Last update: Tuesday 7 May 2013 [44 news items]
Samsung, Seagate team up to co-develop SSD controllers
Aug 13, 12:39
Samsung Electronics and Seagate Technology have announced plans to jointly develop and cross license controller technologies for enterprise-class solid state drives (SSD).
Hynix posts 2Q10 profits on record sales
Jul 22, 11:16
Hynix Semiconductor has reported net profits of 665 billion won (US$550 million) on consolidated revenues of 3.28 trillion won for the second quarter of 2010. The sales figure marks...
Taiwan DRAM makers still queuing for latest ASML systems
Jul 21, 14:46
The lead time for ASML's latest immersion system, the NXT:1950i, has been extended to almost 12 months, prompting some Taiwan-based DRAM makers to switch to alternative products,...
Micron and Nanya intro 42nm DRAM process, working on 3Xnm
Feb 9, 09:38
Micron Technology and Nanya Technology have unveiled their co-developed 2Gb DDR3 chip using copper-based 42nm DRAM process technology, and said they are also working on a 30nm-class...
Micron makes gains in 2009 NAND flash market, unseats Hynix in top-3
Feb 2, 16:07
Micron Technology captured a 9.4% share of the global NAND flash market in 2009, exceeding Hynix Semiconductor's share by 0.3pp points, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics...
Samsung announces 2Gb DDR3 using 30nm-class technology
Feb 1, 16:31
Samsung Electronics has announced its first 30nm-class DRAM memory has just successfully completed customer evaluations, in 2Gb densities. With DDR3 SDRAM becoming the predominant...
Samsung ramps 30nm-class NAND flash production
Dec 1, 17:10
Samsung Electronics has announced volume production of 3-bit, multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND flash chips using 30nm-class process technology began at the end of November. The chips will...
Silicon Motion 3Q09 sales up 14% sequentially with narrower loss
Oct 30, 15:22
Silicon Motion Technology, a fabless design house specializing in low-power IC solutions for consumer electronics devices, has announced net sales for the third quarter of 2009 increased...
Samsung shipping 30nm NAND memory cards
May 13, 15:54
Samsung Electronics has announced shipments of its 32GB moviNAND, a new embedded memory card utilizing advanced 30nm-class process technology, have kicked off. The new Samsung card...
TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
Bits + chips | 2h 15min ago
Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
IT + CE | 3h 10min ago
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Bits + chips | 3h 19min ago
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Displays | 3h 20min ago
Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
IT + CE | 3h 22min ago
MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
Bits + chips | 3h 35min ago
Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
Mobile + telecom | 3h 37min ago
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 3h 39min ago
Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
Displays | 3h 41min ago
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Before Going to Press | 3h 33min ago
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Before Going to Press | 3h 37min ago
Touchscreen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong May
Before Going to Press | 3h 38min ago
Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
Before Going to Press | 3h 39min ago
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook panel shipments during 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 3h 39min ago
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Before Going to Press | 3h 42min ago
Epistar expects revenue proportion for LED used in lighting to rise to 30%
Before Going to Press | 3h 42min ago
HTC cooperates with KDDI to launch HTC One in Japan market
Before Going to Press | 3h 44min ago
Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
Before Going to Press | 3h 54min ago
Samsung 30nm 2GB LPDDR3 mobile memory
Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing 2GB and low power double-data-rate 3 (LPDDR3) memory using 30nm-class technology for next-generation mobile devices. The new LPDDR3,...
Photo: Company, Sep 21.
Elpida Memory has developed 4Gb next-generation mobile memory chips for smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices. The new DRAM achieves compliance with the "Wide IO" international...
Photo: Company, Nov 21.
Samsung Electronics has announced the development of 32GB DDR3 registered dual Inline memory modules (RDIMMs) that use 3D through silicon via (TSV) package technology. Its 30nm-class...
Photo: Company, Aug 22.
Samsung Electronics has completed development of what it calls the industry's first DDR4 DRAM module, using 30nm class process technology. The new DDR4 DRAM module can achieve data...
Photo: Company, Jan 5.
Samsung 8Gb OneNAND for smartphones
Samsung Electronics has announced availability of an 8Gb OneNAND chip that takes advantage of advanced 30nm class process technology. Based on a single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash...
Photo: Company, May 12.
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers facing increasing competition from rivals in China
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- More firms provide crystal-less USB 3.0 device controllers
- BLU makers report different results in 1Q13
- ChipMOS capex for 2013 to reach NT$2.5-2.8 billion
- BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Capella tops analog IC suppliers with highest EPS in 1Q13
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
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- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Company, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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.