Last update: Wednesday 19 December 2012 [13 news items]
China solar firms eager to develop N-type mono-crystalline solar products
Dec 19, 15:51
N-type mono-crystalline solar cells have high production costs, making them less competitive. Nevertheless, China-based firms have been eager to enter the market.
AUO Crystal obtains more M.Setek shares
Nov 28, 14:49
Taiwan-based panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that AUO Crystal, its solar material subsidiary, has obtained shares of AUO's Japan-based polysilicon subsidiary, M.Setek.
BenQ Solar obtains certification from Japan
Jun 25, 14:35
Taiwan-based BenQ Solar, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has obtained Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories' certification and has become one of the...
Polysilicon firms face survival tests
May 30, 14:07
The price of polysilicon has been falling significantly since 2011. The current spot price is around US$20-22/kg. Many Taiwan-based firms such as Motech, and AU Optronics (AUO) have...
China-based Comtec reportedly to supply US-based SunPower with N-type solar wafers
Jun 7, 17:03
Industry sources stated that China-based mono-crystalline solar wafer firm Comtec Solar has received orders from US-based SunPower for it N-type solar wafers, and therefore its shipments...
Apr 28, 15:59
The Japan earthquake severely affected the operations of AU Optronics' (AUO) poly-Si subsidiary, M.Setek, according to AUO's acting president, Max Cheng.
Japan earthquake: M.Setek production disrupted, to resume operation in a week, says AUO chairman
Mar 14, 09:49
M.Setek, the Japan-based polycrystalline silicon and solar-grade wafer maker under the AU Optronics (AUO) group, saw production disrupted by the massive earthquake on March 11, but...
Mar 2, 10:25
AU Optronics (AUO) will exhibit at PV Expo 2010 in Tokyo, Japan's Big Sight International Exhibition Center from March 3-5 to showcase its competitive edge in the solar industry value...
AUO to add 15 billion yen investment in Japan-based poly-Si maker M.Setek
Feb 1, 10:35
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) on January 29 announced the additional investment of 15 billion yen (US$167 million) in M.Setek, AUO's poly-Si material subsidiary...
AUO to add investment of NT$10-15 billion in PV business in 2010, says CEO
Jan 29, 14:43
AU Optronics (AUO) will make a non-operating investment estimated at NT$10-15 billion (US$313-469 million) in its PV business operations in 2010. Most of the capital will go towards...
AUO mulling purchase of solar cells from E-Ton
Dec 16, 10:42
AU Optronics (AUO) is considering placing orders with E-Ton Solar Tech for supply of 50MWp of solar cells in 2010, according to industry sources.
AUO plans to take control of solar wafer supplier M.Setek
Jun 22, 10:55
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced a plan to take majority control of Japan-based silicon wafer supplier M.Setek in order to secure key materials in the solar industry and strengthen...
E-ton to invest US$200 million in new M.Setek polysilicon fab
May 28, 01:20
Solar cell maker E-ton Solar Tech has announced that the E-ton Group will invest US$200 million to fund M.Setek's construction of a new polysilicon fab. Under the investment deal,...
Taiwan market: Nearly 127,000 inkjet, over 44,000 laser printers shipped in 1Q13, says IDC
IT + CE | 32min ago
Getac to launch slim ruggedized notebooks
IT + CE | 37min ago
Foxconn to set up automated production base in China
Before Going to Press | 15min ago
Innolux to focus marketing on small- to medium-size panels in 2H13
Before Going to Press | 44min ago
AUO poised for volume production of WCG TV panels
Before Going to Press | 45min ago
TV panels likely to be in oversupply in latter half of 3Q13, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 46min ago
- 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...
- 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.