Last update: Friday 19 August 2011 [18 news items]
AOpen posts positive EPS for 1H11
Aug 19, 16:49
AOpen has reported a net profit of NT$26 million (US$897,728) or an EPS of NT$0.16 on consolidated revenues of NT$1.16 billion for the first half of 2011. The first-half EPS showed...
AOpen gears up for digital signage
Jun 13, 16:09
Taiwan-based mini-PC maker AOpen has been developing and producing digital signage products for several years with its focus on three types of application - POS (point of sale/service)...
AOpen to relocate China factory to Wistron industrial park
Mar 21, 10:34
AOpen will invest US$3.5 million to relocate its factory from Zhongshan City, southern China, to an optoelectronics park developed by Wistron also in Zhongshan, according to AOpen.
AOpen teams up with Philips to tap North American digital signage market
Mar 4, 01:50
AOpen has teamed up with Philips to tap into the digital signage market in North America, with the Dutch-based company responsible for displays and AOpen handling the production of...
AOpen, WinMate see significant growth in 2010 revenues
Jan 12, 16:35
AOpen saw its 2010 revenues of NT$2.39 billion (US$74.6 million) rise 15.81% from 2009 mainly due to booming shipments of digital signage products, while industrial PC touch panel...
Software designers partner with Taiwan IPC players to enter China market
Jan 4, 02:05
Several US-based software designers such as SCALA, BroadSign and Omnivex are cooperating with Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) players to enter China's digital signage and security...
AOpen lands digital signage orders from China hotel chain
Jan 4, 01:30
Taiwan-based digital signage maker AOpen has cut into the China-based hotel chain Motel168 and has also landed orders from several China's coastal cities' subway system, according...
AOpen announces growth in November revenues
Dec 14, 01:20
Taiwan-based small form factor (SFF) PC maker AOpen, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$238 million (US$7.92 million) for November, up 7.2% on month and 44.38% on year, benefiting...
AOpen to tap China digital signage market
Nov 5, 15:33
AOpen has seen successful sales of its digital signage in the US market through cooperation with sales agent Ingram Micro, and began to tap the Taiwan market through cooperation with...
AOpen reports net loss for 1Q10
Apr 23, 15:25
AOpen has announced a net loss of NT$7 million (US$223,250), and negative ESP of NT$0.04 for the first quarter of 2010 mainly due to significant depreciations of the euro, but the...
AOpen sees operating profit in 4Q09
Mar 22, 16:33
AOpen has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.06 billion (US$64.8 million) for 2009 with operating loss of NT$18 million. But the company managed to record operating profit of...
Wistron to increase stake in connector maker Tconn
Mar 22, 14:00
Wistron plans to increase its stake in connector maker Tconn by purchasing its shares from AOpen, as well as other shareholders. Wistron said its board of directors will discuss the...
Taiwan maker AOpen tapping China digital signage market
Aug 27, 16:51
AOpen has been making efforts to promote digital signage products in the China market, according to the company.
Jul 23, 12:09
Bernie Tsai, president of AOpen, has been appointed as new CEO while chairman Simon Lin will no longer assume day-to-day control of the company, according to the company.
Taiwan mini-PC maker AOpen aims to grow digital signage business
Jun 23, 12:33
AOpen has been actively developing and promoting its digital signage product line and the company said it aims to significantly increase the proportion of total revenues coming from...
AOpen sees high gross margins from digital signage products
Apr 28, 17:16
AOpen, a Taiwan-based maker of PC peripherals and mini PCs, has stepped into the production of more profitable digital signage products, according to the company. Consequently, AOpen's...
Mini-PC maker AOpen swings to losses in 4Q08
Jan 15, 14:12
Mini-PC maker AOpen swung to losses in the fourth quarter, according to figures from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Fourth-quarter net losses amounted to NT$15.51 million (US$0.47...
Netbooks will have difficulty devouring mainstream notebook market, says Wistron chairman
Jun 20, 14:59
Wistron expects notebook shipments in the third quarter to grow 15% on quarter, and believes that netbooks will have difficulty in devouring the mainstream notebook market, according...
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
Green energy | 13min ago
Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
Bits + chips | 23min ago
Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
Bits + chips | 54min ago
Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
IT + CE | 2h 2min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 21min ago
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 49min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Before Going to Press | 1h 33min ago
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | 1h 34min ago
June TV panel prices to be flat
Before Going to Press | 1h 46min ago
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 1h 59min ago
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | 2h 16min ago
The new look for your AOpen miniPC
AOpen has solved the problem of boring miniPC cases with their miniPC MP9645VXR. Similar to many popular products such as Nokia's mobile phones and Microsoft's Xbox 360, the AOpen...
Photo: Company, Jan 24.
AOpen adds EU965 to XC Cube series
AOpen has added a new member, the 64-bit EU965, to its small form factor (SFF) XC Cube series. It supports Intel's Core 2 Duo (Conroe) processor, and Microsoft's Vista. The EU965...
Photo: Company, Nov 16.
Kingston Technology on October 31 launched four new SO-DIMM products for notebooks and mini-PCs. Part of Kingston's ValueRAM product family, the new products include 2GB DDR2-533...
Photo: Company, Nov 2.
AOpen adds a little color to its Mini PC lineup
AOpen has upgraded its Mini PC lineup to support Intel's new Core Duo and Core Solo processors. The latest solution (MP945-VXR) is built around the Intel 945GM chipset, supports improved...
Photo: Company, Jun 5.
AOpen to adopt Seagate-made 2.5-inch HDDs in its mini PCs
Two of AOpen's mini PCs, MP915-P/C, will adopt the Seagate-made HDD. The MP915-P model will support a 80GB Momentus 4200.2 HDD from Seagate while the MP915-C will feature the 40GB...
Photo: Company, Dec 22.
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Career to ramp up FPCB capacity by 30% in 2H12
- Hermes Microvision lists on OTC market
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- 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
- MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources
- US solar firms may request duties on China-made solar modules
- 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
- Korean vendors compete for OLED market
- 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
22-May-2012 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7274.89 | +82.66 | +1.15% |
| TSE electronic | 277.63 | +3.99 | +1.46% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 104.57 | +2.00 | +1.95% |
| OTC electronic | 134.14 | +2.91 | +2.22% |
- 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
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Ravi Subramanian, CEO of EDA firm Berkeley Design Automation
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
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...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- 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.