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...

Weltrend sees high revenues in December 2009

Jan 6, 17:01

IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor saw revenues increase 4.45% on month and 136.66% on year to NT$187 million (US$5.87 million) in December 2009. Revenues for the year totaled...

Quanta all-in-one PC mass shipments may be delayed due to touchscreen module

Jan 6, 15:59

Quanta Computer has reportedly found the optical touchscreen technology, which the company co-developed with Pixart Imaging, has some minor defect and is currently redesigning the...

Giantplus to establish touchscreen production lines in China

Dec 31, 16:06

Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Giantplus Technology has announced plans to invest US$25 million to establish capacitive touch panel production lines in Kunshan,...

EDT to start shipping 11.6-inch touch panel in 2H10

Dec 24, 15:52

STN LCD panel maker Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) has recently received Windows 7 certification for its 11.6-inch projective capacitive touch panel and will start volume shipments...

IC distributor Zenitron expects touch controllers, USB 3.0 ICs to drive growth

Dec 15, 17:06

Taiwan-based IC distributor Zenitron expects touch controller ICs developed by Cypress Semiconductor and USB 3.0 solution ICs developed by Fresco Logic and Fujitsu to drive its revenue...

SiS reports on-month revenue drop in November 2009

Dec 7, 15:50

Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has reported revenues of NT$247 million (US$7.67 million) for November 2009, down 46.8% on month, but still an increase of 29.7% on year. The company's...

Nokia new focus on touch, full-keyboard and low-cost handsets will benefit Taiwan makers

Dec 4, 11:28

Nokia's target to significantly increase the proportion of touch and/or QWERTY devices in its smartphone portfolio and further optimize the industry's lowest cost end-to-end business...

Optical touchscreens to feature in 70% of Quanta all-in-one PCs in 2010

Dec 1, 14:46

Quanta Computer's optical touchscreen-based all-in-one PCs are estimated to account for more than 70% of the company's four million total shipments in 2010, according to market wat...

China-based touch controller supplier Pixcir expands cooperation with Taiwan-based touch panel suppliers

Nov 19, 16:07

China-based TFT-LCD driver IC and capacitive touch controller supplier Pixcir Microelectronics has recently expanded its cooperation with Taiwan-based touch panel suppliers including...

Elan expects touchscreen IC shipments to grow significantly in 4Q09

Nov 13, 12:40

Elan Microelectronics expects to ship 500,000-600,000 touchscreen ICs used in handsets in the fourth quarter, about three times the volume it shipped in the third quarter. However,...

LED backlighting, 16:9 ratio remain mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010

Nov 11, 11:10

LED-backlighting and 16:9 aspect ratio will remain as the mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010 with some models featuring touchscreen and 3D functions, according to...

Asustek delays Eee Keyboard launch

Nov 6, 15:33

Asustek Computer has delayed the launch of its Eee Keyboard, which the company originally said would be launched in the US and Europe in October of 2009 because the device has not...

Cando, Pixcir provide touchscreen solution for Acer notebook

Nov 3, 15:35

Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Cando and China-based TFT-LCD driver IC and capacitive touch controller supplier Pixcir Microelectronics are providing touch panels and touch...

HannStar Display to begin shipping touch panels in March 2010

Oct 30, 14:58

LCD panel maker HannStar Display has entered design-in for the production of touch panels in cooperation with color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic with volume shipments slated...

Motorola steps up cooperation with China-based handset makers, say sources

Oct 27, 11:39

Motorola has stepped up its cooperation with China-based handset makers, instead of Taiwan makers, for the production of entry-level and mid-range handsets using chipset solutions...

Asustek aims to ship more than 16 million notebooks and netbooks combined in 2010

Oct 26, 17:15

Asustek Computer expects its notebook shipments (including netbook)s will increase from 12 million units in 2009 to over 16 million units in 2010, and global notebook shipments will...

Taiwan market: Nokia launches touch-enabled N97 mini smartphone

Oct 23, 14:01

Nokia has launched its touch-enabled N97 mini smartphone in the Taiwan market and will release two additional touch-enabled models - the 5230 in fourth-quarter 2009 and the X6 in...

Asustek to launch new 8.9-inch touchscreen netbook; to delay 10-inch model

Oct 19, 15:57

Asustek Computer is expected to launch an 8.9-inch touchscreen netbook Eee PC T91MT around the timeframe of the Microsoft Windows 7 launch, according to sources in the channel. The...

STN panel maker EDT reports growth in September revenues

Oct 15, 13:59

STN LCD panel maker Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) has announced revenues of NT$272.69 million (US$8.44 million) for September, an increase of 15.46% on month, but a decrease...

IC distributor Maxtek expands product lines with USB 3.0, touchscreen solutions

Sep 29, 16:28

IC distributor Maxtek Technology has added USB 3.0 and touchscreen solutions to its product lines. It expects to start distributing Prolific Technology's USB 3.0 device solutions...

Quanta reportedly gains all-in-one PC orders from Fujitsu, Acer and MSI

Sep 24, 15:07

Quanta Computer has reported received all-in-one PC orders from Fujitsu, Acer and Micro-Star International (MSI) and will start shipping products soon, according to industry source...

Elan sees increasing orders for touch solutions

Sep 24, 14:33

Elan Microelectronics has recently landed more orders for touchscreen IC and module solutions, with order visibility extending into the first half of 2010, according to market sources...

Touch panels to contribute 20-30% of Cando September revenues

Sep 10, 11:59

Cando expects monthly revenues contribution from touch panels will rise from NT$43 million (US$1.32 million) in August to over NT$100 million in September and October, accounting...

PC vendors turning optimistic toward touchscreen notebooks, touch panel makers say

Sep 10, 11:15

PC vendors are turning positive about the potential of touchscreen notebooks for 2009 as they prepare to launch touchscreen notebooks next month, along with the aggressive entrance...

Touch panel IC quotes dropping fast

Newswatch - Sep 7, 12:13

The current prices of 3.5-inch touch panel modules have dropped to US$9-11 compared to US$16-18 one year ago, and the chip prices for the segment has also been reduced to under US$2...

Zenitron to see revenues up 20% sequentially in 3Q09

Aug 28, 17:07

IC distributor Zenitron is expected to see its revenues expand at least 20% sequentially in the third quarter due to strong demand for touch panels, according to industry sources...

LCM maker Star World posts net loss of NT$93 million for 1H09

Aug 27, 14:19

Small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) specialist Star World Technology has announced consolidated net loss of NT$93.31 million (US$2.83 million) for the first half of 2009, which...