Last update: Monday 6 May 2013 [299 news items]
Taiwan market: Leica launches digital camera
Jul 2, 11:01
Germany-based Leica on June 28 unveiled M9-P, a digital camera with body covered with Hermes ocre veau swift leather, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price...
Taiwan market: 1.3 -1.4 million digital cameras to be sold in 2012
Jun 21, 16:42
There will be an estimated 1.3-1.4 million digital cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2012, increasing 0-7.7% from 2011, according to local retail channels.
Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 650D
Jun 20, 11:36
Canon has unveiled its EOS 650D DSLR camera for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$25,900 (US$866) for body only.
Taiwan market: Sony to launch new Cybershot
Jun 8, 14:07
Sony on June 7 unveiled the Cybershot RX100 for launch in the Taiwan market on July 12 at a recommended retail price of NT$21,980 (US$736), according to Sony Taiwan.
Taiwan market: Sony to launch mirrorless single-lens digital camera and 6 Cyber-shot models
May 24, 17:03
Sony on May 23 unveiled the NEX-F3, an entry-level mirrorless single-lens digital camera, as well as six Cyber-shot series digital cameras for launch in the Taiwan market in early...
MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales
May 24, 01:30
Global mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC) are expected to enjoy shipment growth as high as 20% in 2012, while the Taiwan market is expected to achieve a growth of 30%...
Taiwan digital camera makers developing MILCs
May 23, 12:13
Taiwan-based digital camera makers Altek, Ability Enterprise and Asia Optical have been developing MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras) and hope to finish product development...
Taiwan makers to ship nearly 14 million digital cameras in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
May 3, 16:40
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical will ship a total of 13.68 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2012, rising 25% on quarter...
Taiwan market: Samsung unveils three Wi-Fi-enabled MILC models
Apr 20, 12:27
Samsung Electronics on April 19 unveiled three mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras ( MILC), the NX20, NX210 and NX1000, with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, for launch in May-June...
Taiwan 1Q12 digital camera shipments hit 12-quarter low, says Digitimes Research
Apr 19, 12:32
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped a total of 10.948 million digital cameras in first-quarter 2012, hitting the lowest quarterly level since second-quarter...
Taiwan market: Canon to launch digital camera IXUS 125 HS
Apr 5, 11:49
Canon will showcase a new digital camera model, IXUS 125 HS, at Softex Taipei, an annual computer show that takes place during April 6-9, for sale at retail price of NT$8,990 (US$305),...
Panasonic to release more digital camera orders to Taiwan makers
Apr 3, 10:08
Panasonic, which originally produced all its digital cameras in-house, started outsourced production by Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...
Ability to ship 18-megapixel 36x optical zoom digital cameras in 2H12
Mar 26, 14:38
Ability Enterprise plans to start shipments of 18-megapixel 36x optical zoom CMOS digital cameras in second-half 2012, company chairman Roger Tseng has told an investor conference.
Lelon lands new order for car electronics
Mar 6, 01:35
Lelon Electronics' aluminum electrolytic capacitors reportedly have been verified by Japan-based car electronics vendors - a milestone for the Taiwan-based company to break into...
Taiwan market: Canon launches three digital bridge cameras
Feb 14, 11:15
Canon has unveiled three PowerShot digital bridge camera models - the G1 X, SX40 HS and S100 - in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$23,990 (US$810), NT$14,990 and...
Taiwan market: Sony launches Cyber-shot W620
Feb 14, 11:04
Sony has debuted the Cyber-shot W620 digital camera for the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$4,980 (US$168).
Taiwan market: First-tier vendors dominating entry-level DSC market
Feb 14, 01:35
As sales of digital still camera (DSC) priced below NT$6,000 (US$203), continued to rise rapidly in 2011 in Taiwan, first-tier vendors Sony and Canon have been aggressive launching...
Asia Optical sees decreased January revenues
Feb 7, 11:51
Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.26 billion (US$42.6 million) for January, dropping 36.5%...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q11 digital camera shipments decrease
Jan 17, 11:14
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped 12.219 million digital cameras in the fourth quarter of 2011, decreasing 21.8% on quarter and...
Ability, Altek see decreased December revenues
Jan 10, 11:12
Taiwan-based digital camera makers Ability Enterprise and Altek have reported unaudited revenues of NT$2.1 billion (US$69.3 million) and NT$1.358 billion respectively for December...
Taiwan market: Leica launches digital camera V-Lux 3
Jan 5, 14:05
Leica Camera AG has launched its digital camera V-Lux 3 in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$33,500 (US$1,109), according to its Taiwan sales agent Schmidt Marketing...
Panasonic to release more camera orders to Taiwan in 2012-2013
Jan 3, 10:53
Japan-based vendor Panasonic, in order to minimize production cost, began placing orders for its Lumix digital cameras with Taiwan-based makers Ability Enterprise and Foxconn Electronics...
Taiwan camera makers expect Kodak orders to decrease
Jan 3, 10:50
Taiwan-based ODM makers of digital still cameras for Eastman Kodak, viewing that Kodak's global market share is decreasing due to increasing competition from Japan-based vendors such...
Taiwan market: 1.2 million digital cameras sold in 2011
Dec 29, 15:55
An estimated 1.2 million digital cameras, including DSLR models and MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras), were sold in the Taiwan market in 2011, according to industry...
Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot S100
Dec 28, 16:36
Canon has announced the launch of PowerShot S100 in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$14,990 (US$496).
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 60 million digital cameras in 2012
Nov 29, 11:03
Taiwan-based makers will ship a total of 60.604 million digital cameras in 2012, increasing 3.66% from 2011 and accounting for 49.5% of global shipments, according to Digitimes Res...
Altek to set up lens firm in China
Nov 29, 10:20
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek has decided to invest US$15 million to establish a subsidiary maker of aspherical plastic lenses and glass lenses in Kunshan, eastern China,...
Taiwan digital camera shipments to decrease due to Thailand flooding
Nov 22, 10:01
Japan-based Nidec Copal has temporarily stopped production of shutters, lens kits and precision motors used in digital cameras at its factory in Thailand due to the impact of flooding...
Asia Optical to supply SKD parts for KMG to asemble digital cameras in Argentina
Nov 15, 10:36
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Asia Optical has revealed it will start supplying SKD (semi knocked down) parts for Argentina-based partner KMG to assemble digital cameras there...
Taiwan market: Thailand floods affect sales of digital camera vendors
Nov 8, 01:45
Digital camera players Nikon, Sony and Canon, impacted by the floods in Thailand, will see their sales performance in Taiwan being impacted.
Taiwan market: Leica to launch D-Lux 5 Titanium Special Set digital camera
Nov 2, 16:56
Germany-based Leica Camera AG on November 2 unveiled the D-Lux 5 Titanium Special Set digital camera for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$38,700 (US$1,290),...
Asia Optical 3Q11 losses shrink
Oct 31, 11:26
Asia Optical, which makes optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported third-quarter losses narrowed significantly, with net loss reduced to NT$20 million from net loss of NT$309...
Ability, Altek see 3Q11 profits rise
Oct 31, 10:53
Digital camera makers Ability Enterprise and Altek have reported profits for third-quarter 2011. Ability's net profit rose 134.7% sequentially to NT$415 million (US$14.3 million),...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see decreased digital camera shipments in 4Q11
Oct 17, 10:42
Taiwan's four major digital camera makers will ship 14.415 million units in total in fourth-quarter 2011, falling 13.9% on quarter and 5.1% on year, data collected by Digitimes Research...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 16.7 million digital cameras in 3Q11
Oct 12, 12:00
Four Taiwan-based ODM makers shipped 16.749 million digital cameras in total during the third quarter of 2011, increasing 8.6% on quarter and 11.8% on year, according to data collected...
The new Sony NEX-6 is a pocket-sized mirrorless camera. The newest addition to Sony's E-mount camera lineup includes Fast Hybrid AF, Wi-Fi capabilities and the Play Memories Camera...
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Micron V100 pico projection engine
Micron Technology's first pico projection engine, the V100, is designed to cater to the microdisplay needs of consumer video, handset, digital camera and other consumer markets for...
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Silicon-Power SDHC Class 6 card
NAND flash device maker Silicon-Power Computer has launched its Class 6 SDHC card series that can be used in applications supporting SD 2.0, such as Nikon Coolpix S200/S500/P5000...
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The premium HP CW450t point-and-shoot digital camera features a 2.7-inch LCD touchscreen display, and a newly designed touch interface for viewing photos with the swipe of a finger...
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Samsung Electronics's CL65 digital still camera (DSC) features built-in geo-tagging, Bluetooth 2.0, DLNA compatibility, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The geo-tagging capability allows...
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- 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
24-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34% |
| TSE electronic | 310.89 | -0.43 | -0.14% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 118.64 | -0.71 | -0.59% |
| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |
- 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...
- 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 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.