Last update: Friday 1 June 2012 [13 news items]
Touch panel makers expanding lithography capacity
Jun 1, 16:32
As touch-enabled devices' screens are becoming thinner with slimmer bezels, some touch panel makers are expanding lithography capacity for their thin-film process, sources said.
7.85-inch iPad said to use thin-film touch
May 15, 16:26
Apple plans to use "G/F2" thin-film touch technology for its 7.85-inch iPad, which is predicted to be out by the fourth quarter of this year, according to industry source...
Intersolar Europe: Companies to show new innovations in solar products
Jun 2, 15:23
Taiwan-based solar firm DelSolar plans to exhibit copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) thin-film solar cells and frameless modules at Intersolar Europe in Germany. Taiwan-based module firm...
TSMC confident of making CIGS PV modules comparable with solar cells, says chairman
Apr 26, 16:36
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is technologically capable of producing CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV (photovoltaic) modules with energy conversion...
NexPower receives 30MWp thin-film module orders from India
Mar 21, 13:51
Thin-film solar company NexPower, a subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced that it has received 30MWp in module orders from an India client for applications...
Tong Hsing to continue to ramp up LED thin film ceramic substrates
Aug 16, 14:05
Ceramic substrate maker Tong Hsing Electronic Industries (THEIL) will continue to ramp up its capacity for LED thin film ceramic substrates through the end of the year on strong demand,...
Wild semiconductor thin film equipment market in 2009, says The Information Network
May 19, 10:14
The film deposition equipment market for chip manufacturing was down 38% in 2009, but on a sector-by-sector basis, sales dropped between 8.7% to 71.7%, according to The Information...
LG Display unveils solar-powered e-book reader
Oct 13, 09:51
Korea-based LCD panel maker LG Display (LGD) has unveiled an e-book reader that is equipped with in-house developed thin-film solar cell.
Lite-On opens East China regional headquarters
Sep 28, 16:12
Lite-On Technology officially opened today its East China Regional Headquarters in Wujin, Changzhou, which will serve as the company's first green energy base, according to the com...
Leotek starts shipping LED streetlamps to China
Aug 25, 14:23
Leotek Electronics, a subsidiary of Lite-On Technology, has shipped 3,000 LED streetlamps to China and received new LED streetlamp orders from Jiangsu, China, according to David Lin,...
Equipment suppliers turn focus away from LCD panel industry
Jan 22, 16:22
Although Taiwan LCD panel makers have recently received orders worth of NT$70 billion (US$2.08 billion) from China TV vendors, the volumes will mean little for Taiwan's equipment...
Metallurgical silicon to compete with thin film in 2009
Sep 29, 12:37
According to market watchers, metallurgical silicon is being incorporated into the PV market since the conversion efficiency of solar cells made from 100% metallurgical silicon has...
Sunwell places 180MW repeat order with Oerlikon
Jul 15, 10:34
Sunwell, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMC Magnetics, has announced that it has ordered another two end-to-end thin film silicon production lines from Oerlikon Solar. One 60MW line...
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Displays | 12min ago
MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
Bits + chips | 17min ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 1h 2min ago
Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 1h 17min ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 1h 40min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 1h 53min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 1h 57min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 2h 57min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 3h 37min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 3h 39min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 4h 39min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 4h 54min ago
China-based Astronergy has wons a 2MW rooftop PV project located at the in Hangzhou Energy and Environment Industrial Park through a competitive and selective bidding process. The...
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- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- 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
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- 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
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- 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
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- MediaTek-MStar merger yet to receive China approval
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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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- 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
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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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.