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Focus on enterprise SSD: Q&A with OCZ CMO Alex Mei
Thursday 14 November 2013
OCZ Technology shifted its corporate focus away from legacy DRAM memory modules in 2011, and has since built on its expertise in high-speed memory to become a leader in the design and manufacturing of solid state drives...
Coping with the shrinking ODD business: Q&A with Lite-On IT CEO Danny Liao
Monday 22 October 2012
As the proportion of notebooks equipped with slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) is on the decline and use of cloud computing-based storage is on the rise, the optical disc storage market has reached saturation. Faced...
The NAND flash boom: Q&A with Phison chairman Khein Seng Pua
Thursday 5 April 2012
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 an interview with Digitimes.
Memoright talks about application-specific SSD
Thursday 4 August 2011
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 strength in not only hardware manufacturing...
Looking to ride mobile computing wave: Q&A with Kingston co-founder David Sun
Monday 20 June 2011
Kingston Technology's revenues hit a record high of US$6.5 billion for 2010, representing a 58.5% on-year growth. However, high sales do not necessarily mean profits are high as well, company co-founder David Sun pointed...
Expanding SSD market reach: Q&A with OCZ executive VP and CMO Alex Mei
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Once known as a supplier of premium DRAM modules, OCZ Technology has recognized its fiscal 2011 a transformational year for the company. In the year ended February 28, 2011, OCZ shifted its corporate focus away from the...
SSD market set for robust growth: Q&A with Memoright president Alex Kuo
Monday 17 May 2010
The market for solid-state drives (SSD) is expected to grow robustly from 2011 onwards, due to a combination of, chip fabricators shifting to more advanced processes, rising storage density, and lower prices, according...
Objective Analysis: PCIe and standard interface SSDs should coexist for a very long time
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Jim Handy joined semiconductor market researchers at Objective Analysis after more than 30 years in the electronics industry that included 14 years as an industry analyst for Dataquest (now Gartner) and Semico Research,...
Kingston playing supportive role in Taiwan DRAM rescue: Q&A with company co-founder John Tu
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Kingston Technology, the US-based memory module maker who has long been a supportive partner for Taiwan's financially-distressed DRAM makers during difficult times, intends to play a role in helping restore the dynamics...
Trends in storage, the economy and network: Comments from LSI CEO Abhi Talwalkar
Monday 9 June 2008
LSI was founded in 1981 as an ASIC company that did service functions, which meant basically it turned others companies' IP into silicon. The company did that for more than 20 years, but in the years from 2000-2005 it seems...
Digitimes Research: Xiaomi to see slower growth in smartphone shipments in China market
Mobile + telecom | 1min ago
Worldwide digital production color print market to see cumulative shipment value reach nearly US$25 billion over 2014-2018, says IDC
IT + CE | 10min ago
Global pay-TV market to generate US$280.4 billion in 2014, with 45% of subscribers watching HD content, says ABI Research
IT + CE | 13min ago
Sony increases production capacity for stacked CMOS image sensors
Bits + chips | 15min ago
STB revenues post best year ever in 2013, says IHS
IT + CE | 17min ago
Digitimes Research: CSOT to see increased influence in AMOLED industry
Displays | 20min ago
Peak season TV demand expected to be flat on year
Displays | 24min ago
LCD monitor panel prices rise on tight supply, say Taiwan makers
Displays | 26min ago
Taiwan June manufacturing production index down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Bits + chips | 27min ago
North America semiconductor equipment industry posts book-to-bill ratio of 1.09 in June, says SEMI
Bits + chips | 28min ago
Vendors partner with Wintel to release US$199-249 notebooks for 2H14
IT + CE | Jul 23, 22:53
Apple to become largest client for TSMC, say sources
Bits + chips | Jul 23, 22:50
China market: Xiaomi launches new flagship smartphone
Mobile + telecom | Jul 23, 21:53
Apple new iPhones to come with different time tables to avoid competition
Mobile + telecom | Jul 23, 21:37
Delta expected to enjoy strong performance in 3Q14
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 21:53
Samsung suffering from infighting; may impact upcoming smartphone plans, says report
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 21:37
Han's Laser and Goodfeel to attend Touch Taiwan 2014
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 21:26
TCAS 2014: BenQ to promote short-distance projectors
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 21:04
North America semiconductor equipment industry posts book-to-bill ratio of 1.09 in June, says SEMI
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 20:33
Chassis makers doubtful about rumors Samsung to release metal chassis smartphone
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 20:07
PTI reports EPS NT$1.96 for 1H14
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 19:39
Digitimes Research: Wi-Fi ecosystem keeps expanding
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 19:09
Google to incorporate NFC functionality into Android
Before Going to Press | Jul 23, 18:53
- Digitimes Research: Optical-use sapphire demand to reach 12.44 million mm of 2-inch equivalents in 2014
- Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments reach 55.06 million units in 2Q14
- USI reportedly lands SiP module orders for iWatch devices
- Taiwan server ODMs may benefit from Project Scorpio 2.0
- Innolux, AUO facing competition from South Korea-based Ultra HD TV makers in China
- China Mobile TD-LTE user base increases to nearly 14 million in June
- Microsoft facing increased competition from MacBooks and Chromebooks, say Taiwan makers
- Investment in production of N-type monocrystalline solar cells may take off in 2-3 years
- Fujitsu Taiwan and local university to set up Big Data R&D platform
- Taiwan tablet shipments plunge sequentially in 1Q14, says MIC
- Domestic suppliers dominate China solar inverter market as demand doubles, says IHS
- Bay Zu Precision to showcase roll-to-roll vacuum sputtering systems at Touch Taiwan 2014
- Chi Mei Materials starts construction of polarizer factory in China
- Taiwan makers can tolerate 15-20% US anti-dumping rates for PV modules
- Unity Opto expected to ship 20 million LED light bulbs in 2014, says paper
- Compeq looks to strong revenue gains in 3Q14 on growing HDI board orders
- Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$1.9 billion in January-June, says MOEA
- Taiwan Polysilicon may be unable to obtain syndicated loan
- Global UHD TV shipments may reach 20 million units in 2014, say Taiwan makers
- JDI begins IPS-NEO panel production
- Taiwan sees increased June export order value, says MOEA
- NSP subsidiary unveils PV system at southern Taiwan farm
- Taiwan market: Nearly 1,500 4G base stations in operation at end of June, says NCC
- Microsoft cloud growth drives strong fiscal 4Q14 results
- Apple reports fiscal 3Q14 results
21-Jul-2014 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 9400.97 | -7.27 | -0.08% |
| TSE electronic | 370.47 | -0.65 | -0.18% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 147.84 | -0.32 | -0.22% |
| OTC electronic | 182.98 | -1.06 | -0.58% |
- China's Huawei reports 19% jump in sales (Jul 21) - BBC News
- Samsung SDI's suspension of plasma production a plus for earnings: analysts (Jul 2) - Yonhap News
- Facebook to acquire LiveRail (Jul 2) - Company release
- Company acquires WiGig industry leader Wilocity (Jul 2) - Company release
- Foreign investment into China falls in May (Jun 17) - BBC News
- Court confirms Intel's record-breaking EUR1.06 billion fine - Ars Technica
- Broadcom to explore strategic alternatives for cellular baseband business (Jun 2) - Company release
- Sharp shares rise as it returns to profit (May 13) - BBC News
- Digitimes Research: Optical-use sapphire demand to reach 12.44 million mm of 2-inch equivalents in 2014
- Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments reach 55.06 million units in 2Q14
- Digitimes Research: January-May handset shipments in China market down 28% on year
- Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to grow 4.3% sequentially in 3Q14
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- EverFocus' great leap forward: eZ Hopper
- AccuTouch Five Wire Resistive Touchscreens
- Getting the Most Out Of Your Next Generation Digital Security Surveillance System
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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Differentiation is the core advantage: Q&A MediaTek president Hsieh Ching-chiang
MediaTek has taken up to 60% of the 3G handset solution market in China, pushing the market value of...
AMD pushing ARM/x86-compatibility for server business, says senior VP Lisa Su
AMD has been reorganizing its businesss, such as moving its desktop business headquarters to Beijing,...
Intel prepared for emerging industries, says company president Renee James
Intel president Renee James, during a recent interview, told Digitimes that the company and its partners...
Turning a smartphone into a PC in a pocket: Q&A with Analogix
According to a recent IDC research note, the transition toward mobile and cloud-based computing is...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- 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...
- 2014 global high brightness LED market, trends and shipment forecast
For the global LED lighting market, the market size will reach US$25.82 billion in 2014 or a market penetration rate of 23.4%. This is attributable to exponential shipment growth for light bulbs, tubes, and directional lamps.
- Greater China touch panel shipment forecast through 2015
This Special Report provides forecasts through 2015 for Greater China touch panel shipments with breakdowns based on technology (glass, film, resistive), application (smartphone, NB and tablet) and by firm.
- 2014 global tablet demand forecast
This report analyzes the main players, their strategies and shipments forecasts for 2014, as well as other factors contributing to either growth or decline in various segments within the tablet market, with a particular focus on Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft, along with whitebox vendors.