Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset solution revenues grow 30% on quarter in 2Q12

Aug 17, 15:19

Combined revenues of handset related solutions generated by Taiwan-based IC design houses grew 30% sequentially to NT$13.7 billion (US$456.36 million) in the second quarter of 2012,...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see decreased 3Q12 handset shipments

Aug 13, 11:58

Taiwan-based makers will ship a total of 16.32 million handsets in the third quarter of 2012, dropping by 15.0% on quarter and by 33.5% on year, according to forecast by Digitimes...

Digitimes Research: China aims to expand LED industry output value through subsidy programs

Aug 10, 12:02

The 12th Five-Year Plan announced by China's government indicates targets of the semiconductor lighting industry before 2015.

Digitimes Research: Shipments of Taiwan's LCD driver ICs expand over 13% on quarter in 2Q12

Aug 8, 15:25

Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses reached NT$18.83 billion (US$628.5 million) in the second quarter of 2012, up 13.5% sequentially and 2.8% on year, according...

Digitimes Research: Japan, South Korea LED firms expect 2012 revenues to exceed 2011

Aug 8, 12:12

South Korea- and Japan-based LED firms reported first-half 2012 financial results. Samsung Electronics, having consolidated its LED supply chain and resources, predicts 2012 total...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship nearly 11 million LCD TVs in 3Q12

Aug 7, 11:39

Taiwan-based makers will ship 10.79 million LCD TVs in total during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 29.9% on quarter but decreasing by 4.3% on year, according to Digitimes...

Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor predicts 3Q12 revenues to increase by 7-11% sequentially

Aug 3, 14:56

Despite many uncertainties in the LED industry in second-half 2012, South Korea-based LED firm Seoul Semiconductor and upstream LED chip subsidiary Seoul Optodevice Company (SOC)...

Digitimes Research: Global tablet PC shipments to reach 89 million units in 2012

Jul 31, 14:17

Affecting by weaker-than-expected global economic growth in the second half of 2012, Digitimes Research estimates that global branded tablet PC shipments will only reach 49.18 million...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see 2Q12 LCD TV shipments hit 8-quarter low

Jul 27, 14:12

Taiwan-based makers shipped 8.307 million LCD TVs in total during the second quarter of 2012, the lowest in eight quarters with a sequential decrease of 2.3% and on-year drop of 29.8%,...

Digitimes Research: Global large-size LCD panel shipments to top 393 million units in 2H12

Jul 27, 01:15

Global shipments of large-size LCD panels will top 393 million units in the second half of 2012, increasing 5.9% from the first half of the year, according to Digitimes Research.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 380 million small- to medium-sized panels in 3Q12

Jul 26, 16:02

Taiwan-based makers will ship 380.196 million small- to medium-sized TFT-LCD panels in total in the third quarter of 2012, increasing 9.4% on quarter but decreasing 0.9% on year,...

Digitimes Research: Notebook ODMs to see mixed shipment performance in 2H12

Jul 26, 14:08

Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2012 are only estimated to grow 12% compared to the first, several notebooks ODMs are expected to see their shipment growth...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see 2Q12 LCD monitor shipments drop

Jul 25, 15:00

Taiwan-based makers shipped 24.01 million LCD monitors during the second quarter of 2012, slipping by 5.6% on quarter and by 19.0% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 19 million handsets in 2Q12

Jul 24, 14:20

Taiwan-based vendor HTC and ODM/JDM makers together shipped 19.19 million handsets in the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 21.8% on quarter but decreasing by 16.9% on year, according...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 2H12 digital camera shipments to fall 21.7% on year

Jul 23, 11:48

Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 21.738 million digital cameras in second-half 2012, decreasing by...

Digitimes Research: Australia solar market to boom in 2012 as carbon tax system takes effect

Jul 19, 12:30

Australia is an ideal location to develop solar PV systems due to the abundance of sunshine hours. Since 2008, various states in Australia have been providing high feed-in-tariff...

Digitimes Research: 2Q12 global shipments of e-book readers up 5.5% sequentially

Jul 17, 14:29

An estimated 1.53 million e-book readers were shipped globally during the second quarter of 2012, rising 5.5% on quarter but dropping 63.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research...

Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to enjoy 5% growth in 2Q12

Jul 16, 16:34

Global notebook shipments, facing overstocked inventory in March and a weakening worldwide economy starting in May, only achieved sequential growth of 5% in the second quarter, while...

Digitimes Research: 2Q12 shipments of tablet PCs increase

Jul 16, 16:31

A total of 20.07 million tablet PCs were shipped globally by ODM/OEM makers to international vendors in second-quarter 2012, rising 3.3% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see increased 2Q12 shipments of small- to medium-sized panels

Jul 16, 15:37

Taiwan-based makers shipped 347.558 million small- to medium-sized TFT-LCD panels in total during the second quarter of 2012, growing 12.5% on quarter and 5.2% on year, according...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan digital camera shipments increase 11.4% sequentially in 2Q12

Jul 12, 12:03

Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical together shipped 11.55 million digital cameras in second-quarter 2012, increasing...

Digitimes Research: Non-Apple brand vendors unlikely to surpass Apple in ultra-thin battle in 2012

Jul 5, 13:15

Although many notebook brand vendors have been aggressively investing resources into the development of notebook products that feature ultra-thin design (ultrabook) as well as support...

Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July

Jun 28, 01:15

Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...

Digitimes Research: Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad to take 40% of China smartphone market in 2012

Jun 27, 11:03

The development of China's smartphone market has drawn much attention, particularly in 2012, during which the local brands Huawei Device and ZTE will make it to the global top-10...

Digitimes Research: Merger with MStar to boost MediaTek presence in digital TV segment

Jun 26, 12:40

MediaTek's planned merger with MStar Semiconductor will help MediaTek expand its presence in the digital TV-chip market, as well as enhancing its capability in the ever increasing...

Digitimes Research: Smartphones to take 32% of China handset market in 2012

Jun 8, 10:45

Digitimes Research estimates that China handset shipments will grow to 430 million units in 2012, with smartphones likely to take 32% of the market, equivalent to 143 million handsets...

Top-6 notebook vendors facing growth bottleneck, says Digitimes Research

Jun 5, 01:10

Notebook brand vendors and their upstream ODM partners, after experiencing a weak April, enjoyed double-digit percentage on-month growth in May shipments; however, the overall volume...