Last update: Friday 19 August 2011 [32 news items]
AOpen posts positive EPS for 1H11
Aug 19, 16:49
AOpen has reported a net profit of NT$26 million (US$897,728) or an EPS of NT$0.16 on consolidated revenues of NT$1.16 billion for the first half of 2011. The first-half EPS showed...
AOpen gears up for digital signage
Jun 13, 16:09
Taiwan-based mini-PC maker AOpen has been developing and producing digital signage products for several years with its focus on three types of application - POS (point of sale/service)...
Digital signage to see 40% growth in 2013, says IMS Research
Jun 10, 10:10
Growth in the worldwide digital signage market will exceed 40% in 2013, totaling US$7 billion, according to IMS Research.
Global revenues for digital signage equipment and software...
AOpen teams up with Philips to tap North American digital signage market
Mar 4, 01:50
AOpen has teamed up with Philips to tap into the digital signage market in North America, with the Dutch-based company responsible for displays and AOpen handling the production of...
AMD introduces APU for embedded market
Jan 20, 12:21
AMD has announced immediate availability of the new AMD G-series accelerated processing unit (APU) for embedded systems. The AMD G-series, based on AMD Fusion technology, delivers...

AOpen, WinMate see significant growth in 2010 revenues
Jan 12, 16:35
AOpen saw its 2010 revenues of NT$2.39 billion (US$74.6 million) rise 15.81% from 2009 mainly due to booming shipments of digital signage products, while industrial PC touch panel...
Software designers partner with Taiwan IPC players to enter China market
Jan 4, 02:05
Several US-based software designers such as SCALA, BroadSign and Omnivex are cooperating with Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) players to enter China's digital signage and security...
AOpen lands digital signage orders from China hotel chain
Jan 4, 01:30
Taiwan-based digital signage maker AOpen has cut into the China-based hotel chain Motel168 and has also landed orders from several China's coastal cities' subway system, according...
AOpen announces growth in November revenues
Dec 14, 01:20
Taiwan-based small form factor (SFF) PC maker AOpen, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$238 million (US$7.92 million) for November, up 7.2% on month and 44.38% on year, benefiting...
AOpen to tap China digital signage market
Nov 5, 15:33
AOpen has seen successful sales of its digital signage in the US market through cooperation with sales agent Ingram Micro, and began to tap the Taiwan market through cooperation with...
Oct 27, 17:00
With the PC market reaching a mature stage, Intel is giving more attention to new market segments to help drive growth. One area the chip giant and its partners see as having strong...

Intel announces digital signage specification
Oct 12, 15:11
Intel has announced a specification that will help standardize the design and development of digital signs, a form of communication using digital display screens such as LCD, touch...
Wistron cuts into software service market
Jun 4, 15:42
Wistron has been working aggressively on software service R&D and is currently developing solutions for e-book readers, digital signage and medical electronics, according to company...
AOpen sees operating profit in 4Q09
Mar 22, 16:33
AOpen has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.06 billion (US$64.8 million) for 2009 with operating loss of NT$18 million. But the company managed to record operating profit of...
Digital Signage Expo 2010: VIA to demo dual-GPU S3 graphics card
Feb 22, 15:09
VIA Technologies has announced plans to demonstrate a dual GPU add-in-board, the S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2, aimed at multi-display digital signage applications at Digital Signage...
Lanner releases SFF digital signage computer with 3G communications and GPS
Feb 10, 14:55
Lanner Electronics has announced the new LEC-7020, an Intel Atom-based industrial computer with 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi capabilities. The small form factor (SFF) computer has a VGA, COM,...

Touchscreen module shipments to increase 5x in 2010, says iSuppli
Jan 13, 14:56
Global shipments of touch-screen modules for applications are set to grow more than fivefold in the coming years, rising to 5.4 million units in 2013 from 971,755 in 2009, according...
Intel unveils digital signage concept
Jan 12, 16:10
Intel has demonstrated a new 7-foot-6-inch multi-user, multi-touch Intel Intelligent Digital Signage concept at the National Retail Federation Convention (NRF) in New York. Intel...
US LCD digital signage shipments up 41% sequentially in 3Q09, says DisplaySearch
Nov 10, 14:35
US LCD digital signage shipments increased 41% sequentially and 19% on year in the third quarter of 2009, according to DisplaySearch. September sell-through was up 49% from shipments...
VIA announces motherboard for digital signage
Sep 24, 16:37
VIA Technologies has announced VB8003 mini-ITX motherboard featuring a dedicated on-board graphics processor that it says is ideal for a range of digital media applications.
Taiwan maker AOpen tapping China digital signage market
Aug 27, 16:51
AOpen has been making efforts to promote digital signage products in the China market, according to the company.
TV vendors looking to commercial display segments for higher profits, says DisplaySearch
Jul 22, 11:59
Large-size (26-inch and larger) products that are self-classified as consumer TVs but shipped through commercial outlets have continued to significantly outpace their commercial-grade...
Taiwan mini-PC maker AOpen aims to grow digital signage business
Jun 23, 12:33
AOpen has been actively developing and promoting its digital signage product line and the company said it aims to significantly increase the proportion of total revenues coming from...
LCD commercial display and digital signage up 67% on year in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
Jun 16, 12:04
Global shipments for larger-size (26-inch and larger) flat panel displays (FPDs) used in commercial applications for out-of-home environments grew 2% on year, but dropped 10% sequentially...
Computex 2009: Shuttle seeks new opportunities from all-in-one PCs
Jun 4, 16:24
Wandering the halls of Computex 2009 it does not take long to realize that there has been a recent explosion of vendors trying to tap the all-in-one PC market. All the well-known,...

Retail digital signage market to triple by 2013, says iSuppli
Jun 3, 16:01
The changing needs of retailers are prompting them to move away from traditional advertising and seek alternative means, including retail digital signage, whose shipments will more...
AOpen sees high gross margins from digital signage products
Apr 28, 17:16
AOpen, a Taiwan-based maker of PC peripherals and mini PCs, has stepped into the production of more profitable digital signage products, according to the company. Consequently, AOpen's...
CMO subsidiary Chi Lin eyeing digital signage market
Newswatch - Mar 5, 11:37
Chi Lin Technology, a subsidiary of TFT-LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), is eyeing the digital signage market and will start shipping water- and dust-proof products...
VIA unveils a new form factor smaller than Mini-ITX
Mar 3, 17:29
VIA Technologies has announced its latest board form factor for embedded system developers, the Em-ITX form factor. Offering embedded developers a compact, versatile and highly integrated...

Macroblock optimistic about LED billboard panel market in 2009
Jan 22, 16:10
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock forecasts its first-quarter sales are to drop 10-20% from the fourth quarter of 2008 because customers are entering the slow period, although the...
Jan 22, 14:10
There are lots of business opportunities coming from the 2010 Shanghai World Expo for Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) makers, but makers have no access to sharing the large business...
Netbooks will have difficulty devouring mainstream notebook market, says Wistron chairman
Jun 20, 14:59
Wistron expects notebook shipments in the third quarter to grow 15% on quarter, and believes that netbooks will have difficulty in devouring the mainstream notebook market, according...
Pegatron to give up Asustek ultrabook orders, says paper
Systems - Newswatch | 1h 37min ago
- Acer to launch CloudMobile smartphone in 3Q12
- Rubicon sees slight increase of sapphire substrate orders
- Order surge of solar cells from Germany to level off in end of February
- ASE expects sales rebound in 2Q12
- Compal ships 2.1 million notebooks in January, says paper
- Acer sees decreased January revenues
- Chunghwa Telecom posts January EPS of NT$0.43
- Foxconn January revenues down sequentially
- HTC lands orders for quad-core smartphone, says paper
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Soft-World, Gamania January revenues hit records
- 20GW of solar PV manufacturing equipment to be replaced by 2016, says IMS Research
- Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January
- Growth of global TV shipments to fall to 7% in 2012, says GfK
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
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- Marvell and Google Team Up to Transform TV into the Command Center for the 'Connected Lifestyle'
- Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
- Digi-Key announces global distribution agreement with Marktech Optoelectronics
- Valuable LED lighting - Ecomaa Dimmable LED MR16
- American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its HighEnd Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights
- 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
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
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- Taiwan banks want higher investment limit for China peers (February 9) - Reuters
- China's exports and imports fall (February 10) - BBC News
- Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec (February 8) - 9to5Mac.com
- Post-election Taiwan: beyond exports (February 7) - The Financial Times
- Deadly cold snap cripples Europe (February 6) - ABC News
- IMF cuts China 2012 growth forecast to 8.25% (February 6) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- US job numbers show strong growth (February 3) - BBC News
- Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains (January 14) - BBC News
- Commentary: Lack of distribution channels continues to hover over Taiwan solar industry
- Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch
- Commentary: Could automation solve labor issues for Foxconn?
- Commentary: Apple being dragged into US-China trade war
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011

Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...

MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments...

The greening of Taiwan: Q&A with Siemens Taiwan CEO Peter Weiss
While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened...

Focus on small, cost-effective packages: Q&A with STATS ChipPAC CEO Tan Lay Koon
Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.






















