 | CPT sees sales of LCD panels warming up Displays | Aug 21, 01:15 | | Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has said that LCD panel demand is warming up thanks to consistent price drops which have encouraged re-stocking. Read more | | |
| Compal Communications may cut handset shipment guidance again Telecom | Aug 21, 01:10 | | Sources at Taiwan handset component makers have indicated that Compal Communications may cut its handset shipments target to 40-41 million, the company already reduced its annual target in June. Read more | | |
| Battery cell shortage still looming Systems | Aug 21, 01:05 | | Despite that some industry players expect battery cell supply will reach an equilibrium in the fourth quarter, sources at Taiwan notebook battery module makers have noted that it is still too early to tell whether supply will be enough to feed demand. They generally believe shortages will only be solved when fresh capacity becomes available from 2009. Read more | | |
| | | | | IC distributors see growing demand for smaller-sized LCD TVs Bits + chips | Aug 21, 16:54 While the world eyes the demand status for larger sized TVs, IC distributors are noting that demand for 32-inch and smaller-sized LCD TVs has rebounded,... Read more | | Tainergy inaugurates new solar cell plant; plans IPO in 2009 Bits + chips | Aug 21, 16:46 Tainergy Tech hold the official inauguration ceremony for its new crystalline solar cell plant in Chungli, Taiwan on August 21. The company plans to... Read more | LED general lighting market to reach US$1.4 billion by 2010 Displays | Aug 21, 16:27 Taiwan Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) forecasts that the global LED general lighting market may grow to US$1.4 billion by 2012. IEK... Read more | | Taiwan government decides site for AUO's NT$500 billion LCD fab projects Displays | Aug 21, 12:20 The Taiwan government has selected a site in the central region of the island nation where AU Optronics (AUO) will invest NT$500 billion (US$15.91 billion)... Read more | DRAM maker ProMOS' 2Q losses narrow Bits + chips | Aug 21, 12:19 ProMOS Technologies announced on August 21 that its losses in the second quarter have shrunk by about 30%, making it the most improved company among... Read more | | Smartphone demand to help FPCB demand rebound in 3Q Bits + chips | Aug 21, 12:13 Increased demand for Smartphones in the second half of this year will help foster demand for flexible PCBs (FPCBs), and Taiwan FPCB makers Career Technology... Read more | Taiwan IC design houses expect record sales in August Bits + chips | Aug 21, 11:47 Despites global economic worries, August sales for some Taiwan IC design houses are expected to hit a record, with companies including Richtek Technology,... Read more | | Ericsson and STMicroelectronics to merge EMP and ST-NXP Wireless Bits + chips | Aug 21, 11:35 Ericsson and STMicroelectronics announced an agreement to merge Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless into a joint venture (JV). The 50-50 joint... Read more | CMEL receives 7.6-inch OLED panel orders from Kodak Displays | Aug 21, 11:32 Chi Mei EL (CMEL) has received medium-size OLED panel orders from Kodak for use in the US vendor's digital photo frames, according to industry sources... Read more | | Asustek prepares launch of 10.2-inch notebook, say distributors Systems | Aug 21, 01:00 Sources at Taiwan IT distributors have indicated that Asustek Computer will unveil a 10.2-inch N-series notebook powered by Intel's Atom processor in... Read more |
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Systems | China market: IBM and HP top in 2Q08 IT outsourced management sales value Aug 21, 16:28 | | | | Taiwan market: Buffalo unveils 3.5-inch external hard drive series Aug 21, 15:30 | | | | Intel introduces SoC for CE products Aug 21, 15:17 | | | | Intel shifts future Core processors into turbo mode Aug 21, 11:43 | | | | Taiwan market: Forworld Electronics offers cheap Blu-ray player Newswatch | Aug 21, 15:28 | | | | Production value of communications equipment to increase over 29% on year in 3Q08, says paper Newswatch | Aug 21, 14:13 | | | | Zinwell to ship less than two million ATSC-compatible STBs to US in 2008, says paper Newswatch | Aug 21, 12:14 | | | | |
Displays | More LCD TV outsourcing expected, says iSuppli Aug 21, 11:39 | | | | |
Bits + chips | Kinsus trims gross margin guidance slightly amid product mix adjustment Aug 21, 16:36 | | | | IC distributors see healthy post-Olympic demand Aug 21, 16:16 | | | | CE related IC design houses vary on 3Q sales expectations Aug 21, 16:10 | | | | |
Telecom | 103 million consumer fixed-mobile convergence access points in service by 2013 Aug 21, 11:43 | | |
| Chunghwa Telecom to focus on LTE technology, says paper Newswatch | Aug 21, 14:03 | | | |
| | CMO's monthly LCM capacity in China to reach 6 million units by year end Displays | Aug 20, 01:20 | | Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) expects its monthly LCD module (LCM) capacity in China to grow to six million units by the end of 2008. Read more | | |
| Wintek sees mild handset panel market in 3Q08 Displays | Aug 20, 01:15 | | Small- to medium-size panel supplier Wintek estimates that demand from the handset market will still see a seasonal upturn in the third quarter, but the momentum of growth will be milder than that in the past. Read more | | |
| SAS to supply wafers to Solartech Bits + chips | Aug 20, 01:10 | | Taiwan-based wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has announced that it has signed an NT$5.7 billion (US$181.46 million) supply contract with fellow solar cell maker Solartech Energy. Read more | | |
| | | | | Commentary: Are China's next-generation LCD fabs really coming? Displays | Aug 20, 12:42 There have been talk coming out of China about Shanghai-based SVA Group planning to build its 6G LCD panel plant. But while the panel market is being... Read more | | UMC said to also have MEMS devices production in-house Bits + chips | Aug 20, 12:33 While most industry watchers regard Asia Pacific Microsystems (APM), an United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) affiliate, as the pure-play foundry's... Read more | Neo Solar Power eyes 20% solar cell conversion rate with Centrotherm partnership Bits + chips | Aug 20, 12:30 Neo Solar Power signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with equipment vendor Centrotherm Photovoltaics on August 19, aiming to form a partnership... Read more | | LCD driver IC design houses feeling the pain of panel makers Bits + chips | Aug 20, 11:28 Taiwan TFT-LCD panel makers believe falling price for panels will be end by the end of August. However, the panel makers are looking to reduce average... Read more | Phison: NAND flash industry trough may last another quarter Bits + chips | Aug 20, 11:21 High inventory of NAND flash among leading NAND flash players has led to a series of price cuts from August but demand is still expected to be suppressed... Read more | | Taiwan optical lens maker Largan Precision earned more than capital in 1H08 Systems | Aug 20, 11:13 Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, generated net profits of NT$1.306 billion for the first half of 2008, more than its current... Read more | Netronix ramping electronic book shipments Systems | Aug 20, 11:10 Network-equipment and POS (point-of-sale) system provider Netronix has boosted shipments of its electronic books to 2,000-3,000 units a month since the... Read more | | Gemtek and USI reportedly shipping Shirley Peak wireless modules to Intel Systems | Aug 20, 11:08 Two major Taiwan network-equipment makers - Gemtek Technology and Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) - reportedly have been shipping Shirley Peak... Read more | Contrel's equipment order visibility extends to 2Q09 on next generation panel projects Displays | Aug 20, 01:05 Equipment supplier Contrel Technology is reporting strong order visibility as the LCD panel industry is gearing up the construction of next-generation... Read more | | Taiwan IC distributor Koryo sees on-year drop in 1H08 sales Bits + chips | Aug 20, 01:00 First half annual sales at Taiwan IC distributor Koryo Electronics were NT$1.57 billion (US$50 million), down 5.5% on year; with the company's net income... Read more |
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Systems | Intel holds briefings on its research projects Aug 20, 12:40 | | | | Taiwan market: External slim DVD burners selling due to fast growing sales of low-cost notebooks Aug 20, 12:37 | | | | |
Displays | TMD and Idemitsu announce OLED panels with 60,000-hour lifetime Aug 20, 15:15 | | | | LCD panel market set for recovery in September, says iSuppli Aug 20, 10:03 | | | | |
Bits + chips | North American semiconductor equipment industry posts book-to-bill ratio of 0.83 in July, says SEMI Aug 20, 10:27 | | | | Micron makes gains in NAND market Aug 20, 10:24 | | | | Hynix demonstrates DDR3 R-DIMM using MetaRAM technology at IDF Aug 20, 10:05 | | | |
| | Motorola places 3.5G handset orders with FIH for 2009 Telecom | Aug 19, 12:17 | | Motorola has speeded up the outsourcing of 3.5G handsets by teaming up with Foxconn International Holdings (FIH)/Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) for the ODM production of 3.5G handsets for 2009, according to sources in the Taiwan handset industry. Read more | | |
| Micron memory card partners settled Bits + chips | Aug 19, 11:59 | | Micron Technology has made further progress on its memory card deployment by settling controller IC and backend production partners. Industry sources noted that InComm and Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. (SPIL) are the respective partners for Micron, and a secondary controller IC house may likely be added in the future. Read more | | |
| LCD panel makers turning to PNDs for new orders Displays | Aug 19, 01:10 | | While AU Optronics (AUO) and TPD Displays have been the major LCD panel suppliers for portable navigation device (PND) applications, weakening small- to medium-size panel demand has made other LCD panel makers look to the segment as well, and prices are expected to drop accordingly, according to market sources. Read more | | |
| | | | | Delta sees improving gross margin in 3Q08 and beyond Systems | Aug 19, 16:07 Delta Electronics expects its gross margin to improve on-quarter starting the third quarter of this year after seeing its gross market decline five percentage... Read more | | LED packaging players expect increasing sales for 3Q Displays | Aug 19, 12:58 While LED players' revenues in July rebounded sequerntially, they were still far from the peak levels seen early this year and the end of last year,... Read more | PCB material costs on downhill trend Bits + chips | Aug 19, 12:14 Printed circuit board (PCB) makers may see their profitability improve as soon as the fourth quarter of 2008 as prices of key materials, which include... Read more | | Chicony to maintain annual capacity of 20 million notebook camera modules until 2010 Systems | Aug 19, 11:52 Chicony Electronics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of USB 2.0 camera modules for being built in notebook PCs, will maintain its annual production capacity... Read more | Taiwan DVD disc maker Optodisc receives court approval Systems | Aug 19, 11:38 Optodisc Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of blank DVD+R/-R, DVD+RW/-RW and DVD-RAM discs, on August 18 announced that its request for corporate restructuring... Read more | | No Quanta Computer seat on Quanmax board of directors Mobos | Aug 19, 10:19 Taiwan-based Quanta Computer was originally expected to take a position on the board of directors of Quanmax (renamed from Kontron Asia), a joint venture... Read more | PVI aims to become EPD specialist Displays | Aug 19, 09:51 Prime View International (PVI) is gearing up its migration to becoming an electrophoretic displays (EPD) specialist from a small- to medium-size LCD... Read more | | Flat revenue growth for Thailin in 2Q Bits + chips | Aug 19, 01:15 IC testing company Thailin Semiconductor Corporation (TLC) reported second quarter revenues of NT$564 million (US$18 million), up only a slight NT$6... Read more | Green Energy Technology building supply contracts Bits + chips | Aug 19, 01:05 Taiwan solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) announced that the company has signed supply contracts totaling US$947 million with clients from... Read more | | Netbook popularity may be boon for Qualcomm Bits + chips | Aug 19, 01:00 While the popularity of the Eee PC from Asustek Computer may help drive the netbook market and benefit PC processor players such as Intel and VIA Technologies,... Read more |
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Systems | Option to partner with Compal for embedded 3G modules Aug 19, 17:05 | | | | Notebooks with 12- to 14-inch 16:9 aspect ratio panels will not mature until 2Q09, according to ODMs Aug 19, 16:49 | | | | Arbor launches an Intel Atom-based tablet PC Aug 19, 16:40 | | | | China market: Sony cuts retail price for 10-megapixel digital camera T300, expected to cut prices in Taiwan too Aug 19, 14:55 | | | | Delta Networks revenues to peak in 4Q08 Aug 19, 14:44 | | | | Taiwan market: More colors for Asustek Eee PC Aug 19, 11:56 | | | | |
Mobos | VIA announces Nano-ITX board using VIA VX800 chipset Aug 19, 09:08 | | |
| SiS postpones spin-off to January next year Stockwatch | Aug 19, 14:46 | | | | |
Displays | Taiwan market: Chimei eyes 32-inch LCD TV segment Aug 19, 17:02 | | | | AMOLED shipments to hit 185 million by 2014, says iSuppli Aug 19, 13:11 | | | | Large-size LCD panel shipments drop in July, WitsView says Aug 19, 09:36 | | | | |
Bits + chips | Shenmao profits jump on lower raw material costs Aug 19, 16:15 | | | | Passive component maker Cyntec sales to peak in October Aug 19, 16:07 | | | | Ardentec sees no improvement in LCD driver IC testing demand Newswatch | Aug 19, 11:45 | | | | |
Telecom | Chunghwa Telecom to change chairman Aug 19, 14:50 | | |
| HTC aims to rank as one of top 3-5 handset vendors, says paper Newswatch | Aug 19, 14:51 | | | |
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