Last update: Tuesday 7 May 2013 [33 news items]
Arbor Technology to tap Southeast Asia market
May 7, 19:52
Arbor Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of embedded and industrial computing devices, will extend focus marketing from the North America market currently to Southeast Asia specifically...
Acer to focus smartphone marketing in Europe, Southeast Asia in 2013
Apr 26, 15:38
Viewing that its brand awareness for smartphones is not as global as for PCs, Acer will focus its marketing on Europe and Southeast Asia in 2013.
Southeast Asia potential market for Taiwan-based Internet service providers, says Google Taiwan head
Apr 18, 13:38
As the population is large and Internet services as well as use of smartphones and other mobile terminal devices are growing rapidly in Southeast Asia, while there are relatively...
Foxconn subsidiary enters Southeast Asia countries with Sharp smartphones
Jan 29, 11:59
Commtiva Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) that handles the parent company's business and product cooperation with Sharp, recently hosted...
Dec 4, 14:08
As sales prices for Chromebooks have fallen to a low level and Chrome browser is increasingly popular in the Southeast Asia market, Taiwan-based ODMs are recommended to directly cooperate...
Posiflex expects China, Southeast Asia markets to drive growth in 2013 revenues
Nov 27, 15:34
Taiwan-based POS (point of sale/service) terminal device and peripheral maker Posiflex Technology expects the China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) markets to be...
FIH, Sharp to jointly develop smartphone markets in Southeast Asia, say sources
Nov 23, 15:05
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) will continue its cooperation with Sharp in the development of smartphones, and the two firms will shift their focus to promote sales in Southeas...
Digitimes Research: Southeast Asia solar markets need subsidies to stimulate growth
Nov 8, 20:25
Countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines have sufficient sunlight hours which is suitable to develop a strong solar market.
TV vendors focus more on Southeast Asia markets
Nov 8, 15:40
TV vendors that are not China-based are aiming to develop their products more in Southeast Asia, as the vendors are having difficulties increasing their market share in China, according...
Thailand and Indonesia to drive Southeast Asia solar market, says IMS Research
Nov 2, 11:03
Total cumulative solar installations in Southeast Asia are forecast to reach almost 5GW by 2016, according to IMS Research. By conducting analysis on the solar markets in Thailand,...
Taiwan market: Acer prices new Cedar Trail netbook below NT$10,000
Feb 21, 01:10
Notebook vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have all already started selling their latest Cedar Trail-based netbooks...
TCloud Computing to tap Southeast Asia market
Jan 9, 12:06
TCloud Computing, a cloud computing application R&D company wholly owned by Taiwan-based information security software solution and service provider Trend Micro, has scored points...
Acer enjoying strong short-term notebook orders for Europe
Sep 22, 01:15
Acer, benefiting from Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) uncertainty about its PC business, has started receiving strong notebook orders from channels in Europe with volumes, as of September...
MediaTek announces investment in Spice Digital
Stockwatch - Aug 1, 11:53
MediaTek has announced that it will invest US$20 million in Spice Digital, an India-based mobile value added service (VAS) company with presences in close to 20 countries.
International smartphone vendors face competition from local brands in Southeast Asia
Jun 22, 14:42
With sales ratios of smartphones to total handset sales in some markets in the Southeast Asia region expecting to grow about from 10% currently to 40-50% in the next 3-5 years, the...
Smartphones to boom in Southeast Asia, says Canalys
Jun 20, 16:47
About 106 million mobile phones are expected to ship in Southeast Asia in 2011, up 19% from the 90 million units shipped last year, according to Canalys. Driveny primarily by smartphone...
Acer notebook shipments in retail channel expected to surpass 3 million in June
Jun 14, 01:25
Acer's notebook shipments in the retail channel are expected to surpass three million units in June and if the company's upstream partners such as Compal Electronics, Wistron and...
May 5, 11:52
Demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules is growing significantly in the Southeast Asia region including the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, but potential clients are asking for low...
Southeast Asia may become production hub in the future
May 3, 01:30
Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacture's Association has recently released an investigation report for investment risk and environment of Southeast Asia and India in hoping...
MediaTek expects little impact from Japan earthquake
Mar 16, 01:00
IC design house MediaTek on March 15 said that the recent earthquake offshore of Japan will not affect the company's operations. Forecasts of first-quarter revenues remain at NT$19.5-21...
Nokia represents half of mobile game downloads on Djuzz gaming portal, says BuzzCity executive
Jan 20, 11:07
Although local white-box devices made an impact in the last quarter of 2010, Nokia still accounted for 49% of the mobile game downloads from Djuzz, a gaming portal under mobile media...
Sunwell expands sales to South and Southeast Asia
Dec 1, 16:08
Thin-film solar module maker Sunwell Technology is aiming to expand sales distribution to South and Southeast Asia markets. The company will sign a 20MWp supply contract with South...
First-tier notebook brands target emerging markets to clear inventory
Nov 16, 01:40
First-tier notebook brands have recently started digesting their Calpella- and Montevina-based notebook inventory, selling them mainly to emerging markets such as Latin America, Southeast...
Yosun consolidated revenues up 46% on month in September 2010
Oct 7, 16:40
Taiwan-based IC distributor Yosun Industrial has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.68 billion (US$45 million) for September 2010, up 45.9% on month. The company attributed...
Telegent partners with Samsung for free-to-air mobile TV
Mar 21, 15:30
Telegent Systems has announced that its analog mobile TV receiver is shipping in Samsung's Star TV S5233T handset that was recently launched in Southeast Asia. With this handset,...
Shuttle expects desktop shipments to reach 300,000 units in 2010
Feb 5, 15:49
Shuttle expects its desktop shipments will grow from 200,000 units in 2009 to 300,000 units in 2010, according to chairman David Yu.
Shuttle notebook alliance lands orders from players in China and Southeast Asia
Dec 31, 16:11
Shuttle's recently established New Notebook Ecosystem alliance has already landed orders from players in China and Southeast Asia and will start shipping soon after February or March...
Aug 24, 17:10
Southeast Asia (SEA) mobile users are expected to hit 453.3 million subscribers by the end of this year, growing 18.4% over 2008. Billings are estimated to grow by 13.6% on year to...
Zenitron obtains right to distribute Frecso Logic USB 3.0 products
Jun 4, 17:05
Taiwan IC distributor Zenitron and US-based USB 3.0 controller maker Fresco Logic have signed a strategic agreement under which Zenitron will be responsible for Fresco's product distribution...

ECS to enhance own-brand marketing
May 20, 15:39
Taiwan motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is beefing up its own-brand sales activities particularly in China, North America, Latin America and Southeast Asia, according...
China makers to vie for ODM netbook orders at Computex
May 13, 16:19
China-based makers, including Haier, Founder, Tsinghua Tongfang, Hasee, Great Wall and Malata, will showcase netbook PCs at Computex Taipei 2009 (scheduled for June 2 through 6) in...
Southeast Asia MCU market set to grow steadily, says Frost & Sullivan
Apr 6, 16:29
The popular perception that the microcontroller unit (MCU) that offers the fastest clock speed at the most advanced process node is the future of the Southeast Asian microcontroller...
Southeast Asia emerges as next LCD TV hot spot
Jul 11, 09:52
Shipments of LCD TVs to Southeast Asia are expected to rise by more than a factor of eight from 2007 to 2012, due to a combination of falling prices, increased user awareness, economic...
More firms provide crystal-less USB 3.0 device controllers
Bits + chips | 14min ago
BLU makers report different results in 1Q13
Displays | 16min ago
ChipMOS capex for 2013 to reach NT$2.5-2.8 billion
Bits + chips | 28min ago
Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
Mobile + telecom | 1h ago
BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
IT + CE | 1h 3min ago
Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
IT + CE | 1h 18min ago
Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
IT + CE | 1h 20min ago
Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers facing increasing competition from rivals in China
Bits + chips | 1h 36min ago
Capella tops analog IC suppliers with highest EPS in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 2h 56min ago
LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
LED | 2h 57min ago
Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
LED | 4h 20min ago
Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
Green energy | 5h 40min ago
Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | 5h 53min ago
Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
IT + CE | 6h 12min ago
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- 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
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- 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
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- GLT expanding light guide plate capacity
- SDRAM prices to hike 10% in May
- GTOC sees increased performance in 1Q13 due to 3D molded glass 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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- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8377.05 | +8.86 | +0.11% |

| TSE electronic | 316.79 | +0.62 | +0.2% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 119.74 | +0.18 | +0.15% |

| OTC electronic | 144.06 | +0.15 | +0.1% |

- 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.

















