Last update: Thursday 6 June 2013 [166 news items]
Casetek sees fully-packed orders in 2H13
Jun 6, 15:17
Casetek, a chassis subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, is expected to enjoy strong orders in the second half of 2013. Company chairman TH Tung, at a recent investors conference, revealed...
Pegatron to expand workforce by 40% in 2H12
May 10, 12:19
Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng, at the company's recent investors meeting, said that the company will start expanding its production workforce in mid-June with the worker number...
Pegatron sees profit growth in 1Q13
May 9, 14:07
Pegatron Technology has announced its first-quarter 2013 results with consolidated revenues reaching NT$217.6 billion (US$7.39 billion), consolidated net profits NT$3.45 billion and...
Casetek sees revenues drop, but gross margins rise in 1Q13
Apr 24, 22:02
Taiwan-based chassis maker Casetek, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$9.79 billion (US$328.97 million) for the first quarter, down 17.2%...
Asustek, Pegatron suffer on-month declines in February revenues
Mar 12, 13:40
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$32.32 billion (US$1.09 billion) for February, down 19.43% on month and 8.5% on year, while Pegatron Technology saw its consolidated...
Pegatron January revenues hit NT$88 billion
Feb 19, 15:12
Pegatron Technology has announced revenues of NT$88.07 billion (US$2.97 billion) for January 2013, up 60.61% on year. Market watchers believe the strong growth was mainly contributed...
Casetek sees monthly shipments of 1 million iPad mini chassis at the end of 2012
Jan 9, 21:55
Taiwan-based chassis maker Casetek Holdings, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, is expected to have shipped one million and 1.5 million iPad mini chassis in November and December...
Pegatron chassis subsidiary to be listed on January 25, 2013
Jan 2, 21:40
Casetek Holdings, a metal chassis subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, is set to be listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on January 25, 2013. The company saw an EPS of NT$9 (US$0.31)...
Acer to host supply chain conference in January 2013
Dec 24, 22:34
Acer is set to host a supply chain conference on January 17, 2013 with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Pegatron Technology, to all...
Pegatron to see strong 1Q13 due to iPad mini orders
Dec 17, 21:50
Pegatron Technology is expected to see a strong sales performance in the first quarter of 2013 due to estimated strong orders for the iPad mini and iPad mini orders also benefited...
Asustek achieves record November revenues; Pegatron, ASRock see growth
Dec 10, 22:32
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$39.64 billion (US$1.36 billion) for November, a new monthly record with growths of 11.5% on month and 32.7% on year, while the company's...
Foxconn sees more MacBook orders from Apple
Nov 14, 21:30
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly seen an increase in 15-inch MacBook Pro orders in the second half and is currently supplying 10-15% of Apple's total...
Asustek to launch second-generation Padfone in October
Sep 25, 01:20
Asustek Computer is set to announce its second-generation Padfone on October 16 as Qualcomm's processor supply has returned to normal due to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...
HP, Acer raise notebook shipment proportion from Chongqing to 60% in 2013
Sep 11, 01:20
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer have reportedly notified their upstream supply chain partners that they will raise their Chongqing, China, plants' shipment proportions to 60% in 2013...
Intel may need to adjust roadmap for PC-use Atom processors
Sep 3, 12:37
Intel may be forced to adjust its roadmap for PC-use Atom processors as the top-2 netbook vendors – Asustek Computer and Acer – both plan to stop manufacturing related...
Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12
Aug 28, 01:35
Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...
Pegatron conservative about touchscreen notebook in 4Q12
Aug 24, 12:00
Despite Microsoft being set to release Windows 8, on October 26, mainly pushing its touchscreen controls, Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng is rather conservative about touchscreen...
Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs
Aug 14, 01:20
Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...
Digitimes Research: Notebook ODMs to see mixed shipment performance in 2H12
Jul 26, 14:08
Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2012 are only estimated to grow 12% compared to the first, several notebooks ODMs are expected to see their shipment growth...
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to enjoy 5% growth in 2Q12
Jul 16, 16:34
Global notebook shipments, facing overstocked inventory in March and a weakening worldwide economy starting in May, only achieved sequential growth of 5% in the second quarter, while...
Asustek, Pegatron see growth in June revenues
Jul 10, 01:55
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$36.02 billion (US$1.2 billion) for June, a new record high with growths of 26.83% on month and 27.46% on year, while the company's revenues...
Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12
Jun 28, 01:40
Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...
Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July
Jun 28, 01:15
Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...
Microsoft outsource Surface tablets to Pegatron; expected prices above US$599
Jun 20, 13:44
Sources from notebook players have revealed that Microsoft's 10.6-inch Surface tablet PCs will be outsourced to Pegatron Technology for assembly; however, there is still not a firm...
Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012
Jun 9, 15:55
The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.
Notebook ODMs starting to reduce component orders for June
May 29, 01:25
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, although still maintaining their shipment forecast for the second quarter, have recently started decreasing their orders to upstream component makers and...
Pegatron achieves growth in April revenues
May 10, 01:10
Pegatron Technology has announced revenues of NT$57.9 billion (US$1.97 billion) for April, up 21.6% on month and 113% on year, while the company's combined revenues for the first...
Notebook players to see better performance than expected in 1Q12
Mar 27, 01:30
Acer and Asustek Computer, after enjoying a strong notebook shipment growth in February, are expected to see their shipments continue to rise in March, helping them to achieve better...
Intel assists notebook makers to land ultrabook orders from regional vendors
Mar 26, 15:32
Intel has recently assisted notebook makers including Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), Clevo and Pegatron Technology land white-box ultrabook orders from regional vendors in emerging...
Pegatron achieves net profit in 2011
Mar 20, 01:30
The Board of Pegatron Technology has passed the company's financial report for 2011 with net profit reaching NT$110 million (US$3.72 million) and earning per share (EPS) of NT$0.05,...
Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
Feb 10, 01:10
Asustek Computer had revenues of NT$21.819 billion (US$738 million) for January slipping 11.1% on month, while Pegatron Technology saw its January consolidated revenues rise 14.5%...
Pegatron lands notebook orders from HP
Feb 9, 01:10
Pegatron Technology has recently landed notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP). With its existing orders from Toshiba and Acer for 2012, the company's shipments are expected to...
Notebook makers see on-month decline in January shipments, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 4, 10:59
Top-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Pegatron Technology and Inventec all saw on-month declines in their January shipments with Wistron suffering...
Pegatron reportedly lands new iPad orders; announces result for 2011
Jan 10, 01:00
Pegatron Technology has reportedly already landed a small volume of orders for the upcoming "iPad 3" (generally called by supply chain players), which is set to launch in...
Advantech takes full control of Advansus
Jan 4, 16:03
Taiwan-based industrial PC maker Advantech has announced that it has acquired Pegatron Technology's 50% stake in Advansus Computer to take full control of the joint venture.
Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
Bits + chips | 6h 26min ago
Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
LED | 6h 45min ago
Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
Bits + chips | 6h 49min ago
NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
Bits + chips | 6h 59min ago
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
IT + CE | 7h 51min ago
China-based TV vendors to procure over 30 million panels from Taiwan makers, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 8h 46min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | 7h 36min ago
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | 7h 48min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Before Going to Press | 8h 28min ago
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | 8h 40min ago
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | 8h 54min ago
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | 9h ago
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | 9h 1min ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | 9h 2min ago
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 9h 7min ago
Pegatron ultra-slim Atom nettop
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced that its SiS672/96/307DV chipset that supports the Intel Atom 230 CPU has been adopted by Pegatron Technology for its ultra-slim Atom...
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Asustek Computer chairman Jonney Shih announces spin-off of ODM businesses.
Photo: John Hsu, DIGITIMES, Jul 3.
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller 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
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
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- 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
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- 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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- 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
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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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.