Last update: Tuesday 10 January 2012 [62 news items]
CES 2012: New XO 3.0 showcased with Marvell chip
Jan 10, 01:35
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is showcasing its latest XO 3.0 tablet PC at CES 2012 at the booth of Marvell.

Lite-On to increase monthly shipments of LED light sources
Jan 5, 01:40
Lite-On Technology indicated its global market share of server power supplies has surpassed 20%. Lite-On expects the market share to grow to 35%. The firm also indicated the LED light...

Delta to set up power supply plant for industrial automation equipment, electric cars
Dec 26, 09:42
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics plans to set up a new plant as well as an R&D center for the development of power supply devices for industrial automation equipment and electric...

Delta October sales up 3% on month
Nov 11, 10:25
Delta Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$15.19 billion (US$502 million) for October 2011, up 3% sequentially but down 1% from a year earlier.
Lite-On reports flat October revenues
Nov 9, 13:56
Lite-On has reported October revenues of NT$10.149 (US$337 million), flat compared to September. Accumulated revenues from January-October reached NT$99.96 billion. Lite-On indicated...
Delta to introduce 40-inch e-paper devices in 2012
Nov 3, 11:57
Bruce CH Cheng, chairman of Taiwan-based power supply firm Delta Electronics, has revealed a plan to launch e-paper devices above 40-inch in the second half of 2012. The main applications...

Lite-On reports impressive 3Q11 profits
Nov 1, 16:37
Lite-On Technology has reported third-quarter revenues of NT$31.24 billion (US$1 billion), a 3.5% on-quarter increase. Net profits were NT$258 million, an on-quarter increase of 51.4%...
Lite-On plans to develop LED lighting products with Epistar
Sep 20, 14:07
Following the inauguration of Taiwan-based chipmaker Epistar's plant in Changzhou, China, Lite-On has indicated it plans to cooperate with Epistar to develop new LED lighting products,...
PSU maker ENG Electronic cuts into aluminum material supply industry
Sep 15, 01:25
Power supply unit (PSU) maker ENG Electronic has recently cut into the aluminum material supply industry and will start shipping aluminum materials and ingots to chassis makers such...
Microinverters and power optimizers grew 500% in 2010, says IMS Research
Sep 14, 15:24
Use of disruptive technologies in the PV inverter industry grew strongly in 2010 with shipments of microinverters and power optimizers growing by well over 500%; however, they still...
Lite-On, Delta named on 2011 DJSI World Index
Sep 14, 15:18
Lite-On Technology and Delta Electronics both have been selected as constituent stocks of the 2011 Dow Jones sustainability World Index (DJSI World) as well as DJSI Asia/Pacific Index...
Battery maker AcBel to benefit from cloud computing opportunity
Jun 16, 01:45
Taiwan-based battery maker AcBel expects its revenues to see a double-digit percentage growth in 2011, benefiting from cloud computing driving demand for server power supplies, according...
Market condition in 2H11 might not be as good as anticipated, says Delta chairman
Jun 15, 15:26
Delta Electronics has stated the development of cloud, solar and LED will face new opportunities in 2011 and revenues shall grow accordingly.
Darfon sees sequential drop in 1Q11 revenues
Apr 28, 01:40
Taiwan-based PC accessory maker Darfon Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.12 billion (US$212.21 million), down 8.7% sequentially with gross margin of 9.9% down...
PC component shortage raises specter of second-rate components entering the supply chain
Apr 19, 01:35
Component shortage that created by Japan's earthquake on March 11 has reportedly caused some upstream players supplying their clients second-rate components to satisfy their demand,...
Lite-On Tech and Delta see revenues up over 30% on month in March
Apr 8, 13:56
Power supply device makers Lite-On Technology saw its consolidated revenues increase 35% sequentially to NT$10.67 billion (US$368.18 million) in March, as fellow company Delta Electronics...
PSU maker AcBel saw revenues increase, but gross margin drop in 2010
Mar 24, 01:50
Taiwan-based power supply unit (PSU) maker AcBel Polytech has announced consolidated revenues of NT$22.08 billion (US$745.82 million) for 2010, up 24.19% on year; however, the company's...
Delta February revenues down 20% sequentially but up 20% on year
Mar 10, 09:54
Power supply device maker Delta Electronics has announced revenues of NT$11.1 billion (US$382.2 million) for February, down 20% sequentially but up 20% from a year earlier. Lite-On...
High copper price damaging profitability of notebook component makers
Feb 15, 01:15
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connector, cable, power supply and cooling modules are seeing their profitability drop as the recent global copper price is hovering...
Chicony expected 20% on-year growth in 2011 revenues
Jan 17, 16:52
Notebook keyboard maker Chicony Electronics is expected to achieve an on-year growth of 20% for its consolidated revenues in 2011, up from NT$60.5 billion (US$2.08 billion) in 2010,...
Phihong achieves strong results for December
Jan 17, 16:47
Taiwan-based power supply and cable maker Phihong Technology announced revenues of NT$1.42 billion (US$48.93 million) for December 2010, up 5.6% on month, with revenues for the year...
Buynow to adopt LED lighting devices from Chicony Power
Dec 28, 01:55
Taiwan-based power supply maker Chicony Power Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicony Electronics, started shipping LED lighting device in November to Clevo's China retail...
Adoption by Intel makes digital controllers mainstream technology, says Petrov Group
Oct 29, 10:37
The next generation of Intel's power architecture, VR12, to be introduced in the third quarter of 2011 represents a watershed industry event, according to Boris Petrov, managing director...
Delta considers creating a brand for electric car solutions for B2B market
Oct 21, 01:25
Taiwan-based power supply maker Delta Electronics is considering creating a brand in the business to business market for its electric car solutions, according to company chairman...
Power supply maker FSP posts record sales in 3Q10
Oct 7, 15:01
Power supply maker FSP Technology has reported record revenues of NT$1.553 billion (US$50.525 million) for September 2010, pushing its third-quarter revenues to NT$4.482 billion to...
Limited impact from rise in NT dollar, say Delta and Lite-On Tech
Oct 5, 01:25
Power supply maker Delta Electronics indicated that profits from currency exchange rates in the first half of 2010 came to NT$275 million (US$8.86 million), and since the company...
Foxconn LCD inverter joint venture to acquire shares from a power supply maker
Sep 14, 15:00
Ampower Holding, a joint venture between Chi Mei Optoelectronics and Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry), will join a private fund raiser started by Taiwan-based power supply maker...
Delta revenues up slightly in August
Sep 10, 10:54
Delta Electronics has posted revenues of NT$16.27 billion (US$509.15 million) for August, up a mere 1% from the previous month. For the first eight months of 2010, revenues reached...
Jul 28, 11:31
Passive component maker Yageo expects its revenues to increase 10% sequentially in the third quarter buoyed by strong demand from the network equipment, power supply and handset segments,...
Taiwan-based power supply unit makers post strong 2Q10 sales
Jul 20, 14:47
Power supply unit (PSU) maker Delta Electronics registered NT$42.68 billion (US$1.32 billion) in revenues in the second quarter of 2010, up 27.5% sequentially. Fellow PSU companies...
LED TV vendors to increase outsourcing of power supplies in 2011, says Delta CEO
Jul 2, 14:43
Delta Electronics has begun producing power supply units (PSUs) for LED-backlit LCD TV vendors based in Japan, South Korea, Europe and Taiwan, according to company CEO Yancey Hai.
Chicony to benefit from Xbox 360 Natal Project
Jun 10, 15:04
Taiwan-based Chicony Electronics is expected to benefit from Microsoft Xbox 360's Natal Project by supplying power supplies and webcam modules, and already started shipping in June,...
Taiwan-based power supply makers raise prices by 10%, says paper
Newswatch - May 5, 11:59
With continuous shortage of upstream materials and strong demand from system makers, Taiwan-based power supply companies have already hiked prices or are planning to do so, according...
Notebook power supply and cooling module makers plan to increase price
Apr 1, 11:56
Makers of notebook power supplies and cooling modules are preparing to increase their quotes as the rising labor costs in China as well as increasing copper prices are impacting their...
Supply of protective components tightens
Jan 27, 10:54
Taiwan-based protective component makers have seen better-than-expected order volumes in January, with the shortage gap reaching tens of millions of units, according to market sources...
Pegatron to give up Asustek ultrabook orders, says paper
Systems - Newswatch | 5min ago
- Acer to launch CloudMobile smartphone in 3Q12
- Rubicon sees slight increase of sapphire substrate orders
- Order surge of solar cells from Germany to level off in end of February
- ASE expects sales rebound in 2Q12
- Compal ships 2.1 million notebooks in January, says paper
- Acer sees decreased January revenues
- Chunghwa Telecom posts January EPS of NT$0.43
- Foxconn January revenues down sequentially
- HTC lands orders for quad-core smartphone, says paper
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Soft-World, Gamania January revenues hit records
- 20GW of solar PV manufacturing equipment to be replaced by 2016, says IMS Research
- Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January
- Growth of global TV shipments to fall to 7% in 2012, says GfK
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
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- Marvell and Google Team Up to Transform TV into the Command Center for the 'Connected Lifestyle'
- Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
- Digi-Key announces global distribution agreement with Marktech Optoelectronics
- Valuable LED lighting - Ecomaa Dimmable LED MR16
- American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its HighEnd Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights
- 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
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
13-Feb-2012 11:48 (GMT+8)
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- Taiwan banks want higher investment limit for China peers (February 9) - Reuters
- China's exports and imports fall (February 10) - BBC News
- Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec (February 8) - 9to5Mac.com
- Post-election Taiwan: beyond exports (February 7) - The Financial Times
- Deadly cold snap cripples Europe (February 6) - ABC News
- IMF cuts China 2012 growth forecast to 8.25% (February 6) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- US job numbers show strong growth (February 3) - BBC News
- Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains (January 14) - BBC News
- Commentary: Lack of distribution channels continues to hover over Taiwan solar industry
- Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch
- Commentary: Could automation solve labor issues for Foxconn?
- Commentary: Apple being dragged into US-China trade war
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011

Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...

MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments...

The greening of Taiwan: Q&A with Siemens Taiwan CEO Peter Weiss
While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened...

Focus on small, cost-effective packages: Q&A with STATS ChipPAC CEO Tan Lay Koon
Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
During China 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. Installed capacity in China grow by tenfold to reach the target of 10GWp by 2015.
- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.





















