Last update: Friday 3 February 2012 [172 news items]
Taiwan graphics card vendors see over 2 million shipments in 2011, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 3, 14:33
Taiwan-based graphics card vendors and makers, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and PowerColor (TUL), each shipped more than two million graphics...
Motherboard shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2012
Feb 1, 14:49
Taiwan's motherboard industry remains dominated by four main players – Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems...
Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012
Jan 29, 16:19
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.
Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to offer Thunderbolt ultrabook PCs in 2Q12
Jan 20, 11:27
Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo are expected to offer ultrabooks based on Intel's Ivy Bridge platform which supports Thunderbolt in the second quarter of 2012, while Gigabyte Technology...
Competition in motherboard segment remains keen in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 18, 16:27
While some industry watchers have estimated the motherboard industry is heading for a small growth of 5% in shipments in 2012, Taiwan-based first-tier makers will continue to compete...
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte together may share 60% of motherboard sales in 2012
Dec 30, 01:00
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology aim to ship 10.0 million and 8.0 million motherboards, respectively, in the China market, together accounting for 60%...
Gigabyte fixing problems associated with defective BIOS design in X79 motherboards
Dec 28, 15:52
Gigabyte Technology, in response to questions concerning a defective BIOS design in its X79-series motherboards, has offered remedies including recall of certain versions of X79 motherboards,...
Intel Thunderbolt to be more widely available in April
Dec 27, 01:40
Intel has recently notified its partners that the company will fully release its Thunderbolt technology in April of 2012 with several first-tier PC players already preparing to launch...

Asustek sets shipment goal for 2012
Dec 6, 01:35
Asustek Computer, at its global sales meeting on December 5, has set the shipment goals for its four major product lines for 2012 with notebooks and netbooks together to surpass 22...

Gigabyte, MSI have not yet planned ultrabooks
Dec 1, 01:40
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have not yet made plans for ultrabook product lines as both players are still seeing losses in their notebook businesses, according...
Asustek, Gigabyte reduce 4Q11 motherboard shipment forecasts, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 14, 16:34
Despite that Intel is set to launch its latest high-end X79 chipset soon, motherboard players are reducing their shipment forecasts for the fourth quarter due to hard drive shortages...
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...
Gigabyte expects revenues to drop by single-digit rate in 4Q11
Sep 30, 01:25
Gigabyte Technology is expected to see its revenues continue to slip by a single-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to the weaker-than-expected global economy,...
Asustek, Gigabyte compete over motherboard warranty in China
Aug 30, 01:10
First-tier motherboard brand vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, after starting fierce price competition to gain market share in China, are already turning their competition...
Gigabyte sees July shipments increase
Aug 10, 16:00
Gigabyte Technology shipped 1.55-1.65 million motherboards and 250,000-320,000 graphics cards in July, each rising by 10-20% on month. The company's July revenues of NT$3.762 billion...
Asustek sees strong revenue growth in July
Aug 9, 01:00
Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek Computer has announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.86 billion (US$1.1 billion) for July, up 13% on month and 38% on year, representing...
Asustek reportedly reduces motherboard material orders for 3Q11
Jul 18, 12:22
Asustek Computer has apparently turned more conservative about the sales outlook for motherboards in the third quarter and has asked its parts and component suppliers to prepare needed...
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...
Taiwan market: Gigabyte to sell Z68 motherboard/20GB SSD bundle in July to boost demand
Jun 27, 16:38
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will start selling its Intel Z68-based Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard bundled with Intel's 20GB 331 series solid state drive (SSD) in...
Gigabyte re-arranges executive positions to fix motherboard shipments decline in 1H11
Jun 23, 17:04
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology saw its motherboard shipments performance in the first half rather stable compared to its competitor Asustek Computer and has recently...
Gigabyte introduces new servers; range of Android devices and new AIO PCs
Jun 3, 09:59
Gigabyte Technology's Network & Communications business unit handles a range of product lines including servers, notebooks and all-in-one PCs. The division's goal is to leverage...
Gigabyte seeks to bring innovative value to the mobile PC industry
Jun 1, 12:04
Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology, although more known for its motherboard business, has already been operating in the notebook industry for close to four years. At Computex 2011,...
May 31, 15:22
Gigabyte Technology is one of a few Taiwan-based companies that has continued to build success in the desktop PC motherboard segment, in particular the so-called DIY market which...

ASMedia USB 3.0 host controllers secures USB-IF certification
May 18, 01:20
Taiwan-based ASMedia Technology has received USB-IF certification for its USB 3.0 host controller chips. ASMedia's shipments of USB 3.0 host controllers will top one million units...
Motherboard players see mixed result in April
May 10, 01:25
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...
Taiwan market: Gigabyte Communications launches entry-level Android smartphone
Apr 28, 01:05
Gigabyte Communications has launched its first Android phone, the G1317S, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Senao International with a suggested...
AMD said to be looking to ship three million Llano APUs in 3Q11
Apr 26, 01:15
AMD is ready to start selling its new Llano-based APUs as soon as June or July and has set a goal of shipping three million units in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 40%...
Intel to release Z68 chipsets in first half of May
Apr 20, 01:10
Intel will release its Z68 chipsets in the first half of May, with Gigabyte Technology likely to be the first major motherboard maker to launch Z68-based products as soon as its embargo...
Top-tier motherboard makers post strong sequential revenue gains in March
Apr 11, 10:55
Most motherboard makers, including Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and ASRock, have posted strong sequential revenue gains in March 2011 due...
Asustek expected to see monthly shipments of 2.5-3 million motherboards in 2Q11
Apr 7, 02:00
Asustek Computer is expected to see its monthly motherboard shipments reach 2.5-3 million units in the second quarter of 2011 as demand from the first quarter was delayed to the second...
Motherboard prices to see second wave of increases in May
Mar 31, 01:15
Motherboard prices, affected by upstream component shortages caused by the Japan earthquake, are set to rise for the second time this year after mid-April, according to sources from...
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.
Motherboard players see revenue drop in February
Mar 10, 01:10
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...
Asustek and Gigabyte shipping new Sandy Bridge products
Mar 9, 17:03
Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge...
- China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
- Delta sees falling January revenues
- PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
- Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
- 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
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
- Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
- Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
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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
- 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.






















