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Notes & corrections
  • 23 May 2012:
    1Q 2012 financial reports for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 22 May 2012:
    A May 15 article carried wrong figures about UMC's 12-inch wafer capacity in the first quarter of 2012. UMC's STSP plant had a quarterly capacity of 140,000 wafers in the first quarter while the 12-inch fab in Singapore (Fab 12i) had 134,000 wafers.
  • A May 3 article has been updated to include the response from Toshiba.
  • A May 4 press release from VLSI has been updated. 
  • 21 May 2012:
    A May 18 report about Intel's plans to launch new CPUs for ultrabooks has been updated with a comment from the company.
  • 11 May 2012:
    April revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 30 Apr 2012:
    Due to a holiday in Taiwan on Tuesday, May 1, we will not be updating our website nor be sending out our daily email.
  • 18 Apr 2012:
    An April 17 article incorrectly reported Socle's 1Q12 revenues were US$185 million. Socle only revealed that sales from the ASIC segment reached NT$185 million in the quarter.
  • 11 Apr 2012:
    March revenues and 4Q 2011 financial reports for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 5 Apr 2012:
    An April 3 article incorrectly reported Inotera's 1Q12 revenues were NT$9.59 billion, the correct figure is NT$7.93 billion.
  • An April 2 article about an Intel tablet PC project for emerging markets incorrectly said the project was named StoryBook. The correct codename is StudyBook.
  • 3 Apr 2012:
    Due to a holiday in Taiwan on Wednesday, April 4, we will not be updating our website nor be sending out our daily email.
  • An April 2 article has been updated to include G-Tech's response to the report.
  • 30 Mar 2012:
    A March 29 article incorrectly stated that the market for high-density NAND flash would likely face oversupply in the fourth quarter of 2012. The market for high-density NAND flash will likely face tight supply.
  • 23 Mar 2012:
    A March 12 article regarding a change in orders within the optical disc industry has been updated with comments from Moser Baer.
  • 13 Mar 2012:
    February revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 3 Mar 2012:
    A March 1 article carried wrong figures about Inotera's current wafer output and capacity. Rexchip's current output amounts to 65,000 12-inch wafers monthly and its full capacity is 80,000 units per month.
  • 24 Feb 2012:
    Due to a holidays in Taiwan, there will be no news posts, and our daily emails will not be sent out on Monday and Tuesday, February 27-28.
  • 17 Feb 2012:
    A February 16 article carried wrong figures about the size of the glass substrate market and Corning's 2011 sales. The glass substrate market will grow from 3.2 billion square feet in 2011 to 3.6 billion billion square feet in 2012. Corning's Gorilla glass generated revenues of US$710 million in 2011, while the company's overall revenues for the year reached US$7.9 billion.
  • 13 Feb 2012:
    January revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 10 Feb 2012:
    A February 8 article incorrectly stated the power consumption of Intel's Medfield processors is 10W, the correct value is 1.1W.
  • 1 Feb 2012:
    Digitimes is currently implementing a new website layout for our news channel. Readers are encouraged to share any issues encountered on the new site, as well as any feedback or suggestions on the new design.
  • 13 Jan 2012:
    December revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 14 Dec 2011:
    November revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 12 Dec 2011:
    A December 1 article has been updated to include Rohm's denial of placing orders with Cyntec, Yageo or Ta-I.
  • A December 9 article regarding SanDisk's NAND flash-related product shipments forecast for 2011 has been corrected. The figures given relate to retail and OEM shipments combined, not only retail as originally stated.
  • 25 Nov 2011:
    A November 21 article has been updated to properly attribute sources.
  • 16 Nov 2011:
    October revenues and 3Q results for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 7 Nov 2011:
    A November 4 article wrongly stated that Chi Lin Technology and Bayer Taiwan had signed a licensing agreement. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding.
  • 2 Nov 2011:
    A November 1 article has been updated with corrected figures from SIA.  Overall on-quarter sales growth has been updated to 3.5%, previously misstated at 2.1%.  Additionally, Japan region on-quarter growth has been updated to 14.9%, previously misstated at 13.7%.
  • 13 Oct 2011:
    An October 11 article incorrectly stated that Powertech's third-quarter revenues dropped 8.7%. Its revenues only dropped 5.36%.
  • 11 Oct 2011:
    September revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 7 Oct 2011:
    Due to the National Day holiday in Taiwan, we will not update our website nor send out our daily email on Monday, October 10.
  • 3 Oct 2011:
    A September 30 article incorrectly wrote Giga Solar will buy back 15,000 million shares of common stock, the correct figure is 15,000 shares. 
  • 16 Sep 2011:
    A September 15 article incorrectly stated that Taiwan and Belgium would sign an IT research agreement involving billions of euros. Taiwan is set to sign an agreement with the European Commission Information Society and Media Directorate General to jointly invest several million euros in IT research. 
  • 13 Sep 2011:
    August revenues and 2Q results for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 9 Sep 2011:
    Due to the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in Taiwan on Monday, September 12, we will not update our website nor send out our daily email.
  • 1 Sep 2011:
    An August 31 article carried a headline that incorrectly stated that Freescale won adoption of i.MX 6 MCU from FIC. The headline has been revised to read "Freescale wins adoption of i.MX 6 MPU from FIC."
  • 25 Aug 2011:
    An August 24 article incorrectly stated that Japan accounts for 60% of the global LED lighting market. The article has been revised to read, " LED lighting currently accounts for 60% of the lighting market in Japan due to government incentives."
  • 22 Aug 2011:
    An August 17 article has been updated to show that worldwide 3D projector shipments will reach four million units in 2012.
  • An August 18 article incorrectly stated Coretronic's projector revenues for the first half of 2011. The correct sum is NT$8.5 billion. 
  • 11 Aug 2011:
    July revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 19 Jul 2011:
    A July 15 article regarding China's solar projects in midwestern regions has been updated to reflect that China's government will complete 800MW of solar projects in Qinghai by end of September 2011.
  • 12 Jul 2011:
    June revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 29 Jun 2011:
    A June 28 article regarding an interview with Motech's chairman incorrectly cited the reasonable demand for China. The article has been updated to reflect that Motech's chairman stated the reasonable demand for China should be above 1GW.
  • 27 Jun 2011:
    A June 23 article regarding Freescale's new 28nm multi-core processors incorrectly cited the company as saying it is working with TSMC on 28nm products. The article has been updated to reflect that Freescale only said that it is working with a key foundry partner.
  • 13 Jun 2011:
    May revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 3 Jun 2011:
    Due to a holiday in Taiwan on Monday, June 6, we will not be updating our website nor be sending out our daily email.
  • 31 May 2011:
    A May 31 article incorrectly attributed media speculation to Nvidia's CEO. The mistake has been corrected.
  • 23 May 2011:
    1Q 2011 financial reports for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 16 May 2011:
    April revenues and 4Q 2010 financial reports for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 4 May 2011:
    A May 3 article has been updated concerning capacity support for Quanta. 
  • 3 May 2011:
    An April 27 article regarding Zenitron's outlook for 2011 has been corrected. The company expects eMMC NAND chips to account for US$60-70 million of sales in 2011, compared to US$30 million recorded in 2010, not NT$6-7 billion and NT$3 billion as originally reported.
  • 12 Apr 2011:
    March revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 1 Apr 2011:
    Due to holidays in Taiwan on Monday and Tuesday, April 4-5, we will not be updating our website nor sending out our daily email.
  • 29 Mar 2011:
    A March 28 article has been revised to clarify that it is Wistron that has received LCD TV orders, rather than Inventenc.
  • 28 Mar 2011:
    A March 23 article has been clarified to more clearly represent statements made by ARM Taiwan.
  • 22 Mar 2011:
    A March 21 article wrongly reported that Formosa Epitaxy formed an alliance with Mitsubishi. Formosa Epitaxy's partner is Mitsui. 
  • 21 Mar 2011:
    Click here to see all DIGITIMES coverage of the crisis in Japan.
  • 14 Mar 2011:
    A March 11 article wrongly cited Corning's estimates for the 2011 growth of the LCD TV and PC markets in terms of glass substrate demand. Corning's estimates refer to unit sales of LCD TVs and PCs, rather than glass substrates.    
  • 11 Mar 2011:
    February revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 25 Feb 2011:
    Due to a holiday in Taiwan, there will be no new news posted or email issued on Monday, February 28.
  • 21 Feb 2011:
    A February 18 article regarding the profitability of SMIC incorrectly quoted figures in billions instead of millions.
  • 14 Feb 2011:
    January revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 27 Jan 2011:
    Due to site maintenance from 21:00 until 22:00 local Taiwan time (UTC+08) on Saturday, January 29, site access may be intermittent. DIGITIMES apologizes for any inconvenience.
  • 26 Jan 2011:
    A January 26 article has been updated to show that the LED segment accounted for 14% of Philips' lighting revenues for 4Q10.
  • 21 Jan 2011:
    A January 20 article incorrectly stated that Renesas saw revenues generated from overseas sales represent 5% of its total revenues in 2010, the correct proportion was 50%.
  • 11 Jan 2011:
    December revenues for Taiwan's IT companies are now available in our financial section.
  • 7 Jan 2011:
    A January 6 article regarding Qualcomm orders to TSMC has been clarified. The original article said the orders where for a CPU, this has been updated to read chip.
  • 4 Jan 2011:
    A January 3 article incorrectly stated that PTI would report sequential revenues growth of 20-30% for fourth-quarter 2010. The growth estimate is actually 2-3%.
Realtime news

  • Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity

    Green energy | 5h 31min ago

  • TXC to increase TCXO capacity by 200%

    Bits + chips | 5h 36min ago

  • MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales

    IT + CE | 5h 41min ago

  • Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April

    Mobile + telecom | 5h 46min ago

  • Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources

    Displays | 5h 51min ago

  • Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June

    IT + CE | 5h 56min ago

  • PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12

    IT + CE | 6h 1min ago

  • TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues

    Bits + chips | 6h 6min ago

  • Google 7-inch tablet PC to ship in June with initial volume of 600,000 units

    IT + CE | 6h 11min ago

  • Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor

    Before Going to Press | 10h 17min ago

  • NAND flash faces oversupply and falling contract prices in May

    Before Going to Press | 10h 27min ago

  • Taiwan market: Four operators to begin marketing HTC WiMAX-enabled phone in June

    Before Going to Press | 10h 29min ago

  • Taiwan market: LG aims to take up 8% in local smartphone segment

    Before Going to Press | 10h 30min ago

  • Touch IC orders in May are mostly short-term orders, says EETI

    Before Going to Press | 11h 23min ago

  • PTC conservative about 2012 revenue growth

    Before Going to Press | 11h 42min ago

  • Taiwan LCD driver IC design houses expect lower revenue growth in 2Q12

    Before Going to Press | 11h 44min ago

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