Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs

2h 55min ago

Taiwan-based memory module makers including Adada Technology, Transcend Information and InnoDisk all plan to showcase their latest SSD solutions for business or industrial applications...

Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises

May 13, 14:15

Demand for energy storage continues to rise and lithium-ion batteries are a common choice. However, due to prices, safety and energy storage, many substitutes such as lithium-sulfur...

Demand for SSDs in PCs to boom through 2017, says IHS

May 8, 16:01

Global shipments of solid state drives (SSD) in PCs are set to rise by a factor of seven by 2017, allowing them to claim more than one-third of the market for PC storage solutions...

Quanta Storage to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$1.30

Stockwatch - May 8, 11:12

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Quanta Storage has decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1.30 for 2012, accounting for 80.75% of the corresponding net EPS of NT$1.61...

Taiwan makers struggle to benefit from fast growing cloud computing storage market

May 3, 15:00

While global demand for cloud computing-based storage has been growing fast, it is difficult for Taiwan-based hardware makers to enjoy such business opportunities because cloud computing-based...

Promise expects 15-30% revenue growth for cloud storage in 2013

May 3, 10:39

Promise Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of RAID storage solutions, expects its revenues from cloud computing storage solutions in 2013 to increase on year by 15-30%, company chairman...

Solar storage market set to explode to US$19 billion in 2017, says IHS

Apr 25, 20:51

The worldwide market for solar storage is forecast to grow rapidly to reach US$19 billion in 2017, from less than US$200 million in 2012, according to IHS.

Lenovo seeking help from Taiwan ODMs for the server industry

Apr 23, 09:56

With Lenovo reportedly talking with IBM about the the acquisition of IBM's server business, sources from the upstream supply chain pointed out that the China-based vendor has already...

Energy storage tops list of requirements for PV inverter buyers, says IMS Research

Mar 7, 10:42

A survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV systems. Despite the infancy...

Micron intros high-endurance MLC SSD for data center storage

Jan 23, 14:25

Micron Technology has announced its next-generation solid state drive (SSD) for data center servers, appliances and storage platforms.

Wiwynn unveils storage server system at fourth Open Compute Summit, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 18, 11:28

Wistron's wholly-own subsidiary Wiwynn, which provides hardware and system integration services for cloud computing applications, unveiled a storage server system equipped with Intel...

ODMs reportedly to receive storage product orders from Facebook

Jan 2, 20:36

Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders to Taiwan-based ODMs with both Quanta Computer and Wistron having a chance to land the orders, according to sources...

SSD maker CoreSolid Storage ceases operations

Dec 5, 22:04

CoreSolid Storage, a SSD joint venture between TDK and Power Quotient International (PQI), has suspended its operations due largely to fierce competition in the industrial-specific...

PQI shifts focus to wireless peripherals, accessories

Nov 23, 12:16

Power Quotient International (PQI) is set to reduce its exposure to the DRAM module market, and focus on the sale of wireless peripherals and accessories used in consumer technology...

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage October revenues down sequentially

Stockwatch - Nov 12, 12:52

Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, two Taiwan-based optical disc drive makers, saw October consolidated revenues of NT$3.95 billion (US$135 million), slipping 10.5% on month and 26.8%...

PMC to offer highest port count PCIe Gen3 RAID adapters

Nov 2, 13:52

PMC recently introduced its PCIe Gen3 high port-count 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters. The Adaptec Series 7 family represents the first RAID adapters to take full advantage of PCIe Gen3...

Lenovo teams up with EMC for China storage market

Aug 2, 16:13

China-based vendor Lenovo on August 1 announced the cooperation with US-based EMC for joint development of server technology, with Lenovo to undertake OEM production and agent sale...

Huawei plans to announce corporate storage solutions in September

Jul 18, 01:25

China-based Huawei Technologies, a maker of telecommunication COE (central office equipment) and handsets, recently announced the addition of more than 1,000 R&D engineers to...

SSDs may replace HDDs to become mainstream storage in 3-5 years

Jul 6, 14:51

The large earthquake in northeastern Japan in March 2011 and flooding in Thailand in October 2011 resulted in short supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) and therefore pushed up prices...

Mixed storage solutions key to popularity of ultrabook PCs, says HGST executive

Jul 5, 12:56

The sales performance for first-generation Ultrabook PCs equipped with SSDs (solid-state drives) has fallen short of expectations because of high sales prices due to high costs of...

Taiwan market: External storage device shipments up on year in capacity, down in value in 1Q12, says IDC

Jun 29, 01:00

Shipments of external storage devices in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2012 reached a total capacity of 18,461TB, growing on year by 13.4%, while the corresponding...

Etron expands USB host controllers for non-PC applications

Jun 22, 11:28

Etron Technology has expanded its USB 3.0 host IC offerings for non-PC applications such as network attacked storage (NAS) devices, routers and docking devices, according to the co...

Price to become major obstacle for the standardization of Thunderbolt

Jun 5, 01:30

Although Intel has been aggressively promoting its Thunderbolt transmission technology in the PC industry, some PC players pointed out that the cost of Thunderbolt's controller chip...

Taiwan market: HP unveils five new ultrabooks

May 15, 01:45

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled five new ultrabooks under its Envy 4 and Envy 6 series in Taiwan with a chassis design that combines a metal-based bezel with a plastic-based bottom;...

Lite-On sees on-month growth, but on-year drop in March revenues

Apr 10, 01:15

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.47 billion (US$151.28 million) for March, up 17.1% on month, but down 7.1% on year, while the...

Transition to USB 3.0 to spur NAND flash demand for memory cards and drives

Mar 20, 01:40

Early March contract prices for NAND flash memory saw a slight decreases to flat growth, mainly due to sluggish demand for memory cards and USB drives. However, with storage devices...

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage February revenues up sequentially

Stockwatch - Mar 12, 10:16

Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, two Taiwan-based optical disc drive makers, had consolidated revenues for February increasing on month by 1.42% and 33.81% respectively, according to...

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease

Stockwatch - Feb 10, 16:09

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported January consolidated revenues of NT$3.77 billion (US$127 million), dropping 7.1% on month and 24.7% on year. Fellow maker Quanta...

NAND flash demand to soar in 2012 due to eMMC, SSD, Wi-Fi mobile storage

Jan 16, 11:04

Global demand for NAND flash is expected to drastically increase due to fast growing demand for eMMCs, SSDs (solid-state drives) and Wi-Fi wireless mobile storage devices, according...