Last update: Friday 24 May 2013 [155 news items]
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...
Jul 22, 15:33
The world merchant power supply market is projected to decline by over 15% in 2009, with the industrial power supply sector falling in excess of 30%, according to IMS Research.
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...
Niching Industrial begins to deliver COF tape emboss spacers
Jun 18, 16:54
Taiwan-based semiconductor material supplier Niching Industrial has begun small volume shipments of emboss spacers for chip on film (COF) tape winding. Japan-based Actech is currently...

Taiwan industrial PC maker ICP Electronics to spin off medical display division
Jun 4, 11:52
ICP Electronics, a Taiwan-based industrial PC maker, will spin off its medical display product division as a subsidiary tentatively named PACSmate (PACS standing for "picture...

Taiwan aims to rely less on IT industry
May 18, 10:39
The Taiwan government, viewing that Taiwan's economy has relied too much on the semiconductor, TFT-LCD panel, IT and electronics industries, plans to balance the country's industrial...
May 13, 16:24
According to Semicast Research, revenues for semiconductors in the industrial sector exceeded those in the automotive sector for the first time in 2008. Semicast estimates that industrial...
Intel and Nvidia come roaring back in 1Q09, says Jon Peddie Research
Apr 29, 17:01
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2009.
Lanner expands line of Atom-based Luge computers for embedded applications
Apr 28, 16:43
Lanner Electronics has announced the launch of a compact Intel Atom-based industrial PC with extended temperature range and industrial-use I/O interfaces.

Shanghai Industrial to transfer holdings in SMIC
Apr 23, 15:58
Shanghai Industrial Holdings (SIHL) plans to transfer its stake in Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's top contract chipmaker, to parent company...

Southeast Asia MCU market set to grow steadily, says Frost & Sullivan
Apr 6, 16:29
The popular perception that the microcontroller unit (MCU) that offers the fastest clock speed at the most advanced process node is the future of the Southeast Asian microcontroller...
Taiwan government to remove tax incentives for industrial upgrades by year-end 2009
Mar 6, 15:31
Taiwan's Executive Yuan on March 5 approved a tax reform program that will put an end to the current 'Statute for Encouragement of Industry Upgrading' that offers tax incentives to...
IC distributors eye niche markets
Dec 22, 10:33
In order to avoid too much sales decline in 2009, IC distributors have made more deployments outside the consumer electronics, communications and computer market, such as industrial...
Sep 24, 01:00
Hung-Gi Chang, general manager of semiconductor distributor Niching Industrial, has stated company sales in July and August were over NT$100 million (US$3.13 million), benefiting...
Lanner introduces low-cost computer with fanless design for industrial and embedded applications
Sep 4, 16:22
Lanner Electronics has announced the launch of a new fanless embedded computer based on the Intel Celeron M processor and Mobile Intel 910GMLE Express chipset.

- 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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| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |

- 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.
























