Last update: Thursday 6 June 2013 [423 news items]
Aug 29, 10:24
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that it will participate in Touch Taiwan 2012 from August 29-31 and display a full lineup of advanced display technologies and product total solutions...

Touch Taiwan to showcase latest panel and optical film technology in the industry
Aug 29, 01:15
Touch Taiwan is set to open August 29 with as many as 290 vendors and 700 different booths displaying the latest and greatest technology in the panel and optical film industries.
Equipment maker GPM eyeing return to profits
Aug 24, 14:27
Taiwan-based Gallant Precision Machining (GPM), which mainly makes equipment for the manufacture of display panels as well as semiconductors, expects to return to profitability in...
Aug 23, 14:47
LG Display (LGD) more than doubled its tablet display revenues in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the first, thanks to panel shipments for Apple iPad, according to IHS iSupp...
Supply volume of 7.85-inch iPad to reach 4 million units starting in September
Aug 21, 02:05
Supply volume of Apple's 7.85-inch iPad is estimated to reach four million units per month starting in September in order to prepare for demand from year-end holidays, according to...
AUO to display new high-end products at Touch Taiwan
Aug 20, 15:11
AU Optronics (AUO) plans to feature its new high-end panel products at Touch Taiwan.
HannStar Display ships over 39 million small- to medium-sized panels in July
Aug 9, 14:03
Taiwan-based HannStar Display shipped 39.61 million small- to medium-sized TFT-LCD panels in July, increasing 5% on month, according to the company.
TV and computer vendors to display new products at TICA
Jul 31, 01:05
Various display and computer vendors will be displaying products such as smart TVs and projectors at this year's Taipei Computer Applications Show (TICA) in hope to bump up the promotion...
LG Display sees record high 2Q12 sales results
Jul 27, 12:30
LG Display has posted its second quarter sales results at KRW6.9 trillion (US$6.05 billion), up 14% from some KRW6 trillion a year earlier, according to the company's recent financial...
Vehicle display market to rise profits for Taiwan panel makers
Jul 20, 15:58
The vehicle display market is expected to increase as navigation screens, rear seat entertainment (RSE) displays and multi-functional in-console monitors are predicted to be used...
Transparent displays gaining more attention from display makers
Jul 11, 13:36
Transparent displays are gaining more attention from display makers and are predicted to be the standard for consumers once mass production can be done successfully, according to...
Supply chain players deny rumors about delayed 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
Jul 10, 14:13
Rumors are that several notebook brand vendors have delayed or decreased their shipments with Apple also being named as having postponed mass shipments of a planned 13-inch MacBook...

CMI to increase sales through the auto industry
Jul 3, 14:58
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is looking to boost panel sales by tackling the vehicle display market via cooperation with America- and Europe-based car makers such as GM, Audi, BMW and Volv...
Jul 3, 09:05
Samsung Display has announced that it has begun conducting business as a newly merged corporation with Samsung Mobile Display and S-LCD corporations.
Supply chain reportedly to start volume shipping products for new iMac in July
Jul 3, 01:10
Apple's supply chain reportedly will start supplying components for the mass production of Apple's upcoming new iMac all-in-one PC in July with the device's official launch possibly...

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...
E Ink expected to ship 12 million display panels in 2H12
Jun 26, 01:50
E Ink Holdings, a Taiwan-based maker of e-paper displays, is expected to ship 12 million display panels in the second half of 2012, decreasing by 14.3-20% from 2011, according to...
CPT, HannStar Display to focus 2H12 operations on small- to mid-sized panels used in mobile devices
Jun 26, 01:45
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display, two Taiwan-based makers of TFT-LCD panels, have decreased production of large-sized panels and will focus business operation in...
CPT only major vendor at Display Taiwan
Jun 21, 16:44
Display Taiwan 2012 has witnessed a lack of enthusiasm among visitors due to non-participation from major vendors such as AU Optronics and Chimei Innolux.

Display Taiwan sees increased Chinese participants
Jun 19, 16:57
Display makers from all over Asia have come to the Taiwan Photonics Festival and Display Taiwan Exposition currently taking place where they are showcasing some of their latest AMOLED...
Display makers focus more on commercial and public sectors
Jun 19, 01:25
Firms in the LCD supply are starting to focus more on large-sized applications for customized markets in the commercial, public and education sectors.

Apple introduces new MacBook Pro with Retina display
Jun 13, 01:00
Apple has unveiled an all new 15-inch MacBook Pro featuring a stunning Retina display, all flash storage and quad-core processors in a radically thin and light design. Measuring a...

Display Taiwan 2012: Touch and AMOLED to be main focus
Jun 12, 15:03
Display Taiwan 2012 will take place from June 19-21 at Taipei's TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall, with the focus mostly on touch panels and AMOLED technology.

Corning to showcase ultra-slim flexible glass at SID Display Week 2012
Jun 1, 10:18
Corning has announced its plans for the Society for Information Display's (SID) Display Week in Boston June 3-8. The Corning booth #123 will showcase the role of highly engineered...

HannStar Display to see revenues move up in 2Q12
Jun 1, 01:10
HannStar Display is expected to see its revenues edge higher in the second quarter of 2012, but it remains to be seen if the panel maker can swing back to profitability in the quarter...
LG Display announces 5-inch 1080p HD display for smartphones
May 30, 10:26
LG Display has introduced a 5-inch full HD LCD panel for smartphones. The LCD panel is based on Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS) technology and features 440ppi...
Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
May 21, 10:48
Taiwan's display industry generated total production value of NT$310.82 billion (US$10.5 billion) in first-quarter 2012, decreasing 7.7% on quarter, according to Industrial Economics...
HannStar Display ships more large-size LCD panels in April
May 10, 01:20
HannStar Display has reported revenues of NT$2.95 billion (US$100.44 million) for April, up 1.6% on month but down 24.4% on year. Shipments of large-size LCD panels grew 20.4% sequentially...
ALT to display new LED lighting products at Lightfair
May 8, 01:05
Aeon Lighting Technology (ALT) will announce its 2012 latest high power LED products at Lightfair International 2012, the world's largest biennial lighting and building fair in Las...
Intel to launch next-generation Xeon processor by the end of 2Q12
Apr 19, 01:25
Intel is set to release its next-generation Xeon processor at the end of the second quarter. Since Nvidia and AMD will also release graphics cards that feature PCI Express Gen.3 in...
Taiwan LED firms display new products in Germany
Apr 16, 16:01
Taiwan LED firms are displaying their latest LED lighting technology at the 2012 Lighting+Building exhibition in Frankfurt Germany. The exhibition is held on a bi-annual basis and...
Japan Display kicks off operations, to venture into AMOLED market in 2013
Apr 13, 12:02
Japan Display has kicked off its official operations recently focusing on the development of small- to medium-size flat panels, with plans to venture into the AMOLED panel segment...
Display optical film market continues to experience cyclic trends, says DisplaySearch
Apr 11, 01:00
Growth in display optical film revenues is shifting from positive to negative in 2012, according to DisplaySearch.
Sharp, LG Display to increase panel shipments for iPads in 2Q12
Mar 23, 17:36
Sharp and LG Display both have begun small-volume shipments of flat panels for Apple's new iPad recently after they had failed to meet the requirements previously, making Samsung...
IHS reiterates view on status of display suppliers for new iPad
Mar 15, 16:33
On March 7, IHS iSuppli issued a statement indicating that Apple likely had qualified three sources for the display in the new iPad – Samsung, LG Display (LGD) and Sharp. The...
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 19min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 20min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 1h 17min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 1h 27min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 1h 33min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 13min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 31min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 1h 35min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 2h 1min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 2h 58min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 3h 6min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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.





















