Last update: Wednesday 24 April 2013 [79 news items]
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...
Lite-On Technology to ship power supply systems for data centers
Apr 1, 11:31
Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology will begin to ship customized total power supply systems for use in cloud computing data centers in the US to Hewlett-Packard in the second...
Power supply maker Zippy purchases Clevo facilities for capacity expansion
Mar 14, 13:46
Taiwan-based industrial and server power supply maker Zippy Technology has recently spent NT$2.67 billion (US$89.88 million) to purchase Clevo's plants and office buildings in Wugu,...
AcBel announces revenue growth for 2012
Mar 12, 14:02
Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech has announced consolidated revenues of NT$24.39 billion (US$821.18 million), up 8.7% on year; net profits of NT$1.04 billion, up 70.88%...
Power supply demand to drive growth for semiconductors in 2013, says IMS Research
Jan 25, 10:08
Despite a largely flat market for power supplies in 2012, IMS Research is predicting that the market will offer strong opportunities for some semiconductor manufacturers in 2013.
AcBel seeks new cooperation model in 2013
Jan 22, 15:49
Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech has recently started a new project to boost the company's performance. Through seeking potential business opportunities from other industries...
Exar announces next-generation single channel switch for USB
Oct 26, 13:35
Exar, a provider of high performance analog mixed-signal and data management products, has announced the XRP2523, a next-generation single channel switch for USB VBUS power distribution...
Delta Electronics lands orders for data center power supply solutions from Baidu
Oct 5, 11:07
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has obtained orders for power supply solutions used in cloud computing data centers from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, according to industry...
Merchant power supply market to grow to US$29 billion in 2016, says IMS Research
Aug 31, 11:05
Growth in the merchant power supply market was curtailed in the second half of 2011 by continuing economic problems. Despite this, the market grew by 6.5%; however, this was just...
Lite-On Technology reports July revenues down 3.3% on-month
Aug 9, 01:30
Warren Chen, CEO of the Lite-On Group and Lite-On Technology, has said market conditions in the third quarter may be worse than expected. Chen believes the group's third-quarter 2012...
Sales of Lite-On power supply products hit 15-month high in June
Jul 6, 01:40
Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.43 billion (US$349.23 million) for June, up 2% on month and 4% on year. Among major product lines, sales of power supply...
Delta looks to strengthen 3Q12 performance
Jun 29, 12:40
Delta Electronics expects its performance for the third quarter of 2012 to be better than that recorded in the second, while maintaining its gross margin at the same double-digit...
Computex 2012: Delta to showcase green-energy consumer products
May 31, 16:06
Delta Electronics will highlight its green-energy consumer products and integrated services under the theme of "Smart Green Life" at Computex Taipei 2012, with product lineups...

Power, labor shortage in China may affect notebook shipments in 2H12
May 15, 01:35
As the labor shortage in Eastern China (coastal area) is turning worse and the summer season when powers shortages are common is approaching, notebook component supply in the second...
Delta sees March revenues grow 19% on month
Apr 11, 01:15
Power supply firm Delta Electronics has reported March revenues of NT$15.22 billion (US$515 million), a 19% increase on month, but a 1% decrease on year. According to Delta, first-quarter...

Mar 28, 01:20
Warren Chen, CEO of the Taiwan-based Lite-On Group, has indicated seasonal factors have been causing first-quarter 2012 revenues to be 5% less than fourth-quarter 2011. Nevertheless,...

CES 2012: New XO 3.0 showcased with Marvell chip
Jan 10, 01:35
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is showcasing its latest XO 3.0 tablet PC at CES 2012 at the booth of Marvell.

Lite-On to increase monthly shipments of LED light sources
Jan 5, 01:40
Lite-On Technology indicated its global market share of server power supplies has surpassed 20%. Lite-On expects the market share to grow to 35%. The firm also indicated the LED light...

Delta to set up power supply plant for industrial automation equipment, electric cars
Dec 26, 09:42
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics plans to set up a new plant as well as an R&D center for the development of power supply devices for industrial automation equipment and electric...

Delta October sales up 3% on month
Nov 11, 10:25
Delta Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$15.19 billion (US$502 million) for October 2011, up 3% sequentially but down 1% from a year earlier.
Lite-On reports flat October revenues
Nov 9, 13:56
Lite-On has reported October revenues of NT$10.149 (US$337 million), flat compared to September. Accumulated revenues from January-October reached NT$99.96 billion. Lite-On indicated...
Delta to introduce 40-inch e-paper devices in 2012
Nov 3, 11:57
Bruce CH Cheng, chairman of Taiwan-based power supply firm Delta Electronics, has revealed a plan to launch e-paper devices above 40-inch in the second half of 2012. The main applications...

Lite-On reports impressive 3Q11 profits
Nov 1, 16:37
Lite-On Technology has reported third-quarter revenues of NT$31.24 billion (US$1 billion), a 3.5% on-quarter increase. Net profits were NT$258 million, an on-quarter increase of 51.4%...
Lite-On plans to develop LED lighting products with Epistar
Sep 20, 14:07
Following the inauguration of Taiwan-based chipmaker Epistar's plant in Changzhou, China, Lite-On has indicated it plans to cooperate with Epistar to develop new LED lighting products,...
PSU maker ENG Electronic cuts into aluminum material supply industry
Sep 15, 01:25
Power supply unit (PSU) maker ENG Electronic has recently cut into the aluminum material supply industry and will start shipping aluminum materials and ingots to chassis makers such...
Microinverters and power optimizers grew 500% in 2010, says IMS Research
Sep 14, 15:24
Use of disruptive technologies in the PV inverter industry grew strongly in 2010 with shipments of microinverters and power optimizers growing by well over 500%; however, they still...
Lite-On, Delta named on 2011 DJSI World Index
Sep 14, 15:18
Lite-On Technology and Delta Electronics both have been selected as constituent stocks of the 2011 Dow Jones sustainability World Index (DJSI World) as well as DJSI Asia/Pacific Index...
Battery maker AcBel to benefit from cloud computing opportunity
Jun 16, 01:45
Taiwan-based battery maker AcBel expects its revenues to see a double-digit percentage growth in 2011, benefiting from cloud computing driving demand for server power supplies, according...
Market condition in 2H11 might not be as good as anticipated, says Delta chairman
Jun 15, 15:26
Delta Electronics has stated the development of cloud, solar and LED will face new opportunities in 2011 and revenues shall grow accordingly.
Darfon sees sequential drop in 1Q11 revenues
Apr 28, 01:40
Taiwan-based PC accessory maker Darfon Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.12 billion (US$212.21 million), down 8.7% sequentially with gross margin of 9.9% down...
PC component shortage raises specter of second-rate components entering the supply chain
Apr 19, 01:35
Component shortage that created by Japan's earthquake on March 11 has reportedly caused some upstream players supplying their clients second-rate components to satisfy their demand,...
Lite-On Tech and Delta see revenues up over 30% on month in March
Apr 8, 13:56
Power supply device makers Lite-On Technology saw its consolidated revenues increase 35% sequentially to NT$10.67 billion (US$368.18 million) in March, as fellow company Delta Electronics...
PSU maker AcBel saw revenues increase, but gross margin drop in 2010
Mar 24, 01:50
Taiwan-based power supply unit (PSU) maker AcBel Polytech has announced consolidated revenues of NT$22.08 billion (US$745.82 million) for 2010, up 24.19% on year; however, the company's...
Delta February revenues down 20% sequentially but up 20% on year
Mar 10, 09:54
Power supply device maker Delta Electronics has announced revenues of NT$11.1 billion (US$382.2 million) for February, down 20% sequentially but up 20% from a year earlier. Lite-On...
- 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
- 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...
- 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.






















