 | 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 | | | |
| | IC distributors confident over China white-box handsets sales in 3Q Telecom | May 15, 01:15 | | After going through an industry trough in the first quarter, IC distributors recently expressed confidence over the sales prospects of white-box handsets in the third quarter, following advanced component bookings in the second quarter, according to sources at distributors. Read more | | |
| GSMC looking to take over IC Spectrum Bits + chips | May 15, 01:10 | | Pressured by tight 8-inch wafer capacity, Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (GSMC) is said to looking to acquire Kunshan-based IC Spectrum, according to industry sources. Read more | | |
| CPT 8.9-inch LCD panel capacity fully booked by Eee PC; 10-inch range panels on the way Displays | May 15, 01:05 | | Satisfactory feedback for the new Eee PC has prompted Asustek Computer to fully-book Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) 8.9-inch LCD panel capacity, according to industry sources. With a number of PC vendors all eager to tap into the low-cost notebook segment, industry players noted that many panel makers have started preparing to introduce the production of panels in the 10-inch range in preparation for next-generation products. Read more | | |
| | | | | Taiwan LED industry 2Q revenues to grow 10-15% Displays | May 15, 16:24 Seasonal effect resulted in a low performance for LED industry at the first quarter, including Epistar, Everlight Electronics, and Formosa Epitaxy's... Read more | | Epistar to enter solar energy industry Displays | May 15, 15:39 Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will enter the solar energy business, with industry sources noting that the company will leverage the similar production... Read more | VIA to adopt 45nm process and launch dual-core CPU by the end of 2009 Mobos | May 15, 15:39 Taiwan-based VIA Technologies is planning to adopt a 45nm process for the manufacture of its processors, and expects to launch dual-core CPUs by the... Read more | | IC design houses seeing stronger PC component inventory correction in June Bits + chips | May 15, 12:22 Global PC demand seems to be showing signs of weakening in the second half of May, with some IC design houses in Taiwan that have a relatively heavy... Read more | Gemtek sends WiMAX devices to North America for testing on 2.5-2.6GHz band Systems | May 15, 11:57 Gemtek Technology has sent its WiMAX devices to a client in North America for testing on the 2.5-2.6GHz frequency band, according to company chairman... Read more | | Ultra-slim 42-inch LED TV panels to be among AUO's 'green' exhibits at SID 2008 Displays | May 15, 10:56 AU Optronics (AUO) will exhibit its latest green innovations for large-size TFT-LCDs at SID (Society for Information Display) 2008, from May 20-22 in... Read more | LG Display develops elliptical and circular-shaped LCDs Displays | May 15, 09:36 LG Display announced it has developed the world's largest 6-inch elliptical and 1.4-inch circular-shaped LCDs, moving a step beyond the widely-adopted,... Read more | | Green Energy to progress with solar wafer plant investment in China Bits + chips | May 15, 01:00 Green Energy Technology will soon host a shareholders meeting to discuss its investment plans in China. If shareholders approve, the solar wafer maker... Read more |
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Systems | Sun Microsystems launches servers based on AMD Opteron processors May 15, 16:20 | | | | Fujitsu announces Intel Atom-based UMPC May 15, 16:18 | | | | Taiwan market: Samsung to launch two digital music players in early June May 15, 15:09 | | | | PC case makers set optimistic guidance for 2Q08 May 15, 15:05 | | | | Taiwan market: WD scores points in selling 640GB 3.5-inch hard drives May 15, 14:34 | | | | Prices of 4GB digital media players fall in China and Taiwan May 15, 14:28 | | | | China market: Network security sales top 1.9 billion yuan in 1Q08 May 15, 11:03 | | | | |
Displays | TI confident projector adoption in handsets will replicate built-in camera success May 15, 14:19 | | | | Innolux LCD monitor shipments flat in 1Q, but to grow 15% in 2Q, paper says Newswatch | May 15, 12:05 | | | | |
Bits + chips | Kinsus trims 2Q sales guidance on weaker-than-expected handset substrate sales May 15, 12:34 | | | | Handset PCB sales expected to post mild growth in 2Q May 15, 11:49 | | | | Gintech inks six-year solar wafer deal with ReneSola Newswatch | May 15, 12:02 | | | | |
Telecom | Mobile operators to spend nearly US$850 million on fixed-mobile convergence and 4G equipment in 2013 May 15, 16:03 | | | | Taiwan market: Motorola launches ROKR E8 music handset May 15, 14:07 | | | |
| | Pursuit of a 100% on-year sales growth in 2008: Q&A with PTMD general manager Tom Lei Bits + chips | May 14, 15:21
Despite the price plunge in NAND flash dragging PTMD, a joint-venture between ProMOS Technologies and China Potevio Company on memory card sales, into losses in the first quarter of 2008, company general manager Tom Lei stated that the company aims for a 100% on-year sales growth in 2008 on substantial potential from a new China ATM card. Read more | | | ProMOS China fab mass production schedule not affected by quake Bits + chips | May 14, 12:14 | | The magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Sichuan province of China will not affect ProMOS Technologies' 8-inch fab mass production schedule set for the third quarter of 2008, according to company chairman ML Chen. Read more | | |
| HTC expects Touch Diamond sales to top two million units in 2008 Telecom | May 14, 11:35
High Tech Computer (HTC) expects sales of its HTC Touch Diamond will top two million units in 2008 following the official debut of the mobile device in London early this month, according to company CEO Peter Chou. Read more | | | PTI receives Taiwan government permission to build plant in China Bits + chips | May 14, 01:15 | | Memory packaging and testing house Powertech Technology Incorporated (PTI) has received permission from the Taiwan government to invest US$100 million to build a plant in China. Read more | | |
| | | | | Wellypower reportedly expanding LED packaging capacity to 50 million chips Displays | May 14, 15:10 LCD backlight specialist Wellypower's move into the LED business has started to show results, and the company is planning to expand its LED packaging... Read more | | Second-tier PC makers in China to adopt VIA CPUs for low-cost PCs Systems - Newswatch | May 14, 14:23 Due to the expected shortage of Intel Atom processors during its initial launch, several Taiwan-based and second-tier PC vendors in China have turned... Read more | Windows Mobile platforms expected to account for 40% of global smartphone market by fiscal 2012 Telecom | May 14, 14:08 Microsoft expects sales of its Windows Mobile platform products will account for 40% of the global smartphone market in fiscal 2012 (July 2011-June 2012),... Read more | | CPT to up capacity of CF plants after purchase from Sintek, paper says Displays - Newswatch | May 14, 12:29 Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) plans to raise the capacity of the two color filter (CF) plants – one 3.5G and one 4.5G – that it will buy from... Read more | Samsung announces 'blue phase' LCD panels with 240Hz driving speed Displays | May 14, 12:28 Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed a "blue phase" LCD panel, which will offer more natural moving images with an image-driving... Read more | | Richtek reportedly gains strong sales momentum in 2Q on new orders Bits + chips | May 14, 12:24 Richtek Technology is believed will enjoy a powerful sales momentum as the analog IC design house is said to have secured orders from Chi Mei Optoelectronics... Read more | CMO 6G production ramping up fast, says paper Displays - Newswatch | May 14, 11:12 Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is seeing its sixth-generation (6G) LCD panel line fast ramping up production, with output expected to reach 20,000-30,000... Read more | | Philips requests further attachment on Prodisc factory, Prodisc asks banks not to withdraw lending Systems | May 14, 01:10 Royal Philips Electronics has continued its legal action against Prodisc Technology with a request to a Taipei local court to put another of Prodisc's... Read more | GMT audio amplifier chips adopted by Motorola Bits + chips | May 14, 01:05 Taiwan-based analog IC designer Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has entered the supply chain of Motorola supplying audio amplifier chips for use in... Read more | | Mosel breaks ground for 200MWp solar cell plant Bits + chips | May 14, 01:00 Mosel Vitelic has broken ground for a new solar cell plant, which is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2009 with a total capacity of 200MW... Read more |
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Systems | Share prices of UMT, ACX and Arcadyan edge higher on growing revenues May 14, 15:51 | | | | Taiwan market: Ergotech to launch digital media player in cooperation with online music platform May 14, 14:37 | | | | Taiwan market: IBM introduces IT service platform for SMBs with local partners May 14, 11:07 | | | | |
Mobos | Sichuan quake to have only short-term impact in PC supply chain, says mobo makers May 14, 11:45 | | | | |
Displays | Taiwan market: Chimei LCD TVs have over 50% market share of 52-inch segment May 14, 10:37 | | | | China display industry little affected by quake May 14, 10:30 | | |
| Epistar to introduce new high-brightness blue LED in 3Q Newswatch | May 14, 14:42 | | | | |
Bits + chips | Taiwan packaging and testing companies caution against quake-impact overreaction May 14, 14:55 | | | | Samsung said to soon introduce 14.6-megapixel CMOS image sensor May 14, 12:25 | | | |
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