Last update: Thursday 10 January 2013 [29 news items]
IC distributors post decline in December sales
Jan 10, 14:00
WPG Holdings saw its consolidated revenues slip 5.7% sequentially to NT$29.59 billion (US$1.02 billion) in December as fellow IC distributors Weikeng Industrial, Supreme Electronics...
Samsung places DRAM module maker Transcend under direct account, say sources
Dec 24, 14:55
Samsung Electronics has placed Taiwan-based Transcend Information under its direct account list, revoking the distribution rights of its IC parts to the DRAM module maker assigned...
Orders from China buoying revenues for Taiwan IC distributors
Oct 5, 13:46
Strong orders for smartphone- and tablet-related chips from China buoyed Taiwan-based IC distributors' revenue performance during the third quarter of 2012.
IC distributors Supreme, Alltek see revenues expand by double-digit rates in July
Aug 9, 12:26
IC distributors Supreme Electronics and Alltek Technology both saw their revenues grow by a double-digit rate to NT$2.87 billion (US$95.79 million) and NT$1.38 billion, respectively,...
Supreme, Coasia land AMOLED panel orders from China smartphone companies
Jul 20, 01:15
Taiwan-based Coasia Microelectronics and Supreme Electronics have both gained the distribution rights to sell Samsung Electronics' AMOLED panels for smartphones, and recently expanded...
Supreme adds AMOLED panels to distribution line
May 17, 14:55
Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics has begun distributing AMOLED panels from Samsung Electronics in China targeting second-tier handset and tablet PC makers, according...
Zenitron, Supreme Electronics see decreased April revenues
May 9, 14:11
IC distributors Zenitron and Supreme Electronics both saw their revenues continue to slide in April due mainly to an oversupply of NAND flash products in the market, according to...
Supreme Electronics benefits from CMI touch panel shipments for iPad 2
Aug 17, 11:51
Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based sales agent of driver ICs produced by Samsung Electronics, expects its shipments of driver ICs to Chimei Innolux (CMI) to continue growing in the...
Samtek, Supreme to form joint venture to market Samsung products in China
Jan 20, 01:25
Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics and its Korea-based counterpart Samtek reportedly will set up a 50:50 joint venture to exclusively market and sell Samsung Electronics...
HannStar to draw investment from Supreme, Winbond
Jan 17, 11:06
IC distributor Supreme Electronics, which recently began distributing small- to medium-size LCD panels from HannStar Display, has announced plans to purchase 12 million HannStar shares...
IC distributor Supreme expects new products to buoy 2011 sales
Dec 31, 12:29
IC distributor Supreme Electronics expects 2011 sales to be driven by substantial growth in sales of new products such as LED light bars, driver ICs, and NAND parts used in tablet...
Samsung to consolidate its IC distributors in Taiwan, sources say
Dec 30, 13:53
Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to consolidate its IC distributors in Taiwan following WPG Holdings' acquisition of Yosun Industrial, which remains one of Samsung's distributors,...
IC distributor Supreme lowers reliance on memory products
Newswatch - Jul 27, 14:13
Supreme Electronics has seen growing sales of non-memory products, which now account for more than 43% of its overall revenues, compared to 10-20% in the past, according to the company...
Yosun and Supreme June revenues down on month but up on year
Jul 12, 11:32
IC distributor Yosun Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$11.1 billion (US$346.28 million) for June, down 4.5% sequentially but up 18.3% on year, while peer company Supreme...
Top-5 IC distributors in Taiwan see on-month growth in January 2010 revenues except Edom
Newswatch - Feb 11, 15:37
Edom Technology was the only player among Taiwan's top-five IC distributors to see an on-month drop in its January 2010 evenues, while WPG Holdings, Yosun Industrial, WT Microelectronics...
Supreme expects high revenues in January 2010 on increased demand for LED products
Jan 27, 16:16
IC distributor Supreme Electronics estimates its consolidated revenues will reach NT$4 billion (US$124.77 million) in January 2010 thanks to shipments of LED products used in TV backlights...
IC distributor Supreme to ship white-LED products for Samsung LED TVs
Dec 29, 14:26
IC distributor Supreme Electronics' high-brightness white-LEDs are expected to enter Samsung Electronics' LED-backlit TV supply chain, with shipments slated for January 2010, according...

Supreme to see 30% on-year growth in 2010
Dec 17, 16:57
IC distributor Supreme Electronics is expected to see consolidated revenues top NT$40 billion (US$1.24 billion) in 2010, up 30% on year, due to growing demand for NAND flash, external...

Foxlink to set up R&D center in Dongguan Songshan Lake Science Park, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 27, 16:42
Taiwan-based connector and handset maker Foxlink will invest NT$9.4 billion (US$291 million) to set up a R&D center at the Dongguan Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry...
Samsung supplies of memory chips sufficient, say distributors
Nov 26, 16:48
Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based memory IC distributor for Samsung Electronics, has remarked that supplies of DRAM and NAND flash chips from the Korea-based vendor became sufficient...
IC distributor Supreme enjoying outstanding performance in 4Q09
Nov 20, 17:00
Supreme Electronics has estimated its consolidated revenues will top NT$3 billion (US$92.68 million) in November and hit a 2009 year-high in the fourth quarter driven by demand for...

Memory IC distributors see strong 3Q09 profits
Oct 19, 16:24
Taiwan-based memory IC distributors Supreme Electronics, Coasia Microelectronics and Techmosa International all saw profits grow significantly in the third quarter due to seasonal...

Sep 25, 17:10
Memory IC distributors Yosun Industrial and Supreme Electronics may see weaker-than-expected revenues in September due to DRAM and NAND flash shortage, but they may enjoy high profits...
IC distributor Supreme sees sales driven by NAND flash orders from Transcend, A-Data
Sep 21, 11:35
Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics may see September consolidated revenues hit a monthly high in 2009 as orders for NAND flash chips from its two major customers, Transcend...

Supreme, Yosun to see significant 3Q09 revenues growth
Sep 7, 16:43
Supreme Electronics and Yosun Industrial, two Taiwan-based IC distributors for Samsung Electronics, are both expected to see significant growth in the third quarter thanks to increasing...
IC distributor Supreme Electronics eyes greentech
Jul 30, 13:40
Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics plans to become a specialized green energy solution distributor in the future and expects its new lithium iron battery products to...

Supreme to see its LED driver IC shipments increase in 2Q09
Apr 2, 14:54
Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics expects to see its overall LED driver IC sales start picking up in the second quarter, and will grow even faster in the third quarter...
IC distributors WPG, WT, Edom and Supreme perform better than expected in December
Jan 8, 15:11
Because customers have placed early orders ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, IC distributors' December sales in 2008 performed better than expected. Institutional investors expect...
Supreme expected to swing to profits on rising handset-use MCP pricing
Sep 8, 15:24
IC distributor Supreme Electronics is likely to swing from losses to profits in the third quarter thanks to warming-up white-box handset sales in China, which should reverse of handset-use...
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
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- 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
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News

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.

















