Last update: Saturday 9 March 2013 [142 news items]
Motherboard shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2013
Mar 9, 14:25
Taiwan's motherboard industry remains dominated by four main players – Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems...
Taiwan motherboard makers to enjoy 4 million motherboard shipments from Intel
Jan 23, 22:14
As Intel has released information that it will gradually phase out from the branded motherboard market, sources from motherboard players expect Intel's four million units of motherboard...
ECS to see decreased own-brand motherboard shipments in 2012
Dec 27, 19:41
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is expected to ship about four million motherboards for own-brand sale in 2012, decreasing from six million units shipped in 2011, but its ODM shipments...
Intel reduces StudyBook shipment forecast
Nov 21, 21:02
Intel originally expected its StudyBook tablet shipments to reach 3-4 million units in the period from January 2013 to June 2014; however, the company has reduced the forecast volume...
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte take 70% motherboard market in September
Oct 15, 12:38
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology together took a 70% share of the motherboard market in China in September, with shipments totaling 1.1 and 1.0 million units, respectively,...
Asustek, Gigabyte push for annual motherboard shipment goal
Aug 28, 01:05
Seeing the PC market is remaining weak in the third quarter, top-2 motherboard vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have both recently dropped their motherboard prices...
ECS to expand factory of subsidiary in southern China
Aug 24, 15:00
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) will expand the factory of Golden Elite Technology (Shenzhen), its subsidiary in southern China, by 77.24% in total floor space from 118,080 square...
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...
Motherboard players may see single-digit percentage growth in 3Q12 shipments
Jul 24, 01:30
With the Europe and the US markets still suffering from economical turmoil, and summer demand from China's PC DIY market still not yet fired up as expected, motherboard players are...
Asustek reportedly considers acquisition to expand in motherboard market
Jul 19, 01:25
As the global motherboard market has been seeing weak growth since 2005, Asustek Computer reportedly is considering acquisitions to further expand its economic scale in the motherboard...
Motherboard makers see June revenue down on month
Jul 11, 01:20
Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock saw revenues for June falling on month by 1.65-13.59%, according to the companies.

ECS passes 2011 finance report with growth of more than 7%
Jun 26, 01:10
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) hosted a shareholder meeting on June 25, passing its finance report for 2011 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$72.7 billion (US$2.43 billion),...
Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012
Jun 9, 15:55
The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.
Computex 2012: Intel pushing ultrabooks in both mainstream and emerging markets
Jun 8, 01:10
To accelerate the penetration of its second-generation ultrabook, Intel has come up with a plan to promote the machines in emerging markets.

Mobos are all about differentiation: Q&A with ECS
Jun 7, 09:31
Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) used to focus on the entry-level and mid-range segments of the motherboard market, but over past two years it has also established a place in the...

Intel to push StudyBook tablet PC for emerging markets
Apr 3, 01:15
Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets and will adopt the same sales model as its Classmate PC, according to sources from PC players...
Intel assists notebook makers to land ultrabook orders from regional vendors
Mar 26, 15:32
Intel has recently assisted notebook makers including Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), Clevo and Pegatron Technology land white-box ultrabook orders from regional vendors in emerging...
Pegatron, ECS land ultrabook orders from regional brands worldwide, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 6, 16:30
Pegatron Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have recently landed orders from regional brand vendors worldwide including Epson, Onkyo, ViewSonic, Mustek, Motion Computing,...
Asustek, Gigabyte to miss motherboard shipment targets for 2011
Oct 27, 01:05
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, facing weak market demand in Europe, the US and China, are expected to fail to achieve their motherboard shipment goals for 2011 and only...
MSI, ECS, ASRock see on-month decline in July revenues
Aug 11, 13:47
Taiwan-based motherboard makers Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock saw their revenue performance decline in July amid fierce price competition...
Foxconn reportedly considering ECS acquisition
Jul 19, 01:30
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly is considering to acquire motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer...
Desktop PC market is expected to achieve 8% shipment growth in 2011
Jul 13, 14:49
The desktop PC market, benefiting from the rise of tablet PCs, is expected to achieve a growth of 8% on year in terms of shipments in 2011 with motherboard players including Gigabyte...
White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11
Jun 28, 01:05
White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...
ECS to showcase 10-inch Wintel tablet PCs at Computex 2011
May 31, 01:00
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), at Computex 2011, is set to showcase its 10-inch tablet PC - ElitePad S10, featuring Intel Oak Trail platform...
Nvidia launches new 3D Vision glasses and entry-level GPU
Mar 17, 01:25
Nvidia recently launched a new 3D Vision bundle priced US$149, lower than US$199 of the previous 3D Vision bundle, to boost demand for 3D applications, according to the company.
ASRock, ECS February sales down over 30% on-month
Mar 11, 01:15
ASRock and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have reported sequential decreases in consolidated revenues for February 2011 of 37.1% and 30.5%, respectively.
First-tier motherboard makers to begin shipping boards with fixed Intel chipsets soon
Feb 25, 01:20
Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock have all received small-volume shipments of fixed 6-series chipsets...
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...
China market: Motherboard shipments affected by booming notebook, netbook and tablet sales
Feb 1, 14:43
Sales of motherboards in China's DIY channels have been eroded by booming sales of notebooks with improved performance and the increasing popularity of tablets and netbooks, with...
ASRock becomes the third-largest brand in motherboard industry in 2010
Jan 27, 01:15
Taiwan-based motherboard brand ASRock shipped eight million branded motherboards in 2010 and became the third-largest motherboard brand, surpassing Micro-Star International (MSI)...
CES 2011: Lenovo showcasing new all-in-one PCs
Jan 6, 02:05
Lenovo will showcase four new IdeaCentre all-in-one PCs, targeting the home-use market, at CES 2011.
All Taiwan motherboard makers fail to achieve 2010 shipment goals
Dec 30, 01:30
Affected by the bond crisis in Europe and weaker-than-expected demand in China, Taiwan-based motherboard makers have all failed to achieve their shipment goals for 2010. As China...
ECS, Asustek, MSI to showcase tablet PCs at CES 2011
Dec 23, 01:10
Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) are all preparing to showcase their latest tablet PCs at CES 2011.
Second-tier notebook makers see orders return
Dec 14, 01:00
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook makers have recently started seeing some orders from their previous clients return as several China-based white-box notebook makers, which cannot...
Singapore-based ECS Technology to issue TDRs
Dec 10, 13:27
Singapore-based ECS Technology, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed technology product distributor irasia.com, plans to issue US$50 million worth of Taiwan depositary receipts (TDRs)...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8368.19 | -21.86 | -0.26% |

| TSE electronic | 316.17 | -0.60 | -0.19% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 119.56 | +0.49 | +0.41% |

| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |

- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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.























