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J Touch, Young Fast expect strong demand until November

Oct 20, 01:40

Amid strong demand for touch screen handsets, revenues and shipments of touch panel makers are expected to continue to increase in the fourth quarter of 2010, with both J Touch and...

Elan and EETI to see touch-panel controller IC shipments increase robustly in 4Q10

Aug 31, 12:16

Touch-panel controller IC vendors Elan Microelectronics and Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) are likely to enjoy strong sales in the fourth quarter due to increasing demand for touch-panel...

IC designer Elan to see revenues decline 5% sequentially in 3Q10

Aug 5, 12:07

IC designer Elan Microelectronics expects its revenues to decline 5% sequentially in the third quarter although its monthly figures hit an all-time high for the fourth straight month...

Software vendors help drive touchscreen revolution, says iSuppli

Jul 28, 10:27

Independent software vendors (ISVs) are set to play a central role in the booming market for touch screens in handset and desktop PCs, providing the differentiating features that...

Touchscreen module revenues to reach US$14 billion by 2016, says DisplaySearch

Jul 2, 12:14

Global touchscreen module revenues will reach nearly US$14 billion by 2016, increasing from US$4.3 billion in 2009 at a CAGR of 18%, according to DisplaySearch.

Ambient-light sensor maker Capella debuts on OTC market

Jun 29, 14:06

Capella Microsystems, a fabless design house specializing in analog and analog/digital mixed signal ICs for optical systems, will begin trading on Taiwan's OTC (over-the-counter)...

Touch panel IC designer Elan and ambient light sensor supplier Capella see increasing orders

Jun 25, 11:52

Taiwan-based touch panel IC vendor Elan Microelectronics and ambient light sensor maker Capella Microsystems have seen their orders increase substantially over the past few months...

G-Tech and TPK Touch to establish reinforced glass substrate JV in China

Jun 24, 17:08

Taiwan-based optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics (GTOC), a member of the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group, announced on June 23 it will establish a joint venture...

iPad and competitors spur touchscreen boom, says iSuppli

Jun 17, 16:02

Driven by soaring sales of Apple's iPad and competing products, shipments of touch screens for such systems are set to rise by nearly 5,000% in 2010, according to iSuppli.

Sitronix begins shipping touch panel and power management ICs

Jun 11, 16:20

LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology has begun shipping touch panel and power management (PWM) ICs in small volumes, and is expecting shipments of these two categories of IC parts...

Albatron sees on-month drop in May revenues

Jun 10, 15:44

Taiwan-based second-tier motherboard maker Albatron Technology has announced revenues of NT$57.49 million (US$1.77 million), down 39.1% on month, but up 36.11% on year. However, the...

Computex 2010: Touch panel players showcase latest touchscreen technologies

Jun 4, 02:05

Touchscreen products are one of the focuses during Computex Taipei 2010, despite there being no special section dedicated to the segment. But with vendors of handheld devices such...

MasTouch multi-point capacitive touchscreen

Computex 2010: Quanta announces new touchscreen technology

Jun 2, 14:08

Quanta Computer has announced at Computex 2010 a new touchscreen technology called dispersive signal technology (DST), which the company has co-developed with 3M, and expects to launch...

Quanta vice chairman CC Leung (right) and 3M Taiwan president George Chao (left)

Computex 2010: Touchscreen products are everywhere

Jun 1, 11:42

Touchscreen products will be one of the focuses during Computex 2010, despite that there is no individual section dedicated to the segment, as vendors of handheld devices such as...

Acer announces new e-book reader and touchscreen devices

May 27, 17:13

Acer has announced LumiRead, a e-book reader that supports Acer's clear.fi solution, a content supply platform which allows consumers to access and share e-books and audio-books.

Acer LumiRead e-book reader

G-Tech to establish 6G production line

May 27, 15:58

Taiwan-based optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics (GTOC), a member of the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group, plans to establish a 6G production line and expects...

Elan sees revenues hit record high in April

May 6, 11:16

Consumer IC design house Elan Microelectronics saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$570 million (US$18.1 million) in April, buoyed by shipments of touchscreen controller chips...

Taiwan market: Touch-enabled models to account for over 70% of Samsung new handsets in 2010

Apr 23, 14:20

Over 70% of new handsets launched by Samsung in the Taiwan market in 2010 will be touch-enabled models, even including models with a price tag of below NT$5,000 (US$160), according...

Touchscreen IC suppliers cutting prices to win orders

Apr 13, 11:29

Major touchscreen solution suppliers including Synaptics, Elan Microelectronics, Cypress and Atmel have recently cut prices for particular customers or models by 10-20%, as a move...

Touchscreen controller vendors expect robust 2Q10 sales

Apr 12, 11:43

Touchscreen IC suppliers Elan Microelectronics, Weltrend Semiconductor and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are expected to see their second-quarter 2010 revenues continue to grow robustly...

Taiwan-based touch panel makers benefit from Nitto Denko lowering ITO film prices

Mar 23, 16:07

Taiwan-based touch panel makers, such as Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch, will enjoy reduced production costs due to Japan-based Nitto Denko's lowering its quotes for ITO films,...

Acer to launch a frameless-screen ultra-thin notebook with touch keyboard in 2H10

Mar 8, 15:48

Acer plans to launch a new ultra-thin notebook that will feature a touch keyboard and use the back of the panel's glass substrate as the cover in the second half of 2010, according...

Elan, EETI to enjoy more than 20% growth in 2Q10 on strong touchscreen IC orders

Mar 5, 16:56

Touchscreen IC suppliers Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are expected to see second-quarter revenues grow by more than 20%, outperforming many other Taiwan-based...

Touchscreen mobile device sales to grow 97% in 2010, says Gartner

Mar 5, 12:05

The worldwide market for touchscreen mobile devices will surpass 362.7 million units in 2010, a 96.8% increase from 2009 sales of 184.3 million units, according to Gartner. By 2013,...

Optical touch to continue dominating large-size screens in next 1-2 years

Mar 4, 15:57

Larger-size touchscreen (20-inch and above) products such as LCD monitors, all-in-one PCs and LCD TVs are expected to mainly adopt optical touchscreen technology for the next 1-2...

HTC insists it develops user interface and smartphones in house, not copying from Apple

Stockwatch - Mar 3, 11:28

Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC, in response to a patent lawsuit filed recently by Apple, has issued a statement with the Taiwan Stock Exchange stating that it is an innovator...

SWTC and Ampire cut into touchscreen panel module business

Feb 25, 16:48

Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) makers Star World Technology (SWTC) and Ampire have both recently started supplying touch panel modules in order to fulfill clients'...

Touch screen devices to help push demand for flexible PCBs in 2010

Feb 12, 11:17

Most Taiwan-based flexible PCB (FPCB) makers, including Career Technology, Ichia Technologies and Taiflex Scientific, are optimistic about the outlook for the FPCB industry in 2010,...

Pixart expects revenues to stay flat in 1Q10; optical touchscreen share to lift in 2H10

Feb 10, 14:42

Pixart Imaging expects to see revenues stay flat in the first quarter of 2010. It has estimated a 5% revenue growth for mouse related products but a 30-40% decline in the PC webcam...

Pixart chairman Huang Sen-huang

PVI planning color, flexible, touchscreen, and video EPDs, reveals chairman

Feb 5, 16:50

Besides color and flexible EPDs (electrophoretic displays), Prime View International (PVI) also plans to introduce touch-capable EPDs and EPDs that support animation in 2010, according...

Taiwan market: LCD monitor sales to stay flat in 2010

Jan 26, 15:08

About 1.3-1.4 million LCD monitors will be sold in the Taiwan market in 2010, the same as in 2009, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Sintek to raise 5G capacity for capacitive touch panels to 100,000 substrates in 3Q10

Jan 21, 15:46

Color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic will have a monthly capacity of 24 million projected capacitive touch panels (3.5-inch equivalents) from its 5G plant in the third quarter...

Competition in touchscreen solution market to heat up in 2010

Jan 14, 11:54

Competition in the touchscreen IC solution market is set to become fiercer in 2010 as more vendors, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology, Weltrend Semiconductor, Sitronix...

Touchscreen module shipments to increase 5x in 2010, says iSuppli

Jan 13, 14:56

Global shipments of touch-screen modules for applications are set to grow more than fivefold in the coming years, rising to 5.4 million units in 2013 from 971,755 in 2009, according...

CES 2010: HTC unveils Qualcomm Brew MP-based HTC Smart handset

Jan 8, 14:51

HTC has unveiled its latest smartphone, the HTC Smart, at the ongoing CES 2010. The HTC Smart will be available this spring across Europe and Asia.

HTC Smart
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    Photo: Company, Feb 26.

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    Acer has announced its Aspire S7 series ultrabooks, featuring a unibody design made from a single block of aluminum with a process that saves energy and material. They also feature...

    Photo: Company, Nov 14.

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    Acer Aspire V5 touch notebook

    Acer has announced its latest Aspire V5 series touchscreen notebook, featuring a 10-point touch display and a large trackpad, designed to enhance multi-gesture content consumption...

    Photo: Company, Nov 2.

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    EIZO FelxScan monitor with NextWindown touch panel

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  • 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 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.