Last update: Wednesday 28 November 2012 [15 news items]
Taiwan LED firms to reportedly cut staff
Nov 28, 21:17
Weak demand is said to have caused Taiwan-based LED firms to consider reducing their workforces. Huga Optotech, Lextar and Everlight are reportedly considering cutting staff.
HP, Acer raise notebook shipment proportion from Chongqing to 60% in 2013
Sep 11, 01:20
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer have reportedly notified their upstream supply chain partners that they will raise their Chongqing, China, plants' shipment proportions to 60% in 2013...
Panasonic to cut most staff at headquarters, says report
Newswatch - Aug 3, 12:10
Japan-based Panasonic is considering reducing staff numbers at its headquarter from about 7,000 to only around 150 starting October 1, according to a Japanese-language Kyodo News...
Jan 13, 12:20
Acer held a meeting on January 12 with the board of directors and approved the appointment of Eva Ho as the new chief financial officer (CFO) and spokesperson of Acer, effective on...
Dell to expand Taiwan Design Center staff for cloud computing business
Nov 4, 01:00
Dell on November 3 announced additional investment in Taiwan to mainly expand staff at its Taiwan Design Center from 600 members currently to 700 in an attempt to strengthen its ability...
TSMC to visit Apple for more talks
Oct 6, 01:30
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has sent a 60-member team, which includes staff from its IC design service partner Global UniChip, to Silicon Valley-based Apple...
Foxconn refutes rumors of staff cuts
Sep 29, 01:20
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has denied recent market rumors that company chairman Terry Guo hopes to cut the company's workforce by 30% over the next five years...
Foxconn reportedly lays off CDMA R&D staff in Korea
May 27, 14:44
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly has laid off over 80% of its 280 employees from its CDMA handset design subsidiary Foxconn International Holdings Technology...
TSMC to ramp capacity at Fab 14, hire new staff
Feb 18, 11:24
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is currently equipping 12-inch tools at its Fab 14, Phase 4 facility located at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP). Designed...
TSMC responds to recent staff suicide
Aug 10, 11:18
A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) employee committed suicide by jumping off a building Saturday evening (August 7) due to stress at work, according to local Chinese-language...
ASML adds staff to meet surge in orders
Jun 14, 15:30
Lithography equipment supplier ASML has rehired 700 employees that were previously laid off, as well as recruiting several hundreds of new staff, to meet a big surge in demand for...
Siano opens new office in Shanghai
Jun 4, 14:36
Siano Mobile Silicon increased its presence in China's mobile TV market with the opening of a new office in Shanghai, China. The office will be led by Brian Fang, who previously worked...
Nokia reorganizes business structure
May 12, 09:51
Nokia will restructure its devices and services businesses into three units - Mobile Solutions, Mobile Phones and Markets - effective on July 1, 2010.
Macronix to invest up to NT$20 billion, hire staff for new 12-inch fab
Apr 19, 10:37
Mask ROM and NOR flash supplier Macronix International will invest NT$15-20 billion (US$478-638 million) in its newly-acquired 12-inch fab over the next two years, according to company...
BenQ cuts global staff by 3-5%, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 2, 12:29
A Chinese-language Apple Daily report is indicating that BenQ has laid off about 3-5% of its 1,700 employees worldwide.
Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
Mobile + telecom | 12h 35min ago
Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Bits + chips | 12h 47min ago
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
Displays | May 22, 21:46
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
IT + CE | May 22, 21:44
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
Bits + chips | May 22, 21:42
Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
Displays | May 22, 21:00
E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
Displays | May 22, 20:49
UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
Bits + chips | May 22, 20:43
E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
Displays | May 22, 20:41
HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
Displays | May 22, 20:39
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | May 22, 20:36
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:16
TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:03
Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:59
- 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
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
- After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
- Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
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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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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
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
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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.