Last update: Friday 31 May 2013 [227 news items]
CMC Magnetics and Ritek to raise OEM prices for blank optical discs in August
Jul 30, 01:10
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top-two Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, have decided to upward adjust their OEM quotes for blank CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs in August 2008. CMC...
FIC to close OEM subsidiary in the Czech Republic
Jul 28, 10:35
First International Computer (FIC) has recently decided to cease the operation of its notebook manufacturing subsidiary in the Czech Republic and will transfer the site's notebook...
Supermicro to increase server outsourcing to Wistron and USI, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 25, 12:31
The US-based server vendor Supermicro is considering increasing its server OEM orders in order to satisfy market demand. The company's two major OEM partners, Wistron and Universal...
PQI June sales supported by new DRAM module OEM orders
Jul 10, 12:13
While many leading memory module houses saw their June sales dampened by weak memory pricing, Power Quotient International (PQI) reported a 14% sequential increase in sales, thanks...
CMC and Ritek gain back share from China competitors in Latin America
Jul 8, 01:00
CMC Magnetics, Ritek and Prodisc Technology, leading Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, have won OEM orders from the retail channel in Latin American countries, with the...
Pioneer obtains OEM orders for BD Combo drives from HP, say Taiwan makers
Jul 4, 01:10
Pioneer has landed OEM orders for Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drives from Hewlett-Packard (HP) with shipments to begin in July 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Quanta remained number one notebook OEM in 1Q08, says DisplaySearch
Jun 27, 16:27
DisplaySearch has released its Quarterly Notebook PC Value Chain Report for the first quarter of 2008 showing that Quanta Computer was the top notebook PC OEM maker, and Hewlett-Packard...
Material cost pressure more acute than component shortages to notebook OEMs, says Wistron
Jun 26, 01:30
Despite being confident it will meet its notebook shipments target in 2008, Wistron company chairman Simon Lin noted that material cost pressure has been more acute than component...
With its OEM contract with Pioneer to expire in July, Asustek may close out its ODD business
Jun 24, 01:20
Asustek Computer's contract for OEM production of optical disc drives (ODDs) for Pioneer will expire in July 2008, and the Taiwan-based vendor of motherboards and PCs may dispose...
Taiwan digital photo frame OEMs could feel competitive pressure from Samsung
Jun 17, 01:10
Samsung Electronics has entered the digital photo frame market launching three models (the 7-inch 800×480 SPF-72H, 8-inch 800×600 SPF-83V and 8-inch 800×600 SPF-83H)...
Micron to enter memory card market with OEM clients as targets
Jun 11, 01:10
Micron Technology has confirmed that it is entering the memory card market, but it will chiefly target OEM clients with no plans to launch Micron-branded memory cards.
China-based makers cut OEM prices for PNDs without maps to US$60
Jun 6, 16:35
Makers of GPS PNDs in China have triggered price-cut competition by lowering OEM prices for models without built-in electronic map data to US$60 when ordered in minimum volumes of...
Lite-On IT lands OEM orders for 22x DVD burners from Sony and BenQ
Jun 2, 10:57
Lite-On IT has obtained OEM orders for 22x DVD burners both from Sony and BenQ, with volume production to begin in the third quarter of 2008, according to industry sources.
UMC considering increases in OEM quotes
May 30, 01:10
Facing increasing pressure from oil pricing, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is considering the possibility of increasing its wafer manufacturing quotes, according to sources...
MSI said to be considering sale of OEM motherboard business; to focus on branded business
May 28, 11:55
Micro-Star International (MSI) is reportedly considers selling its motherboard manufacturing business to Singapore-based EMS Flextronics International, while keeping its brand motherboard...
U-Tech Media lands OEM order for Rambo BD movie discs, says paper
Newswatch - May 27, 09:57
U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based producer of pre-recorded optical discs, has obtained an OEM order for Blu-ray Disc (BD) movie discs for the movie John Rambo (First Blood IV)...
Motherboard OEMs consider raising manufacturing quotes, says paper
Newswatch - May 26, 14:27
In addition to notebook makers, motherboard OEMs, including Pegatron Technology, Foxconn Electronics and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), are all considering to increase their manufacturing...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 1h 14min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 1h 16min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 1h 21min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 1h 43min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 1h 44min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 2h 41min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 2h 51min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 2h 57min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 1h 37min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 1h 55min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 2h 59min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 3h 25min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 4h 22min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 4h 30min ago
Seagate has announced channel and OEM shipments of its Momentus XT drive, which it claims is the world's fastest 2.5-inch laptop PC hard drive combining SSD-like performance. The...
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Light Blue Optics projector with interactive touch screen
Light Blue Optics (LBO) has launched a projector with a 10-inch projected interactive touch screen, the Light Touch. Light Touch is a reference product and will be made available...
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Intel Conte/T30 white-box ultra-thin notebook made by ECS
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has launched Intel-designed Montevina-based white-box notebooks for regional brand vendors around the globe, according to market sources. The notebooks...
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Despite the fact the penetration rate of LED backlight units (BLUs) in TVs has been increasing continuously, shining a light on the LED industry, Biing-jye Lee, chairman of Taiwan-based...
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- 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
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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.