Last update: Friday 21 October 2011 [10 news items]
Prices for 2.5-inch HDDs rise by 5-10% due to Thailand flooding
Oct 21, 16:42
The serious flooding in Thailand has forced hard disk drive (HDD) assembly and HDD component factories in the area to stop production and consequently a global shortage of HDDs is...
Commentary: HDD market consolidates as players keep their eyes on the cloud
Jun 3, 15:51
The year 2011 has been a volatile one for the hard drive disk (HDD) industry. With Western Digital having bought Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) for US$4.3 billion and...
Global shipment proportion for 2.5-inch 500GB single-platter HDDs to rise to 40% in 2Q11
Dec 28, 12:15
The proportion of 2.5-inch 500GB single-platter models in global hard disk drive (HDD) shipments is forecast at 30-35% for first-quarter 2011 and 40% for the second quarter, according...
Hard drives with 1TB platters to mature in 2011
Dec 23, 01:40
As 500GB platter designs are already mature, allowing 2.5-inch hard drives to become capable of offering 1TB capacities, sources from hard drive makers believe 1TB platter designs...
Computer storage market set to resume growth in 2010, says iSuppli
Mar 12, 10:23
After suffering a decline in 2009, global revenues from shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical disk drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to grow in 2010 as PC shipments...
Samsung and Toshiba push 2.5-inch hard drives to 640GB
Sep 10, 17:06
Samsung Electronics has strengthened its lineup of 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs), following a similar move by Toshiba. Both companies now offer models featuring capacity up to...
iPhone killers are lifesavers for handset display demand, says iSuppli
Aug 14, 16:05
Global shipments of QVGA and higher resolution 2.5- to 4.9-inch handset displays are projected to rise to 149.9 million units in 2009, up an impressive 22.1% from 122.8 million in...
Intel suspends shipments of 34nm SSDs
Jul 31, 12:33
Intel has suspended shipments of its recently launched 34nm NAND flash-based SSDs due to the discovery of a bug that could render the drives inoperable on systems that have a password...
A-Data launches SSD via co-branding with Intel
Apr 8, 15:41
A-Data Technology has launched a 2.5-inch SATA SSD for notebooks, the A-Data X25-M, under a co-branding strategy with Intel.
Transcend offers new SSDs up to 192GB in capacity
Feb 24, 14:46
Transcend has recently announced a lineup of solid-state drives (SSD) that include a 1.8-inch portable SSD (SSD18M) and 1.8- and 2.5-inch form-factor SATA 3Gb/s and IDE interface...
OCZ Technology has launched its Synapse cache series 2.5-inch SSDs. The new Synapse SSDs are optimized for caching applications and leverages Dataplex cache software to dynamically...
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Micron Technology has introduced a new solid-state drive (SSD), designed for read caching, direct attached storage (DAS) and booting virtual desktop infrastructures - key applications...
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Anobit Genesis-S Series SAS SSD
Anobit has announced its second generation Genesis SSDs, targeted at network and server attached storage, as well as enterprise business and cloud-based applications. Utilizing...
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Smart Modular XceedStor 500S SSD
Smart Modular Technologies has announced the XceedStor 500S 2.5-inch SATA SSD the server market. The XceedStor 500S SSD was designed specifically to address the growing need for...
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Adata Technology has introduced a new portable hard drive series, the SH14, which comes with shock-resistant designs and military-grade shockproof and water-resistant construction...
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- China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
- Delta sees falling January revenues
- PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
- Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
- Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January
- Growth of global TV shipments to fall to 7% in 2012, says GfK
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
- Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
- Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
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- Marvell and Google Team Up to Transform TV into the Command Center for the 'Connected Lifestyle'
- Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
- Digi-Key announces global distribution agreement with Marktech Optoelectronics
- Valuable LED lighting - Ecomaa Dimmable LED MR16
- American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its HighEnd Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights
- 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
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
10-Feb-2012 markets closed
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- Taiwan banks want higher investment limit for China peers (February 9) - Reuters
- China's exports and imports fall (February 10) - BBC News
- Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec (February 8) - 9to5Mac.com
- Post-election Taiwan: beyond exports (February 7) - The Financial Times
- Deadly cold snap cripples Europe (February 6) - ABC News
- IMF cuts China 2012 growth forecast to 8.25% (February 6) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- US job numbers show strong growth (February 3) - BBC News
- Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains (January 14) - BBC News
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- Commentary: Lack of distribution channels continues to hover over Taiwan solar industry
- Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch
- Commentary: Could automation solve labor issues for Foxconn?
- Commentary: Apple being dragged into US-China trade war
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011
Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...
MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments...
The greening of Taiwan: Q&A with Siemens Taiwan CEO Peter Weiss
While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened...
Focus on small, cost-effective packages: Q&A with STATS ChipPAC CEO Tan Lay Koon
Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
During China 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. Installed capacity in China grow by tenfold to reach the target of 10GWp by 2015.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.