Intel recently notified its partners plans to EOL (end of life) several CPUs in the second half of 2009 and first quarter of 2010. CPUs to be phased out include the Core 2 Extreme...
The top-five TFT-LCD panel makers are expected to account for 89.2% of the total large-size (10-inch and larger) TFT-LCD panel production by area in 2009, a big leap from the 74.8%...
Total global TV shipment forecast is 200.4 million units in 2009, down 3% on year, while LCD TV is still poised for shipment growth, according to DisplaySearch. This is the first...
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will possibly fail to attain the goal of one million subscribers of its MOD (multimedia on demand) by the end of 2009, for the number of subscribers has increased...
MediaTek is expected to introduce a lineup of new chip solutions for WCDMA handsets and digital still cameras (DSCs) soon, with volume production slated for the latter half of 2009,...
AU Optronics (AUO) expects 5% of its total TV panel shipments will be LED back-lit ones by the end of 2009, and 10% by the end of 2010, according to company vice chairman HB Chen.
Taiwan-based solar cell maker E-Ton Solar Tech signed five MOUs (memorandum of understanding) with potential clients at the photovoltaic (PV) trade fair Intersolar 2009 in Munich,...
The outlook for the semiconductor equipment industry is beginning to improve, as it appears capital equipment spending has bottomed out in the second quarter of 2009, according to...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) expects to ship 6-7 million LCD TV panels in 2009, doubling from 3-3.5 million units in 2008, while its small- to medium-size...
LG Electronic (LGE) aims to be the number-one LCD TV vendor in Taiwan in 2009, estimating that its LCD TV sales in Taiwan will reach 150,000 units, or 17% of the local market this...
Taiwan-based copper foil supplier Co-Tech expects to swing to profits in 2009 since the price of copper foil has stabilized. The company aims to maintain 2008 shipments of 13,000...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is considering resuming operations at a 4.5G plant to manufacture LCD panels, as well as touch panels, according to the...
LED backlights are growing rapidly in large-size (10-inch and larger) TFT-LCD displays. Panels with LED backlights reached 10.6 million units in the first quarter of 2009, up 63%...
AU Optronics (AUO) affiliate Raydium Semiconductor has said it has no plans to re-apply for its initial public offering (IPO) in Taiwan in 2009 due to over-centralized product lines...
Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment specialist Mirle Automation has enjoyed growing orders from the touch panel sector thanks to wider adoption in the consumer electronics market,...
