Last update: Tuesday 2 April 2013 [46 news items]
Nvidia CEO to visit Taiwan in October, to discuss 40nm contract prices with TSMC
Sep 18, 16:18
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will travel to Taiwan in the second half of October to meet with its motherboard and graphics card partners. Huang is also expected to hold talks with Taiwan...
TSMC CEO says internal goal for green energy more aggressive
Jul 31, 16:25
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has internally set a more ambitious goal for its freshly-established New Business Development Organization (NBDO), led by former...
TSMC CEO claims improved 40nm yield, predicts better 3Q09
Jul 31, 10:37
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued positive guidance for the third quarter of 2009, following its improved second-quarter earnings that underline the chip...
TSMC increases 2009 capex to US$1.9 billion, says CEO
Jun 19, 12:18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised its capex budget for 2009, despite an anticipated decline in revenues, according to company chairman and CEO Morris Chang...
Commentary: Rick Tsai still heir to Morris Chang?
Jun 15, 15:31
A group of former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on April 9 staged a sit-in protest outside the residence of TSMC chairman Morris Chang. They demanded...
TSMC says new group targeting energy-saving markets to sustain its long-term growth
Jun 12, 12:20
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects its newly-launched business unit, the New Business Development Organization (NBDO), to bring in total revenues of US$2 billion...
Morris Chang to resume helm of TSMC
Jun 11, 16:35
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced Rick Tsai will resign from his position as the company's CEO, with chairman Morris Chang to return to the helm.
TSMC founder calls for closer ties between Taiwan foundries and China IC designers
Feb 25, 17:19
More government intervention has been seen in both Taiwan's and China's semiconductor industries in response to the challenging economic climate, according to Morris Chang, chairman...
Semiconductor industry will not recover until 2012, says TSMC chairman
Feb 24, 17:12
The global semiconductor industry will likely experience negative growth in 2009, but will start to rebound at an annual growth rate of 4-5% from next year, according to Morris Chang,...
TSMC chairman dismisses report linking him to ex-Taiwan president corruption scandal
Feb 19, 14:43
Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has denied that he has personally donated cash to Wu Shu-jen, wife of former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian...
TSMC Chang positive about 18-inch wafer migration
Jun 16, 11:18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang is positive about the migration to 18-inch wafer production, saying that TSMC is doing broad scale development...
AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
Displays | 11h 1min ago
US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
Bits + chips | 11h 28min ago
Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
Green energy | 11h 30min ago
Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
Mobile + telecom | 11h 33min ago
Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
Before Going to Press | 11h 43min ago
Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
Before Going to Press | 12h 11min ago
Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs at Computex 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:38
UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:31
Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:30
IC suppliers expect PC demand to hit bottom in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:29
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:28
AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:59
Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:57
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:37
Asia set to be largest 4G LTE market, says Nokia Siemens executive
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:36
Unity Opto expects orders to increase from June to September
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:06
CSOT showcases 110-inch Ultra HD TV panel at 2013 SID Display Week
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:59
TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$11 million
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:38
Lenovo aims to surpass Samsung in global smartphone market share, says paper
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:26
AMD unveils Temash, Kabini SoC APUs
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:25
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
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- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- 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
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
23-May-2013 markets closed
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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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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...
- 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.