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Monday 15 June 2009
Photonics Festival in Taiwan: Everlight showcases LED agriculture lamps
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has showcased LED agriculture lamps for stimulating plant growth at the 2009 Photonics Festival in Taiwan, and the company is...
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Intel invests US$43 million in UQ to expand WiMAX service in Japan
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, has invested US$43 million in Japan-based UQ Communications, a provider of WiMAX mobile services. UQ will utilize the funding...
Thursday 4 June 2009
Global Unichip beefing up presence in China, Japan and South Korea
Taiwan IC design service provider Global Unichip will strengthen its deployments in China, South Korea, Japan, Europe and Israel in 2009, according to company CEO KC Shih. Market...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Adlink to cooperate with Japan-based IPC maker Densan
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Adlink Technology on May 13 announced an alliance with Densan over technology and marketing in Japan. Adlink made the announcement at the Embedded...
Monday 11 May 2009
HTC Magic smartphones heading to Canada and Japan, says paper
High Tech Computer's (HTC's) Android-powered smartphones will make inroads into the handset markets in Canada and Japan soon, with shipments contributing significantly to HTC's revenue...
Friday 24 April 2009
Handset shipments in Japan drop nearly 30% in fiscal 2008, says MM Research Institute
Domestic mobile phone shipments in the Japan market dropped by an annualized rate of 29.3% to 35.89 million units in fiscal 2008 (April 2008-March 2009), according to data released...
Thursday 23 April 2009
Taiwan LED makers gearing up output of LED T-bar lights
A number of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers as well as packaging companies, including Ledtech Electronics, Opto Tech, Genesis Photonics, Harvatek and Wellypower Optronics, have all ventured...
Friday 13 March 2009
Japan market: Eee PC owns 27% of netbooks, says paper
Asustek Computer's Eee PCs are the best selling netbooks in Japan with a market share of 27.18% in terms of sales, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Japan market: LCD TV shipments up, but ASPs down in January
Japan's LCD TV market saw an on-year growth of 30.7% to 584,000 units in January this year, with market observers saying that the growth was driven by sharp price drops.
Wednesday 18 February 2009
BenQ announces nScreen all-in-one PCs
BenQ has announced two nScreen all-in-one PCs, the i91 and i221, which it plans to start shipping to Taiwan, Japan, and Australia in March or April this year, targeting initial monthly...
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Elan Microelectronics reportedly lands orders for touch panel modules from Japan
Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics has made a breakthrough in its manufacturing process of touch panel modules to increase yield rates and has obtained orders from...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Eee PC helps Asustek become top-five vendor in Japan in November, says paper
Asustek Computer's Eee PC 901 was reportedly the best selling netbook priced below 100,000 Yen (US$1,134) in Japan in November this year, and the result has helped the company became...
Wednesday 17 December 2008
HTC shaves over 50% of its workforce in Japan, says paper
High Tech Computer (HTC) has reportedly reduced the number of employees at its branch office in Japan by more than 50% with the aim to improve operating efficiency, according to a...
Friday 21 November 2008
Firich trialling low-cost POS in the US, Japan and China
Taiwan-based POS device maker Firich Enterprise is trialling low-cost POS products with potential clients in the US, Japan and China, according to the company.
Monday 20 October 2008
NEC to launch netbook in November
Japan-based PC vendor NEC is planning to launch a 8.9-inch netbook, the LaVie Light, in Japan in November this year, according to company president Kaoru Yano.