Last update: Monday 20 May 2013 [25 news items]
BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
May 20, 15:48
Weak PC sales have impacted BIOS designers such as Insyde Software, Phoenix Technologies and American Megatrends (AMI), prompting them to start taking measures to deal with the impact,...
Insyde to see difficult quarter in 1Q13, says chairman
Jan 30, 21:39
Chairman of Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software Jeremy Wang has told investors that he hopes the first quarter will be the low point in 2013 for the company and market demand...
Insyde announces profit for 3Q12
Oct 29, 21:24
Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced its third-quarter result with revenues of NT$280 million (US$9.57 million), while its net profit reached NT$34.17 million...
Insyde conservative about revenue performance in 2H12
Sep 20, 01:30
PC BIOS designer Insyde Software chairman Jeremy Wang expects the company's third-quarter revenues to only see a sequential growth of less than 5% due to weaker-than-expected notebook...
Sep 7, 14:07
As Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) platform is gradually becoming the next BIOS structure standard, the competition between BIOS designers is also becoming fiercer, and...
Insyde not worried about competitive pressure from Phoenix Technologies
Jul 27, 15:43
Insyde Software is not worried about potential competitive pressure from US-based fellow developer Phoenix Technologies due to the latter becoming a partner with Intel to develop...
Insyde 2Q12 revenues below expectations
Jul 25, 01:40
Insyde Software, a Taiwan-based developer of BIOS firmware, originally expected its consolidated revenues for second-quarter 2012 to increase 5% sequentially, but actually saw a decrease...
BIOS designers to compete for Windows smartphone market
Jun 22, 15:11
In addition to BIOS solutions for Windows 8, Insyde Software, Phoenix Technologies and American Megatrends are also aggressively competing for the smartphone BIOS market as Microsoft...
Insyde receives orders from Lenovo
Apr 12, 01:25
Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced several new UEFI firmware and tools designed for Windows 8 at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) and the company's solutions have...
Phoenix, Insyde and AMI competing for adoption of UEFI BIOS in Windows 8
Mar 14, 16:41
Having released the beta version of Windows 8 at the end of February, Microsoft is now in the final stages of testing and revisions, and working with hardware developers and collect...
BIOS maker Insyde expected to benefit from Windows 8
Mar 6, 01:25
Taiwan-based BIOS maker Insyde Software is expected to be one of the players to benefit most from Windows 8 as the company is currently the fastest player to adopt UEFI BIOS and was...
Insyde posts 2011 net EPS of NT$11.03
Feb 15, 01:35
Insyde Software, a Taiwan-based developer of UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface) BIOS, generated net EPS of NT$11.03 for 2011, according to the company at a February 14 investors...
Intel Capital to invest in Insyde, SNSplus
Nov 16, 11:02
Intel Capital has revealed that it will invest in Taiwan-based Insyde Software, a provider of system firmware and software engineering service, and SNSplus, an international publisher...
Insyde cooperates with ARM over new technologies
Oct 31, 16:18
Taiwan-based software designer Insyde Software has announced it will cooperate with ARM to create a new software R&D technician training program to help transfer its UEFI technology,...
Intel, Insyde Software to host Fall UEFI Plugfest in Taiwan
Oct 18, 01:20
Intel and Taiwan-based software designer Insyde Software will jointly host Fall UEFI Plugfest in Taiwan from October 25-27, to promote the latest UEFI technologies.
Intel sets to invest NT$300 million in software designer Insyde
Sep 20, 01:25
Intel is set to invest NT$300 million (US$10.06 million) in Taiwan-based software designer Insyde Software and is expected to acquire about a 8.24% stake in the company, according...
Insyde supports Medfield-based tablets with value-added ARM solutions
Sep 16, 14:03
Taiwan-based Insyde Software has announced the availability of its "Humanos" operating system for the next generation of Intel's 32nm SoC tablet platforms codenamed "...
Insyde Software reports strong earnings for 1H11
Sep 2, 13:44
BIOS solution vendor Insyde Software has reported net profits of NT$86.25 million (US$2.97 million) or an EPS of NT$2.28 for the second quarter of 2011. EPS for the first half reached...
Insyde brings UEFI BIOS to TI OMAP platform supporting next-version Windows
Jun 29, 17:00
Insyde Software has announced the delivery of UEFI BIOS and engineering services to customers designing ultra-thin laptops, tablets and mobile internet devices based on the ARM-based...
Insyde working on EFI BIOS for Windows 8
Jun 3, 01:30
Taiwan-based Insyde Software has announced that it is working on BIOS solutions supporting the UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface) standard for Microsoft's next version of...
Acer rumored to acquire Insyde, but the firm says no plans to sell currently
May 12, 01:00
In response to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci's comment that Acer lacks talent that can help to integrate software and hardware platforms for its smartphone and tablet PC products, Acer...
Insyde becomes new leader in notebook BIOS market with 40% share
Oct 14, 13:59
Insyde Software, assisted by Intel, has seen its share in the notebook BIOS market rise to 40%, surpassing the previous leader Phoenix, which currently only has about 20% share, according...
Insyde steps into developing BIOS for servers
Mar 29, 16:01
Taiwan-based Insyde Software, a developer of BIOS (basic input/output system) and UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface) firmware, has stepped into development of BIOS firmware...
IC distributor PCT optimistic about revenue growth in 2010
Dec 21, 16:40
Professional Computer Technology (PCT), which distributes products for Silicon Storage Technology (SST), Sonix Technology, Silego and Insyde, has expressed optimism about the company's...
Computex 2009: Acer to announce cooperation with Insyde for netbooks, says paper
Newswatch - Jun 1, 15:42
Acer is expected to announce cooperation with Insyde Software, a developer of BIOS software and UEFI-based firmware over a new instant-on software feature for Acer's Aspire One netbook...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
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- 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
- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- 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.