Last update: Thursday 17 May 2012 [50 news items]
China market: TV vendors mulling price hikes
Jun 29, 16:31
China vendors, coming under pressures from rising LCD TV panel costs, are planning to increase TV prices at the National Day shopping season in October 2009, according to market sources...
China TV vendors target smaller panels amid rising 32-inch panel costs
Jun 24, 10:51
China TV vendors are switching from 32-inch LCD TV panel orders to 26-inch panels and planning to introduce new 24-inch models as 32-inch panel prices reached almost US$200 in the...
Pricing of 32-inch TVs to remain stable in 3Q09, says Amtran president
Jun 2, 11:06
It is unlikely the global average selling price (ASP) of 32-inch LCD TVs will increase in the third quarter of this year, despite recent increases in related panel prices, said Alpha...
Rising notebook and TV sales send large-size panel prices up, says iSuppli
Jun 1, 11:01
Average pricing for large-size TFT-LCD panels rose at a stronger-than-expected rate in May due to a rebound in notebook PC demand and surprisingly robust television sales, according...
China market: 1.4 million LCD TVs sold during May Day holiday
May 20, 14:40
Around 1.4 million LCD TVs were sold during the three-day May Day holiday in China, up 75% on year, with local vendors dominating sales, according to industry sources in China.
Samsung and LGE increase TV panel orders for AUO and CMO
Newswatch - Mar 25, 17:11
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics (LGE) have increased 37-inch-and-smaller LCD TV panel orders significantly for AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) since the...
Taiwan market: Sony to cut 32-inch LCD TV price to about NT$20,000
Mar 10, 12:21
Sony will reduce the price of its 32-inch LCD TVs to about NT$20,000 (US$572.9) during the Taipei Digital Electric Appliance Fair on March 12-15, while second-tier local vendors are...
Japan market: LCD TV shipments up, but ASPs down in January
Feb 26, 16:25
Japan's LCD TV market saw an on-year growth of 30.7% to 584,000 units in January this year, with market observers saying that the growth was driven by sharp price drops.
32-inch LCD TV prices may drop below US$400 in North America by year-end 2009
Feb 20, 14:27
With consumers becoming more prices conscious amid the sluggish global economy, prices for 32-inch LCD TVs offed by first-tier vendors in the North American market are expected to...
Taiwan market: Local LCD TV vendors expect to join price war
Dec 2, 01:10
With Sony starting a price war in the local Taiwan LCD TV market in order to boost its sales for the Lunar New Year holiday in January 2009, second tier international vendors and...
Taiwan market: Chimei eyes 32-inch LCD TV segment
Aug 19, 17:02
Chimei, the LCD TV brand operated by panel maker Chi Mei Group, expects sales of 32-inch LCD TVs in the Taiwan market to grow more robustly in the second half of this year despite...
32-inch PDP prices drop to unprofitable levels
Aug 13, 12:34
Prices for 32-inch PDP panels have been driven down to unprofitable levels by continued price declines for LCD competition, according to industry sources.
AUO claims up to 50% reduction in power consumption with new 32 inch LCD panel
Aug 6, 12:10
AU Optronics (AUO) stated that it started mass production of a 32-inch power-saving LCD panel in the second quarter this year; with the panel saving up to 50% in power consumption...
Commentary: 6G LCD lines fall prey to miscalculations
Jul 17, 16:08
With the urge to cut production appearing to be rippling across the LCD panel industry amid a bleak market outlook, makers are axing output from their 6G lines first. It is not hard...
PDPs face strong pressure from increased 32-inch LCD supply
Jul 14, 11:24
TFT LCD makers are stepping up their pressure on PDP competition in the 32-inch TV segment, which has still seen more robust sales than larger-size segments amid the economic downt...
Sony has introduced its Internet TV line featuring four LCD HDTVs with built-in Google TV. The product line includes the 24-inch NSX-24GT1 (US$599.99), the 32-inch NSX-32GT1 (US$799.99),...
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Samsung 32-inch touchscreen LCD display - 320TSn
Samsung introduced a 32-inch touchscreen LCD display - the 320TSn. The product features touch-sensitive infrared (IR) technology with a 3mm protective LCD glass panel. The 320TSn...
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Vizio launches full HD 37-inch LCD TVs for US$849.99
While letting the market heavyweights fight it out in the over 40-inch segments, Vizio has introduced four new full HD 1080p LCD flat panel displays in the 32-inch and 37-inch segments...
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Smartparts offers 32-inch digital photo frame - SP3200WF
Smartparts has released what it claims is the world's largest Wi-Fi digital photo frame, the SP3200WF. As Smartparts has recently become a certified Microsoft partner, the SP3200WF...
Photo: Company, Sep 30.
- China market: Booming sales of Windows Phones could be short-lived, say sources
- DRAM share of average smartphone BOM falls by half, says IHS
- Tizen-based devices to appear in 2H12
- MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources
- Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China
- Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
- Demand for TV LED backlights to hold in 2H12, say Taiwan LED makers
- Nuvoton looks to strong sales in May and June
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- BOE may roll out AMOLED panels at Ordos line in 2014
- Overall value of lighting market to shrink as LEDs displace conventional technology, says Pike Research
- Faraday tapes out 40nm ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, says paper
- US solar firms may request duties on China-made solar modules
- Advantech to deploy marketing offices in third-level cities in China in 2H12
- Taimide completes phase-1 of new polyimide factory
- Proportion of SSD-equipped ultrabooks to fall to 56% in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Korean vendors compete for OLED market
- Lumenpulse receives US patent on technology that converts analog to digital signals allowing lighting control over AC power lines
- Commentary: Solar trade war between US and China looming
- Energy Focus receives LED product order to re-light navy ships
- Suntech responds to preliminary decision on tariffs in US anti-dumping investigation of solar cells from China
- Yingli Green Energy responds to US decision on anti-dumping tariffs
- US levies heavy anti-dumping tariffs on China-made solar cells
- Analog IC designers seeing May sales boom
- High Power Opto begins mass production of blue, green LED chips on silicon substrates
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
21-May-2012 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7192.23 | +41.04 | +0.57% |
| TSE electronic | 273.64 | +1.73 | +0.64% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 102.57 | +0.39 | +0.38% |
| OTC electronic | 131.23 | +0.42 | +0.32% |
- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
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Maxim's Chris Neil, senior VP, Industrial and Medical Solutions Group
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Ravi Subramanian, CEO of EDA firm Berkeley Design Automation
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Algotochip CTO Satish Padmanabhan and company VP of operations Mike Hong
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- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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.
- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.