Last update: Tuesday 18 June 2013 [743 news items]
Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
Jun 18, 21:59
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics expects the revenue proportion of LED backlights to increase from 20% in 2012 to 30% in 2013 and that for LED lighting from nearly 10% to...
Technological barriers for consumer electronics chassis become higher
Jun 14, 15:56
As consumer electronics chassis entail multiple materials and manufacturing processes, technological barriers are becoming higher and this is favorable for Taiwan-based makers trying...
Jun 7, 09:42
Singapore-based Gajah International Pte Ltd (Gajah) has won several Computex 2013 Design and Innovation Awards for a host of products, including its innovative InkCase, an e-paper...

SDRAM inventory rising on weaker-than-expected demand
May 30, 22:11
Demand for specialty DRAM has been slower than expected resulting in excessive SDRAM stockpiles in the electronics supply chain, according to industry sources. SDRAM chips are used...
Foxlink to tap China automotive electronics market
May 28, 14:42
Taiwan-based connector maker Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) will begin to tap China's automotive electronics used in energy saving, safety control and smart devices market...
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
May 24, 15:28
IC design house Phison Electronics has warned several Taiwan-based backend service providers that products being shipped to Silicon Motion Technology may infringe on its NAND flash...
TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
May 20, 22:50
A report has claimed that Samsung Electronics' combined production of chips using advanced 32/28nm process technologies accounted for roughly 50% of the global production of the same...
May 17, 14:22
Taiwan-based Wintek plans to establish a 6G touch panel factory in China on a joint venture basis with China-based Nanjing Panda Electronics with respective stake ratios of 60% and...
Top industrial electronics chipmakers suffer declining revenues in 2012, says IHS
May 10, 10:14
The eight leading suppliers of industrial electronics semiconductors suffered revenue declines in 2012, reflecting weak conditions for the beleaguered market, according to IHS iSup...
Mobile devices lead electronics purchases, says CEA
May 2, 12:24
Consumers' desire for mobility is driving sales of tablets, smartphones, e-book readers and wireless mobile hotspots, according to a new study released by the Consumer Electronics...
May 2, 12:16
What would happen if half of all global production for DRAM, two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing and 70% of the world's tablet display supply suddenly disappeared from the market?...
Delta Electronics expects significant growth in 2Q13 sales
May 2, 10:35
Delta Electronics expects its second-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues to significantly increase on quarter mainly due to growing orders for industrial automation equipment.
KYEC, Giga Solution see in-house developed equipment attract new orders
Apr 26, 11:22
IC testing houses King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) and Giga Solution Tech have both developed their own manufacturing equipment, which is helping the companies attract new orders,...
KYEC lands new orders for MEMS testing
Apr 25, 22:18
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has grabbed orders for tri-axis accelerometers used in low-to-mid cost smartphones from a major MEMS IDM, with shipments kicking off...
Delta Electronics to ship at least 6,000 home-use EV chargers in 2013
Apr 24, 10:12
Delta Electronics will ship at least 6,000 home-use electric vehicle (EV) charging appliances to the North America market in 2013, with shipments to begin in May, according to company...
Winbond breaks into Galaxy S4 supply chain
Apr 23, 14:51
Winbond Electronics reportedly has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy 4S with its specialty DRAM and NOR flash chips.
Taiwan market: LED lighting demand to take off in 2H13, says Everlight Electronics
Apr 22, 21:55
Demand for LED lighting in the Taiwan market is expected to take off in the second half of 2013, with mainstream power of LED light bulbs to rise from 8W currently to 10-12W and sales...
Companies gearing up for USB 3.0 hub market boom
Apr 18, 21:43
USB controller chipmakers including ASMedia Technology, Genesys Logic, Realtek Semiconductor, Renesas Electronics, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), Texas Instruments (TI)...
Innolux supplies panels for China-based BBK Electronics
Apr 16, 15:19
Taiwan-based Innolux Corporation has begun to supply panels for use in electronic devices for educational applications such as electronic dictionary translators produced by BBK Electronics,...
Winbond to report small 1Q13 loss
Apr 15, 23:40
Winbond Electronics is set to report another quarterly loss, but small, paving the way for the company's return to profitability.
Delta Electronics March revenues up over 36% sequentially
Apr 11, 13:58
Delta Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$14.094 billion (US$472 million) for March, increasing 36.31% sequentially but decreasing 3.84% on year. January-March consolidated...
Taiwan market: Home electronics makers expect to see improved performances in 2013
Apr 3, 12:25
Taiwan-based home electronics makers are expected to see increased performances in 2013.
Everlight, Delta Electronics win government procurement of 500,000 LED bulbs
Apr 1, 21:31
Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics and Delta Electronics have won open-bid procurement of 500,000 9W LED light bulbs at a total price of about NT$94 million (US$3.15 million) from...
Compal Electronics 2012 net EPS down over 40%
Apr 1, 10:50
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics has released its 2012 financial report, with net EPS of NT$1.47 (US$0.05) decreasing 41.90% from 2011.
Primax Electronics expects CCMs to drive revenue growth in 2013
Mar 29, 10:18
Taiwan-based EMS provider Primax Electronics expects its consolidated revenues for 2013 to grow over 10% from 2012 and CCMs (compact camera modules) will be the main source of growth,...
Everlight Electronics, Lextar optimistic about 2013 business operation
Mar 26, 21:06
LED chip packaging house Everlight Electronics and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Lextar Electronics hold optimistic outlooks on their business operations in 2013, according to...
TXC breaks into supply chain for Samsung tablets
Mar 21, 21:21
TXC has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' new tablet series with its quartz crystals, according to market sources. The Taiwan-based firm is already a supplier of quartz...
Everlight Electronics tapping China LED lighting market
Mar 18, 21:25
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has begun to tap the China market for its own-brand LED lighting products through setting up a marketing subsidiary in Shanghai...

IC distributor ANStek eyeing market potential in industrial electronics sector
Mar 14, 15:15
Taiwan-based IC distributor Answer Technology (ANStek) is eyeing the market potential in Taiwan's industrial electronics sector and has seen a pick-up in orders from IC testing and...

Delta Electronics posts 2012 net EPS of NT$6.68
Mar 13, 11:21
Delta Electronics recorded net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$6.68 for 2012 operation and will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$5.30, according to the company.
Delta Electronics sees February revenues decrease
Mar 8, 10:25
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics on March 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.340 billion (US$348 million) for February, decreasing 28.20% on month and 15.88% on year, and those...
Sharp announces new investment agreement with Samsung Electronics
Mar 6, 21:45
Sharp has announced it has decided to issue new shares through a third-party allotment to Samsung Electronics Japan, a Japan-based corporation of Samsung Electronics, and form a capital...
Samsung, Hynix continue to lead DRAM sales
Feb 18, 22:42
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix continued to dominate the global market for DRAM chips in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the pair's combined market share reaching 67%, according...
Electronics contract manufacturing business set for 4-5% growth in 2013, says IHS
Feb 18, 14:37
Despite lingering weakness in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in technology markets, the outsourced manufacturing industry is expected to post moderate revenue growth...
Delta Electronics sees increased January revenues
Feb 18, 10:22
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$14.401 billion (US$488 million) for January, increasing 7.72% on month and 25.24% on year.
Touch-sensor technologies poised for growth, says DisplaySearch
Displays | 27min ago
Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
LED | 29min ago
Newmax Technology to begin shipments of lenses used in Xbox One in 3Q13
IT + CE | 31min ago
Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
Displays | 32min ago
Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
IT + CE | 35min ago
AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
Displays | 38min ago
UMC looking for potential acquisitions in Asia
Bits + chips - Stockwatch | 38min ago
Micron swings to fiscal 3Q13 profit
Bits + chips | 1h 34min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 21:51
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- 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
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- 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
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
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- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- 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
- 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
20-Jun-2013 12:46 (GMT+8)
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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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.






















