DigiTimes recently has a chance to talk to Koichi Kubota, general manager of VI Marketing Department, Imaging Products Operations Division from Seiko Epson, to talk about the company's outlook for the projector market in...

Established in the US in late 1980s, Tyan Computer has a good reputation as supplier of motherboards for x86-based servers and workstations. The company moved its headquarters to Taiwan in 2002, motivated by a need to consolidate...

Switzerland-based u-blox AG, a global provider of GPS (global positioning system) chipsets and modules, has been actively seeking cooperation with Taiwanese hardware makers, especially hand-held device manufacturers, to...

DLP (digital light processing) technology leader TI (Texas Instruments) is positive about the outlook of next-generation projector applications such as pocket, instant theater and LED-based front projectors in 2007. DigiTimes...

Hong Kong-based Hightech Information System (HIS), which specializes in ATI-based graphics cards in the channel gaming market, disagrees with the notion that small-scale companies, especially second- and third-tier players,...

According to market research, the semiconductor-IP business is growing, and one company enjoying that upside is CEVA, a leading licensor of DSP IP cores. In 2005, 130 million devices shipped with CEVA technology inside...

In the realm of multimedia, CyberLink is probably best known for its PowerDVD software player. With the release of Blu-ray and HD DVD players this year, CyberLink has been busy incorporating the two next-generation formats...

DXG Technology is typical of Taiwan's digital camera makers in that it pursues the mainstream consumer market, while recognizing the reality that high-end digital camera production is dominated by Japan. DXG is still trying...

Finland based and a specialist in IP for mobile video, Hantro is a small company but one with international representation. The company is now poised to offer both hardware- and software-IP solutions for emerging markets...

Fuji Magnetics, the EMEA (European, Middle East, Africa) headquarter of Fujifilm's recording media division, is perhaps best known in the industry for its line of data media products for data storage and archiving and for...

Rumors of an AMD acquisition of ATI had been swirling for some time. Certainly the rumor mill was at work prior to Computex in June. Reactions to the initial rumors were varied, ranging from financial incredulity, when...

Texas Instruments (TI) has established itself as a leading provider of chips for mobile phones, but as mobile devices see an increasing convergence between communications and entertainment, TI is increasingly positioning...

Back in June, companies from all facets of the IT industry converged in Taipei for the Computex IT trade show to display their latest wares and catch up on the latest happenings in the IT industry. Many people associate...

Texas Instruments (TI) has established itself as a leading provider of chips for mobile phones, but as mobile devices see an increasing convergence between communications and entertainment, TI is increasingly positioning...

Rumors of an AMD acquisition of ATI had been swirling for some time. Certainly the rumor mill was at work prior to Computex in June. Reactions to the initial rumors were varied, ranging from financial incredulity, when...

Industry observers and analysts are always on the look-out for the next big thing. Many of them think that the next big thing could be in a very small form factor – digital TV on the mobile phone and possibly other...

Taiwan-based Universal Scientific Industrial's (USI's) successful product diversification strategy and transition of industry focus allowed it to recover from a financial crisis in 1999, with the company's business scope...

The name Philips has long been associated with consumer electronics, but as the concept of the connected home has developed and begun to take on meaning, Philips Semiconductors has become one of the main suppliers of silicon...

Global Positioning System (GPS) technology now has a wide range of applications in consumer electronics, thanks to major reductions in the size of chipsets and improvements in signal reception, according to Michael Canning,...

Readers of DigiTimes.com will be familiar with the major technical differentiation we now see between the twin poles of the PC processor world, AMD and Intel. AMD has broken free of a front-side bus architecture, integrating...

Before the celebration of D-Link's 20th anniversary on June 20, DigiTimes had an opportunity to interview Ken Kao, the chairman of the network equipment provider. According to Kao, though D-Link has succeeded in grabbing...

As Elsa Technology continues to build on its strength in the graphics cards sector, it is also expanding its product lines to include the multimedia sector and is focusing on establishing a firm foothold in the Greater...

As one of the leading hardware distributors in Russia, Pirit has built its business around its relationship with Taiwan. Established in 1990, Pirit has now accumulated over 10 years of experience doing business with Taiwan...

KJ Chou, general manager of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Taiwan, clarified recent negative rumors about AMD's capacity and product performance issues when he was interviewed by DigiTimes. The chip vendor released its 64-bit...

David Su, the newly appointed CEO of Arima Computer, recently spoke with DigiTimes about the company's outlook, his optimism for a new market presence and an opportunity to correct past mistakes. There is no lack of challenge...