Last update: Thursday 20 June 2013 [12824 news items]
IC demand in China will remain robust after May 1 holidays, say sources
May 6, 15:11
Demand for IC parts from the smartphone and tablet sectors in China will remain strong even after the May 1 holiday season as market players are adjusting upward their forecasts of...
Innostor sees USB 3.0 flash drive controller shipments boom
May 3, 16:02
Innostor Technology, a fabless USB device controller firm, expects to see shipments of its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) flash drive controllers climb 30% sequentially in the second quarter...
Taiwan component makers turn conservative about 2Q13
May 3, 15:36
Taiwan-based component makers, in view of stagnant growth in global demand for notebooks and desktops, have turned conservative about their business outlooks for the second quarter...
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.
Cable maker Lintes to see increasing Thunderbolt demand in 2H13
Apr 30, 11:50
Taiwan-based connector and cable maker Lintes expects to benefit from increasing demand for Thunderbolt products in the second half of 2013 as more high-end PCs and Ultra HD TVs will...
Gigabyte releases Radeon HD 7990 graphics card
Apr 26, 16:01
Gigabyte Technology has introduced its latest Radeon HD 7990-based graphics card, GV-R799D5-6GD-B, featuring the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture for gaming performance and power...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Apr 26, 10:55
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has formed a new operating team and cooperated with a new partner, aiming to gain victory...
Lite-On Technology to expand CCM capacity by 50% in 2013, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 26, 10:22
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology will expand its monthly production capacity of CCMs (compact camera modules) used in smartphones and tablets by 50% from 20 million units...
Largan expects slight sequential growth in 2Q13 business
Apr 25, 20:35
Taiwan-based lens module maker Largan Precision expects consolidated revenues and net operating profit for the second quarter of 2013 to slightly increase on quarter mainly due to...
Sinbon sees on-year growth in 1Q13 revenues
Apr 25, 14:01
PC connector maker Sinbon has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.32 billion (US$77.96 million) for the first quarter, up 1.76% on year, consolidated gross margin at 21.8%, down...
Metal chassis suppliers remain confident about future performance
Apr 25, 13:59
As Apple is reportedly planning to adopt plastic chassis for its next-generation iPhone to save costs, market watchers are concerned that the strategy may lead to a trend which would...
Casetek sees revenues drop, but gross margins rise in 1Q13
Apr 24, 22:02
Taiwan-based chassis maker Casetek, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$9.79 billion (US$328.97 million) for the first quarter, down 17.2%...
Apr 24, 21:06
After three years of declining sales of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) into the Middle East and Africa region, the market returned to growth in 2012 and is forecast to continue...
Top-4 DIY power supply makers expected to see 5-10pp market share growth in 2013
Apr 24, 14:16
Antec, Cooler Master, Corsair and Thermaltake Technology, the four largest makers of PC power supplies, thermal modules and chassis in the global DIY market, are expected to see their...
AMD announces new embedded G-series SoC
Apr 24, 14:08
AMD has announced its new embedded G-series system-on-chip (SoC) platform, a single-chip solution based on the next-generation Jaguar CPU architecture and AMD Radeon 8000 series gr...
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...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Apr 23, 14:12
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG), about the use of MEMS for energy-saving applications. Lightman pointed out opportunities...
Haswell to account for less than 20% share of desktop CPU market
Apr 23, 13:49
Although Intel is set to release its next-generation Haswell-based processors in June, existing Ivy Bridge-based processors are still expected to account for 80% of desktop CPU shipments...
AMD welcomes Raja Koduri as corporate vice president, Visual Computing
Apr 23, 12:24
AMD has announced that Raja Koduri, 44, has rejoined the company as corporate vice president, Visual Computing, reporting to Mark Papermaster, senior vice president and chief technology...
Kingston reportedly books considerable DDR3 capacity at Taiwan makers
Apr 22, 21:56
Kingston Technology has booked up almost all of the available DDR3 production capacity at Nanya Technology, and the majority of that at Powerchip Technology, according to industry...
Catcher reportedly to exclusively supply metal-alloy chassis for use in HTC M4
Apr 19, 16:08
Catcher Technology will reportedly become an exclusive supplier of metal-alloy chassis for use in HTC's M4 smartphone, a revision of its New HTC One, with shipments of M4 to begin...
Taiwan connector makers face increasing competition from China
Apr 19, 15:40
Taiwan-based electronic connector makers have indicated that they are under increasing competitive pressure from China-based fellow makers and their technological advantages are shrinking...
Ability Opto-Electronics nets NT$0.13 per share for 1Q13
Apr 19, 14:17
Taiwan-based optical lens module maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology on April 18 reported revenues of NT$215.8 million (US$7.23 million), net profit of NT$10.4 million and net...
Asustek to launch own-brand SSDs
Apr 19, 12:11
Asustek Computer will launch a new line of SSDs based on the PCI Express 2.0 interface and made from MLC flash supplied by Toshiba, in May 2013 under the ROG (Republic of Gamers)...
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...
Hybrid touch-screen notebooks account for over 20% of all notebooks in 1Q13, say Taiwan hinge makers
Apr 18, 14:24
Hybrid touchscreen notebooks (featuring a detachable keyboard) developed in the first quarter of 2013 accounted for more than 20% of all notebook models, and because hinges used in...
Intel recommends 3 touch solution providers to ultrabook ODMs
Apr 18, 12:35
Intel, in line with boosting touch screens in third-generation ultrabooks, has recommended three touchscreen solution providers, Cambrios Technologies, FlatFrog and UniPixel, to ODMs,...
Smartphone panel order visibility through until 3Q13, say sources
Apr 18, 12:05
Order visibility for smartphone panels is already through until the third quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. With smartphone vendors launching devices with bigger screens,...
OGS technology bottlenecks keeping touch notebook prices high
Apr 18, 11:27
Notebook vendors hope they can sell touch panel notebook products cheaper in 2013 but may not be able to due to high costs in using one glass solution (OGS) technology as a result...
Sinher Technology to be listed on TSE
Apr 16, 20:34
Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Sinher Technology will soon shift its listing from the Emerging Stock Board to the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), according to the...
Palit, PC Partner surpass Asustek in graphics card market share
Apr 16, 19:34
Taiwan-based Palit Microsystems and Hong Kong-based PC Partner have surpassed Asustek Computer to rank first and second in terms of global retail market share for graphics cards,...
Gigabyte gaining on Asustek in motherboard shipments
Apr 16, 00:14
Gigabyte Technology shipped 4.9 million motherboards in the first quarter, only slightly behind Asustek Computer's five million units, allowing the company to have a chance to beat...
Ichia to grow flexible PCB revenues in 2013
Apr 15, 23:46
Taiwan-based Ichia Technology expects to grow revenues generated from its flexible PCB (FPCB) business in 2013, on an improvement of its production yield rates.
Samsung mass producing 128Gb 3-bit MLC NAND flash
Apr 15, 10:38
Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing a 128Gb, 3-bit multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND memory chip using 10nm-class process technology, according to the company. The new Samsung...
Simplo developing batteries for electric buses
Apr 12, 15:23
Simplo Technology has extended product development to batteries for use in electric vehicles and is developing models for use in electric buses, according to the company.
Intel fourth-generation Core processor (Haswell)
Intel has introduced the fourth-generation Intel Core processor family, providing responsive, secure and powerful performance for consumers to create and consume content. With power...
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 graphics card
Nvidia has introduced the GeForce GTX 780 GPU, designed for gaming enthusiasts, featuring Kepler architecture with 2,304 cores and 3GB of GDDR5 memory. The GeForce GTX 780 supports...
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Gigabyte GV-R799D5-6GD-B graphics card
Gigabyte Technology has introduced its latest Radeon HD 7990-based graphics card, GV-R799D5-6GD-B featuring the Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture for gaming performance and power...
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Nvidia has announced five new notebook GPUs, featuring the company's latest technologies - GPU Boost 2.0, Optimus and GeForce Experience software. Incorporating all three of these...
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost graphics card
Nvidia has introduced its new GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost GPU. Based on the Nvidia Kepler architecture and equipped with 768 CUDA cores, the GTX 650 Ti Boost GPU is available in 2GB...
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Jason LS Chen is a vice president in the Sales and Marketing Group at Intel and is responsible for all sales and marketing activities for Intel in Taiwan. As country manager, he supports...
Digital power supply: Q&A with Compuware executive
While natural resources are being drained slowly, energy costs are rising and demand for advanced power supply options is increasing. One of these options is digital power supply,...
Eyeing the gaming market: Q&A with ECS executive Sam Yeh
As many motherboard players have started paying attention to the gaming market, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), as a major motherboard vendor, is also set to expand its gaming...
Focused on mobile storage and peripherals: Q&A with Carry Tech president Taron Chang
Once chiefly known as an OEM for PC card readers and memory modules, Carry Technology has expanded its product portfolio to include Wi-Fi products and other peripherals for mobile...
Gigabyte to stay competitive by expanding existing advantages: Q&A with Gigabyte executives
With the motherboard industry reaching maturity and competition growing fierce, as the world's second ranked brand vendor, Gigabyte Technology has been aggressively trying to stay...
- 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
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- 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...
- 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.