Last update: Monday 12 November 2012 [81 news items]
New applicaitons, markets to drive MEMS market growth
Nov 12, 10:44
At the MEMS Executive Congress US 2012 held on November 8, analysts from research firms including Gartner, IHS iSuppli, Semico Research and Yole Developpement gathered to discuss...

Pico projector market to grow significantly in 2012, say industry sources
May 30, 01:25
The micro and pocket projector market size in 2012 is likely to grow to four million units from two million units in 2011, according to industry sources. Vivitek, a Taiwan-based vendor...

BLU maker Coretronic reports declined profits for 1Q12
Apr 30, 12:04
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic saw its net profits drop 40.8% on quarter and 64.3% on year to NT$239 million (US$8.15 million) in the first quarter of 2012 due largely to weak...
Intersil unveils low-cost LED-based LCoS pico projector reference design
Apr 28, 07:28
US-based analog and mixed signal designer Intersil recently introduced the Pico-qHD, what it calls the world's lowest cost pico projector system and the industry's smallest production-ready...
Projector maker Young Optics posts EPS of NT$5 for 2011
Feb 17, 01:00
Pico projector maker Young Optics has posted net profits of NT$571 million (US$19.29 million) or an EPS of NT$5.01 on revenues of NT$7.03 billion for 2011.
Asia Optical aims to ship 2 million LCoS pico projectors in 2012
Jan 16, 10:23
Asia Optical expects to ship one million LCoS pico projector modules built in smartphones and one million LCoS external pico projectors in 2012, according to company chairman Robert...
Pico projector market triples in 1H11, says PMA
Sep 1, 13:56
The worldwide market for pico projectors reached about 830,000 during the first half of 2011, more than tripling from 270,000 during the first half of 2010, according to Pacific Media...
Vivitek unveils Qumi series stand-alone pico projectors
May 13, 01:05
Taiwan-based vendor Vivitek on May 12 formally unveiled Qumi, a series of stand-alone DLP HD pico projectors, and aims to ship 30,000-40,000 units globally in 2011, according to the...
Apr 15, 10:47
Global shipments of pico projector modules for built in and external devices are forecast to grow from 3.1 million units in 2011 to 10.76 million units in 2013, according to Digitimes...
Consumer and mobile MEMS to boom in 2011, says IHS iSuppli
Apr 12, 10:29
After only four years of existence, a segment of the MEMS market known as new MEMS - specifically for consumer electronics (CE) and mobile handsets - will jump 157.4% in 2011, powering...
Vivitek to launch stand-alone pico projector Qumi, aiming at 20-30% global market share in 2011
Apr 6, 11:43
Vivitek will launch Qumi, a stand-alone DLP pico projector model, in the China market in late April and then in Taiwan and Europe in May, according to the company.
Projector shipments to grow to 39 million units by 2015, says Pacific Media
Mar 28, 14:04
Pacific Media Associates (PMA), in its latest forecast of the worldwide front projector market, estimates that the 8.5 million units sold during 2010 will increase to more than 39...
Optoma expects pico projector shipments to grow by double-digits in 2011
Mar 17, 16:38
DLP projector maker Optoma Technology expects its shipments to grow by a double-digit rate, to reach 700,000-800,000 units in 2011, including its Neo-i projector which has been verified...
Young Optics posts 17% sequential drop for February revenues
Mar 9, 11:36
Optical module and component maker Young Optics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$481 million (US$16.39 million) for February, decreasing 17.33% sequentially but increasing 32.39%...
Pico projectors and personal projectors show increasing popularity of DLP models, says PMA
Mar 1, 16:50
Consumers of front projectors from the US storefronts and direct marketers (web and catalog) are increasingly choosing smaller, sub-500 lumen brightness, "New Era" projectors,...
Young Optics to focus on improving pico projector brightness in 2011
Feb 23, 01:15
With its pico projector modules reaching the height of the camera module for iPhone, optical module and component maker Young Optics will turn its focus on improving brightness as...
Global projector market to reach almost 8.5 million in 2010, says PMA
Feb 17, 16:40
The global front projector market is expected to increase 34% on year to 8.49 million units in 2010, driven by demand for short-throw, high brightness and pico projectors, according...
Pico projector market exceeds 268,000 units in 4Q10, says PMA
Feb 16, 16:43
Worldwide demand for pico projectors grew from 134,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2009 to over 268,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Pacific Media Associates...
Young Optics January revenues up 10% sequentially
Feb 11, 01:15
Optical components maker Young Optics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$581 million (US$20.07 million) for January 2011, up 10.4% sequentially and 46.87% on year.
Pico projectors unlikely to be integrated into smartphones until after 2012
Jan 25, 02:05
With rumors circulating around the market that the Apple iPhone 5 will adopt a pico projector, sources from pico projector makers pointed out that the related R&D is still not...
Asia Optical to begin shipping pico projector modules for DSCs and smartphones
Jan 7, 01:45
Asia Optical will begin to ship pico projector modules for DSC and smartphone applications in the first quarter of 2011 and expects revenues from the new product line to grow subst...
CES 2011: TI announces DLP Pico HD chipset
Jan 6, 13:08
At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled a new era for portable high definition (HD) entertainment with the new DLP Pico HD chipset...
CES 2011: DLP Pico technology lights up new, on-the-go possibilities
Jan 6, 13:07
Texas Instruments (TI) DLP Products has announced that more than 30 DLP Pico-enabled products, covering a wide variety of useful and unique form factors, will be on display by the...
Pico projector makers expect 22 million units to sell in 2014, says PMA
Jan 4, 15:40
Global pico projector market is expected to reach 22 million units by 2014, up from about 700,000 units in 2010, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA).
Asia Optical to begin shipping built-in pico projector modules in 2011
Dec 3, 13:44
Taiwan-based Asia Optical will extend its production of pico projector modules from external to internal models for digital cameras, smartphones and digital video camcorders, with...
Pico projector market set to double in 2010, says PMA
Nov 24, 15:36
The global pico projector market is expected to reach 750,000 units in 2010, more than double the volume of 2009, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA).
Pico and pocket projectors market up 125% on year in 3Q10, says PMA
Nov 5, 15:58
The global pico and pocket projector market is expected to increase 125% on year in the third quarter of 2010, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA). This high-growth emerging...
Young Optics posts net profits of NT$116 million for 3Q10
Oct 22, 14:41
Optical components maker Young Optics has posted net profits of NT$116 million (US$3.77 million) for the third quarter of 2010, down NT$44 million from the second quarter. EPS was...
Micron launches pico projection engine
Oct 20, 11:19
Micron Technology has announced the V100 pico projection engine for integration in smartphones with price expected to drop under US$30. It is scheduled to begin volume production...
Global projector market to increase over 36% in 2010, says PMA
Sep 17, 14:19
The global front projector market will grow to a total of 8.65 million units in 2010, increasing by 36.65% from 6.33 million units in 2009, according to Pacific Media Associates (P...
Coretronic projector revenues up 16% sequentially in 2Q10
Aug 13, 16:40
Coretronic saw revenues for its projector business in the second quarter increase by 16.6% sequentially to NT$5.62 billion (US$175.84 million), and shipments increased 21% sequentially...
Young Optics announces net profit for 1H10
Aug 9, 10:15
Taiwan-based optical components maker Young Optics has posted net profit of NT$302 million (US$9.51 million) for the first half of 2010 with an EPS of NT$2.84.
Global pico projector shipments reach 437,000 units in 1H10
Jul 28, 17:09
Global shipments of pico projectors in the first half of 2010 totaled 437,791 units, of which 46% were LCoS-based handset models offered by China-based white-box vendors, and 10%...
Optoma expects to ship more than 70,000 pico projectors in 2010
Jul 7, 12:37
Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology on July 6 unveiled two DLP pico projectors, the 20-lumen brightness PK201 and 50-lumen brightness PK301, with both featuring Osram-made...
Nikon to launch new DSC with LCoS pico projector in August
Jun 24, 16:08
Nikon reportedly plans to launch a second-generation digital still camera (DSC) with built-in LCoS pico-projector technology from Himax Technologies, which is capable of connecting...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- 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
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.






















