Last update: Monday 14 January 2013 [332 news items]
Japan mobile device market grows 25.6% in 3Q12, says IDC
Jan 14, 21:15
In the third quarter of 2012, the Japan mobile device market, including PCs, smartphones, tablets, mobile cards, and personal routers, grew 25.6% on quarter, shipping 13.56 million...
Digitimes Research: China solar firms continue to see losses in 3Q12
Jan 7, 11:23
Due to fluctuating demand in Europe, China-based solar module firms Yingli, Suntech and Trina Solar saw shipments in third-quarter 2012 decrease by 16.9%, 10%, and 9% respectively...
Digitimes Research: Europe, US solar demand continues to rise in 3Q12
Dec 25, 11:04
With solar programs in Europe continuing to stimulate demand in the second half of 2012, total installations in Germany for the first three quarters of 2012 were close to 6.2GW, and...
Polysilicon firm OCI sees net loss for first time in 3Q12
Dec 24, 09:40
When the solar industry was experiencing a boom before 2010, many firms were attracted to enter the market and began massive investments, causing an oversupply which has seen many...
China market: 3Q12 mobile Internet user base grows to 489 million, says Analysys
Dec 20, 13:28
There were 489 million mobile Internet service subscribers in the China market in the third quarter of 2012, increasing 4.3% on quarter and 22.3% on year, according to China-based...
Chip equipment billings slip in 3Q12, says SEMI
Dec 12, 22:12
SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.06 billion in the third quarter of 2012, down 12% sequentially and 15% from a year ago.
Taiwan market: Server shipments up in 3Q12, says IDC
Dec 12, 13:45
There were 18,949 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2012, increasing 9% on month and 6% on year, while the corresponding shipment value of US$83.5 million...
Taiwan market: Over 141,000 inkjet, 51,000 laser printers shipped in 3Q12, says IDC
Dec 12, 13:42
There were 141,325 inkjet printers shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2012, increasing on quarter by 0.1% but decreasing on year by 17.2%, and 51,647 laser printers...
China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 11 billion in 3Q12, says Analysys
Dec 12, 13:41
Online gaming service Operators in the China market generated total revenues of CNY11.7 billion (US$1.84 billion) during the third quarter of 2012, according to China-based consulting...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 3Q12 LCD driver shipment value over NT$21.8 billion
Dec 4, 16:14
Six Taiwan-based IC design houses shipped LCD driver ICs worth NT$21.837 billion (US$740 million) in total in the third quarter of 2012, growing on quarter by 15.9%, and the total...
China market: Samsung leads in 3Q12 smartphone market share, says report
Dec 4, 14:00
There were 49.8 million smartphones sold in the China market during the third quarter of 2012, hiking 31.1% on quarter and 154.9% on year, tech.163.com cited China-based...
China market: Over 49 million smartphones sold in 3Q12, says Analysys
Dec 3, 11:24
There were 63.73 million handsets sold in the China market during the third quarter of 2012, decreasing 4.1% on quarter and 7.5% on year. Smartphones accounted for 49.17 million units,...
China market: Online advertising valued over CNY 20 billion in 3Q12, says Analysys
Nov 30, 16:05
Online advertising service providers in the China market generated total revenues of CNY20.42 billion (US$3.21 billion) during the third quarter of 2012, growing 16% on quarter and...
China market: 3Q12 B2B e-commerce trades valued at CNY3.45 billion, says Analysys
Nov 30, 16:01
In the China market, B2B (business to business) e-commerce services generated a total transaction value of CNY3.45 billion (US$543 million) during the third quarter of 2012, growing...
China market: B2C transactions value over CNY129 billion in 3Q12, says Analysys
Nov 30, 15:55
In the China market, B2C (business to customer) online shopping operators generated a total sales transaction value of CNY129.6 billion (US$20.4 billion) during the third quarter...
China market: 3rd-party e-payment services generate CNY976 billion in trade in 3Q12, says Analysys
Nov 30, 15:53
In the China market, third-party (between buyers and sellers) e-payment service platforms generated total sales transactions of CNY976.4 billion (US$153.7 billion) in the third quarter...
China market: iPad occupies over 71% of 3Q12 tablet sales, says Analysys
Nov 29, 11:54
There were 2.6 million tablets sold in the China market during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 11.1% on quarter and by 62.5% on year, and the iPad series had the largest...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan foundry capacity utilization to fall in 4Q12
Nov 27, 12:04
Utilization rates at Taiwan's top-3 IC foundries will average 84.8% in the fourth quarter of 2012, down from 94.8% in the prior quarter, according to Digitimes Research's latest findings...
Taiwan 3Q12 GPS device production value down by 11.4% on year, says ITIS
Nov 26, 21:53
Taiwan-based GPS navigation device makers generated total production value of NT$26.4 billion (US$895 million) in the third quarter of 2012, representing a decrease of 11.4% due to...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 25 million LCD monitors in 3Q12
Nov 23, 11:51
Taiwan-based makers shipped 25.780 million LCD monitors during the third quarter of 2012, increasing 7.4% on quarter but decreasing 11.4% on year and occupying 63.4% of global total...
Taiwan 3Q12 FPD production value over NT$370 billion, says IEK
Nov 23, 10:35
Taiwan's flat panel display (FPD) industry generated total production value of NT$370.67 billion (US$12.5 billion) in the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 12.5% on quarter, according...
Innolux tops 3Q12 panel suppliers for China-based TV vendors, says paper
Nov 20, 16:14
Innolux, which recently changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI), was the largest supplier of panels for China-based TV vendors during the third quarter of 2012, a China-based Beijing...
Winbond signs NT$5 billion syndicated loan
Nov 19, 15:57
Winbond Electronics, which manufactures NOR flash and niche-market DRAM chips, has signed a NT$5 billion (US$171.7 million) three-year syndicated loan agreement with 10 local banks...
Canadian Solar reports 3Q12 revenues down 6.4% on-quarter
Nov 16, 11:03
China-based solar firm, Canadian Solar, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012.
China market: Over 49 million smartphones sold in 3Q12, says Analysys
Nov 16, 10:49
There were 63.73 million handsets sold in the China market during the third quarter of 2012, decreasing 4.1% on quarter and 7.5% on year. However, smartphones accounted for 49.17...
Digitimes Research: Digital TV product and home entertainment system sales down in 3Q12
Nov 15, 21:20
Global consumer electronics sales were lower than expected during the third quarter of 2012, with digital TV products as well as home entertainment and sound systems getting hit the...
Global 3Q12 DRAM output value shrinks 8.5%, says DRAMeXchange
Nov 15, 21:15
Sluggish PC shipments led to an oversupply of DRAM chips in the third quarter – the traditional peak season – causing chip prices to fall substantially. The downward trend...
PMA reports worldwide projector market of nearly 2.5 million in 3Q12
Nov 15, 15:41
Projector research firm Pacific Media Associates (PMA) has released its latest projector research, stating that the worldwide projector market totaled 2.47 million units in the third...
Nov 15, 11:17
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.1% decline from the third quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. Smartphone...
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries 3Q12 revenues, gross margin, net profit hit records
Nov 14, 20:44
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, a Taiwan-based provider of micro module packaging services and maker of LED ceramic substrates, posted consolidated revenues of NT$2.028 billion...
Silicon wafer shipments slip in 3Q12, says SEMI
Nov 13, 22:19
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments registered a 2% sequential decrease in the third quarter of 2012, according to SEMI.
Foxconn 3Q12 gross margin hits 12-quarter high
Nov 13, 21:43
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on November 13 released its consolidated financial report for the third quarter of 2012, with its gross margin of 9.54% being the...
Lenovo 3Q12 global PC market share rises to 15.6%
Nov 9, 15:26
Lenovo saw its total global sales volume of notebooks, desktops and tablets during the third quarter of 2012 increase by 10.3% on year, with corresponding global market share rising...
Testing firm KYEC to break ground for new factory
Nov 9, 15:21
King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) is scheduled to break ground for a new factory in Miaoli, northern Taiwan, in December, with construction scheduled to complete at the end of...
Rubicon sees rising 3Q12 revenues
Nov 7, 16:01
Rubicon Technology, a US-based sapphire substrates provider, has reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012.
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
IT + CE | 5min ago
Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
Displays | 25min ago
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
IT + CE | 32min ago
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Displays | 55min ago
MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
Bits + chips | 1h ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 1h 45min ago
Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 2h ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 2h 23min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 2h 36min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 2h 40min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 3h 40min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 4h 20min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 4h 22min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 5h 22min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 5h 37min ago
- 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
- 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
- MediaTek-MStar merger yet to receive China approval
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- 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
- 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.