Last update: Monday 6 May 2013 [340 news items]
Touchscreen models to account for 50% of Acer notebook shipments in 2014
May 6, 22:38
Acer is set to raise the shipment proportion of its touchscreen notebooks from 12% of the total volume in the first quarter to 50% by 2014 and 70% by 2015, according to Acer vice...
Apacer pursuing profit stability, says president
Apr 30, 11:45
Memory module firm Apacer Technology, which has already shifted its corporate focus away from the volatile DRAM market, will be dedicated to pursuing stable and long-term profitability,...
Mobile device applications to fuel serial flash demand, says Winbond president
Apr 29, 13:51
New applications for serial NOR flash memory will support and propel the market over the next four years, said Winbond Electronics president Tung-Yi Chan at an April 26 investors...
Innolux has handset panel order visibility until 4Q13, says company president
Apr 23, 20:51
Innolux has order visibility for handset panels until the fourth quarter of 2013, according to company president JC Wang.
Innolux to produce 28-inch Ultra HD monitor panels in 2013, says company president
Apr 23, 20:32
Innolux has plans to release 28-inch LCD Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) monitor panels in 2013, according to company president JC Wang.
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...
ASMedia to move 85nm chips to mass production in 2H13
Apr 19, 15:44
USB controller design firm ASMedia Technology expects to start mass producing chips using 85nm process technology, according to company president Chewei Lin.
Japan Display has begun to see profits, says president
Apr 12, 10:43
Japan display has begun to make profits and aims to surpass other countries in LCD technologies, according to Shuichi Otsuka, president of the firm.
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
Apr 8, 10:41
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset market, Broadcom's mobile solutions have found their way into the supply...
Innolux plans to produce a wide range of Ultra HD TV panels, says president
Feb 27, 16:01
Innolux Corporation has plans to produce Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels in various sizes including 39- and 50-inch and is likely to produce even more sizes in the future, according...
AUO expects positive turnaround in its financial performance during 2013, says company president
Feb 18, 22:10
AU Optronics (AUO) is looking to have a turnaround in its financial performance during 2013 and expects its shipments to start increasing as of March 2013, according to AUO president...
AUO expects to see stronger performance in 2013 due to improved product mix, says president
Feb 7, 15:20
AU Optronics (AUO) expects to see a good turnaround in performance during 2013 due to an improved product mix for its tablet and Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) panels, according to company...
Buynow to open 3 new stores in China in 2013
Jan 30, 22:01
Buynow, a channel retail subsidiary of notebook maker Clevo, is set to open three new stores in China in 2013, according to Clevo president Simon Tsai and strategic officer Lin Qun...
Acer considering selling Chromebook in countries outside the US
Jan 28, 23:06
Seeing its Chromebook products enjoy better-than-expected sales in the US, Acer is currently considering to sell the products in other mature markets outside the US, according to...
Innolux to see 5-10% decline in shipments during 1Q13, says company president
Jan 24, 19:43
Innolux Corporation can expect to see a 5-10% decline in panel orders throughout the first quarter 2013, with February declines expected to be the most severe, according to Innolux...
NOR flash industry to see another wave of consolidation, says Macronix
Jan 23, 13:59
The NOR flash memory industry will be pushed into another wave of consolidation with the number of suppliers reduced to 2-3, according to Macronix International president Chih-Yuan...
Teco aims for US$345 million in home electronics revenues during 2013
Jan 22, 11:50
Sales from frequency conversion air conditioners used in the commercial segment are expected to help Teco reach its targeted revenues of NT$1 billion (US$345 million) within the home...
Si-based GaN difficult to replace sapphire, says TSMC SSL president
Jan 21, 22:28
Toshiba and US-based Bridgelux will reportedly start volume production of 8-inch Si-substrate GaN wafers for use to make LED chips in the first quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based...
Compal aims to hike revenue proportion for non-notebook products to 26% in 2013, says president
Jan 21, 10:29
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics aims to increase the proportion of consolidated revenues for non-notebook products from 20% in 2012 to 26% in 2013 and over 30% in 2014,...
Display and DRAM industries ready to rebound, says Advantest Taiwan president
Jan 17, 11:59
The display and DRAM industries have both hit bottom, and are likely to stage a rebound in 2013, according to Advantest Taiwan president CH Wu.
Foxconn to follow government policy and regulations over Sharp investments
Jan 7, 22:07
Commenting on the president of Sharp's recent statement about the cooperation between Sharp and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), Foxconn pointed out that the company...
Touchscreen offers new opportunity for PC brands: An interview with Acer president
Dec 27, 15:56
The PC industry saw several major developments in 2012, such as the rise of ARM-based products that greatly weakened the influence of the Wintel platform and Microsoft's launch of...
Acer to host supply chain conference in January 2013
Dec 24, 22:34
Acer is set to host a supply chain conference on January 17, 2013 with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Pegatron Technology, to all...
The challenge for mobile telecom carriers: Q&A with FET president Yvonne Li
Dec 19, 11:02
Along with increasing use of smartphones, competition among mobile telecom carriers is changing and they are faced with a big challenge to transform themselves into total solution...
Dec 12, 22:07
Acer originally believed that tablets would soon lose their attractiveness to consumers helping notebooks to regain their influence; however as market watchers and IT players mostly...
Qisda to focus on high-end medical products in China during 2013, says company president
Dec 6, 16:05
Qisda will aim at promoting high-end electronics products for use in the medical segment in China during 2013, according to company president Hermit Huang.
Nov 27, 14:52
Asustek Computer's Zenbooks, Transformer tablets and the Nexus 7 have helped expand its brand recognition, raising its share in the North America notebook market from 7% in the second...
FDD-LTE currently more mature than TD-LTE, says NSN China president
Nov 21, 15:23
The development of FDD-LTE in terms of technology and supply chain is currently more mature than TD-LTE, according to Greater China president Markus Borchert for Nokia Siemens Networks...
Developing innovative energy technology: Q&A with Siemens president and CEO Peter Loscher
Nov 20, 14:40
Germany-based Siemens introduced an environmental portfolio in 2011 to help reduce gas emissions by 317 million tons. According to Peter Loscher, president and CEO of Siemens, climate...
GaN-on-Si for LED: Q&A with Azzurro vice president of sales and marketing Erwin Ysewijn
Nov 9, 14:13
GaN-on-Si is a new technology that has the potential to replace sapphire substrates in the LED supply chain. Erwin Ysewijn, vice president of sales and marketing at Azzurro Semiconductors,...
Foxconn may release 130-inch TV products in the future, says company vice president
Nov 8, 21:15
Foxconn Electronics may release 70-, 80- and even as large as 130-inch TV products in the future, but the products are not expected to interfere with Chimei Innolux's (CMI) product...
Acer Greater China president expects 10% growth in 2013 notebook shipments
Nov 1, 13:50
President of Acer Greater China Scott Lin, commenting on the touchscreen and convertible notebook trends brought on by Windows 8, pointed out that he believes these trends can resurrect...
Trade barriers bad for solar industry: Q&A with Phoenix Solar president and CEO Murray Cameron
Oct 12, 11:07
The US government announced the final verdict of the anti-dumpig and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on October 10, 2012. At PV Taiwan 2012, Digitimes had...
MediaTek expects current sales momentum to continue in 1Q13, says company president
Sep 26, 01:15
MediaTek expects current booming sales of its smartphone solutions to continue in the first quarter 2013 thanks to an upsurge in replacement demand for smartphones in China, according...
Almost all China-based integrated solar makers facing financial pressure, says LDK Solar president
Sep 19, 15:49
China-based LDK Solar recently announced a huge net loss for the second quarter. On September 18, 2012, the firm held a product launch for its M3 high-efficiency solar wafers in Taipei...
Colley Hwang, president of Digitimes, speaking at Microsoft's 20 years anniversary
Colley Hwang, president of Digitimes, said during his speech at Microsoft's 20 years anniversary event that Taiwan IT players are one of the most important parts of the IT industry...
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, Jan 5.
IDF San Francisco: Intel CEO displayed a silicon wafer built on 22nm process
Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini has displayed a silicon wafer containing its first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory...
Photo: Monica Chen, Sep 24.
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 market, Broadcom's mobile solutions have found their way into the supply...
Touchscreen offers new opportunity for PC brands: An interview with Acer president
The PC industry saw several major developments in 2012, such as the rise of ARM-based products that greatly weakened the influence of the Wintel platform and Microsoft's launch of...
The challenge for mobile telecom carriers: Q&A with FET president Yvonne Li
Along with increasing use of smartphones, competition among mobile telecom carriers is changing and they are faced with a big challenge to transform themselves into total solution...
Asustek Computer's Zenbooks, Transformer tablets and the Nexus 7 have helped expand its brand recognition, raising its share in the North America notebook market from 7% in the second...
Developing innovative energy technology: Q&A with Siemens president and CEO Peter Loscher
Germany-based Siemens introduced an environmental portfolio in 2011 to help reduce gas emissions by 317 million tons. According to Peter Loscher, president and CEO of Siemens, climate...
- 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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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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
24-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34% |
| TSE electronic | 310.89 | -0.43 | -0.14% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 118.64 | -0.71 | -0.59% |
| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |
- 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.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Company, Apr 8.
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...
- 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.