Last update: Wednesday 16 January 2013 [60 news items]
LCD monitor vendors to continue releasing more value-added products, say sources
Jan 16, 16:00
LCD monitor vendors are expected to continue releasing more value-added large-size monitors in 2013 aimed at niche markets as a way to keep up their profits, according to industry...
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...
Intel, Shuttle, Samsung, Lenovo, Asustek competing for education market
Jul 12, 01:10
Facing Apple iPad's domination of the consumer market, several tablet PC vendors including Intel, Asustek Computer, Shuttle, Samsung Electronics and Lenovo are all turning aggressively...

ViewSonic adds touch to its complete line of large format commercial displays
Jun 19, 01:35
Viewsonic has announced a new family of large format, touch-enabled commercial displays, including a slim ePoster digital signboard and transparent display technologies.
Display makers focus more on commercial and public sectors
Jun 19, 01:25
Firms in the LCD supply are starting to focus more on large-sized applications for customized markets in the commercial, public and education sectors.

Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
May 24, 15:49
ViewSonic plans to unveil a 21.5-inch LED-backlight monitor with optical touch screen during Computex Taipei 2012 with volume shipments slated for September targeting the business...

Taiwan market: Effects of Windows 8 to emerge in 4Q12, says ViewSonic
May 9, 15:38
The LCD monitor market in Taiwan showed stabilization in the first quarter and is expected to further grow this year as the launch of Windows 8 is likely to stimulate demand in the...
Taiwan market: Tablet PC sales flat in 2Q12, says ViewSonic
May 4, 11:06
Sales of tablet PCs in the Taiwan market have been weak recently with monthly sales hovering around 30,000 units compared to 40,000 units sold during the peak season, according to...
Softex Taipei: ViewSonic to showcase new tablet PCs, LED monitors
Apr 5, 11:45
ViewSonic will showcase its latest 7- and 10.1-inch tablet PCs in the upcoming Softex Taipei 2012 computer trade fair, according to the company.
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Windows 8 tablet PCs in 2Q12
Feb 15, 15:40
ViewSonic plans to launch Windows 8-based tablet PCs in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according to Max Liu, product marketing director of ViewSonic...
Taiwan market: February LCD monitor sales to grow 10% sequentially
Feb 7, 14:41
Branded LCD vendors in Taiwan including Asustek Computer, Chimei, BenQ and ViewSonic will offer incentives to promote sales to students in the local market upon the beginning of the...
CES 2012: ViewSonic and Lenovo showcase 7-inch tablet PCs
Jan 12, 01:10
With many non-Apple players turning aggressively to the 7-inch tablet PC segment, ViewSonic and Lenovo are both showcasing their latest 7-inch models at CES 2012.
UltraChip extends to touch IC for tablets
Jan 4, 15:13
UltraChip has extended its business operation from LCD driver ICs to touch panel solutions for tablet PCs, according to the Taiwan-based IC design house. The company's touch IC portfolio...
Players cut 7-inch tablet PC prices to compete for market share
Oct 20, 01:20
Tablet PC players have recently started to drop their tablet PC prices to attract consumers, especially 7-inch models as the machines can easily attract first-time buyers with their...
Projector suppliers find new ground in emerging markets
Oct 18, 16:05
Projector vendors are finding new ground in emerging countries in Asia as consumer power in western countries becomes weak, according to industry sources.
Taiwan market: LED-backlit monitor penetration to reach 80% in 4Q11
Oct 17, 11:56
Up to 80% of LCD monitors sold in the Taiwan market will be LED-backlit models in fourth-quarter 2011, climbing from 70% in the third quarter, according to industry sources. Global...
Taiwan market: Enterprise models dominate 2Q11 shipments
Oct 5, 16:38
Projectors for business purposes accounted for half of the shipments to the Taiwan market in second-quarter 2011, according to market sources. Thanks to the robust growth in the enterprise...
ViewSonic announces ultra-portable LED projector line
Sep 30, 12:16
ViewSonic has unveiled a new LED projector line, including the availability of the PLED-W200 and PLED-W500.
Taiwan market: ViewSonic expects to lead LCD monitor market share in 2011
Aug 12, 01:10
ViewSonic expects to ship 350,000 LCD monitors in the Taiwan market in 2011 for a market share of 20%, the largest among all vendors, according to the company's Asia Pacific Region...
Taiwan market: Monitor demand to rely on government procurement
Aug 11, 16:14
LCD monitor shipments to the Taiwan market are expected to reach 1.2 million units in 2011, with an on-year decline of 10%. But demand from the government sector will play a key role...
Monitor makers poised to adopt IPS technology
Aug 8, 17:05
In-panel switching (IPS) panel has come under spotlight recently, due to the craze of Apple's iPad 2. Apart from tablet PCs, the number of LCD monitors adopting IPS technology has...
Penetration of LED-backlit monitors to reach over 60% in 2H11
Jul 13, 01:05
The growth of LED-backlit monitors has been growing rapidly as many brands have stopped introducing CCFL-backlit products. In addition, the price of LED-backlit monitors has been...
ViewSonic to launch 7-inch tablet running on Google Honeycomb OS
Jul 8, 12:24
ViewSonic plans to launch the world's first 7-inch tablet PC running on Google Honeycomb OS soon. The 7-inch tablet will be powered by a dual-core Tegra CPU with a display solution...
Computex 2011: The rise of mobile projectors
Jun 3, 01:25
Industry leading firms Acer, Asustek, and ViewSonic have been entering the market for micro and mobile projectors to showcase mobile projecting systems with brightness up to 200 lu...
ViewSonic expects tablet PC to replace 70% of netbook sales in 2011
May 11, 16:27
Alan Chang, president of ViewSonic Europe and Asia Pacific, has forecast that tablet PCs will replace as much as 70% of global netbook sales in 2011 as he sees that netbook inventory...
Taiwan market: ViewSonic launches ViewPad 4 and V350 smartphone
May 11, 12:01
ViewSonic has launched its ViewPad 4, an Android tablet PC, and V350, a WCDMA/GSM dual-mode smartphone, in the Taiwan market with suggested retail prices of NT$14,900 (US$518) and...

Demand for LCD monitors expected to heat up
Apr 28, 16:46
Recently the demand for LCD monitors shows signs of return after Chinese New Year. The price gap between LED- and CCFL-backlit models also shrank, which allows vendors to have performance...
Touch panel makers optimistic about 7-inch tablet PC
Mar 28, 16:51
Vendors of iPad-like devices are expected to see stronger sales from 7-inch tablet PCs than from 10.1-inch models although most of the vendors are set to launch 10.1-inch models to...
Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top in LCD monitor market in January-February 2011
Mar 18, 01:50
Asustek Computer remained top in Taiwan's LCD monitor market in January-February due to its price-cut promotions for CCFL-backlit models, while ViewSonic ranked first for LED-backlit...
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch a new 10-inch tablet PC in March
Feb 15, 16:08
Due to strong sales of its 7- and 10-inch ViewPad in Taiwan, ViewSonic plans to launch a new 10-inch tablet PC in Taiwan in March with 1080p resolution.
ViewSonic 7-inch tablet PC shipments reach 60,000 units per month
Jan 31, 11:47
LCD monitor brand vendor ViewSonic is seeing its 7-inch tablet PC shipments reach 55,000-60,000 units per month benefiting mainly from strong sales in Europe, according to sources...
ViewSonic aims to ship 8 million LCD monitors in 2011
Jan 19, 01:45
ViewSonic aims to become one of the top-three LCD monitor vendors in 2011 with shipments of eight million units.
Jan 4, 01:50
ViewSonic has launched tablet PCs and smartphones and Vizio will unveil a Android-based tablet PC and smartphones at the upcoming 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The companies...
Taiwan market: ViewSonic tablet PCs in shortage
Dec 27, 16:34
ViewSonic's 7-inch tablet PC, the ViewPad 7, is currently seeing tight supply in Taiwan channels due to the strong sales. The company expects the shortage will ease in January 2011...
Taiwan market: LED monitors account for 25% of overall monitor market in 3Q10, says IDC
Dec 17, 01:15
Through promotion from LCD monitor vendors such as Chimei and ViewSonic, LED-backlit LCD monitor sales in the third quarter of 2010 in Taiwan reached 125,000 units, accounting for...
- 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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- 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

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- 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.






















