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Thursday 28 April 2011
Micron, Inotera deny acquisition rumors
Rumors have started to circulate again that Micron Technology is pursuing plans to acquire full ownership of Taiwan-based Inotera Memories. But both firms have denied the possibili...
Thursday 21 April 2011
InnoDisk mulls acquisition of server memory specialist
Taiwan-based InnoDisk, which develops and manufactures flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, is mulling plans to buy US-based Actica for up to NT$500...
Thursday 21 April 2011
Inventec chairman becomes a director of GIH
Inventec Group chairman Yeh Kuo-yi has become a director of a subsidiary of E-Ton Solar Tech, in an apparent move to reform the management of the solar-cell maker.
Thursday 21 April 2011
Taiwan hard drive component makers may face difficulty negotiating quotes
As the hard drive market will be fully occupied by three major players following Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and Seagate completes...
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Seagate buying Samsung HDD department rumor unlikely to occur shortly
Rumor about hard drive maker Seagate may purchase Samsung Electronics' hard drive business has been spreading in IT market after report about Samsung considering selling its hard...
Wednesday 6 April 2011
TI to acquire National Semiconductor for US$6.5 billion
Texas Instruments (TI) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase National Semiconductor in an all-cash transaction of about US$6.5 billion. Both companies will operate independently...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Richtek dismisses acquisition rumors
Analog IC design house Richtek Technology has dismissed a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report indicating it is looking to acquire Capella Microsystems,...
Tuesday 22 March 2011
AT&T/T-Mobile merger makes US market entry harder for second-tier equipment and device suppliers, say Taiwan makers
AT&T's merger acquisition of T-Mobile US will result in the dominance of the US mobile telecom market by AT&T and Verizon Wireless, and the situation will render it more difficult...
Tuesday 22 March 2011
AUO acquisition of ISO 50001 certification sets example as green company
Following the acknowledgment of the world's first LEED gold-certified TFT-LCD facility in 2009, AU Optronics (AUO) announced today that its 8.5G facility located in Central Taiwan...
Tuesday 15 March 2011
OCZ to acquire SSD controller provider
OCZ Technology, which specializes in the design and manufacture of solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, announced on March 14 that it has signed a definitive...
Thursday 10 March 2011
HP reportedly considers selling PC business, upstream players say no
The largest global notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is reportedly considering selling its PC business with Korea-based Samsung Electronics the most likely buyer, according...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Western Digital to become dominate HDD maker with Hitachi acquisition, says iSuppli
With its purchase of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), hard drive maker Western Digital (WDC) will pad its lead in the global hard disk drive (HDD) market, giving...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Toshiba, Sony enter agreement for facility transfer
Toshiba, Sony and Sony Semiconductor Kyushu (SCK) have executed definitive agreements based on the non-binding MOU signed earlier between Toshiba and Sony for the transfer from Toshiba...
Wednesday 23 February 2011
First-tier poly-Si makers in China not interested in acquiring smaller players
Despite the recent announcements of new regulations for investments in polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) plants in China, first-tier poly-Si makers in the country are showing little...
Thursday 10 February 2011
HP, Dell to debut latest tablet PCs
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are both set to announce their latest tablet PCs shortly with mixed platforms as well as operating systems, according to sources from notebook players...
Research Report Database
Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research