IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported net profits of US$40.6 million for the first quarter of 2013. The figure improved on net losses of US$42.82...

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 24 proposed a draft plan for a progressive downward adjustment in cable TV charges to drive cable TV digitization in Taiwan,...

Apple's MacBook shipments in the second quarter are expected to grow 10% sequentially as the company has almost finished digesting its excess inventory and should start placing new...

Korea- and China-based panel makers have plans to produce 41.5-inch panels in 2013 in order to compete against the 42-inch TV panel market, according to industry sources.

In many parts of the world, smartphone shipments account for a larger percentage of mobile handset shipments than feature phones and low-cost handsets. Yet within the smartphone class...

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended March 30, 2013. The company posted quarterly revenues of US$43.6 billion and quarterly net profits of...

Taiwan-based LCD TV makers' shipments reached 7.91 million in first-quarter 2013, down 24.7% sequentially and down 7% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

OLED TV development may increase in the future despite recent setbacks in mass producing OLED TV panel technology. Industry sources claim that more material makers are increasingly...

Lextar Electronics has seen increasing orders for LED backlight units (BLUs) mainly from China- and South Korea-based LCD TV vendors, with overall capacity utilization rising to 70-80%...

Innolux Corporation currently does not have plans to produce 85-inch Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels but is likely to do so by the end of 2013, according to industry sources.

Innolux Corporation has plans to mass produce 42-inch Ultra HD TV panels sometime in mid-2013, according to industry sources.

Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors will achieve accelerated growth in 2013 and become the leading type of MEMS device, driven by increasing use in automotive and...

Global shipments of flat panel display (FPD) TVs amounted to 12.6 million units in February 2013, down from 14 million a year earlier, as demand in China plunged following the Lunar...

Winbond Electronics reportedly has entered the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy 4S with its specialty DRAM and NOR flash chips.

Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG), about the use of MEMS for energy-saving applications. Lightman pointed out opportunities...