Last update: Friday 20 May 2011 [19 news items]
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...
Pegatron to give up Asustek ultrabook orders, says paper
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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,...
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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.
- 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
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- 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
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- 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...
- 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.