Last update: Wednesday 1 February 2012 [213 news items]
Qualcomm Mirasol technology secures more orders
Feb 1, 01:05
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies' (QMT) Mirasol display technology has been securing orders from South Korea-, China- and Taiwan-based e-book reader customers. Qualcomm indicated its second...

China market: E-book reader sales down sequentially in 3Q11, says Analysys
Nov 25, 10:12
There were 295,200 e-book readers sold in the China market during third-quarter 2011, slipping 5.1% sequentially but rising 11.6% on year, according to Analysys International.
Foxconn denies passing up Nook orders in exchange for Microsoft lawsuit withdrawal
Nov 14, 16:13
Commenting on rumors that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has promised to not manufacture Nook series products for Barnes & Noble in exchange for Microsoft withdrawing...
Digitimes Research: E-book reader shipment growth to reach 31.4% in 2012
Nov 10, 15:44
Since e-book readers will not receive any significant updates, pricing will still be the major attraction to stimulate sales growth. With Amazon further reducing its e-book reader...

Asustek, Pegatron to host investor conferences with new products to be focus
Oct 25, 01:15
Pegatron Technology and Asustek Computer are set to host their third-quarter investor conference on October 27 and 31, respectively, with Asustek's Eee Pad Tranformer and Zenbook...
Taiwan market: Greenbook to launch capacitive touch-screen e-book reader
Oct 21, 15:23
Taiwan's e-book reader vendor Greenbook unveiled on October 20, 2011, EZRead Touch, its latest version e-book reader featuring a 6-inch E Ink display with capacity touchscreen. Greenbook...
Sales of e-book readers likely to reach 30 million units in 2012
Oct 7, 12:07
Despite the immense popularity of Apple's iPad series, its impact seems to be less apparent in the e-book reader market.
Pegatron may see future iPhone 4S orders drop
Oct 6, 01:00
Pegatron Technology, despite already having landed orders for 10 million iPhone 4Ss from Apple, may see its future iPhone 4S order volumes start dropping as consumer demand for the...
Amazon to further solidify leadership in e-book reader market with new Kindle launch
Sep 30, 17:02
Amazon definitely will maintain its leadership in the e-book reader segment by offering its latest generation Kindle at US$79, according to industry sources in the Kindle's supply...
Amazon introduces all-new Kindle family
Sep 29, 13:36
Amazon has introduced an all-new Kindle family: three all-new Kindle e-readers that are smaller, lighter, and more affordable, and Kindle Fire – a new class of Kindle that brings...

E Ink expects e-book reader market to reach goal in 2011
Sep 26, 11:26
Leading e-paper supplier E Ink Holding (EIH) expects worldwide e-book reader shipments to stay on course to reach its estimated volume of 25-30 million units in 2011, with the company...
Tatung to up panel applications for e-book readers, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 19, 15:40
Tatung will give more emphasis to panel products for e-book readers as the panel market has yet to see a rebound, the Chinese-language Commercial Times cited the company's...
Taiwan e-paper industry sees strong results in 1H11, says PIDA
Sep 19, 10:48
The production value of Taiwan's e-paper industry reached NT$13.2 billion (US$444.67 million) in first-half 2011, up 6% from second-half 2010 and 70% from the same period of 2010,...
Tablet market beats 2Q11 target; 2011 forecast raised, says IDC
Sep 16, 11:31
Worldwide media tablet shipments rose by 88.9% on a sequential basis and 303.8% year over year in the second calendar quarter of 2011 to 13.6 million units, according to IDC. Based...
Qisda reportedly to produce Nook Color
Sep 5, 11:44
Qisda is expected to receive orders from Barnes & Noble for the vendor's Nook Color e-book reader, with annual shipments likely to reach one million units in 2012, according to...
Touch component makers expect strong sales in September
Aug 29, 15:17
Sales of small- to medium-size touchscreen component makers expect sales to pick up significantly starting September 2011 with touch panel orders from tablet PC, smartphone and e-book...
Aug 26, 15:21
Many predicted the demise of the e-book reader market when Apple launched the iPad, igniting the tablet market frenzy, according to In-Stat. While the tablet market's growth has had...
China market: Over 300,000 e-book readers sold in 2Q11, says Analysys
Aug 19, 16:11
There were 311,200 e-book readers sold in the China market during second-quarter 2011, increasing 2.3% on quarter and 29.1% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys...
Wintek sees increased July revenues
Aug 3, 01:20
Touch panel maker Wintek reported July revenues of NT$8,561 million (US$297 million), an on-month increase of 16% and on-year increase of 61%. Accumulated revenues from January-July...
Increasing back-to-school demand to boost PC and e-book reader sales
Jul 25, 16:48
Sales of notebook, desktop and e-book readers, which are targeting education and document processing purposes, will have a chance to see a significant growth in the third quarter...
Foxconn reportedly lands 10.1-inch tablet PC orders from Amazon
Jul 14, 10:49
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for 10.1-inch tablet PCs from Amazon with shipments to begin in 2012, while Quanta Computer has begun...
Hanvon first to adopt E Ink-developed color e-paper display
Jun 15, 10:21
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, is the first client adopting a color e-paper display developed by Taiwan-based E Ink Holdings (EIH) and will launch...
China market: Hanvon lowers e-book reader prices, says report
May 16, 10:11
Hanvon Technology, the largest vendor of e-book readers in China, announced the reduction in retail prices for its e-book readers at a national sales agent conference on May 13, according...
Delta optimistic about e-paper applications
May 3, 01:20
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has recently invested NT$2-3 billion (US$69.97-104.95 million) to develop e-paper technologies at its plants in Taiwan. But as demand for e-book readers...
Quanta receives tablet PC orders from Amazon, say upstream sources
May 3, 01:05
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC, according to sources from upstream component makers. The device's...
Rise of e-book readers to result in decline of book publishing business, says IHS iSuppli
Apr 29, 15:00
Marking a major inflection point, the book publishing industry has entered a period of long-term decline because of the rising sales of e-book readers, new IHS iSuppli research ind...
Digitimes Insight: 2011 global e-book reader shipments to reach 27 million units
Apr 28, 12:10
Demand for e-book readers remained strong in first-quarter 2011, with global shipments soaring 236% on year to 4.8 million units. Digitimes Research believes global e-book reader...

China market: 1Q11 e-book reader sales down over 7% sequentially
Apr 22, 16:06
Sales of e-book readers reached 282,500 units the China market during the first quarter of 2011, decreasing 7.41% sequentially but increasing 13.41% on year, according to China-based...
Barnes & Noble already takes delivery of 3 million Nook Color e-book readers, say sources
Mar 28, 15:26
Barnes & Noble has taken delivery of close to three million Nook Color e-book readers from its production partner, according to an estimate by sources from the Nook Color supply...
Nearly 18 million media tablets and 12 million e-book readers shipped in 2010, says IDC
Mar 11, 12:35
According to the IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker, 10.1 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010, more than double the 4.5 million...
Qisda posts record high quarterly revenues for 4Q10
Mar 4, 01:05
Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$24.18 billion (US$819.46 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, increasing 5.6% sequentially and a quarterly high since 2009. Operating...
CeBIT 2011: ECS to showcase tablet PCs
Feb 22, 01:15
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) is set to showcase its latest 10.1-inch Windows 7- and Android-based tablet PCs at CeBIT 2011, which will be hosted...
Sony to launch tablet PCs with gaming, music and e-book reader functionality
Feb 18, 01:30
Sony is expected to launch tablet PCs with multimedia functionalities in the second quarter of 2011, and is likely to outsource production to Quanta Computer, according to industry...
E Ink to triple EPD capacity in 2011
Feb 16, 01:50
Amid increasing demand for e-paper, as well as FFS panels for tablet PCs and smartphones, electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) plans to expand its EPD capacity...
E Ink posts January revenues of NT$3.88 billion
Feb 9, 01:30
E Ink Holding (EIH) has posted revenues of NT$3.88 billion (US$134.21 million) for January 2011, up 5% sequentially and 147% on year.
- 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
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- 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...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
During China 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. Installed capacity in China grow by tenfold to reach the target of 10GWp by 2015.
- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.























