Last update: Saturday 28 April 2012 [179 news items]
Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012
Apr 28, 15:25
The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.
Motherboard shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2012
Apr 28, 15:22
Taiwan's motherboard industry remains dominated by four main players – Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems...
Gigabyte aims to ship 3.3 million graphics cards in 2012
Apr 23, 16:22
Gigabyte Technology, in view of successful marketing in the Latin America market especially in Brazil and Mexico, aims to ship 3.3 million graphics cards in 2012, growing by 10% from...
Gigabyte unveils motherboards equipped with 7 series chipsets in Beijing
Apr 11, 16:06
Following Intel's launch of 7 series chipsets, Z77, H77, Z75 and B75, on April 8, Gigabyte Technology on April 10 unveiled motherboards equipped with such chipsets in Beijing, China,...

Gigabyte Communications to launch MediaTek-based dual-SIM Android phones in 2Q12
Mar 30, 01:20
Gigabyte Communications has been focusing on the production of dual-SIM Android smartphones recently, and plans to roll out dual-SIM models built on chipset solutions from MediaTek...
DRAM contract prices to rise 5-10% in March
Mar 13, 01:20
With spot market prices for DRAM memory hovering around US$1 per gigabit, contract prices are set to rise 5-10% in March, according to industry sources.

Asustek plans no booth at CeBIT 2012
Feb 23, 13:59
Asustek Computer has decided to not set up a booth at CeBIT 2012 and will find a place near the show to host its clients and media. Meanwhile, despite that Gigabyte Technology and...

Motherboard vendors adjust shipment forecasts for 1Q12, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 22, 16:20
Affected by Europe's financial uncertainty and hard drive shortages, motherboard vendors Asustek Computer, ASRock and Gigabyte have all adjusted their motherboard shipment forecasts...
Gigabyte unveils AMD Radeon HD 7700 series graphics cards
Feb 16, 15:42
Gigabyte Technology has announced new AMD Radeon HD 7700 series graphics cards – GV-R777OC-1GD, GV-R777D5-1GD, and GV-R775OC-1GI – equipped with Gigabyte's latest in-house...

Taiwan graphics card vendors see over 2 million shipments in 2011, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 3, 14:33
Taiwan-based graphics card vendors and makers, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and PowerColor (TUL), each shipped more than two million graphics...
Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to offer Thunderbolt ultrabook PCs in 2Q12
Jan 20, 11:27
Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo are expected to offer ultrabooks based on Intel's Ivy Bridge platform which supports Thunderbolt in the second quarter of 2012, while Gigabyte Technology...
Competition in motherboard segment remains keen in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 18, 16:27
While some industry watchers have estimated the motherboard industry is heading for a small growth of 5% in shipments in 2012, Taiwan-based first-tier makers will continue to compete...
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte together may share 60% of motherboard sales in 2012
Dec 30, 01:00
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology aim to ship 10.0 million and 8.0 million motherboards, respectively, in the China market, together accounting for 60%...
Gigabyte fixing problems associated with defective BIOS design in X79 motherboards
Dec 28, 15:52
Gigabyte Technology, in response to questions concerning a defective BIOS design in its X79-series motherboards, has offered remedies including recall of certain versions of X79 motherboards,...
Intel Thunderbolt to be more widely available in April
Dec 27, 01:40
Intel has recently notified its partners that the company will fully release its Thunderbolt technology in April of 2012 with several first-tier PC players already preparing to launch...

Asustek sets shipment goal for 2012
Dec 6, 01:35
Asustek Computer, at its global sales meeting on December 5, has set the shipment goals for its four major product lines for 2012 with notebooks and netbooks together to surpass 22...

Gigabyte, MSI have not yet planned ultrabooks
Dec 1, 01:40
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have not yet made plans for ultrabook product lines as both players are still seeing losses in their notebook businesses, according...
Asustek, Gigabyte reduce 4Q11 motherboard shipment forecasts, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 14, 16:34
Despite that Intel is set to launch its latest high-end X79 chipset soon, motherboard players are reducing their shipment forecasts for the fourth quarter due to hard drive shortages...
Asustek, Gigabyte to miss motherboard shipment targets for 2011
Oct 27, 01:05
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, facing weak market demand in Europe, the US and China, are expected to fail to achieve their motherboard shipment goals for 2011 and only...
Gigabyte expects revenues to drop by single-digit rate in 4Q11
Sep 30, 01:25
Gigabyte Technology is expected to see its revenues continue to slip by a single-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to the weaker-than-expected global economy,...
Asustek, Gigabyte compete over motherboard warranty in China
Aug 30, 01:10
First-tier motherboard brand vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, after starting fierce price competition to gain market share in China, are already turning their competition...
Gigabyte sees July shipments increase
Aug 10, 16:00
Gigabyte Technology shipped 1.55-1.65 million motherboards and 250,000-320,000 graphics cards in July, each rising by 10-20% on month. The company's July revenues of NT$3.762 billion...
Asustek sees strong revenue growth in July
Aug 9, 01:00
Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek Computer has announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.86 billion (US$1.1 billion) for July, up 13% on month and 38% on year, representing...
Asustek reportedly reduces motherboard material orders for 3Q11
Jul 18, 12:22
Asustek Computer has apparently turned more conservative about the sales outlook for motherboards in the third quarter and has asked its parts and component suppliers to prepare needed...
Desktop PC market is expected to achieve 8% shipment growth in 2011
Jul 13, 14:49
The desktop PC market, benefiting from the rise of tablet PCs, is expected to achieve a growth of 8% on year in terms of shipments in 2011 with motherboard players including Gigabyte...
White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11
Jun 28, 01:05
White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...
Taiwan market: Gigabyte to sell Z68 motherboard/20GB SSD bundle in July to boost demand
Jun 27, 16:38
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will start selling its Intel Z68-based Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard bundled with Intel's 20GB 331 series solid state drive (SSD) in...
Gigabyte re-arranges executive positions to fix motherboard shipments decline in 1H11
Jun 23, 17:04
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology saw its motherboard shipments performance in the first half rather stable compared to its competitor Asustek Computer and has recently...
Gigabyte introduces new servers; range of Android devices and new AIO PCs
Jun 3, 09:59
Gigabyte Technology's Network & Communications business unit handles a range of product lines including servers, notebooks and all-in-one PCs. The division's goal is to leverage...
Gigabyte seeks to bring innovative value to the mobile PC industry
Jun 1, 12:04
Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology, although more known for its motherboard business, has already been operating in the notebook industry for close to four years. At Computex 2011,...
May 31, 15:22
Gigabyte Technology is one of a few Taiwan-based companies that has continued to build success in the desktop PC motherboard segment, in particular the so-called DIY market which...

ASMedia USB 3.0 host controllers secures USB-IF certification
May 18, 01:20
Taiwan-based ASMedia Technology has received USB-IF certification for its USB 3.0 host controller chips. ASMedia's shipments of USB 3.0 host controllers will top one million units...
Motherboard players see mixed result in April
May 10, 01:25
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...
Taiwan market: Gigabyte Communications launches entry-level Android smartphone
Apr 28, 01:05
Gigabyte Communications has launched its first Android phone, the G1317S, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Senao International with a suggested...
AMD said to be looking to ship three million Llano APUs in 3Q11
Apr 26, 01:15
AMD is ready to start selling its new Llano-based APUs as soon as June or July and has set a goal of shipping three million units in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 40%...
Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:54
NAND flash faces oversupply and falling contract prices in May
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:44
Taiwan market: LG aims to take up 8% in local smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:41
Touch IC orders in May are mostly short-term orders, says EETI
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:48
- LCD driver IC design houses shifting more capacity to high-resolution parts for smartphone segment
- Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
- Google 7-inch tablet PC to ship in June with initial volume of 600,000 units
- Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity
- PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
- TPV steps up LCD TV production
- Lenovo FY2011 net profit hikes 73.1%
- Suntech gross profit impacted by US anti-dumping duties
- Trina Solar announces 1Q12 results
- TXC to increase TCXO capacity by 200%
- MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales
- Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April
- Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June
- TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
- TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
- China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
- New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
- China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
- China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- China market: April mobile phone users reach 1.03 billion
- Taiwan market: Four operators to begin selling HTC WiMAX smartphones
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- Step into the new era of HD surveillance - GKB to launch ForeSight Surveillance System
- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
24-May-2012 09:47 (GMT+8)
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- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...

Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...

Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...

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...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- 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.























