Last update: Thursday 17 May 2012 [123 news items]
Delta to expand e-paper product lines
Dec 11, 14:51
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics plans to broaden its e-paper business into not only the e-book reader and e-tag markets, but also to applications such as highway billboards, according...
PVI revenues grow 264% on year in November
Dec 3, 15:09
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has posted revenues of NT$1.56 billion (US$48.6 million) for November 2009, up 20% sequentially and 264% on year.
AUO ships e-book reader panels to China-based Hanwang
Dec 1, 11:56
AU Optronics (AUO) has started shipping 9-inch e-book reader panels to China-based Hanwang, with related products likely to hit the market in 2010, according to market sources.
PVI, AUO and Delta to separately introduce color e-paper in 2010
Nov 27, 17:01
Prime View International (PVI), AU Optronics (AUO) and Delta Electronics have each said they plan to introduce color e-paper in the future at a flexible display and electronics technology...

AUO raises global e-book reader shipment forecast
Nov 27, 16:35
AU Optronics (AUO) has increased its estimation of the global e-book reader market, expecting worldwide shipments of e-book readers to top 10 million units in 2010 from its previous...

ITRI signs agreement with AUO and Elan for flexible e-paper development
Nov 24, 15:12
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has signed an agreement with AU Optronics (AUO) and Elan Microelectronics to co-develop flexible e-paper and touchscreen flexible...

PVI EPD production in full swing for year-end shopping, says chairman
Nov 23, 16:59
Prime View International (PVI) is gearing up its EPD shipments to clients for the year-end shopping season, company chairman Scott Liu has said, amid reports that two of its major...
Wistron developing handheld device using flexible e-paper
Nov 12, 12:08
Wistron is currently developing a 5- to 6-inch handheld device that will adopt a flexible e-paper display from the recently acquired Polymer Vision, according to Brian Chong, chief...

PVI, TPO see October revenues decline
Nov 11, 12:10
Small- to medium-size panel and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker maker Prime View International (PVI) saw October revenues decrease 11.47% sequentially to NT$1.3 billion (US$40.19...
PVI turns profitable in 3Q09; sets share exchange ratio for E-ink acquisition
Nov 2, 16:26
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has posted net profit of NT$56.85 million (US$1.75 million) for the third quarter of 2009, according to data from...
Oct 29, 17:08
Wistron announced on October 28 that its board of directors has officially approved the company's 12 million euro (US$17.76 million) investment made to acquire Holland-based e-paper...

PVI to ramp up flexible and color EPD in 2010
Oct 29, 15:02
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) will ramp up production of its 6-inch and 9.7-inch flexible EPDs in the first half of 2010 and color EPDs in the...
CMO to starts shipping e-book display panels in 4Q09
Oct 27, 14:18
LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will start shipping 6- and 9-inch e-book reader panels to its e-paper production partner Prime View International (PVI) in the fourth...
AUO unveils flexible e-paper technology and 20-inch e-paper module
Oct 20, 16:41
AU Optronics (AUO) today announced a series of e-paper products, including a 20-inch e-paper module and a 6-inch flexible e-paper. AUO plans to offer flexible e-paper samples in 2010,...

Delta to ramp up e-book reader EPDs in 2Q10
Oct 14, 15:18
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has begun shipments of e-paper panels for medical display devices, and expects to launch e-paper panels for e-book readers in the second quarter of...
IC designer AAT expected to benefit from AUO, PVI e-book reader, e-paper shipments
Oct 13, 15:02
Analog IC design house Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) has completed design-in of power management (PWM) ICs for e-book readers and e-paper displays developed by AU Optronics (AUO)...
Delta reports sequential increase in September revenues
Oct 12, 15:31
Delta Electronics has announced consolidated September revenues of NT$12.57 billion (US$389.57 million), representing a 13% increase compared to NT$11.15 billion for August, but a...
PVI September revenues hit high
Oct 12, 14:33
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has announced September revenues of NT$1.47 billion (US$45.57 million), up 9.06% sequentially from NT$1.35 billion...
PVI and CMO cooperate on e-paper production
Oct 2, 12:27
LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics and electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) have signed a memorandum of collaboration for EPD production. PVI has...
PVI to issue convertible preferred stocks to E-Ink shareholders
Oct 1, 11:49
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has announced a new contract for the acquisition of E-Ink. Besides the original US$215 million both...
Foxconn gives up own-brand graphics card business
Sep 9, 16:37
Foxconn Electronics has given up marketing graphics cards under its own brand and has rearranged its Channel Service Division (CSD) shifting the majority of the 9,000 employees, mainly...
Qisda entering e-paper display market at the end of 2009
Aug 28, 16:37
Qisda will start making e-book readers using panels from AU Optronics (AUO), with small volume production slated for the end of 2009 at the earliest, according to company CEO Hsiung...
AUO, PVI expect substantial e-paper shipment growth in 2010
Aug 28, 14:33
E-book reader shipments are expected to grow substantially in 2010 as AU Optronics (AUO), Prime View International (PVI) and other system makers all have forecast worldwide shipments...
E-paper display revenues to exceed US$9 billion by 2018, says DisplaySearch
Aug 27, 16:38
The global e-paper display market will grow to 1.8 billion units and US$9.6 billion in revenues in 2018, from 22 million units and US$431 million in revenues in 2009, for a CAGR (compound...
Global e-paper display market to exceed US$2.5 billion by 2013, says NextGen Research
Aug 25, 15:51
The global market for e-paper displays will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 124% from 2008 through 2013, and will exceed US$2.5 billion by the end of that period,...
SiPix to spend NT$10 billion expanding EPD capacity
Aug 25, 15:44
SiPix Imaging, an e-paper subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), will invest NT$10 billion (US$304.09 million) to expand capacity in the next three years, said CT Liu,...
Delta Electronics sees gross margin up in 2Q09
Aug 19, 16:20
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has released its second-quarter 2009 financial report, reporting a sequential rise of 2.7 percentage points in its gross margin to reach 21.2%.
SiPix starts on second e-paper plant
Jul 30, 16:05
SiPix Imaging, an e-paper subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has recently started to establish its second e-paper plant to satisfy client demand, according to chairman, CT Liu.
PVI expects e-paper shipments to expand 2- to 3-fold sequentially in 2H09
Jul 24, 16:00
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI) expects its EPD shipments to expand by 2- or 3-fold sequentially in the second half of...

AUO to start shipping e-paper for e-book readers from 5G lines in 3Q09
Jul 24, 15:13
AU Optronics (AUO) will utilize its 5G lines to produce e-paper for e-readers, with shipments expected to begin later in the third quarter of 2009, company president and CEO LJ Chen...
AUO 2Q09 revenues up over 60% sequentially, losses narrow
Jul 23, 15:44
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that unaudited consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2009 totaled NT$82.5 billion (US$2.5 billion), up 62.59% from NT$50.74 billion for...
PVI subsidiary Hydis to reach full capacity for EPD in September 2009
Jul 20, 15:12
Hydis, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) and LCD panel maker Prime View International (PVI), is expected to reach 100% utilization at the end of September...
CPT needs new material suppliers for e-paper
Jul 15, 15:38
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will need to search for new material suppliers if the company plans to step into the development and production of e-paper...
GCE HDI board shipments for Amazon Kindle to increase in 2H09
Jul 13, 16:44
Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has cut into the supply chain of Amazon's Kindle e-book products, and shipment volume is expected to reach 50% of Amazon's demand in the second half...

CPT to begin touch panel shipments by end of the year
Jul 10, 16:06
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will enter into the touch panel segment with limited shipments starting by the end of the year, according to company...
Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
Bits + chips | 1h 5min ago
June TV panel prices to be flat
Displays | 1h 18min ago
LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
LED | 1h 53min ago
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
Green energy | 2h 11min ago
Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
Bits + chips | 2h 21min ago
Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
Bits + chips | 2h 52min ago
Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
IT + CE | 4h ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 2h 19min ago
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 2h 47min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Before Going to Press | 3h 31min ago
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | 3h 32min ago
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 3h 57min ago
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | 4h 14min ago
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Career to ramp up FPCB capacity by 30% in 2H12
- Hermes Microvision lists on OTC market
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- BOE may roll out AMOLED panels at Ordos line in 2014
- Overall value of lighting market to shrink as LEDs displace conventional technology, says Pike Research
- MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources
- US solar firms may request duties on China-made solar modules
- Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China
- Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
- Korean vendors compete for OLED market
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
22-May-2012 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 7274.89 | +82.66 | +1.15% |

| TSE electronic | 277.63 | +3.99 | +1.46% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 104.57 | +2.00 | +1.95% |

| OTC electronic | 134.14 | +2.91 | +2.22% |

- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...

Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...

Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...

The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.






















