Last update: Friday 7 June 2013 [101 news items]
Computex 2011: ARM-based server market to see growth before 2015, says ARM president
May 31, 01:55
Tudor Brown, president of ARM, at the company's pre-Computex press conference, pointed out that ARM-based server market in the future will have a great development opportunity as...
iPad-style media tablets to out-ship PC tablets by factor of 10 from 2010 to 2015, says IHS iSuppli
May 19, 12:14
Shipments of traditional PC-type tablet PCs will be dwarfed by the newer media-type tablets like the iPad from Apple, with the media category out-shipping the PC variety by a factor...
Baseband processors still essential, says Petrov Group
May 3, 17:02
With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones application processors are in the limelight, but another group of mobile processors, basebands, deserve attention too, according...
China MCU market to grow through 2015, says IHS iSuppli
Mar 31, 10:09
China's microcontroller (MCU) market is expected to reach US$4.7 billion in revenues by 2015, up more than two-thirds from US$2.8 billion in 2010, according to IHS iSuppli.
Projector shipments to grow to 39 million units by 2015, says Pacific Media
Mar 28, 14:04
Pacific Media Associates (PMA), in its latest forecast of the worldwide front projector market, estimates that the 8.5 million units sold during 2010 will increase to more than 39...
Mar 16, 12:19
Recently several handset IC companies have announced integrated mobile processors – products that integrate baseband processor and application processor together with graphics...
Mobile DRAM market to grow through 2015, says iSuppli
Feb 14, 10:42
Mobile DRAM shipments are projected to reach 2.9 billion gigabits (Gb) in 2011, up 71% from 1.7 billion Gb in 2010, according to IHS iSuppli. Growth will continue during the following...
USB 3.0 chip shipments to show 120% CAGR to 2015, says Digitimes Research
Feb 11, 14:28
With more SuperSpeed-enabled motherboards, notebooks and other PC peripherals hitting store shelves, shipments of USB 3.0 host and device controller chips worldwide will increase...
Optical lens makers to see revenue contributions from tablet PCs in 2Q11
Feb 10, 01:55
Taiwan-based optical lens makers Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Newmax Technology will start seeing revenue contributions from tablet PC products in the second quarter...
LED light source market to reach EUR12 billion in 2015, says Philips
Jan 28, 11:51
The global lighting market will increase at a 7-9% compound annual growth rate from 2010-2015 to EUR80 billion (US$109.63 billion) with emerging markets in Asia and LED lighting as...
LED lighting prices to drop by 15-20% each year
Jan 5, 11:35
Prices of LED lighting products are estimated to drop by 15-20% each year amid increasing competition in the market as vendors reduce prices to gain market share. Prices of LED lighting...
HiTi Digital aims to set up one million photo-printing kiosks globally in 2015
Dec 29, 11:31
HiTi Digital, which makes photo/card printers and related consumable materials, and develops HiTi-branded printing software solutions, plans to set up a retail network of over 10,000...
Asia Pacific expected to have over 120 million LTE connections in 2015, say Taiwan makers
Nov 17, 01:15
The promotion of LTE under way in Asia Pacific countries will result in over 120 million LTE connections in the region in 2015, industry sources in Taiwan cited data released by Wireless...
Taiwan to pass Japan as largest source of IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Nov 15, 13:53
It was not long ago that Taiwan was considered just a provider of back-end (assembly and test) services for the semiconductor industry. However, over the past two decades the country...
Intel unveils Cloud 2015 vision for cloud computing industry
Oct 29, 10:12
Intel has unveiled several new initiatives under its "Cloud 2015" vision aimed at making cloud-based Internet computing more interoperable, secure and simplified.
China's LDK to complete 5GWp solar wafer capacity expansion at end of 2015
Sep 28, 01:55
China-based solar company LDK Solar confirmed plans to complete a 5GWp solar wafer capacity increase by the end of 2015, which will bring its total capacity to more than 7GWp, and...
TSMC aims to be top-5 PV module maker within five years
Sep 17, 01:20
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) aims to become one of the world's top-five solar cell makers within the next five years, said Rick Tsai, president of the company's...
Chunghwa Telecom targeting revenues of NT$199 billion for 2010, NT$220 billion for 2015
Aug 25, 12:01
Chunghwa Telecom, in its 5-year development plan, has set a consolidated revenues goal of NT$199 billion (US$6.22 billion) for 2010, NT$200 billion for 2011, and NT$220 billion for...
Thirty billion power conversion ICs enable power management applications, says Petrov Group
Aug 24, 13:53
The analog power conversion IC segment dominates the power management market; it accounts for about 30 billion units and US$11 billion revenues with a forecast average growth rate...
Toshiba aims for 350 billion yen in LED lighting sales in 2015
Jul 22, 14:15
Toshiba is aiming to bring global LED lighting sales to 350 billion yen (US$4.02 billion) in 2015, with subsidiary Toshiba Lighting & Technology expected to increase efforts in...
Taiwan aims at 76% FTTx penetration of households in 2015
Jul 9, 15:53
The Taiwan government on July 8 passed the Digital Convergence Development Initiative, with one of the five targets being to increase the number of households using FTTx (fiber to...
Consumer navigation shipments to hit 267 million by 2015, says ABI Research
May 20, 17:03
The global market for consumer navigation devices, services and systems will triple between 2010 and 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% over the next five...
India market: BSNL to count on WiMAX, expects 60 million subscribers in 2015
Apr 15, 16:23
Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), the largest telecom service provider in India, has chosen WiMAX as its mainstream wireless broadband Internet-access technology, and expects the number...
China market: IT retail chain Buynow aims to triple revenues by 2015
Mar 30, 15:58
Buynow, Clevo's IT retail chain subsidiary in the China market, will expand its retail network from 20 stores currently to 50 stores in 2015 and expects the annual revenues to increase...
Smartphone shipments to quadruple in Asia by 2015, says IMS Research
Mar 18, 12:01
Annual smartphone shipments to Asia are expected to more than quadruple between now and 2015, giving Asia 39% of smartphone shipments during 2015. Overall shipments of smartphones...
Global LBS platform and infrastructure revenues to reach US$1.8 billion by 2015, says ABI Research
Mar 16, 16:58
Global LBS platforms revenues will grow from US$560 million in 2010 to US$1.8 billion in 2015, at which point they will reach saturation. While in the past mobile location center...
Taiwan market: Seiko Epson aims at huge growth in sales of innovative application products
Mar 11, 17:00
Japan-based Seiko Epson first introduced its innovative application products to the Taiwan market in 2009 and only generated revenues of NT$1 million (US$31,456) from these new products...
163 million smartbooks expected to ship in 2015, says ABI Research
Feb 23, 16:08
ABI Research expects 163 million smartbooks will ship worldwide in 2015 – a significant rate of growth given that the very first models only appeared in 2008.
12-inch wafers to be replaced by 18-inch in 2015, says Samsung senior VP
Feb 10, 11:26
Eighteen-inch wafers will replace 12-inch as the mainstream in 2015, according to Joo-Tai Moon, senior vice president of Samsung Electronics. Moon also noted that Asia is the fastest...
Feb 4, 16:37
The high-profile launch of Apple's iPad tablet computing device highlights the real start of a new market segment for media tablets that according to analysts at ABI Research will...
Car and PND mobile TV market set to double by 2015, says iSuppli
Dec 23, 14:14
Worldwide shipments of mobile TV systems for cars, consisting both of solutions embedded into autos and included in portable navigation devices (PNDs), are expected to more than double...
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
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Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
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Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:16
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:50
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:44
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:43
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:42
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:37
Spansion has announced what it claims is the industry's fastest serial flash memory, the Spansion FL-S family at 65nm. The series has over 20% faster DDR read speeds and three times...
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Toshiba SCiB module for automotive use
Toshiba has announced that its SCiB battery has been selected by Mitsubishi Motors to power two new models of electric vehicles (EV), the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV. The SCiB is Toshiba's...
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- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- 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
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 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.