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Wednesday 9 December 2009
IC distributor WPG manages revenue growth in November on China demand
WPG Holdings saw consolidated revenues grow almost 1% on month to NT$17.74 billion (US$549 million) in November, beating its previous estimate of a sequential drop, according to the...
Friday 27 November 2009
China market: Clevo opens 3D Buynow online mall
Buynow, an IT and consumer electronics retail chain established in main cities of China by second-tier Taiwan-based PC maker Clevo, on November 26 opened a 3D online shopping mall,...
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Yageo releases RE precision thick film resistors targeting consumer electronics applications
Yageo has announced new RE precision thick film resistors designed for precision apparatus. Featuring precision tolerance and ultra-low temperature coefficient, Yageo's new RE series...
Wednesday 18 November 2009
ASE to buy up shares in USI, targeting SiP applications
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is seeking to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) for NT$21 (US$0.65) per share, with the total...
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek to move into new plant in 1Q10
Chip packaging and testing firm Greatek Electronics, which focuses on the consumer electronics market, has said its new plant in Chunan, in the northern Taiwan county of Miaoli is...
Thursday 15 October 2009
Wi-Fi still rules as CE network connections grow, says ABI Research
Wi-Fi connections in consumer electronics devices will rise from 113 million in 2008 to more than 285 million by 2012 with the growth of connected consumer electronics devices, according...
Thursday 15 October 2009
Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 7D and others
Canon on October 14 unveiled its EOS 7D DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, as well as five other digital camera models, IXUS 200 IS, IXUS 120 IS, PowerShot G11, PowerShot S90...
Monday 12 October 2009
Bluetooth 3.0+HS-enabled devices to account for 61% of certified Bluetooth products in 2011, says Bluetooth SIG
Bluetooth 3.0+HS-enabled devices will account for 23% of all certified Bluetooth-enabled devices in 2010 and further climb to 61% in 2011, according to estimates from the Bluetooth...
Wednesday 7 October 2009
IMEC, TSMC team up for miniaturized designs
IMEC, a Belgium-based research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on October 6 jointly announced the extension of...
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Apple and Windows computers living together under one roof, says NPD
Approximately 12% of all the US computer owning households own an Apple computer, up from 9% in 2008, according to NPD Group's 2009 Household Penetration Study. While Apple ownership...
Monday 5 October 2009
Global chip sales up for sixth consecutive month in August, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors in August were US$19.1 billion, an increase of 5% from July 2009 when sales were US$18.2 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association...
Friday 2 October 2009
AUO denies reorganization rumors
AU Optronics (AUO) has denied rumors that it will reorganize its operations soon in order to enhance its competitiveness.
Wednesday 9 September 2009
PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications
Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek 3Q09 utilization rate to climb
Greatek Electronics is estimated to see its utilization rate for packaging and testing climb to 90-95% and 60-70%, respectively, in the third quarter of 2009, according to market...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
G-sensor pricing to drop by 10-20%
Quotes of 3-axis accelerometers (g-sensors) are expected to drop by US$0.1-0.2 later in the third quarter of 2009, down from about US$1 at present, since the capacity expansion of...
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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