Last update: Thursday 17 May 2012 [121 news items]
Advantech posts net profit for 2Q10
Aug 20, 15:29
Industrial PC maker Advantech has posted net profits of NT$938 million (US$29.41 million) for second-quarter 2010. Consolidated revenues for the quarter totaled NT$5.96 billion. For...
US smart meter software company cooperates with ITRI and Taiwan makers
Aug 12, 14:27
US smart meter software company eMeter has begun working with Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and five Taiwan-based meter makers to develop smart grid standardization...
Niching July revenues drop 10% on month
Aug 11, 16:42
IC material distributor Niching Industrial has announced revenues for July 2010 dropped 10% on month to NT$112 million (US$3.529 million), due to inventory digestion by memory module...
Taiwan industrial production index hits record in June
Jul 26, 10:36
Taiwan recorded industrial production (manufacturing, quarry & mining, construction, electricity/gas/water supply industries) index of 125.71 for June 2010, hitting a record for...
LED TV vendors to increase outsourcing of power supplies in 2011, says Delta CEO
Jul 2, 14:43
Delta Electronics has begun producing power supply units (PSUs) for LED-backlit LCD TV vendors based in Japan, South Korea, Europe and Taiwan, according to company CEO Yancey Hai.
Taiwan sees May 2010 industrial production index hit high for third time
Jun 23, 16:35
Taiwan recorded an industrial production (manufacturing, quarry & mining, construction, electricity/gas/water supply industries) index of 124.42 for May 2010, a monthly record...
Jentech ships thermal heat spreaders for Xbox 360
Jun 18, 15:31
Taiwan-based Jentech Precision Industrial, a supplier of thermal heat spreaders for game consoles, has recently started shipping to Microsoft for its new Xbox 360 console and expects...
Apacer resumes listing plan on memory business recovery
Jun 2, 14:24
Taiwan-based Apacer Technology is preparing an application to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to company president I-shih Chen. The memory...
Wah Hong obtains NT$1.5 billion loan
May 28, 14:00
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial on May 27 signed a five-year syndicated loan worth NT$1.5 billion (US$46.95 million) with 11 local banks to pay back previous loans,...
Taiwan's April industrial production index hits record
May 25, 11:08
Taiwan has posted industrial production index of 120.84 for April 2010, hitting a record for the second month in a row. The index grew by 0.24% on month and by 31.38% on year, according...
ITRI prevails in patent dispute with Samsung
May 21, 10:17
The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has reportedly prevailed over Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement lawsuit involving 19 patents,...
SSD market set for robust growth: Q&A with Memoright president Alex Kuo
May 17, 16:21
The market for solid-state drives (SSD) is expected to grow robustly from 2011 onwards, due to a combination of, chip fabricators shifting to more advanced processes, rising storage...
Wah Hong sees growth in April revenues, Wellypower stays flat
May 6, 16:58
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial saw revenues grow in April, while CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics' revenues for the month remained flat.
Taiwan's March industrial production index hits record
Apr 26, 10:21
Taiwan's industrial production (manufacturing, quarry & mining, construction, electricity/gas/water supply industries) index of 120.30 for March 2010 was a new monthly record,...
Apr 20, 15:04
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), in which Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) now holds a 78.12% stake, has announced plans to voluntarily delist from the Taiwan Stock...
Taiwan enacts law to boost industrial innovations
Apr 19, 14:20
Taiwan's Legislature has adopted the Statute for Industrial Innovations, offering tax breaks for R&D investment to encourage innovations by enterprises in various industries.
Industrial Technology Research Institute changes president
Apr 19, 10:37
Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on April 16 inaugurated its new president, Shyu Jyuo-min. Before assuming the position, Shyu was the...
USI March consolidated revenues up 36% sequentially
Apr 12, 16:32
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) saw its March 2010 consolidated revenues increase 36% sequentially to NT$5.85 billion (US$185.45 million), up 38% on year, according to the company...
Wah Hong revenues hit high in March
Apr 8, 14:38
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial has announced record consolidated revenues of NT$746.18 million (US$23.52 million) for March, up 7.93% sequentially and 70.46%...
ITRI establishes alliance for STOBA batteries
Apr 8, 14:17
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) announced on April 7 the establishment of an alliance with Taiwan-based battery players for its high safety STOBA material...
Taiwan's February industrial production down on month but up on year
Mar 24, 14:24
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on March 23 published Taiwan's February 2010 industrial production (manufacturing, quarry & mining, construction, electricity/gas/water...
Taiwan-based industrial PC makers suffer short supply of components
Mar 17, 11:05
Taiwan-based industrial PC makers have indicated that they are facing short supply of components, especially active and passive ones, with order-to-delivery time prolonged from a...
Advantech to acquire Germany-based industrial PC firm DLoG
Mar 10, 11:38
Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based industrial PC maker, on March 9 announced the acquisition of DLoG GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany-based Augusta Technologie AG, at a...
VIA announce new embedded box PC for industrial applications
Mar 4, 17:04
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA ART-3000, a fanless and rugged embedded box system based on the Em-ITX form factor motherboard, offering a solution for a variety of industrial...
Top-5 IC distributors in Taiwan see on-month growth in January 2010 revenues except Edom
Newswatch - Feb 11, 15:37
Edom Technology was the only player among Taiwan's top-five IC distributors to see an on-month drop in its January 2010 evenues, while WPG Holdings, Yosun Industrial, WT Microelectronics...
Wah Hong reports high in January revenues
Feb 4, 17:06
Optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial has announced consolidated revenues of NT$742.61 million (US$23.24 million) for January, a new historical high.
Ibase Technology aims at 2010 revenues of NT$1.8-2 billion
Feb 3, 14:57
Taiwan industrial PC maker Ibase Technology has settled orders as far as in June 2010 and has set a revenue goal of NT$1.8-2 billion (US$56.3-62.5 million) for 2010, according to...
USI announces on-month drop in December 2009 revenues
Jan 7, 16:33
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.1 billion (US$159.77 million) for December, down slightly by 2% on month, but up significantly by...
Taiwan signs industrial standardizing pact with China, aiming at 4 product lines
Dec 23, 16:50
The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), a semi-official organization authorized by the Taiwan government to handle Taiwan-China affairs, and its China counterpart, the Association...
Dec 23, 14:09
Taiwan-based InnoDisk, which in-house develops and produces flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, has launched a PCI Express-based solid state drive...
Wah Hong November revenues up 100% on year
Dec 8, 12:04
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$645.08 million (US$19.98 million), down 0.95% sequentially from NT$651.28 million, but up...
ITRI signs agreement with AUO and Elan for flexible e-paper development
Nov 24, 15:12
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has signed an agreement with AU Optronics (AUO) and Elan Microelectronics to co-develop flexible e-paper and touchscreen flexible...
Optical film maker Wah Hong sees on-month drop in October revenues
Nov 5, 15:23
Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$651.28 million (US$20.01 million) for October, down 6.49% sequentially from NT$696.5 million...
Taiwan PCB makers enter supply chains of top-10 automobile makers in Europe and North America
Sep 24, 17:04
Taiwan-based PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have both managed to enter the supply chains of most the top-10 automobile makers in Europe...
LCD panel component makers Forhouse and Wah Hong post profits for 1H09
Aug 20, 15:28
LCD panel component makers Forhouse and Wah Hong Industrial both swing back to profitability in the second quarter of 2009, more than offsetting their losses posted in the first quarter,...
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 14min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 23min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 32min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 49min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 57min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 1h 1min 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
Apacer Tehnology has announced its first industrial-grade MicroSDHC memory card featuring the capacity of up to 16GB. One of the highlights is its firmware and major components that...
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Winbond TS16949-certified, AEC-Q100-qualified serial flash memory
Winbond has announced that the firm will provide its TS16949-certified AEC-Q100-qualified serial flash memory devices - featuring densities from two megabits to 256 megabits - to...
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Macronix International has announced its first single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory. Dubbed MX30LF, the new SLC NAND family is designed for code and data storage in a wide range...
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Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden (ZMDI), a supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial and medical applications, has introduced the ZSSC3008 sensor signal...
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Toshiba Mobile Display (TMD) has developed a 7-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) TFT LCD panel for vehicle-mounted and industrial uses, which enables multi-touch input on the...
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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 segment has been the fastest growing analog semiconductor segment over the past...
SSD market set for robust growth: Q&A with Memoright president Alex Kuo
The market for solid-state drives (SSD) is expected to grow robustly from 2011 onwards, due to a combination of, chip fabricators shifting to more advanced processes, rising storage...
- 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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- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Kick-off for the latest LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors
- 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
23-May-2012 10:46 (GMT+8)
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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.