Last update: Thursday 17 May 2012 [40 news items]
May 17, 16:21
Most DRAM module makers will use less space for product exhibition at the upcoming Computex Taipei 2012 trade fair and will also highlight more memory products for industrial controls...
Adata pursues profit growth in 2012
Apr 6, 01:15
Adata Technology will focus on its profit performance in 2012, looking to expand its high-margin operations, according to the memory module maker.
Adata swings to profits in 4Q11
Mar 19, 11:55
Adata Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of memory modules, turned its business operation from the red into profitability in the fourth quarter of 2011, with net earnings per share...
Mar 13, 11:30
Memory module firm Adata Technology has reported a sequential rise in February revenues of 15.8%. Sales of non-DRAM modules accounted for 55.7% of company revenues in the month.

Rexchip to launch rights issue for NT$6 billion
Mar 12, 15:57
Rexchip Electronics, the Taiwan-based production subsidiary of Elpida Memory, has revealed plans to raise an additional paid-in capital of NT$6 billion (US$203 million) through issuing...

Memory module firms see double-digit sales drops in January
Feb 7, 01:20
Revenues at Taiwan's major DRAM module and NAND device manufacturers saw double-digit sequential decreases in January 2012, due to fewer working days caused by the Lunar New Year...

DRAM prices to rebound in early 2012, says Adata chairman
Dec 20, 01:05
DRAM prices will rebound from the current bottom level to a level above cash-flow production cost based on 30nm process in January 2012, according to chairman and CEO Simon Chen for...
Adata reports strong SSD sales on demand for tablets, ultrabooks
Dec 6, 11:39
Memory module firm Adata Technology saw sales of its SSD product line continue to stay at high levels in November thanks to rising demand for tablet PCs and an influx of short lead-time...
Nov 7, 11:56
Memory module maker Adata Technology saw its DRAM products account for about 32% of the overall revenues it posted in October 2011, while sales of its solid-state drives and external...
Adata suffers 3Q11 net operating loss of nearly 100 million
Oct 25, 01:10
Adata Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of memory modules, on October 24 released unaudited financial report for the third quarter of 2011, recording net operating loss of NT$96.6...
Adata, Phison break into supply chain for ultrabooks
Oct 13, 01:10
Adata Technology's 6Gb/s mSATA SSDs reportedly have been selected by Asustek Computer for use in its new Zenbook-series ultrabooks, marking a milestone for the Taiwan-based memory...
Adata September revenues up 6%
Oct 6, 14:08
Memory module firm Adata Technology has announced revenues of NT$2.61 billion (US$85 million) for September 2011, up 6% on month. Revenues amounted to NT$7.23 billion for the third...

Adata looks to double-digit revenue growth in 4Q11
Oct 3, 13:25
Memory module firm Adata Technology expects its revenues to grow by a double-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011, buoyed by rising sales of products used in non-conventional...

Nanya, Inotera, Adata see sequential growth in August revenue
Sep 6, 01:20
Taiwan-based DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories as well as memory module maker Adata Technology on September 5 reported revenues for August, increasing on month by...
Adata unveils stock buyback program
Stockwatch - Aug 29, 14:31
Memory module maker Adata Technology has announced a share buyback program under which the company will repurchase up to NT$4.36 billion (US$150 million) of its common shares from...
Five memory module makers see mixed sequential growth in July revenue
Aug 10, 01:10
Taiwan-based memory module makers Phison Electronics, Transcend Information, Adata Technology and Power Quotient International (PQI) saw July revenues increase on month, while fellow...
Newswatch - Aug 1, 17:21
Memory module firm Adata Technology on July 29 announced that Il Ung Kim has resigned as company president. There is no replacement of Kim as the company previously had two presidents...
Transcend June revenues up over 9% on-month
Jul 7, 14:58
Transcend Information's revenues increased 9.7% sequentially to NT$2.37 billion (US$82.2 million) in June, following two months of sequential drops, according to financial data released...
Adata sees decrease in June revenues
Jul 6, 01:00
Taiwan-based memory module maker Adata Technology had revenues of NT$2.124 billion (US$73.5 million) in June decreasing 9.56% on month and 40.41% on year mainly because product prices...
Memory module firms post on-month drops in May revenues
Jun 10, 01:15
Transcend Information posted a revenue drop of 9.1% sequentially in May 2011, while fellow memory module companies Apacer Technology, Power Quotient International (PQI) and Phison...
Adata cautiously optimistic about 3Q11
Jun 1, 14:40
Third-quarter seasonal effects may not be obvious to the memory module industry in 2011, despite a slight rebound from the second quarter when the sector should have hit its bottom...
DRAM module makers diversifying products, says Adata chairman
Jun 1, 02:05
Taiwan-based DRAM module manufacturers have made inroads into the markets for solid-state drives (SSD) and higher end DRAM modules targeted at servers designed for cloud, or even...
Adata to buy back 2.63% stake as treasury stock
Stockwatch - May 25, 01:30
Taiwan-based memory module maker Adata Technology on May 24 announced the repurchase of six million shares of its stock, equivalent to a 2.63% stake, at NT$25.66-62.85 (US$0.89-2.18)...
Transcend posts 18% sequential drop in April revenues
May 9, 13:50
Memory module firm Transcend Information has reported NT$2.38 billion (US$83 million) in revenues for April 2011, down 18% on month. Revenues, however, were 5.7% higher than NT$2.25...
Adata April revenues down 19% on-month
May 6, 01:25
Memory module firm Adata Technology has reported NT$2.535 billion (US$89 million) in revenues for April 2011, down 19.2% sequentially. Revenues from January through April totaled...
Adata March revenues up 53% on-month
Apr 7, 15:32
Memory module firm Adata Technology has registered NT$3.14 billion (US$108 million) in March 2011 revenues, up 52.6% on month. March revenues, however, showed a 35.1% decline compared...
Memory module firms March revenues to rebound
Apr 1, 01:10
Taiwan-based memory module houses Adata Technology, Apacer Technology, Phison Electronics and Transcend Information are expected to post significant sequential growth in March 2011...
Adata sees no supply disruption concerns
Mar 18, 01:00
Memory module firm Adata Technology has adequate inventory and multiple sources for chips, which will help it mitigate potential disruptions caused by the recent earthquake in Japan...
Phison revenues up in January, Transcend down
Feb 11, 10:46
Phison Electronics, which supplies memory controller ICs as well as NAND flash-based products, saw revenues climb 10.5% on month to NT$2.52 billion (US$87 million) in January 2011,...
New Transcend USB 3.0 flash drive uses Innostor controller
Jan 6, 15:23
Transcend Information has introduced a new portfolio of flash memory drives, the JetFlash 700, which the company is demonstrating at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. The drive uses Innostor's...
DRAM module makers 4Q10 profits likely hurt by rising NT dollar
Dec 15, 16:00
The recent appreciation of the NT dollar may result in significant foreign-exchange losses for DRAM module houses including Adata Technology and Transcend Information, according to...
Adata lowering proportion of DRAM-module sales
Dec 6, 11:47
Adata Technology has moved to lower the DRAM-module portion of its revenues in order to respond to continued chip price falls, while putting a greater emphasis on non-DRAM products...
Kingston expands lead in DRAM module business, says iSuppli
Nov 16, 10:48
Kingston Technology padded its dominance of the third-party DRAM module business in the first half of 2010, selling US$2.6 billion worth of DRAM modules, according to iSuppli. The...
SSD prices dropping, while HDD prices rise
Nov 16, 01:30
Solid State Drive (SSD) makers including Intel and Adata Technology have been gradually dropping their SSD price since early in the second half of 2010 by about 10-15% in the hopes...
Adata, Transcend report mixed 3Q10 earnings
Oct 29, 01:10
Adata Technology operated in the red for the second consecutive quarter, but its net losses narrowed to NT$9.42 million (US$0.31 million) in the third quarter of 2010 from NT$419...
- 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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- 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
- 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.





















