Last update: Thursday 12 July 2012 [18 news items]
Notebook industry to push standardized prismatic lithium-ion batteries as a new specification
Jul 12, 01:50
Prismatic lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that Intel has been aggressively promoting in the notebook industry, have already received full support from Japan-based Panasonic and Korea-based...
CIGS thin-film solar products get more attention
Feb 6, 14:37
The price drop of mainstream polysilicon solar modules has put thin-film solar module firms in turmoil. Some industry observers believe for solar firms to grow, they need to find...
Digitimes Insight: South Korea makers bet heavily on AMOLED technology
Mar 3, 12:22
Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) is a joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI. It was the main reason why Samsung's LCD business was able to remain profitable in the...
Samsung SDI aims to become world's largest battery maker
Sep 21, 01:00
With aggressive moves in the battery sector, Samsung SDI is aiming to surpass Sanyo Electric and become the world's largest battery supplier. At the end of 2009, the Giheung, South...
C-Tech said to have obtained battery pack orders for use in HP, Apple products
Oct 29, 17:15
Taiwan-based battery pack maker C-Tech United has landed orders from battery cell players LG Chem and Samsung SDI for battery packs that will eventually be used in notebook products...
PDP module shipments up 12% sequentially in August, says Displaybank
Oct 8, 16:39
Global PDP module shipments increased 12% sequentially to 1.3 million units in August, with revenues rising 8% to US$410 million, according to Displaybank. With the economy recovering,...
PDP module shipments up 14% in 2Q09, says Displaybank
Aug 6, 12:26
Global plasma display panel (PDP) module shipments totaled 3.27 million units for the second quarter of 2009, an increase of 14% from 2.86 million units for the first quarter, according...
PDP shipments down 22% on year in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
Apr 29, 11:08
As global demand remains weak due to poor economic conditions, plasma panel shipments from panel makers to brands fell on a yearly basis for the second straight quarter after posting...
Global OLED revenues to reach US$5.5 billion by 2015, says DisplaySearch
Apr 24, 12:23
Global OLED display market will grow to US$5.5 billion by 2015, from $0.6 billion in 2008, with a CAGR of 37%, according to DisplaySearch. Currently, this growth is being driven by...
PDP module shipments up 8% in January, says Displaybank
Mar 4, 15:55
Worldwide PDP module shipments climbed 8% sequentially to 1.04 million units in January 2009, and revenues for the month also rose 4% to US$385 million, according to Displaybank....
Feb 27, 16:26
Samsung Electronics, the second largest plasma TV vendor, is looking for additional suppliers of PDP filters, as the company aims to increase its plasma TV shipments to 4.5-5 million...
Plasma panel shipments down 12% on year in 4Q08, says DisplaySearch
Feb 3, 10:33
Plasma panel shipment growth has been very strong in recent quarters as 32-inch demand surged in emerging markets and prices for larger sizes fell to popular price levels. However,...
Global OLED revenues up 60% on year in 3Q, says DisplaySearch
Dec 11, 12:04
Global OLED display revenues in the third quarter this year was US$141 million, down 11% sequentially but up 60% on year, according to DisplaySearch.
FPD International 2008: Samsung SDI captures attention with AMOLED technology
Nov 4, 12:10
At the recently concluded FPD International 2008 in Japan, one of the more interesting exhibitors was Samsung SDI, which was showcasing several new panel technologies at the show.
PDP sees stronger-than-expected growth in 3Q08, says DisplaySearch
Oct 31, 14:12
Plasma panel makers continue to report strong growth with plasma panel shipments for the third quarter of 2008 rising 18% on quarter and 37% on year to nearly 4.2 million units, the...
AMOLED 2Q revenues down on decreased Samsung SDI shipments, DisplaySearch says
Sep 25, 12:05
Samsung SDI, the leading supplier of AMOLED displays, had lower than expected shipments in the second quarter of 2008, which set a negative tone for the quarter, according to DisplaySearch...
Matsushita regains number one position in PDP market in 2Q
Jul 28, 12:44
After strong plasma display panel (PDP) shipment growth in the first quarter this year, units increased 1% sequentially to 3.5 million units in the second quarter, due to relatively...
Commentary: How will PDPs fit into Samsung Electronics' TV strategy?
Jul 4, 16:55
While it makes business sense for Samsung Electronics to take over Samsung SDI's PDP business as the companies look to streamline their manufacturing, the question remains as to what...
CES 2008: Samsung OLED TV (SDI panel)
Samsung Electronics showcased two (14.1-and 31-inch) organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs in addition to an ultra-slim 52-inch LCD TV and four full-HD LCD TV at CES 2008. Samsung...
Photo: Susie Pan, Digitimes, Jan 14.
FPD International 2007: Samsung SDI shows ultra-slim AMOLED panel
Samsung SDI showed a 2.4-inch ultra-slim AMOLED panel with a thickness of only 0.37mm during FPD International 2007, which was recently held in Yokohama, Japan. The panel delivers...
Photo: Tony Huang, Digitimes, Oct 31.
Samsung SDI highlights 4-inch flexible display at FPD International 2007
Samsung SDI recently showed a 4-inch flexible display at FPD International 2007 in Yokohama, Japan. The panel features a thickness of only 0.25mm.
Photo: Tony Huang, DigiTimes, Oct 26.
Samsung SDI showing 3D AM OLED at SID 2006
South Korea's Samsung SDI is showing a 3D active matrix OLED display, which it claims to be the world's first of its kind, at San Francisco's Society for Information Display (SID)...
Photo: Company, Jun 9.
Samsung SDI focuses on slim CRT TVs
Despite limited attention, Samsung SDI is still demonstrating its slim CRTs sized at 27-32-inch at FPD International 2005.
Photo: Calvin Shao, DigiTimes, Oct 24.
- 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
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- 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...
- 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.