Last update: Monday 8 October 2012 [24 news items]
The possibilities of Willow glass: Q&A with Corning executives Alan Eusden and Dipak Chowdhury
Oct 8, 15:02
Corning Glass is one of the world's leading makers in specialty glass. One of its latest products is the Willow glass, which promises to enable the commercialization of flexible display...
Commentary: OLED technology gaining more attention globally
Jul 24, 01:05
Manufacturers all over the world are starting to lay out plans for developing OLED products due to the wide variety of usage for which the technology can be applied, such as for display...
Flexible displays to be developed by Taiwan panel manufacturers
Jul 6, 01:30
Flexible displays are starting to be researched and developed more in depth by Taiwan-based panel makers, which is boosting competition for what industry sources claim is the next...
Commentary: Flexible displays to be focal point for panel makers
Jul 6, 01:10
Flexible displays, which are bendable and extremely light and thin screens, are starting to be researched and developed more in depth. These paper-like devices will also be very energy-efficient...
Corning launches ultra-slim flexible glass
Jun 5, 15:55
Corning has announced the launch of Corning Willow Glass, an ultra-slim flexible glass, which could revolutionize the shape and form of next-generation consumer electronic technolo...
ITRI flexible substrate can increase silicon dioxide content and lower costs for displays
May 20, 11:14
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan received the silver award for The Display of the Year Awards (DYA) from The Society for Information Display (SID) for its...
PVI consolidated profits grow 169% in 1Q10
Apr 22, 16:46
Prime View International (PVI) has announced consolidated net profits of NT$702 million (US$22.37 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up 169% on quarter.
Wistron to produce 6-inch e-book readers for Hong Kong publisher
Apr 1, 16:46
Wistron is cooperating with a Hong Kong-based publisher to tap China's e-book market, and plans to launch a 6-inch e-book reader in June 2010, according to industry sources.
PVI planning color, flexible, touchscreen, and video EPDs, reveals chairman
Feb 5, 16:50
Besides color and flexible EPDs (electrophoretic displays), Prime View International (PVI) also plans to introduce touch-capable EPDs and EPDs that support animation in 2010, according...
LG Display unveils newspaper-size flexible e-paper
Jan 15, 13:23
LG Display has announced its development of a newspaper-size flexible e-paper. The 19-inch wide (250x400mm) flexible e-paper is almost as big as a page of A3 sized newspaper. The...
Corning may set up glass melting tanks in China to meet clients' needs
Jan 12, 11:52
Corning may set up glass melting tanks in China to meet the needs of its clients, including Taiwan's LCD panel makers, Corning Display Technologies Taiwan (CDTT) president Alan Eusden...
ITRI develops laser technology for flexible electronics
Dec 14, 15:27
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed a new laser technology for processing high-end manufacturing involving a repetition of patterns through a laser...
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...
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 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...
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,...
Fujitsu says no plans for Taiwan e-book manufacturing facility
Aug 21, 16:08
Fujitsu Frontech does not have plans to set up a cholesteric liquid crystal color e-book reader plant in Taiwan or set up production lines incorporating both front-end and back-end...
Fujitsu to set up color e-book reader production plant in Taiwan
Aug 18, 15:43
Japan-based Fujitsu will work with a Taiwan-based company to set up a plant in Taiwan to produce cholesteric liquid crystal color e-book readers, according to Liao Chi-Chang, manager...
AUO receives government subsidy for flexible EPD development
Aug 14, 17:02
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has agreed to subsidize AU Optronics (AUO) for its development 3.5G flexible high-end electrophoretic display (EPD).
PVI reaches agreement to acquire E Ink
Jun 2, 12:07
Prime View International (PVI) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink, a supplier of electronic paper display materials and intellectual property,...
Efun board approves plan to build ITO film plant
Jun 19, 11:33
Efun Technology's board of directors has approved a plan to build an indium tin oxide (ITO) film plant, as the Taiwan-based optical film maker is optimistic about the touch panel...
CPT licenses ITRI OTFT technology for flexible display development
Jun 11, 10:53
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has revealed that it has received authorization from the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to use the institute's...
Flexible display market to reach US$2.8 billion by 2013, says iSuppli
Jun 10, 12:00
Flexible displays are playing an increasingly important role in the global high-tech industry, serving as the crucial enabling technology for a new generation of portable devices...
LG Display 19-inch flexible e-paper panel
LG Display has announced a 19-inch flexible e-paper panel. The product is optimized for e-newspaper applications as it is able to convey the feeling of reading an actual newspaper,...
Photo: Company, Jan 15.
ITRI laser technology for flexible electronics applications
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed a new laser technology for processing high-end manufacturing involving a repetition of patterns through a laser charge-coupled...
Photo: CJ Liu, Digitimes, Dec 15.
AUO has introduced its 6-inch flexible e-paper technology. Adopting Sipix's Microcup technology, the flexible e-paper features a plastic substrate, so that the e-paper can be repeatedly...
Photo: Company, Oct 21.
HP's flexible electronic display prototype
Hewlett Packard (HP) and the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (ASU) have announced the prototype of flexible electronic displays. The unbreakable displays...
Photo: Company, Dec 15.
Plastic Logic previews electronic-reading device with plastic electronics display
Plastic Logic reader feature a big readable display, but it is thinner than a pad of paper, lighter than many business periodicals, and offers a high-quality reading experiences....
Photo: Company, Sep 19.
The possibilities of Willow glass: Q&A with Corning executives Alan Eusden and Dipak Chowdhury
Corning Glass is one of the world's leading makers in specialty glass. One of its latest products is the Willow glass, which promises to enable the commercialization of flexible display...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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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- 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
- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Company, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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.
- 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.