Last update: Wednesday 23 May 2012 [118 news items]
Samsung plans to deliver memory, MCP parts directly to HTC, Transcend, say sources
May 23, 15:39
Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to deliver its memory and MCP (multi-chip packaging) parts directly to some major clients in Taiwan including HTC and Transcend Information, while...
May 17, 16:21
Most DRAM module makers will use less space for product exhibition at the upcoming Computex Taipei 2012 trade fair and will also highlight more memory products for industrial controls...
Adata, Transcend report healthy profits for 1Q12
Apr 27, 11:28
Memory module makers Adata Technology and Transcend Information both have reported healthy earnings for the first quarter of 2012 despite irregular supply of hard disc drives, according...
Phison, Transcend post sales growth in March
Apr 10, 15:31
Memory module firm Transcend Information, which puts more emphasis on its NAND flash products, saw its March revenues grow 7.5% sequentially while revenues at Phison Electronics,...
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...

Mar 13, 11:30
Memory module firm Adata Technology has reported a sequential rise in February revenues of 15.8%. Sales of non-DRAM modules accounted for 55.7% of company revenues in the month.

Transcend Information looks to SSD market potential in 2012
Jan 11, 01:10
Transcend Information has shifted its focus from DRAM to NAND flash and, in view of growing demand for consumer SSDs due to increasing sales of ultrabooks and mature technological...
Ultrabook, SATA3 to buoy SSD demand, says Transcend chairman
Jan 6, 01:10
The growing market for ultrabooks is expected to a catalyst that accelerates demand for embedded SSDs in 2012, according to Peter Shu, chairman for dedicated memory module maker Transcend...
DRAM module makers post sequential revenue gains in November
Dec 12, 15:38
Most DRAM module makers have posted sequential revenue gains in November, buoyed by increased shipments of NAND flash products, according to data released by the companies.
Transcend revenues decrease in October
Nov 9, 11:47
Memory module firm Transcend Information has reported a 15% sequential decline in October revenues, citing the impact of the economic slowdown in Europe and the US and supply chain...
Transcend 3Q11 net profits up 38%
Oct 28, 13:56
Memory module maker Transcend Information has announced third-quarter net profits grew 38% sequentially to NT$730 million (US$24.4 million), citing higher shipments of NAND flash...
Transcend September revenues up 13%
Oct 7, 01:05
Memory module firm Transcend Information saw its revenues grow 12.8% sequentially in September, driven by shipments of flash products. Shipments of both SD cards and flash drives...
Transcend showcases products at Global Gaming Expo
Oct 5, 16:32
Taiwan-based memory module maker Transcend Information is exhibiting its products used in industrial control, including SSDs, memory modules and ruggedized memory cards, at the 2011...

Transcend posts drop in August revenues
Sep 9, 13:47
Memory module maker Transcend Information has announced revenues of NT$2.48 billion (US$85 million) for August 2011, down 1.6% on month and 2% on year.
Transcend reports EPS of NT$3.33 in 1H11
Aug 29, 12:28
Memory module maker Transcend Information has posted net profits of NT$529 million (US$18 million), or NT$1.24 a share, for the second quarter of 2011. Net profits for the first half...
Transcend, Adata upbeat for 3Q11 revenue outlook
Aug 8, 12:22
Memory module makers Transcend Information and Adata Technology both have posted sequential gains in revenues for July and are upbeat about their third-quarter revenue outlooks, according...
Taiwan memory module firms expanding portable HDD lines
Jul 20, 16:41
The market for external HDDs is expected to boom buoyed by the growing popularity of mobile computers such as thin and lightweight notebooks, and tablet PCs. Taiwan-based memory module...
Transcend June revenues up over 9% on-month
Jul 7, 14:58
Transcend Information's revenues increased 9.7% sequentially to NT$2.37 billion (US$82.2 million) in June, following two months of sequential drops, according to financial data released...
Memory module firms post on-month drops in May revenues
Jun 10, 01:15
Transcend Information posted a revenue drop of 9.1% sequentially in May 2011, while fellow memory module companies Apacer Technology, Power Quotient International (PQI) and Phison...
Transcend sees more than 20% growth in 2011 shipments
May 27, 01:40
Transcend Information expects its own-brand shipments to top 100 million units of DRAM modules and NAND flash products in 2011, up from the 80 million shipped in 2010, according to...

DRAM and NAND flash outlook optimistic, says Transcend chairman
May 12, 14:27
Transcend Information chairman Peter Shu has expressed optimism about DRAM and NAND flash market conditions in the second half of 2011, which he believes will be favorable on the...

Transcend posts 18% sequential drop in April revenues
May 9, 13:50
Memory module firm Transcend Information has reported NT$2.38 billion (US$83 million) in revenues for April 2011, down 18% on month. Revenues, however, were 5.7% higher than NT$2.25...
Adata, Transcend report 1Q11 profits
May 3, 10:50
Adata Technology returned to profitability in the first quarter with net profits of NT$96 million (US$3.35 million), while fellow memory module company Transcend Information achieved...
Memory module firms enjoy rebound in March revenues
Apr 11, 14:02
Taiwan-based memory module houses Transcend Information, Power Quotient International (PQI) and Apacer Technology have reported sequential growth in revenues for March 2011 of 54.1%,...
Memory module firms March revenues to rebound
Apr 1, 01:10
Taiwan-based memory module houses Adata Technology, Apacer Technology, Phison Electronics and Transcend Information are expected to post significant sequential growth in March 2011...
Adata, Transcend February sales down over 20% sequentially
Mar 10, 01:15
Memory module makers Adata Technology and Transcend Information have reported sequential decreases in revenues for February 2011 of 26.7% and 32.1%, respectively.
NAND flash prices unpredictable for 2H11, says Transcend chairman
Feb 14, 15:14
NAND flash prices will be stable in the first half of 2011, but could fluctuate in the second half due to a combination of supply and demand factors, according to Transcend Information...
Transcend looks to industrial memory products for growth
Feb 14, 11:27
Memory module maker Transcend Information expects its industrial-use flash modules, memory cards and solid-state drives (SSD) to account for 30% of its total revenues in 2011, compared...
Phison revenues up in January, Transcend down
Feb 11, 10:46
Phison Electronics, which supplies memory controller ICs as well as NAND flash-based products, saw revenues climb 10.5% on month to NT$2.52 billion (US$87 million) in January 2011,...
Rising tablet usage could hurt DRAM consumption, says Transcend chairman
Jan 13, 01:05
Growth in tablet PC usage is definitely not good news for DRAM makers, according to Peter Su, chairman of memory module maker Transcend Information. Su commented that DRAM oversupply...
Transcend moves global production base back to Taiwan from China
Jan 11, 01:05
Memory module maker Transcend Information has moved its global manufacturing base from China back to Taiwan. The new facilities in Taipei are equipped with 20 production lines and...
Transcend revenues up 7% in December
Jan 10, 14:10
Memory module maker Transcend Information saw December revenues rise 7.4% sequentially to NT$3.03 billion (US$104 million). The growth was driven by more stable prices for NAND flash-related...
New Transcend USB 3.0 flash drive uses Innostor controller
Jan 6, 15:23
Transcend Information has introduced a new portfolio of flash memory drives, the JetFlash 700, which the company is demonstrating at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. The drive uses Innostor's...
Transcend November sales buoyed by growth in NAND flash products
Dec 7, 15:14
Memory module maker Transcend Information has announced revenues of NT$2.82 billion (US$94 million) for November 2010, up 6.6% sequentially. The company saw shipments of its NAND...
Transcend October sales drop 11%
Nov 9, 01:30
Affected by falling shipments and ASP of DRAM products, Transcend saw October revenues decrease 11.3% sequentially to NT$2.63 billion (US$87 million), according to the memory module...
Computex 202: Acer to showcase Windows 8 tablet PCs
IT + CE | 4min ago
Flytech inaugurates factory in northern Taiwan
IT + CE | 1h 20min ago
Young Fast medium-size thin-film touch panels to grow 50% sequentially in 2Q12
Before Going to Press | 4min ago
On-Bright expects 2Q12 sales to rise 50-60%
Before Going to Press | 8min ago
UMC revenues to grow through 3Q12, says CEO
Before Going to Press | 18min ago
Taiwan market: More China-based handset vendors to launch sub-NT$4,000 smartphones in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 20min ago
High Windows 8 licensing fee makes prices of ultrabook difficult to drop, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 21min ago
Samsung, LG and Huawei mulling plans to ramp up in-house production of LTE solutions
Before Going to Press | 23min ago
AUO to ship AMOLED panels to Sony and HTC in June, say sources
Before Going to Press | 1h 11min ago
TPV sees LCD TV shipments down 32.6% on year in 1Q12
Before Going to Press | 1h 22min ago
China anti-dumping investigation against US, South Korea polysilicon suppliers would hurt local downstream players
Before Going to Press | 1h 37min ago
New MacBook may be launched as early as July, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 1h 41min ago
- 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
- UMC holds groundbreaking ceremony for new facilities at 12-inch fab
- Coretonic shifts focus to small- to mid-size BLUs
- Asustek denies lowering notebook shipment targets for 2Q12
- Oslux unveils LED for camera flash
- Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
- Uncertainty causes solar firms to expand with caution
- NAND flash prices hope for rebound in 3Q12
- 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%
- Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April
- TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
- TPV steps up LCD TV production
- China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
- 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
- PTC conservative about 2012 revenue growth
- 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 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 7124.89 | -22.86 | -0.32% |

| TSE electronic | 271.49 | -0.45 | -0.17% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 101.99 | -1.30 | -1.26% |

| OTC electronic | 130.56 | -1.89 | -1.43% |

- 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
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch mirrorless single-lens digital camera and 6 Cyber-shot models
- Nvidia introduces new standard for HPC with Kepler-based Tesla GPUs
- New Acer F2 servers support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series processors
- Nvidia launches GeForce GTX 670 with Kelper architecture
- Samsung introduces Galaxy S III smartphone

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.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
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- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.





















