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Thermaltake announced recently that three new products in its PC case, power supply and cooling system lineups have recently received Nvidia ESA (enthusiast... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 16:31

With LED maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology (FITI) completing its standards certifications – such as the Chinese National Standards (CNS) and... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 16:30

IPS Alpha Technology today announced plans to construct an IPS (in-plane switching) LCD panel plant in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 15, 16:08

Qualcomm is cooperating with a number of Taiwan companies in the development of new mobile consumer products, leveraging Qualcomm's QST- and Snapdragon-series... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 15:24

Major Taiwan-based panel makers saw mixed sales performance in January, according to the companies. Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 15, 12:20

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass producing 64GB solid state drives (SSDs) with its new SATA II interface. Samsung said its 64GB... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 12:17

Compared to monthly sales in January 2007, Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) makers had a strong performance in January 2008 with major... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 15, 12:06

Taiwan-based analog IC designers Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and Ene Technology have raised their forecasts for first-quarter revenues because... Read more

Systems | Feb 15, 11:18

Powered by its strong appeal to casual gamers, Nintendo's Wii, in 2008, is expected to displace Microsoft's Xbox 360 as the new-generation games console... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 10:25

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) recently announced it plans to add additional investments of US$35 million, US$36 million and US$60 million in its China-based... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 01:15

Efun Technology, a Taiwan-based LCD brightness enhancement film (BEF) maker, has filed a lawsuit relating to the protection of trade secrets against... Read more

Displays | Feb 15, 01:10

While Taiwan-based panel makers are aggressively developing new widescreen LCD monitor panels, LG.Philips LCD, which will soon to change its name to... Read more

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Systems | Feb 14, 14:12

PlayCoo, a joint venture established by Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron and online game developer/operator Gamania Digital Entertainment, announced... Read more

Displays | Feb 14, 14:06

Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has revealed that the driver and controller IC joint venture with Renesas Technology and Sharp for the small-... Read more

Mobos | Feb 14, 12:31

Silicon Integrated System (SiS) announced non-consolidated revenues in January amounted to NT$710 million (US$22.40 million), an increases of 33.46%... Read more

Telecom | Feb 14, 12:30

The two leading Taiwan handset makers – Gigabyte Communications and E-Ten Information Systems – are highlighting their newly developed mobile... Read more

Displays | Feb 14, 12:26

After six months of domination by the once-unknown brand Vizio, the North American LCD TV market in the fourth quarter saw the return of more established... Read more

Displays | Feb 14, 12:22

Taiwan-based Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is stepping up pressure on its fellow competitor AU Optronics in the small-to-medium size LCD market, as January... Read more

Displays | Feb 14, 12:19

Both unit and revenue results for the US Microdisplay (MD) RPTV category fell in 2007 as increased large screen unit sales were not enough to support... Read more

Systems | Feb 14, 11:41

Mitac International, the largest Taiwan-based maker of GPS portable navigation devices (PNDs), will shift its business focus from desktop PCs to GPS... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 14, 11:18

MediaTek has reported a strong sequential rise of 23.6% in January consolidated sales, with the IC designer expressing an optimistic outlook for 2008,... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 14, 01:00

DelSolar has inked a deal for silicon wafer supply worth 133 million euro (US$194 million) from an Europe-based supplier. The agreement will run between... Read more

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Overall revenues for the PDP TV segment category were down sharply in 2007 as price pressure from the LCD TV category compressed average sales prices... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 13, 12:29

Riding a wave of demand for increased multimedia and computing horsepower in mobile handsets, Renesas Technology achieved nearly a 320% increase in multimedia... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 13, 12:19

3DLabs Semiconductor announced that it will be establishing a design and technical support center in Hangzhou, China. The team has been recruited for... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 13, 12:17

Major Taiwan-based IC substrate suppliers all saw their January sales decline on seasonality, but they expect demand to start picking up in March. Read more

Systems | Feb 13, 12:12

Although January is traditionally a slow season, all first-tier notebook makers in Taiwan saw positive on year growth during the month with continued... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 13, 11:46

Taiwan-based printed circuit board (PCB) makers have maintained that their supply to Motorola will remain unaffected in the short term despite the US... Read more

Telecom | Feb 13, 11:43

BenQ has stepped up its cooperation with MediaTek in the development of handsets following the separation of its manufacturing unit as Qisda –... Read more

Systems | Feb 13, 01:10

Japan-based Plextor, on February 6, unveiled two dual-format Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD DVD optical disc drives, the PX-B300SA and PX-B920SA, for launch... Read more

Displays | Feb 13, 01:05

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced TFT-LCD consolidated revenues in January 2008 reached NT$28.3 billion (US$889.71 million), a drop of 8.6%... Read more

Bits + chips | Feb 13, 01:00

DRAM contract quotes in the early half of February saw a boost of around 3%, according to figures from DRAMeXchange. Read more

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Taiwan shipped 43.45 million NICs in 3Q, up 9.8% sequentially and 37% from the same period one year earlier, while wireless router (WR) shipments reached 9.9 million units, up 9.7% from the previous quarter and 12.4% on year.

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The year 2006 saw further consolidation in Taiwan’s optical disc drive (ODD) industry, as the biggest player, Lite-On IT, took over the ODD manufacturing business of its closest competitor, BenQ. It was also the second year in a row that the Taiwan ODD sector had seen shipments drop with 2006 being even worse than 2005 with a shipment decrease of almost 20% against a worldwide growth of 5%.

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Taiwan-based digital camera makers maintained a mild growth in 2006. The top-4 Taiwan-based makers, Foxconn (into which Premier Technology merged), Altek, Ability Enterprise and Asia Optical, together accounted for almost 90% of digital camera shipments from Taiwan-based manufacturers.

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Global large-size LCD panel market revenues are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% to US$96.2 billion by 2011, up from US$53.5 billion in 2006, driven by major growth in the TV market, according to iSuppli in May 2007.

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