Last update: Thursday 9 February 2012 [342 news items]
Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
Feb 9, 01:35
As High Tech Computer (HTC) has adjusted its product strategy and is expected to increase it purchasing of Nvidia Tegra series processors, Nvidia is expected to see its quad-core...
Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC
Feb 3, 01:20
Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International...
BLU maker Radiant expects strong revenue gains in 2012
Jan 19, 10:49
Taiwan-based backlight module (BLU) maker Radiant is expected to see its revenues increase substantially in 2012, buoyed by the launch of new iPads as well as ultrabooks by branded...
Notebooks becoming increasingly important for Samsung, says top executive
Jan 13, 01:05
The strategic position of the notebook product line has become increasingly important to the overall product mix of Samsung Electronics, and the company's ultimate goal is to capture...
CES 2012: Samsung, LG plan to introduce Google TV
Jan 11, 01:35
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics both indicated they plan to introduce Google TV products. However, LG noted that its own Netcast platform will account for 60% of all TV products...
Samsung sees record operating profit in 4Q11
Jan 6, 15:55
Samsung Electronics has estimated its operating profits for the last quarter of 2011 at about KRW5.2 trillion (US$4.5 billion), up 22.4% on quarter and 73.3% on year. The figure is...
Digitimes Research: Samsung consolidating LED business
Dec 27, 14:55
In 2010, Samsung LED became the first LED firm in South Korea to have revenues exceeding KRW1 trillion (US$863 million) and ranked as number one among LED firms in South Korea. Its...
Taiwan players may be left out of smart TV competition
Dec 27, 01:25
As smart TVs are expected to become major focuses of the IT industry in 2012, Taiwan players may be left out from the competition, according to sources from supply chain players.
HDD industry to be dominated by Western Digital, Seagate
Dec 21, 16:23
In the wake of Seagate's completion of acquisition of Samsung Electronics' hard disc drive (HDD) business, industry observers believe the HDD industry will be dominated by Western...
Samsung to release 2012 ODM orders to Compal
Dec 21, 01:05
Samsung Electronics plans to place ODM orders for notebook PCs with Taiwan-based Compal Electronics for shipments in 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Processor firms outpace industry growth in 2011, Gartner says
Dec 20, 14:17
Processor suppliers Intel, Qualcomm, AMD and Nvidia outperformed the rest of the semiconductor industry in 2011, Gartner wrote in its recent report. Worldwide semiconductor revenues...
CES 2012 may not help pump up demand
Dec 20, 01:30
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, which will be hosted from January 10-13 in 2012, may not help pump up consumer demand afterward as there are not expected to be many new...
Nov 29, 11:42
The big seven players in the Asia Pacific LTE macro base station market - Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung and ZTE - comprise 94% of the market...
Acer will not give up netbook market, says VP
Nov 29, 01:35
Commenting on the recent rumors that Korea-based Samsung Electronics will stop producing 10.1-inch netbooks in the first quarter of 2012, leaving the netbook market to the top-2 players...
Acer, Lenovo to launch quad-core tablet PCs
Nov 29, 01:15
Acer and Lenovo are set to launch quad-core tablet PCs featuring Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the first quarter to compete against Asustek Computer,...
Samsung, Hynix renew license deals with Tessera through 2017
Nov 24, 16:39
Tessera Technologies on November 23 announced that Hynix Semiconductor has exercised the renewal option in its 2005 license agreement to extend the term to May 2017.
Second wave of ultrabook launches to take place at CES 2012
Nov 22, 01:35
Notebook brand vendors that have not yet released ultrabooks but plan to do so soon, such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Dell, as well as players that have already...
Western Digital and Samsung will not supply hard drives to Taiwan channels in November
Nov 3, 01:10
As floods in Thailand have seriously impacted the hard drive supply chain, Western Digital recently notified its distributors in Taiwan that the company will not distribute any hard...
ACM Research reportedly lands equipment order from Samsung
Oct 31, 13:52
China's ACM Research has landed orders from Samsung Electronics to supply 12-inch, single-wafer megasonic cleaning tools, which would be installed as part of the chipmaker's advanced...
Samsung 3Q11 profit down 23% on year
Oct 28, 15:19
Samsung Electronics has announced revenues of KRW41.27 trillion (US$37 billion) on a consolidated basis for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011, a 3% increase on year. For...
Morris Chang calls for more government support for Taiwan semiconductor sector
Oct 26, 11:43
Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has urged the Taiwan government to do more to support the local semiconductor industry, in the...
Samsung denies report about 2012 chip capex
Oct 25, 12:22
Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to allocate KRW15 trillion (US$13.3 billion) to chip capex in 2012, but company high-level executives have denied the speculation, according to...
UMC breaks into supply chain for Kindle Fire, says report
Newswatch - Oct 24, 12:07
Amazon's recently-launched Kindle Fire tablet contains a dual-core 1GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor, which reportedly is being manufactured using 45nm process technology at United Microelectronics...
Digitimes Research: Apple portable devices spur competition and technology advances
Oct 14, 16:03
The success of Apple's iOS devices has reshaped the landscape of the consumer electronics industry and triggered a sales boom of portable CE products. The wave of Apple product demand...
Microsoft Mango system will rise, says HTC executive
Oct 13, 01:20
President of High Tech Computer (HTC) North Asia Jack Tung, commenting on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango system, pointed out that the smartphone industry is developing into an...
White-box tablet PC players cut prices to digest inventory
Oct 4, 13:56
White-box tablet PC players have cut their pricing for 7-inch models hoping to clear up their inventory before Amazon's new 7-inch Kindle Fire is released in November priced at US$...
Samsung sees 2012 global semiconductor growth slowdown
Sep 30, 01:05
With global economic uncertainties remaining, the semiconductor industry will show slow growth in 2012, said Oh-Hyun Kwon, head of Samsung Electronics' chip business, at a media conference...
Taiwan market: Samsung expects to acquire 30% share in tablet PC market
Sep 29, 15:32
Samsung Electronics expects to acquire a 30% share in Taiwan's tablet PC market by the end of 2011, only behind Apple, according to an executive from Samsung Taiwan.
Qualcomm reportedly starts shipping baseband chips for Mango phones
Sep 29, 01:25
Qualcomm has secured orders for baseband chips from Nokia and Samsung Electronics for their upcoming Windows Phone (Mango)-based smartphones with shipments kicking off in September,...
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
Sep 29, 01:10
With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Acer, Asustek to join new Tizen project
Sep 29, 01:05
Asustek Computer and Acer are both set to add development for the recently announced Tizen operating system project, while High Tech Computer (HTC) is currently evaluating its decision,...
Samsung, ZTE unveil Mango smartphones
Sep 28, 14:00
Samsung Electronics and ZTE both have unveiled their first Windows Phone (Mango) smartphones, the Omnia and Tania, respectively, to test the market, according to industry sources.
Sep 23, 01:10
Elpida Memory on September 22 announced that it has completed development of 25nm-made 4Gb DDR3 memory. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics has introduced its 20nm-class DRAM products...
Taiwan market: Samsung launches MV800 MultiView camera
Sep 21, 10:31
Samsung Electronics has unveiled MV800, a MultiView digital camera model enabling users to take pictures at multiple viewing angles, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a...
Samsung develops 1.25V DDR3 modules for servers
Sep 15, 14:33
Samsung Electronics announced on September 15 that it has developed DDR3 registered dual inline memory modules (RDIMMs) designed for use in low-power enterprise server systems at...
Samsung mSATA SSDs for ultrabook
Samsung Electronics has announced volume production of SSDs that support the mSATA interface. The drives are designed for use in ultra-slim notebook PCs such as Ultrabook. Combining...
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Samsung Electronics has announced its new system-in-package (SIP) near field communications (NFC) chip, the SENHRN1. The new Secu-NFC chip combines a NFC controller and a secure element...
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Samsung Electronics and Google have jointly announced Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest release of the Android platform. The Galaxy...
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Samsung Electronics has introduced the latest addition to its Exynos product family - the Exynos 4212 - a dual core ARM Cortex-A9 application processor, designed on Samsung's advanced...
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Samsung S5K8AA HD CMOS imager for ultra-slim smartphones and tablets
Samsung Electronics has announced its high resolution 1.2-megapixel, 1/8.2-inch CMOS image sensor (CIS) system-on-chip (SoC), the S5K8AA. The new S5K8AA expands the company's product...
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- China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
- Delta sees falling January revenues
- PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
- Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
- 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
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
- Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
- Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
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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
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| OTC electronic | 150.67 | -0.14 | -0.09% |
- 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
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- 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...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.