Last update: Thursday 17 May 2012 [165 news items]
Asia Optical reorganizing joint venture
May 17, 14:03
Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens modules and digital cameras, is readjusting the organization of AOF Imaging Technology, its joint venture with Singapore-based Flextronics...
Epistar to set up joint venture maker of LED lighting in China
Mar 23, 11:50
Epistar, a Taiwan-based LED chip maker, will establish a joint venture maker of inexpensive high-performance LED lighting products in Kunshan, eastern China, with Innotek Photoelectronic...
Taiwan-based Eversol to set up joint venture maker of PV modules in Japan
Mar 13, 01:25
Eversol, a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, on March 12 announced the establishment of E-Solar, a joint venture maker of PV modules, in Ehime Prefecture,...
Gintech, CTCI joint venture reportedly begins solar power plant construction in the US
Feb 22, 01:25
Utech Solar, which is invested in by Taiwan-based solar cell firm Gintech and CTCI Corporation, is said to have begun construction of a 19.5MW solar PV power plant in New Jersey,...

Konka pulls out of Epistar joint venture
Jan 12, 11:05
TV maker Konka has decided to terminate its partnership with Epistar in a joint venture running an epitaxy plant in Changzhou, China. But Epistar indicated that the exist of the China-based...
Joint venture from Motech, GET and Taiwan Polysilicon put on hold
Dec 21, 01:00
The joint venture between Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech, solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), and polysilicon supplier Taiwan Polysilicon Corporation has been put...
Foxconn, Nvidia to set up joint venture R&D center in China
Dec 16, 16:54
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Nvidia, under coordination with the Tianjin City Government in northern China, signed for establishing a joint venture R&D...
Micron, Intel unveil 20nm 128Gb NAND flash
Dec 7, 10:09
Intel and Micron Technology have jointly announced a 20nm, 128Gb multilevel-cell (MLC) NAND falsh device. The companies also announced mass production of their 20nm 64Gb NAND.
Philips, TPV sign agreement on TV joint venture
Nov 2, 15:16
Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has signed the agreement to transfer its TV business into a joint venture with Hong Kong-based TPV Technology Limited. The new company...
Chin-Poon Thailand joint venture halts production due to flooding
Oct 25, 14:43
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has revealed that its joint venture in Thailand, Draco PCB Public Company, of which Chin-Poon holds a 24% stake, has suspended its production...
Coolpad sets up marketing joint venture in Taiwan
Oct 21, 16:53
Coolpad, a China-based vendor of handsets for sale under the own brand Coolpad, on October 20 announced the establishment of Taiwan Coolpad Technology, a marketing joint venture with...
Lenovo-Compal joint venture to start volume production by end of 2012
Oct 11, 12:28
Lenovo and Compal Electronics' joint venture in Anhui, China is set to start volume production at the end of 2012, mainly manufacturing notebooks and all-in-one PCs with the plant's...
Notebook ODMs consider forming joint venture with metal chassis maker to secure supply
Oct 4, 01:10
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, concerned that supply of metal chassis may fall short in the near future, are considering to establish joint ventures with upstream metal chassis suppliers...
Sep 29, 13:48
Commenting on revelations that Acer's major ODM partner Compal Electronics will establish a joint venture with Lenovo for manufacturing PC products, Acer vice president Scott Lin...
Elpida to buy Powerchip stake in Rexchip, says CEO
Sep 28, 10:55
Elpida Memory is looking to wholly own its Taiwan-based subsidiary Rexchip Electronics, through acquiring the remaining 36% stake held by Powerchip Technology, according to company...
Compal, Lenovo set up joint venture in China
Sep 28, 01:00
Compal Electronics and Lenovo will establish a joint venture, Lienpal (Hefei), in Hefei, northern China, to produce mainly notebooks and all-in-one (AIO) PCs specifically for Lenovo,...
Epistar to start operation of LED joint venture in China
Sep 16, 11:24
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will inaugurate Epicrystal (Changzhou), its 60%-stake held LED joint venture on September 23. Epicrystal can house 60 sets of MOCVD equipment but...
SolarWorld establishes joint venture SolarCycle
Sep 9, 17:03
SolarWorld AG has established a new joint venture for the production of metal products and other valuable materials that are made from recycled solar modules. The partners in this...
Wistron-AUO China joint venture eyes OEM orders for LCD TVs from Sony
Jul 27, 12:16
BriVision Optronics, a joint-venture maker of LCD modules established in August 2010 by Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) and ODM maker Wistron in Zhoushan, southern...
Lenovo pushes oversea acquisition to expand PC market share
Jul 19, 01:20
With China-based PC vendor Lenovo successfully surpassed Acer and became the third largest PC vendor worldwide in the second quarter, Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming pointed out that the...
Sharp, Foxconn to set up joint venture
Jul 18, 10:41
Sharp and Foxconn have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Taiwan by the end of 2011, with each to hold a 50% stake, mainly for joint procurement of components for...
Nanya, Inotera June revenues down over 10% on-month
Jul 4, 14:56
Both DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have reported revenues for June 2011. Nanya's revenues dropped 20.6% to NT$3.11 billion (US$109 million) from the previous month...
OmniVision to buy wafer-level lens manufacturing unit from JV
Jun 30, 13:50
OmniVision Technologies has announced plans to buy the wafer-level lens production operations from VisEra Technologies, its joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Compal adds investment in joint venture case maker in China
Jun 27, 10:12
Taiwan-based notebook PC ODM maker Compal Electronics on June 24 announced the additional investment of US$26.731 million in Compal Precision Module (Jiang Su), a joint venture making...
Harvatek to set up joint venture in China
Stockwatch - Jun 27, 10:09
Harvatek, a Taiwan-based LED packaging company, will invest CNY100 million (US$15.4 million) to establish an LED packaging joint venture in Huizhou, southern China, with China-based...
AUO to expand LCD TV module capacity at joint venture in China
Jun 17, 10:07
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) will expand monthly production capacity of LCD TV modules at BVCH Optronics (Sichuan), its joint venture with China-based vendor...
AUO may delay beginning production at China joint venture
Jun 15, 01:05
AU Optronics (AUO) in April 2011 invested US$796.25 million to set up FullVision Optoelectronics (Kunshan), a joint venture 8.5G panel plant in Kunshan City, eastern China, and originally...
Taiwan-based Senao to open 22 joint venture chain stores in China by end of July
Jun 14, 01:50
Senao International, a handset and communication device retail chain in Taiwan, in the first quarter of 2011 established Wo Senao, a joint venture in the China market with China United...
SMIC wraps up deal to share ownership of Wuhan fab
May 13, 01:35
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Hubei Science & Technology Investment Group announced on May 12 the formal signing of a joint venture agreement...
Intel, Micron open US$3 billion NAND flash facility in Singapore
Apr 22, 01:25
Intel and Micron Technology have expanded their NAND flash memory joint venture operations with the official opening of IM Flash Singapore, according to the companies.
Philips and TPV to create TV joint venture
Apr 19, 14:21
Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has entered into a term sheet to transfer its television business into a joint venture with TPV Technology as part of a long-term strategic...
Formosa Sumco gearing up for capacity expansion
Apr 15, 01:25
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) has revealed plans to expand its capacity for 12-inch silicon wafers to 300,000 units a month from the present 180,000. New capacity is scheduled to...
Chunghwa Telecom to set up joint venture in China, business office in Europe
Stockwatch - Mar 30, 11:55
Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that it will invest US$4.8 million to establish a joint venture to provide energy-saving services in Zhenjiang with the city government...
Angel investment joint venture TMI-Labs established
Mar 25, 16:57
Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), US-based venture company WI Harper Group and China-based venture capital company Innovation Works on March...
China-based Innovation Works to setup joint venture in Taiwan
Mar 24, 15:50
Innovation Works, a China-based venture capital company, will replicate its business model in Taiwan through establishing a joint venture, TMI-Labs, with US-based venture capital...
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 48min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 57min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 1h 6min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 1h 23min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 1h 31min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 1h 35min 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
- 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 11:47 (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
- 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...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- 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.

















