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Foxconn reportedly to produce LCD monitors at Chongqing base
May 12, 15:26
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly been setting up LCD monitor production lines at its plant in Chongqing City, western China, with a planned annual capacity...
Digitimes Insight: Taiwan makers to ship over 31 million LCD monitors in 2Q11
Apr 27, 16:48
Taiwan-based makers are expected to ship 31.394 million LCD monitors in second-quarter 2011, up 3.2% sequentially and 8.8% on year, and accounting for 69.9% of the global total. Digitimes...

Digitimes Insight: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments slip 4% in 1Q11
Apr 22, 14:48
Taiwan-based manufacturers shipped a total of 30.42 million LCD monitors in the first quarter of 2011, down 3.7% sequentially, according to latest data collected by Digitimes Resea...

Taiwan market: Acer cuts monitor prices to push sales
Apr 22, 01:20
Acer has slashed the prices of some models of LCD monitors in the Taiwan market – a move which is expected to drive up its revenues growth but is likely to kick off price competition...
AOC to ship 30 million monitors in 2011
Apr 20, 01:15
AOC, a brand business unit under China-based ODM TPV Technology, expects its global shipments of LCD monitors to increase from 16 million units in 2010 to 24 million units in 2011...
Flat panel makers likely to hike large-size panel prices in May-June
Mar 31, 01:55
Vendors of large-size TFT LCD panels will have more opportunities to hike their product prices in May-June leveraging the impact of the Japan earthquake on the supply chain for key...
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments drop by 30% in February
Mar 25, 12:06
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments in February dropped by 30% due to labor shortage and fewer work days caused by the Lunar New Year holidays, and the top-10 manufacturers' shipments...
LED monitors to account for 50% of global LCD monitor market in 2011
Mar 22, 16:39
LED-backlit LCD monitors are expected to account for 50% of the global LCD monitor market in 2011, while Taiwan's LED-backlit monitor market is expected to account for over 60% of...
AOC 4Q10 sales up almost 60% on year
Mar 22, 01:50
Sales of AOC, a brand and business unit of TPV Technology, increased significantly by 58% on year in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Asia Pacific (not include Japan) market and...
No price gap between LED-backlit and CCFL-backlit LCD monitors in 2H11
Mar 22, 01:15
With vendors actively promoting LED-backlit LCD monitor, and some vendors having completely transferred their product line to LED-backlit models in the first quarter of 2011, prices...
Taiwan market: 22-inch LCD monitor replaces 19-inch as mainstream
Mar 21, 17:07
With prices dropping to the sweet spot, 22-inch LCD monitors replaced 19-inch models as the mainstream in the Taiwan market in January-February, driven by promotions by such vendors...
Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top in LCD monitor market in January-February 2011
Mar 18, 01:50
Asustek Computer remained top in Taiwan's LCD monitor market in January-February due to its price-cut promotions for CCFL-backlit models, while ViewSonic ranked first for LED-backlit...
Asustek expects to ship 4.5 million LCD monitors in 2011
Mar 18, 01:20
Asustek Computer expects its LCD monitor shipments to increase by double digits in 2011 for Taiwan and global markets, and overall shipments to reach 4.5 million units worldwide.
Digitimes Insight: Japan quake unlikely to hit global LED supply chain
Mar 15, 11:19
LED players in Japan have been spared major impacts from the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country, as their plants are mostly far away from the stricken areas...

Glass substrate demand growth for mobile PCs exceeds LCD TVs, says CDTT president
Mar 11, 01:30
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan (CDTT) president Alan Eusden has indicated that glass substrate demand growth for the mobile PC segment will reach 18% in 2010-2014, exceeding...
Coretronic February consolidated revenues up 9% sequentially
Mar 8, 01:45
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.19 billion (US$210.94 million) for February, increased by 9% sequentially.
Radiant February consolidated revenues up almost 30% sequentially
Mar 7, 16:39
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.21 billion (US$177.25 million) for February, increasing 29.4% sequentially and 84.6% on...
Monitors lead in panel price growth in March
Mar 4, 01:35
LCD monitor panel prices are expected to start rising in March 2011, and the prices for LCD TV panels are expected to increase in April-May, while prices for notebook panels are expected...
Revenue share for new applications to reach 30% in 2011, says Qisda executive VP
Mar 4, 01:25
With shipments of smartphones, tablet PCs and e-book readers expected to increase significantly in 2011, revenue share of new applications is expected to increase to 30% of BenQ's...
Qisda posts record high quarterly revenues for 4Q10
Mar 4, 01:05
Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$24.18 billion (US$819.46 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, increasing 5.6% sequentially and a quarterly high since 2009. Operating...
Taiwan market: LCD monitor market to remain flat in 2011, says BenQ
Mar 2, 01:40
With the LCD monitor market maturing and delays in government procurement projects, the LCD monitor market in Taiwan is expected to remain flat or decrease slightly in 2011, while...
Monitor panel pricing dampened by increased shipments from CMI
Jan 25, 01:25
Due to Chimei Innolux (CMI) increased production of LCD monitor panels, panel makers desire to increase overall monitor panel prices have been unsuccessful.
ViewSonic aims to ship 8 million LCD monitors in 2011
Jan 19, 01:45
ViewSonic aims to become one of the top-three LCD monitor vendors in 2011 with shipments of eight million units.
Tatung monitor shipments reach high in 2010
Dec 29, 12:12
LCD monitor shipments of Tatung are expected to set a record high of three million units in 2010, and with orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP), Tatung's monitor shipments could increase...
Amtran projects more than NT$100 billion in 2011 revenues
Dec 21, 01:10
With subsidiary Raken Technology completing capacity expansion in 2011 and bringing annual revenues to US$3 billion, Amtran Technology expects 2011 revenues to exceed NT$100 billion...
Taiwan market: LED monitors account for 25% of overall monitor market in 3Q10, says IDC
Dec 17, 01:15
Through promotion from LCD monitor vendors such as Chimei and ViewSonic, LED-backlit LCD monitor sales in the third quarter of 2010 in Taiwan reached 125,000 units, accounting for...
Taiwan market: Asustek and Acer rank first and second in 2010 LCD monitor market
Dec 14, 01:05
Thanks to government procurement projects now demanding desktop systems and monitors be of the same brand, Asustek and Acer are expected to be ranked first and second, respectively,...
Asustek expects 2.5% share of global LCD monitor market in 2010
Dec 13, 16:34
Asustek Computer expects to account for 2.5% of the global LCD monitor market in 2010, and expects to rank in the top-ten if its sales in December continue to increase, according...
Chimei eyeing China LCD monitor market through Foxconn channels
Dec 9, 16:45
Chimei has announced cooperation with Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) channel retailers to develop the China market and is aiming for revenues from overseas markets...
Taiwan market: LCD monitor sales to remain flat or drop slightly in 2011
Dec 8, 14:49
Taiwan's LCD monitor market is expected to remain flat or contract slightly on year to around 1.28-1.3 million units in 2011 as a result of high penetration rate and intense competition...
Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top in LCD monitor market in 2010
Dec 8, 01:45
Asustek Computer will be the leading vendor in Taiwan's LCD monitor market in 2010 with almost 30% market share due to bundled sales of monitors and desktops through procurement pr...
Taiwan market: 2010 LCD monitor shipments to register flat growth
Dec 7, 02:00
LCD monitor shipments for the Taiwan market will reach 1.3 million units, about the same as 2009, according to industry sources. Market penetration of LED backlit LCD monitors has...
Most important fab for LCD TV panel production is 8G, says DisplaySearch
Dec 6, 14:30
As panel makers expand, they are increasingly utilizing 8G fabs for LCD TV panel production, and the production of LCD TV panels at 8G increased to 41% in the third quarter of 2010,...
BLU maker Radiant sees November revenues up slightly
Dec 6, 11:25
Backlight unit (BLU) supplier Radiant Opto-Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$4.59 billion (US$151.64 million) for November, up 1.1% sequentially and 45.01% on year,...
LCD monitor panel prices rise in 2H November, TV panel prices continue to drop, says DisplaySearch
Nov 24, 01:30
LCD monitor panel prices increased in the second half of November due to tightened supply, while LCD TV panel prices continued to drop and notebook panel prices remained flat during...
China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
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Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
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After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
Displays | 11min ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
IT + CE | 14min ago
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Displays | 47min ago
Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
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- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Taiwan April unemployment down, says DGBAS
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- 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
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News

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.






















