Last update: Friday 12 April 2013 [17 news items]
Softex Taipei: More channel retailers to participate, says TCA
Apr 12, 15:10
The Softex Taipei 2013 consumer trade show, will be hosted from April 17-21 in Taipei, Taiwan with the number of participating channel retailers increasing 20% to 200, and number...
Taiwan market: Total investment in 4G operation estimated at NT$148.4 billion, says TCA
Feb 20, 14:54
The total investment by 4G mobile communication licensees to start operation in Taiwan is estimated at NT$148.4 billion (US$5.0 billion), not including licensing prices through open-bid...
TCA to help Taiwan firms seek international cooperation at 2013 Taipei Game Show
Jan 30, 16:21
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA), the organizer of the 2013 Taipei Game Show to take place during January 31-February 4, will offer a B2B Zone at the event for 31 Taiwan-based...
Jan 20, 01:00
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) in December 2011 conducted a survey of Taiwan-based IT supply chain makers to attend the 2012 Computex about their general confidence for the...
Taiwan Market: TCA to host Softex Taipei in early April
Mar 31, 12:06
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) will host Softex Taipei 2011 from April 7-11 at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Exhibit Hall 1.
Acer chairman re-elected as Taipei Computer Association chairman
Dec 16, 14:14
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA), after holding its board meeting on December 15, has re-elected Acer chairman JT Wang as the association's thirteenth chairman. The TCA executive...
Compal to focus on profitability in 2011, says company president
Dec 9, 01:50
Ray Chen, president of notebook maker Compal Electronics, at a meeting of the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), expressed his optimism toward the notebook industry in 2011 and noted...
PC players host summit to find cure for ill China PC DIY market
Oct 12, 01:40
As China's PC DIY market is seeing demand gradually shrinking, several PC-related players including China- and Taiwan-based IT media as well as the Taipei Computer Association (TCA)...
Taipei Computer Association urges Intel to continue cooperation to boost WiMAX development
Jul 16, 12:09
JT Wang, in his capacity as president of the Taipei Computer Association (TPC), has asked Intel to maintain its promise to cooperate with the Taiwan government and Taiwan-based enterprises...
Taiwan forms e-reading industry alliance
Dec 22, 14:51
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) announced the formation of Taiwan's e-Reading Industry Promotion Alliance on December 21, with the group coming under the auspices of the Ministry...
Forum held to boost digital entertainment industry in Taiwan
Aug 13, 16:47
A 2-day Digital Entertainment Summit forum opened in Taipei on August 12 aiming to boost the development of Taiwan's digital entertainment industry, according to the main organizer...
Wistron spends US$3-5 million on patent acquisitions per year, says chairman
Aug 12, 16:47
Wistron sets a budget of US$3-5 million each year for purchasing patents applicable to the company's product development, according to chairman Simon Lin speaking at an August 11...
TCA expects Computer Application Show to create business opportunities
Jul 23, 14:47
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) expects its upcoming Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS), which will be held from July 30 to August 3 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition...

Computex 2009: Visitor numbers expected to be down as swine flu is reported in Taiwan
May 25, 11:22
Attendance at Computex 2009 is expected to be less than the show hosts, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TETDC) and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) originally forecast...
Computex to go ahead as scheduled despite swine flu concerns
May 8, 12:11
Computex Taipei 2009 will be held as scheduled from June 2-6 despite growing concerns of an outbreak of swine flu, according to show organizers, the Taiwan External Trade Development...
Taiwan government urged to establish WiMAX industry chain
Dec 16, 16:27
Taiwan's government should coordinate efforts to establish a WiMAX industry chain on the island as the WiMAX industry is moving into a new era in 2009, Acer chairman JT Wang has urged...
Computex likely to draw in up to US$20 billion in overseas business
Jun 3, 16:22
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA), the host organization of the ongoing Computex Taipei 2008 tradeshow, anticipates that the show will draw in up to US$20 billion in business...
Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
IT + CE | 16min ago
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- 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
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- 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
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May 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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- 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
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- 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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- 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...
- 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.

















