Last update: Tuesday 5 June 2012 [26 news items]
Taiwan market: LG promotes monitors and TVs featuring IPS panels
Jun 5, 15:10
South Korea-based firm LG Electronics continues to strengthen market share in Taiwan. In 2011, LG took the largest share in Taiwan's LCD TV market. The firm continues to expand product...

Price gap between LED-backlit and CCFL-backlit monitors begins to widen again
Nov 22, 01:15
Beginning from second quarter 2011, the price of models below 22-inch almost have no difference while the price gap of models above 24-inch has narrowed to 5%. However, the market...

Sep 29, 16:22
The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based LED chipmaker Hang Zhou Silan Azure (Silan Azure) to gain insights in China's LED...

TPV to ship 60 million OEM LCD monitors in 2011
Sep 22, 01:40
Shipments of OEM LCD monitors by TPV Technology are expected to top 60 million units in 2011 while rival company Chimei Innolux (CMI) is likely to ship about 25-30 million units of...
LCD monitor sales in Taiwan likely to decrease 10% in 2011
Aug 3, 01:25
The high penetration rate of LCD monitors and the increasing popularity of low-priced notebooks and tablet PCs are likely to cause annual sales of LCD monitors in Taiwan to decrease...
Penetration of LED-backlit monitors to reach over 60% in 2H11
Jul 13, 01:05
The growth of LED-backlit monitors has been growing rapidly as many brands have stopped introducing CCFL-backlit products. In addition, the price of LED-backlit monitors has been...
Unity Opto and Bright LED June revenues down 30% on-year
Jul 6, 01:15
LED packaging houses Unity Opto and Bright LED both reported approximately 30% on-year decreases in June revenues. According to industry sources, demand in the TV market has been...
Chimei to expand marketing in China through Foxconn, VST
Jun 29, 11:41
Chimei, a Taiwan-based display product brand belonging to the Chimei Innolux (CMI) Group, will expand its marketing of LED-backlit LCD monitors and home-use LED lighting products...
BenQ aims at double LCD TV shipments in 2011
Mar 30, 01:25
With sales in China, the middle East, and Asia Pacific regions, BenQ aims to boost its LCD TV sales to 400,000-500,000 units in 2011, up from 200,000-30,000 units in 2010.
LED monitors to account for 50% of global LCD monitor market in 2011
Mar 22, 16:39
LED-backlit LCD monitors are expected to account for 50% of the global LCD monitor market in 2011, while Taiwan's LED-backlit monitor market is expected to account for over 60% of...
No price gap between LED-backlit and CCFL-backlit LCD monitors in 2H11
Mar 22, 01:15
With vendors actively promoting LED-backlit LCD monitor, and some vendors having completely transferred their product line to LED-backlit models in the first quarter of 2011, prices...
Taiwan market: 22-inch LCD monitor replaces 19-inch as mainstream
Mar 21, 17:07
With prices dropping to the sweet spot, 22-inch LCD monitors replaced 19-inch models as the mainstream in the Taiwan market in January-February, driven by promotions by such vendors...
Taiwan market: LCD monitor market to remain flat in 2011, says BenQ
Mar 2, 01:40
With the LCD monitor market maturing and delays in government procurement projects, the LCD monitor market in Taiwan is expected to remain flat or decrease slightly in 2011, while...
ViewSonic aims to ship 8 million LCD monitors in 2011
Jan 19, 01:45
ViewSonic aims to become one of the top-three LCD monitor vendors in 2011 with shipments of eight million units.
Taiwan market: LED monitors account for 25% of overall monitor market in 3Q10, says IDC
Dec 17, 01:15
Through promotion from LCD monitor vendors such as Chimei and ViewSonic, LED-backlit LCD monitor sales in the third quarter of 2010 in Taiwan reached 125,000 units, accounting for...
Chimei eyeing China LCD monitor market through Foxconn channels
Dec 9, 16:45
Chimei has announced cooperation with Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) channel retailers to develop the China market and is aiming for revenues from overseas markets...
Taiwan market: LCD monitor sales to remain flat or drop slightly in 2011
Dec 8, 14:49
Taiwan's LCD monitor market is expected to remain flat or contract slightly on year to around 1.28-1.3 million units in 2011 as a result of high penetration rate and intense competition...
Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top in LCD monitor market in 2010
Dec 8, 01:45
Asustek Computer will be the leading vendor in Taiwan's LCD monitor market in 2010 with almost 30% market share due to bundled sales of monitors and desktops through procurement pr...
Taiwan market: Upcoming IT Month helps to increase market share of LED-backlit products
Dec 3, 01:40
LED-backlit TV's share in the Taiwan LCD TV market is expected to reach 20% at the end of 2010, while market share of LED-backlit monitors is also expected to reach 20% at the end...
Global LCD monitor market to stay flat or drop slightly in 2010
Nov 10, 10:52
CCFL-backlit LCD monitor panel prices have stopped dropping after fast declined in the third quarter of 2010. But the current low levels mean price-sensitive consumers will be more...
Taiwan market: Samsung introduces new LED monitor
Oct 5, 15:12
Samsung Electronics has introduced a new LED-backlit LCD monitor, the BX2231, to the Taiwan market with a sales price of NT$6,290 (US$202.31).
China market: BenQ expects 50% shipment growth for projectors, 30% for DSC
Apr 20, 11:34
BenQ shipped 96,000 front projectors and 380,000 digital still cameras (DSCs) to the China market in 2009, an increase from 2008 by 60% and 30% respectively, and the company expects...
Taiwan market: Softex Taipei helps boost LCD monitor shipments in March
Apr 14, 11:22
LCD monitor brands saw their shipments to the Taiwan market reach about 10% higher than original predictions in March due to demand generated by Softex Taipei, according to market...
Chimei expects LED models to account for over 30% of its monitor revenues in 2010
Mar 26, 14:12
Taiwan-based vendor Chimei on March 25 unveiled a 23-inch L series LED-backlit LCD monitor, the 23LH, and will launch four more LED monitor models in the second half of 2010, with...

Taiwan market: BenQ aims to become second largest LCD monitor vendor in 2010
Feb 8, 15:37
BenQ aims to become the second largest vendor in Taiwan's LCD monitor market with a 20-22% share in 2010 mainly through sales of its LED-backlit models, according to the company.
Asustek, Chimei to launch own-brand LED-backlit LCD monitors
Aug 12, 11:38
Asustek Computer will launch larger than 20-inch LED-backlit LCD monitors worldwide by the end of 2009, while Chimei, the own-brand subsidiary of Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- 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
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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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
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- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
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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 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.





















