Last update: Wednesday 11 April 2012 [61 news items]
Ralink sees clear order visibility for 3Q10
Jun 2, 16:53
Ralink Technology will be able to reach its business target for the second quarter of 2010 and has also seen clear order visibility for the third quarter, according to company CEO...
Qualcomm ships dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon chipsets
Jun 1, 17:02
Qualcomm has begun sampling its first dual-CPU Snapdragon chipsets that integrate two CPU cores running at up to 1.2GHz, according to the company. Targeted high-end smartphones, the...
Computex 2010: Tablet PCs, e-book readers and 3D products are the spotlights
Jun 1, 12:23
Computex Taipei 2010, which will take place during June 1-5, will have 1,715 global IT players exhibiting their products across 4,861 booths. The show is expected to attract 35,000...
HP expected to establish a new R&D center in Taipei
May 18, 16:29
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to establish a new R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan in September 2010 and will allocate all its notebook and desktop R&D technicians and resources...
Foxconn wins Taipei IT mall project
Apr 28, 16:28
The Taipei City Government on April 27 announced that a consortium led by Cybermart Worldwide, the operator of retail chain Cybermart in China and a member of the Foxconn Group, was...
Taiwan market: Softex Taipei helps boost LCD monitor shipments in March
Apr 14, 11:22
LCD monitor brands saw their shipments to the Taiwan market reach about 10% higher than original predictions in March due to demand generated by Softex Taipei, according to market...
Softex Taipei: BenQ launches 42-inch LED-backlit TV
Apr 9, 16:09
BenQ has introduced a 42-inch LED-backlit LCD TV priced under NT$50,000 (US$1582.3) at the ongoing Softex Taipei (April 8-12).
Chassis maker Catcher opens Taipei operation center
Apr 1, 14:21
Catcher Technology, a southern Taiwan-based maker of notebook and handset metal chassis, on March 30 opened an operation center in the northern city of Taipei to better serve its...
HTC expects to extend its advantages in 3G to 4G; to unveil HTC Smart in Taipei soon
Newswatch - Mar 23, 10:46
HTC, while having made much investment in 4G technology, expects to capitalize on its existing advantages in the global 3G mobile telecom market to become a leader as well when the...
Taiwan market: Foxconn and Clevo to compete for government IT mall project in Taipei
Mar 12, 16:51
Taiwan-based Clevo's channel retail subsidiary Buynow and Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) Cybermart are competing for a government's IT mall project in Taipei...
Atmel sets up R&D center in Taipei
Jan 27, 15:34
Atmel has set up an R&D center in Taipei for development of low-power microcontroller units (MCUs) with embedded non-volatile memories - AVR- and ARM-based product lines - in...
CHT plans to roll out NFC handsets during Taipei flora expo 2010
Dec 22, 14:10
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is likely to team up with HTC (High Tech Computer) to roll out NFC (near field communication) handsets for use during the nearly six-month Taipei International...
Chunghwa Telecom to set up cloud computing center, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 16, 13:52
Chunghwa Telecom will invest NT$13.0 billion (US$402 million) to establish an internet data center mainly for the application of cloud computing technology in a city beside Taipei,...
Foxconn announces drop in August revenues; to build low-carbon technology city
Sep 11, 17:37
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has posted revenues of NT$108.24 billion (US$3.32 billion) for August 2009, drops of 15.54% on month and 24.61% on year.

Chunghwa Telecom lands 4-year FTTB/ADSL network contract from Taipei City Government
Sep 7, 10:31
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has obtained a contract from the Taipei City Government to provide a network of 13,800 FTTB and ADSL leased-circuits specifically for a security monitoring...
Taiwan government announces 5-year budget of over NT$3.8 billion to promote digital content
Sep 2, 15:50
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), which is holding the first Digital Taipei international digital content summit between September 1-3, has announced it will set aside...
Taiwan and China energy experts to hold wind power meeting in Taipei
Jul 31, 11:51
Energy experts from Taiwan and China are scheduled to hold a conference on wind power generation on August 17 in Taipei.
TCA expects Computer Application Show to create business opportunities
Jul 23, 14:47
The Taipei Computer Association (TCA) expects its upcoming Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS), which will be held from July 30 to August 3 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition...

Taiwan market: PC vendors eyeing business opportunities from city upgrades
Jul 7, 16:55
First-tier PC vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are eying the business opportunity from the Taiwan government's plans to create several new municipal...
MediaTek responds to media reports on tax lawsuit
Stockwatch - Jul 7, 01:00
MediaTek has responded to a media report saying the company lost a tax lawsuit by clarifying that the Taipei High Administrative Court only judged whether a new or old regulation...
Computex 2009: Microsoft Windows 7 expected to be major attraction
May 26, 11:12
Windows 7 is expected to attract much attention at next week's Computer Taipei 2009, where Microsoft will be staging its biggest Computex ever at the event to demonstrate how its...
Softex Taipei: Fujitsu to push notebooks with discrete graphics cards
Apr 6, 15:11
Fujitsu will push two notebooks with built-in discrete graphics cards during Softex Taipei (April 9-13)– the 13.3-inch LifeBook S6420 and 14.1-inch Fujitsu L1010.

Taiwan market: Vendors to clear out old notebook inventories at Taipei computer fair
Apr 3, 15:49
Notebook vendors plan to clear out their inventory of old notebooks and netbooks with aggressive pricing strategies during the upcoming Softex Taipei show, to pave the way for the...

Taipei court allows Kolin to restructure
Mar 30, 17:04
The Taipei District Court has granted permission for LCD TV and electronic appliance maker Kolin to restructure, according to the company. The Taiwan-based company has run into financial...
Computex Taipei 2009 continues to grow
Mar 6, 15:24
Computex Taipei 2009 will continue to increase in scale despite the global slowdown, according to sources at the show's organizer. This year's event will accommodate a total of 1,684...

Taipei to set up fiber-optic network along sewer system
Dec 18, 12:38
The Taipei City government plans to establish a fiber-optic network for FTTx (fiber to the home/building/curb) along the city's sewer conduits, with the project to be undertaken by...
Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity
Green energy | 54min ago
TXC to increase TCXO capacity by 200%
Bits + chips | 58min ago
MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales
IT + CE | 1h 1min ago
Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April
Mobile + telecom | 1h 6min ago
Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
Displays | 1h 20min ago
Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June
IT + CE | 1h 25min ago
PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
IT + CE | 1h 46min ago
TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
Bits + chips | 2h 4min ago
Google 7-inch tablet PC to ship in June with initial volume of 600,000 units
IT + CE | 2h 10min ago
Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
Before Going to Press | 2h 19min ago
NAND flash faces oversupply and falling contract prices in May
Before Going to Press | 2h 29min ago
Taiwan market: Four operators to begin marketing HTC WiMAX-enabled phone in June
Before Going to Press | 2h 31min ago
Taiwan market: LG aims to take up 8% in local smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 2h 32min ago
Touch IC orders in May are mostly short-term orders, says EETI
Before Going to Press | 3h 25min ago
PTC conservative about 2012 revenue growth
Before Going to Press | 3h 44min ago
Taiwan LCD driver IC design houses expect lower revenue growth in 2Q12
Before Going to Press | 3h 46min ago
- TPV steps up LCD TV production
- China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
- New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- Thunderbolt to become key specification for motherboard market in 2H12
- TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
- Taiwan digital camera makers developing MILCs
- China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
- China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- Step into the new era of HD surveillance - GKB to launch ForeSight Surveillance System
- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
23-May-2012 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7147.75 | -127.14 | -1.75% |

| TSE electronic | 271.94 | -5.69 | -2.05% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 103.29 | -1.28 | -1.22% |

| OTC electronic | 132.45 | -1.69 | -1.26% |

- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...

Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...

Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...

The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.

















