Emerging markets and high performance drive rapid growth in tablet PC demand, says DisplaySearch

Jan 31, 14:29

Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017, according to the latest DisplaySearch report. Driving the demand is the...

Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices

Jan 31, 01:25

Inductor supplier Chilisin Electronics expects brisk demand for products used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer handheld devices to sustain its revenue growth in 2012. Meanwhile,...

MediaTek 1Q12 sales likely to fall more than 10%

Jan 31, 01:20

Sales at MediaTek are expected to register a sequential decline of more than 10% in the first quarter of 2012, due mainly to falling sales generated from its 2.5G and 2.75G chip lineup...

Acer to go into attack mode in 2012

Jan 31, 01:05

Acer has already adjusted its strategy from purely defending its position in the market in 2011 to attacking the market in 2012 and the company will push four major product segments...

China market: Demand for 3D TVs to top 20 million units in 2012

Jan 20, 15:09

Demand for 3D TVs in the China market is expected to grow by 150% to 20 million units in 2012, accounting for 48% of total TV sales in China in the year, according to industry sour...

Asustek expected to suffer 20% on-quarter decline in 1Q12 revenues

Jan 17, 01:10

Asustek Computer is expected to see on-quarter revenues drop of 20% in the first quarter of 2012 with the amount drop to only NT$80 billion (US$2.67 billion) from about NT$100 billion...

NAND flash demand to soar in 2012 due to eMMC, SSD, Wi-Fi mobile storage

Jan 16, 11:04

Global demand for NAND flash is expected to drastically increase due to fast growing demand for eMMCs, SSDs (solid-state drives) and Wi-Fi wireless mobile storage devices, according...

PCB material prices stable in 1Q12

Jan 13, 15:28

PCB material prices, including those for fiber glass fabrics and CCLs (copper-clad laminates) have stabilized recently, due to a low level of inventory at suppliers as well as a rebound...

Low demand will likely continue in 1Q12, says Lite-On Semiconductor executive

Jan 12, 01:20

Eric Kuo, general manager of Taiwan-based Lite-On Semiconductor has expressed a conservative view for first-quarter 2012. Kuo noted that inventory levels in the semiconductor market...

China market: Demand for TV panels to pick up again in March

Jan 6, 12:29

Demand for LCD TV panels in China will begin to subside in the second half of January before picking up again in March when TV vendors begin to build up inventory for the May 1 holiday...

Ultrabook, SATA3 to buoy SSD demand, says Transcend chairman

Jan 6, 01:10

The growing market for ultrabooks is expected to a catalyst that accelerates demand for embedded SSDs in 2012, according to Peter Shu, chairman for dedicated memory module maker Transcend...

2012 Olympic Games to not stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs, say sources

Jan 5, 01:30

The holding of the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London may not be able to stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs due to a slow recovery of the global economy, especially in Europe,...

Asustek to reduce motherboard production volume for 1Q12

Jan 3, 01:20

Asustek Computer has recently reduced its motherboard production volume from 5-6 million units each quarter previously to only 3-3.5 million units in the first quarter of 2012 to...

Chilisin to volume produce thin-film inductors in 1H12

Dec 30, 15:19

Chilisin Electronics is set to start volume production of 0201 thin-film multilayer inductors in the first half of 2012, with plans to boost the capacity for such parts to 100 million...

Suntech CEO stays optimistic on solar, says China media

Dec 30, 11:21

The solar industry in China has been growing with an astonishing speed in recent years. According to an interview done by China news media outlet Yicai with Suntech's founder, chairman...

High-capacity flash supply to run tight in 2012

Dec 29, 12:31

Sources at memory makers expect demand for high-capacity NAND flash memory to outstrip supply in 2012 due to strong demand for SSD and embedded storage applications. However, oversupply...

MediaTek reiterates 4Q11 sales guidance

Dec 29, 01:05

Following a report regarding falling feature phone and smartphone demand in China, MediaTek has said its sales guidance for the current fourth quarter should remain on track. MediaTek...

LED lighting shipments to increase in 2Q12

Dec 28, 01:25

The LED lighting market is expected to shine in 2012. South Korea-based Samsung LED has recently been merged into Samsung Group to fully utilize the strong distribution channel of...

China market: Handset demand weak

Dec 26, 10:42

Demand for feature phones in China has turned weaker than expected since the middle of October, according to sources at Taiwan's LCD driver IC design houses. Smartphone demand in...

Firms to phase out COF substrate business

Dec 26, 09:42

With LCD panel demand for large-size applications such as TVs remaining dull, Mitsui Kinzoku and Sumitomo Electronics Taiwan (SET) are looking to withdraw from the standard chip-on-film...

Demand for handset-use 3-megapixel lens modules rising

Dec 23, 11:48

While 5- and 8- megapixel resolution has become the mainstream camera specifications for smartphones, demand for 3-megapixel lens modules is expected to be on the rise due to growing...

Monitors with touch features to spur replacement demand in 3Q12, say sources

Dec 22, 15:32

Global demand for LCD monitors is expected to remain weak in the first quarter of 2012 before steering a turnaround in the third quarter along with the release of Windows 8 operating...

Intel drops Sandy Bridge CPU prices

Dec 22, 01:10

Intel has recently notified its partners of plans to reduce prices of the existing Sandy Bridge-based processors with some Core i3 and i5 series processors to see a drop of 10-15%,...

LCD market to rebound in 2Q12, says Chipbond

Dec 22, 01:05

Chipbond Technology has expressed caution about the company's business outlook for the rest of 2011 and first-quarter 2012, as generally weak demand continues to plague the LCD panel...

CES 2012 may not help pump up demand

Dec 20, 01:30

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, which will be hosted from January 10-13 in 2012, may not help pump up consumer demand afterward as there are not expected to be many new...

Acer chairman optimistic about Wintel

Dec 15, 01:15

As the PC market will enter the generation of multiple platforms in 2012, Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that Apple, Google and Wintel will be the three major platforms to drive...

PC demand in China a concern, say PC supply chain makers

Dec 14, 16:33

While the supply shortages of hard disk drives (HDDs) triggered by the Thailand floods seem somehow to have eased, PC vendors and makers in the supply chain have now begun to worry...