Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [50 news items]
Jun 1, 11:43
Asustek Computer on May 31 announced its Eee Pad series tablet PCs, the EP121 with a 12-inch display and EP101 with a 10-inch display. Both are manufactured by Pegatron Technology.
HP and Dell to reduce investment for 10-inch netbook, say sources
Apr 1, 16:28
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have both significantly reduced their investments in the 10-inch netbook segment, with HP reportedly even considering quitting the 10-inch netbook market...
10- to 12-inch displays to become mainstream in netbook segment in 2010
Nov 27, 16:39
Netbooks with 10- to 12-inch displays are expected to become the mainstream in the segment in 2010 as market demand for larger-size netbooks is rising, according to industry source...
Asustek to launch new 8.9-inch touchscreen netbook; to delay 10-inch model
Oct 19, 15:57
Asustek Computer is expected to launch an 8.9-inch touchscreen netbook Eee PC T91MT around the timeframe of the Microsoft Windows 7 launch, according to sources in the channel. The...
Taiwan market: Netbook vendors slashing prices for Atom N270-/N280-based models
Sep 18, 14:15
Taiwan-based netbook vendors, including BenQ, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Acer, have all recently slashed prices for their netbook lineups based on Intel...
GMT shipping LED backlight ICs for netbooks
Sep 2, 12:09
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) began shipping LED driver ICs for 8- and 9-inch netbook backlighting in the second quarter and fulfilling orders for 10-inch models in the third,...
Wintek resumes second 3G line for new orders
Jul 14, 11:50
Taiwan small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Wintek has resumed its second 3G line due to new LCD panel orders, with production slated for the third quarter, according to the compa...
Sintek plans to set up new 5G plant for touch panels
Jul 9, 12:27
Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic is planning to set up a new 5G plant to manufacture touch panels and is currently searching for a location in southern Taiwan,...
Clevo introduces 10-inch netbook, while ECS lands orders from carrier in the UK
Apr 17, 14:49
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo has recently introduced its first 10-inch netbook – the M810L, while Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has landed netbook orders...
Asustek keeping 8.9-inch netbook for procurement market, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 7, 14:21
Asustek Computer has decided to keep its 8.9-inch netbook line instead of the original plan of phasing it out, but only for the procurement market. The company will push 7-inch models...
VIA sees revenues up 37% sequentially in March, expects significant revenue growth in May
Apr 3, 14:40
VIA Technologies saw its revenues grow 37% sequentially to NT$533 million (US$15.77 million) in March, but the company still suffered an on-year drop of 50.12%. First-quarter revenues...
Asustek announces the Eee PC 1004DN netbook
Apr 1, 11:07
Asustek Computer has announced the Eee PC 1004DN, the first in the Eee PC range to feature a super-multi optical disc drive (ODD), enabling users to read and write optical discs for...
Taiwan market: TWM announces 10-inch own-brand netbook
Mar 3, 16:39
Taiwan-based telecom provider Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has announced the W101, an own-brand netbook that adopts a 10-inch display, Intel Atom N270 processor, 8GB solid state drive (SSD)...
CeBIT 2009: Gigabyte to showcase 10-inch netbooks
Feb 23, 12:17
Gigabyte Technology has recently confirmed that it will attend CeBIT 2009 where it will showcase new 10-inch netbooks, which are scheduled to launch in the second quarter of this...
Asustek to completely phase out 8.9-inch Eee PCs in 2009, says Asia-Pacific president
Feb 19, 12:17
Asustek Computer will completely phase out its 8.9-inch Eee PC netbooks in 2009 since 10-inch models are becoming the mainstream specification in the market, according to Benson Lin,...
Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
Bits + chips | 7h 55min ago
Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
LED | 8h 14min ago
Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
Bits + chips | 8h 18min ago
NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
Bits + chips | 8h 28min ago
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
IT + CE | 9h 20min ago
China-based TV vendors to procure over 30 million panels from Taiwan makers, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 10h 15min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | 9h 5min ago
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | 9h 17min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Before Going to Press | 9h 57min ago
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | 10h 9min ago
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | 10h 23min ago
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | 10h 29min ago
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | 10h 30min ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | 10h 31min ago
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 10h 36min ago
Archos G9-series tablets featuring Seagate HDD
Seagate has announced that the company is delivering hard disk drive storage for the Archos G9-series 8- and 10-inch tablets. The Archos G9 family of tablets features a dual-core...
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CES 2011: MSI Staging tablet PC
Micro-Star International (MSI) is showcasing a concept product - the Staging, a tablet PC that features built-in micro-projector, at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. The tablet...
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CES 2011: Asustek Eee Pad MeMO
Asustek Computer on January 4 unveiled four new tablet PCs, the Eee Pad Slider, Eee Pad Transformer, Eee Pad MeMO and Eee Slate at its pre-CES 2011 conference in the US. The Eee...
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Hiachieve eWonderPad tablet PC
Taiwan-based Hiachieve Digital Technology, which provide digital contents for education purposes, has launched an education-specific tablet PC, the eWonderPad, with cloud computing...
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Micro-Star International (MSI) showcased its Wind U160 netbook, weighing only 1kg and measuring less than 1-inch thick, at CeBIT 2010. The Wind U160 adopts Atom N450 processor and...
Photo: Company, Mar 18.
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
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- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.