Last update: Tuesday 14 May 2013 [89 news items]
UMC invests in lithium cell supplier via subsidiary
Jun 29, 12:19
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced its investment in E-One Moli Energy, a Taiwan-based lithium battery maker, through private placement.

Vibo Telecom to issue convertible bonds
Jun 29, 09:48
Vibo Telecom, one of five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will issue five-year convertible bonds to raise an estimated NT$3.49 billion (US$107 million) for private placement,...
DRAM maker Nanya raises over NT$12 billion
Jun 26, 16:39
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology on June 26 announced that it has raised additional capital of NT$12.22 billion (US$371.31 million) through private placement.
Chip resistor maker Ta-I to issue new shares
Jun 24, 15:05
Ta-I Technology has approved plans issue up to 30 million new shares at a tentative price of NT$20 (US$0.61) each. The chip resistor maker said its utilization rate has rebounded...
Jun 23, 12:32
Delta Electronics' board of directors has approved the acquisition of notebook battery maker Dynapack International Technology's domestic convertible bonds of NT$860 million (US$26.13...
Everlight to invest in LED chipmaker Tekcore
Jun 19, 14:49
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics is expected to invest NT$280 million in LED chipmaker Tekcore via private placement in order to secure supply amid recent shortages...
Nanya gets approval to cut capital
Newswatch - Jun 18, 13:38
Nanya Technology has received approval from Taiwan's Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) to reduce its capital by 66.43% to NT$15.76 billion (US$479.03 million). The DRAM maker...
Transcend to increase investment in flash controller IC designer
Jun 17, 11:24
Memory module maker Transcend Information plans to increase its stake in Alcor Micro by subscribing to part of the seven million new shares to be issued by the NAND flash controller...
CHT tentatively withdraws from Senao private placement
Newswatch - Jun 12, 11:43
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has tentatively suspended plans to increase its stake in IT and telecom retail chain Senao International from 31.5% to 40.8% through a private placement as...
Nanya to raise NT$30 billion for migration to 50nm
Jun 2, 12:51
The board of directors at DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has approved a plan to raise more than NT$15 billion (US$464 million) through a private placement at the end of June. Backed...
Foxconn interested in Alcor Micro private placement, say sources
Newswatch - May 25, 17:09
Following the announcement by Alcor Micro that it will issue seven million shares via private placement, market sources have claimed that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
Yageo to raise capital via private placement
Stockwatch - Apr 29, 17:04
Passive component maker Yageo has announced plans to issue up to 500 million shares via private placement with a tentative unit price set at NT$10 (US$0.30) in order to raise funds...
A-Data and Phison to raise capital via private placements
Apr 24, 16:50
Both DRAM and NAND flash spot markets have recently shown more active transactions, which may encourage more memory specialists to initiate capital expansion plans to shore up their...
Lextar to invest in LED chipmaker Lighthouse
Apr 16, 15:47
Lextar, the LED subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), has announced it will subscribe to the private placement by LED chipmaker Lighthouse Technology, which is seeking...
LED chipmaker Arima Opto to issue new shares, bonds for private placement
Apr 2, 16:38
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Arima Optoelectronics will issue up to 200 million new shares as well as convertible bonds for private placement in Taiwan, according to a decision made...
Nvidia may take up VIA shares through private placement, say sources
Mar 27, 15:54
VIA Technologies plans to sell 300 million new shares at a price ranging from NT$9-12 (US$0.27-0.35) per share through private placement, the company has announced. Nvidia is reportedly...
Solar cell maker E-Ton sells new shares through private placement
Mar 27, 10:18
E-Ton Solar Tech, a crystalline silicon solar cell maker, on March 26 completed the private placement of 17 million new shares at a price of NT$74 (US$2.18) per share, representing...
Elpida newly-founded units to raise US$469 million via private placement
Mar 26, 12:12
Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest DRAM chipmaker, has announced that two of its consolidated subsidiaries, EBS and ECM, decided at a general shareholder meetings held...
Mitac Technology becomes largest shareholder of magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis maker Waffer
Mar 11, 16:12
Mitac Technology has invested NT$250 million (US$7.2 million) to take part in the private placement of Waffer Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis...
AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
Displays | 9h 56min ago
US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
Bits + chips | 10h 23min ago
Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
Green energy | 10h 25min ago
Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
Mobile + telecom | 10h 28min ago
Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
Before Going to Press | 10h 38min ago
Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
Before Going to Press | 11h 6min ago
Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs at Computex 2013
Before Going to Press | 11h 29min ago
UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
Before Going to Press | 11h 36min ago
Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
Before Going to Press | 11h 37min ago
IC suppliers expect PC demand to hit bottom in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 11h 38min ago
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
Before Going to Press | 11h 39min ago
AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:59
Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:57
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:37
Asia set to be largest 4G LTE market, says Nokia Siemens executive
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:36
Unity Opto expects orders to increase from June to September
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:06
CSOT showcases 110-inch Ultra HD TV panel at 2013 SID Display Week
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:59
TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$11 million
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:38
Lenovo aims to surpass Samsung in global smartphone market share, says paper
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:26
AMD unveils Temash, Kabini SoC APUs
Before Going to Press | May 23, 18:25
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
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- 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
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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
23-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8237.83 | -161.01 | -1.92% |

| TSE electronic | 311.32 | -6.23 | -1.96% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 119.35 | -1.36 | -1.13% |

| OTC electronic | 144.06 | -1.58 | -1.08% |

- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News

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.
- 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.

















