Last update: Tuesday 18 June 2013 [251 news items]
Market reaction to HTC Flyer tablet PC positive, says CEO
Feb 18, 11:02
Market reaction to HTC's Flyer tablet PC has been quite positive and most telecom carriers in Europe are expected to add it to their offerings, company CEO Peter Chou said at the...
Elpida CEO positive about PC DRAM demand after March
Feb 10, 02:00
Supply for DDR3 memory will become tight in April or May after reaching a balance point in March 2011, according to Elpida Memory president and CEO Yukio Sakamoto. DRAM inventory...
TSMC more upbeat on sales, chip market outlook for 2011
Jan 28, 01:05
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) projects its consolidated revenues will climb over 20% in 2011, company chairman and CEO Morris Chang said during a January 27 investors...
Asustek expects a slight drop in 1Q11 revenues
Jan 25, 01:10
Asustek Computer CFO David Chang recently pointed out that the company's revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 met expectation though total was not a record as hoped. As for the...
Apple CEO medical leave will not impact component suppliers
Jan 18, 16:11
Apple's Taiwan-based upstream partners such as Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical for optical lens supply as well as Pegatron Technology, should not be impacted...
AMD appoints interim CEO as Dirk Meyer resigns
Jan 11, 09:54
AMD has announced that its board of directors has appointed senior vice president and CFO Thomas Seifert as interim CEO following the resignation of Dirk Meyer as president, CEO and...
KYEC expects IDM orders to boost sales in 2011
Dec 30, 01:20
IC backend testing and assembly firm King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) expects more than 30% of its revenues to come from international IDM clients in 2011, up from 25% in 2010,...
Digital China cooperates with Quanta Computer to set up data center in China
Dec 16, 01:35
China-based IT service provider Digital China at TecMall Forum in Taiwan, revealed that the company is in cooperation with Quanta Computer to establish a data center in Shanghai....
Intel CEO defends PC amid tablet, smartphone growth
Dec 9, 11:09
Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini has defended the PC market and said the company is still on track to have the best year ever amid the rapid growth of tablets and smartphones...
Dec 9, 02:15
Sales of LCD TVs in the Taiwan market will total 1.18 million units in 2010, up 10% on year. Unit sales of LCD TVs are expected to top 1.25 million in 2011, with LED TVs accounting...
Solar wafer shortage to persist in the 1H11, says GCL-Poly chairman
Dec 8, 12:16
Zhu Gongshan, chairman and CEO of GCL-Poly, China's leading polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar wafer maker, indicated that cost declines throughout the solar supply chain will...
Dec 8, 01:35
China-based GCL-Poly, a vertically integrated solar company with businesses in materials, solar wafers and systems, will not enter solar cell and module manufacturing, according to...
TSMC 1Q11 sales to beat seasonal pattern, says chairman
Dec 2, 11:44
Foundry market leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will likely see its sales for the first quarter of 2011 decrease by up to 5% sequentially, with a possibility...
Acer CEO praises strong support of Chongqing government
Dec 2, 02:05
As Acer signed contracts on December 1 with the local government of Chongqing, China to invest US$150 million to establish a second operating center, company CEO Gianfranco Lanci...
IC design house Socle appoints new CEO
Dec 2, 01:10
Socle Technology has announced the appointment of Stone Peng as its new president and CEO. Peng, a 25-year veteran, has extensive and deep experience in engineering, sales, marketing,...
AMD to continue focus on traditional PC market: Q&A with AMD CEO Dirk Meyer
Dec 1, 15:22
AMD has recently been seeing progress in its development of accelerated processing units (APU), while achieving success in discrete GPU market share, during Computex 2010 in June...
Acer aims at largest global market share for tablet PCs in 2-3 years, says CEO
Nov 26, 01:30
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci, at a press conference for Taiwan-based media in New York, stressed that faced with increasing competition for tablet PCs in the global market, Acer takes...
Toward increased mobility: Q&A with ARM president Tudor Brown
Nov 24, 17:06
More than 20 billion ARM-powered processors have been shipped by semiconductor and system companies worldwide over the past 20 years, and the number is expected to top 100 billion...
Inertial MEMS sensor growth promising: Q&A with Kionix CEO Gregory Galvin
Nov 17, 16:48
MEMS accelerometer specialist Kionix, just one year after its acquisition by Rohm, recently unveiled its new gyroscope product line targeted at the consumer electronics market. During...
CMI denies CEO is looking to step down
Nov 16, 16:01
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has denied rumors indicating that CEO Hsing C Tuan is poised to change his role in the company, although market sources contend that Tuan is thinking about ret...
Seize the iPad opportunity now, says Gartner
Nov 5, 14:57
The Apple iPad and its ecosystem are likely to disrupt existing technology use profiles and business models, and CEOs should ensure that its potential is being seriously evaluated...
TSMC expects moderate chip market growth in 2011, says CEO
Oct 29, 01:35
Sales in the overall semiconductor market in 2011 will log 5% growth, and the foundry sector will see a larger 14% increase, according to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Pegatron expects to ship 10 million CDMA iPhones in 2011, say sources
Oct 28, 01:40
Pegatron Technology internally expects its Apple CDMA iPhone shipments to reach 10 million units in 2011 and the company has recently started to gear up and is installing new equipment...
UMC more upbeat on 2010 chip market growth
Oct 28, 01:15
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) now expects the global semiconductor market to grow 30% in 2010, while the foundry sector will show over 30% growth, CEO Shih-Wei Sun said...
Annual drop of 10% in solar cell prices good for industry, says Motech chief
Oct 27, 01:20
An annual price drop of 10% for solar cells is healthy for the development of the solar industry, said Chang Peng Heng, CEO of Motech Industries, at the PV Taiwan 2010 exhibition...
Intel needs to improve collaboration with Taiwan, says vice economics minister
Oct 26, 16:12
Intel CEO Paul Otellini, during his visit to Taiwan on October 28, is arranged to sign an MOU with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) for cooperation in cloud computing development...
Intel CEO Otellini to visit Taiwan on tight schedule
Oct 26, 01:35
Intel CEO Paul Otellini will arrive in Taiwan in early morning on October 28, then meet with Taiwan-based partners in the morning, hold a press conference including signing cooperation...
Intel CEO Otelini to visit Taiwan
Oct 15, 10:20
Intel CEO Paul Otelini is reportedly to visit Taiwan on October 28, and is likely to have a meeting with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou. Otelini's visit to Taiwan comes after Intel...
TSMC to boost R&D spending in 2011, says CEO
Oct 14, 14:41
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to allocate US$1 billion on R&D spending in 2011, compared with the US$800 million budgeted for 2010, according to company...
China, India are indicators of global 4G development, says P1 CEO
Oct 12, 01:50
China and India are two large markets to become indicators of the global development of 4G broadband wireless access to the Internet, according to CEO Michael Lai for Malaysia-based...
There is room for superphone, says Nvidia CEO
Oct 7, 13:53
During an exclusive press conference for Taiwan media, Nvidia president and CEO Huang Jen-hsun indicated that there is room in the market for so-called superphones. The Motorola Droid...
Macronix signs NT$18 billion syndicated loan
Sep 17, 01:05
NOR flash and mask ROM chipmaker Macronix International has obtained a syndicated loan worth NT$18 billion (US$564 million) from 15 banks, to fund the smooth operation of its new...
Grace names new president and CEO
Sep 14, 16:33
China's Grace Semiconductor has announced that its board of directors has approved the resignation of company president and CEO Ulrich Schumacher. The board decided to have executive...
Taiwan IC industry should look to market potential of mobile applications, says Etron CEO
Sep 13, 11:20
Taiwan's IC industry has concentrated a relatively high proportion of R&D resources on the PC sector, but mobile applications are becoming a development trend with market potential...
No significant drop in notebook orders from Asustek, says Pegatron CEO
Aug 20, 11:49
Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng is optimistic that there will be no significant decrease in notebook orders from Asustek Computer in terms of volumes, despite that Asustek plans...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 8h 2min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 8h 4min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 8h 9min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 8h 31min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 8h 32min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 9h 29min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 9h 39min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 9h 45min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 8h 25min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 8h 43min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 9h 47min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 10h 13min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 11h 10min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 11h 18min ago
Spansion has announced what it claims is the industry's fastest serial flash memory, the Spansion FL-S family at 65nm. The series has over 20% faster DDR read speeds and three times...
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Veeco TurboDisc K465i GaN MOCVD system
Veeco Instruments has introduced a new gallium nitride (GaN) MOCVD system for production of high-brightness (HB) LEDs - the TurboDisc K465i. The new TurboDisc K465i can drive LED...
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IDF San Francisco: Intel CEO displayed a silicon wafer built on 22nm process
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...
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Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the US and Europe and has seen its sales growing by leaps and bounds in recent years...
The next 50 years: Q&A with Rohm CEO Satoshi Sawamura
Rohm Semiconductor is looking to go beyond traditional practices and strategies while insisting on its original purpose "quality first" to provide best products and services,...
Global EDA industry prospering: Q&A with Walden Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics
The global EDA (electronic design automation) market has been growing at a rapid pace since the 2008 financial crisis, sustaining a growth rate higher than the industry's average...
Developing innovative energy technology: Q&A with Siemens president and CEO Peter Loscher
Germany-based Siemens introduced an environmental portfolio in 2011 to help reduce gas emissions by 317 million tons. According to Peter Loscher, president and CEO of Siemens, climate...
Coping with the shrinking ODD business: Q&A with Lite-On IT CEO Danny Liao
As the proportion of notebooks equipped with slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) is on the decline and use of cloud computing-based storage is on the rise, the optical disc storage...
- 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
- 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
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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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
19-Jun-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8007.39 | -3.63 | -0.05% |
| TSE electronic | 301.17 | -1.11 | -0.37% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 119.93 | +0.30 | +0.25% |
| OTC electronic | 144.36 | +0.41 | +0.28% |
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.