Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [236 news items]
Barnes & Noble reportedly to launch new Nook Color in September
Sep 2, 17:09
Taiwanese suppliers will ship key components to be used in Barnes & Noble's Nook Color 2, scheduled for release in September 2011, according to industry sources.
Acer 2012 notebook orders to Pegatron below expectations
Aug 31, 16:07
Pegatron Technology originally expected Acer's orders for notebooks in 2012 to reach five million units, but so far Acer has released orders for only 600,000 units, according to industry...
Aug 26, 01:10
Pegatron Technology saw its losses widen to NT$671 million (US$23.1 million) in the second quarter of 2011 from a loss of NT$559 million recorded in the first quarter. EPS for the...

Samsung reportedly contacted Taiwan OEMs for evaluating notebook outsourcing
Aug 23, 01:10
Korea-based notebook brand vendor Samsung Electronics has reportedly contacted Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Pegatron Technology in August to...
Wistron, Pegatron, TPV-Inventa shipping more AIO PCs in 2011
Aug 5, 01:25
Wistron, Pegatron Technology and TPV-Inventa Technology are expected to see their shipments of all-in-one (AIO) PCs grow significantly in 2011, buoyed by orders from Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard...
Pegatron to begin shipments of iPhone 5 in September
Aug 3, 01:10
Pegatron Technology has landed orders for 10 million units of iPhone 5 to become the second ODM of the smartphone. Shipments will start in September, according to industry sources.
Compal reportedly lands new notebook orders from Asustek for 2012
Jul 28, 01:30
Compal Electronics has reportedly landed new notebook orders from Asustek Computer for 2012, doubling its Asustek orders from two million units in 2011 to four million units in 2012,...
Acer aggressively headhunting software talent from HTC, Asustek, Pegatron
Jul 27, 16:58
Acer has reportedly been aggressively headhunting software talent from players such as High Tech Computer (HTC), Asustek Computer and Pegatron Technology recently hoping to fill its...
Asustek Transformer shipments top 400,000 units a month
Jul 15, 01:25
Monthly shipments of Eee Pad Transformer tablet PCs from Asustek Computer have reached 400,000 units, making the company's goal to ship a total of two million tablet PCs in 2011 sustainable,...
Pegatron unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn in 2011
Jul 13, 16:52
Pegatron Technology is expected to land orders for at least 10 million units of iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) but is unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...
Apple likely to add contractor for iPad
Jul 11, 15:01
Apple reportedly plans to add a second manufacturer for iPad 3 tablet PCs in addition to Foxconn Electronics with Taiwan-based Quanta Computer and Pegatron Technology being indicated...
Asustek, Pegatron June revenues up
Jul 11, 10:17
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer generated non-consolidated revenues of NT$28.260 billion (US$978 million) for June, a 16-month high, while ODM Pegatron Technology's June consolidated...
Taiwan notebook ODMs see slight sequential shipment growth in 2Q11
Jul 5, 01:30
Taiwan-based notebook makers, facing an impact from Japan's earthquake, competition from tablet vendors and the fact brand vendor significantly cleared inventory, saw their notebook...
Pegatron receives orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple
Jul 5, 01:10
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011,...
Pegatron expected to see losses in 2Q11, to start recovering in 3Q11
Jun 24, 12:02
Pegatron Technology is expected to continue to see losses in its second-quarter results after suffering from a net loss of NT$559 million (US$19.39 million), or NT$0.25 per share,...
Quanta reportedly wins major mainstream notebook orders for 1H12 from Asustek
Jun 24, 01:25
Asustek Computer reportedly has completed the distribution of its notebook orders for the first half of 2012, with Quanta Computer likely to win orders for 40% of mainstream notebook...
Asustek takes shipment lead in non-Apple tablet PCs
Jun 23, 01:35
Asustek Computer has become the largest tablet PC brand in the non-Apple tablet PC group with shipments of 400,000 units in the first half of 2011, according to sources from notebook...
Computex 2011: Asustek announces Padfone, bundling smartphone with tablet PC
May 31, 01:20
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer, at its pre-Computex press conference, announced its Padfone, bundling a 4.3-inch smartphone with a 10-inch tablet PC for an estimated...

Toshiba reportedly abandoning ideas for developing Wintel-based tablets and Chromebooks
May 24, 01:00
Japan-based notebook brand vendor Toshiba reportedly has abandoned ideas for developing Windows 7-based tablet PCs and Chromebooks as the two devices have already disappeared from...
HP places strong notebook orders in May and June
May 17, 01:10
First-tier notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently notified its upstream component partners that its component shortage issues have already been resolved with its...
Supply chain may not be able to satisfy demand from Apple
May 12, 01:05
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly facing a shortage of both labor and materials at its plants...
Motherboard players see mixed result in April
May 10, 01:25
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...
Pegatron sees net losses in 1Q11
Apr 28, 01:20
Pegatron Technology has announced net losses of NT$559 million (US$19.38 million) for the first quarter of 2011 with EPS of negative NT$0.25 and gross margin of only 1.8%, all historical...
Toshiba Honeycomb tablet to hit Japan in June; manufactured by Pegatron
Apr 22, 01:40
Toshiba's new tablet PC with Android Honeycomb will hit store shelves in Japan in June 2011. The device reportedly is being manufactured by Taiwan-based Pegatron Technology.
Asustek to set up second China operational headquarters in Chongqing
Apr 13, 01:05
Asustek Computer will invest US$150 million to establish its second China operational headquarters in Chongqing City, western China, according to the company.
MSI outsources own-brand Sandy Bridge notebooks to Pegatron
Mar 25, 01:15
Micro-Star International (MSI) has outsourced the production of its own-brand 15.6-inch Sandy Bridge notebook, the CX640, to Pegatron Technology in order to shore up its profitability...
Motherboard players see revenue drop in February
Mar 10, 01:10
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...
HP unsatisfactory performance to impact Taiwan upstream supply chain
Feb 24, 01:35
Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced revenues of US$32.3 billion during the period from November of 2010 to January of 2011, lower than market watchers' expectations of US$32.9 billion,...
Pegatron and ASRock post mixed January revenues
Feb 11, 01:20
Pegatron Technology has posted revenues of NT$29.22 billion (US$1.01 billion) for January 2011, down 6.3% sequentially and 14% from a year earlier due to a decline in shipments of...
Pegatron to manufacture HTC tablet PC, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 9, 14:38
Smartphone vendor HTC reportedly will outsource production of its tablet PC to Pegatron, according to a Chinese language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. HTC has previously...
Pegatron to invest US$49 million in Chongqing
Jan 27, 13:53
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology, on January 26, officially announced it will invest US$49 million to establish a new company, Shi-Shao Technology in Chongqing, China...
Pegatron to set up base in Chongqing, Asustek likely to follow, say Taiwan makers
Jan 26, 15:57
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology, mainly because Acer has decided to set up an operational center in Chongqing City, western China, has internally decided to establish...
Jan 25, 01:45
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is confident about its sales performance in 2011 thanks to the CDMA-based and the new-generation iPhone orders, which should total...
Pegatron expects high revenue growth to take off in 2011
Jan 24, 11:45
Taiwan-based EMS provider Pegatron Technology expects its revenues to grow at relatively high rates beginning 2011, according to company chairman Tung Tsu-hsien.
Asustek, Pegatron named for employee abuses
Jan 21, 14:13
Taiwan's Department of Labor of Taipei City recently named both Asustek Computer and Pegatron Technology for violating labor laws, in which, Pegatron has been charged for allowing...
- 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

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.
- 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.

















