Digitimes Insight: DRAM supply bit growth to edge up in 2011

Aug 2, 14:51

Global supply of DRAM is forecast to reach 2.9 billion 1Gb-equivalent chips in 2011, up 51% from 1.92 billion units in 2010, according to Digitimes Research. The anticipated higher...

Global 2Q11 NAND flash market sees 9% drop; Samsung remains top supplier, says DRAMeXchange

Aug 1, 11:26

The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$4.88 billion in the second quarter of 2011, down about 9% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics...

Samsung orders 30 million touch sensors for Galaxy smartphones in 2H11

Aug 1, 10:24

Samsung Electronics, in view of booming sales of its Galaxy i9000 and S2 smartphone, has placed orders for 30 million touch sensors used to make 4-inch AMOLED screens with Chunghwa...

Taiwan market: Samsung to launch Galaxy S Plus

Jul 27, 15:18

Samsung Electronics will unveil its Galaxy S Plus Android 2.3 smartphone featuring a 1.4GHz processor and a data speed of 14.4Mbps, at the Taipei Computer Applications Show which...

Appearance of Android 3.2 to further impact notebook and netbook demand

Jul 26, 01:10

Google has recently revealed its Android 3.2 operating system with its downstream partners Motorola and Asustek Computer both to release plans at the last week of July for their users...

HTC unlikely to adopt Samsung-made mobile processors, say Taiwan makers

Jul 26, 01:05

Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC, in response to the report that it will adopt mobile processors produced by Samsung Electronics in place of Qualcomm's for entry- to mid-level smartphone...

JMicron lands USB 3.0 chip orders from Samsung

Jul 15, 10:50

JMicron Technology has grabbed orders for USB 3.0 hard drive (HDD) controllers from Samsung Electronics, with shipments slated for August, according to market sources.

Samsung said to ramp new fab in September

Jul 14, 01:00

Samsung Electronics is expected to open a new memory semiconductor fabrication plant in September, according to industry sources. Dubbed Line-16, the facility will be focused on the...

TSMC to lose Liang, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 7, 15:09

Mong-Song Liang will resign from the faculty of National Tsinghua University (Hsinchu, northern Taiwan) at the end of July, and is ready for his new career at Korea-based Samsung...

DDR4 market not expected to take off until 2013 or 2014

Jun 29, 14:26

The global DDR4 market will not come into shape until 2013 or 2014, one to two years after industry leaders kick off commercial production based on 30nm process technology, according...

AUO files countersuit against Samsung

Jun 29, 11:37

AU Optronics (AUO) on June 27 filed a lawsuit in the US accusing Samsung Electronics and the Korean company's clients AT&T, Best Buy, and BrandsMart of infringing 10 of its LCD...

Altek aiming for DSC orders from Japan brand vendors with new China plants

Jun 28, 10:36

Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) maker Altek is expected to resolve its tight capacity issue with the new plants in Kunshan, China, which will start operating in the third...

Patterned retarder to beat shutter glasses in 2H11 shipments, says AUO

Jun 20, 10:41

An estimated one million shutter glasses 3D TV panels were shipped globally in first-quarter 2011 while shipments of patterned retarder 3D TV panels reached nearly 900,000. But the...

Acer reducing 2011 tablet PC shipment target by 50%

Jun 16, 01:10

Acer, on June 15, announced that the company has reduced its annual tablet PC shipment forecast from originally 5-7 million units to only 2.5-3 million units, a drop close to 50%...

Taiwan-based firms need to focus on niche markets to win, says AUO chairman

Jun 13, 15:50

South-Korea based Samsung Electronics has been a customer, supplier and competitor to Taiwan-based firms in DRAM and LCD panels. In order for Taiwan-based firms to win, chairman of...

Taiwan market: Samsung launches ultra-wide-angle WB210

Jun 9, 15:19

Samsung Electronics has launched the WB210 digital camera featuring a 21mm ultra-wide-angle lens in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$8,990 (US$313), according...

Taiwan market: Samsung launches Galaxy S II smartphone in cooperation with CHT, TWM

Jun 8, 13:38

Samsung Electronics on June 7 launched its Android-based Galaxy S II smartphone in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM).

LCD TV shipment growth rate drops to 9% in 1Q11, says DisplaySearch

Jun 7, 15:47

Global shipments of LCD TVs were 44.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 9% from the same period in 2010, according to DisplaySearch. On-year growth slowed...

3D TV panel penetration rate may reach 12.3% for 2011

Jun 7, 14:32

Major LCD panel firms Samsung Electronics, LG Display, AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) have been focusing on increasing the shipments for 3D TV applications.

Asustek taking cautious attitude toward Acer dumping 3 million notebooks in Europe

Jun 3, 10:11

As Acer has announced it will provide channels with US$150 million in sales allowances to clear inventory, sources from the notebook industry believe such action will result in close...

Commentary: Slow is better than fast for the TV industry

Jun 1, 16:52

The price for TV panels has been increasing recently and hopefully it will enhance the performance of large-size panel makers. The downward trend of the price for panels has been...

DRAM market falls short of expectations in 1Q11, says IHS iSuppli

Jun 1, 13:56

Global DRAM revenues during the first three months of 2011 amounted to US$8.3 billion, lower than the US$9 billion anticipated, according to IHS iSuppli. The first-quarter total represented...

Taiwan makers rushing to obtain certification from Apple for iPad 3

Jun 1, 01:05

Apple has begun certifying components for iPad 3 and many Taiwan-based makers are actively participating. Some makers have already landed certification such as Radiant Opto-Electronics...

Wintek receives Touch on Lens orders from Samsung

May 24, 13:56

While global smartphone vendors have started adopting Touch on Lens technology onto their smartphones, Taiwan-based maker Wintek is shipping 500,000-600,000 units of Touch on Lens...

ODM makers not benefiting from growing demand for smartphones, say Taiwan makers

May 24, 01:35

Global demand for smartphones is growing fast, with main international vendors Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan-based HTC have mostly relied on in-house production capacities,...

China market: Samsung aims to be largest vendor of LED lighting in 2013

May 20, 10:37

Samsung Electronics has been extending its LED production from backlights to lighting applications with China being the major market, and will shift production of LED lighting products...

Advanced NAND flash processes worthwhile only with volume production

May 17, 15:38

While major NAND chip producers are moving forward to transition their manufacturing processes to below 30nm, the advance makes sense only if volume production is feasible, industry...

Global LED backlight penetration of LCD TVs estimated at 56% in 2011

May 3, 11:49

The proportion of LED-backlit models in global LCD TV sales are forecast to reach 56% in 2011, and top 90% in 2014, according market observers.

Apple second largest buyer of consumer, mobile MEMS sensors in 2010, says IHS iSuppli

May 2, 12:00

Apple in 2010 rose one rank to become the world's second largest buyer of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors for consumer electronics products and mobile handsets, as it...

Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10

Apr 26, 01:00

Top-10 notebook brand vendors worldwide saw their notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 drop sequentially with the only exception being Korea-based Samsung Electronics,...

TCL, Samsung to mutually invest in panel production

Apr 25, 16:30

TCL, a China-based maker of consumer electronics for own-brand sale, will invest US$100 million for a 10% stake in Suzhou Samsung Electronics Liquid Crystal Display Technology, a...

Korea, Taiwan chipmakers turn to local wafer producers for support

Apr 14, 12:15

Korea- and Taiwan-based foundry houses and memory-IC manufacturers have obtained support from their local producers of blank silicon wafers as failure of supplies from Japan still...

Japan quake will not slow 2011 semiconductor capital expenditures, says IC Insights

Apr 8, 16:33

IC Insights has boosted its forecast for semiconductor industry capital spending in 2011, and now expects outlays to climb to US$60.4 billion, a 17% increase over the US$51.8 billion...

Samsung Austin Semiconductor to add 300 jobs

Apr 1, 15:53

Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics' only wafer fabrication plant located outside Korea, has announced plans to hire 300 engineers and technicians in the first half...

Nanya plans to increase chip prices 5% in April, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 1, 14:05

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology plans to raise prices about 5% in April, as PC OEMs are active in building up their inventory, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily...