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Tuesday 16 August 2011
Apple cancels supply schedule of iPad 3 for 2H11
US-based tablet PC players Apple has recently canceled its iPad 3 supply schedule for the second half of 2011, forcing other tablet PC brand vendors that are set to launch same-level...
Thursday 4 August 2011
Lack of metal chassis capacity pushing ultrabook vendors to adopt fiberglass
Intel and notebook brand vendors have recently been aggressively searching for new chassis materials as capacity for magnesium-aluminum chassis, which is the most popular choice for...
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Notebook players to mass produce ultrabooks in September
First-tier notebook players including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell and Lenovo are all set to launch ultrabooks in the second half of 2011 with mass production...
Friday 1 July 2011
Capella to ship new ambient-light sensors in 3Q11 for tablet PC and TV applications
Ambient-light sensor supplier Capella Microsystems will begin to ship its new products for tablet PC and TV applications in the third quarter of 2011 and expects its revenues to climb...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
LED TV industry facing oversupply concerns
Although the second quarter is the traditional strong season in the TV industry, April sales continued to stagnate for LED TVs. The appreciation of Taiwan's currency and weak demand...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Supply chain may not be able to satisfy demand from Apple
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly facing a shortage of both labor and materials at its plants...
Monday 2 May 2011
Touch panel makers aim for better 2Q11 profitability by improving yield rates
Since the capacity of the top-tier touch panel makers such as TPK Holding and Wintek have all already been booked up, and tablet PC players are turning to smaller touch panel makers...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Optical lens makers see hard times raising product prices
Taiwan-based optical lens makers including Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical are facing dropping gross margins because of Taiwan's rising exchange rate;...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Rush to produce tablet PCs may cause component shortages
As tablet PCs are becoming popular and most vendors plan to ship more than 700,000 units every quarter, sources from upstream component makers pointed out that several components...
Tuesday 9 November 2010
AMD Llano APU mass production reportedly delays to 2H11
AMD reportedly may delay the production of its latest Fusion accelerate processing unit (APU) codenamed Llano from the company's original schedule of the first half 2011 to July of...
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Taiwan PCB makers set to improve yield rate for any-layer HDI boards starting 4Q10
Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Unimicron Technology, Tripod Technology, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), will be able to improve their yield...
Thursday 2 September 2010
TPK sees strong profit in 1H10
Touch panel maker TPK Touch Solutions has announced consolidated revenues of NT$15.99 billion (US$499.53 million) with net profits of NT$1.46 billion and an EPS of NT$7.30 for the...
Friday 13 August 2010
Young Fast posts net profit of NT$974 million for 2Q10
Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted net profits of NT$974 million (US$30.48 million) for the second quarter of 2010 with an EPS of NT$7.32 and NT$11.48 for the...
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Supply-side constraints may cause DRAM shortage in 2H10, says iSuppli
Two issues potentially might negatively impact second-half DRAM availability and push what is left of the year into undersupply, according to iSuppli. Bottlenecks in the availability...
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Taiwan-based touch panel makers look to hike yield rates
Taiwan-based touch panel makers such as Young Fast Optoelectronics, Wintek and TPK Touch Solutions, besides expanding capacities to meet strong demand, are stepping up efforts to...