Last update: Friday 3 August 2012 [12 news items]
Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor predicts 3Q12 revenues to increase by 7-11% sequentially
Aug 3, 14:56
Despite many uncertainties in the LED industry in second-half 2012, South Korea-based LED firm Seoul Semiconductor and upstream LED chip subsidiary Seoul Optodevice Company (SOC)...
Seoul Semiconductor announces new LED technology
Jul 11, 14:16
Seoul Semiconductor, a South Korea-based LED manufacturer, unveiled a new LED product called nPola. Seoul Semiconductor holds the patented technology rights to the technology which...
South Korea-based LED makers beat out Taiwan makers in LED packaging market share
Feb 14, 15:40
Samsung LED, LG Innotek, Seoul Semiconductors, and other South Korea-based makers together occupied 26% of the global production value for LED packaging in 2011, higher than the 19%...
Lighting Japan 2012: Japan LED firms aim at various lighting applications
Feb 8, 12:02
At Lighting Japan 2012, Taiwan- and China-based firms focused on showcasing LED light bulbs while Japan-based firms displayed various LED lighting applications.
Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth
Feb 7, 12:18
IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales...
Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor 2011 revenues to decrease by 12% on-year
Jan 5, 13:54
South Korea-based large size LED firm Seoul Semiconductor has lowered the expected revenues for 2011 to KRW735 billion (US$639 million). The revenues after update are 12% less than...
Digitimes Research: Despite low demand, Nichia invests US$898 million in LED equipment in 2011
Dec 7, 10:19
In 2010, Japan-based LED firm Nichia had the largest share of the global sales of white light LED products. Its market share far exceeded second- and third-place, Samsung and Seoul...
LED chipmakers Tekcore, Genesis post mixed results for 1H11
Aug 26, 11:43
LED chipmakers Tekcore and Genesis Photonics have posted mixed results for the first half of 2011, with the former posting a loss of NT$0.68 (US$0.02) per share and the latter enjoying...
Huga says growth to hit double digits in 3Q11
Jul 6, 11:04
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, Huga Optotech, will debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in August. According to Huga, demand has been slowly returning and it expects growth in the...
Tekcore and Seoul Semiconductor to form joint venture
Mar 17, 11:38
The board of LED chip maker Tekcore has approved plans to form a new sales and distribution venture with Seoul Semiconductor and the South Korean company's subsidiary Seoul Optodevice...
Huga wins LED patent lawsuit against Epistar
Sep 22, 12:25
Taiwan's intellectual property court has ruled in favor of LED chipmaker Huga Optotech in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by its competitor Epistar, according to Huga's filing...
Taiwan LED chipmaker Huga to set up joint venture with Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Optodevice
Jul 2, 17:07
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech is going to set up a joint venture with Seoul Semiconductor (SSC) and Seoul Optodevice (SOC), according to a company filing at the Taiwan...
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
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Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
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Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
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TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
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Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | 26min ago
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
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HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
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Seoul Semiconductor 120lm/W SMD LED
Seoul Semiconductor has announced a new 120 lm/W high-efficiency, SMD type LED, the LCW100Z1, for general purpose lighting. As an ultra-thin LED with dimensions of 3.5mm x 2.8mm...
Photo: Company, May 14.
Seoul Semiconductor ultra-slim LED
Seoul Semiconductor has released its 1.4W ultra slim Z-Power LED series, the Z1 warm white (NZ10150) and pure white (WZ10150). NZ10150 and WZ10150 have maximum lumens of 95 and 120...
Photo: Company, Nov 26.
Seoul Semiconductor introduces new flash LED
Seoul Semiconductor, which it claims to be one of the ten largest LED manufacturers in the world, announced on Jun 5 it has launched a bright and mini flash LED that will replace...
Photo: Company, Jul 6.
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
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- 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
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line 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
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- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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.