Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [158 news items]
Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
May 13, 14:15
Demand for energy storage continues to rise and lithium-ion batteries are a common choice. However, due to prices, safety and energy storage, many substitutes such as lithium-sulfur...
Battery pack makers post mixed sequential growth in April revenues
May 7, 12:00
Taiwan-based notebook battery pack maker Simplo Technology had consolidated revenues of NT$3.775 billion (US$127 million) for April increasing on month by 5.51%, while fellow makers...
Simplo sees decreased March revenues
Stockwatch - Apr 8, 14:59
Notebook battery pack maker Simplo Technology has posted consolidated revenues of NT$3.578 billion (US$120 million) for March, down 3.51% on month and 19.19% on year. Consolidated...
Simplo, Dynapack to supply battery packs for iPhone, say sources
Mar 27, 11:41
Apple, in a bid to hike yield rates and production efficiency through competition, has selected Taiwan-based Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology to join the iPhone...
Simplo, Coxon profitability increases due to adjusted product mixes and automation
Mar 25, 10:19
Taiwan-based notebook battery pack maker Simplo Technology and component maker Coxon Precise Industrial have increased profitability through adjusting product lines and hiking automation...
Simplo reports 2012 EPS of NT$10.71
Mar 22, 15:15
Battery pack maker Simplo Technology reported fourth-quarter 2012 financial performance with revenues reaching NT$16.62 billion (US$556 million). The firm reported gross profits of...
Notebook battery makers see decreased February revenues
Stockwatch - Mar 6, 11:24
Notebook battery makers Simplo Technology, Dynapack international Technology and Celxpert Energy have reported decreased consolidated revenues for February.
Mar 5, 14:04
Alta Devices has disclosed that it has reached 30.8% solar cell efficiency. This new NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) verified record has resulted from the company's first...
Digitimes Research: Used automobile lithium batteries could store renewable energy
Jan 24, 14:54
US-based automobile maker GM has been conducting R&D with professionals in different industries on the possibility of storing energy on used automobile lithium batteries.
Acquiring Sony battery biz will help Foxconn strengthen vertical integration
Nov 30, 15:15
As reports have recently been circulating that Sony is looking to sell its battery business, rumors have pointed to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and China-based...
Intel to promote Haswell platform at IDF San Francisco
Sep 6, 01:15
Intel is set to host its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco from September 11-13 and the company expects more than 4,000 IT industry-related visitors to participate at the...
Taiwan market: Nexus 7 available for pre-order at NT$8,990
Sep 4, 01:40
Google and Asustek Computer's jointly developed Nexus 7 tablet PC on September 3, became available for pre-order in Taiwan market with the 16GB model priced at NT$8,990 (US$300),...
Lithium iron phosphate powder maker Hirose sees losses widen in 1H12
Sep 3, 16:14
Hirose Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of flat panel display inspection and measurement equipment and also a producer of lithium iron phosphate powder, saw its net losses widen 89.6% on...
Acer, HP consider to take back chassis purchase authority
Aug 21, 01:35
Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are considering to retrieve their chassis purchase authority from notebook ODMs in hoping to effectively control their production capacity and quality,...
Intel executive hosts pre-show conference detailing ultrabook symposium
Jul 31, 01:35
Intel general manager of mobile platform business Navin Shenoy at a pre-show conference before the company's Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium on July 31 in Taiwan, pointed out that the...
Hirose completes lithium iron phosphate powder plant
Jul 26, 01:40
Hirose Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of flat panel display inspection and measurement equipment, has completed construction of a new plant for the production of lithium iron phosphate...
Notebook battery makers expect growth in 3Q12 revenues
Jul 24, 01:45
Notebook battery makers, despite the fact that the notebook supply chain is seeing a weak performance, expect their revenues in the third quarter to have chance to achieve double-digit...
ITRI, Taiwan battery firms jointly showcase STOBA lithium batteries in Japan
Jul 13, 14:11
To support Taiwan-based battery firms entering international markets, the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has set up a Self Terminated Olygomers with...
Notebook industry to push standardized prismatic lithium-ion batteries as a new specification
Jul 12, 01:50
Prismatic lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that Intel has been aggressively promoting in the notebook industry, have already received full support from Japan-based Panasonic and Korea-based...
Notebook battery makers expected to see growing performance in 3Q12
Jul 12, 01:30
Notebook battery makers Simplo Technology, Dynapack Technology and Celxpert Energy are all expected to see strong shipment performance at the end of the third quarter benefiting from...
Notebook battery makers to enjoy 30-50% shipment growth in 2H12
Jun 28, 01:25
Notebook battery makers are expected to see shipment growths of 30-50% in the second half of 2012 as the notebook industry is entering the third quarter, the traditional peak season,...
Intel aggressively planning for the smartphone industry
Jun 21, 01:20
Intel's Medfield platform-based smartphones have recently received attention from handset players and telecom carriers such as Orange, Lenovo, Motorola Mobility, ZTE and India-based...
Intel to host supply chain symposium focusing on ultrabooks
Jun 21, 01:05
Intel plans to host what it call the Intel Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in two locations, one in Taiwan on July 31 and one in China on August 2, according to sources from notebook...
Computex 2012: AMD reveals E-series APUs to help extend notebook battery life
Jun 7, 01:00
AMD has announced the launch of its latest AMD E-series accelerated processing unit (APU) platform. Designed for essential notebook and desktop personal computers which meet basic...
Notebook chassis and battery makers report growth in May revenues
Jun 6, 01:05
Notebook chassis maker Catcher Technology, and battery makers Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology have announced revenues for May all achieved growth both on on-year...
Celxpert May revenues up sequentially
Stockwatch - Jun 5, 15:18
Celxpert Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of battery packs, had revenues of NT$514 million (US$17.3 million) for May increasing 17.23% on month but decreasing 3.61% on year. Revenues...
Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
May 22, 01:30
To lower production costs of ultrabooks, Intel has been aggressively trying to find replacement components and is currently pushing two new battery solutions - 16650 cylindrical battery...
Dynapack April revenues hit record
Stockwatch - May 8, 11:09
Dynapack Interntional Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of battery packs for notebooks and tablets, generated consolidated revenues of NT$2.512 billion (US$85.2 million) in April,...
Simplo to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$7
May 2, 12:00
Simplo Technology, which makes battery packs mainly for notebooks, has said it will distribute a dividend per share of NT$7 - NT$6 in cash and NT$1 in stock - for 2011 operation.
Notebook battery makers achieve revenue growth in March
Apr 6, 16:03
Notebook battery makers Simplo Technology, Dynapack International Technology and Celxpert Energy have announced their March revenues with each achieving growth of more than 10% both...
Lithium polymer to account for 15-20% of total battery shipments in 2012
Mar 20, 15:37
Lithium polymer's proportion in the overall battery shipments is expected to rise to 15-20% in 2012 from 5% in 2011 as tablet PC and ultrabook players including Hewlett-Packard (HP),...
Taiwan market: Acer prices new Cedar Trail netbook below NT$10,000
Feb 21, 01:10
Notebook vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have all already started selling their latest Cedar Trail-based netbooks...
Li-poly battery penetration expected to rise to 24% in 2012, say makers
Feb 1, 16:12
The proportion of global demand for lithium-ion polymer (Li-poly) batteries is expected to increase from 15-16% in 2011 to 24% in 2012 due to fast growing sales of tablets and ultrabooks,...
CES 2012: ViewSonic and Lenovo showcase 7-inch tablet PCs
Jan 12, 01:10
With many non-Apple players turning aggressively to the 7-inch tablet PC segment, ViewSonic and Lenovo are both showcasing their latest 7-inch models at CES 2012.
Asustek going Android, Acer eyeing Windows 8 for tablet PC market
Jan 5, 01:15
Acer, after refuting rumors about plans to phase out of the tablet PC and smartphone markets, has adjusted strategies for its tablet PC business and will focus on a Windows-based...
Samsung PCIe SSD for ultra-slim notebooks
Samsung Electronics has started to mass produce PCI-Express (PCIe) solid state drives (SSD) for ultra-slim notebooks. The new Samsung SSDs are shipped to major notebook makers starting...
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Acer has announced its tablet/phone, the Acer Liquid S1, designed to be a travel companion for consumers. With a 5.7-inch HD 1280 by 720 display, the device is able to enhance mobile...
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Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook with the Aspire S5, an ultra-slim device that measures only 15mm at the maximal point. It weighs less than 1.35kg (less than 3 lbs) and is built...
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Toshiba SCiB module for automotive use
Toshiba has announced that its SCiB battery has been selected by Mitsubishi Motors to power two new models of electric vehicles (EV), the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV. The SCiB is Toshiba's...
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Intel has announced that the Intel Atom platform, formerly codenamed Oak Trail, is now available and will be in devices starting in May and throughout 2011. Over 35 innovative tablet...
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- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- 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
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- 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
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- 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
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
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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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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
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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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.