Last update: Friday 24 May 2013 [653 news items]
Quanta to establish R&D building in Taiwan and recruit software talent in Taiwan
Aug 30, 01:20
Quanta Computer is set to establish new building in Taiwan for R&D purposes and plans to recruit 4,000 software technicians to focus on developing the cloud computing market,...
Quanta to offer procurement management cloud computing services
Aug 22, 16:01
Quanta Computer has begun offering cloud computing services with its in-house-developed TEAMS system to manage idle materials at factories, and will launch PPM, a procurement management...
Inventec to begin offering educational cloud computing services in 4Q13
Aug 22, 01:05
Inventec has started trial operations of educational cloud computing services in Taiwan and plans to set up a pricing model for services and related devices to begin commercial operations...
Lenovo may face difficulty entering cloud computing market, says HP executive
Aug 9, 14:40
Commenting on Lenovo's joint venture with EMC, managing director and vice president of enterprise business for Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan Jon Wang has said that there is a huge boundary...
China market: 2Q12 third-party e-payment service over CNY945 billion in trade value
Aug 3, 15:02
In the China market, platforms of third-party (between buyers and sellers) electronic payment (e-payment) service generated total sales transaction value of CNY945.66 billion (US$149.5...
China market: Internet users increase to 537.6 million in June, says CNNIC
Jul 20, 15:41
The number of fixed-line and mobile Internet surfers in China increased to an estimated 537.6 million as of the end of June 2012, according to the China Internet Network Information...
Taiwan 2Q12 international Internet bandwidth rises to over 649Gbps
Jul 18, 11:22
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 18 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 649.193Gbps at the end of second-quarter 2012, increasing 5.08%...
Huawei plans to announce corporate storage solutions in September
Jul 18, 01:25
China-based Huawei Technologies, a maker of telecommunication COE (central office equipment) and handsets, recently announced the addition of more than 1,000 R&D engineers to...
Taiwan market: IBM offers 3 cloud computing solutions
Jul 13, 15:50
IBM has launched three solutions under its SmartCloud cloud computing services: foundation, service and industry, which aim to meet the needs for cloud computing services of enterprises...
Sales of Lite-On power supply products hit 15-month high in June
Jul 6, 01:40
Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.43 billion (US$349.23 million) for June, up 2% on month and 4% on year. Among major product lines, sales of power supply...
Taiwan market: VMware cooperates with Pershing to launch public cloud service
Jul 6, 01:20
Enterprise software vendor, VMware, announced on July 4 cooperation with Taiwan-based Pershing Systems to construct local public cloud services in Taiwan.
Samsung sampling 16GB DDR4 modules for servers
Jul 4, 15:31
Samsung Electronics recently announced that the company has begun sampling the industry's first 16GB DDR4 RDIMMs, designed for use in enterprise server systems.

Focus is keyword for corporate restructuring: Q&A with LSI CEO Abhi Talwalkar
Jun 29, 11:46
Abhi Talwalkar has been steering LSI since 2005, initiating a series of restructuring programs from inside out, repositioning the company's product development strategy and finally...

MSI to launch a slide ultrabook in 4Q12 with a price of US$799
Jun 25, 16:13
Micro-Star International (MSI) is set to launch an 11.6-inch slide ultrabook, Ultrabook Slider S20, combining ultrabook and tablet PC functions together with a weight of about 1.3kg...
Taiwan makers capable of developing and producing ARM-based servers
Jun 22, 13:14
Taiwan-based makers, including Mitac International and Wistron, are technologically able to develop and produce ARM-architecture servers featuring low power consumption and could...
VIA announces ARM-based digital signage system with Android support
Jun 21, 11:52
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA ARM digital signage (DS) system.
Advantech maintains goal of challenging US$1 billion revenues for 2012
Jun 14, 14:02
Although the IT market had been seriously affected by global economic turmoil, as the situation began turning positive in May, industrial PC (IPC) player Advantech will maintain its...
Computex 2012: Microsoft cooperates with Quanta over private cloud solution
Jun 8, 01:05
During a keynote address at Computex 2012, Steven Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) division at Microsoft, demonstrated the breadth...

From hardware vendor to turnkey solution provider: Q&A with Shuttle
Jun 6, 13:49
The PC hardware industry has begun to evolve rapidly in recent years. The emergence of various hardware and software solutions and platforms has enabled hardware players to differentiate...

Quanta Computer lands orders for cloud computing servers from NTT, says newspaper
Newswatch - May 29, 13:42
Quanta Computer has obtained orders for 100,000 servers for cloud computing from Japan-based telecom carrier NTT, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News repor...
Rumblings of tight Intel Pineview supply in IPC supply chain
May 29, 01:35
Intel's Atom D525 (Pineview) processor, which has been adopted in industrial PC (IPC) products such as point of sales (POS), digital signage, gambling machines and industrial automation...
Taiwan market: Google launches cloud computing services for business users
May 18, 15:09
Google on May 17 formally launched its cloud computing services specifically for use by enterprises in the Taiwan market, with Master Concept Technology, Kingwaytek Technology and...
Intel releases third-generation Core vPro Platform
May 17, 01:15
Intel has announced the availability of its third-generation Intel Core vPro processor-based platform for business and intelligent systems.
Nvidia introduces new standard for HPC with Kepler-based Tesla GPUs
May 16, 16:24
Nvidia has unveiled a new family of Tesla GPUs based on the Nvidia Kepler GPU computing architecture, which, according to the company, makes GPU-accelerated computing easier and more...
New Acer F2 servers support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series processors
May 15, 15:58
In keeping with its aggressive strategy for commercial products, Acer has advanced its server line with a new generation of server products featuring Intel's Xeon processor E3-1200...
FIH lands smartphone orders from China-based ISPs
May 11, 01:25
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) has received more smartphone orders from China-based Internet service providers and smartphone vendors, including Baidu.com, Shada Interactive...
TWM constructing green data center in northern Taiwan
May 10, 16:46
Taiwan Mobile, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, is constructing a green-energy cloud computing data center in a suburban area of Taipei, northern Taiwan,...
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile to focus on high-end smartphone segment
May 9, 15:56
Sony Mobile Communications has no plans to launch sub-NT$5,000 (US$170) smartphone models in the Taiwan market, and models with a suggested retail price of over NT$15,000 will account...
Advantech expanding into emerging markets outside China
May 7, 16:56
Industrial PC player Advantech has been aggressively expanding into other potential markets outside of China and is currently putting more focus in emerging markets such as India,...
Synnex Technology sees decreased April revenues
May 7, 11:01
Taiwan-based 3C channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$24.0 billion (US$814 million) for April, decreasing 9.1% on...
May 4, 14:49
AMD's participation in Facebook's Open Compute Project (OCP) is likely to afford opportunities to hike its global market share for server platforms used in data centers which currently...
Quanta Computer offers data center solutions for sale under own brand
May 4, 14:12
Quanta Computer announced that it will offer data center solutions for sale under its own brand, QCT, in the North America market during Facebook's Open Compute Summit taking place...
Adlink aims to keep 2012 gross margin above 40%
May 4, 01:00
Adlink Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of industrial PCs, holds a conservative outlook on its gross margins and therefore will make efforts to maintain 2012 gross margins above 40%,...
Chunghwa Telecom working with Intel for green cloud computing
May 3, 11:48
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Intel will cooperate to promote green cloud computing by integrating the chipmaker's cloud server technology and the carrier's cloud computing R&D and...
D-Link to begin volume shipments of cloud-computing products
Apr 30, 15:05
D-Link has been developing cloud computing-based consumer products and will start volume shipments at the end of May 2012, company president AP Chen said at an April 27 investors...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- 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
- 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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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34% |

| TSE electronic | 310.89 | -0.43 | -0.14% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 118.64 | -0.71 | -0.59% |

| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |

- 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
- 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

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...
- 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.



























