Last update: Thursday 12 January 2012 [48 news items]
VIA, SiS achieve results from non-PC industry
Jan 12, 01:05
Taiwan-base chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), although already phasing out of the PC chipset market, have both entered different markets and achieved...
SiS to phase out its PC chipset business
Aug 2, 01:10
Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...
Imagination provides update on new graphics and multimedia IP cores
Jun 8, 16:43
UK-based Imagination Technologies, which licenses its IP (intellectual property) related to graphics processors, has updated several developments about its solutions for an ever broadening...
MSI to launch 2 new tablet PCs at Computex 2011
May 12, 01:30
Micro-Star International (MSI) is set to announce two new tablet PCs – the WindPad 100A, adopting Google Android 3.0 and Nvidia Tegra 2, and WindPad 110W, adopting AMD's Brazos...
Taiwan pre-recorded disc makers facing risk of weakening gross margin
May 5, 01:30
Taiwan-based pre-recorded DVD makers in 2011 are facing strong pressure from increasing raw material costs, with related end sales significantly impacted by online multimedia sharing...
Taiwan market: Blu-ray disc player sales expected to surpass 100,000 units in 2011
Apr 14, 01:40
Blu-ray disc player sales in Taiwan may surpass 100,000 units in 2011 as players such as Toshiba, Sony, LG, Panasonic and Sharp all launched models with prices less than US$100 in...
Ubicom and Ralink announce connected multimedia reference designs for emerging CE products
Jan 6, 12:11
Ubicom, a leading networked CPU provider, and wired and wireless solution provider Ralink Technology have jointly announced general availability of turnkey reference designs for several...
AOpen lands digital signage orders from China hotel chain
Jan 4, 01:30
Taiwan-based digital signage maker AOpen has cut into the China-based hotel chain Motel168 and has also landed orders from several China's coastal cities' subway system, according...
Taiwan market: TWM to launch converged digital multimedia services
Dec 28, 02:10
Taiwan Mobile, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will launch converged digital multimedia services through integrating four screens, namely, TV, handset,...
MSI announces new 17-inch multimedia notebooks
Oct 15, 16:46
Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the new 17.3-inch FX700 and FR700 notebooks featuring Intel's Core i5 processor and MSI's exclusive TDE Turbo technology.
ITE reportedly grabs touch-IC orders from Wintek, TPK
Sep 16, 02:20
Rumors have circulated that Integrated Technology Express (ITE) has obtained orders for touch ICs from Wintek and TPK Touch Solutions. In addition, the Taiwan-based IC design house...
Transcend expands product mix to include multimedia players
Jun 14, 14:11
Transcend Information has announced its entry into the multimedia player market with the new DMP10 high-definition (HD) plug-and-play device, showing its continuous efforts for diversification...

CyberLink to launch mobile multimedia editing applications
May 5, 14:06
CyberLink will launch multimedia editing application programs for iPhone OS and Android devices as early as June 2010, according to company CEO Alice Chang.
Lite-On cuts into home entertainment and security business
Apr 22, 14:22
Lite-On Technology is pushing its Smart Life plans for the home entertainment and security businesses. The plans include two major segments: home surveillance and multimedia control,...
Sunplus adopts SpringSoft Certitude for multimedia IC verification
Newswatch - Apr 13, 14:50
SpringSoft has announced that Sunplus Technology has adopted its Certitude Functional Qualification System, which enables the consumer IC design house to improve the effectiveness...
China residential gateway shipments surge on multimedia services, says iSuppli
Jan 8, 16:47
Shipments of residential gateways (RGs) in China are set to more than triple from 2009 to 2013 as the nation's telecommunications carriers look to these platforms to enable the delivery...
Richtek files patent infringement complaint in US against AMD and graphics card makers
Stockwatch - Dec 31, 11:40
Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against uPI Semiconductor, AMD,...
More multimedia software providers eying Taiwan market
Dec 25, 16:12
Multimedia software and middleware providers, including Axel Technologies, ArcSoft and Cidana, have strengthened their deployments in Taiwan due to Taiwan makers' strong capability...
Taiwan-based Magic Pixel licenses MIPS processor IP for multimedia applications
Dec 24, 14:39
MIPS Technologies has announced that Magic Pixel (MPX), a Taiwan-based multimedia SoC supplier and a spin-off of Macronix International Company (MXIC), has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc...
Taiwan market: Vmax, FET and Vee Telecom to start WiMAX services by year-end 2009
Oct 27, 16:11
Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vmax Telecom, Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Vee Telecom Multimedia will begin commercial operations of their WiMAX services by the end of 2009,...
Sonix developing 32-bit multimedia MCU
Oct 26, 16:44
Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology has recently licensed ARM's IP for 32-bit microcontroller units (MCU), and expects to roll out new ARM-based products in the second half...
Flash controller maker Skymedi to slash capital, spin off non-core business
Aug 26, 15:06
Taiwan-based Skymedi has announced plans to downsize its capital by 40%, and spin off its multimedia processor division to form a wholly-owned subsidiary in order to strengthen its...
Nvidia Tegra powers Microsoft Zune HD
Aug 18, 16:58
Nvidia has announced that Microsoft's new Zune HD portable media player is powered by the company's Tegra processor.

PC vendors set to compete in tablet PC market
Aug 7, 10:26
PC vendors include Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Micro-Star International (MSI) are all preparing to launch new tablet PCs as Apple is expected to release a 9.7-inch...
Inventec Multimedia begins to ship notebook camera modules to Toshiba
Jun 19, 16:36
Inventec Multimedia & Telecom, a member of the Inventec group, has started shipping camera modules for notebooks to Toshiba and the company expects its products to also receive...
Taiwan smartphone makers may switch focus to high-end multimedia handsets
Jun 12, 11:45
Some Taiwan-based smartphone makers are planning to focus more on the development of high-end multimedia handsets, instead of concentrating on Windows Mobile- or Android-based smartphones,...
SiRF introduces SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor
Jun 10, 17:01
SiRF Technology has introduced the SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor targeting an emerging class of location-centric devices.
ITE introduces mobile DVB-T SoC
Jun 8, 16:31
Taiwan IC designer Integrated Technology Express (ITE) has announced a DVB-T single chip SoC, the AT9058M, enabling a low-power, and small-footprint solution for DVB-T feature phone,...
Computex 2009: CyberLink collaborates with Intel to enhance video experience on PCs
Jun 5, 15:25
Software provider CyberLink has announced the wide adoption of Intel Core i7 technology to CyberLink's multimedia applications to enhance the video experience on the PC.
Computex promises to deliver on the mobile front
Jun 3, 12:30
While Intel appears to be stepping away from the netbook market for the moment, ARM-based competitors are stepping in.
Jun 2, 11:55
Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years...

May 27, 14:50
ARC International and Realtek Semiconductor have agreed to bundle the ARC Sonic Focus suite of audio enrichment software with Realtek codecs shipped to its OEM and ODM customers globally...
China market: MIPS licenses IP to Mavrix and Haier
Apr 30, 10:18
MIPS Technologies has announced that Mavrix Technology, a fabless semiconductor company developing complete SoC solutions for the emerging mobile digital TV and portable multimedia...
Epson procurement from Taiwan to total NT$7 billion in 2009, paper says
Newswatch - Apr 1, 11:23
Epson assistant general manager Steve Hsu has indicated that the company will source supplies worth NT$7 billion (US$206.43 million) from Taiwan in 2009, with LCD modules (LCMs) and...
CE makers adopt Intel platform for multimedia products
Mar 26, 15:23
Intel's consumer electronics SoC – Intel Media Processor CE 3100 – has been adopted by several China-based makers for multimedia products, according to industry sources...
- China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
- Delta sees falling January revenues
- PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
- Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
- Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January
- Growth of global TV shipments to fall to 7% in 2012, says GfK
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
- Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
- Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
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- Marvell and Google Team Up to Transform TV into the Command Center for the 'Connected Lifestyle'
- Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
- Digi-Key announces global distribution agreement with Marktech Optoelectronics
- Valuable LED lighting - Ecomaa Dimmable LED MR16
- American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its HighEnd Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights
- 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
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
10-Feb-2012 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7862.27 | -48.51 | -0.61% |

| TSE electronic | 294.11 | -2.94 | -0.99% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 115.45 | +0.00 | +0% |

| OTC electronic | 150.67 | -0.14 | -0.09% |

- Taiwan banks want higher investment limit for China peers (February 9) - Reuters
- China's exports and imports fall (February 10) - BBC News
- Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec (February 8) - 9to5Mac.com
- Post-election Taiwan: beyond exports (February 7) - The Financial Times
- Deadly cold snap cripples Europe (February 6) - ABC News
- IMF cuts China 2012 growth forecast to 8.25% (February 6) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- US job numbers show strong growth (February 3) - BBC News
- Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains (January 14) - BBC News
- Commentary: Lack of distribution channels continues to hover over Taiwan solar industry
- Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch
- Commentary: Could automation solve labor issues for Foxconn?
- Commentary: Apple being dragged into US-China trade war
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011

Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...

MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments...

The greening of Taiwan: Q&A with Siemens Taiwan CEO Peter Weiss
While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened...

Focus on small, cost-effective packages: Q&A with STATS ChipPAC CEO Tan Lay Koon
Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC...
- 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.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
During China 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. Installed capacity in China grow by tenfold to reach the target of 10GWp by 2015.
- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.























