Last update: Thursday 19 January 2012 [17 news items]
Digitimes Research: Philips to invest EUR2 billion in green products
Jan 19, 13:49
Third-quarter 2011 revenues of the lighting business unit in Philips were EUR1.886 billion (US$2.4 billion), a 8.1% increase on quarter and 32% on year. Sales from LED lighting accounted...
Lite-On expects green products to contribute 50% of revenues in 2011
Aug 19, 16:41
Lite-On Technology expects revenues from green products to exceed 50% in 2011. Lite-On's Eastern China operation center in Changzhou will begin production in September targeting the...
China new energy efficiency standard to generate more price-cut promotion on non-compliant products
Dec 1, 14:21
The implementation of new flat-panel TV energy efficiency standards in China on December 1, 2010 will stimulate more price-cut promotion on products that do not meet the standard,...
AUO again urges Taiwan government to speed up review of 7.5G plant in China
Nov 3, 01:20
Acting president of AU Optronics (AUO), Max Cheng, has again urged the Taiwan government to speed up the review of AUO's project to set up a 7.5G TFT-LCD production plant in China...
IMEC signs co-funding contract with Taiwan government for new R&D center
Oct 21, 02:05
The Belgium-based Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) has signed an agreement with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to co-fund a new R&D center in Taiwan...
Adata ventures into electric car battery business
Jul 26, 16:29
China-based Golden Crown (GC) Energy, which specializes in making electric car batteries, has drawn investment from Adata Technology, according to the battery maker speaking on the...
Taiwan government to invest NT$37.39 billion in green industry development, MOEA says
May 6, 14:31
The Taiwan government will invest NT$37.39 billion (US$1.18 billion) in the development of green industries, in hopes to encourage more than NT$200 billion in private investments,...
Zenitron sees USB 3.0, touch and green solutions as growth drivers in 2010
Oct 22, 16:38
Taiwan-based IC distributor Zenitron expects sales of touch panel solutions, energy-saving solutions and USB 3.0 devices to be its revenue growth drivers in 2010, according to CEO...
Green computing sector to reach almost US$224 billion in 2013, says NextGen Research
Oct 2, 17:06
Computer and server vendors are working to make their products increasingly energy-efficient and environmentally benign, in order to tap into a market for green computing equipment...
THEIL to supply substrates for fuel cells
Aug 5, 16:49
LED ceramic substrate maker Tong Hsing Electronic Industries (THEIL) has announced it is scheduled to volume produce fuel cell substrates in December. The new product line is expected...
Taiwan and China energy experts to hold wind power meeting in Taipei
Jul 31, 11:51
Energy experts from Taiwan and China are scheduled to hold a conference on wind power generation on August 17 in Taipei.
Commentary: Rick Tsai still heir to Morris Chang?
Jun 15, 15:31
A group of former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on April 9 staged a sit-in protest outside the residence of TSMC chairman Morris Chang. They demanded...
Taiwan announces green energy development plan focusing on PV and LED
Apr 24, 16:51
Taiwan's Executive Yuan on April 23 approved a national plan to boost development of the island's green energy industries, aiming to make Taiwan the world's largest producing country...
AUO 1Q09 loss narrows; expects significant improvement to 2Q09 utilization
Apr 23, 16:45
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its first-quarter consolidated losses narrowed to NT$20.22 billion (US$597 million) from NT$26.6 billion seen in the fourth quarter, thanks to...
Finetech Japan 2009: AUO expects green products to account for 95% of 2009 revenues
Apr 17, 15:16
AU Optronics (AUO) expects sales of green products to account for 95% of the company's total revenues this year, up from 50% in 2006, said AUO facility engineering center associated...
WinHEC 2008: VIA sticks to low-power solutions
Dec 26, 14:08
During the time when CPU players were searching for ways to break the highest frequencies possible, VIA Technologies decided to steer its CPU development in a completely different...
LEDs featured in lighting and green products at expo
Jun 12, 17:16
The Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2008 kicked off in Taipei on June 11 with energy conservation, LED lighting and backlighting being themes at the show.
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 4min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 12min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 16min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | May 22, 21:02
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:34
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:49
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:24
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:07
The Sony Ericsson Elm phone benefits the environment and help reduce CO2 emissions through the use of recycled plastics. It is free from hazardous chemicals, and comes with a low...
Photo: Company, Dec 21.
The Sony Ericsson Hazel phone benefits the environment and help reduce CO2 emissions. It is built with recycled plastics and free from hazardous chemicals, with a low power consumption...
Photo: Company, Dec 18.
Samsung solar-powered handset comes to Pakistan
Samsung Electronics has launched a solar-powered cellular phone, the Solar Crest, in Pakistan. The new Samsung solar-powered handset is designed with integrated solar panels. Sung...
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Eco-Products 2008: NEC PCs go 'green'
NEC has been actively participated in the eco-friendly PC business. The company is showcasing its "green" products, Valuestar desktop series and LaVie notebook series at the Eco-Products...
Photo: Jimmy Hsu, Digitimes, Dec 12.
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
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- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
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Maxim's Chris Neil, senior VP, Industrial and Medical Solutions Group
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Ravi Subramanian, CEO of EDA firm Berkeley Design Automation
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Algotochip CTO Satish Padmanabhan and company VP of operations Mike Hong
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- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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.