Last update: Wednesday 15 May 2013 [359 news items]
Chicony starts development of production base in western China
Jun 29, 01:10
Taiwan-based EMS provider Chicony Electronics on June 28 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its production base in Chongqing City, western China, with production in the first phase...
Jun 24, 16:18
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer, at its investors meeting on June 24, announced revenues of NT$1.06947 trillion (US$37.02 billion) for 2010, a new historical high and...
Notebook industry may not see peak season effects in 2H11
Jun 23, 01:10
The notebook industry is unlikely to return to its usual seasonal pattern of having shipment proportions of 4:6 for the first and the second halves in 2011 as the US and Europe are...
Acer notebook shipments in retail channel expected to surpass 3 million in June
Jun 14, 01:25
Acer's notebook shipments in the retail channel are expected to surpass three million units in June and if the company's upstream partners such as Compal Electronics, Wistron and...
Intel new server platform expected to start large replacement trend
Jun 14, 01:15
Intel is set to launch a new server platform Romley in the third quarter of 2011 with social network websites such as Google and Facebook all planning to upgrade their servers by...
PC ODMs expect to gain share from first-tier server vendors, while vendors take the opposite view
Jun 14, 01:10
As cloud computing becoming a great business opportunity to server players, sources from PC ODMs believe that the server market, which is currently dominated by first-tier players...
Quanta, Wistron, Inventec see mixed results in May
Jun 9, 02:00
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec reported mixed results in May revenues. Quanta and Wistron both saw growth in notebook shipments in the month.
Lenovo CEO visits Taiwan to secure relationship with upstream partners
May 31, 01:35
CEO of China-based PC brand Lenovo Yuanqing Yang visited Taiwan on May 30 mainly to secure the company's relationships with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal...
Flextronics hints at withdrawal from OEM notebook market
May 20, 01:00
Flextronics International will probably not tender bids to win OEM notebook orders in 2012 and beyond due to low margins, company CEO Mike McNamara indicated during a recent global...
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...
Shortage of smartphone and tablet PC components emerging
May 12, 01:20
Despite both upstream and downstream PC and smartphone players claiming to have not seen any component shortages and that they will see normal supplies until the end of May 2011,...
Quanta sees revenues drop 20% on month in April
May 10, 01:05
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$91.51 billion (US$3.2 billion) for April, down 20.1% on month and 5.67% on year with notebook...
Taiwan market: Apple launches iMac starting at NT$38,900
May 5, 01:25
Apple has launched its new iMac all-in-one PC in Taiwan, featuring Intel's latest processor and Thunderbolt technology as well as AMD's Radeon GPU with pricing starting at NT$38,900...
Quanta Computer expects notebook shipment growth of 10% for 2Q11, 2011
May 4, 01:05
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to grow 10% from 13.2 million units in the first. For the whole year, shipments will increase 10% from...
Quanta receives tablet PC orders from Amazon, say upstream sources
May 3, 01:05
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC, according to sources from upstream component makers. The device's...
Quanta Computer to supply servers for Facebook, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 18, 10:53
Quanta Computer has obtained orders for servers from Facebook, with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2011, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Quanta Computer expected to see booming shipments of PlayBook
Apr 13, 15:53
RIM is internally optimistic about the marketability of its PlayBook tablet PC and therefore has placed large-volume orders for shipments in the second and third quarters of 2011...
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.
Acer increases Iconia tablet PC orders for April
Apr 12, 01:10
Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Acer has increased its April tablet PC orders to 500,000-800,000 units, aiming to compete against Motorola, RIM and Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) tablet PCs,...
Quanta Computer March shipments, revenues hit records
Apr 11, 10:46
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped 5.7 million notebooks and brought in consolidated revenues of NT$114.569 billion (US$3.884 billion) for March 2011, its highest monthly figures...
RIM PlayBook to benefit Quanta and Foxlink
Apr 7, 01:40
As Research In Motion (RIM) is set to launch its PlayBook tablet PC on April 19 in the US and Canada priced at US$499.99, its upstream assembly partner Quanta Computer and connector...
Quanta Computer to set up 2 subsidiaries in China for cloud computing business
Stockwatch - Apr 6, 15:26
Quanta Computer will establish two wholly owned subsidiaries, Cloudex (Beijing) Technology and Cloudex (Shanghai) Technology each with initial paid-in capital of US$1 million, to...
Quanta releases share holdings in Simplo Technology
Stockwatch - Mar 25, 15:32
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has released its share holdings in battery maker Simplo Technology and sold 7.321 million shares at a price of NT$185 (US$6.27) per share...
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks
Mar 24, 01:05
Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...
March shipments of notebook expected to grow 40-50% sequentially, say Taiwan makers
Mar 23, 01:10
Since vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer are competing for ODM capacity, notebook ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and...
Quanta to set up touch panel joint venture with 3M
Mar 11, 01:45
Quanta Computer has announced plans to set up a joint venture with US-based 3M in Singapore for developing projected capacitive touch technology in order to gain profits from the...
Taiwan notebook makers to see shipment growth in March
Mar 10, 01:25
Despite seeing their shipments drop significantly in February, Taiwan-based notebook makers including Compal Electronics, Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec are all expected to...
Taiwan market: HP launches Sandy Bridge notebooks
Mar 9, 16:40
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks in Taiwan, and as the company is starting to mass ship the notebook models in March, its upstream...

Quanta February revenues fall over 20% sequentially
Mar 9, 01:45
Quanta Computer on March 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$60.049 billion (US$2.036 billion) for February 2011, dropping 21.68% on month and 18.85% on year. January-February...
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,...
Quanta Computer expected to see decreased orders from HP in 2Q11
Feb 23, 16:52
Quanta Computer will see orders received each month from Hewlett-Packard (HP) decrease from 1.2-2 million notebooks in the first quarter of 2011 to 800,000-1.2 million units in the...
Retail channel hoping for Sandy Bridge-based MacBook Pro by end of February
Feb 22, 01:00
Apple may launch an upgraded version of MacBook Pro notebooks before the end of February with the possibility of adopting Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, according to sources from...
Quanta announces drop in January revenues
Feb 10, 14:21
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$76.67 billion (US$2.66 billion) for January 2011, down 20.2% on month and 4.3% on year with notebook shipments in the month...
Quanta to start pilot production at Chongqing plants in March
Jan 27, 01:30
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer will start pilot production for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) orders at its plants in Chongqing, China in March with a volume of 40,000-60,000...
Lenovo-NEC cooperation could change notebook industry lineup
Jan 24, 16:51
Despite that Japan-based PC vendor NEC has already clarified that the company has not yet made any official announcement and has not yet made any decision about a merger with China-based...
- 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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- 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.






















