Last update: Tuesday 21 August 2012 [17 news items]
Asustek outsources 50% of motherboard shipments to Taiwan-based GBM
Aug 21, 15:34
Asustek Computer has recently raised its motherboard outsourcing volume to Taiwan-based Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) to about one million units per month, allowing the maker to...
Kinpo-Compal Group aims at combined revenues of US$40 billion in 2012
Feb 9, 14:15
Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group has set a challenging goal of increasing combined revenues to US$40 billion for 2012, with three key members Compal Electronics, Compal Communications...
Cal-Comp to enjoy strong external hard drive shipments in 2012; Min Aik announces 4Q11 result
Jan 12, 01:30
Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics expects its external hard drive shipments in 2012 to double from those in 2011 with global market share to reach 50%.
New Kinpo Group pursues revenues of US$10 billion in 2012
Jan 6, 01:00
Taiwan-based New Kinpo Group, consisting of three key members Kinpo Electronics, AcBel Polytech and Thailand-based Cal-Comp Electronics, generated consolidated revenues of US$5.66...
Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics
Dec 20, 01:10
Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...
Prices for 2.5-inch HDDs rise by 5-10% due to Thailand flooding
Oct 21, 16:42
The serious flooding in Thailand has forced hard disk drive (HDD) assembly and HDD component factories in the area to stop production and consequently a global shortage of HDDs is...
HDD industry impacted by Thailand floods
Oct 13, 01:25
HDD players Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and Toshiba have all been impacted by the floods in Thailand amid power shortages and a breakdown...
Cal-Comp expects to ship 18 million external HDDs in 2011
Aug 10, 10:52
Cal-Comp Electronics, a Thailand-based EMS (electronics manufacturing service) provider belonging to the Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group, expects to ship 18 million external hard...
Taiwan LED industry shows improved May performance
Jun 14, 01:45
Industry observers predict LED backlight modules for TV applications will demonstrate apparent volume production in third quarter 2011 as penetration continues to increase. LED lighting...
Cal-Comp, Min Aik unaffected by WD-Hitachi GST merger, Japan earthquake
Mar 22, 11:00
Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Cal-Comp Electronics and its Thailand-based counterpart Min Aik Technology have not been substantially influenced by Western Digital's...
Cal-Comp expects HDD production to drive growth in 2011 revenues
Jan 12, 13:50
Cal-Comp Electronics, a Thailand-based EMS provider belonging to the Taiwan-based Compal-Kinpo Group, recorded consolidated revenues of NT$120.868 billion (US$3.78 billion) for 2010...
Cal-Comp Electronics shifting business focus from printers to HDDs, STBs
Dec 15, 02:05
Cal-Comp Electronics, an EMS provider based in Thailand and belonging to the Taiwan-based Compal-Kimpo Business Group, has been shifting its business focus from printers to hard disk...
Thailand-based Cal-Comp reports strong sales for 2Q09
Aug 5, 15:28
Cal-Comp Electronics, the Thailand-based EMS/ODM subsidiary of Taiwan's Kinpo Group, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$26.64 billion (US$814.68 million), net profits of NT$443...
Foxconn lands orders for HP printers
Newswatch - Mar 30, 10:53
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained orders for printers from Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to the Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times.
MWC 2009: Cal-Comp unveils handset with Qualcomm mirasol display
Feb 18, 10:08
Cal-Comp Electronics (a unit of Taiwan's Kinpo Electronics) and Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm) have announced design specifications of the newly...
Cal-Comp says operations unaffected by Thailand turmoil
Sep 3, 01:05
Cal-Comp Electronics, the Thailand-based EMS subsidiary of Taiwan's Kinpo group, has reported that its operations remain unaffected by the ongoing political turmoil that has prompted...
Thailand-based Cal-Comp sees net earnings decline in 1H08
Aug 14, 14:17
Thailand-based EMS company Cal-Comp Electronics saw its after-tax profits decline 7% on year to 1.24 billion baht (US$36.77 million) in the first half of 2008, according to the company...
- 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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- 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.
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...
- 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.