 | Intel to update desktop CPU lines in 3Q08 Mobos | May 20, 14:09 | | Intel is planning to cut desktop CPU prices in the third quarter this year, along with the launch of more quad-core and dual-core models, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
| Distributing NXP ICs is "easy": Q&A with NXP Asia Pacific sales and marketing VP TL Chow Bits + chips | May 20, 11:32
Soon after meeting with distributors in the Asia Pacific region, NXP Semiconductors Asia Pacific sales and marketing vice president, TL Chow met with Digitimes and shared his comments about doing business with NXP, as well as how NXP differentiates itself from other semiconductor vendors. Read more | | | Some LED players recovering better than others in 2Q Displays | May 20, 01:15 | | While the LED market is recovering in the second quarter, some makers have benefited more than others, though market watchers expect more players in the industry to see an improved sales performance in May. According to compiled sales reports from players in Taiwan's LED industry, overall revenues for Taiwan LED companies totaled NT$6.1 billion in April, up 4.4% compared to March and up 18% on year. Read more | | |
| | | | | Iteq and EMC eye respective niche markets for LED substrates Bits + chips | May 20, 15:35 As the use of LED backlight units (BLUs) become more prevalent, copper clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Iteq and Elite Material (EMC), are pursuing... Read more | | Hynix China fab reports blackout; impact limited Bits + chips | May 20, 15:18 Hynix Semiconductor has confirmed a power outage occurred at its Wuxi, China fab on May 19. Despite declining to reveal concrete estimates about the... Read more | Taiwan Kolin to produce BD players, says paper Systems - Newswatch | May 20, 12:23 Taiwan Kolin, a Taiwan-based maker of LCD TVs and electrical home appliances, will start production of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players between the third and... Read more | | Kenmos PV prepares thin-film solar cell production in 3Q Bits + chips | May 20, 12:06 With production equipment slated to be ready in late May, Kenmos PV, a joint venture of Kenmos Technology and NanoPV, said it plans for volume production... Read more | PVI announces touch-control e-paper solution Displays | May 20, 10:39 Prime View International (PVI) will announce its new product, Touch EPD, at the 2008 Society for Information Display (SID) Exhibition in Los Angeles. Read more | | CMO showcases latest HyperChameleon LED-backlit LCD at SID 2008 Displays | May 20, 10:31 Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is showing its latest LCD panel technology at the International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition organized by the Society... Read more | Tatung to develop complete solar systems, says chairman Bits + chips | May 20, 01:20 WS Lin, chairman of Tatung, who is also the chairman of Green Energy Technology, indicated that Tatung's solar businesses are maturing and that the company... Read more | | Taiwan IPC maker WinMate lands order for marine-grade displays from Russia Displays | May 20, 01:10 WinMate Communication, a Taiwan-based industrial PC maker, has secured a small-volume order for marine-grade LCD display devices and panel PCs for trial... Read more | Global supply of 2.5-inch HDDs may run short in 3Q, say Taiwan makers Systems | May 20, 01:05 Global supply of 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) may fall short in the third quarter of 2008 due to fast growing demand for use in Eee PCs, mini notebook... Read more | | My motherboard is greener than your motherboard: Asustek and Gigabyte in legal posturing as both accuse of misleading consumers Mobos | May 20, 01:00 Asustek Computer has issued a statement accusing "a certain Taiwanese Motherboard Manufacturer" (known to be Gigabyte Technology) of making... Read more |
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Systems | Taiwan maker Min Aik expanding HDD component capacity in Thailand and China May 20, 14:35 | | | | Taiwan market: Buffalo launches MiniStation HD-PFU2 2.5-inch external drive May 20, 09:50 | | |
| Ability Enterprise may hit record digital camera shipments in 3Q08, says paper Newswatch | May 20, 14:44 | | | | |
Mobos | Taiwan maker Firich receives more orders for lottery machines from Intralot May 20, 10:53 | | |
| Asustek reportedly not to participate in Pegatron fund raising Newswatch | May 20, 14:10 | | | | |
Bits + chips | TICP expected to post a double-digit sequential sales growth in 2Q08 May 20, 14:47 | | | | Formosun Solar thin-film starts solar cell volume production May 20, 11:55 | | | | TSMC Europe VP says Freescale and Infineon potential partners in automotive deployment, reports paper Newswatch | May 20, 14:05 | | | | Plastic materials distributor Unic postpones IPO Newswatch | May 20, 13:59 | | | | |
Telecom | HTC second largest smartphone vendor in India May 20, 14:33 | | | | China-based Datang Telecom to re-enter handset market, say sources May 20, 13:52 | | | | Beijing Tianyu largest domestic-brand handset vendor in China May 20, 11:39 | | | |
| | Three Intel chipsets to see price increase due to Sichuan quake Mobos | May 19, 12:29 | | Three of Intel's chipsets, the G31, G33 and 945GC, are seeing an increase in price following the earthquake in Sichuan, China last week, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more | | |
| Hynix and Micron said to produce memory cards Bits + chips | May 19, 12:19 | | More NAND flash suppliers are starting to produce NAND flash not only in wafer but also in finished card form. According to sources at memory makers, Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology are two memory makers that have extended their presence beyond NAND flash chip production. Read more | | |
| Asustek drops WiMAX from Eee PC 901 Systems | May 19, 12:09 | | Although Asustek Computer's CEO said in January that the company planned to integrate WiMAX technology into its next generation Eee PCs, recently it has decided to make WiMAX available only as an option to contract customers, according to industry sources. Read more | | |
| | | | | AUO unveils curved display technology Displays | May 19, 17:07 AU Optronics (AUO) has announced its curved display technology on glass substrate. This technology will be exhibited at SID (Society for Information... Read more | | UMC chairman: China foundries should focus on profitability not expansion Bits + chips | May 19, 16:38 During a technology forum hosted by the Shanghai IC Association (SICA), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) chairman Jackson Hu stressed that China-based... Read more | Green Energy plans to invest in China polysilicon maker Bits + chips | May 19, 16:35 Green Energy Technology plans to go ahead with plans, recently approved by the company board, to invest funds to take a controlling stake in a China-based... Read more | | WiMAX Telecom to finalize suppliers for WiMAX equipment in June Telecom | May 19, 12:28 WiMAX Telecom, a WiMAX licensee for the northern region of Taiwan, expects to finalize its suppliers for WiMAX equipment, mainly base stations, in June,... Read more | Output from 7.5G lines to bring down 32-inch panel prices, says paper Displays - Newswatch | May 19, 12:12 The LCD panel industry expects prices for 32-inch TV applications to drop US$7-8 in May from April's average of US$325, as Taiwan makers are ready to... Read more | | BenQ aims to double sales by 2010 Displays | May 19, 11:45 BenQ, a vendor keeping the brand of a restructured business group following the collapse of its Siemens handset operations, aims to double its revenues... Read more | Samsung unveils 82-inch UD LCD with 120Hz refresh at SID Displays | May 19, 11:20 Samsung Electronics has announced what it claims is the industry's first 82-inch LCD TV panel with an ultra-definition (UD) of 3,840×2,160 resolution... Read more | | iSuppli: Wireless semiconductors outgrow overall chip market in 2007 Bits + chips | May 19, 11:15 Riding the momentum of continued strong demand growth for mobile handsets, sales of semiconductors for wireless products rose at a faster pace than the... Read more | Shorter Labor Day holiday has limited impact on China LCD TV market Displays | May 19, 11:12 The shortening this year of China's Labor Day holiday at the beginning of May did not impact demand for LCD TVs as bad as expected, with unit sales dropping... Read more | | Taiwan market: CHT faring well towards goal of one million FTTx users in 2008 Telecom | May 19, 10:15 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) currently has more than 700,000 subscribers of FTTx (fiber to the home/building/curb) broadband Internet-access service and is... Read more |
| | | | Well-positioned for an audio IC boom: Q&A with Wolfson CEO Dave Shrigley Bits + chips | May 16, 15:20
Seeing demand for good quality audio performance penetrating a wide array of consumer electronics, Wolfson Microelectronics, a leading-player in the high-end audio solution market, is confident it has secured a solid position to grab the substantial business potential ahead. Read more | | | GPU makers to cross blades in June with the launch of Radeon HD 4800 and GeForce GTX 200 Mobos | May 16, 01:10 | | AMD and Nvidia are ready to cross blades again in June with their next generation GPU families – the ATI Radeon HD 4800 and GeForce GTX 200, according to sources at graphics card makers. Read more | | |
| Philips expected to quit PDP TV market in 2009 Displays | May 16, 01:00 | | Philips is likely to completely get out of the PDP TV market in 2009, industry sources predict. In 2007, Philips started to lower its PDP TV shipments and quit operations in China's PDP TV market. Read more | | |
| | | | | Commentary: Nokia to lead in global mobile navigation device market Telecom | May 16, 16:49 Nokia aims to sell 35 million GPS-enabled handsets in 2008 and is expected to soon outperform the current market leaders to become the number one vendor... Read more | | Ericsson to cooperate with Zyxel and Wistron NeWeb for IP STB production, say sources Systems | May 16, 15:06 Taiwan network-equipment makers Zyxel Communications and Wistron NeWeb have been chosen by Ericsson as partners for the production of IP STBs (set-top... Read more | Asustek to add more features to Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC Systems | May 16, 14:54 Asustek Computer will launch its Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC 901 in June and the company is planning to add more features to it in order to clearly separate... Read more | | Fujitsu to focus more on system integration and software businesses in Taiwan Systems | May 16, 14:50 Fujitsu has been focusing on system integration and service businesses for manufacturing, logistic and medical markets in Taiwan for the past two years,... Read more | AUO and CMO to supply panels for new MacBook consumer notebooks, says paper Displays - Newswatch | May 16, 12:28 AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will evenly split the LCD panel orders from Apple for the company's new MacBook consumer notebook... Read more | | TSC polysilicon subsidiary starts operation Bits + chips | May 16, 12:07 The Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSC) polysilicon subsidiary, Shan Yang (transliterated from Chinese) has already started operations in eastern Taiwan,... Read more | KYEC sees demand rebound across the board, says paper Bits + chips - Newswatch | May 16, 11:48 King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) was quoted by a Chinese-language Commercial Times report as saying that demand as seen in the second quarter... Read more | | Largan said to land orders for phone camera lens kits used in HTC Touch Diamond Systems - Newswatch | May 16, 11:37 Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based producer of optical lens kits, has reportedly secured ODM orders for lens kits for use in the HTC Touch Diamond 3.5G... Read more | Sprint and Samsung declare Mobile WiMAX ready for commercial service Telecom | May 16, 10:46 Sprint and Samsung Electronics have announced that a new broadband wireless network offering WiMAX has met Sprint's commercial acceptance criteria including... Read more | | AUO dismisses rumors about Wintek acquisition Displays | May 16, 10:45 AU Optronics (AUO) has dismissed rumors that it was planning an acquisition of small- to medium-size LCD panel supplier Wintek. Read more | Flytech forecasts revenues growth in 2Q08 on increasing kiosk orders Systems | May 16, 01:15 POS maker Flytech Technology expects to see its revenues in the second quarter reach NT$600 million (US$19.38 million), a sequential growth of around... Read more | | ChipMOS expects 2Q performance to hold level Bits + chips | May 16, 01:05 Seeing a drop in performance during the first quarter of 2008, packaging and testing house ChipMOS Technologies has guided that the still clouded DRAM... Read more |
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Systems | Taiwan market: Chinesegamer launches self-developed online game May 16, 16:55 | | | | Foxconn unveils consolidated financial figures for 1Q08 May 16, 15:01 | | | | Chicony Electronics lands orders for Eee PC webcam modules May 16, 14:33 | | | | China market: number of IM accounts rose to 396 million at end of 1Q May 16, 11:35 | | | | |
Mobos | Taiwan IPC maker Aaeon expects medical applications to drive revenue growth in 2008 May 16, 11:44 | | | | |
Displays | Unity Opto Technology to raise SMD LED price up 10% May 16, 17:16 | | | | Taiwan market: First trial HDTV broadcast kicks off May 16, 16:21 | | | | Global large-size LCD panel shipments drop slightly in April, says WitsView May 16, 14:21 | | | | Taiwan market: LGE launches three PDP TV models May 16, 12:23 | | | | CPT secures NT$4 billion bank loan to fund 6G CF project May 16, 10:15 | | | | |
Bits + chips | Wafer Works 1Q margins outpace rivals in silicon wafer market May 16, 12:21 | | | | IC distributor Zenitron expects China to account for 25% of its sales in 2008 May 16, 12:13 | | | | Aptina sampling 5-megapixel CMOS image sensor to handset customers, say sources May 16, 12:04 | | | | PQI ex-chairperson resumes position Newswatch | May 16, 11:57 | | | | |
Telecom | Taiwan market: Smartphone sales top 417,000 units in 1Q08 May 16, 15:52 | | | |
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