Last update: Wednesday 19 June 2013 [1309 news items]
Unimicron shipping any-layer HDI boards to Samsung, HTC and BlackBerry, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 14, 16:09
PCB maker Unimicron Technology reportedly has landed orders for any-layer HDI boards from Samsung Electronics, HTC and BlackBerry for their latest smartphone models, according to...
Samsung investment in Sharp not for developing IGZO technology, says Innolux chairman
Mar 11, 15:59
Samsung Electronic's recent investment in Sharp was mainly for developing LCD TV panels and not for developing IGZO technology, according to Innolux Corporation chairman Tuan Hsing...
Foxconn chairman to meet Sharp executives to close partnership deal, say market watchers
Mar 8, 14:07
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo reportedly will have a meeting with Sharp's executives in Japan soon to finalize the two firms' partnership, according...
Samsung, Apple to step into path toward wireless charging for smartphones
Mar 8, 12:01
Following the steps of Nokia, LG Electronics and HTC, Samsung Electronics and Apple are expected to add wireless charging capability to their flagship models in 2013, according to...
Digitimes Research: Financial woes at Sharp to give Samsung extended reach in the TV market
Mar 8, 11:37
Samsung Electronics' recent investment of US$110 million in Japan-based Sharp can be seen from a number of angles, most notably Sharp's dire need to salvage itself from the brink...
China market: Samsung takes up 22.5% of 2012 smartphone sales, says iiMedia Research
Mar 7, 15:35
There were 169 million smartphones sold in the China market in 2012, hiking 130.7% from 2011, and Samsung Electronics was the largest vendor with a market share of 22.5%, according...
Samsung investment in Sharp may trigger Foxconn-Samsung partnership, say market watchers
Mar 7, 13:53
Although most market watchers expect Samsung Electronics' investment in Sharp to affect Sharp's relationship with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), some market watchers...
Foxconn notified of Samsung investment in Sharp in advance
Mar 7, 10:52
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), in response to Samsung Electronics' investment of JPY10 billion (US$107 million) to acquire a stake of...
Sharp announces new investment agreement with Samsung Electronics
Mar 6, 21:45
Sharp has announced it has decided to issue new shares through a third-party allotment to Samsung Electronics Japan, a Japan-based corporation of Samsung Electronics, and form a capital...
Samsung may invest US$107 million in Sharp
Mar 6, 15:42
Samsung Electronics may invest JPY10 billion (US$107 million) in Sharp, according to industry rumors.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 expected to spur G1F touch panel module shipments in 2Q13
Mar 1, 15:20
Upstream suppliers' shipments of G1F touch panel module technology are expected to pick up in the first quarter of 2013 followed by a large increase in the second quarter of the year...
Himax ramping WVGA driver IC shipments to Samsung, say sources
Mar 1, 12:33
Himax Technology reportedly is ramping shipments of its WVGA driver ICs to Samsung Electronics for its midrange Galaxy Grand Duos smartphone as the Korea vendor is pushing sales of...
MWC 2013: Qualcomm, MediaTek not ready to develop 8-core smartphone CPUs
Feb 27, 11:19
Qualcomm and MediaTek appear to have temporarily suspended their respective plans to develop 8-core CPUs for smartphones based on product roadmaps revealed by the companies.
MEMS microphone shipments rise 57% in 2012, says IHS
Feb 27, 10:32
Shipments of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones in 2012 amounted to 2.05 billion units, up 57% from 1.30 billion in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli. Shipments will climb...
Samsung launches Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet
Feb 26, 11:23
Samsung Electronics has launched its 8-inch tablet, the Galaxy Note 8.0 with functions including multi-window options to split the portable 8-inch screen and allow access to a number...
Qualcomm, Samsung claim top-2 spots in mobile handset IC market in 2012, says IHS
Feb 22, 12:24
Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics capitalized on rapidly shifting market conditions to claim the top-two spots of the mobile handset core integrated circuit (IC) business in 2012,...
Samsung, Hynix dominate mobile DRAM market, says DRAMeXchange
Feb 21, 15:28
Nearly 80% of total mobile DRAM revenues were generated by South Korea-based companies in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to DRAMeXchange.
Five IC suppliers to hold one-third of 300mm wafer capacity in 2013, says IC Insights
Feb 20, 20:28
Semiconductor industry capital spending is becoming more concentrated, with a greater percentage of spending coming from a shrinking number of companies. IC industry capacity is also...
Samsung, Hynix continue to lead DRAM sales
Feb 18, 22:42
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix continued to dominate the global market for DRAM chips in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the pair's combined market share reaching 67%, according...
Feb 8, 11:33
Apple dislodged Nokia in January 2013 for the first time as the most popular mobile vendor in terms of global Internet usage, according to website analytics company StatCounter. Samsung...
Retrofit 60W LED light bulb pricing to drop below US$10/unit
Feb 6, 21:49
Due to rapid price drops, market observers believe the price of 60W retrofit LED light bulbs is likely to drop below US$10/unit in 2013.
Samsung continues NAND flash market lead in 2012
Feb 5, 12:28
Samsung Electronics continued to lead the global NAND flash market in 2012, despite a 4.9% decrease in sales of the memory, according to DRAMeXchange.
Samsung, Hynix cautious about 2013 capex plans
Feb 1, 13:59
Memory chip vendors Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have both taken a cautious approach to planning for capital expenditure (capex) in 2013, implying that the pair is looking to...
Jan 30, 14:25
Samsung Electronics will optimize chipset solutions from Qualcomm, Broadcom and ST-Ericsson to enhance its competitive edge in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment so as...
Jan 28, 11:24
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012, as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those...
Commentary: LCD panel industry still struggling
Jan 28, 11:13
Samsung Electronics has reported record profits for the fourth quarter of 2012 because of strong sales from its mobile communications products, but it's a big contrast - yet no surprise...
Samsung reports strong profits for 4Q12
Jan 28, 10:47
Samsung Electronics has posted revenues of KRW56.06 trillion (US$51.9 billion) on a consolidated basis for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012, up 7% sequentially. Consolidated...
Samsung Display exceeds 300 million OLED panel production mark
Jan 24, 20:05
Samsung Display has announced that it has exceeded 300 million panels in cumulative OLED panel production since mass production began in January 2007.
Samsung surpasses Apple as top global semiconductor customer in 2012, says Gartner
Jan 24, 11:09
Samsung Electronics and Apple both dominated semiconductor demand in 2012, although Samsung overtook Apple as the top worldwide semiconductor customer, according to Gartner.
Samsung reportedly replaces management team in Brazil market
Jan 23, 22:34
Korea-based Samsung Electronics has reportedly replaced its management team in Brazil despite the team's efforts helping Samsung to become the largest vendor in the country, defeating...
Mobile RAM to account for 30% of global memory chip production in 2013
Jan 23, 22:11
The portion of mobile RAM to global production of memory chips will rise to 30% in 2013 compared to 21% in the previous year, buoyed by strong demand from the smartphone and tablet...
Notebook component makers striving for orders from Samsung
Jan 23, 20:57
Several notebook component makers have recently started trying to land orders from Samsung Electronics, and are making the entrance to Samsung's supply chain their priority for 2013,...
Samsung to launch more tablets, ultrabooks in 2013
Jan 23, 15:45
Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to launch 7-, 8- and 10.1-inch tablets as well as a series of ultrabooks in 2013 optimizing on its success gained with sales of smartphones.
Samsung developing new pixel layout for its small-size AMOLED panels
Jan 22, 20:57
Samsung Display is reportedly working on new pixel layouts for use in its upcoming small-size AMOLED panels in order to bump up the panels' resolutions, according to industry sourc...
LED lighting chips to see prices fall in 2013
Jan 21, 11:48
ASPs in the LED market fell 20-30% in 2012. LED makers believe the price fall for LED lighting products will be relatively significant compared to the price fall of backlighting products...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 7h 19min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 7h 21min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 7h 26min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 7h 48min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 7h 49min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 8h 46min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 8h 56min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 9h 2min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 7h 42min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 8h ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 9h 4min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 9h 30min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 10h 27min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 10h 35min ago
Samsung PCIe SSD for ultra-slim notebooks
Samsung Electronics has started to mass produce PCI-Express (PCIe) solid state drives (SSD) for ultra-slim notebooks. The new Samsung SSDs are shipped to major notebook makers starting...
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Samsung Electronics has announced the Galaxy Mega - a 6.3-inch smartphone. The device is also light and thin, portable enough to put into a pocket or hold in one hand. The 6.3-inch...
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Samsung Electronics has announced that the Galaxy Note 8.0 is coming to the US market on April 11. Unveiled globally at Mobile World Congress in February, the Galaxy Note 8.0 will...
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Samsung introdces the new Galaxy S4 smartphone
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has Full HD Super AMOLED display. The product's 5-inch screen has 441ppi and utilizes Corning's new Gorilla Glass 3. The new feature, Samsung Smart Pause,...
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MWC 2013: Samsung Galaxy 8.0 tablet
Samsung Electronics has launched its 8-inch tablet, the Galaxy Note 8.0 with functions including multi-window options to split the screen and allow access to a number of live applications...
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Current condition and future prospects of LED: Q&A with Lextar chairman David Su
As a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar has been viewed as a LED backlight module maker. Recently Lextar has set goals to enter the LED lighting market. David Su, chairman...
Industry consolidation key to DRAM recovery: Q&A with PSC chairman Frank Huang
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has urged Taiwan's DRAM makers to forge partnerships with local, Japanese or US so as to counter Korea's dominance in the global DRAM market...
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- 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
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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
19-Jun-2013 markets closed
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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.