Last update: Thursday 11 April 2013 [107 news items]
Gigastorage, GET see March revenues increase on month
Apr 11, 21:50
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Gigastorage reported March consolidated revenues of NT$736 million (US$24 million), up 28.63% on month. Gigastorage noted that the rising revenues were...
GET sees February revenues grow 13.6% on month
Mar 7, 11:02
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has reported February consolidated revenues of NT$923 million (US$31 million), representing an on-month increase of 13.6%...
GET plans to attract stake investment from polysilicon, PV module makers through private placement
Feb 26, 18:53
Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) will issue 100 million new shares to raise additional paid-in capital of NT$1 billion (US$33.7...
GET disposes of Shihlien Energy shares
Feb 5, 12:31
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) announced plans to sell all is Shihlien Energy shares, with the total transaction estimated at NT$334 million (US$11 million)...
GET sees December revenues decrease 3.75% on-month
Jan 9, 22:06
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw December revenues reach NT$739 million (US$25 million), representing an on-month decrease of 3.75% and on-year decrease...
GET sees November revenues increase 22% on-month
Dec 6, 22:00
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw November revenues increase 22% on month. The firm noted that December revenues will be flat compared to November and...
GET expects full capacity in November
Nov 30, 10:59
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw capacity utilization rate increase in October and is likely to reach full capacity in November. GET has been increasing...
GET reaches nearly full capacity due to increased outsourcing orders
Nov 7, 14:46
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw capacity utilization rate fall to 50% in September, nevertheless, the firm reported capacity has been close to full...
GET defers plans to rent solar wafer capacity in China
Oct 11, 13:52
Taiwan-based solar-grade polysilicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has deferred plans to rent production capacity in China because wafer prices have been falling, according...
GET downward adjusts solar wafer capacity utilization to 50% due to price drops
Sep 26, 01:00
Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), in view of continual decreases in solar wafer prices, has adjusted its strategy by selecting...
Price of 6-inch solar wafers falls close to US$1/unit
Sep 6, 01:10
The price of 6-inch solar wafers has hovered around US$1.05-1.10/unit in recent months, however, due to falling capacity utilization rates and dwindling demand in Europe, recent pricing...
Aug 30, 01:35
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Taiwan-based solar firms report mixed July revenues
Aug 9, 11:22
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) saw consolidated July revenues fall on-month while Green Energy Technology (GET) reported July revenues with on-month inc...
Taiwan solar wafer firms adopt different business strategies
Jul 4, 15:39
Solar wafer makers continue to suffer unprofitably. Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon (SAS) hopes to weather the storm by carefully controlling cash and waiting for market conditions...
GET to expand crystal growing capacity in 4Q12
Jul 2, 11:37
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has 2GW of crystal growing capacity in Taiwan. The firm plans to lease another 1GW of capacity in China in the fourth...
Taiwan solar firms struggling to attract new recruits
Jun 14, 01:10
Taiwan solar firms have been looking to recruit new staff for the past two quarters due to increasing orders. In addition, the solar industry in Greater China has been adding workers...
Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity
May 24, 01:40
Lin Her-lon, general manager of Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), has said that orders have been strong and capacity is fully booked. Lin added that the...
GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
May 22, 14:09
Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Green Energy Technology (GET) has refuted rumors it is suspending production at its thin-film solar division.
Power, labor shortage in China may affect notebook shipments in 2H12
May 15, 01:35
As the labor shortage in Eastern China (coastal area) is turning worse and the summer season when powers shortages are common is approaching, notebook component supply in the second...
Taiwan-based solar wafer makers report 1Q12 net losses
May 7, 10:33
Taiwan-based solar wafer makers have not been able to climb out of losses since second half of 2011 despite the fact that most solar wafer firms have clear order visibility in recent...
Taiwan market: First-tier vendors dominating entry-level DSC market
Feb 14, 01:35
As sales of digital still camera (DSC) priced below NT$6,000 (US$203), continued to rise rapidly in 2011 in Taiwan, first-tier vendors Sony and Canon have been aggressive launching...
GET seeking cash injection of NT$2.1 billion
Feb 9, 01:30
Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) plans to issue 50,000 shares to obtain a cash injection. GET shares closed at NT$42.30, meaning GET hopes to obtain NT$2.1 billion...
CIGS thin-film solar products get more attention
Feb 6, 14:37
The price drop of mainstream polysilicon solar modules has put thin-film solar module firms in turmoil. Some industry observers believe for solar firms to grow, they need to find...
SAS, GET inclined to hike solar wafer prices, some China-based fellow makers to not follow suit
Jan 10, 14:57
Viewing that prices for polycrystalline silicon are rising from US$25-28/kg to US$30/kg, Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Green Energy Technology (GET) are inclined...
Jan 4, 01:30
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) reported December revenues of NT$881 million (US$29 million), a 15% decrease on month and 57.1% decrease on year. The...
Solar wafer firms negotiating higher prices
Dec 22, 14:04
Solar wafer suppliers are negotiating with cell clients over increasing the price of 6-inch wafers by 3% to US$1.18/unit, according to industry sources.
Joint venture from Motech, GET and Taiwan Polysilicon put on hold
Dec 21, 01:00
The joint venture between Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech, solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), and polysilicon supplier Taiwan Polysilicon Corporation has been put...
Solar wafer inventory cleared out, says GET president
Dec 9, 11:11
Green Energy Technology (GET) has cleaned its inventory of solar wafers, and its supply of A++ wafers with energy conversion rates of 17-17.2% has been slightly short of demand with...
Taiwan solar firms report falling October revenues
Nov 9, 01:05
Taiwan-based solar firms have been reporting declining October revenues with Gintech and Solartech outperforming peers with on-month decreases of less than 10%. Motech reported October...
GET posts gloomy 4Q11 forecasts
Oct 31, 15:29
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Green Energy Technology (GET) in the first quarter forecast that 2011 earnings per share (EPS) would come to NT$15 (US$0.50). Its estimation made in...
GCL-Poly blamed for wafer price drops
Oct 6, 01:15
China-based integrated solar firm GCL-Poly is being blamed for pushing down prices of solar wafers and worsening market conditions. During a speech delivered by GCL-Poly CEO Shu Hua...
Capacity utilization of solar firms is expected to fall in 4Q11
Oct 4, 01:35
The solar market experienced a slow return of demand in third quarter. The average capacity utilization of solar firms in greater China region has been around 60%. Due to weather...
Solar wafer firms suffering more than cell makers in 3Q11
Sep 21, 11:25
Falling product prices have been causing solar wafer and cell firms to face shrinking gross margins and possible losses. While upstream polysilicon prices have been relatively rigid,...
Solar outlook remains optimistic, says GET
Sep 2, 11:44
The solar industry is still considered young, and therefore has a lot of potential for growth and development, according to WS Lin, chairman for Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green...
Falling 2Q11 gross margins plague cross-strait solar firms
Sep 2, 10:57
China-based solar firms have been reporting relatively good gross margins compared with Taiwan-based counterparts.
China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
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Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Bits + chips | 30min ago
Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
Bits + chips | 33min ago
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
Displays | 37min ago
Nokia has announced the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820, the first devices in Nokia's Windows Phone 8 range. Both phones will be available in pentaband LTE and HSPA+ variants...
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MSI P55A Fuzion for Intel platform and 870A Fuzion for AMD platform
Micro-Star International (MSI) has introduced new mainstream Fuzion series motherboards, the P55A Fuzion for the Intel platform and 870A Fuzion for the AMD platform. The boards feature...
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card
AMD has announced the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card, the latest addition to the line-up of ATI Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards. The ATI Radeon HD 5450...
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- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking/communication device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
- Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
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- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- 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
- 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
21-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8383.05 | +6.00 | +0.07% |
| TSE electronic | 316.85 | +0.06 | +0.02% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 120.38 | +0.64 | +0.53% |
| OTC electronic | 144.61 | +0.55 | +0.38% |
- 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
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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.
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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.
- 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.