
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more...
Last update: Wednesday 19 June 2013

The early success Google's Android platform has achieved in the handset market has caused system makers, software developers and semiconductor players to show heightened interest in the new platform. DIGITIMES provides...
Last update: Monday 17 June 2013


Over 1,700 exhibitors occupying 5,000 booths are showcasing their latest products at one of the world's leading ICT event.
Last update: Monday 10 June 2013

Historical shipment data of Taiwan's first-tier IT manufacturers.
Last update: Saturday 8 June 2013

What company executives say at Computex 2013
Executives talk about their companies, products and the markets.
Last update: Thursday 6 June 2013


Taiwan-based solar firms have been expressing optimistic view about the solar market.
Last update: Wednesday 8 May 2013

Samsung reportedly to outsource more chips
Samsung Electronics reportedly is looking to expand the purchase of memory products, including mobile DRAM chips and eMMC NAND devices, from outside.
Last update: Friday 26 April 2013

2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show
The 2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show was held in Taipei, Taiwan, from March 26-29, 2013.
Last update: Thursday 11 April 2013

Micron reaches deal to acquire Elpida
Micron Technology and Elpida Memory's trustees have reached an agreement for Micron to acquire Elpida. Micron also announced a separate agreement with Powerchip Technology and certain of its affiliates to acquire the Powerchip...
Last update: Monday 1 April 2013

Taiwan DRAM firms mull fab sales
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmakers including Powerchip Technology and ProMOS Technologies are considering selling fabs in order to preserve cash and strengthen their financial structures.
Last update: Thursday 28 March 2013

Specializing in the manufacture of memory chips and LCD panels, Samsung's component operations are undergoing a focus shift to advanced process design fabrication targeting mobile communications applications. The move will...
Last update: Tuesday 26 March 2013

China-based large-size solar firm Suntech Power Holdings failed to pay back US$541 million in convertible notes on March 15 and announced the insolvency measure for its China subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech on March 20.
Last update: Friday 22 March 2013

Panel makers are gearing up to produce Full HD applications for high-end smartphones.
Last update: Tuesday 19 March 2013

Japan is facing its worst crisis since the end of World War II. The devastating earthquake, tsunami and the threat of a meltdown at a nuclear power plant have not only caused heavy casualties and severe damage, but also...
Last update: Wednesday 13 March 2013

Apple reportedly to shift processor orders away from Samsung
Rumors have circulated for a while that Apple is looking to reduce its dependency on Samsung Electronics as a major chip supplier due to the two's direct competition in the smartphone and tablet PC markets.
Last update: Wednesday 27 February 2013

Rumors from China solar industry
China government reportedly planned to announce the preliminary result of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on February 20, but now the announcement has been delayed, according to China-based reports.
Last update: Wednesday 20 February 2013

HTC has launched its new flagship smartphone in hopes to regain market share
Last update: Wednesday 20 February 2013

Taiwan's LED industry is optimistc about 2013
Last update: Friday 25 January 2013

China-based Huawei Technologies has reported handsome profits for 2012.
Last update: Tuesday 22 January 2013

Philips, Osram, Genesis Photonics, Opto Tech, Panasonic, Toshiba Lightech and Everlight participate in Lighting Japan 2013.
Last update: Friday 18 January 2013

The rise of China smartphone brands
China-based vendors have been aggressive in rolling out new smartphones.
Last update: Friday 11 January 2013

The DRAM industry accounts for about 10% of global semiconductor revenues, and chronic oversupply and diminished demand has led to a near collapse in the industry, with related shock waves affecting growth in the semiconductor...
Last update: Thursday 27 December 2012

Neo Solar Power to merge with Delta's subsidiary, DelSolar
Last update: Friday 14 December 2012

MediaTek has announced plans to merge with fellow IC design company MStar Semiconductor following the completion of its tender offer to buy a portion of MStar shares. MediaTek said it expects to complete the merger process...
Last update: Thursday 6 December 2012

Smartphones, connected devices driving MEMS growth
Mass-market products particularly smartphones have boosted demand for motion sensors such asMEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes
Last update: Wednesday 21 November 2012

HTC and Apple have reached a settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a 10-year license agreement. About two months ago, HTC chairperson Cher Wang said that the company had no intentions of settling...
Last update: Wednesday 14 November 2012

DRAM market hurt by sluggish PC sales
DRAM inventory levels have remained high, reflecting disappointing PC sales thus far in the second half of 2012 despite it being the traditional peak season.
Last update: Tuesday 6 November 2012

The European Commission announced on September 6, 2012 the decision to start anti-dumping investigation against China-based solar firms
Last update: Thursday 1 November 2012

Windows 8/RT operating system to bring new changes to the IT industry
As Microsoft launched its latest Windows 8 and RT operating system, there are many players already launched the related products, while some expect the software to change the IT industry
Last update: Wednesday 31 October 2012

HTC has been struggling. It is even laying off some of its staff.
Last update: Friday 26 October 2012

LCD TV panel prices have stabilized, with the China TV market reporting strong sales during the October 1 National Day holidays.
Last update: Monday 22 October 2012

Watch out for Apple, Google and Microsoft tablets
As Apple, Google and Microsoft are all expected to release new tablets in near future, smaller tablet brand vendors may have trouble trying to survive in the battlefield.
Last update: Friday 19 October 2012

AMD has been aggressively adjusting its APU prices and roadmap in hoping to maintain its competitiveness
Last update: Monday 15 October 2012
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 8h 35min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 8h 37min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 8h 42min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 9h 4min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 9h 5min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 10h 2min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 10h 12min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 10h 18min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 8h 58min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 9h 16min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 10h 20min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 10h 46min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 11h 43min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 11h 51min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- Releases
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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 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.
- 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.
















