Amazon's tablet related announcements last week were similar to a bell ringing for round two of a prize fight. The opponent is clearly Apple, but Amazon is coming at the category leader in an unconventional manner.

Shares of AUO moved sharply higher in heavy trading recently after a report said the panel maker is working with smartphone vendor HTC to develop active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels, dealers said.

Amazon today unveiled a new Kindle Fire lineup, which includes a revamped version of the original tablet, as well as 7-inch and 8.9-inch versions of the new Kindle Fire HD.

Online retail company Amazon on Thursday in Santa Monica, California, unveiled four new Kindle Fire models with larger screens to compete with Apple's iPad, which is planning to launch mini (smaller screen) iPads.

Despite Apple's attempt to shift its dependence on Samsung Electronics Co., only a few Taiwanese suppliers of key component may gain more

Samsung Electronics is poised to post another record profit.

Flat panel television maker Amtran Technology recently said its revenue grew about 19% on month to NT$5.6 billion (US$187 million) last month as seasonal demand from the North America lifted TV shipments.

Apple will use screens from AUO and LG Display for a smaller version of the iPad to be released in October, according to four people familiar with the plans.

Apple could be aiming to refresh the third-generation iPad to reduce weight and make other improvements, CNET has learned

Apple instead picked Japan's Toshiba, Elpida Memory and Korea's SK Hynix to supply DRAM and NAND chips.

The Hong Kong government calls it national education. But parents, teachers and pupils in the former British colony call it "brainwashing" and fear it's a ploy by Beijing authorities to indoctrinate the city's young into unquestioning support of China's Communist Party.

The architectural, software and process innovations Altera is making at 20nm enable the development of an enhanced mixed-system fabric that delivers new levels of performance, bandwidth, integration and power efficiency.

KLA-Tencor has announced two new additions to the company's IC fab-based reticle inspection portfolio: the X5.2 and Teron 611 systems. As the latest offering in the successful 5XX product line, the new X5.2 applies its high performance to capture defects and pattern degradation on masks currently in production, with extended capability for the upcoming 20nm node.

A week after Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai uncloaked the company's massive 4Kx2K 3D TV, Sony has uncloaked its price, too: US$25,000.

Amazon announced a barrage of new tablets and e-readers on Setember 6 that makes its challenge to Apple's iPad a little more serious.

Nokia has apologised after it emerged that an advert featuring video footage which appeared to have been filmed with its new flagship smartphone had in fact been created using different equipment.

As part of its reorganization process, Centrotherm has sold centrotherm SiTec GmbH's subsidiary, Michael Glatt Maschinenbau GmbH to Germany's B羹echl Handels- und Beteiligungs-KG.

The European Commission launched an investigation on Thursday into suspected dumping of solar panels by China-based producers, drawing a warning from China that restrictions on its exports would hurt the global clean energy sector.

The European Commission said Thursday it will investigate whether Chinese makers of solar equipment are illegally pushing their products into Europe, a move that could escalate growing trade tensions between the European Union and China.

Cadence Design Systems has announced that the first products in the Cadence DDR4 SDRAM PHY and memory controller design IP family have been proven in silicon on TSMC's 28HPM and 28HP process technologies.

Elpida Memory said it opposes moves by a group of bondholders to block its sale to Micron Technology because it would interfere with an "entirely fair" reorganization.

The invite says only "It's almost here," with a shadowed "5" underneath the September 12 date.

FormFactor will acquire MicroProbe, a provider of advanced SOC wafer test solutions, for US$100 million in cash and US$16.8 million in stock, subject to customary adjustments. The merger is expected to close in the first half of FormFactor's fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2012.

Intel's R&D expenditures accounted for 32% of the top-10 spending and about 17% of total R&D expenses at all semiconductor companies worldwide-counting IDMs, fabless suppliers and foundries.