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Differentiation is the core advantage: Q&A MediaTek president Hsieh Ching-chiang
Monday 16 June 2014
MediaTek has taken up to 60% of the 3G handset solution market in China, pushing the market value of the company shares to over NT$800 billion (US$26.68 billion) recently. Digitimes took the opportunity to talk with MediaTek...
Intel prepared for emerging industries, says company president Renee James
Friday 13 June 2014
Intel president Renee James, during a recent interview, told Digitimes that the company and its partners in Taiwan are committed to developing smart devices with integrated designs that will be able to connect with other...
Turning a smartphone into a PC in a pocket: Q&A with Analogix
Tuesday 10 June 2014
According to a recent IDC research note, the transition toward mobile and cloud-based computing is unstoppable, with tablet volumes expected to pass total PC volume in the fourth quarter of 2014 and on an annual basis in...
Tuesday 3 June 2014
Historically, Computex has played a key role in the global IT ecosystem, complementing other tradeshows that appear in different markets at different times of the year and highlighting the role of Taiwan as the hub of the...
Handling the ever-increasing demand for wireless: Q&A with Broadcom VP Rahul Patel
Tuesday 3 June 2014
With the IT market shifting from PCs to mobile devices, there has been an increased appetite for support for Wi-Fi and wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and near field communication (NFC). Mobile users are not only...
Consolidation to continue in the MEMS microphone industry: Q&A with Akustica CEO Horst Muenzel
Thursday 10 April 2014
More and more players have made inroads into the MEMS microphone industry to cash in on the rising demand brought up by the popularity of smartphones.
Friday 21 February 2014
While Digitimes is known as a media outlet, the company also includes a business unit that solely focuses on market research. Run independently from the Digitimes news organization, Digitimes Research provides market intelligence...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Friday 14 June 2013
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors to key strategic partners. Shipped as a chip scale package (CSP), the Cavendish digital variable capacitor (DVC)...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
Monday 8 April 2013
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset market, Broadcom's mobile solutions have found their way into the supply chains of Samsung Electronis' Galaxy Grand...
The technology enabler: Q&A with Qualcomm CDMA Technologies president Steve Mollenkopf
Tuesday 5 June 2012
One of the main themes at Computex this year will be mobile computing and how connected consumer electronics devices will be the future of computing. Digitimes spoke with Qualcomm's Steve Mollenkopf, president and chief...
Winbond talks about its transformation and new business opportunities
Monday 5 September 2011
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 back into another recession along with...
Taiwan IC suppliers to benefit as Samsung steps up purchases of IC parts
Bits + chips | 9h 17min ago
MediaTek hikes 4G smartphone solution shipment target for 2014
Bits + chips | 9h 18min ago
Digitimes Research: Promotion of HEMS appliances in Japan faces problems
Green energy | 11h 11min ago
Young Optics nets NT$54 million for 1H14
Before Going to Press | 10h 29min ago
China market: Gome to start price-cuts to promote LCD TVs in August, says report
Before Going to Press | 10h 33min ago
Teco to exhibit cloud-based smart home appliances at TAIROS
Before Going to Press | 10h 48min ago
Samsung reports decreased handset and tablet shipments for 2Q14
Before Going to Press | 10h 50min ago
PCB/LCD equipment supplier Asia Neo Tech to debut on OTC market
Before Going to Press | 11h 15min ago
Nearly 50 firms stepping into 3D printing, says ITRI
Before Going to Press | 11h 26min ago
Radiant Opto-Electronics nets NT$3.07 per share for 1H14
Before Going to Press | 11h 28min ago
Taiwan market: WD launches NAS HDDs
Before Going to Press | 11h 28min ago
Russia market: Smartphone competition heating up
Before Going to Press | 11h 29min ago
Taiwan panel makers plan to cooperate with China TV vendors to tap international market
Before Going to Press | 11h 29min ago
UMC to ramp 28nm wafer capacity
Before Going to Press | 11h 30min ago
Wintek becomes major touch panel supplier for Xiaomi
Before Going to Press | 11h 31min ago
HTC swings to profitability in 2Q14
Before Going to Press | 11h 32min ago
- SPIL looks to flat performance in 3Q14
- AUO expects 5-8% growth in 3Q14 small- to medium-size panel shipments
- UMC looks to 1-5% wafer shipment growth in 3Q14
- Intel to see difficulties shipping 40 million tablet CPUs in 2014
- Digitimes Research: China sees increased smartphone AP shipments in 2Q14
- Taiwan market: InFocus to launch smartphone M810
- Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2014 capex budget by 5-10%
- Vendors cutting notebook shipments to Latin America
- Taiwan market: FET aims at 95% 4G coverage at end of 2014
- ASE posts EPS of NT$0.64 for 2Q14
- Taiwan sets quality standards for LED light bulbs
- AUO reports staggering profit growth for 2Q14
- Delta Electronics 2Q14 net profit hits record
- Inotera, Nanya Technology report strong earnings for 2Q14
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan digital camera shipments in 2Q14 up 43.3% sequentially
- Panel supply to remain tight until 4Q14 or 1Q15, says Innolux president
- Tatung to set up rooftop PV systems with total capacity of 4MWp in Pescadores
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 67 million large-size TFT-LCD panels in 2Q14
- Taiwan solar firms may rely on markets other than US in 2H14
- GET may set up PV module factory abroad to cope with US anti-dumping taxation
- Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 101 million smartphones in 2Q14
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships 351.4 million small- to mid-size panels in 2Q14
- Macronix to start 8-inch OEM wafer business
- MediaTek 3Q14 revenues to grow 6-11% on quarter, say sources
- Chinese vendors outpace market as 2Q14 smartphone shipments grow 23.1% on year, says IDC
31-Jul-2014 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 9447.02 | +55.14 | +0.59% |
| TSE electronic | 366.23 | +1.64 | +0.45% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 144.28 | +0.62 | +0.43% |
| OTC electronic | 179.29 | +1.61 | +0.91% |
- China warns US solar anti-dumping duties will damage trade relations (Jul 28) - International Bussiness Times
- Sharp pulls out of Italy to end overseas solar panel production (Jul 24) - Bloomberg
- BlackBerry looks to partnerships to compete with Apple and IBM venture (Jul 24) - Finacial Times
- Baidu to boost mobile investment after profit rises 34% (Jul 25)4 - Business Week
- Amazon reports big losses (Jul 24) - Forbes
- 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
- Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 101 million smartphones in 2Q14
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships 351.4 million small- to mid-size panels in 2Q14
- Digitimes Research: China sees increased smartphone AP shipments in 2Q14
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan digital camera shipments in 2Q14 up 43.3% sequentially
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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.