Samsung has taken steps to overhaul its money-losing LCD business.
Last update: Tuesday 21 February 2012 [6 news items]
Samsung to launch inexpensive LED TVs in Taiwan, China in March-April
Feb 21, 16:26
Samsung Electronics is expected to launch inexpensive LED-backlit LCD TVs as well as high-end smart models in the Taiwan and China markets in March-April 2012, according to industry...
Commentary: Spin-off Samsung LCD unit may deter Taiwan makers in AMOLED segment
Feb 21, 14:58
Samsung Electronics has announced plans to spin off its money-losing LCD business to form a new company, Samsung Display, which is believed to focus more on the development of OLED...
Samsung board approves LCD business spin-off
Feb 21, 01:15
Samsung Electronics has announced that plans to spin off the company's LCD display business have been approved by its board of directors. The new body will be 100%-held by Samsung,...
Samsung to invest more into display technologies
Feb 15, 01:25
Industry sources indicated that Samsung Electronics continues to expand its TV product lines and is aiming for smart TV shipments to reach 50 million units in 2012. In particular,...
Samsung ranks number one in global flat-panel TV market in 2011
Feb 14, 16:35
Market research indicated that 2011 global flat-panel TV shipments reached 222 million units, up 7.5% on year. In particular, Samsung accounted for 20% of the market share, ranking...
Sony release of S-LCD shares to Samsung to benefit Taiwan panel makers, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 27, 16:15
The decision of Samsung Electronics to acquire all of Sony's shares in S-LCD, the two company's flat panel joint venture, will benefit Taiwan-based flat panel makers Chimei Innolux...
Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity
Green energy | 5h 14min ago
TXC to increase TCXO capacity by 200%
Bits + chips | 5h 19min ago
MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales
IT + CE | 5h 24min ago
Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April
Mobile + telecom | 5h 29min ago
Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
Displays | 5h 34min ago
Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June
IT + CE | 5h 39min ago
PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
IT + CE | 5h 44min ago
TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
Bits + chips | 5h 49min ago
Google 7-inch tablet PC to ship in June with initial volume of 600,000 units
IT + CE | 5h 54min ago
Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
Before Going to Press | 10h ago
NAND flash faces oversupply and falling contract prices in May
Before Going to Press | 10h 10min ago
Taiwan market: Four operators to begin marketing HTC WiMAX-enabled phone in June
Before Going to Press | 10h 12min ago
Taiwan market: LG aims to take up 8% in local smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 10h 13min ago
Touch IC orders in May are mostly short-term orders, says EETI
Before Going to Press | 11h 6min ago
PTC conservative about 2012 revenue growth
Before Going to Press | 11h 25min ago
Taiwan LCD driver IC design houses expect lower revenue growth in 2Q12
Before Going to Press | 11h 27min ago
- TPV steps up LCD TV production
- China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
- New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- Thunderbolt to become key specification for motherboard market in 2H12
- TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
- Taiwan digital camera makers developing MILCs
- China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
- China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Taipei 2012 International Lighting Show: A look at the LED lighting trends
- Digitimes Research: AMOLED shifts into spotlight in 2012
- Digitimes Research: Panasonic improves OLED lighting efficiency to 128lm/W
- LED lighting uptake to rise sharply in 2012 and reach 25% by 2014, says a new report from Digitimes Research
- Releases
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- IRTOUCH delivers new solutions with infrared technical breakthrough
- CAYIN Rolls out New Compact Dual-Display Digital Signage Player
- Digital signage entices your taste buds
- CAYIN Digital Signage System Increases Involvement for Taipei Fuhsing Private School
- GlacialLight Introduces GLDL04 LED Down Light to the Capella Series
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
- Digital Signage Expo 2012 opens conference registration
- Subkarma invited OPTOTECH to take part in the '2011 Taipei World Design Expo'
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- Report: Front-lit Kindle coming in July (May 14) - CNET
- 2012 to see strong growth of LED-based LCD & 3D TVs (May 16) - HDTVtest
- Troubled Sony and Panasonic in talks to jointly develop OLED TVs (May 17) - Broadcast Engineering
- LG said to plan selling OLED TVs for more than $9,000 in US (May 11) - Business Week
- Samsung likely to preempt market with OLED TVs (May 15) - Yonhap News
- Another day, another 7.85-inch iPad mini rumor (May 11) - Digital Trends
- Sony sees return to profit, aims to halve TV losses (May 10) - Reuters
- Sony sees return to profit, aims to halve TV losses (May 10) - Reuters
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- LED lighting uptake to rise sharply in 2012 and reach 25% by 2014, says a new report from Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: LED ceiling lights gain popularity in Japan market
- Digitimes Research: High-brightness LED output value to grow by 13.4% and LED lighting penetration to increase to 11.3% in 2012
- Digitimes Research: Samsung consolidating LED business
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011
- China market: Epson targets 2011 projector shipments to reach 200,000 units
- Projector suppliers find new ground in emerging markets
- Taiwan market: Enterprise models dominate 2Q11 shipments
- ViewSonic announces ultra-portable LED projector line
- Computex 2011: Nvidia introduces wired 3D Vision glasses and new GeForce GPUs
Makers move to avoid China LCD tariffs
China raised tariffs for LCD panels on April 1, 2012. Both local and foreign makers in the supply chain are taking steps to avoid the tariffs.
China has become the biggest TV market in the world. Its local brands, such as TCL, are posing strong challenges to foreign competitors.
LCD panel makers bottoming out?
Taiwan's LCD panel makers saw business improve in 1Q12. But does it mean that their miseries are coming to an end?
LED and display makers hope OLED products to be the next winner
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
Challenges of upcoming in-cell touch technology: Q&A with TPK chairman Michael Chiang
Touch panel maker TPK Holding managed to ramp up its revenues 7-fold to NT$143.37 billion (US$4.86...
Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...
The LED industry has been growing rapidly in China. Digitimes Research recently visited China-based...
- 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...
- A glimpse into the e-book reader market - May 2010
In 2008, worldwide e-book reader shipments totaled only 700,000 units, according to Digitimes Research. But demand exploded in 2009 as consumer interests grew...
- Overview of LCD TV market - May 2010
When the economic recession hit at the end of 2008, the LCD TV market seemed to be heading toward a doomsday scenario in 2009; however, demand turned out to be...
- Large-size LCD panel overview - Jun 2007
Global large-size LCD panel market revenues are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% to US$96.2 billion by 2011, up from US$53.5...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.