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Friday 13 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Rising demand continues to push up polysilicon price in Greater China
The spot price of polysilicon in Greater China continues to increase. Many small- and medium-size polysilicon firms suspended operations when the price was falling rapidly in 2011...
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Global solar market to grow by 11.9% to 26.9GW in 2012
The solar industry faced oversupply problems that caused significant price drops in 2011. Most solar firms faced losses. However, the rapid decrease of cost for solar PV systems induced...
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Digitimes Research: 39-, 50-inch TV panels to gain market acceptance
New LCD TV sets for 2012 will come in a number of new screen sizes including 36.5-, 39-, 43-, 48- and 50-inch, as suppliers seek to make their products stand out amongst their numerous...
Monday 9 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments sink 5.7% on quarter in 4Q11
Shipments of notebooks by Taiwan makers posted a decline of 5.7% on quarter and 4.4% on year in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by a downturn in the global economy and shortage...
Friday 6 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon firms in Greater China hope to increase price to US$30/kg
The spot price of polysilicon has been increasing in recent weeks. Due to increased demand in first-quarter 2012 compared with fourth-quarter 2011, the spot price of US$25/kg no longer...
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Traditional PC applications to be advantage of Windows 8 tablet
Judging from the architecture of the Windows 8 revealed at BUILD 2011, Digitimes Research believes that Microsoft, in the face of the competition from smartphones and tablet PCs -...
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Digitimes Research: iPad pricing to change tablet game
Market watchers have mostly expected Apple to follow its traditional pricing strategy for its next-generation tablet device, which is likely to start from US$499 with the present iPad...
Monday 2 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Samsung may cut LCD panel orders for Taiwan after Sony exit from S-LCD
Sony has been cooperating with Samsung Electronics on the TFT LCD business since 2004 when the Japan vendor was optimistic about the growth of the LCD TV market. Large-size panel makers...
Friday 30 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China continues to increase
Due to demand increase, the spot price of polysilicon has been reviving since last week. This week (December 26-30), the spot price increased by US$1.50/kg to US$27/kg, said Digitimes...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Samsung consolidating LED business
In 2010, Samsung LED became the first LED firm in South Korea to have revenues exceeding KRW1 trillion (US$863 million) and ranked as number one among LED firms in South Korea. Its...
Friday 23 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China returns above US$25/kg
The prices of solar products in Greater China did not experience a lot of changes this week (December 19-23). According to Digitimes analyst Chihheng Liang, the solar industry has...
Monday 19 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Samsung foundry capacity to jump in 2012
Based on Samsung Electronics' expansion plan for its logic foundry segment, the Korea-based vendor will stand a chance of beating United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Globalfoundries...
Friday 16 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Slight dip of solar wafer price in Greater China
After a few weeks of stable prices for the solar products in the Greater China region, the prices dipped slightly this week (December 12-16) because of seasonality, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Hard drive supply gap to only reach 5% in 2Q12
Thailand's floods in early October, have created strong impact toward the hard disk drive (HDD) supply chain, causing many PC brand vendors to miss business opportunities in the fourth...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments slowing down
LCD TVs shipped by Taiwan-based makers are expected to reach 12.36 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, up 9.6% sequentially and 1.5% on year, according to data released by...