Last update: Monday 14 January 2013 [75 news items]
VIA, SiS see mixed growth in October 2009 revenues
Nov 10, 16:36
VIA Technologies has reported revenues of NT$429 million (US$13.2 million) for October 2009 slipping by 5.3% on month and 32.98% on year, while combined revenues for the first ten...
Nvidia announces freeze in future Intel chipset development
Oct 9, 12:25
Nvidia has announced that it officially plans stop developing chipsets for Intel CPUs moving forward, citing its ongoing licensing litigation with Intel as the main reason for the...
VIA September revenues increase on month
Oct 5, 16:57
VIA Technologies has announced revenues of NT$453 million (US$14.04 million) for September, an increase of 24.01% on month, but a drop of 19.41% on year. The company's combined revenues...
VIA announces motherboard for digital signage
Sep 24, 16:37
VIA Technologies has announced VB8003 mini-ITX motherboard featuring a dedicated on-board graphics processor that it says is ideal for a range of digital media applications.
White-box netbook alliance may not help revenues in 2009, says VIA exec
Sep 17, 17:09
Timothy Chen, special assistant to the president of VIA Technologies, has admitted that the company's Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) alliance for white-box netbooks in China may not...
VIA denies report it is considering a bank for the poor in Taiwan
Newswatch - Sep 7, 16:12
VIA Technologies has denied a report that it is considering establishing a bank to aid the poor in Taiwan.
VIA announces drop in August revenues
Sep 3, 15:39
VIA Technologies has posted revenues of NT$365 million (US$11.09 million) for August, a drop of 11.38% on month and 49.94% on year. Combined revenues for the first eight months of...
Taiwan market: Lenovo to launch VIA-based IdeaPad S12
Sep 1, 15:25
Lenovo recently launched is IdeaPad S12 U2250 netbook featuring VIA Technologies' Nano processor, a 12.1-inch LED-backlit screen, 2GB memory and a built-in 1.3-megapixel web camera...

Aug 5, 16:13
VIA Technologies has posted revenues of NT$412 million (US$12.6 million) for July 2009, representing decreases of 0.73% sequentially and 32.57% on year.
Aaeon adopts VIA platform for gaming motherboard
Jul 30, 14:52
VIA Technologies has announced that Aaeon Technology has adopted its C7 and Eden processors in its the latest ETX motherboard.

VIA to list new stocks in October, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 20, 16:49
VIA Technologies is expected to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) at the beginning of October after completing a capital reduction program, according to a Chinese-language...
VIA June revenues down nearly 24% on year
Jul 3, 12:29
VIA Technologies posted revenues of NT$415 million (US$12.65 million) for June, down 23.9% from a year earlier. For the first half of 2009, the company's revenues totaled NT$2.44...
VIA to issue 170 million stocks
Stockwatch - Jul 1, 16:47
VIA Technologies hopes to raise NT$3.57 billion (US$108.84 million) through issuing 170 million stocks with each valued at NT$21, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...
VIA expects to get off from full-cash delivery status, says paper
Newswatch - Jun 22, 16:57
VIA Technologies expects to see its stocks return to normal trading, from their current downgraded status of full-cash delivery only, in the second quarter of 2010, following plans...
VIA and HP cooperate to offer enterprise PC in China
Jun 16, 14:48
VIA Technologies and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have cooperated to offer an enterprise-based PC – the HP Compaq dx2040 in China, according to VIA.

VIA partners with Bluex to offer after-sales service for white-box netbooks
Jun 11, 16:26
VIA Technologies has announced the addition of IT service provider, Blue Express Computer Engineering Technology (Bluex), to the growing membership of the VIA Global Mobility Bazaar...
Computex 2009: Shuttle seeks new opportunities from all-in-one PCs
Jun 4, 16:24
Wandering the halls of Computex 2009 it does not take long to realize that there has been a recent explosion of vendors trying to tap the all-in-one PC market. All the well-known,...

VIA expects to see profits driven by white-box netbooks in 4Q09
Jun 4, 12:19
VIA Technologies expects its white-box netbook alliance to start contributing profits in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the company.
China ready to release WiMAX orders, says ITRI director
Jun 2, 12:36
China is ready to release orders for WiMAX equipment and CPE products as its State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is set to kick off construction of WiMAX networks...
China market: China Telecom signs CDMA chipset cooperation agreement with VIA Group, says paper
Newswatch - May 12, 15:06
China Telecom has signed a cooperation pact with the VIA Technologies Group, aiming to develop CDMA 2000 handsets using chipset solutions from VIA's subsidiary, VIA Telecom, according...
Chipset makers VIA and SiS post weak April
May 6, 15:42
VIA Technologies saw revenues in April slide 48.01% on year to NT$350 million (US$10.5 million), while Silicon Integrated System (SiS) recorded a revenue decline of 31.35% on year...
VIA to reduce capital to improve financial structure
Apr 27, 17:13
VIA Technologies has decided to reduce its capital by 60% to NT$5.17 billion (US$153.4 million), with an effective date to be set during a shareholders meeting slated for June 19,...
Netbook parts and components in short supply, says DRAMeXchange
Apr 27, 15:08
The supply of up-stream parts and components for netbooks has become increasingly tight recently as white-box netbook vendors in China are ramping up output to meet anticipated demand...
Nvidia CEO dismisses VIA investment rumors
Apr 23, 14:29
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and president of Nvidia, has said that the chipmaker's current relationship with Taiwan's VIA Technologies only extends to cooperation to deliver support for VIA...

VIA to see limited benefit from OLPC refresh
Apr 20, 15:06
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) announced a hardware refresh for its XO-1 notebooks on April 17, but VIA Technologies, CPU and chipset supplier of the new XO-1 Gen 1.5, is unlikely to...

VIA sees revenues up 37% sequentially in March, expects significant revenue growth in May
Apr 3, 14:40
VIA Technologies saw its revenues grow 37% sequentially to NT$533 million (US$15.77 million) in March, but the company still suffered an on-year drop of 50.12%. First-quarter revenues...
Nvidia CEO rumored to pay visit to Taiwan on April 20
Apr 1, 16:34
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and president of Nvidia, plans to pay a visit to Taiwan on April 20 to visit foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and several motherboard...
Mar 27, 17:10
Nvidia has officially filed a counter suit with the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware against Intel for breach...
Nvidia may take up VIA shares through private placement, say sources
Mar 27, 15:54
VIA Technologies plans to sell 300 million new shares at a price ranging from NT$9-12 (US$0.27-0.35) per share through private placement, the company has announced. Nvidia is reportedly...
Intel pushes netbook standards in China to compete against VIA, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 23, 15:52
Intel is pushing netbook standards in China's white-box netbook market hoping to compete against VIA Technologies' netbook alliance, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Foxconn to join VIA-led alliance for white-box netbooks
Mar 11, 16:40
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has applied to participate in VIA Technologies' Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB), a strategic alliance targeting China's white-box netbook...
IC backend suppliers see sales rebound on resumed orders
Mar 4, 16:27
IC substrate makers Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) and Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), and packaging house Greatek Electronics are all seeing improved utilization rates thanks...
VIA unveils a new form factor smaller than Mini-ITX
Mar 3, 17:29
VIA Technologies has announced its latest board form factor for embedded system developers, the Em-ITX form factor. Offering embedded developers a compact, versatile and highly integrated...

Nvidia confirms Ion platform for VIA, scheduled for release in 2009
Feb 20, 19:00
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, has revealed to Digitimes that Nvidia will launch an Ion platform (Ion 2) supporting VIA Technologies' Nano CPUs in 2009. The platform...
Nvidia CEO speaks out against Intel lawsuit
Feb 20, 18:47
Intel recently filed a lawsuit with the Court of Chancery in the state of Delaware against Nvidia, asking the court to declare that Nvidia is not licensed to produce chipsets that...

Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:28
Touchscreen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong May
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:27
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook panel shipments during 2Q13
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:26
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:23
HTC cooperates with KDDI to launch HTC One in Japan market
Before Going to Press | May 20, 21:21
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking/communication device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
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- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- 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
21-May-2013 12:45 (GMT+8)
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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...
- 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.





















