Last update: Wednesday 8 May 2013 [84 news items]
China handset exports slide over 7% in 1H09
Aug 24, 10:30
According to China's customs authority, handsets exported from the country in the first half of 2009 declined 7.2% sequentially and 7.7% on year to 230 million units, with the value...
Taiwan industrial output drop narrows in June
Jul 29, 12:25
Taiwan's industrial output slid 11.35% on year in June, representing the smallest drop over the previous nine months, according to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Ministry...
Taiwan sees exports recover in June
Jul 8, 12:42
Taiwan's exports in June grew 4.8% sequentially to an eight-month high of US$16.95 billion, although the figures still represented a decline of 30.4% from a year earlier, according...
Taiwan industrial output continues to drop in May
Jun 24, 10:02
Taiwan's industrial output slid 18.31% on year in May 2009, following an annual slip of 19.88% in the prior month, according to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Ministry...
Computex 2009: Visitor numbers up on year
Jun 8, 15:25
The hosts of Computex Taipei 2009 have announced that the tradeshow attracted 32,178 global buyers and over 100,000 visitors for the first four days of the show, growing 1% and 5%...
Taiwan economy contracts by record 10% in 1Q09; exports slip
May 22, 11:30
Taiwan's economy shrank by a record 10.24% in the first quarter of 2009, with the manufacturing sector down 28.6%, according to data released by Taiwan's Directorate-General of Budget,...
Taiwan IT equipment production value down over 57% in 1Q09
Newswatch - May 20, 14:24
The production value of Taiwan's overall machinery industry slid 42.9% on year to NT$85 billion (US$2.58 billion) in the first quarter of 2009, with the electronics and semiconductor...
Taiwan April exports down 4.7% on month, but drop narrower on year
May 8, 15:43
Taiwan's exports slid 34.3% on year to US$14.85 billion in April 2009, according to data released by Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)...
Taiwan exports 900MWp of solar cells in 2008
Apr 16, 14:17
Taiwan exported 900MWp of crystalline silicon solar cells in 2008, taking up 16.4% of the total 5.5GWp of photovoltaic (PV) systems installed around the world, according to the Photovoltaics...
Taiwan exports fall almost 36% in March
Apr 8, 15:20
Taiwan's exports decreased 35.7% on year to US$15.59 billion in March 2009, according to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Exports...
Taiwan IPI decline decelerates in February, manufacturing down 28%
Mar 26, 16:43
Taiwan's industrial production index (IPI) posted an annual decrease of 27.14% in February 2009, with the manufacturing sector decreasing 27.65%, according to Taiwan's Ministry of...
Taiwan export value-decreases slow in February
Mar 11, 17:07
The value of export orders received by Taiwan-based companies slid 28.6% on year to US$12.59 billion in February 2009, compared to an on-year decline of 44.1% in January, according...
Taiwan government to release export restrictions on semi equipment to China
Feb 27, 17:10
Export restrictions on Taiwan semiconductor equipment to China will be officially released on March 1, 2009, meaning that Taiwan's semiconductor makers will be able to receive orders...
Taiwan IT industry sees stricter pre-Olympics customs checks
Jul 24, 01:00
Sources at PC distributors indicate that the China government has enacted stricter customs checks prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, resulting in longer transportation times...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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

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.

















