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Q&A with display experts from the UK
Tuesday 14 September 2004
During a pre-seminar meeting (UK Development in Flat Panel Displays 2004), five display experts from the UK talked to the Taiwan press about their cooperation with companies in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and possibly China,...
Micron on the advantages of stacking
Tuesday 14 September 2004
With respect to a given lithography node – whether it’s 0.11- or 0.13-micron – both stack and trench processes are implementing 8F² technology. However, the various suppliers do not use standardized...
Monday 13 September 2004
If there has been one key lesson of the recent downturn in the semiconductor industry, it's that yield counts. In tough times, new fab construction may be put on hold, and utilization may fall dramatically. At the same...
Interview with TPV Technology, world’s number one LCD monitor supplier
Friday 10 September 2004
Listed in Hong Kong and Singapore, TPV Technology overtook Samsung Electronics and became the world’s largest LCD-monitor supplier in the first half of 2004, with total shipments of 4.497 million units, compared to...
Q&A with OLED-display maker RiTdisplay
Wednesday 8 September 2004
DigiTimes recently had the opportunity to talk with Robert Chen, senior vice president, Marketing Center, RiTdisplay Corporation, one of the three or four companies in Taiwan that are pioneering OLED display technology...
After the lawsuit: Q&A with MStar’s Wayne Liang
Friday 3 September 2004
The US-based International Trade Commission (ITC) recently announced that Taiwan-based MStar Semiconductor, Media Reality Technologies (MRT) and Trumpion Microelectronics all infringed an LCD-controller IC-related patent...
Interview with Jim Lai, Global Unichip president & COO
Friday 20 August 2004
With Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) gaining operational control of Global Unichip in 2003, the disorder among members of the Design Center Alliance (DCA) was finally settled. Jim Lai, COO and president...
Interview with James Li, CEO of Syntax Groups
Thursday 19 August 2004
US-based Syntax Groups has formed a joint venture with Taiwan-based home-appliance maker Kolin (via its subsidiary DigiMedia Technology) and LCOS optical-engine maker Prokia Technology. Syntax Groups has also partnered...
Interview with Optimax chairman Larry Lai
Wednesday 4 August 2004
Competition in polarizers is heating up! Japan-based Nitto Denko, the world’s top polarizer maker, recently finished building a complete polarizer plant in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP). This plant just happens...
Leadtek sees growing demand for value-added videophone services
Wednesday 7 July 2004
Leadtek Research, a Taiwan-based designer and manufacturer of graphics and video solutions, expects demand for value-added video services to increase substantially following the introduction of 3G (third generation) mobile...
Interview with Taiwan backlight module maker Kenmos Technology chairman
Monday 5 July 2004
Kenmos Technology, a Taiwan-based TFT LCD backlight module maker, is a major supplier for Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), Quanta Display and HannStar Display. DigiTimes interviewed chairman...
Interview with Hsiung Hui, executive vice president of AU Optronics
Monday 31 May 2004
DigiTimes interviewed AU Optronics (AUO) executive vice president Hsiung Hui about the TFT LCD industry in Taiwan. Hsiung recently won the Greatest Industrial Contribution Award for the 2004 Gold Panel Awards.
Corning Display Technologies: Taiwan is most important production base
Tuesday 25 May 2004
Following a recent interview with James Clappin, general manager of Corning Display Technologies, DigiTimes interviewed...
Himax expects 2004 sales to double on stronger demand and rising ASPs
Wednesday 5 May 2004
Himax International, Taiwan’s number two LCD driver fabless IC design company, partly owned by Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), is reaping the benefits of a hot market while struggling to meet demand. Himax is expecting...
Interview with James P. Clappin, general manager of Corning Display Technologies.
Friday 30 April 2004
The board of directors of US-based Corning recently approved the company’s plan to build a new glass manufacturing plant at Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP). DigiTimes interviewed James P. Clappin, general manager...
Novatek flies high with both sales and foundry prices in an upward spiral
Thursday 29 April 2004
Novatek Microelectronics, Taiwan’s biggest LCD driver IC design house, is expecting product prices to continue rising amid tightening capacity at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC). Novatek spokesman David...
Chipbond expects to maintain gross margin at record 30% in 2004
Friday 19 December 2003
Chipbond Technology, the world’s second-largest gold bumping service provider, is expecting its gross margin to maintain at a record 30% in 2004, continuing an impressive comeback after previously suffering losses...
Acer seeks No. 3 spot in China notebook market by changing channel strategy
Wednesday 26 November 2003
Acer, which has been generating respectable profits in China for years, now faces increasing challenges amid rising competition from both local and foreign heavy-weights like Legend and IBM. Scott Lin, Acer’s president...
ViewSonic adopting different strategies for different markets
Thursday 20 November 2003
As general manager of ViewSonic’s Greater China operations, Middle Lin led the US-based company to a first-place finish in LCD monitor market share in China in the first half of 2003. Now president of ViewSonic Asia-Pacific,...
Exclusive interview with Bruce Berkoff, Executive Vice President, Marketing, LG.Philips LCD
Monday 12 May 2003
Editor’s note: The following interview was conducted on March 18, 2003 at the headquarters of LG.Philips LCD in Seoul, Korea. Because of its length, we’ve split it into four parts, to be featured over...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Corning Lotus XT Glass selected for Tianma's LTPS line (May 20) - Company release
- MIT tech turns any surface into a user interface, but it's useless without Google Glass (May 2) - ExtremeTech
- Diamond Pixels: Galaxy S4's unique subpixel arrangement gets a close up (April 30) - Andorid Authority
- Revolutionary display technology can lift the ban on digital billboards (May 8) - EMSNow
- This ain't Foxconn: Inside the factory where Vertu assembles smartphones by hand - Digital Trends
- Amazon buys Liquavista from Samsung, launches digital currency (May 13) - Reuters
- Korea launches touch screen industry forum to help domestic manufacturers grow worldwide (May 8) - The Next Web
- Amazon's rumoured smartphone-with-holograms is an awful idea (May 10) - Wired
- Digitimes Research: LCD monitor shipments from Taiwan makers drop 14.7% in 1Q13
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan small- to medium-size TFT LCD panel shipments to rise nearly 10% in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments expected to rise nearly 5% in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: LED TV to account for 100% of Samsung TV products in 2013
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- Fortrend shipped Turn Key to China first licensing partner
- Merck inaugurates its New Business R&D and Application Lab in Taiwan
- Multi-touch applications in PC and mobile devices
- The opportunities and challenges for Taiwan in the face of multi-platform applications
- Trends and challenges for the development of multiple platforms for mobile devices in 2013
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
- Digital Signage Expo 2012 opens conference registration
- Subkarma invited OPTOTECH to take part in the '2011 Taipei World Design Expo'
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Lenovo displays new 10.1-inch tablet at the Mobile World Congress
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- China market: Epson targets 2011 projector shipments to reach 200,000 units
- Projector suppliers find new ground in emerging markets
- Taiwan market: Enterprise models dominate 2Q11 shipments
- ViewSonic announces ultra-portable LED projector line
- Computex 2011: Nvidia introduces wired 3D Vision glasses and new GeForce GPUs
Ultra HD is now the industry name for "4K" resolution
Panel makers are gearing up to produce Full HD applications for high-end smartphones.
LCD TV panel prices have stabilized, with the China TV market reporting strong sales during the October 1 National Day holidays.
Many local and foreign makers, such as AUO, CMI and Corning, are at Touch Taiwan 2012 from August 29-31.
Future developments in the TFT LCD panel industry: Q&A with Innolux chairman
The TFT LCD panel industry is continuing to intensify as market demand is increasing, bringing competition...
The development of OGS products in China: Q&A with Truly chairman
Despite lagging growth in the global economy, smartphone and tablet applications that use one-glass-solution...
The possibilities of Willow glass: Q&A with Corning executives Alan Eusden and Dipak Chowdhury
Corning Glass is one of the world's leading makers in specialty glass. One of its latest products is...
Despite the fact the penetration rate of LED backlight units (BLUs) in TVs has been increasing continuously,...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- A glimpse into the e-book reader market - May 2010
In 2008, worldwide e-book reader shipments totaled only 700,000 units, according to Digitimes Research. But demand exploded in 2009 as consumer interests grew...
- Overview of LCD TV market - May 2010
When the economic recession hit at the end of 2008, the LCD TV market seemed to be heading toward a doomsday scenario in 2009; however, demand turned out to be...
- Large-size LCD panel overview - Jun 2007
Global large-size LCD panel market revenues are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% to US$96.2 billion by 2011, up from US$53.5...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.