Last update: Wednesday 20 February 2013 [70 news items]
Taiwan market: AMD launches Radeon HD 5770/5750
Oct 20, 16:56
Following the launch of DirectX 11-supporting Radeon HD 5870/5850 GPUs at the end of September 2009 in the Taiwan market, AMD has now launched the Radeon HD 5770/5750.

Gigabyte September revenues up on year, but mobo shipments will drop in 4Q09
Oct 9, 17:20
Gigabyte Technology has reported revenues of NT$4.7 billion (US$146.42 million) for September, up 17.9% on month and 4% on year, bringing its revenues for the first nine months of...
AMD readies more ATI Radeon 5000 series GPUs for 4Q09
Sep 14, 12:09
AMD is preparing to launch ATI Radeon HD 5700 series (Juniper XT/LE) GPUs – the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750 – in October of 2009 and 5870 X2 (R800) in November after the launch...

Graphics card market shows signs of stability in 2Q09, says Jon Peddie Research
Aug 28, 17:06
Jon Peddie Research has reported that the market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs) demonstrated some much-needed firmness in the second quarter of 2009, adding more evidence that...
Gigabyte quits board of GeCube, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 20, 16:44
Gigabyte Technology has recently released its 61.5% stake in GeCube to officially withdraw from it board of directors, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.
Graphics take a hit in 2009 and to come back in 2010, says Jon Peddie Research
Jul 20, 10:19
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated global graphics chip shipments for 2009 will see the worst ever on-year drop in shipments. The decrease in shipments for 2009 will...
Pegatron sees decreased sales in April
May 12, 16:45
Pegatron Technology shipped 2.12 million motherboards, 850,000-900,000 notebook PCs (not including Eee PCs) and 436,000 graphics cards in April, according to the company. Pegatron...
May 7, 16:55
AMD has announced a new operating model that centers the organization on four equally critical functions: products, technology, marketing and customers.
AMD launches a new 40nm GPU and a dual-core Athlon Black Edition CPU
Apr 29, 17:04
AMD has launched the ATI Radeon HD 4770 graphics processor that harnesses a 40nm manufacturing process for the desktop PC market, delivering performance and energy efficiency at anticipated...
Nvidia brings Quadro FX 4800 to Mac market
Apr 21, 16:49
Nvidia has launched its Quadro FX 4800 graphics card for Mac Pro users in markets such as architecture, content creation, science and medicine.

Sapphire to enter Taiwan graphics card market
Apr 16, 14:28
One of the global top-three graphics card makers, Hong Kong-based PC Partner, will enter the Taiwan graphics card market in April with its Sapphire brand, according to sources at...
Asustek, Gigabyte and MSI see revenues decline on year in March
Apr 10, 15:56
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) all saw revenues increase on-month, but decline on-year in March, according...
AMD to use Samsung memory to fill Qimonda supply gap, says HKEPC
Newswatch - Apr 8, 17:15
AMD is planning to adopt Samsung Electronics' GDDR5 memory to fill in the supply gap caused by Qimonda's bankruptcy in April, according to a Chinese-language HKEPC report...
Softex Taipei: Fujitsu to push notebooks with discrete graphics cards
Apr 6, 15:11
Fujitsu will push two notebooks with built-in discrete graphics cards during Softex Taipei (April 9-13)– the 13.3-inch LifeBook S6420 and 14.1-inch Fujitsu L1010.

AMD and Nvidia introduce new GPUs
Apr 3, 13:54
AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU while Nvidia has announced the GeForce GTX 275 GPU.

Leadtek unveils Nvidia Quadro graphics family additions
Apr 1, 16:40
Leadtek Research has announced its Quadro professional solution family which includes the FX 3800, FX 1800, FX 580 and FX 380.

AMD announces new FirePro graphics card for high-end markets
Mar 27, 16:29
AMD has announced the availability of the ATI FirePro V7750 graphics accelerator for the high-end market, which it said is ideally suited for graphics professionals working in engineering,...

Albatron launches a PCIe x1-based graphics card for IPC market
Mar 17, 16:47
Albatron Technology has unveiled a new product, the Albatron GeForce 9500GT PCI-E 1X graphics card, to deliver multimedia performance to general consumers as well as for IPC clients...

CeBIT 2009: Nvidia introduces four new GPUs for notebooks
Mar 3, 14:57
Nvidia has introduced four new mobile GPUs - GeForce GTX 280M and 260M GPUs for enthusiast notebooks and GeForce GTS 160M and 150M GPUs for high-performance notebooks.
CeBIT 2009: MSI unveils new products
Feb 26, 17:05
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to showcase new products including X-Slim series ultra-thin notebooks, Wind Top all-in-one PCs, a performance motherboard, and military-specific...

GPU shipments dive in 4Q08, says JPR
Feb 2, 11:31
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.
Asustek backed-up inventory worth NT$40 billion; unlikely to be profitable in 1Q09
Jan 22, 14:24
Jerry Shen, president of Asustek Computer disclosed that the company's current stockpiled inventory is worth NT$40 billion (US$1.19 billion).
First-tier motherboard makers see on-year drop in December revenues
Jan 12, 17:07
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$16.1 billion (US$484.74 million) for December 2008, NT$67.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008, and NT$266.9 billion...
A top-four motherboard maker will drop out of the market beyond three years, says MSI VP
Jan 9, 17:10
One of the top-four motherboard makers, Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Elite group Computer Systems (ECS) and Micro-Star International (MSI), will drop out of the market within...
Graphics card price-cuts effective in boosting sales, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 31, 11:59
With the economic decline having a positive impact on the online gaming market, graphics card makers have reduced their prices by 10-20% over the past three weeks and successfully...
Gigabyte discusses performance in 2008; to launch 3.5G netbooks next year
Nov 26, 13:58
Although Gigabyte Technology recently reduced its annual motherboard shipments goal from 20 million to 19 million units, shipments from the company's branded segment will still reach...
Nvidia to cut graphics card prices to counter AMD market share gains
Nov 14, 15:46
With AMD making gains in the discrete graphics card market – rising to around 40% in third-quarter 2008 according to a recent report from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) – Nvidia...
AMD launches ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card
Oct 23, 14:59
AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card priced at less than US$150. Like all ATI Radeon HD 4800 series products, the new offering delivers excellent game performance...

Nvidia says no truth to rumors it plans to cut off GPU supply to second-tier makers
Oct 23, 12:09
With rumors circulating recently that Nvidia is planning to cut off supply of graphics processing units (GPU) to second-tier makers, Nvidia has officially refuted the rumor saying...
AMD announces ATI Radeon HD 4550 and 4350 graphics cards
Sep 30, 15:53
AMD has announced the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics cards, the latest additions to its ATI Radeon HD 4000-series graphics line up. Both cards...
Upgraded Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 GPU could cause overstock problems
Sep 15, 12:12
To defend against AMD's high-end ATI Radeon HD 4870 GPU, Nvidia has recently launched an upgraded version of its GeForce GTX 260, however sources at graphics card makers are worried...
AMD introduces ATI Radeon HD 4600 series graphics cards
Sep 10, 17:05
AMD has announced the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series mainstream graphics offerings that deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard...

AMD aims to grab 50% share of discrete graphics card market by the end of 2008
Aug 15, 14:25
With AMD officially announcing its ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 GPU, the company has noted that its ATI Radeon HD 4800-series has boosted the company's discrete graphics card market share...
Channel vendors demand card makers recall faulty Nvidia products
Jul 25, 17:03
Due to Nvidia not clearly explaining the details of the faults reported in its notebook GPUs, some channel vendors have demanded graphics card makers issue a recall for desktop-based...
AMD expected to grab 40% discrete graphics card market share in 3Q08
Jun 27, 14:24
With AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4800-series graphics cards successfully cutting into the US$200-300 mainstream market forcing Nvidia to cut the price of its previous generation GeForce 9800...
- 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
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| 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

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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- 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.






















