Last update: Thursday 16 May 2013 [337 news items]
Lenovo and Motorola delay launch of Intel-based tablets
Jul 26, 01:25
Although Intel has been aggressively promoting the combination of its Medfield platform with Android for the smartphone and tablet PC markets, the recent decisions of the company's...
Notebook battery makers expect growth in 3Q12 revenues
Jul 24, 01:45
Notebook battery makers, despite the fact that the notebook supply chain is seeing a weak performance, expect their revenues in the third quarter to have chance to achieve double-digit...
Genesys Logic obtains Windows 8 certification for USB 3.0 hub controller
Jul 24, 01:25
Genesys Logic, a Taiwan-based IC design house, has passed Windows 8 Hardware Certification Kit for its USB 3.0 controller IC GL3520, and expects shipments of the IC in 2012 to be...
TalkBox supports Windows Phone, BlackBerry platforms
Jul 18, 15:41
TalkBox, smartphone-based instant voice messaging software developed by a Hong Kong-based company, has extended versions from iOS initially and Android then to supporting Window Phone...
Elan touch ICs receive Windows 8 certification
Jul 13, 11:21
Elan Microelectronics has announced its smart capacitive touch screen ICs for 13.3-inch ultrabooks have received Windows Hardware Certification for Windows 8.
Windows 8 is unlikely to benefit from enterprise market in short term
Jul 12, 14:52
Although Microsoft is confident about its recently released Windows 8 upgrade plans to help trigger new PC replacement in the enterprise market, sources from notebook players are...
Notebook battery makers expected to see growing performance in 3Q12
Jul 12, 01:30
Notebook battery makers Simplo Technology, Dynapack Technology and Celxpert Energy are all expected to see strong shipment performance at the end of the third quarter benefiting from...
Microsoft unveils Windows 8 OEM licensing charges
Jul 11, 15:52
Microsoft has released licensing rates for OEM Windows 8, including US$60-80 for Windows 8, US$80-100 for Windows 8 Pro (with Office) and US$50-65 for Windows RT (with Office), according...
Asustek, Pegatron see growth in June revenues
Jul 10, 01:55
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$36.02 billion (US$1.2 billion) for June, a new record high with growths of 26.83% on month and 27.46% on year, while the company's revenues...
Notebook makers see mixed result in 2Q12 shipments
Jul 10, 01:50
Notebook ODMs have shown mixed result for their shipment performance in the second quarter of 2012 with both Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics achieved growth sequentially, while...
HP, Dell to launch 10.1-inch Windows RT tablet PCs in 4Q12
Jul 6, 12:44
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell will launch 10.1-inch Windows RT tablet PCs equipped with processors developed by Texas Instruments and Qualcomm respectively in the fourth quarter of...
Second- and third-tier handset makers in China may not adopt Windows Phone 8 platform
Jul 5, 01:35
Microsoft has been eager to promote Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 and Windows RT. Despite having partners such as Nokia, Samsung, and HTC for Windows Phone 8, severe price competition...
Microsoft new Windows 8 promotion unlikely to boost PC demand
Jul 4, 16:27
After announcing its Windows 8 upgrade plan for newly purchased Windows 7-based PCs in early June, Microsoft recently announced a new upgrade plan allowing consumers to spend US$39.99...
Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12
Jun 28, 01:40
Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...
ECS passes 2011 finance report with growth of more than 7%
Jun 26, 01:10
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) hosted a shareholder meeting on June 25, passing its finance report for 2011 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$72.7 billion (US$2.43 billion),...
BIOS designers to compete for Windows smartphone market
Jun 22, 15:11
In addition to BIOS solutions for Windows 8, Insyde Software, Phoenix Technologies and American Megatrends are also aggressively competing for the smartphone BIOS market as Microsoft...
Microsoft to push Windows Phone 8 smartphone launch to 4Q12
Jun 22, 01:35
Microsoft will push the launch of Windows Phone 8-based smartphones to the fourth quarter of 2012 with Nokia, HTC, Samsung Electronics and Huawei Device being in the first wave of...
Lenovo reportedly to launch dual-screen notebook similar to Asustek Taichi
Jun 21, 01:30
As notebook vendors are gradually turning to push new notebook industrial designs hoping to attract consumers, Lenovo reportedly plans to develop a dual-screen notebook similar to...
Intel to host supply chain symposium focusing on ultrabooks
Jun 21, 01:05
Intel plans to host what it call the Intel Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in two locations, one in Taiwan on July 31 and one in China on August 2, according to sources from notebook...
Microsoft outsource Surface tablets to Pegatron; expected prices above US$599
Jun 20, 13:44
Sources from notebook players have revealed that Microsoft's 10.6-inch Surface tablet PCs will be outsourced to Pegatron Technology for assembly; however, there is still not a firm...
Microsoft-made hardware to be available starting with release of Windows 8 and Windows RT
Jun 19, 13:35
At an event in Hollywood, Microsoft unveiled Surface: PCs built to be the ultimate stage for Windows. Company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature significant...
Microsoft, Intel expect Windows 8 to help energize the netbook market
Jun 19, 01:40
As Microsoft is aggressively preparing its Windows 8 and Windows RT for launch in October to compete against Apple, sources from notebook players pointed out that Microsoft and Intel...
Acer enters tier-3 to -5 cities in China
Jun 14, 01:30
Acer, starting 2012, is executing a three-year plan in China to expand its channel bases from tier-1 and -2 cities to tier-3 to -5 cities and is set to open new stores at a rate of...
China market: ZTE launches first Windows Phone smartphone, says report
Jun 11, 14:38
China-based vendor ZTE has launched V965W, its first Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone, for contract-bundled sale by China Unicom, according to China-based tech.163.com.
Touch panel makers gearing up for Windows 8 devices
Jun 7, 01:25
Touch panel companies are all gearing up for new demand created by Windows 8 ultrabooks. Demand for 11.6- to 15.6-inch touch panels is set to boom driven by rollouts of new ultrabooks...
Microsoft to release Windows Phone 8 on June 20
Jun 6, 13:34
Microsoft plans to release its new platform for smartphones, Windows Phone 8 (codenamed Apollo), on June 20, but most branded smartphone vendors, with the exception of Nokia, will...
Touch panels for Windows 8 devices to start shipping in 3Q12
Jun 6, 01:50
On the heels of Intel's announcement at Computex Taipei 2012 that its upcoming ultrabooks designs will support touch panels, market observers predict that demand for 13.3- to 15.6-inch...
Windows 8 success will initially depend on demand from North America, says JT Wang
Jun 6, 01:40
The initial success of Windows 8 will depend on the North America market, according to Acer chairman JT Wang. Wang stated that although PC demand is currently being affect by a sovereign...
Windows and Intel, but not Wintel, take center stage at Computex
Jun 5, 11:43
Computex Taipei is set to open today with Intel and Microsoft again taking center stage, much as they have done in previous years. However, while in the glory days of the computing...
Expanding the motherboard market: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing
Jun 5, 11:26
Following the recent launch of Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform, new announcements from AMD, and the growing anticipation for Windows 8, Computex 2012 will provide PC players from...
Asustek to start selling WoA tablet PC in October
Jun 5, 01:45
Asustek Computer has announced its latest 10.1-inch Windows-on-ARM (WoA) tablet PC – Tablet 600, which is expected to start shipping in September and will be available in retail...
Windows 8 launch to ramp up sales of controller ICs, ambient light sensors and proximity sensors
May 31, 11:30
The launch of Windows 8 in the second half of 2012 is to bring increasing revenues for Taiwan-based IC design houses, and vendors such as Elan Microelectronics, Capella Microsystems,...
Wistron drops 2Q12 notebook shipment forecast
May 31, 01:20
Wistron has reduced its notebook shipment forecast for the second quarter from a growth of 0-5% sequentially to staying flat and or even a slight drop.
Asustek, HTC back off from new Chromebook
May 31, 01:00
Although Google recently unveiled its second-generation Chromebook device, jointly developed with Samsung Electronics, Asustek Computer and High Tech Computer (HTC), seeing Acer and...
Notebook ODMs starting to reduce component orders for June
May 29, 01:25
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, although still maintaining their shipment forecast for the second quarter, have recently started decreasing their orders to upstream component makers and...
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...
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HTC and Microsoft have unveiled the first signature Windows Phones, the Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC. The new HTC smartphones feature the new Windows Phone 8 operating system,...
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Microsoft has unveiled the Surface table PC for Windows. Conceived, designed and engineered entirely by Microsoft employees, Surface sports a full-sized USB port and a 16:9 aspect...
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Computex 2012: Acer Aspire S7 ultrabook
Acer has introduced its latest premium Windows 8 ultrabook devices, the Aspire S7 series, at Computex Taipei 2012. Available in two sizes - 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch - the series adopts...
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Computex 2012: Acer Aspire 7600U all-in-one PC
Acer has announced two new Windows 8-supported all-in-one PCs at Computex Taipei 2012 - the Aspire 7600U (27-inch) and the Aspire 5600U (23-inch). The Aspire 7600U supports up to...
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Expanding the motherboard market: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing
Following the recent launch of Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform, new announcements from AMD, and the growing anticipation for Windows 8, Computex 2012 will provide PC players from...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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
17-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8368.19 | -21.86 | -0.26% |
| TSE electronic | 316.17 | -0.60 | -0.19% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 119.56 | +0.49 | +0.41% |
| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |
- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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...
- 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.