Taiwan makers shipped 18.6 million optical disc drives (ODDs) in the third quarter, down 3% sequentially and down 17% on year, as the Taiwan sector felt the impact from the global...
Sony will launch BWU-300S, its first model of 8x Blu-ray Disc (BD) burners, in the Taiwan market on November 29 at a recommended retail price of about NT$11,000 (US$332), according...
Rumors have spread that Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of optical disc drives (ODDs), will downsize its personnel by 5-10% and reduce salaries for its high-level executives...
Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the top two Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of optical disc drives (ODDs), have published their financial reports for the third quarter of 2008, recording...
Lite-On IT originally planned to begin volume production of 6x Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drives in the third quarter of 2008 but has decided to postpone the start until November, according...
Taiwan-based ODM/OEM optical disc drive makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage have reported record breaking revenues for September 2008, with Lite-On recording the highest monthly...
Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM maker of slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs), on September 1 published its consolidated financial report for the first half of 2008,...
Since the contract between Pioneer and Asustek Computer for ODM/OEM optical disc drive (ODD) production expired in July 2008, Pioneer is very likely to select one or more new ODM/OEM...
Japan-based Mitsubishi Chemical, in view of global short supply of Blu-ray Disc (BD) pick-up heads (PUHs), is planning to step into production of high-power (200-300mW) laser diodes...
Prodisc Technology, the third largest Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker and the fourth largest worldwide, on August 4 announced that it has made a request to a local Taiwan court...
Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the top two Taiwan-based makes of optical disc drives, as well as CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two Taiwan-based producers of blank optical discs,...
Asustek Computer's contract for OEM production of optical disc drives (ODDs) for Pioneer will expire in July 2008, and the Taiwan-based vendor of motherboards and PCs may dispose...
