Last update: Wednesday 19 June 2013 [3488 news items]
iPad mini shipments expected to fall to 10-12 million units in 2Q13, say Taiwan makers
Apr 19, 11:28
Shipments of iPad mini, mainly due to competition from several 7- to 8-inch tablets, are expected to drop from 13-15 million units in the first quarter of 2013 to 10-12 million units...
Orise, Ilitek, Sitronix land orders for WVGA driver ICs
Apr 19, 10:44
LCD driver IC vendors including Orise Technology, ILi Technology (Ilitek) and Sitronix Technology are all expected to significantly increase shipments of their WVGA driver ICs used...
Apr 18, 22:08
As demand for inexpensive entry-level tablets in the China market is growing fast and retail prices have dropped to below US$100 currently, 100 million tablets are likely to be shipped...
Digitimes Research: HTC sees 1Q13 shipments fall sequentially
Apr 18, 21:16
In the first quarter of 2013, Taiwan-based smartphone brand HTC reported falling shipments compared to the fourth quarter of 2012 due to lack of key components causing shipment delays...
Apple reportedly stops placing Mac component orders
Apr 17, 22:26
Apple has reportedly stopped placing component orders for its Mac series products recently and related upstream suppliers so far have not yet received any word about when the US-based...
LG Display March 32-inch TV panel shipments exceed 2 million units
Apr 17, 22:12
Demand for TV panels has been rising due to China's Labor Day holidays and LG Display (LGD) reported March shipments of 32-inch TV panels exceeding two million units. BOE saw monthly...
iPad mini shipments expected to drop as high as 30% in 2Q13
Apr 17, 14:51
Upstream sources in the iPad mini supply chain expect a 20-30% decline in shipments for the device during the second quarter of 2013 due to lacking demand in the market.
Global large-size panel shipments up in March, says WitsView
Apr 17, 11:27
Global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments reached 68.6 million units in March 2013, increasing 17.1% sequentially and 12% on year, according to WitsView.
Netbooks set for extinction by 2015, says IHS
Apr 16, 12:07
Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbooks are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind...
Gigabyte gaining on Asustek in motherboard shipments
Apr 16, 00:14
Gigabyte Technology shipped 4.9 million motherboards in the first quarter, only slightly behind Asustek Computer's five million units, allowing the company to have a chance to beat...
Touchscreen notebooks may enjoy strong shipment growth in 2Q13
Apr 15, 23:35
Touchscreen notebook shipments may reach 4.2 million units in the second quarter, up 70% sequentially, as the production yield rate of touch panels has been improving, helping to...
Apr 15, 16:10
Global flat panel display (FPD) TV shipments fell by 10% in February 2013 and by an estimated 4% in March compared to the same months in 2012 as demand in China plunged following...
TPT to ramp up notebook board shipments in 2013
Apr 15, 14:26
PCB maker Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) has been delivering notebook-use PCBs rolled out from its new plant in Suining, Sichuan province, China to clients for verification as the company...
Next-generation Nexus 7 to ship 8 million units in 2013
Apr 15, 13:13
Google and Asustek Computer's co-branded second-generation Nexus 7 tablet is expected to enjoy shipments of one million units in May and eight million units in 2013, according to...
Worldwide PC shipments in 1Q13 drop to lowest levels since 2Q09, says Gartner
Apr 15, 10:40
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a 11.2% decline from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner. Global PC shipments went below...
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments see record decline in 1Q13
Apr 12, 15:29
Global notebook shipments suffered a drop in the first quarter, down 14.1% sequentially and 13.7% on year, the sharpest decline in the notebook industry's history, showing the current...
Digitimes Research: MOCVD shipments to reach 148 units in 2013
Apr 12, 11:52
Global MOCVD equipment shipments in 2013 are expected to total 148 units, representing an on-year decrease of 46%.
PC shipments post the steepest decline ever in a single quarter, says IDC
Apr 11, 15:24
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013, down 13.9% compared to the same quarter in 2012 and worse than the forecast decline of 7.7%, according...
Epistar lands orders with shipments scheduled until May, says chairman
Apr 9, 20:32
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has obtained orders with shipments scheduled through the end of May and therefore expects consolidated revenues for the second quarter to...
Acer said to be mulling 7.9-inch tablet at US$149
Apr 8, 22:49
Acer is reportedly considering lowering the price of its Iconia A1-810 tablet, using 7.9-inch 1024-by-768 IPS panels, from US$250 to US$149 to compete against the iPad mini, according...
Apple may see single-digit shipment growth for MacBooks in 2013
Apr 8, 22:46
Apple MacBook shipments may only see single-digit growth in 2013, as related upstream component suppliers still have not yet seen any major increases in orders, according to sources...
Apr 8, 15:07
Worldwide smartphone shipments are estimated to reach 210 million units in the first quarter of 2013, up 9.4% from the number in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to DRAMeXchan...
Tripod, Chin-Poon look to steady shipments of telematics boards in 2013
Apr 2, 22:24
PCB makers Tripod Technology and Chin-Poon Industrial are expected to see their shipments of telematics boards grow steadily in 2013 as global sales of automobiles are estimated to...
Feeling Technology, On-Bright ramping IC shipments for mobile power charging
Apr 2, 22:07
Taiwan-based IC design houses Feeling Technology and On-Bright Electronics have been ramping up their shipments of ICs for mobile power charging devices, buoyed by the growing popularity...
US TV shipments expected to decline in 2013, echoing slide of 2012, says IHS
Apr 2, 20:21
US TV shipments in 2013 are forecast to decline for a second year in a row in view of continued weakness of the domestic market, but growth will resume the following year as the LCD...
Shipments for 9.7-inch LCD panels grow in February, says IHS
Apr 2, 14:58
After plunging by more than 80% in January 2013, shipments of 9.7-inch LCD panels intended for the iPad rebounded 158% in February as Apple resumed purchasing in big numbers, according...
PC component shipments to enjoy 20-50% growth in 2H13
Apr 1, 23:00
PC supply chain shipments in the second half are expected to enjoy growth of at least 20% compared to the first half and may even reach 50% due to Intel's new Haswell-based processors...
Innolux reaches 300,000 6.1-inch panel shipments a month to Huawei
Apr 1, 21:28
Innolux Corporation has already shipped over 300,000 6.1-inch panel shipments a month for Huawei Technology's Ascend Mate, according to industry sources.
CSOT expected to surpass 20 million in TV panel shipments during 2013
Mar 27, 21:27
China-based panel maker China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) is expected to reach over 20 million in TV panel shipments in 2013, up drastically from 2012, according to industry...
Apple cuts iPad mini shipments for 2Q13
Mar 27, 20:10
Apple has reportedly cut its shipments of the iPad mini to between 10-12 million units for the second quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. The figure is based on shipment...
Worldwide smart connected device shipments cross one billion units in 2012, says IDC
Mar 27, 11:18
Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices grew 29.1% on year in 2012, crossing one billion units shipped with a value of US$576.9 billion, according to IDC. The market expansion...
TPV sees 6% on-year decline in OEM LCD monitor shipments during 2012
Mar 26, 15:09
TPV Technology saw its OEM LCD monitor shipments reach 56.2 million in 2012, down 6.3% on year. The company nevertheless held the top global market share at 37.3%, beating out Samsung...
February large-size panel shipments drop 1.8% on month, says WitsView
Mar 25, 14:17
Large-size panel shipments in February 2013 attained 58.6 million units, dropping 1.8% on month but increasing 1% on year, according to research firm WitsView.
Mar 22, 10:47
Annual global LCD TV shipments declined for the first time ever in 2012, down 1% to 203 million units, according to DisplaySearch. The fourth quarter of the year was the only quarter...
Compal tablet shipments on the rise
Mar 21, 19:07
Compal Electronics saw its tablet shipments proportion increase from 4% in 2012 to 10% in January-February 2013, and the proportion is expected to further rise in the second half...
OCZ Technology has launched the Deneva 2 SSD line for enterprise clients. Taking full advantage of the cutting-edge SATA 6Gb/s interface, Deneva 2 SSDs are designed for a wide range...
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Barnes and Noble's NOOKcolor e-book reader
Barnes and Noble has introduced its latest e-book reader, the NOOKcolor. The e-book reader now is available for pre-order for US$249 and shipments will start on November 19. NOOKcolor...
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Seagate has announced channel and OEM shipments of its Momentus XT drive, which it claims is the world's fastest 2.5-inch laptop PC hard drive combining SSD-like performance. The...
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Toshiba has announced two additions to its 5,400-rpm line of 2.5-inch HDDs. In the standard 9.5mm high, two-platter design, the MK7559GSXP HDD features an areal density of 839.1M...
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Taiwan-based DMP Electronics has launched a US$100 netbook, the Edubook, which will be shipped to overseas markets in component form to be assembled by importers to save customs duties,...
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Expanding the motherboard market: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing
Following the recent launch of Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform, new announcements from AMD, and the growing anticipation for Windows 8, Computex 2012 will provide PC players from...
Gearing up for smartphones: Q&A with Arima president Owen Chen
Via the ODM business model, Arima Communications has established a firm foothold in the worldwide market for feature phones, said company presient Owen Chen in a recent interview...
The touch panel market has been expanding fast since the Apple iPhone launch captivated the world with its touchscreen magic. According to Digitimes Research analyst, Jason Yang -...
Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be...
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- 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
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- 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
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- 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
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- 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
- 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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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
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- 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...
- 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.