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Wednesday 16 May 2012
IC design houses look to strong demand from smartphone sector in 3Q12
An array of new smartphones launched by HTC, Samsung Electronics and Nokia as well as by local brands in China in the second quarter of 2012 will help ramp up revenue growth at Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Germany FIT uncertainty ignites hope for Europe solar market in 3Q12
The Germany government's solar feed-in tariff (FIT) reductions, which took effect on April 1, may have to be revised because Germany Bundesrat (Federal Council) last week did not...
Monday 7 May 2012
Apple reportedly to release US$799 MacBook Air in 3Q12
Apple is reportedly considering responding to the upcoming second-generation ultrabooks by launching a US$799 MacBook Air in the third quarter of 2012, according to sources from the...
Friday 4 May 2012
IC distributor Zenitron sees sales growth through 3Q12
Zenitron expects to post a 10-15% sequential revenue increase in the second quarter of 2012. With demand coming from China's consumer electronics and smartphone sectors set to boom,...
Friday 4 May 2012
Android 4.0 tablet PCs to dominate in 3Q12
Android 4.0-based tablet PCs will be the dominant products in the segment in the third quarter of 2012 as most brand vendors will not rush to launch Windows 8-based models until the...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Young Fast looks to strong shipments of medium-size touch solutions in 3Q12
Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics expects its shipments of medium-size touch solutions to gain momentum starting the third quarter of 2012 but revenues will stay flat in...
Friday 27 April 2012
Fulltech to see full thin fiberglass fabric utilization in 2Q, 3Q12
Fulltech Fiber Glass, a Taiwan-based maker of fiberglass yarns and fabrics, expects its production capacity of electronic-grade (thin) fiberglass fabric to be fully occupied in the...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Strong short-term orders may appear for component makers in 2Q12 or 3Q12
Due to their order visibility greatly shrinking from half a year originally to about 2-3 months after Japan's earthquake in March 2011, upstream component makers believe if demand...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Analog IC order visibility extends as far as 3Q12
Analog IC suppliers have seen orders pick up with clearer order visibility since the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. In particular, the order visibility for...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
C Sun expects monthly revenues to keep going up in 2Q, 3Q12
C Sun Manufacturing, a Taiwan-based maker of semiconductor, PCB, and FPD production equipment, has obtained orders with shipments scheduled through until the end of the third quarter...
Thursday 29 March 2012
Everlight looks to run at full capacity in 3Q12
LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics has seen its utilization rate improve to 60-70% recently and expects the ratio to climb to 80% in the second quarter, according to the company...
Thursday 1 March 2012
Apple likely to begin production of 7.85-inch iPads in 3Q12, say sources
Makers in Apple's iPad supply chain have started delivering samples of 7.85-inch iPads for verification, with volume production likely to begin in the third quarter of 2012 at the...
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Taiwan-based connector makers expect ultrabooks to increase orders beginning 3Q12
Taiwan-based makers of electronic connectors hold the opinion that global demand for ultrabooks will significantly grow following Intel's launch of Ivy Bridge, and therefore expect...
Friday 17 February 2012
Coretronic to begin volume production of laser projectors in 3Q12
BLU and projector maker Coretronic plans to roll out LED laser hybrid projectors in the second quarter of 2012 and to begin volume production of laser projectors in the third quarter,...
Monday 13 February 2012
Acer to launch CloudMobile smartphone in 3Q12
Acer will debut CloudMobile, its first smartphone equipped with its cloud computing service, Acer Cloud, at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, during February 27-March...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research