Last update: Wednesday 6 March 2013 [125 news items]
Rising notebook and TV sales send large-size panel prices up, says iSuppli
Jun 1, 11:01
Average pricing for large-size TFT-LCD panels rose at a stronger-than-expected rate in May due to a rebound in notebook PC demand and surprisingly robust television sales, according...
Large-size LCD shipments grow 6% sequentially in April, says DisplaySearch
May 22, 11:32
Large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments reached 40.1 million units in April 2009, showing sequential growth of 6%, according to DisplaySearch. The 3% annual increase in shipments marked...
LCD TV and monitor panel prices continue to rise on China demand in 2H May, says DisplaySearch
May 20, 11:08
LCD TV and monitor panel prices continue to rise as supply has been unable to meet rising demand from the China market, according to latest pricing data released by DisplaySearch.
Compal expects notebook shipments to grow 15-20% sequentially in 2Q09, says company president
May 8, 15:51
Compal Electronics expects its second-quarter notebook shipments to grow 15-20% to 7.2-7.5 million units from 6.3 million units shipped in the first quarter, company president Ray...
LCD TV and monitor panel prices return to cash cost levels in 1H May, says DisplaySearch
May 7, 11:41
LCD monitor and TV panel prices for the first half of May have risen back to cash cost levels or even beyond, mainly driven by demand from China, according to latest pricing data...
Innolux to ship notebook panels to Dell, paper says
Newswatch - May 4, 16:40
Innolux Display will start shipping 15.6-inch notebook panels to Dell later this month, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
CPT reports heavy loss for 1Q09
May 4, 15:53
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$9.8 billion (US$297.1 million) for the first quarter of 2009, down 41.7% sequentially...
HannStar reports loss for 1Q09
May 4, 15:15
LCD panel maker HannStar Display has announced that unconsolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2009 totaled NT$5.76 billion (US$174.44 million), up 3% sequentially. Operating...
Acer chairman confirms Timeline ultra-thin notebook production problems
Apr 30, 12:11
Acer chairman JT Wang has confirmed that the company's new Timeline ultra-thin notebook product line is facing a panel shortage.
Vendors to drop 16:10 notebook prices in 2Q-3Q09 to clear inventory
Apr 28, 17:12
Global notebook vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are expected to start dropping their 16:10 aspect ratio notebook prices later this quarter and in the third quarter to...
Price for 14.1-inch 16:10 notebook panels to increase
Apr 28, 17:10
Prices for 14.1-inch 16:10 aspect ratio notebook panels are expected to increase in the following months because of short supply, as panel makers are actively transferring capacity...
Acer ultra-thin notebook suffering from low panel yields, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 28, 14:50
Wistron is having trouble meeting orders for Acer's new Timeline notebooks this month due to low yield rates of ultra-thin panels, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily...
Innolux reports profits for 2008
Apr 28, 14:20
Taiwan-based LCD panel and system maker Innolux Display has reported profits of NT$4.85 billion (US$143.85 million) for 2008. The company had profits of NT$6.87 billion through the...
AUO to increase 2009 capex to bring forward 8.5G volume production
Apr 24, 14:15
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is optimistic about the current panel industry and will increase its 2009 capex to NT$50-60 billion (US$1.48-1.78 billion) from...
LCD monitor and notebook panel prices up in 2H April, says DisplaySearch
Apr 22, 15:02
LCD monitor and notebook panels are the only two segments that have seen prices increase in the second half of April, while other segments' prices remain flat, according to latest...
Large-size panel shipments up 29% sequentially in March, says DisplaySearch
Apr 22, 11:37
Shipments of large-size TFT-LCD panels in March 2009 reached 37.9 million units, showing strong sequential growth of 29%, but down 5% on a yearly basis, according to DisplaySearch...
Tight supply of ultra-thin LCD panels may undermine Acer CULV notebook shipments
Apr 17, 14:22
Tight supply of 16:9 aspect ratio ultra-thin LCD panels could undermine Acer's efforts in trying to unseat rival vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) from the number one spot in the global...
Samsung may launch RGB LED-backlit notebook panel in 2H09
Apr 17, 12:05
Samsung Electronics is considering launching an 15.6-inch RGB LED-backlit notebook panel in the second half of 2009 for high-end ultra-thin notebooks, according to market sources...
Notebook LCD panel prices expected to start increasing in April
Mar 26, 12:43
Notebook LCD panel prices are expected to start rising in April with an initial increase of around US$1-2 due to vendors in Europe starting to restock inventory plus increasing demand...
Notebook panel shipments to recover in 2Q
Mar 5, 11:52
Panel makers expect to see a more obvious recovery for notebook panel shipments in the second quarter this year, as notebook vendors are still adjusting their inventories, according...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- 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
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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.
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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.