Last update: Thursday 16 May 2013 [174 news items]
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 expected to perform 20% faster than 480
Oct 21, 01:40
Nvidia is preparing to launch its GF110-based GeForce GTX 580 by the end of November or early December 2010 with performance 20% faster than its current GeForce GTX 480, according...
Motherboard makers see growth in September revenues
Oct 11, 16:46
Taiwan-based motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) and Pegatron Technology have all seen growths...
MSI launches a new GeForce GTX 460-based graphics card
Oct 7, 14:05
Micro-Star International (MSI) has introduced its latest graphics card, the N460GTX HAWK Talon Attack, featuring overclocking ability, 7+1 phase power design and the Twin Frozr II...
Nvidia announces new Fermi-based Quadro graphics solutions
Oct 5, 16:31
Nvidia has announced the expansion of its Quadro professional graphics solutions based on the Fermi architecture. The mid-range Quadro 2000 with 192 CUDA processing cores and the...
AMD to debut Radeon HD 6000-series in October
Oct 1, 15:17
Facing the upcoming Nvidia's Fermi-series GPUs and its entry-level GeForce GT 430, aiming for an October launch, AMD has decided to announce its latest generation Radeon HD 6000-series...
AMD to delay the launch of Radeon HD 6000 series, while Nvidia drops GPU price
Sep 28, 01:45
AMD has recently postponed the launch schedule of its next-generation Radeon HD 6000 series GPUs (Southern Islands) from the original October 12 to November, according to sources...
Auras receiving more cooling module orders from workstation and graphics card sectors
Sep 24, 12:06
Auras Technology has received more cooling module orders from the workstation and graphics card segments, helping to stabilize its revenues and profitability as well as turning its...
Nvidia announces GeForce GTS 450 for US$129
Sep 14, 01:45
Nvidia has announced the latest addition to its Fermi-class of graphics processing units (GPUs), the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 -- which was designed to deliver strong DirectX11 price/performance...
AMD introduces ATI FirePro V9800 for professional graphics industry
Sep 10, 15:52
At IBC 2010 in Amsterdam, AMD introduced the newest member of the ATI FirePro family, the ATI FirePro V9800, featuring support for up to six monitors with ATI Eyefinity technology...
Sep 10, 15:47
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to launch ruggedized motherboards and graphics cards for the high-end segment. Meanwhile, the company has reported revenues of NT$6.51 billion...
Gigabyte ships 12.5 million motherboards in January-August period
Sep 10, 14:40
Gigabyte Technology has posted revenues of NT$3.76 billion (US$117.54 million) for August 2010, down 9.65% sequentially and 5.82% from a year earlier. Shipments of motherboards reached...
Nvidia expects to take top position with new Fermi-based graphics cards, says notebook GM
Sep 3, 12:25
Nvidia expects to gain back its leading position in the graphics card market in the second half of 2010 with its new Fermi-based notebook graphics cards, the GeForce 400M series,...

Asustek continues to lower OEM orders to Pegatron
Aug 27, 12:44
Asustek Computer continues to lower OEM orders to Pegatron Technology and has shifted some graphics card OEM orders to Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), according to market sources...
Integrated GPU-CPUs take over notebook market, says iSuppli
Aug 12, 15:56
Four out of five notebooks shipped worldwide in 2014 will employ graphics-enabled processors, up from about one out of three in 2010, as computer makers seek to offer smaller and...
Graphics card vendors to start selling new generation GPUs from AMD in November
Aug 12, 14:38
Graphics card vendors are expected to start selling AMD's next-generation GPU (Southern Islands) in November with AMD to officially announce the series in October, according to sources...
AMD may see profits from graphics cards drop in 3Q10 on price competition
Jul 19, 15:12
Despite achieving an 8% sequential and 87% on-year revenue growth in its graphics business in the second quarter, AMD's profits from the segment in the third quarter may drop as competition...
Jul 14, 16:13
Pegatron Technology is competing with Elite Computer System (ECS) for motherboard and graphics card orders from China-based system integrators, according to industry sources.
First-tier motherboard makers launch GeForce GTX 460-based graphics cards
Jul 13, 16:08
Taiwan-based motherboard/graphics card makers Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have announced their latest Nvidia GeForce GTX 460-based graphics cards.
TUL expected to ship 2.2 million graphics cards in 2010
Newswatch - Jun 28, 14:07
Shipments of graphics cards from Taiwan-based TUL (PowerColor) are expected to top 2.2 million units in 2010 compared to 1.4 million units shipped in 2009, according to industry so...
Jun 24, 15:05
AMD has announced the launch of the AMD FireStream 9350 and 9370 GPU compute accelerators, targeting the commercial, scientific and academic research markets. With up to 2.64 teraflops...
Computex 2010: AMD in no hurry enter tablet PC market
Jun 3, 15:03
While PC players are aggressively pushing tablet PC products at Computex 2010, AMD senior vice president and general manager of Products Group Rick Bergman pointed out that the company...
AMD announces new FirePro graphics card for IT managers
May 4, 16:38
AMD has announced a remote graphics option for IT managers seeking to replace existing desktop workstations with energy-efficient thin-client solutions. The ATI FirePro RG220 graphics...

Taiwan market: Vendors raise graphics card prices by 10%
Apr 29, 14:40
Graphics card players recently raised their card prices by 10% in Taiwan mainly due to rising graphics DRAM prices, according to sources from the channel.
Apr 27, 13:50
With numerous negative rumors surrounding the discrete graphics card market regarding Nvidia's new GeForce 480/470 (Fermi) graphics chip, and facing competition from AMD, Digitimes...

VRAM shortage impacts second-tier notebook shipments
Apr 21, 16:37
Video RAM (VRAM) used in graphics cards is in short supply, forcing second-tier notebook makers to delay shipments, according to sources from notebook players, because the three main...
AMD announces ATI FirePro V8800 for professional graphics market
Apr 8, 17:07
AMD has announced the launch a new member of its ATI FirePro professional graphics solutions that features ATI Eyefinity technology, the ATI FirePro V8800.

IC substrate supply may tighten in 2H10 on strong demand from PC and handset segments
Apr 6, 14:47
The supply of IC substrates is expected to become tight, or even fall short of demand, in the second half of 2010 due to strong market demand for handset and graphics card chips,...
MSI launches Nvidia Fermi-based graphics cards
Mar 29, 16:34
Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched its latest graphics cards - N480GTX-M2D15 and N470GTX-M2D12 - both built with Nvidia's latest 40nm graphics chip, GDDR5 graphic memory...

Nvidia initial batch of GeForce GTX 400 series to have fewer cores than expected
Mar 22, 16:41
Nvidia's initial batch of GeForce GTX 480/470-based graphics cards will have fewer cores than the originally expected 512 due to low 40nm yield at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
IC design houses brace for decreased orders from IT vendors in 2Q10
Mar 18, 11:03
Taiwan-based IC design houses have received notices from motherboard, graphics card, LCD monitor and even second-tier notebook makers indicating that their orders for IC solutions...
CeBIT 2010: Nvidia introduces new Ion platform
Mar 3, 16:45
Nvidia has introduced the next-generation Ion graphics processor, which it claims will offer 10 times the graphics performance of standard netbooks and enable up to 10 hours of battery...

AMD announces ATI Radeon HD 5830 graphics card
Feb 26, 16:31
AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon HD 5830 graphics card, bringing gamers the latest features from AMD and performance of the ATI Radeon HD 5800-series at a lower price than US$250.

Second-tier makers unlikely to start mass shipping Nvidia Fermi cards until April
Feb 25, 14:06
Second-tier graphics card makers are unlikely to start mass shipments of their Nvidia GeForce GTX 480/470-based (Fermi) graphics cards until April despite that Nvidia plans to announce...
Demand for PC related chips from desktop and graphics card segments declining
Feb 25, 11:38
Taiwan-based PC related IC design houses have seen their orders from desktop PC and graphics card makers declining due to seasonality, but demand for chips from the notebook and server...
AMD readying to launch 890GX motherboard in early March 2010
Feb 24, 15:56
AMD is expected to launch its high-end 890GX IGP chipset in early March 2010 with Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Biostar Microtech International...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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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| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |

- 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

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...
- 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 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.
























