Last update: Thursday 21 March 2013 [18 news items]
TXC breaks into supply chain for Samsung tablets
Mar 21, 21:21
TXC has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' new tablet series with its quartz crystals, according to market sources. The Taiwan-based firm is already a supplier of quartz...
TXC sales hit record high for 3rd consecutive month in November
Dec 7, 15:54
Quartz component maker TXC saw its consolidated revenues hit a new high for the third consecutive month at NT$1.05 billion (US$35.9 million) in November, which represented an increase...
Electronic component price declines spur buying opportunity, IHS finds
Aug 3, 11:11
Economic troubles are spurring unseasonably large price declines for a broad range of electronic parts, creating a near-term buying opportunity for purchasers, according to IHS iSuppli...
MEMS-based oscillators replacing quartz ones, says SiTime
Nov 16, 16:02
MEMS-based oscillators are on trend to replace conventional quartz crystal oscillators with expected global shipments of over one million units in 2012, according to analog-IC firm...
Lead times extend for crystal components, says IHS iSuppli
May 5, 14:01
Disruptions spurred by the Japan earthquake and tsunami caused shipments of crystals to be delayed by four weeks in April 2011 compared to March, impacting the supply of a critical...
Quartz component maker TXC to post revenues of over NT$750 million for March
Mar 22, 13:39
Quartz component maker TXC is expected to post consolidated revenues of NT$750-800 million (US$254.-27.1 million) for March 2011 compared to NT$655 million recorded in February, according...
Japan earthquake has little impact on supply of quartz components, say Taiwan makers
Mar 17, 12:12
The supply from upstream quartz component providers including Kyocera and Sumitomo should remain smooth as their plants are mostly far away from the areas of Japan worst-hit by the...
Epson Toyocom to invest 10 billion yen in fiscal 2010 for capacity ramp
Oct 6, 14:12
Epson Toyocom, the leader in crystal devices, has been benefiting from increasing demand from its clients since the second half of 2009, and demand from China and other emerging markets,...
Quartz component maker Siward posts over NT$70 million in profits in 1H10
Aug 26, 10:15
Quartz component maker Siward Crystal Technology has posted net profits of NT$70.5 million (US$2.2 million) or an EPS of NT$0.43 for the first half of 2010. Additionally, gross margin...
Quartz component maker Taitien raises oscillator capacity by 15%
Jun 30, 16:06
Quartz component maker Taitien Electronic expects new capacity to go online in July, ramping up production capability for various products, particularly a 15-20% increase for oscillator...
Taiwan quartz component makers to see global market share expand in 2010
May 13, 14:08
Taiwan-based quartz component makers are expected to see their share in the global quartz component market expand in 2010 due to a slowdown in capacity ramp by Japan-based makers...
Quartz component maker TXC sets 2010 capex budget at NT$1.64 billion
May 13, 13:50
Quartz component maker TXC plans to invest up to NT$1.64 billion (US$51.74 million) in 2010 to ramp up its capacity, according to company president Peter Lin.
Taitien shipping high-end oscillators to networking market
Mar 18, 16:59
Quartz component maker Taitien Electronics has received orders of crystal oscillators from several Taiwan-based networking makers, and begun shipping temperature-compensated crystal...
TXC to double crystal oscillator capacity
Jan 27, 12:01
TXC will increase its monthly capacity for high-end crystal oscillators to three million units later this year from 1.5 million units currently due to strong demand from China's networking...
Taitien lands high-end oscillator orders from Huawei
Dec 25, 16:30
Taitien Electronics has landed orders of oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs) used in networking base stations from China-based Huawei Technologies and is expected to see shipments...
Discera introduces DragonFly programmer for customizing oscillators
Newswatch - Jul 6, 12:23
MEMS oscillator maker Discera has announced and sampled the hand-held DragonFly oscillator programmer which allows customers to program a blank oscillator to a frequency of 1-150MHz...
Upstarts challenge crystal oscillator veterans, says ABI Research
Jun 19, 16:05
Vendors of crystal oscillators are the guardians of a design and manufacturing tradition going back to the early 20th century, and some of today's market participants trace their...
TXC president cautious about investment in MEMS oscillators
Newswatch - May 20, 16:03
Taiwan-based TXC, the world's third-largest producer of quartz components, has expressed caution about the future of the MEMS oscillator market. TXC is eyeing the sector, but said...
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 22:09
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 21:51
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:47
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:21
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:24
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:16
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- 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
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice 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
- 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
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
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- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- 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
- 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.