 | Handset component suppliers upbeat about 3Q08 Telecom | Jul 23, 01:15 | | Taiwan-based handset component suppliers remain optimistic about demand in the third quarter although international handset vendors have given mixed outlooks for the period. Read more | | |
| Taiwan makers mixed about SanDisk's 2Q losses Bits + chips | Jul 23, 01:10 | | In the wake of SanDisk's poor results for the second quarter, Taiwan-based memory module makers worry that the US company will resort to aggressive pricing to clear its inventory, but controller designers see outsourcing opportunities, according to industry sources. Read more | | |
| AUO and CMO not delaying construction of 8.5 lines Displays | Jul 23, 01:05 | | While the LCD panel industry is seeing its players delaying equipment installation for their 6G plants because of weak demand, AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) have not changed their schedules for equipment move-in at their 8.5G lines, according to sources at TFT LCD equipment suppliers. Read more | | |
| | | | | Optimism in China for rebound in handset demand in 3Q Bits + chips | Jul 23, 12:27 While sluggish demand in the global handset market has led handset vendors to adjust their sales goals for the second half of this year, market watchers... Read more | | Chunghwa Telecom to buy 3,000 femtocell base stations Telecom | Jul 23, 12:26 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to purchase a total of 3,000 femtocell base stations, which has attracted four international telecom vendors - Nokia Siemens... Read more | MediaTek partners with university to create embedded systems design lab Bits + chips | Jul 23, 12:24 MediaTek and Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) on July 22 jointly announced they would be cooperating for an embedded system (ES) design... Read more | | MSI has chance to make netbook for LG Systems | Jul 23, 12:01 Korea-based LG Electronics is planning to launch its Atom-based netbook in October this year and since most of the company's notebooks were manufactured... Read more | LED chipmaker Arima Opto stresses financial health despite heavy losses in 1Q Displays | Jul 23, 11:54 Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Arima Optoelectronics has stressed that its finances and operations remain healthy despite losses for the first quarter. Speculation... Read more | | Applied Materials breaks ground for Taiwan manufacturing center expansion Bits + chips | Jul 23, 10:30 Applied Materials held a groundbreaking for an expansion project of its Tainan Manufacturing Center. This expansion, with a total investment estimated... Read more | HannStar signs cross-licensing agreement with Hitachi Displays Displays | Jul 23, 10:23 HannStar Display has announced that it has signed a cross-licensing agreement for the patents of their TFT LCD Technologies. HannStar reported in a filing... Read more | | CCL prices stable although demand from PCB clients remains weak Bits + chips | Jul 23, 01:00 Prices for copper clad laminates (CCLs) remain stable although demand from PCB clients has yet to see a seasonal upturn, according to CCL suppliers. Read more |
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Systems | Taiwan market: xDSL subscriptions fall in 1Q08 Jul 23, 16:35 | | | | Taiwan market: TiVo expects user base to grow to 100,000 in 2008 Jul 23, 14:12 | | | | Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to keep MOD broadcast of Olympic games by divesting in Elta Technology Jul 23, 11:57 | | | | Insatiable demand carries HDDs through recession Jul 23, 10:30 | | | | China market: Volume of web game users to grow to 25.5 million in 2011 Jul 23, 10:24 | | | | Quanta Computer reportedly to make equity investment in notebook connector maker, says paper Newswatch | Jul 23, 11:56 | | | | |
Mobos | Taiwan maker IMON looks to apply motion simulation technology to gaming machines Jul 23, 15:57 | | | | |
Displays | China-based Changhong starts trial production at PDP plant, says report Newswatch | Jul 23, 14:44 | | | | |
Bits + chips | Solar-cell power conversion requirements keep growing Jul 23, 15:33 | | | | Lite-On Semiconductor subsidiary's discrete component capacity to run short in 2H08 Jul 23, 14:18 | | | | |
Telecom | Taiwan market: Sony Ericsson tops Nokia in handset sales value in June, says paper Newswatch | Jul 23, 12:00 | | | |
| | Taiwan DRAM makers to completely phase out production at 8-inch fabs by 2009 Bits + chips | Jul 22, 15:28 | | Most Taiwan DRAM makers are expected to completely phase out commodity DRAM production at 8-inch fabs by 2009. Among all major DRAM makers in Taiwan, only Nanya Technology is expected to continue to house a single 8-inch fab producing DRAM. Read more | | |
| China handset-design houses finding it hard to survive Telecom | Jul 22, 14:35 | | A number of handset-design companies in China have been forced to either suspend or trim down their operations due to slack business resulting from keen competition, according to industry sources. Read more | | |
| Wistron to benefit from increased Acer orders in 3Q Systems | Jul 22, 01:00 | | With Acer planning to increase its mainstream notebook shipments in the third quarter to better compete with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, Wistron is expected to benefit the most from the plan, according to sources at notebook ODMs. Read more | | |
| | | | | Network-equipment makers speed up development of IP STBs to meet rising demand Systems | Jul 22, 17:09 Most Taiwan network-equipment makers have sped up their development of IP set-top boxes (STBs) to meet growing demand from Europe, according to sources... Read more | | Balance of power may be shifting to foundries in the semiconductor industry Bits + chips | Jul 22, 17:09 While a number of market research firms have cut their semiconductor market growth forecasts for 2008, Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO of Future Horizons... Read more | Fujitsu introduces Centrino 2-based tablet-convertible PCs | Jul 22, 17:03 Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific has introduced its latest enhanced LifeBook tablet-convertible PCs, the LifeBook T5010 and LifeBook T1010. Both notebooks include... Read more | | Intel cuts Xeon CPU prices Mobos | Jul 22, 16:01 Intel recently cut the price for its server CPUs, including Xeon X3220, X3210 and E3110 price by around 12%. Read more | New UMC CEO said to focus on bottom line, not affiliated IC design houses Bits + chips | Jul 22, 15:19 With Taiwan foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) recently restructuring its executive team by announcing that Stan Hung has been elected... Read more | | Taiwan IC distributors work with design houses to gain traction in the China white-box handset market Bits + chips | Jul 22, 12:22 According to local government officials in China, there are about 7-8 million new handset users each month in China, and most of them are using white-box... Read more | Lite-On Semiconductor samples 5-megapixel CCM Bits + chips | Jul 22, 12:18 Lite-On Semiconductor is said to have advanced the resolution of its compact camera module (CCM) from 3- to 5-megapixels recently. Amid the advancement,... Read more | | Polysilicon spot price posts mild drop Bits + chips | Jul 22, 12:16 Despite the spot price of polysilicon still remaining high, a mild weakening sign has been seen over the recent month. Some industry players attributed... Read more | Motech new solar-cell capacity in China already fully booked Bits + chips | Jul 22, 12:14 While Motech Industries's is slated to soon begin volume production of solar cells at its Suzhou, China plant, industry sources have indicated that capacity... Read more | | Sound technology from Microsoft and SRS labs being adopted in more MP3 players in Greater China Systems | Jul 22, 12:01 Although PlayFX, the Microsoft-developed sound enhancement technology, and SRS (Sound Retrieval System) Wow, the 3D audio processing technology developed... Read more | Arima Communications to ship 5-megapixel camera phones to LG in 4Q Telecom | Jul 22, 11:57 Taiwan-based ODM handset maker Arima Communications will begin to ship a KC-series 5-megapixel camera phone model to LG Electronics before the end of... Read more | | Cree expects LED lighting production costs to drop fast Displays | Jul 22, 10:53 Cree expects the production costs of LED lighting to drop fast, coming close to the levels of fluorescent lamps by 2012 in terms of cost per lumen. Read more | NAND flash controller makers see demand warming up Bits + chips | Jul 22, 10:38 After suffering from plummeting prices in June, NAND flash memory controller IC design houses are seeing an improved market demand status, though growth... Read more | | ProMOS refutes rumors amid abnormal share transactions Bits + chips | Jul 22, 10:32 Having seen its shares targeted by short-sellers recently, ProMOS Technologies posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on July 20 to clarify... Read more | Young Optics licenses Jabil's field lens technology Displays | Jul 22, 10:22 Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics has announced that it has signed an agreement with Jabil Circuit for the licensing of the field lens architecture... Read more | | Taiwan LED makers see improved gross margins in 2Q Displays | Jul 22, 01:15 Although LED demand did not surge during the industry's traditional peak season in the second quarter, LED makers are expected to see improved gross... Read more | PCB maker Tripod conservative about 3Q Bits + chips | Jul 22, 01:10 PCB maker Tripod Technology remains conservative about its prospects for the third quarter, with the company commenting that the peak season is expected... Read more | | TSMC lands MEMS orders from ADI Bits + chips | Jul 22, 01:05 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly landed micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) orders from US-based Analog Devices (ADI),... Read more |
| | | | LCD panel pricing trending toward production costs in some segments Displays | Jul 21, 11:23 | | LCD panel makers are seeing prices for some popular segments, such as in the 32-inch TV panel segment, drop close to production costs, and prices could fall below production costs by the end of the fourth quarter, according to industry sources. Read more | | |
| | | | | Lite-On Semiconductor aims to grow PWM IC sales proportion Bits + chips | Jul 21, 17:00 Lite-On Semiconductor aims to increase semiconductor sales at the expense of CMOS image sensors and compact camera modules (CCMs). Among all semiconductor... Read more | | TPT and Yang An strengthen ties; aim to be largest opto-electronics PCB suppliers Bits + chips | Jul 21, 16:24 Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) and Yang An Electronics both delivered an optimistic outlook about their performance expectations for the third quarter of... Read more | Green Energy to partner with China-based polysilicon maker for solar ingot production Bits + chips | Jul 21, 14:29 Green Energy has secured land in Neimeng, China where it plans to construct a solar ingot plant with polysilicon to be supplied by a domestic player,... Read more | | Mitac sees pre-tax profits down 48% on year in 1H08 Systems | Jul 21, 11:56 Taiwan PND vendor Mitac International saw its pre-tax profits slide 48.1% on year to NT$1.44 billion (US$47.5 million) in the first half of this year... Read more | Sharp falls in production costs to boost LED lighting market in 2010, says High Power executive Displays | Jul 21, 11:44 LED lighting will see explosive growth in 2010 when production costs are expected to halve compared to present levels, according to Charles Wei, president... Read more | | U-Tech hopes to benefit from Wal-Mart sales promotion of BD movies Systems | Jul 21, 10:59 U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based maker of pre-recorded optical discs, may obtain OEM orders for Blu-ray Disc (BD) movie discs from movie studios... Read more |
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