Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [497 news items]
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see 17.6% drop in 2012 LCD TV shipments
Nov 23, 15:54
Taiwan-based makers will ship a total of 37.513 million LCD TVs in 2012, slipping 17.6% from 2011, with a global share of 18.2%, down 4.1pp as well, according to Digitimes Research...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 25 million LCD monitors in 3Q12
Nov 23, 11:51
Taiwan-based makers shipped 25.780 million LCD monitors during the third quarter of 2012, increasing 7.4% on quarter but decreasing 11.4% on year and occupying 63.4% of global total...
Digitimes Research: China tablet SoC developers enjoy robust shipment growth in 2012
Nov 20, 20:43
There has been a surge in demand for tablet-use SoC solutions in the China market thus far in 2012, benefiting local IC design companies such as Allwinner Technology, Rockchip Technology...
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to surpass that of notebooks in 2013
Nov 19, 22:59
Digitimes Research expects global tablet shipments to reach 210 million units in 2013, up 38.3% on year and surpass those of notebook for the first time, with branded tablet shipments...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see 12.3% decrease in 2013 digital camera shipments
Nov 19, 16:18
There will be 93.827 million digital cameras shipped globally in 2013, dropping 7.2% due to slow economic conditions and increasing competition from smartphones. Taiwan's four main...
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to grow 30% in 2013
Nov 19, 15:52
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 30% to 865 million units in 2013, accounting for 43.9% of total handset shipments in the year, Digitimes Research has estimated.
Digitimes Research: Digital TV product and home entertainment system sales down in 3Q12
Nov 15, 21:20
Global consumer electronics sales were lower than expected during the third quarter of 2012, with digital TV products as well as home entertainment and sound systems getting hit the...
Nov 15, 21:01
Taiwan-based LCD TV makers' shipments are expected to reach 44.73 million units in 2013, a 20% on-year increase, due to an expected recovery in the LCD TV segment and increased orders...
Digitimes Research: Asustek to compete with Acer for top-3 worldwide notebook vendor spot in 2013
Nov 15, 15:45
Weak Global notebook demand is expected to reshuffle the top-10 notebook brand rankings in 2013, with Lenovo expected to successfully take over Hewlett-Packard's (HP) leading position...
Digitimes Research: Sanan-Formosa Epitaxy cooperation to benefit both firms
Nov 15, 15:31
China-based Sanan Optoelectronics recently announced it was buying up shares of Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy. Cooperation between the two firms can achieve benefits such as economies...
Digitimes Research: 4.57 million e-book readers to be shipped globally in 4Q12
Nov 14, 16:22
Global e-book reader shipments in the fourth quarter of 2012 will reach 4.57 million units, hiking 92% on quarter but dropping 49.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Digitimes Research: More offshore wind power systems in non-EU countries
Nov 14, 14:33
In the past, Europe has been the main market for offshore wind-generated electricity and about more than 50% of the systems are located in the UK. Over the past two years, a surge...
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet shipments to surpass 50 million units in 2012
Nov 13, 16:01
White-box tablets are expected to see a surge in shipment growth in 2012 with volumes surpassing 50 million units, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wang.
Digitimes Research: Windows 8 expected to have minimal impact on touch screen notebooks in 2013
Nov 13, 15:44
Shipment growth for touch screens used in notebooks throughout the fourth quarter of 2012 and most of 2013 will at large not be affected by the release of Windows 8, according to...
Digitimes Research: Samsung Electronics holds strong in 2012 due to panel production strategies
Nov 8, 20:33
Samsung Electronics has held the top spot in terms of revenues generated in 2012 compared to other Asia-based panel makers such as LG Display (LGD), Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics...
Digitimes Research: Southeast Asia solar markets need subsidies to stimulate growth
Nov 8, 20:25
Countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines have sufficient sunlight hours which is suitable to develop a strong solar market.
Digitimes Research: South Korea aggressively promotes LED commercialization policies
Nov 8, 14:40
To promote the commercialization of LED lighting, South Korea's Knowledge Economy Ministry announced in 2006 a "15/30" plan, which means to achieve 30% LED lighting commercialization...
Digitimes Research: Global tablet market to enjoy strong shipment growth in 4Q12
Nov 8, 14:06
Global tablet shipments from major brands worldwide are expected to reach 40.93 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 72.7% sequentially and 89.7% on year, according to...
TSMC 16nm FinFET rollout to come earlier than expected, says Digitimes Research analyst
Nov 8, 14:03
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to ramp up 20nm production ahead of schedule, and also put its 16nm FinFET process into production far earlier than expected,...
Digitimes Research: Nexus 4 to be popular in prepaid SIM card and telecom retail channels
Nov 7, 21:57
Google's Nexus 4, which comes with a 4.7-inch 720p HD display and Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor, is expected to become a popular model in the prepaid SIM card segment...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 4Q12 digital camera shipments to hit 15-quarter low
Nov 7, 09:25
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical will ship 8.86 million digital cameras in total in the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing 17.1% sequntially...
Digitimes Research: China-based tier-2 LED chipmakers see falling revenues in 2012
Nov 6, 14:42
China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 10 million LCD TVs in 4Q12
Nov 6, 10:49
Taiwan-based makers will ship 10.828 million LCD TVs in the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 9.7% on quarter but decreasing 6% on year, with 65% of the sets to be shipped on an...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 339 million small- to medium-size panels in 4Q12
Nov 6, 10:45
Taiwan-based makers will ship 339.697 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels during the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing 9.9% on quarter and 7.8% on year, according to
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see on-year decrease in large-size LCD panel shipments in 4Q12
Nov 5, 22:03
Taiwan-based panel makers' large-size TFT LCD panel shipments are expected to approach 69 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, an on-year decrease of 3.4%, due to an expected...
Digitimes Research: Google will become more influential in tablet market
Nov 2, 15:42
Senior analyst James Wang of Digitimes Research believes that Google's recently announced Nexus 10, developed...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 17 million handsets in 4Q12
Nov 2, 15:36
Taiwan-based OBMs (own-brand manufacturers), ODMs and IDM (joint-design manufacturers) will ship an estimated 17.14 million handsets in total during the fourth quarter of 2012, growing...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 376 million small- to medium-size panels in 3Q12
Nov 2, 14:57
Taiwan-based makers shipped 376.793 million small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 8.4% on quarter but decreasing by 18.0% on year, according...
Digitimes Research: Thailand solar market has good prospects
Nov 1, 16:09
Thailand enjoys long sunshine hours. Its capital city, Bangkok, has an average year-round temperature of 24-degrees Celsius with over 1,800 sunshine hours/year. Central and Northeastern...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship nearly 10 million LCD TVs in 3Q12
Oct 30, 15:01
Taiwan-based makers shipped 9.874 million LCD TVs in the third quarter of 2012, increasing 18.9% on quarter but decreasing 12.4% on year. 65.5% of the shipment volume was on an OEM/ODM...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of large-sized panels up 5.2% sequentially in 3Q12
Oct 30, 14:41
Taiwan-based Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display together shipped 71.415 million large-sized TFT-LCD panels during the third...
Digitimes Research: Surface tablet to mainly devour notebook demand in the short term
Oct 30, 14:05
Microsoft's recently launched own-brand Surface tablets have raised the question of whether Surface will devour consumer demand for tablets or notebooks, or maybe even both. In terms...
Digitimes Research: China government continues to support LCD industry
Oct 25, 20:32
The China government is continuing to help China's TFT LCD industry by increasing funding to various companies for development of technology, as well as by reducing or eliminating...
Digitimes Research: Apple has chance to become the fifth largest PC brand in 2013
Oct 25, 11:25
Apple has released its new iMac, Mac mini, 13.3-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad. For the Mac product lines, which are all heading towards...
Digitimes Research: CSOT increases influence in China panel industry
Oct 23, 21:20
China-based China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has surpassed BOE in TV panel shipments, and is now one of the three largest providers of LCD TV panels in China, surpassing...
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Before Going to Press | May 21, 21:27
Shipment proportions of 8- and 10-megapixel lens modules on the rise, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:58
Telecom operators in China expected to stop placing orders for 3.5-inch smartphones by July 2013
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:48
Taiwan connector makers worried about competition from China-based makers
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:37
Taiwan FPCB makers to face renewed competition from rivals in Japan
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:36
China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:35
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:03
Digitimes president Colley Hwang delivers a talk on how the ultra mobile eco-system can recreate Taiwan's IT industries
Photo: Digitimes, Jul 10.
Colley Hwang, president of Digitimes, speaking at Microsoft's 20 years anniversary
Colley Hwang, president of Digitimes, said during his speech at Microsoft's 20 years anniversary event that Taiwan IT players are one of the most important parts of the IT industry...
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, Jan 5.
Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei
Computex 2008 will run from June 3 to 7, and will be spread across four locations: Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Halls 1 and 3, the Taipei International Conventional Center...
Photo: CJ Liu, Digitimes, Mar 17.
WiMAX "mobile" capabilities on the streets of Taipei
During the 2007 Taipei Summit Asia-Pacific WiMAX Conference & Exhibition which took place from May 14-15 in Taipei, several buses with advertising logos were cruising along roads...
Photo: John Hsu, Digitimes, May 17.
TAITRONICS AUTUMN 2005 show kicks off in Taipei
The TAITRONICS Components & Equipment show officially kicked off at the exhibition halls of the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) from October 11-15. The number of exhibitors is closed...
Photo: Allen Lin, DigiTimes, Oct 11.
China government to promote semi industry consolidation, says Digitimes Research
According to a recently published Digitimes Research...
The coming of Smart TV: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Tom Lo
Digitimes Research has been publishing quarterly research reports on the ICT (information and communications technology) and FPD (flat-panel display) industries since 2004. Starting...
The LED upstream boom: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Jessie Lin
With LED chipmakers aggressively increasing capacity to meet fast growing demand from the LCD displays and general lighting markets, suppliers in the upstream are optimistic on outlook...
Emerging markets to drive China foundries' growth: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Nobunaga Chai
China's foundries may not be able to compete head-to-head against the industry's global top-three players in the most advanced process technologies, but their opportunities lie elsewhere...
China aiming at balanced development: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Joanne Chien
The 12th Five-Year Plan that China is implementing next month has a very different focus than those in the past, namely it is aiming at a more balanced development of the country...
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
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- 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
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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
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- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
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- 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
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
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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 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.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.