Last update: Thursday 5 April 2012 [68 news items]
VIA announces on-month growth, but on-year drop in March revenues
Apr 5, 15:04
Taiwan-based VIA Technologies has announced revenues of NT$357 million (US$12.1 million) for March, up 16.09% on month, but dropping 25.01% on year, while revenues for the first quarter...
VIA, SiS achieve results from non-PC industry
Jan 12, 01:05
Taiwan-base chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), although already phasing out of the PC chipset market, have both entered different markets and achieved...
VIA refutes report about being acquired by China telecom carrier
Jan 10, 01:25
VIA Technologies, commenting about a recent report stated that China-based telecom carrier Datang Telecom Technology (DTT) has recently discussed with VIA chairman Cher Wang the ...
HTC considers to appeal S3 Graphics patent lawsuit against Apple
Nov 22, 14:31
Judging High Tech Computer's (HTC's) lawsuit against Apple over infringement of S3 Graphics patents, the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the US, on November 21, ruled that...
VIA suffers continued net loss in 3Q11
Nov 4, 17:07
VIA Technologies posted revenues of NT$990 million (US$34.1 million), gross margin of 27.82%, net operating loss of NT$189 million, net loss of NT$1.513 billion including a loss of...
Market watchers optimistic about VIA winning lawsuit against Apple
Sep 26, 16:25
Market watchers believe that VIA Technologies has a good chance of winning its recently filed patent lawsuit against Apple.
SiS to phase out its PC chipset business
Aug 2, 01:10
Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...
Jul 7, 01:00
Taiwan-based chipset maker VIA Technologies has announced it will sell its shareholdings in S3 Graphics to its affiliate company High Tech Computer (HTC) for US$300 million. The action...
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...
China market: Wondermedia takes 50% share of white-box tablet PC processor market
May 27, 15:37
Wondermedia, a VIA Technologies subsidiary focusing on the production of ARM-based processors, took a 50% share of the white-box tablet PC processor market in China in the first quarter...
VIA Technologies steps into developing servers
May 25, 15:52
Taiwan-based chipset design house VIA Technologies, in view of growing demand for servers used for cloud computing applications, has stepped into development of servers specifically...
VIA Labs to ship new USB 3.0 hard drive controller in March
Feb 17, 02:05
VIA Labs, a subsidiary of VIA Technologies specializing in USB 3.0 integrated chip controllers, is sampling new USB 3.0 controllers for external hard drives with volume shipments...
HTC acquires office space in Taipei from VIA Technologies
Nov 23, 01:35
HTC on November 22 announced the acquisition of office space located in the Taipei metropolitan area from VIA Technologies at a total price of NT$404 million (US$13.16 million), with...
VIA to offer non-customized CDMA EV-DO 3G chips in China, says report
Nov 4, 01:05
VIA Technologies will offer a non-customized CDMA EV-DO 3G single-chip at US$25 for use by China-based 3G handset players, with the price lower than US$33 for Qualcomm's 6085 single...
Netbook shipments of Taiwan-based vendors from 2007-2010
Oct 31, 16:41
Netbooks are low-cost notebooks with screen sizes below 10-inch mainly designed for Internet usage. Devices adopt either a solid state drive (SSD) or traditional hard drive and typically...
SiS sees August revenues fall 9% sequentially, VIA up
Sep 9, 16:39
Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) saw its August 2010 revenues drop 44.93% on year and 9.28% sequentially to NT$243 million (US$7.6 million), marking its...
VIA Technologies posts net loss for 1H10
Sep 3, 16:29
VIA Technologies has reported a net loss of NT$1.44 billion (US$45.011 million) or NT$1.89 per share for the first half of 2010, versus NT$786 million in losses a year ago. Revenues...
Commentary: Intel FTC settlement unlikely to benefit VIA, SiS
Aug 13, 15:40
VIA Technologies is unlikely to benefit from Intel's settlement with the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), under which Intel has agreed to terminate certain marketing strategies that could...
NEC to cut USB 3.0 chip prices in 4Q10
Jul 23, 12:25
To counter competition from Taiwan-based USB 3.0 chipmakers, Japan-based chipmaker NEC reportedly plans to significantly cut prices for its first- and second-generation USB 3.0 chips...
SiS and VIA revenues decline in June
Jul 7, 16:29
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) posted June revenues of NT$276 million (US$8.57 million), down 10.33% on month and 29.43% on year, while VIA Technologies saw June revenues fall 4.84%...
SiS, VIA post mixed May results
Jun 8, 14:52
Chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced revenues for May 2010 grew 29.5% on month to NT$307 million (US$9.5 million), whereas peer VIA Technologies saw May revenues...
VIA launches VIA EPIA-M830 board with support for Nano E-series CPU
May 6, 16:23
VIA Technologies has announced the new VIA EPIA-M830 Mini-ITX board. Designed specifically to meet the needs of next generation kiosk, POI and POS applications, the VIA EPIA-M830...

VIA and SiS see revenues up over 40% sequentially in March
Apr 7, 17:12
VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated System (SiS) have both announced on-month increasing of over 40% in their March 2010 revenues.
VIA sees more than 10% revenues decline in January 2010
Feb 5, 16:08
VIA Technologies saw January 2010 revenues drop 11.35% sequentially to NT$368 million (US$11.48 million) and remain flat compared to the same period in 2009.
HTC chairperson invests in solar cell maker Solartech
Feb 5, 14:09
Cher Wang, chairperson of Taiwan-based HTC (High Tech Computer) and VIA Technologies, has subscribed to over 50% of 28 million new preferred shares issued by Taiwan-based crystalline...
USB 3.0 controller chip price cut to below US$3, say IC distributors
Dec 22, 10:53
Taiwan-based IC distributors have expressed concerns about profits from USB 3.0 product lines despite prospects of their strong sales in the market, as quotes of USB 3.0 device controller...

VIA Technologies sees revenues decline in November 2009
Dec 4, 15:37
VIA Technologies has posted revenues of NT$375.7 million (US$11.65 million) for November 2009, down 12.4% sequentially and 8.9% on year. For the first 11 months of 2009, revenues...
Global PC processor shipments jump 23% sequentially in 3Q09, says IDC
Nov 10, 16:57
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the third quarter of 2009 rose substantially by an all-time record level for a single quarter, according to data from IDC. PC processor unit shipments...
VIA, SiS see mixed growth in October 2009 revenues
Nov 10, 16:36
VIA Technologies has reported revenues of NT$429 million (US$13.2 million) for October 2009 slipping by 5.3% on month and 32.98% on year, while combined revenues for the first ten...
Nvidia announces freeze in future Intel chipset development
Oct 9, 12:25
Nvidia has announced that it officially plans stop developing chipsets for Intel CPUs moving forward, citing its ongoing licensing litigation with Intel as the main reason for the...
VIA September revenues increase on month
Oct 5, 16:57
VIA Technologies has announced revenues of NT$453 million (US$14.04 million) for September, an increase of 24.01% on month, but a drop of 19.41% on year. The company's combined revenues...
VIA announces motherboard for digital signage
Sep 24, 16:37
VIA Technologies has announced VB8003 mini-ITX motherboard featuring a dedicated on-board graphics processor that it says is ideal for a range of digital media applications.
White-box netbook alliance may not help revenues in 2009, says VIA exec
Sep 17, 17:09
Timothy Chen, special assistant to the president of VIA Technologies, has admitted that the company's Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) alliance for white-box netbooks in China may not...
VIA denies report it is considering a bank for the poor in Taiwan
Newswatch - Sep 7, 16:12
VIA Technologies has denied a report that it is considering establishing a bank to aid the poor in Taiwan.
VIA announces drop in August revenues
Sep 3, 15:39
VIA Technologies has posted revenues of NT$365 million (US$11.09 million) for August, a drop of 11.38% on month and 49.94% on year. Combined revenues for the first eight months of...
Computex 202: Acer to showcase Windows 8 tablet PCs
IT + CE | 15min ago
Flytech inaugurates factory in northern Taiwan
IT + CE | 1h 31min ago
Lowering Sandy Bridge prices expected to boost PC demand in emerging markets, say motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 10min ago
Young Fast medium-size thin-film touch panels to grow 50% sequentially in 2Q12
Before Going to Press | 15min ago
On-Bright expects 2Q12 sales to rise 50-60%
Before Going to Press | 19min ago
UMC revenues to grow through 3Q12, says CEO
Before Going to Press | 29min ago
Taiwan market: More China-based handset vendors to launch sub-NT$4,000 smartphones in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 31min ago
High Windows 8 licensing fee makes prices of ultrabook difficult to drop, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 32min ago
Samsung, LG and Huawei mulling plans to ramp up in-house production of LTE solutions
Before Going to Press | 34min ago
AUO to ship AMOLED panels to Sony and HTC in June, say sources
Before Going to Press | 1h 22min ago
TPV sees LCD TV shipments down 32.6% on year in 1Q12
Before Going to Press | 1h 33min ago
China anti-dumping investigation against US, South Korea polysilicon suppliers would hurt local downstream players
Before Going to Press | 1h 48min ago
New MacBook may be launched as early as July, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 1h 52min 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
| Last | Change |
| 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

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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...
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