Last update: Thursday 30 May 2013 [148 news items]
Worldwide server shipments declines 0.7% in 1Q13, says Gartner
May 30, 12:12
In the first quarter 2013, worldwide server shipments declined 0.7% on year, while revenues declined 5% from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.
Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
May 16, 22:10
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7% from the same period in 2012, according to Gartner...
PC shipments in Western Europe decline 20.5% in 1Q13, says Gartner
May 16, 14:08
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 12.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a decline of 20.5% from the corresponding period of 2012, according to Gartner.
Worldwide semiconductor assembly and testing revenues up 2% in 2012, says Gartner
May 3, 15:13
The worldwide semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) market totaled US$24.5 billion in 2012, a 2.1% increase from 2011, according to Gartner.
Global IC foundry market rises 16% in 2012, says Gartner
Apr 25, 13:53
The worldwide semiconductor foundry market totaled US$34.6 billion in 2012, a 16.2% increase from 2011, according to Gartner.
Early 3D printing adopters could gain innovation advantage over rivals, says Gartner
Apr 19, 10:41
3D printing is disrupting the design, prototyping and manufacturing processes in a wide range of industries, according to Gartner. Enterprises should start experimenting with 3D printing...
Worldwide PC shipments in 1Q13 drop to lowest levels since 2Q09, says Gartner
Apr 15, 10:40
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a 11.2% decline from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner. Global PC shipments went below...
Mobility is reshaping consumer gadget spending and behavior, says Gartner
Mar 18, 15:11
Household adoption and spending on consumer technology products is shifting faster than expected in favor of gadgets and services that are portable or mobile and those that deliver...
Samsung surpasses Apple as top global semiconductor customer in 2012, says Gartner
Jan 24, 11:09
Samsung Electronics and Apple both dominated semiconductor demand in 2012, although Samsung overtook Apple as the top worldwide semiconductor customer, according to Gartner.
Global 4Q12 PC shipments slip 5%, says Gartner
Jan 15, 14:16
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 90.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 4.9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Gartner.
Fab spending to fall another 9.7% in 2013, Gartner says
Dec 20, 11:02
Worldwide wafer fab equipment spending is forecast to total US$27 billion in 2013, a 9.7% decline from 2012, according to Gartner. In 2012, spending is on pace to reach US$29.9 billion,...
Gartner cuts 2012, 2013 chip market growth forecasts
Dec 14, 10:52
Gartner has revised downward its growth projections for the global semiconductor market growth in 2012 and 2013, citing "economic headwinds and an inventory correction."
Lenovo to become top smartphone vendor in China, says Gartner
Nov 22, 16:08
Market research firm Gartner has published its IT predictions for China in 2013 and beyond. The predictions include Lenovo becoming the top smartphone vendor in China.
Nov 15, 11:17
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.1% decline from the third quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. Smartphone...
New applicaitons, markets to drive MEMS market growth
Nov 12, 10:44
At the MEMS Executive Congress US 2012 held on November 8, analysts from research firms including Gartner, IHS iSuppli, Semico Research and Yole Developpement gathered to discuss...

Smart devices sales to reach 821 million in 2012; to rise to 1.2 billion in 2013, says Gartner
Nov 8, 11:16
The consumerization trend has hit IT as an unstoppable force, as 821 million smart devices (smartphones and tablets) will be purchased worldwide in 2012 and pass the billion mark...
Wafer fab equipment spending to decline 13.3% in 2012, says Gartner
Oct 2, 15:56
Global wafer fab equipment spending is on pace to total US$31.4 billion in 2012, a decline of 13.3% from 2011 spending of US$36.2 billion, according to Gartner. The research firm...
Asia Pacific PC shipments declined 2.6% in 2Q12, says Gartner
Aug 31, 15:47
Asia Pacific PC shipments totaled 30.3 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.6% decline compared with the same quarter in 2011, according to Gartner. The most notable decline...
Worldwide server market sees shipment growth, revenues decline in 2Q12, says Gartner
Aug 30, 16:07
In the second quarter of 2012, worldwide server shipments grew 1.4% over the second quarter of 2011, while revenues declined 2.9% on year, according to Gartner.
Aug 17, 15:12
Healthy growth in information technology (IT) spending in China will stimulate adoption of technologies including desktop and server virtualization, software as a service (SaaS) and...
Worldwide mobile phone sales decline 2.3% in 2Q12, says Gartner
Aug 16, 01:00
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3% decline from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. Smartphone...
Acer ranks first in 2Q12 notebook shipments, says Gartner
Aug 15, 01:25
Acer topped the notebook market shipping 7.567 million units in the global market during the second quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.
Global PC shipments to decline 0.4% in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 2, 15:59
Worldwide PC shipments will total 363 million in 2012, a decline of 1.5 million units or 0.4% from 365 million shipped in 2011, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted...
Worldwide wafer fab equipment spending to decline 8.9% in 2012, Gartner says
Jun 25, 16:07
Worldwide wafer fab equipment spending is on pace to total US$33 billion in 2012, a decline of 8.9% from 2011 spending of US$36.2 billion, according to Gartner. The market will return...
Worldwide mobile phone sales declined 2% in 2Q12, says Gartner
May 18, 10:41
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 2% decline from the first quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. This is...
IDC raises 2012 chip market growth forecast
May 3, 01:05
IDC has raised its prediction for the 2012 global chip market to 6-7% annual growth from the 3.1% increase estimated previously.
Acer, Inventec announce results for 1Q12
Apr 26, 01:35
Acer and Inventec have hosted investor meeting and announced their latest performance in the first quarter.
Global chip revenues grow 1.8% in 2011, Gartner says
Apr 18, 11:13
Worldwide semiconductor revenues reached US$306.8 billion in 2011, up US$5.4 billion, or 1.8% from 2010, according to Gartner.
IC foundry market grows 5.1% in 2011, says Gartner
Mar 30, 16:45
The worldwide semiconductor foundry market totaled US$29.8 billion in 2011, a 5.1% increase from 2010, according to Gartner. The semiconductor supply chain experienced some impact...
DRAM supply growth set to decelerate in 2012, says Gartner analyst
Mar 29, 16:37
With chipmakers slowing down their capacity expansions as well as delaying the transition to newer process technologies due to company mergers and acquisitions, the global bit growth...
IC manufacturing equipment spending to decline in 2012, says Gartner
Mar 22, 16:41
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending is projected to total US$38.9 billion in 2012, an 11.6% decline from 2011 spending of US$44 billion, according to Gartner.
Gartner revises 2012 semiconductor forecast to 4% growth
Mar 14, 14:45
Gartner has raised its global semiconductor market forecast for 2012, according to the research firm. Global semiconductor revenues in 2012 now is expected to rise by 4% compared...
Worldwide smartphone sales soar 47% on year in 4Q11, says Gartner
Feb 16, 16:11
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3% increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner. Total smartphone...
Acer expects double ultrabook shipments in 2Q12, improving gross margin each quarter
Feb 16, 01:25
Acer has announced results for 2011 with operating profit turning from losses to gains in the fourth quarter of 2011, while company chairman JT Wang pointed out that gross margin...

Processor firms outpace industry growth in 2011, Gartner says
Dec 20, 14:17
Processor suppliers Intel, Qualcomm, AMD and Nvidia outperformed the rest of the semiconductor industry in 2011, Gartner wrote in its recent report. Worldwide semiconductor revenues...
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
- Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
- Digitimes Research: TSMC expanding in China
- Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
- Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
- Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
- AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
- Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
- IDC lowers forecast growth for monitors while average screen size increases
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- Chilisin eyes strong prospect of tablet market, expects strong growth
- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- 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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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
- 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

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

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...
- 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.


















