Last update: Monday 18 March 2013 [217 news items]
PC vendors pessimistic toward future of MIDs
Nov 30, 16:24
Several members of Intel's Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance (MIDIA) have quit development of the mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and turned to work on products such as smartbooks...
Global PC processor shipments jump 23% sequentially in 3Q09, says IDC
Nov 10, 16:57
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the third quarter of 2009 rose substantially by an all-time record level for a single quarter, according to data from IDC. PC processor unit shipments...
Taiwan market: Sony unveils Vaio X notebook
Oct 14, 17:10
Sony has debuted two Vaio X series slim notebooks that are 1.39cm thick and weigh 745g, for launch in the Taiwan market. The X115 is priced at NT$39,800 (US$1,230) and features a...
TSMC to ramp capacity at Fab 14 for Intel Atom opportunity
Sep 25, 17:09
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has scheduled a ramp up of monthly capacity at its 300mm (12-inch) wafer fab (Fab 14) located in southern Taiwan at the Tainan Science...
IDF San Francisco: Moore's Law marches on at Intel
Sep 23, 17:08
Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini has displayed a silicon wafer containing its first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory...
Taiwan market: Netbook vendors slashing prices for Atom N270-/N280-based models
Sep 18, 14:15
Taiwan-based netbook vendors, including BenQ, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Acer, have all recently slashed prices for their netbook lineups based on Intel...
AMD may have a chance to threaten Intel in 20-inch and above all-in-one PC market
Sep 17, 14:22
AMD's platform is expected to receive attention from all-in-one PC vendors for 20-inch and above models since Intel's Atom platform does not perform as well in terms of graphics,...
Inventec expects netbook subsidiary Kohjinsha to turn profitable in 4Q09
Sep 15, 16:01
Inventec expects its netbook brand subsidiary Kohjinsha (KJS) will swing to profits in the fourth quarter of 2009 despite that the division contributed a net non-operating loss of...
Lanner introduces automotive DVR with 3G wireless and 4-channel H.264
Sep 3, 15:10
Lanner Electronics has announced the release of the VW-1104, a compact mobile DVR platform built on the Intel Atom CPU and offering Wi-Fi, 3G mobile and GPS communications along with...
Taiwan market: Sony launches W series netbook
Sep 1, 16:50
Sony recently launched its Vaio W series netbook in the Taiwan market and is cooperating with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to bundle the netbook with 3G services.
Acer launches nettop for US professional market
Aug 20, 15:50
Acer America has announced the new Veriton N260G-U2802CP, an ultra-compact nettop for the US professional market. It will be available via Acer's authorized resellers with prices...
Worldwide PC processor market rebounds in 2Q09, says IDC
Aug 7, 12:03
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the second quarter of 2009 rose notably, according to new data from IDC. While the increase was unusually positive for the second quarter of a...
Intel to suspend Atom Z sales to netbook makers, say sources
Jul 31, 12:36
Intel has reportedly informed customers that it will accept no more orders for its Atom Z processors from netbook makers soon, as it is getting close to completely digesting its inventory,...
Intel pushes back Pine Trail-D platform and Clarkdale CPUs to 1Q10
Jul 23, 14:09
Intel has decided to push back its Pine Trail-D platform for nettops from October 2009 to the first quarter of 2010, in addition to Pine Trail-M for netbooks, while the company's...
Intel Atom N270 to prop up netbook market in 2H09
Jul 22, 15:31
Intel's Atom N270 CPU is expected to continue playing the major role in the netbook market in the second half of 2009 as the launch of its successor the Atom N450 will be postponed...
Digitimes Insight: Intel Pine Trail launch to delay
Jul 21, 14:23
Intel showcased its next-generation netbook CPU, the Atom N450, at Computex Taipei 2009, with plans to launch it later this year. But since then nothing much has been heard from major...
Intel to unveil new product roadmap at IDF San Francisco
Jul 17, 12:28
Intel is expected to unveil its new product roadmap as well as new technology innovations at the upcoming IDF to be held in San Francisco from September 22-24, according to market...
Vendors take conservative attitude toward Atom N450-based netbook sales
Jul 7, 13:49
Several notebook vendors have revealed that they will not take an aggressive role to launch the next generation Atom N450-based netbooks and will instead monitor Acer's schedule to...
Samsung planning 11.6-inch Ion-based netbook
Jul 6, 12:18
Samsung Electronic plans to launch an Nvidia Ion platform-based netbook with Intel Atom N-series CPU and 11.6-inch display later in July, according to industry sources.
Intel to use IP from TSMC to make Langwell chipset, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 3, 16:09
Intel will adopt silicon IP from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture a customized version of its Langwell chipset (the chipset component of its next-generation...
Intel to launch new Core i7 and Celeron series CPUs in 2H09
Jun 15, 12:24
Intel plans to launch new 45nm Celeron E3000 series CPUs targeting the entry-level market in third-quarter 2009 to replace the current Celeron E1000 series The company will also release...
N270-based netbooks may not be offered upgrades to Windows 7
Jun 12, 16:36
Netbook vendors are considering keeping their Intel Atom N270 and N280-based netbooks using Windows XP and will not offer upgrades to Windows 7 due to increasing costs and low consumer...
Intel to launch successor to Atom N270 CPU in October at the earliest
Jun 10, 15:45
Intel is scheduled to phase out its Atom N270 CPU by launching its successor – the Atom N450 – for netbooks in October at the earliest, according to industry sources.
AMD CEO reveals Atom-beater expected for 2010
Jun 8, 14:01
Dirk Meyer, CEO of AMD has revealed the company is currently developing a platform that features lower-power, smaller-sizes, more complete functionality, and a cheaper price than...
ECS enters OEM all-in-one PC segment
Jun 5, 15:05
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has entered the OEM all-in-one PC segment rolling out its Intel Atom 330-based Morph-A and Nvidia Ion-based Fusion-1 focusing on 18.5- and 21-inch...
Computex 2009: Shuttle seeks new opportunities from all-in-one PCs
Jun 4, 16:24
Wandering the halls of Computex 2009 it does not take long to realize that there has been a recent explosion of vendors trying to tap the all-in-one PC market. All the well-known,...
Computex promises to deliver on the mobile front
Jun 3, 12:30
While Intel appears to be stepping away from the netbook market for the moment, ARM-based competitors are stepping in.
Computex 2009: Intel sales chief outlines industry growth opportunities
Jun 2, 17:12
Intel executive Sean Maloney today (June 2) said his company's relentless commitment to innovation will help drive tremendous future growth throughout the computing and communications...
Jun 2, 11:55
Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years...
Microsoft and Intel looking to limit netbook sizes to 10.2-inch for Windows 7
May 26, 12:15
Microsoft and Intel have reached a consensus to decrease the upper screen-size limit for netbook PCs equipped with Windows 7 from 12.1 inches to 10.2 inches, according to sources...
Acer launches home server using Atom processor
May 22, 16:45
Acer has announced the Aspire easyStore home server for customers in the US. Designed for households and home-based businesses with multiple PCs, the Aspire easyStore offers a simple...
Intel working with Broadcom to enhance HD decoding in Pine Trail
May 21, 14:40
Intel is working with chipmaker Broadcom to enhance the HD decoding capabilities in its next-generation netbook platform (Pine Trail), according to sources at notebook makers.
Taiwan market: Asustek launches Eee PC 1008HA
May 14, 15:43
Asustek Computer, on May 13, launched the 10.1-inch ultra-thin Eee PC 1008HA in both Taiwan and Hong Kong priced at NT$19,000 (US$578). The company expects the netbook's shipments...
May 13, 16:50
Lenovo has announced the IdeaPad S10-2 netbook with 3G connectivity and Dolby headphone technology.
Taiwan market: Toshiba and Fujitsu unveil 10-inch netbooks
May 13, 15:46
Japan-based PC vendors Toshiba and Fujitsu both unveiled their latest 10.1-inch netbooks in Taiwan recently.
MWC 2013: Intel introduces new mobile SoCs
Intel has announced a range of new products for the mobile market, including a dual-core Atom SoC (Clover Trail+) platform for smartphones and Android tablets, and the company's first...
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Acer and Intel have announced the Acer Liquid C1 smartphone based on Intel Atom Z2420 processor for the Asia Pacific region. The smartphone will be available with a special promotion...
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Intel introduces new Atom Z2420 processor
Intel has unveiled a new low-power Atom processor-based platform (Lexington) and smartphone reference design, targeted at the value smartphone market segment. Customers announcing...
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Intel Atom S1200 series processor
Intel has introduced the Atom processor S1200 product family, delivering a low-power, 64-bit server-class system-on-chip (SoC) for high-density microservers. As public clouds continue...
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Intel has announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed Cedar Trail. The latest platform adds several new features to netbook...
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With the PC market reaching a mature stage, Intel is giving more attention to new market segments to help drive growth. One area the chip giant and its partners see as having strong...
Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years...
With Nvidia recently revealing its Tegra processor for mobile computer products to challenge Intel's Atom platform on MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), Digitimes took the opportunity...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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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| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |
- 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
- 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
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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.
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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.