Last update: Tuesday 8 May 2012 [115 news items]
Polytronics April revenues hit record high
May 8, 01:35
Polytronics Technology, which makes circuit protection components for mobile phones and PCs, saw its consolidated revenues grow 7.6% on month and 1.7% on year to an all time high...
CMI to hit 1 million 39-inch TV panel milestone in May or June
Apr 26, 01:45
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is expected to see its shipments of 39-inch TV panels hit the one-million mark in May or June. Monthly shipments of 50-inch TV panels are estimated to each 300,000...
Taiwan 1Q12 digital camera shipments hit 12-quarter low, says Digitimes Research
Apr 19, 12:32
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped a total of 10.948 million digital cameras in first-quarter 2012, hitting the lowest quarterly level since second-quarter...
GaAs wafer firm VPEC revenues hit record high in 1Q12
Apr 12, 15:25
Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs (gallium arsenide) epi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) for consumer technology products such...
TSMC expected to hit high-end of 1Q12 guidance
Apr 2, 10:25
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the first quarter of 2012 are expected to be at the high-end of the foundry's previously-issued guidance...

KYEC expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
Mar 23, 01:40
Sales at King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will be mostly affected by inventory corrections in the supply chain in the first quarter of 2012, according to the IC testing specialist. However,...
Memory prices almost at bottom, says Transcend chairman
Mar 23, 01:30
Prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory chips are "almost at rock bottom" and have little room for further drops, according to Transcend Information chairman Peter Shu. In...

Fab equipment spending poised to hit record in 2013, says SEMI
Mar 12, 16:06
Semiconductor fab equipment spending will remain flat at US$38.85 billion in 2012, but climb to a record US$45.5 billion in 2013, according to estimates made by SEMI.
SerComm expects to hit record revenues in 1Q12
Mar 12, 10:22
SerComm, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband and wireless networking devices/equipment, has obtained orders to book up its production capacity until May 2012 and expects to hit record...
Germany incentive cuts to hit local solar PV system firms first
Mar 2, 14:46
The government in Germany plans to cut feed-in-tariffs (FIT) of small-size solar PV systems by 20% and large-size systems by 30%. In addition, systems that are above 10MW will not...

Walton says 1Q12 revenues to hit bottom
Feb 17, 01:15
Walton Advanced Engineering expects sales to register sequential growth starting the second quarter after hitting bottom in the first. The memory-IC backend service provider has also...

Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
Feb 10, 01:20
LCD-related driver and controller IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects sales to register sequential growth starting the second quarter after hitting bottom in the first...
Notebook shipments expected to rise significantly in 2H12
Feb 2, 01:10
Notebook shipments, benefiting from the recovery of hard drive shortages and launch of Windows 8 in the third quarter, are expected to rise significantly in the second half, compared...
Total losses at Nanya and Inotera hit historic high
Jan 19, 01:05
Total losses in 2011 of Taiwan-based DRAM firms Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories reached NT$60.883 billion (US$2.03 billion), the largest in Taiwan's DRAM history. Nanya indicated...

Wintek December revenues hit record
Jan 3, 01:30
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek on January 2 reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.55 billion (US$349 million) for December 2011, a new monthly record with growth of 8.1%...
MTI likely to hit record revenues in December
Dec 20, 01:40
Microelectronics Technology (MTI), a Taiwan-based maker of microwave and satellite communication devices, expects its monthly revenues to remain at a high level in December 2011 and...
Foxconn November revenues hit record again
Dec 12, 11:11
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$307.196 billion (US$10.17 billion) for November, creating a monthly record for the second...
SerComm November revenues hit record for second time straight
Dec 9, 11:29
SerComm, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband and wireless networking devices, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.307 billion (US$43.3 million) for November, hitting a monthly...
TPK revenues hit record high in November
Newswatch - Dec 7, 14:01
Touch panel maker TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$14.9 billion (US$493 million) for November, increasing 11.6% from the previous month and 35.6% from a year...
PC vendors to see serious HDD shortages starting December, says Acer VP
Nov 29, 01:20
As PC brand vendors' hard disc drive (HDD) inventory level will soon hit bottom, vendors will start experiencing HDD shortages in December and the problem will reach its peak in February...
Lite-On IT expects 2011 revenues to hit record
Nov 23, 01:10
Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT expects its 2011 revenues to reach NT$60 billion (US$2.07 billion), exceeding NT$58.7 billion posted in 2010 to become a new annual record,...
Global PV installations to hit 24GW in 2011, says IMS Research
Nov 16, 10:43
Global solar PV installations will reach 24GW in 2011 according to IMS Research. IMS Research found that despite the relatively weak start to the year, installations will rise by...
ProMOS October revenues hit new low
Nov 14, 13:28
ProMOS Technologies saw its monthly revenues slip below NT$500 million (US$16.6 million) to hit a new low in October 2011.
Foxconn October revenues hit record
Nov 11, 01:30
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its revenues hit record high levels in October 2011.
HDD supply gap to narrow as Nidec resumes some production
Nov 8, 01:50
Japan-based hard disc drive (HDD) motor supplier Nidec, which contributes close to 75% of the global HDD motor shipments, has announced its Ayutthaya plants in Thailand have already...
Lenovo 3Q11 revenues hit quarterly record
Nov 3, 14:36
China-based PC vendor Lenovo on November 2 published its financial report for the third quarter of 2011 (the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year), with revenues of US$7.8 billion...
Asia Electric Material September FCCL shipments hit record
Oct 20, 01:00
Asia Electric Material (AEM), a Taiwan-based maker of flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCLs), shipped nearly 800,000 square meters in September, its highest monthly volume on record,...
Asia-based solar firms to be hit by operation suspensions due to low demand
Oct 4, 16:25
Starting in 2011, many Europe and US based solar firms have been forced to lower or halt production due to lack of competitiveness. Some firms have even filed for bankruptcy. Industry...
MediaTek 3.5G-chip shipments likely to hit 1 million mark in September
Sep 30, 01:35
Shipments of MediaTek's MT6573 3.5G chipset solution approached one million units in August, and are likely to exceed the mark in September, according to industry sources. Shipments...
Amazon tablet PC Kindle Fire unable to hit iPad 2 but may impact non-iPad models, say Taiwan makers
Sep 28, 15:53
Amazon is expected to debut its first tablet PC, the 7-inch Kindle Fire, for launch in November 2011 soon, but the new tablet will not be able to shake up the already firm market...
Syncmold August revenues hit record
Sep 14, 16:44
Syncmold Enterprise, a Taiwan-based maker of molded pedestals for LCD monitors and TVs as well as hinges of all-in-one PCs, saw its August consolidated revenues of NT$769 million...
Gemtek, Sercomm, Wistron NeWeb see August revenues hit records
Sep 9, 11:15
Taiwan-based networking/communication equipment makers Gemtek Technology, Sercomm and Wistron NeWeb saw their August consolidated revenues of NT$2.790 billion (US$96.2 million), NT$1.223...
Largan expects record revenues in 3Q11
Aug 19, 15:53
Taiwan-based optical lens module maker Largan Precision generated historic high quarterly consolidated revenues of NT$4.066 billion (US$141 million) in the second quarter of 2011...
Synnex Technology sees 2Q11 net profit hit records
Aug 3, 13:30
Distributor Synnex Technology International on August 2 reported net profits of NT$1.85 billion (US$63.8 million) for the second quarter, its highest quarterly figure on record and...
Jul 12, 16:18
Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), an LCD surface-mount technology (SMT) production solutions provider, has announced that consolidated revenues for June 2011 grew 1.1% on...
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
- 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 11:44 (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...
- 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.


















