The global solar market went through turbulences in 2011. The prospect for the solar market in 2012 is still unclear due to several incentive cuts by European governments and lack...

Touch panel maker TPK Holding managed to ramp up its revenues 7-fold to NT$143.37 billion (US$4.86 billion) in 2011 from NT$18.71 billion in 2009. The touch panel vendor also posted...

As iPad is expected to account for close to 60% of the global tablet PC market, while Apple has also launched iBook 2 and iBook Author to compete in the educational market, bringing...

During weak market conditions in 2011, Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech was the first firm in Taiwan to return to full capacity in fourth-quarter 2011. Digitimes conducted an...

Demand for NAND flash application to eMMC, SSDs and USB 3.0 devices is expected to take off in 2012, according to chairman Khein Seng Pua for IC design house Phison Electronics at...

MEMS microphone specialist Akustica has announced its new analog MEMS microphone series to show continuous enhancement of its product portfolio. The firm also recognizes this product...

US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%. Digitimes sat down with James T Jenson, vice president of Veeco's LED business...

In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments of the company's operations - its mature accelerometer business and MEMS...

While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened to perform quite well in the Asian Green Index published earlier this year...

Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC will continue investing in advanced IC packages for space-critical designs that...

The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based LED chipmaker Hang Zhou Silan Azure (Silan Azure) to gain insights in China's LED...

The US Justice Department's antitrust cases against the world's major LCD panel makers have resulted in hefty fines for companies and prison terms for executives. Among them were...

Having gone through the 2007-2009 downturn, the DRAM industry was just about to celebrate upcoming profitable years. But the rebound lasted only one year, and the industry has slid...

According to a recently published Digitimes Research...

Digitimes recently had a chance to talk to Eric Kao, chairman and CEO for Memoright, about the growing market for application-specific solid state drives (SSDs) and Memoright's...