Last update: Thursday 1 March 2012 [116 news items]
Global Internet connected cars to boom, says iSuppli
Dec 18, 17:06
An estimated 62.3 million global consumers will have Internet access in their cars by 2016, up from 970,000 at the end of 2009, according to iSuppli.
Maction to increase GPS shipments to China-based Soueast Motor in 2010
Dec 18, 15:17
Maction Technologies, the vendor of PAPAGO map software in Taiwan, has stated that its shipments of in-car GPS devices to China-based South East (Soueast) Motor will increase substantially...
TSMC ties up with BYD Auto for production of automotive grade ICs
Dec 4, 10:38
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly teamed up with China-based BYD Auto for contract production of automotive-grade ICs, according to industry sources...
Passive component makers begin seeing contributions from automotive segment
Nov 30, 12:00
Passive component makers Yageo, Thinking Electronic Industrial and Leatec Fine Ceramics have each seen fruit from their automotive component lines and expect to see significant revenue...

TSMC to manufacture automotive grade ICs in China
Nov 30, 11:08
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its 8-inch fab (Fab 10) located in Shanghai, China is prepared to manufacture automotive grade ICs. The Taiwan-based...

Infineon, TSMC extend collaboration to 65nm
Nov 5, 16:35
Infineon Technologies and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on November 5 announced that their development and production partnership has been extended to a 65nm embedded...
Altek aims at 25% on-quarter growth in 4Q09 revenues
Oct 30, 12:13
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek, due to additional orders from existing clients, expects consolidated revenues for the forth quarter of 2009 will rise 25% sequentially to...
Thinking Electronic to see 10 fold growth in automotive component shipments
Newswatch - Oct 27, 16:19
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial's monthly shipments of automotive components used in heaters is expected to ramp to ten times its current level...
IC testing firm Sigurd confirms outsourcing from SMSC
Oct 23, 13:58
Taiwan-based IC testing house Sigurd Microelectronics has reached a supply agreement with Standard Microsystems Co (SMSC), a US-based developer of smart mixed-signal connectivity...

Foxconn distances itself from engineer accused of stealing Ford trade secrets
Oct 19, 17:15
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) indicating that former employee Mike Yu, who is currently being charged with...
Image sensor market to grow more than 50% in 3 years, says iSuppli
Oct 12, 11:45
In 2009, 1.3 billion image sensors, including both CCD and CMOS varieties, will be shipped worldwide, according to iSuppli. In 2012, the market will cross the two billion-unit thre...
Taiwan PCB makers enter supply chains of top-10 automobile makers in Europe and North America
Sep 24, 17:04
Taiwan-based PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have both managed to enter the supply chains of most the top-10 automobile makers in Europe...
Thinking Electronic begins shipping passive components for automotive heaters
Sep 16, 15:29
Taiwan-based passive device maker Thinking Electronic has begun small-volume shipments of heater components to the automotive market in Europe. Monthly shipments are expected to rise...

PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications
Sep 9, 15:49
Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...
X-Fab launches CMOS foundry process for high-temperature analog/mixed-signal applications
Sep 9, 14:03
X-Fab Silicon Foundries has announced what it claims is the industry's first analog/mixed-signal CMOS foundry process (dubbed XA035) for ICs requiring operating temperatures up to...
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...
Freescale increases outsourcing to TSMC, says paper
Newswatch - Aug 28, 14:53
Freescale Semiconductor recently announced a new 45nm DSP series and has expanded outsourcing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the second half of 2009, according...
Protective component maker Thinking enters China automotive market
Newswatch - Aug 14, 16:28
Thinking Electronic has entered the supply chain of China-based automobile maker BYD Company and expects to begin volume shipments in 2010, according to market speculation.
Foxconn forms in-house committee for development of in-car electronics devices
Jul 31, 16:15
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has established an in-house committee responsible for pushing the development of in-car electronics devices such as telematics systems,...
Corning signs agreement with Soitec to develop substrates for OLED mobile displays
Jul 31, 12:05
Corning and the Soitec Group (Euronext Paris) have announced an agreement to work together on the development of high-performance silicon-on-glass (SiOG) substrates for the flat panel...
Numonyx launches new brand for serial NOR flash
Jul 22, 14:04
Numonyx has announced a new brand name for its serial flash memory line, Numonyx Forte, targeting consumer electronics, handheld gaming, computing and network communications applic...
Holtek July order volumes surpasses those in June
Jul 14, 15:24
Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has seen orders in the first half of July 2009 surpass levels in June, and has already begun to take August orders. The company...
Richtek share price soars on speculation it plans to enter automotive electronics market
Jul 10, 16:36
IC design house Richtek Technology's share price climbed to NT$241 (US$7.28) on July 9 on market speculation it is set to enter the automotive electronics market soon. TungThih Electronic,...
Taiwan DMS provider USI aims to ship over 600,000 WiMAX devices in 2009
Jul 9, 16:53
Taiwan DMS provider Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) is making efforts to tap emerging markets in the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Russia for its WiMAX...
Synnex starts marketing Navigon-brand GPS devices in Australia
Jul 9, 16:09
Synnex Technology International, a 3C (computer, communication, consumer electronics) channel distributor in Taiwan, has said that it began to market Navigon-brand in-car GPS devices...
Global chip market set to rebound in 2010, says SIA
Jun 8, 12:22
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has revised upward its forecast of global semiconductor sales for 2009, after seeing some recovery signs along with a sales growth recorded...
Jun 8, 10:58
Motion sensing devices are not new. They have been used since the 1950s in the aerospace and defense field for navigation functions. MEMS versions of accelerometers and gyroscopes...
May 13, 16:24
According to Semicast Research, revenues for semiconductors in the industrial sector exceeded those in the automotive sector for the first time in 2008. Semicast estimates that industrial...
Intel and Nvidia come roaring back in 1Q09, says Jon Peddie Research
Apr 29, 17:01
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2009.
OmniVision introduces AutoVision imaging solutions for automotive industry
Apr 22, 10:04
OmniVision Technologies has unveiled its latest AutoVision imaging solutions, designed to address the automotive industry's demand for more vivid imaging in driver assistance applications...
South Korea-based CIS designer Pixelplus reenters market
Newswatch - Apr 21, 15:19
CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker Pixelplus has reentered the global market with a VGA CIS targeting automotive rear-view camera module makers, according to CIS industry sources in Tai...
Automotive CIS to have staggering growth in 5 years
Newswatch - Apr 16, 16:13
The number of CMOS image sensors (CISs) used in each automobile will jump to eight or even 10 in the next five years from one currently, sources with CIS makers estimate.
Taiwan maker USI faring well in China OEM auto parts market
Apr 15, 12:02
Taiwan-based DMS (design and manufacturing service) provider, Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), has scored points in tapping China's OEM automotive parts market, with revenues...
Bosch maintains leadership in auto MEMS market in 2008, says iSuppli
Apr 8, 15:31
Despite a massive downturn in car sales and wrenching changes to the global supply chain, Robert Bosch GmbH in 2008 maintained its lead in the worldwide automotive MEMS market, according...
Apr 8, 14:57
Despite a sluggish forecast for the overall high-tech industry in the near term, alternative energy technologies are expected to grow at a 40% annual rate through 2012, and semiconductors...
LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
LED | 9min ago
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
Green energy | 27min ago
Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
Bits + chips | 37min ago
Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
Bits + chips | 1h 8min ago
Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
IT + CE | 2h 16min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 35min ago
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 1h 3min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Before Going to Press | 1h 47min ago
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | 1h 48min ago
June TV panel prices to be flat
Before Going to Press | 2h ago
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 2h 13min ago
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | 2h 30min ago
- 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
- 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.






















