
Apr 18, 21:43
USB controller chipmakers including ASMedia Technology, Genesys Logic, Realtek Semiconductor, Renesas Electronics, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), Texas Instruments (TI)...
Innolux supplies panels for China-based BBK Electronics
Apr 16, 15:19
Taiwan-based Innolux Corporation has begun to supply panels for use in electronic devices for educational applications such as electronic dictionary translators produced by BBK Electronics,...
Winbond to report small 1Q13 loss
Apr 15, 23:40
Winbond Electronics is set to report another quarterly loss, but small, paving the way for the company's return to profitability.
Delta Electronics March revenues up over 36% sequentially
Apr 11, 13:58
Delta Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$14.094 billion (US$472 million) for March, increasing 36.31% sequentially but decreasing 3.84% on year. January-March consolidated...
Taiwan market: Home electronics makers expect to see improved performances in 2013
Apr 3, 12:25
Taiwan-based home electronics makers are expected to see increased performances in 2013.
Everlight, Delta Electronics win government procurement of 500,000 LED bulbs
Apr 1, 21:31
Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics and Delta Electronics have won open-bid procurement of 500,000 9W LED light bulbs at a total price of about NT$94 million (US$3.15 million) from...
Compal Electronics 2012 net EPS down over 40%
Apr 1, 10:50
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics has released its 2012 financial report, with net EPS of NT$1.47 (US$0.05) decreasing 41.90% from 2011.
Primax Electronics expects CCMs to drive revenue growth in 2013
Mar 29, 10:18
Taiwan-based EMS provider Primax Electronics expects its consolidated revenues for 2013 to grow over 10% from 2012 and CCMs (compact camera modules) will be the main source of growth,...
Everlight Electronics, Lextar optimistic about 2013 business operation
Mar 26, 21:06
LED chip packaging house Everlight Electronics and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Lextar Electronics hold optimistic outlooks on their business operations in 2013, according to...
TXC breaks into supply chain for Samsung tablets
Mar 21, 21:21
TXC has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' new tablet series with its quartz crystals, according to market sources. The Taiwan-based firm is already a supplier of quartz...
Everlight Electronics tapping China LED lighting market
Mar 18, 21:25
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has begun to tap the China market for its own-brand LED lighting products through setting up a marketing subsidiary in Shanghai...

IC distributor ANStek eyeing market potential in industrial electronics sector
Mar 14, 15:15
Taiwan-based IC distributor Answer Technology (ANStek) is eyeing the market potential in Taiwan's industrial electronics sector and has seen a pick-up in orders from IC testing and...

Delta Electronics posts 2012 net EPS of NT$6.68
Mar 13, 11:21
Delta Electronics recorded net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$6.68 for 2012 operation and will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$5.30, according to the company.
Delta Electronics sees February revenues decrease
Mar 8, 10:25
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics on March 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.340 billion (US$348 million) for February, decreasing 28.20% on month and 15.88% on year, and those...
Sharp announces new investment agreement with Samsung Electronics
Mar 6, 21:45
Sharp has announced it has decided to issue new shares through a third-party allotment to Samsung Electronics Japan, a Japan-based corporation of Samsung Electronics, and form a capital...
Samsung, Hynix continue to lead DRAM sales
Feb 18, 22:42
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix continued to dominate the global market for DRAM chips in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the pair's combined market share reaching 67%, according...
Electronics contract manufacturing business set for 4-5% growth in 2013, says IHS
Feb 18, 14:37
Despite lingering weakness in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in technology markets, the outsourced manufacturing industry is expected to post moderate revenue growth...
Delta Electronics sees increased January revenues
Feb 18, 10:22
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$14.401 billion (US$488 million) for January, increasing 7.72% on month and 25.24% on year.
Samsung continues NAND flash market lead in 2012
Feb 5, 12:28
Samsung Electronics continued to lead the global NAND flash market in 2012, despite a 4.9% decrease in sales of the memory, according to DRAMeXchange.
Delta Electronics showcasing iPEMS at ISE 2013
Jan 29, 11:35
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics is showcasing iPEMS, an in-house-developed smart monitoring and management system, at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2013 exhibition in Amsterdam...
LED driver IC vendors to see booming shipments in 2013
Jan 22, 14:02
Taiwan-based LED driver IC suppliers Richtek Technology, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see shipments boom in 2013 on anticipated growth in LED demand for backlight...
Teco aims for US$345 million in home electronics revenues during 2013
Jan 22, 11:50
Sales from frequency conversion air conditioners used in the commercial segment are expected to help Teco reach its targeted revenues of NT$1 billion (US$345 million) within the home...
Taiwan market: Home electronics makers see mixed results in 2012
Jan 14, 15:34
Home electronics maker Sampo reportedly reached NT$10.63 billion (US$367.46 million) in revenues during 2012, up 22% on year, while Tatung's revenues dropped 16.2% on year to NT$32.18...
Delta Electronics sees December revenues decrease
Jan 11, 10:35
Delta Electronics on January 10 reported consolidated revenues of NT$13.432 billion (US$461 million) for December 2012, shrinking 8.47% on month and 0.07% on year, and those of 176.004...
Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
Displays | 1h 21min ago
Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
Displays | 1h 24min ago
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- 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
- 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
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- 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%
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
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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
23-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8237.83 | -161.01 | -1.92% |

| TSE electronic | 311.32 | -6.23 | -1.96% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 119.35 | -1.36 | -1.13% |

| OTC electronic | 144.06 | -1.58 | -1.08% |

- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News

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 and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.





















