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China-based Sanan Optoelectronics to set up sales office in Taipei

Feb 17, 01:30

China-based LED chipmaker Sanan Optoelectronics plans to invest NT$50 million (US$1.7 million) in Taiwan initially for the establishment of a business outfit and display center at...

Transcend moves global production base back to Taiwan from China

Jan 11, 01:05

Memory module maker Transcend Information has moved its global manufacturing base from China back to Taiwan. The new facilities in Taipei are equipped with 20 production lines and...

Acer chairman re-elected as Taipei Computer Association chairman

Dec 16, 14:14

The Taipei Computer Association (TCA), after holding its board meeting on December 15, has re-elected Acer chairman JT Wang as the association's thirteenth chairman. The TCA executive...

Compal to focus on profitability in 2011, says company president

Dec 9, 01:50

Ray Chen, president of notebook maker Compal Electronics, at a meeting of the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), expressed his optimism toward the notebook industry in 2011 and noted...

HTC acquires office space in Taipei from VIA Technologies

Nov 23, 01:35

HTC on November 22 announced the acquisition of office space located in the Taipei metropolitan area from VIA Technologies at a total price of NT$404 million (US$13.16 million), with...

Compal Communications and KYE showcase robots at Taipei exhibition

Oct 21, 12:15

Handset maker Compal Communications is exhibiting two types of home-use interactive robots at the 2010 Taipei International Robot Show (TIROS) taking place during October 19-22, with...

Globalfoundries aims for over US$3.5 billion revenues in 2010, says COO

Oct 14, 01:10

Globalfoundries aims to generate more than US$3.5 billion in revenues in 2010, COO Song-Hwee Chia remarked at a company event held in Taipei on October 13. The target will allow the...

Globalfoundries COO Song-Hwee Chia

Asustek to exhibit high-tech Florabot at Taipei Flora Expo

Oct 13, 01:45

Asustek Computer will showcase its Florabot (electronic robot flowers) in the Pavilion of Dreams at the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo to take place during November 6, 2010-April...

PC players host summit to find cure for ill China PC DIY market

Oct 12, 01:40

As China's PC DIY market is seeing demand gradually shrinking, several PC-related players including China- and Taiwan-based IT media as well as the Taipei Computer Association (TCA)...

Neo-Neon to grab cross-strait LED lighting market share with price advantage

Sep 21, 02:17

Neo-Neon LED Lighting International has developed own brand LED lighting products to enter the distribution channels in both Taiwan and China, and plans to establish flagship retail...

TPV considering issuing TDR

Sep 21, 01:15

TPV Technology reportedly is considering issuing Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDR) and has plans to consolidate its various offices on the island into one headquarters near Taipei.

Chunghwa Telecom to test LTE at 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo

Sep 6, 11:25

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to undertake LTE field tests at the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo scheduled for November 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011, with the plan subject to approval...

Taiwan market: LED-backlit products a promotion focus at TCAS 2010

Aug 5, 16:15

To boost their sales performance in Taiwan, brand vendors are promoting their LED-backlit LCD products including monitors and TVs at the ongoing Taipei Computer Applications Show...

Foxconn to develop Taipei Information Park

Jun 29, 12:02

The Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group on June 28 signed a contract with the Taipei City government to undertake development and operation of the Taipei Information Park located in a downtown...

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.

Terry Guo, Foxconn chairman

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...

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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...

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    Computex 2012: Acer Aspire 7600U all-in-one PC

    Acer has announced two new Windows 8-supported all-in-one PCs at Computex Taipei 2012 - the Aspire 7600U (27-inch) and the Aspire 5600U (23-inch). The Aspire 7600U supports up to...

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Trends and forecast for 2013 touch panel market

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Trends in China LED chip and packaging sector
  • 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.