Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [497 news items]
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see 2Q12 LCD TV shipments hit 8-quarter low
Jul 27, 14:12
Taiwan-based makers shipped 8.307 million LCD TVs in total during the second quarter of 2012, the lowest in eight quarters with a sequential decrease of 2.3% and on-year drop of 29.8%,...
Digitimes Research: Global large-size LCD panel shipments to top 393 million units in 2H12
Jul 27, 01:15
Global shipments of large-size LCD panels will top 393 million units in the second half of 2012, increasing 5.9% from the first half of the year, according to Digitimes Research.
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 380 million small- to medium-sized panels in 3Q12
Jul 26, 16:02
Taiwan-based makers will ship 380.196 million small- to medium-sized TFT-LCD panels in total in the third quarter of 2012, increasing 9.4% on quarter but decreasing 0.9% on year,...
Digitimes Research: Notebook ODMs to see mixed shipment performance in 2H12
Jul 26, 14:08
Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2012 are only estimated to grow 12% compared to the first, several notebooks ODMs are expected to see their shipment growth...
Sony to reduce DSC outsourcing to Taiwan makers in 2013
Jul 26, 01:45
Sony, which used to outsource 30-40% of its consumer digital still camera (DSC) production to Taiwan makers, will outsource fewer orders in 2013 with Ability Enterprise to land mid-range...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see 2Q12 LCD monitor shipments drop
Jul 25, 15:00
Taiwan-based makers shipped 24.01 million LCD monitors during the second quarter of 2012, slipping by 5.6% on quarter and by 19.0% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 19 million handsets in 2Q12
Jul 24, 14:20
Taiwan-based vendor HTC and ODM/JDM makers together shipped 19.19 million handsets in the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 21.8% on quarter but decreasing by 16.9% on year, according...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 2H12 digital camera shipments to fall 21.7% on year
Jul 23, 11:48
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 21.738 million digital cameras in second-half 2012, decreasing by...
Digitimes Research: Australia solar market to boom in 2012 as carbon tax system takes effect
Jul 19, 12:30
Australia is an ideal location to develop solar PV systems due to the abundance of sunshine hours. Since 2008, various states in Australia have been providing high feed-in-tariff...
Digitimes Research: 2Q12 global shipments of e-book readers up 5.5% sequentially
Jul 17, 14:29
An estimated 1.53 million e-book readers were shipped globally during the second quarter of 2012, rising 5.5% on quarter but dropping 63.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research...
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to enjoy 5% growth in 2Q12
Jul 16, 16:34
Global notebook shipments, facing overstocked inventory in March and a weakening worldwide economy starting in May, only achieved sequential growth of 5% in the second quarter, while...
Digitimes Research: 2Q12 shipments of tablet PCs increase
Jul 16, 16:31
A total of 20.07 million tablet PCs were shipped globally by ODM/OEM makers to international vendors in second-quarter 2012, rising 3.3% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see increased 2Q12 shipments of small- to medium-sized panels
Jul 16, 15:37
Taiwan-based makers shipped 347.558 million small- to medium-sized TFT-LCD panels in total during the second quarter of 2012, growing 12.5% on quarter and 5.2% on year, according...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship nearly 68 million large-size LCD panels in 2Q12
Jul 16, 14:56
Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display shipped a total of 67.882 million large-size TFT-LCD panels (9 inches and larger) in second-quarter...
Digitimes Research: Shipments of direct-lit LED TVs to rise continuously in 2H12
Jul 13, 10:57
While upstream LED firms have been forecasting lower 2012 revenues and falling prices, downstream LED applications are expected to grow continuously through second-half 2012.
Digitimes Research: Taiwan digital camera shipments increase 11.4% sequentially in 2Q12
Jul 12, 12:03
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical together shipped 11.55 million digital cameras in second-quarter 2012, increasing...
Digitimes Research: Yingli captures top solar module vendor ranking in 1Q12
Jul 9, 11:37
By shipments of solar modules, the rankings of top five solar firms in China experienced major shifts in first-quarter 2012, Digitimes Research has found. Suntech's shipments dropped...
Digitimes Research: Non-Apple brand vendors unlikely to surpass Apple in ultra-thin battle in 2012
Jul 5, 13:15
Although many notebook brand vendors have been aggressively investing resources into the development of notebook products that feature ultra-thin design (ultrabook) as well as support...
Digitimes Research: Germany solar installations reach 1.8GW in 1Q12
Jun 29, 14:04
Germany solar installations reached 1.8GW in first-quarter 2012. In particular, solar installations in March alone reached 1.15GW. Shipments to the solar market in Europe have been...
Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July
Jun 28, 01:15
Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...
Digitimes Research: Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad to take 40% of China smartphone market in 2012
Jun 27, 11:03
The development of China's smartphone market has drawn much attention, particularly in 2012, during which the local brands Huawei Device and ZTE will make it to the global top-10...
Digitimes Research: Merger with MStar to boost MediaTek presence in digital TV segment
Jun 26, 12:40
MediaTek's planned merger with MStar Semiconductor will help MediaTek expand its presence in the digital TV-chip market, as well as enhancing its capability in the ever increasing...
Digitimes Research: Microsoft tablet PC plan may benefit the industry
Jun 21, 16:01
Microsoft's own-brand Surface tablet PCs have triggered market watchers to believe that the company will turn its business model from purely software licensing to hardware sales which...
Digitimes Research: China raises 12th Five-Year Plan LED industry targets
Jun 15, 15:38
China's Ministry of Science and Technology is seeking public opinions on the recently revised goals set for the semiconductor lighting technology development under the 12th Five-Year...
Digitimes Research: Smartphones to take 32% of China handset market in 2012
Jun 8, 10:45
Digitimes Research estimates that China handset shipments will grow to 430 million units in 2012, with smartphones likely to take 32% of the market, equivalent to 143 million handsets...
Top-6 notebook vendors facing growth bottleneck, says Digitimes Research
Jun 5, 01:10
Notebook brand vendors and their upstream ODM partners, after experiencing a weak April, enjoyed double-digit percentage on-month growth in May shipments; however, the overall volume...
Digitimes Research: US PV inverter sector thrives
May 31, 11:49
Compared to the solar supply chain in other countries, the US solar industry has been thriving in sectors such as polysilicon, thin-film solar products and PV inverters.
China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
May 21, 16:16
There were an estimated 6.8 million iPhones shipped in the China market during the first quarter of 2012, increasing 83% on quarter and accounting for 19% of the global shipments...
Proportion of SSD-equipped ultrabooks to fall to 56% in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
May 18, 16:30
The proportion of ultrabooks equipped with SSDs will drop from 86% in the first quarter of 2012 to 56% in the second as vendors attempt to cut component costs to keep down prices,...
May 11, 16:03
Spot prices of solar products in Greater China remained flat this week (May 7-11). Stable demand and clear order visibility have been helping solar firms maintain high capacity utilization...
Digitimes Research: System costs drop rapidly in Japan solar market
May 7, 14:58
The residential solar PV system installation market in Japan grew significantly due to increasing clean energy awareness. The market expects new feed-in-tariff (FIT) policies to come...
May 4, 14:52
Solar spot prices in Greater China have not shown signs of increasing despite continuous demand and clear order visibility, said Chihheng Liang, analyst at Digitimes Research and...
Taiwan makers to ship over 67 million large-sized panels in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
May 3, 16:12
Chimei Innolux, AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes and HannStar Display will ship an estimated 67.352 million large-size (over 9-inch) TFT-LCD panels in total in the second quarter...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments to grow 11% on quarter in 2Q12
May 3, 01:15
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan makers are expected to grow 11% sequentially to 9.65 million units in the second quarter of 2012, according to Digitimes Research. The US will remain...
Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
May 2, 15:32
The German parliament adopted a bill introducng a new solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy at the end of March 2012. The new policy, which took effect on April 1, 2012, cuts FITs for...
Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
Mobile + telecom | 12h 41min ago
Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Bits + chips | 12h 53min ago
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
Displays | May 22, 21:46
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
IT + CE | May 22, 21:44
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
Bits + chips | May 22, 21:42
Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
Displays | May 22, 21:00
E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
Displays | May 22, 20:49
UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
Bits + chips | May 22, 20:43
E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
Displays | May 22, 20:41
HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
Displays | May 22, 20:39
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | May 22, 20:36
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:16
TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:03
Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:59
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...
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- 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
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- 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
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
- After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
- Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
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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
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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
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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
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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.