Last update: Thursday 16 May 2013 [160 news items]
Transcend October sales drop 11%
Nov 9, 01:30
Affected by falling shipments and ASP of DRAM products, Transcend saw October revenues decrease 11.3% sequentially to NT$2.63 billion (US$87 million), according to the memory module...
Transcend appoints Synnex as China distributor
Nov 3, 14:02
Memory module maker Transcend has signed Synnex Technology International as its China distributor. Synnex has more than 30 operational locations in China, which should enable Transcend...
PQI reports 3Q10 losses of NT$2.69 per share
Nov 2, 14:52
Memory module maker Power Quotient International (PQI) has reported net losses of NT$747 million (US$24.5 million), or NT$2.69 per share, for the third quarter of 2010. The losses...
Adata, Transcend report mixed 3Q10 earnings
Oct 29, 01:10
Adata Technology operated in the red for the second consecutive quarter, but its net losses narrowed to NT$9.42 million (US$0.31 million) in the third quarter of 2010 from NT$419...
Memory module maker Team Group to list on Taiwan emerging stock market
Oct 13, 01:30
Memory module maker Team Group will list on Taiwan's emerging stock market on October 13, and the company has plans to apply for over the counter trading in 2011. Team's contract...
Transcend September sales up 17% on month
Oct 7, 01:15
Memory module maker Transcend Information saw revenues climb 17.3% sequentially to NT$2.97 billion (US$96 million) in September 2010, driven by shipments of NAND flash products, according...
Adata sets price for convertible bonds
Sep 29, 15:57
Memory module maker Adata Technology has set the conversion price for its latest issue of unsecured convertible bonds at NT$45.80(US$1.46), according to a company filing with the...
Apacer reports 1H10 EPS of NT$1.90
Sep 3, 15:31
Taiwan-based Apacer Technology, a supplier of memory modules and other storage solutions, saw net profits grow 40.3% on year to NT$209 million (US$6 million) in the first half of...
Kingston to supply embedded NAND devices for HTC
Aug 18, 12:03
Memory module maker Kingston Technology has recently cut into the supply chain of High Tech Computer (HTC) with its in-house developed eMMC NAND flash memory device, which uses Toshiba's...
Niching July revenues drop 10% on month
Aug 11, 16:42
IC material distributor Niching Industrial has announced revenues for July 2010 dropped 10% on month to NT$112 million (US$3.529 million), due to inventory digestion by memory module...
Adata 2Q10 revenues down 10% sequentially
Jul 6, 12:27
Memory module house Adata Technology saw sales begin to rebound in June. However, overall results for the second quarter of 2010 still showed a sequential drop of over 10%. Adata...

Samsung develops 32GB load-reduced DIMM for servers
Jun 29, 16:47
Samsung Electronics has developed what it claims is the industry's first 32GB load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM) for server applications, according to the company. Mass...
Memory module makers see weak May
Jun 4, 01:35
Most Taiwan-based DRAM module houses including A-Data Technology, Transcend Information and Power Quotient International (PQI) are likely to post revenue drops of 10-20% sequentially...
Acute price correction seen amid memory module price cuts, says inSpectrum
May 28, 16:39
Driven by major memory module houses' sharp price cuts, corresponding DRAM spot prices have posted an acute drop this week, especially for the DDR2 segment, according to inSpectrum...
Transcend posts sales decline in April
May 10, 15:51
Transcend Information has announced revenues of NT$2.25 billion (US$71.37 million) for April 2010, down 20.6% on month and 21.2% on year. The memory module house said its shipments...
PQI snaps up NT$225 million net profits in 1Q10
Apr 30, 10:34
Power Quotient International (PQI) has reported net profits of NT$225.02 million (US$7.15 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up significantly from NT$85.28 million in the prior...
Memory module house Transcend to hire 1,000 staff for new plant
Mar 15, 15:16
DRAM module and NAND flash device maker Transcend Information plans to recruit a total of 1,000 employees for its soon-to-be-open Taiwan plant, which will be dedicated to producing...
Transcend sees February revenues and shipments drop on month
Mar 9, 11:36
Transcend Information has announced its revenues for February 2010 slid 20.1% sequentially to NT$2.34 billion (US$73 million), mainly due to fewer working days in the month. The memory...
SanDisk begins to supply NAND flash wafers, say memory module makers
Mar 9, 10:16
Taiwan-based NAND flash device makers including A-Data Technology, Transcend Information and Power Quotient International (PQI), and flash controller supplier Phison Electronics have...
A-Data February 2010 revenues up over 50% on year
Mar 8, 15:16
Memory module house A-Data Technology saw its February 201 revenues affected by fewer working days, but still enjoyed growth of over 50% compared to a year earlier.
Transcend, PQI see January 2010 sales up on month
Feb 10, 15:52
Transcend Information saw revenues increase 2% sequentially to NT$2.93 billion (US$91.35 million) in January 2010, while Power Quotient International (PQI) managed a 4.7% growth on...
Kingston posts revenue growth in 2009 on better DRAM and flash pricing
Feb 10, 14:31
Kingston Technology has announced revenues increased US$100 million to US$4.1 billion in 2009, its second-highest record. The memory-module house attributed the revenue growth to...
Transcend 2009 profits almost double
Feb 8, 14:27
Transcend Information saw net profits for 2009 hit an historic high of NT$4.33 billion (US$134.8 million), up 92.4% from NT$2.25 billion in 2008, according to the memory module house...

Memory module makers to see flat revenues in January despite DRAM price drop
Jan 28, 11:32
Major Taiwan-based memory module houses are expected to see their revenues stay flat sequentially in January 2010, but revenues for all of the first quarter may decrease slightly...
A-Data sees return to profits in 2009
Jan 21, 16:07
DRAM module maker A-Data Technology has posted net profits of NT$702 million (US$22.08 million) in the fourth quarter of 2009, bringing net earnings for all of the year to NT$21.3...
Taiwan DRAM module makers report revenue growth in 2009
Jan 11, 13:40
A-Data Technology, Transcend Information and Power Quotient International (PQI) all saw 2009 revenues return to a growth track following 2008, when they experienced on-year drops.
Kingston denies acquisition rumors
Jan 5, 12:06
Memory module maker Kingston Technology has moved to quash recent rumors that suggested the company is looking to acquire its outsourcing partners Panram International and Orient...
DRAM industry set to begin with good start in 1Q10, says Transcend chairman
Dec 17, 14:44
The DRAM industry is expected to move opposite to normal seasonal patterns during the first quarter of 2010, before descending to the year's lowest level in the second quarter, according...

A-Data and Transcend expected to report better November 2009
Dec 2, 16:27
Memory module house A-Data Technology may see revenues top NT$4.5 billion (US$140 million) in November 2009, up from NT$4.3 billion in October, according to market watchers. Meanwhile,...
Kingston to expand supply through outsourcing, says co-founder
Dec 1, 17:07
Kingston Technology will increase its supply of DRAM modules and NAND flash devices through outsourced production to Taiwan-based Panram International and Orient Semiconductor Electronics...
A-Data employs former Samsung, Shuttle executives
Newswatch - Nov 30, 14:57
Taiwan-based A-Data Technology has recently employed Il Ung Kim, a former VP of marketing for Samsung Electronics' memory division, as its new general manager, and also former Shuttle...
Hynix scaling up NAND flash supply, say Taiwan makers
Nov 24, 15:19
Hynix has smoothly produced NAND flash based on 41nm and 48nm processes with supply volumes in the second half of 2009 to double those in the first half, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Nanya Elixir distributor partners with HannStar Union
Nov 23, 12:09
Silicon-Power Computer & Communications, the distributor of Nanya Technology's Elixir brand products, has announced a partnership with HannStar Union, a Taiwan-based PC peripherals...
Transcend revenues down in October on weaker demand for NAND flash products
Nov 9, 11:19
Memory module maker Transcend Information has reported revenues of NT$2.97 billion (US$91.78 million) for October 2009, down 18% compared with the previous month's NT$3.62 billion...
Memory module maker PQI raises NT$475 million in private placement
Oct 12, 16:54
Power Quotient International (PQI) has announced it completed a private placement for the issue of new shares at NT$19.56 per unit. The Taiwan-based memory module maker has raised...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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.























