Last update: Friday 24 May 2013 [84 news items]
Taiwan quartz device makers to expand capacity
Aug 4, 15:17
Taiwan quartz component maker TXC will procure equipment to develop more products, while fellow maker Tai-Saw Technology (TST) will add equipment to expand its production capacity...
Quartz component makers see 2Q09 sales up, cautious about 3Q09
Newswatch - Jul 16, 15:41
TXC and Harmony Electronics (HELE) saw sales growth in the second quarter of 2009, both sequentially and on year, thanks to a warming up of demand. However, both quartz component...
TXC president cautious about investment in MEMS oscillators
Newswatch - May 20, 16:03
Taiwan-based TXC, the world's third-largest producer of quartz components, has expressed caution about the future of the MEMS oscillator market. TXC is eyeing the sector, but said...
Quartz component maker TXC obtains orders for communications applications from China
Newswatch - Apr 14, 15:26
TXC, the largest Taiwan-based maker of quartz components, has obtained orders from China, with its products for the first time being used in base stations in mobile communications...
Quartz component makers to see improving utilization rates in 2Q09
Apr 9, 16:45
Taiwan-based quartz component makers TXC and Tai-Saw Technology expect their capacity utilization rates to continue to improve during the second quarter although first-quarter revenues...
TXC leads Taiwan quartz component makers in 2008 EPS
Newswatch - Apr 1, 12:12
Taiwan-based quartz-component maker TXC has announced a net EPS of NT$3.56 (US$0.11) for 2008, outperforming other domestic peers including Harmony Electronics (HELE), Tai-Saw Technology...
Quartz component makers see better performance
Mar 27, 16:30
Taiwan quartz component makers are more optimistic about April and May revenues as they have seen utilization rates increase and order visibility extended to May. Market watchers...
TXC reportedly lands component orders for Nokia N series smartphones
Newswatch - Mar 11, 16:52
Taiwan-based quartz component maker TXC is said to have won orders for Nokia's N series smartphones, with shipments expected to begin in the second half of this year, according a...
Quartz prices fall due to competition from Japan makers
Newswatch - Mar 3, 14:25
Taiwan-based quartz component makers have been forced to reduce quotes due to continued price-cut competition from Japan-based makers, and prices may further drop through the second...
Taiwan and Japan quartz component suppliers in price war
Newswatch - Feb 18, 10:43
Japan's quartz component suppliers have recently lowered ASPs by more than 10% due to an oversupply, according to market sources. Mainstream 3225-specification crystal oscillators...
TXC rumored to receive quartz component orders for next-generation Android phone, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 11, 16:02
TXC's is rumored to have received component orders for a next-generation Google Android-based handset, according a Chinese language United Daily News (UDN) report.
TXC and Cyntec see rush orders in January
Jan 19, 17:02
Passive component makers TXC and Cyntec have seen rush orders in January, but order visibility is still weak. Customers are adding rush orders because were too pessimistic about the...
Quartz component maker TXC seeking new customers to confront price competition from Japan companies
Jan 16, 12:06
Taiwan quartz component supplier TXC is aggressively developing relationships with new customers to protect its current position since rivals from Japan are expanding their target...
Quartz component makers report declined November sales amid weak demand
Dec 10, 12:11
Quartz component makers TXC, Tai-Saw Technology and Siward Crystal Technology have reported declined November sales. Sales of TXC totaled NT$516 million (US$15.41 million), down 25%...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
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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...
- 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.
















