Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [285 news items]
Sep 17, 11:22
As Japan-based Japan Display and Sharp and South Korea-based LG Display will increase production of in-cell touch panels for use in iPhone 5 from an estimated total of 12-13 million...
Handset accessory firms to benefit from new features of iPhone 5
Sep 14, 15:26
Handset accessory firms expect to see increasing sales of protective cases and loudspeakers due to iPhone 5's new features such as the 4-inch screen and new Lightning connector, according...
iPhone 5 in-cell panel technology receives mixed responses
Sep 14, 14:54
Following the launch of the iPhone 5, the in-cell touch panel technology adopted by the Apple smartphone has generated mixed views from market observers. Some observers say inc-cell...
Commentary: Weakening competition allows Apple to play safe with iPhone 5
Sep 14, 13:52
Apple has finally launched the much-anticipated iPhone 5 with upgraded hardware and software specifications as compared to its predecessor, but not delivering any breakthroughs in...
Taiwan market: iPhone 5 estimated to be available in November
Sep 14, 11:26
Retail channels in Taiwan have estimated that iPhone 5 will land in the Taiwan market in November based on past experience. A relatively small volume will initially be available to...
Digitimes Research: iPhone 5 demand expected to surpass supply in 4Q12
Sep 13, 16:34
Apple on September 12, announced its most important product for 2012 - the iPhone 5 with a panel size increased from 3.5-inches to 4-inches and a resolution improved from 960x640...
iPhone 5 strong debut to affect non-iPhone camp, but may trigger patent war on LTE
Sep 13, 14:53
The iPhone 5 has made a strong debut in terms of design, Retina display, A6 chip, adding 4G LTE, and an upgraded camera that is likely to impact non-iPhone smartphones. The impact...
Sep 13, 11:06
Apple has announced iPhone 5, the thinnest and lightest iPhone currently, completely redesigned to feature a 4-inch Retina display, an Apple-designed A6 chip, and ultrafast wireless...
Taiwan makers begin to ship FPCBs, HDI boards for new iPhone
Sep 13, 01:10
Taiwan-based Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology Holding have begun shipments of flexible PCBs (FPCBs) for use in the new iPhone, while Taiwan-based Unimicron Technology,...
Arrival of iPhone 5 to spur rebound in Apple shipments, says IHS
Sep 12, 14:00
The arrival of the iPhone 5 will spur a rebound in Apple's smartphone shipments in the third and fourth quarters of 2012 following a decline in the second quarter, IHS iSuppli believes...
Taiwan NOR flash makers reportedly cut into supply chain for iPhones
Sep 4, 01:15
Macronix International and Winbond Electronics have both grabbed NOR flash memory orders for the next iPhone, which will be announced in mid-September, according to sources within...
Next generation iPhone to have 4-inch screen and 326ppi
Aug 24, 11:14
Apple's next generation iPhone will reportedly have a 4-inch sized screen along with a resolution of 1136 by 640 and 326ppi, making it the number one 4-inch phone in terms of panel...
Partners expect Motorola to change its ODM strategy
Aug 23, 01:05
As Google has recently started reorganizing Motorola Mobility's manpower and product strategy, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs, observing from their orders, expect their handset orders...
New iPhone shipments to fall below 15 million units in 3Q12, say sources
Aug 22, 13:55
Projected shipments of a new iPhone in the third quarter of 2012 are likely to fall below 15 million units compared to 20 million units forecast previously due to low yield rates...
Aug 21, 13:55
Shipments of current iPhone models, mainly iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, are expected to grow 10-15% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 despite mounting market speculation indicating...
China market: China Unicom may not continue contract-bundled sale of iPhone, says report
Aug 17, 01:05
China Unicom, the only WCDMA mobile telecom in China, began 24-month contract-bundles of iPhone 4 in September 2010 and, as initial contracts will expire in September 2012, may not...
TXC obtains additional orders for quartz devices used in new iPhone, says paper
Newswatch - Aug 16, 12:43
TXC, a Taiwan-based maker of quartz crystal devices, has received additional orders for 1612 quartz devices for use in a new version of iPhone, with shipments to increase from six...
FPCB maker Career July revenues hit record high; new iPhone to push sales higher in 3Q12
Aug 10, 14:58
Flexible PCB maker Career Technology saw its consolidated revenues gain 14.2% sequentially and 12.3% on year to top an all-time high of NT$1.145 billion (US$38.22 million) in July.
HTC sees revenues down sharply on-year in July
Newswatch - Aug 7, 11:41
HTC saw its revenues dip 16.7% on month and 44.5% on year to a five-month low of NT$25 billion (US$834.45 million) in July. For the first seven months of 2012, revenues amounted to...
Jul 31, 14:41
Rumors recently circulated in the touch-panel industry have claimed that yield rates of the in-cell touch panels at Japan Display, LG Display and Sharp - reportedly the panel producers...
Pegatron starts production of new version of iPhone, say sources
Jul 23, 11:34
Pegatron has begun production of a new version of the Apple iPhone at its factory in Shanghai, eastern China, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
iPhones shipments expected to reach 20-25 million in 3Q12, say sources
Jul 19, 11:59
As volume production of a new version of iPhone will start in August 2012, the total shipments for the new and legacy models in the third quarter are expected to reach 20-25 million...
NAND flash makers worried about possible delay of new iPhone
Jul 18, 13:43
Recent speculation that the launch of Apple's next-generation iPhone could be delayed is drawing concerns from NAND flash chipmakers over the strength of demand in the second half...
Delayed launch of new iPhone to hold back total iPhone shipments in 3Q12, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 18, 13:38
Shipments of Apple's iPhones may drop to 25 million units in the third quarter of 2012 if Apple decides to delay the launch of its next-generation iPhone to October, the Chinese-language...
Jul 17, 01:40
Quartz component manufacturer TXC is expected to post sales growth of 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012, driven by orders coming from the smartphone sector, according...
Upstream supply chain sees no sign of Apple starting mass production of new iPhone in July
Jun 28, 13:58
Although rumors have circulated in the IT market claiming that Apple may shift forward the launch of its new iPhone to late August hoping to catch back-to-school demand in September,...
Protective component maker Polytronics reports strong sales for May
Jun 18, 15:05
Polytronics Technology, which makes circuit protection components for mobile phones and PCs, saw its revenues grow 10.1% on month and 16.1% on year to hit a record high of NT$164...
Chip vendors gearing up for next-generation iPhone
Jun 15, 12:10
Chip vendors including Qualcomm, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, NXP, Texas Instruments (TI) and OmniVision reportedly have started stocking their solutions used for Apple's next-generation...
HTC May revenues lower than expected; reduces 2Q12 sales guidance
Jun 7, 01:30
HTC has reported lower than expected revenues of NT$30 billion (US$1 billion) for May, which represented a decline of 3.2% on month and 26.1% on year. HTC also lowered its sales guidance...
Chipbond lands orders for driver ICs used in new iPhone and Samsung TFT-LCD panels
Jun 5, 01:50
Driver IC packaging testing service provider Chipbond Technology has obtained orders for COG (chip on glass) chips used in screens for a new version of the iPhone, and 8-inch gold...
May 29, 16:34
Production of a new Apple iPhone will kick off at the end of the second quarter or in the third quarter, and if yield rates for the production of in-cell panels used in the smartphone...
Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
May 24, 01:20
Sony is likely to become one of the in-cell touch panel suppliers for Apple's next-generation iPhone, which is expected to be launched in September or October, according to industry...
China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
May 21, 16:16
There were an estimated 6.8 million iPhones shipped in the China market during the first quarter of 2012, increasing 83% on quarter and accounting for 19% of the global shipments...
Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant
May 15, 01:40
Apple has recently placed huge orders for mobile DRAM memory with Elpida Memory's 12-inch plant in Hiroshima (Japan), securing about 50% of the total chips produced at the facility,...
Pegatron reportedly lands orders for new-generation iPhone, 10-inch iPad
May 9, 16:21
Pegatron Technology reportedly has landed orders for a new-generation iPhone to be launched in September and a 10-inch iPad to be launched in the fourth quarter, according to Taiwan-based...
Taiwan market: Nearly 127,000 inkjet, over 44,000 laser printers shipped in 1Q13, says IDC
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Getac to launch slim ruggedized notebooks
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Foxconn to set up automated production base in China
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Innolux to focus marketing on small- to medium-size panels in 2H13
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AUO poised for volume production of WCG TV panels
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TV panels likely to be in oversupply in latter half of 3Q13, say Taiwan makers
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Apple has announced the iPhone 5, with a new 4-inch Retina display, an Apple-designed A6 chip, and ultrafast wireless technology. The iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6, an advanced mobile...
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The new iPod touch runs on iOS 5, which includes over 200 new features including iMessage, Game Center, Notifications and Wi-Fi Syncing to iTunes. iMessage brings the functionality...
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Apple has announced iPhone 4S, which comes with the dual-core A5 chip, an 8-megapixel camera, full 1080p HD resolution video recording, and Siri voice recognition tool. Apple's dual-core...
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Apple has introduced iCloud, a set of free new cloud services that work with applications on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store content...
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Apple's white iPhone 4 is available beginning April 28 from Apple's online store, at Apple's retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers...
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Breaking down the rumors of iPhone 4G: Q&A with Digitimes Research senior analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
A fan of Apple or not, one cannot deny that over the past few decades, the company has introduced products that have changed the way we go about our everyday lives. With the iPhone...
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...
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
- Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
- Digitimes Research: TSMC expanding in China
- Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
- Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
- Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
- AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
- Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
- IDC lowers forecast growth for monitors while average screen size increases
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- Chilisin eyes strong prospect of tablet market, expects strong growth
- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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.