Last update: Thursday 21 March 2013 [95 news items]
TXC to double crystal oscillator capacity
Jan 27, 12:01
TXC will increase its monthly capacity for high-end crystal oscillators to three million units later this year from 1.5 million units currently due to strong demand from China's networking...
Taitien lands quartz component orders from Europe, US
Jan 20, 10:27
Taitien Electronics has reportedly landed orders for oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXO) from new Europe- and US-based customers and has begun production is small volumes,...
Quartz component makers see stable orders while material capacity remains tight
Newswatch - Jan 19, 16:07
Taiwan-based quartz component makers have said they are seeing order visibility extend to March and expect shipments for January to remain flat on month. However, supply of ceramic...
Quartz component maker TXC to issue convertible bonds
Newswatch - Jan 5, 15:06
TXC's board of directors has approved plans to issue NT$800 million (US$25.2 million) worth of Taiwan convertible bonds (CB) to raise funding for capacity expansion, especially for...
Quartz component material shortages improve
Dec 28, 16:52
The shortage of ceramic bases, a raw material for the making of quartz components, has temporarily improved, although supply is still limited and will not be solved until the first...
Taitien lands high-end oscillator orders from Huawei
Dec 25, 16:30
Taitien Electronics has landed orders of oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs) used in networking base stations from China-based Huawei Technologies and is expected to see shipments...
Taiwan quartz component makers to enjoy growth in 2010
Newswatch - Dec 17, 13:53
Taiwan-based quartz device makers are expected to enjoy strong growth in 2010 on increasing demand from the handset and networking segments, according to market sources.
Quartz component makers expect 10% revenue growth in 4Q09
Newswatch - Nov 10, 16:22
Taiwan-based quartz component makers expect their fourth-quarter 2009 revenues to remain at peak season levels, with a sequential increase of about 10%, mainly driven by orders from...
Taiwan-based quartz component makers see revenues increase in October
Newswatch - Nov 9, 12:02
Taiwan-based quartz component suppliers TXC and Tai-Saw Technology reported growth in October revenues, while makers of other passive components mostly saw revenues decline. TXC's...
Mobius Microsystems establishes Taiwan office
Oct 21, 10:32
US-based Mobius Microsystems has established a sales office in Taipei, Taiwan. The company also announced the appointment of Alex Tso as director of the Asia Pacific Region to run...
Tight material supply may impact Taiwan quartz component shipments in 4Q09
Oct 12, 11:29
Taiwan quartz component makers are concerned that tight material supply from Japan may affect their shipments in the fourth quarter. Market sources said the situation is expected...

Tai-Saw may land quartz component orders from Japan makers
Newswatch - Oct 1, 10:56
Taiwan-based quartz component maker Tai-Saw Technology stands a good chance of receiving outsourcing orders from Japan-based makers, according to market speculation. The company did...
Quartz component makers to see double-digit growth in 4Q09
Sep 15, 14:28
Taiwan-based quartz component makers TXC and Harmony Electronics (HELE) are seeing full utilization rates thanks to orders from notebook, handset and smartphone makers. Both companies...
Taiwan quartz component revenues expected to grow 15% in 3Q09
Aug 14, 17:07
Taiwan quartz component makers TXC and Harmony Electronics (HELE) are expected to see a 15% sequential growth in their third-quarter revenues mainly due to increasing orders for frequency...
Taiwan quartz device makers to expand capacity
Aug 4, 15:17
Taiwan quartz component maker TXC will procure equipment to develop more products, while fellow maker Tai-Saw Technology (TST) will add equipment to expand its production capacity...
Quartz component makers see 2Q09 sales up, cautious about 3Q09
Newswatch - Jul 16, 15:41
TXC and Harmony Electronics (HELE) saw sales growth in the second quarter of 2009, both sequentially and on year, thanks to a warming up of demand. However, both quartz component...
Quartz component maker TXC obtains orders for communications applications from China
Newswatch - Apr 14, 15:26
TXC, the largest Taiwan-based maker of quartz components, has obtained orders from China, with its products for the first time being used in base stations in mobile communications...
Quartz component makers to see improving utilization rates in 2Q09
Apr 9, 16:45
Taiwan-based quartz component makers TXC and Tai-Saw Technology expect their capacity utilization rates to continue to improve during the second quarter although first-quarter revenues...
TXC leads Taiwan quartz component makers in 2008 EPS
Newswatch - Apr 1, 12:12
Taiwan-based quartz-component maker TXC has announced a net EPS of NT$3.56 (US$0.11) for 2008, outperforming other domestic peers including Harmony Electronics (HELE), Tai-Saw Technology...
Quartz component makers see better performance
Mar 27, 16:30
Taiwan quartz component makers are more optimistic about April and May revenues as they have seen utilization rates increase and order visibility extended to May. Market watchers...
TXC reportedly lands component orders for Nokia N series smartphones
Newswatch - Mar 11, 16:52
Taiwan-based quartz component maker TXC is said to have won orders for Nokia's N series smartphones, with shipments expected to begin in the second half of this year, according a...
Quartz prices fall due to competition from Japan makers
Newswatch - Mar 3, 14:25
Taiwan-based quartz component makers have been forced to reduce quotes due to continued price-cut competition from Japan-based makers, and prices may further drop through the second...
Taiwan and Japan quartz component suppliers in price war
Newswatch - Feb 18, 10:43
Japan's quartz component suppliers have recently lowered ASPs by more than 10% due to an oversupply, according to market sources. Mainstream 3225-specification crystal oscillators...
TXC rumored to receive quartz component orders for next-generation Android phone, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 11, 16:02
TXC's is rumored to have received component orders for a next-generation Google Android-based handset, according a Chinese language United Daily News (UDN) report.
Quartz component maker TXC seeking new customers to confront price competition from Japan companies
Jan 16, 12:06
Taiwan quartz component supplier TXC is aggressively developing relationships with new customers to protect its current position since rivals from Japan are expanding their target...
- 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 Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- 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...
- 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.
















