Germany's decision to slash subsidies on certain types of solar installations will result in a dramatic demand reduction and price plunge in the country for PV panels and systems...
Color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic will have a monthly capacity of 24 million projected capacitive touch panels (3.5-inch equivalents) from its 5G plant in the third quarter...
Lite-On Technology has stepped into the pico projector market and will start shipments on an ODM basis in the second or third quarter of 2010, according to the company.
Asustek Computer expects to ship 25 million motherboards in 2010, up 20% from 21 million units in 2009, according to Chewei Lin, vice president of Asustek open platform business.
Taiwan-based passive component maker Polytronics Technology will begin to ship SLD/ALD polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resistors for use in handset lithium batteries...
Silicon wafer makers are scheduled to raise 12- and 8-inch wafer prices by 5-10% in the first quarter of 2010 and a further 10% in the second quarter as a result of tight supply,...
Export prices for WiMAX CPE products shipped by Taiwan network equipment makers are likely to fall another 20-30% in the second quarter of 2010 after prices of those devices already...
Elpida Memory has announced that its 300mm (12-inch) fab in Hiroshima, Japan has began mass production of 40nm 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM chips, which comes just two months after the company...
Taiwan-based LCD TV vendor Chimei has disclosed plans to launch LED-backlit LCD TVs in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2010, while fellow competitor BenQ reportedly will...
TPO Displays chairman and Compal Electronics president Ray Chen expects possible panel shortage in the second quarter of 2010 amid strong market demand for notebooks and LCD TVs.
With a rebound in demand in the LCD panel industry, equipment maker All Ring Tech has seen its order visibility extend to the second quarter of 2010, according to market watchers...
Elpida Memory has announced that it completed development of a 1-gigabit (1Gb) GDDR5 that operates at a speed of six gigabits per second (Gbps). The new graphic memory (GDDR: graphics...
DDR3 shipments will rise to account for more than half of the global DRAM market by the second quarter of 2010, surpassing DDR2 for the first time as the leading technology for PC...
IC design house Sonix Technology will sample optical-touch solutions for Windows 7 certification by the end of 2009, with volume production slated for the second quarter of 2010,...
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) plans to start volume production at its 8.5G plant with 8,000 substrates per month in the second quarter of 2010, and ramp up to its designed monthly...