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Thursday 18 December 2014
The move by Globalfoundries to acquire IBM's semiconductor business unit and to team up with Samsung Electronics to aggressively step into the 14nm process market indicates the US-based foundry house's ambition for strong...
Thursday 22 November 2012
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications for its green buidlings. Digitimes recently sat down with Arthur Chuang, director of TSMC's...
Focus on advanced processes: Q&A with Alchip chairman Kinying Kwan
Monday 11 July 2011
Founded in 2003 by semiconductor veterans from Silicon Valley and Japan, Alchip provides silicon design and manufacturing services for companies developing complex and high-volume system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Digitimes...
Emerging markets to drive China foundries' growth: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Nobunaga Chai
Thursday 24 February 2011
China's foundries may not be able to compete head-to-head against the industry's global top-three players in the most advanced process technologies, but their opportunities lie elsewhere - their own country and other emerging...
MEMS mass production to lead to increased foundry outsourcing: Q&A with Siimpel CEO Chee Kwan
Monday 20 October 2008
Increasing global demand for smartphones has resulted in related advancements in handset functionality and increased competition among component suppliers. In August of this year, Siimpel announced that it MEMS-based silicon...
Samsung, LG and Sony to purchase 42% of global TV panel supply in 2015, says IHS
Displays | 27min ago
TV vendors shifting strategy to prevent panel pricing from increasing
Displays | 29min ago
Lextar Electronics to expand LED epitaxial wafer capacity
LED | 51min ago
SMIC starts mass production for CMOS image sensors
Bits + chips | 55min ago
MWC 2015: HTC, Samsung to showcase new mobile innovations
Before Going to Press | 18min ago
Digitimes Research: South Korea sees worldwide memory market share of 57.1% in 4Q14
Before Going to Press | 38min ago
Haier entering tablet OEM business
Before Going to Press | 39min ago
MIIT sets 2015 targets for China broadband Internet-access development
Before Going to Press | 40min ago
WPG to acquire Genuine shares
Before Going to Press | 41min ago
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to grow 13% in 2015
Before Going to Press | 41min ago
Ichia Technologies sees decreased February revenues
Before Going to Press | 46min ago
China imports about 93 million tonnes of polysilicon in January
Before Going to Press | 48min ago
Solartech sees decreased February revenues
Before Going to Press | 49min ago
China market: Outdoor LED lighting valued at CNY14.7 billion in 2014
Before Going to Press | 49min ago
China LED chip production value in 2014 estimated at CNY12.0 billion, says GLII
Before Going to Press | 53min ago
Danen Technology February revenues down on month, up on year
Before Going to Press | 54min ago
- Samsung intros 128GB UFS storage for smartphones
- China releases FDD-LTE licenses to China Telecom, China Unicom
- China January mobile phone user base grows to 1.290 billion, says MIIT
- AcBel Polytech to deal out cash dividend of NT$1.60
- Universal Display reports 2014 performance
- Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments to China drop 7.7% on year
- Longer blades and new materials are affecting the global wind turbine manufacturing industry, says Navigant
- MWC 2015: Acer showcasing new mobile devices
- HTC unveils HTC M9 flagship, wearable devices HTC Grip, HTC Vive
- CNY1,000 Full HD smartphones a major focus for China vendors in 2015
- MediaTek founds investment arm with US$300 million
- Everlight Electronics reportedly to merge with Edison Opto
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of touch panels used in handsets and tablets to drop in 1Q15
- Competition increasing between first-tier China, Taiwan solar cell makers
- Chunghwa Telecom sets up OTT task force
- Compal 4Q14 net EPS hits 16-quarter high
- TSMC, MediaTek move up in semiconductor R&D, says IC Insights
- Microsoft increasing orders to China makers
- First-tier China solar cell makers expected to have 1.0-1.2GWp PERC capacity
- Nearly 700MW of energy storage capacity has been announced in from 3Q14-1Q15, says Navigant
- Epistar 1Q15 gross margin expected to rebound to 20%
- Digitimes Research: Global LED lighting demand in 2015 valued at nearly US$30 billion
- Galaxy S6 sales to outperform its predecessors, says Samsung Taiwan executive
- Taiwan Chinsan 2015 sales to rise 20%
- Taiwan to release more 4G frequency bands in 3Q15
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- China 'drops US tech giants' from approved list (Feb 26) - BBC News
- Samsung Electronics, China trade deal give boost to South Korea's yuan hub ambitions (Feb 24) - Reuters
- Qualcomm to pay record $975m in China antitrust case (Feb 10) - BBC News
- Twitter confirms new Google deal (Feb 5) - TechCrunch
- Twitter's user growth slows but outlook improves (Feb 5) - The Wall Street Journal
- Sharp says not considering sale of any overseas factories (Feb 5) - Reuters
- Apple trying 'very hard' to nab Tesla engineers as van sightings proliferate (Feb 5) - Apple Insider
- Singapore joins global monetary easing, spurs dollar drop (Jan 28) - Bloomberg
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- Digitimes Research: Qualcomm antitrust probe reshapes patent licensing in China
- Digitimes Research: Google to finish 2-in-1 Chromebook development in 1Q15
- Digitimes Research: Samsung, LG outsource TV orders to ODMs to secure panel supply
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- Digitimes Research: China smartphone industry to report shipment growth of 8.6% for 4Q14
Consolidation needed to address oversupply in NOR flash industry: Q&A with Macronix chairman Miin Wu
Macronix International, which ranks as the world's second-largest NOR flash supplier with a 19% share...
Cloud applications to boost storage demand: Q&A with Seagate senior sales and marketing VP BS Teh
The applications, demand and service areas for the global storage device industry have seen profound...
Still aiming at growth in PC market: Q&A with Lenovo Taiwan president Justin Liang
Lenovo, which had the fourth-largest market share next to Asustek Computer, Acer and Apple in the Taiwan...
Rising competition from China supply chain: Q&A with Compal president Ray Chen
Compal Electronics was one of the pioneers that relocated its major production base to China from Taiwan...
- 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...
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 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.