Last update: Tuesday 23 April 2013 [12 news items]
Asustek to push Padfone Infinity in China
Apr 23, 09:57
Asustek Computer has recently partnered with China Unicom to sell its new Padfone Infinity in China and the company will also host a launch conference later this month (April) to...
Google, Asustek expected to unveil 7-inch Nexus tablet PC at Google I/O
Jun 19, 01:45
Google and Asustek Computer's jointly developed 7-inch Nexus tablet PC is set to be unveiled at Google I/O, a developer event that will be hosted from June 27-29 at San Francisco's...

Virtual screen will be ubiquitous in 2015, says Asustek Chairman
Apr 12, 01:05
Chairman of Asustek Computer Jonney Shih, commenting on the PC industry's future, pointed out that as the PC industry is heading toward a cloud computing generation, virtual screens...

Computex 2011: Asustek announces Padfone, bundling smartphone with tablet PC
May 31, 01:20
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer, at its pre-Computex press conference, announced its Padfone, bundling a 4.3-inch smartphone with a 10-inch tablet PC for an estimated...

Asustek chairman sends internal note to boost morale
Jul 8, 15:42
Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih recently sent an internal note to the company's employees to strengthen team morale as the company has been impacted by rumors president and...
Asustek still second largest netbook maker, says CEO
Apr 23, 16:04
Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek Computer, during a shareholders meeting on April 22, said that based on Intel's Atom processor shipments, the company was still the world's second largest...
Asustek Eee Pad to hit channel in July
Apr 23, 14:12
Asustek Computer chairman Jerry Shen has announced, at a conference in Taiwan, that the company will introduce its tablet PC, the Eee Pad, at Computex 2010, scheduled between June...
CES 2010: Asustek conservative about smartbooks
Jan 7, 16:20
Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih has noted that the company is not in a rush to launch smartbook products although the company is already developing related devices. Asustek...
Newswatch - Nov 16, 15:56
Asustek Computer is considering plans to aid its goal of ranking as the global top-three notebook vendor in 2011 through acquisitions; Toshiba's notebook business has been identified...
Oct 19, 15:36
During a recent get together with local Taiwan media, Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih and company president and CEO Jerry Shen discussed opportunities in the green energy market,...

Asustek and Acer chairmen hold differing views on ultra-thin notebooks, says paper
Newswatch - Jun 23, 16:54
Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih has recently expressed his conservative attitude toward the future potential of ultra-thin notebooks, while Acer chairman JT Wang is optimistic...
Asustek unable to assure profitability in 2Q09
Jun 17, 15:49
Asustek Computer is conservative about its business outlook for the second half of 2009 and is not sure whether its operations can turn from the net loss of NT$3.1 billion (US$94...
Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
IT + CE | 6min ago
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Bits + chips | 15min ago
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Displays | 16min ago
Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
IT + CE | 18min ago
MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
Bits + chips | 31min ago
Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
Mobile + telecom | 33min ago
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 35min ago
Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
Displays | 37min ago
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Before Going to Press | 29min ago
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Before Going to Press | 33min ago
Touchscreen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong May
Before Going to Press | 34min ago
Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
Before Going to Press | 35min ago
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook panel shipments during 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 35min ago
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Before Going to Press | 38min ago
Epistar expects revenue proportion for LED used in lighting to rise to 30%
Before Going to Press | 38min ago
HTC cooperates with KDDI to launch HTC One in Japan market
Before Going to Press | 40min ago
TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
Before Going to Press | 49min ago
Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
Before Going to Press | 50min ago
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers facing increasing competition from rivals in China
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- More firms provide crystal-less USB 3.0 device controllers
- BLU makers report different results in 1Q13
- ChipMOS capex for 2013 to reach NT$2.5-2.8 billion
- BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Capella tops analog IC suppliers with highest EPS in 1Q13
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Releases
- White papers
- Bulletin
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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
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- 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
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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.

















