Last update: Tuesday 18 June 2013 [228 news items]
AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
Jun 18, 15:24
AMD has publicly disclosed its strategy and roadmap to recapture market share in enterprise and data center servers by unveiling products that address key technologies and meet the...
Inventec aims to ship 30 million PC-products in 2014
Jun 14, 12:11
Inventec aims to ship 20 million notebooks and other PC-related products in 2013 and expects shipments to increase 50% to 30 million units in 2014 as the company will start shipping...
Taiwan market: Server shipments in 1Q13 down, says IDC
Jun 11, 16:49
There were 14,531 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 17% on quarter and 7% on year, while the corresponding shipment value of US$63.8...
ASRock expects shipment and profit growth in 2013; sees revenue growth in May
Jun 10, 22:18
ASRock expects its motherboard shipments in 2013 to grow 10% on year, rising from 7.7 million units in 2012 to 8.5 million units and will enjoy better profits as the company successfully...
Intel reportedly may quit the brand server motherboard business
Jun 10, 22:15
After quitting the brand desktop motherboard business, Intel may step out of the brand server motherboard business in the second half and the vacated demand is expected to boost shipments...
Servers with 64-bit ARM processor to become popular at the end of 2013
Jun 7, 10:13
Although Intel platforms are still the mainstream in the server industry, since 64-bit products have a broader range of applications, and ARM has been aggressively promoting related...
Worldwide server shipments declines 0.7% in 1Q13, says Gartner
May 30, 12:12
In the first quarter 2013, worldwide server shipments declined 0.7% on year, while revenues declined 5% from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.
Facebook OCP creating competition for Taiwan hardware makers
May 27, 16:08
Although Facebook's Open Compute Project (OCP) is expected to benefit Taiwan-based ODMs in terms of shipping servers directly to Internet players, sources from the server industry...
Quanta adopts low profile about cloud computing business
May 15, 20:09
Quanta Computer Chairman Barry Lam, at the company's recent inventors meeting, has stopped talking about the company's cloud computing business lineup and only said that the business...
Fujitsu considers hike in domestic in-house production due to yen depreciation
May 15, 14:47
Japan-based Fujitsu is considering increasing the proportion of domestic in-house production because the depreciation of the Japanese yen means production costs in Japan have decreased,...
Inventec acquires orders from new server clients for 2H13
May 13, 21:36
Inventec at its investor meeting on May 13 revealed that the company has acquired server orders from a new client for the second half and though Inventec refused to name the client,...
Digitimes Research: Global top-5 notebook brands see over 20% shipment drop in April
May 6, 11:38
Global top-5 notebook brands together suffered a more than 20% on-month shipment drop in April, while top-3 ODMs together had a drop of 14% due to most brand vendors having started...
Inventec focuses on cloud computing business by developing data center server solutions
Apr 30, 10:42
Taiwan-based ODM Inventec has stepped into the cloud computing business with a focus on developing server solutions for data centers, and has participated in collaborative development...
Lenovo seeking help from Taiwan ODMs for the server industry
Apr 23, 09:56
With Lenovo reportedly talking with IBM about the the acquisition of IBM's server business, sources from the upstream supply chain pointed out that the China-based vendor has already...
Inventec sees clients asking to place server orders directly
Mar 28, 12:27
As placing orders directly to ODMs is gradually becoming a trend among large Internet players, Inventec has revealed that a few clients have been asking about directly placing orders,...
Taiwan server firms shift into spotlight
Mar 25, 12:16
Demand growth in the global PC market continues to slow down but the server market has been maintaining steady growth. International chipmakers have noted that the server market will...
Acer expands commercial offering with new Veriton P workstation and Altos server
Mar 19, 15:04
Acer has announced its entry to the professional workstation market with the Veriton P series and new Altos servers thereby expanding its commercial offering. The new workstations...
Power supply maker Zippy purchases Clevo facilities for capacity expansion
Mar 14, 13:46
Taiwan-based industrial and server power supply maker Zippy Technology has recently spent NT$2.67 billion (US$89.88 million) to purchase Clevo's plants and office buildings in Wugu,...
Quanta Computer expects own-brand server sales to account for 85% of server revenues in 2013
Mar 12, 21:00
Quanta Computer has extended server production from an OEM basis to own-brand sales and expects the proportion of total revenues from servers from own-brand sales to increase from...
Taiwan market: VMware to cooperate with server ODMs for software bundled sale
Mar 6, 15:14
VMware will extend its partnerships from server vendors, such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM, to Taiwan-based server ODMs to pre-install its desktop virtualization...
Mobile and cloud computing spur tripling of micro server shipments in 2013, says IHS
Feb 7, 15:54
Driven by booming demand for new data center services for mobile platforms and cloud computing, shipments of micro servers are expected to more than triple in 2013, according to an...
Competition between ODMs over server-related products heats up
Jan 28, 16:03
Competition over server-related products between Taiwan-based ODMs has started heating up as Quanta Computer and Wistron continue to land server orders directly from large web players...
Taiwan Union ramping CCL shipments to server, 4G/LTE sectors
Jan 22, 15:53
CCL (copper clad laminate) maker Taiwan Union Technology is expected to see its shipments of High Tg CCLs for high-end servers and 4G/LTE base stations rise to account for 30-35%...
Wiwynn unveils storage server system at fourth Open Compute Summit, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 18, 11:28
Wistron's wholly-own subsidiary Wiwynn, which provides hardware and system integration services for cloud computing applications, unveiled a storage server system equipped with Intel...
ODMs reportedly to receive storage product orders from Facebook
Jan 2, 20:36
Facebook reportedly plans to outsource new storage product orders to Taiwan-based ODMs with both Quanta Computer and Wistron having a chance to land the orders, according to sources...
Compal to aim for all-in-one PC orders from HP
Dec 26, 21:36
Compal Electronics reportedly plans to expand its all-in-one PC business and is targeting to land 30% of Lenovo's total orders, as well as orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP), according...
Compal to enter server ODM business in 2013
Dec 17, 21:41
Compal Electronics reportedly plans to enter server the ODM business in 2013 and will establish a new department to handle all related services and sales, according to sources from...
Quanta, Wistron become white-box server suppliers for Baidu, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 17, 11:57
Tawian-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Wistron have won white-box server orders from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, through cooperation with China-based partners,...
Taiwan market: Server shipments up in 3Q12, says IDC
Dec 12, 13:45
There were 18,949 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2012, increasing 9% on month and 6% on year, while the corresponding shipment value of US$83.5 million...
CCL maker Iteq to enjoy steady shipments to server sector in 4Q12
Nov 12, 15:28
CCL (copper-clad laminate) maker Iteq expects its sales to be able to defy the impact of weak demand from the desktop and notebook sectors in the fourth quarter of 2012 thanks to...
Dell warns Taiwan notebook ODMs against producing white-box servers
Nov 7, 16:04
As Taiwan-based notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Wistron have stepped into producing white-box servers targeting the Internet data centers of clients such as Google and Facebook,...
PMC to offer highest port count PCIe Gen3 RAID adapters
Nov 2, 13:52
PMC recently introduced its PCIe Gen3 high port-count 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters. The Adaptec Series 7 family represents the first RAID adapters to take full advantage of PCIe Gen3...
Insyde announces profit for 3Q12
Oct 29, 21:24
Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced its third-quarter result with revenues of NT$280 million (US$9.57 million), while its net profit reached NT$34.17 million...
Exar announces next-generation single channel switch for USB
Oct 26, 13:35
Exar, a provider of high performance analog mixed-signal and data management products, has announced the XRP2523, a next-generation single channel switch for USB VBUS power distribution...
ARM architecture expected to have market potential for use in servers, say Taiwan makers
Sep 27, 01:30
ARM architecture, due to its advantages in low power consumption, is expected to have potential for applications in servers. In particular, China-based operators of Internet services...
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 59min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 1h 14min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:50
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:44
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:43
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:42
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:37
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Releases
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- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- 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
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- 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.






















