Last update: Wednesday 9 May 2012 [31 news items]
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches Xperia ion LT28i
May 9, 10:13
Sony Mobile Communications on May 8 unveiled Xperia ion LT28i, its latest smartphone model, for launch in the Taiwan market in late May exclusively through Taiwan Mobile's (TWM) contract-bundled...
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...
Nvidia Ion 2-based Eee PC set for April launch
Jan 20, 17:00
Asustek Computer will launch an Nvidia Ion 2-powered Eee PC in April 2010 and a lineup of netbooks through the year.
Asustek to launch Nvidia Ion 2-based all-in-one PC
Jan 19, 12:41
Asustek computer plans to launch a 20-inch Nvidia Ion 2 platform-based all-in-one PC (Eee Top ET2010PNT) in the near future, according to sources at PC players. The Eee Top ET2010PNT...
Nvidia Ion 2 reportedly lands orders from Acer
Dec 7, 16:34
Nvidia has reportedly landed orders for Ion 2-based chips designed to support Intel's upcoming (Pineview) Atom N450, N470, D510 or D410 CPUs and related (Tiger Point) chipsets from...
10- to 12-inch displays to become mainstream in netbook segment in 2010
Nov 27, 16:39
Netbooks with 10- to 12-inch displays are expected to become the mainstream in the segment in 2010 as market demand for larger-size netbooks is rising, according to industry source...
Taiwan market: Asustek launches several Ion-based PCs
Nov 26, 15:06
Asustek Computer has launched Ion-based netbooks, nettops and all-in-one PCs including the Eee Box PC EB1501 and EB1012, Eee PC 1201N, and Eee Top PC ET2002 in Taiwan.
MSI unveils Windows 7 all-in-one PCs
Oct 14, 16:41
Micro-Star International (MSI) has unveiled three all-in-one PCs that are ready to support Windows 7. The 21.5-inch Wind Top AE2220 will be launched later in October, followed by...
Taiwan market: HP launches new ultra-thin notebooks and netbooks
Sep 29, 17:11
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has launched a new ultra-thin notebook, the Probook 5310m, in the Taiwan market, featuring Intel's Core 2 Duo SP9300 processor and made by Compal Electronics...
ECS enters OEM all-in-one PC segment
Jun 5, 15:05
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has entered the OEM all-in-one PC segment rolling out its Intel Atom 330-based Morph-A and Nvidia Ion-based Fusion-1 focusing on 18.5- and 21-inch...
Computex promises to deliver on the mobile front
Jun 3, 12:30
While Intel appears to be stepping away from the netbook market for the moment, ARM-based competitors are stepping in.
Computex 2009: Nvidia announces Ion platform partners
Jun 2, 17:10
Nvidia has announced broad adoption of its Ion graphics processor at the Computex trade show. The new products – introduced at an Nvidia press conference in Taipei and on display...
Nvidia promotes Ion by offering full support for China white-box vendors
Jun 2, 16:38
Nvidia is promoting its Ion platform to China-based white-box vendors and makers of nettops, netbooks and all-in-one PCs, by offering support such as ODM production and help procuring...
Jun 2, 11:55
Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years...
HP and Dell to launch Nvidia Ion-based netbooks and all-in-one PCs in 3Q09
Jun 2, 11:05
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell will both launch netbooks and all-in-one PCs adopting Nvidia's Ion platform in third-quarter 2009 in addition to Taiwan-based Asustek Computer, Micro-Star...
Asustek evaluating Nvidia Ion for netbooks and nettops
Jun 1, 12:27
Asustek Computer is considering launching Nvidia Ion-based netbooks and nettops and recently started testing related samples, according to industry sources.
Lenovo launches Ion-based 12-inch netbook
May 27, 11:59
Lenovo has announced the IdeaPad S12 netbook, featuring a 12.1-inch screen, full-size keyboard and new graphics options with the Nvidia Ion platform.
Wistron makes Lenovo ultra-thin notebook and 12.1-inch netbook, says paper
Newswatch - May 26, 12:22
Wistron is the manufacturer of Lenovo's new 13.3-inch CULV-based ultra-thin notebook and 12.1-inch Nvidia Ion-based netbook, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily re...
Netbook growth might end when economy recovers, says iSuppli
May 4, 11:16
As consumers' disposable incomes dwindle, they are flocking to buy low-cost netbook PCs, driving global shipments up by 68.5% in 2009 and by a 2,424% in 2008, according to iSuppli.
ASRock and Pegatron debut Nvidia Ion-platform nettops
Apr 29, 15:46
ASRock and Pegatron Technology unveiled the ION 330 and Cape 7, two nettops based on Nvidia's Ion platform, at an Nvidia press conference in Taipei on April 28.
Nvidia CEO dismisses VIA investment rumors
Apr 23, 14:29
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and president of Nvidia, has said that the chipmaker's current relationship with Taiwan's VIA Technologies only extends to cooperation to deliver support for VIA...
Acer announces new Aspire PC products
Apr 9, 15:23
Acer has announced several Aspire series products including nettop, all-in-one PC, netbook and notebook devices.
Nvidia Ion still faces obstacles, say Taiwan vendors
Apr 8, 15:55
While Acer has adopted Nvidia's Ion platform for its new Acer AspireRevo (Hornet) nettop, other Taiwan-based PC vendors do not plan to follow suit for the time being due to concerns...
Acer to unveil Nvidia Ion-based nettop PC in early April
Apr 1, 15:58
Acer plans to introduce the Acer Hornet, a nettop PC based on Nvidia's Ion platform, in Beijing on April 8, according to industry sources.
Mar 27, 17:10
Nvidia has officially filed a counter suit with the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware against Intel for breach...
Nvidia confirms Ion platform for VIA, scheduled for release in 2009
Feb 20, 19:00
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, has revealed to Digitimes that Nvidia will launch an Ion platform (Ion 2) supporting VIA Technologies' Nano CPUs in 2009. The platform...
Nvidia CEO speaks out against Intel lawsuit
Feb 20, 18:47
Intel recently filed a lawsuit with the Court of Chancery in the state of Delaware against Nvidia, asking the court to declare that Nvidia is not licensed to produce chipsets that...
Lenovo adopts Nvidia Ion platform for over-10-inch netbooks, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 18, 17:16
Lenovo plans to launch 11.6-inch and 12.1-inch netbooks combining Intel's Atom processor and Nvidia's Ion platform in the second quarter of this year, according to a Chinese-language...
Ion-based PCs to hit the market by 2Q or 3Q this year, says Nvidia
Jan 23, 15:30
Although no PC vendor has yet officially confirmed it is planning to produce products based on Nvidia's Ion platform, according to Nvidia, some PC vendors have adopted the chipset...
Intel insists Atom only for Intel chipsets, does not want to share Nvidia's Ion
Dec 24, 01:20
Nvidia's recent move to try to extend Intel's Atom ecosystem to its recently announced Ion platform appears to have been knocked back by Intel, according to a response primarily directed...
Nvidia officially announces the Ion platform for Atom-based PCs
Dec 18, 17:09
Nvidia has officially announced its plans to enter the fast-growing segments of the PC market – netbooks, small form factor PCs and all-in-one PCs – with the company's...
MSI LA Dodgers version all-in-one PC
The LA Dodgers and Micro-Star International (MSI) have announced that MSI will be supplying the Dodgers with Wind Top all-in-one PCs and notebooks for use by team executives and office...
Photo: Company, Mar 17.
Asustek Computer has launched its latest netbook, the Eee PC 1201N, adopting a 12.1-inch panel and Nvidia's Ion chipset. The Eee PC 1201N features a 2 or 3GB memories and 250/320GB...
Photo: Company, Dec 14.
Asustek Ion-based EeeBox nettops
Asustek has launched two Ion-based nettops, the EeeBox PC EB1012 and EB1501, in Taiwan. The EeeBox PC EB1012 is the latest version of Asustek's nettop series. The PC delivers a media...
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, Nov 30.
Asustek Eee Top ET22, ET20 all-in-one PCs
Asustek Computer has announced Eee Top ET22 and ET20 all-in-one PCs featuring 22-inch and 20-inch touchscreen displays, respectively. The ET20 and ET22 feature either ATI Radeon...
Photo: Company, Sep 10.
Nvidia Ion-based PC featuring GeForce 9400 chipset and Intel Atom processor
Drew Henry, general manager of MCP business at Nvidia has revealed that the first Ion-based PC product will be a nettop priced at US$299, which will be launched before June this year...
Photo: Monica Chen, Feb 12.
Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years...
- 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
24-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34% |
| TSE electronic | 310.89 | -0.43 | -0.14% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 118.64 | -0.71 | -0.59% |
| 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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 and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- 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.