Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [712 news items]
Large-area touchscreens to account for more than 50% of TPK revenues in 2013
Nov 30, 10:44
TPK expects large-area products to account for more than half of its overall revenues in 2013, according to the touch panel supplier. TPK also revealed plans to increase its stake...
Taiwan market: ViewSonic unveils 22-inch touch-control monitor
Nov 16, 12:16
ViewSonic on November 15 unveiled Smart Display VSD220, a 22-inch smart touch-control monitor featuring dual-core 1GHz processor, Android 4.0, Full HD 1080p LED-backlit display and...
Acer unveils new ultrabooks with touch panels
Oct 31, 22:12
Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook products, the M series, offering 10-point touch, frameless HD displays, Intel Core processors, and more than 8 hours of battery life.
Notebook brands competing over touch panel supply
Oct 31, 21:07
Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer have all recently launched touchscreen notebooks with Windows 8, but due to tight supply of touch panels, the brand vendors have reportedly stationed...
AUO announces 1mm border width on 4.46-inch panel integration technology
Oct 29, 11:33
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced what it claims to be the world's narrowest border on its 4.46-inch cell phone and touch panel integration technology. AUO's super narrow border technology...
Touch panel supply 70% short of demand for Windows 8 touch notebooks, say Taiwan makers
Oct 26, 15:17
Vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo, Acer, Asustek Computer and Sony have offered or will offer Windows 8 touch controlled notebook models, but touch panel supplies are...
Materials for touch screens in short supply
Oct 26, 10:39
Due to the recent releases of tablets by Apple, Microsoft and Samsung Electronics as well as a recent explosion at a chemical plant in Japan, upstream thin-film type touch screen...
EETI to focus on touch ICs for large-size panels in 2013
Oct 12, 12:07
IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) expects demand for touch panel ICs for large-size applications to rise significantly in 2013, thanks to the launch of Windows 8 devic...
TPK risks decrease in gross margin due to increase in full lamination touch screen products
Oct 11, 11:38
TPK's revenues from full-lamination large-size touch panel products for use in notebooks are expected to increase in the fourth quarter of 2012 following the release of Windows 8,...
Young Fast, J Touch see decreased September revenues
Oct 9, 10:28
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics saw September revenues of NT$1.351 billion (US$45.7 million) slip on month by 6.49% and on year by 19.48%, while fellow maker...
Wintek September revenues down sequentially
Oct 2, 10:51
Touch panel maker Wintek saw consolidated revenues of NT$9.72 billion (US$330 million) for September decrease by 3.13% on month but increase by 33.65% on year due to adjustments in...
Henghao may purchase 6G factory from CPT to expand touch panel capacity
Sep 26, 15:36
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Henghao Technology may acquire a 6G color filter factory in northern Taiwan from display panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) at the end of 2012...
Order visibility clear to November, says touch panel maker Cando
Sep 21, 12:15
Touch panel maker Cando has indicated production of ultrabook touch products began in September and that order visibility is clear until November with orders exceeding capacity.
Large-size touch panel shipments will not increase until 4Q12
Sep 20, 14:58
Shipments for large-size touch panels are not expected to increase until the fourth quarter of 2012 due to conservative outlooks for the release of Windows 8, according to industry...
Henghao to start production of notebook touch panels
Sep 5, 10:30
Henghao Technology, a glass projected capacitive touch panel subsidiary maker of Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, has obtained Microsoft certification for touch panels for 11.6-inch...
Aug 29, 10:24
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that it will participate in Touch Taiwan 2012 from August 29-31 and display a full lineup of advanced display technologies and product total solutions...

Young Fast losses continue in 2Q12
Aug 27, 11:19
Young Fast Optoelectronics, a Taiwan-based maker of touch panels, posted net operating loss of NT$504 million (US$16.9 million) for the second quarter of 2012, the third consecutive...
Wintek expanding touch panel capacity in Vietnam, says report
Aug 16, 16:12
Wintek is expanding its production capacity of touch panels for use in iPad and iPhone in Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam, with an investment of US$870 million, according...
TPK expects increased medium- and large-sized touch panel shipments in 3Q12
Aug 10, 15:01
TPK expects to see increasing shipments of medium- and large-size touch screen products in the third quarter due to the release of Windows 8 and ultrabooks during the same period,...
CMI suffers 50% decline in touch panel revenues in 2Q12 due to product delays
Aug 8, 16:05
Chimei Innolux (CMI) saw sharp declines in revenues from touch panels in the second quarter mainly because of customers adjusting their products as well as delaying them to the market,...
Wintek July revenues sequentially up over 60%
Aug 2, 15:22
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek had consolidated revenues of NT$8.368 billion (US$279 million) for July hiking by 60.72% on month but dipping by 1.51% on year, while January-July...
Giantplus holds conservative view for 3Q12
Jul 31, 14:54
Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of small- to medium-sized LCD panels and touch panels, has said it holds a conservative outlook for the third quarter.
AUO to mass produce 4.3-inch AMOLED panels in 3Q12, says company president
Jul 26, 01:10
AU Optronics (AUO) president Paul Peng has indicated plans to mass produce 4.3-inch AMOLED panels in the third quarter. The product has resolutions up to 257ppi, the highest AMOLED...

Demand for touch panel materials increases
Jul 20, 12:33
Touch screen panel materials such as ITO, OCA and cover lens are in high demand due to increasing tablet and smartphone shipments, according to sources.

Giantplus expected to stick with niche markets
Jul 19, 15:51
Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based small- and medium-sized LCD panel maker who has diversified into the touch panel market, is expected to stay focused on niche touch applications...
Elan 2Q12 sales hit record high
Jul 4, 16:23
IC design house Elan Microelectronic has reported revenues of NT$680 million (US$22.8 million) for June 2012, a record high for the second straight month. Elan's revenues for the...
EETI touch-IC shipments to boom in 2H12
Jul 4, 15:12
IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) is expected to see its shipments of touch controller ICs expand significantly in the second half of 2012, boosted by a surge in demand...
Packaging material supplier Chang Wah 3Q12 shipments to rise
Jul 4, 13:43
Chang Wah Electromaterials is forecast to post shipment growth of more than 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 as its IC customers including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering...
Wintek ships 500,000 OGS touch panels to Google in June, say sources
Jun 29, 01:35
Wintek shipped 500,000 units of OGS (one glass solution) touch panels for Google's Nexus 7 tablet PCs in June, according to industry sources. The company's total shipments of OGS...
J Touch plant in China to reach 90% capacity in September
Jun 28, 15:05
The newly inaugurated touch panel plant of J Touch in Changsha, China will reach 90% of its capacity in September, as it is ramping up its supply of touch panels for low-end smartphones...
Wintek introduces own-brand LED lightings
Jun 28, 11:25
Touch panel maker Wintek introduces own-brand LED lighting products, Otali. According to Hyley Huang, company chairman, Wintek will develop businesses of OEM and own-brand.
Google to unveil Nexus 7 at Google I/O 2012, say sources
Jun 28, 01:35
Google is expected to unveil its new own-brand tablet PC, the Nexus 7, during Google I/O 2012 which opens on June 27. Market sources indicate that Google will outsource production...
Mirle forecasts flat 2012 revenues
Jun 28, 01:20
Mirle Automation, a Taiwan-based maker of panel production and industrial automation equipment, has indicated demand for touch panels is growing and the firm has introduced touch...

Cando gearing up for OGS touch panel production
Jun 25, 11:19
Cando has focused its production on OGS (one glass solution) touch panels due to fast growing demand arising from Windows 8 and expects shipments of OGS touch panels to double sequentially...

CPT to roll out OGS touch panels in October
Jun 21, 11:16
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will begin to roll out OGS (one glass solution) touch panels from its 6G lines in October 2012, according to company president Lin Sheng-chang. CPT has...
- 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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- 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

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.























