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Wednesday 15 December 2010
E Ink December revenues may exceed NT$3 billion
E-book reader panel shipments are expected to increase significantly in December due to seasonality and Sony's return in Japan, and revenues of Taiwan-based electrophoretic display...
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Japan makers expected to outsource 10% of LED lighting production to Taiwan in 2010
Taiwan-based makers of LED lighting products could receive outsourced orders from Japan-based lighting device vendors worth up to 10% of the country's total shipments in 2010, according...
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Lextar lands LED lighting OEM orders from Philips and Osram
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has landed OEM orders for LED lighting products from Europe-based vendors such...
Wednesday 28 July 2010
TESS to increase monthly LED light bulb shipments to 500,000 units at year end
Topco Energy Saving System (TESS), a Taiwan-based maker of LED light bulbs, shipped 50,000-60,000 units in May and 100,000 units are expected for July. Monthly shipments will rise...
Wednesday 28 July 2010
MediaTek signs LTE licensing agreement with NTT DoCoMo
MediaTek has announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with NTT DoCoMo regarding "LTE-PF," a mobile-terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution (LTE). Upon...
Monday 26 July 2010
Japan market: Flat-panel TV shipments reach almost 9 million units in 1H10, says JEITA
Shipments of flat-panel TV (larger than 10-inch) in Japan in the first half of 2010 totaled 8.99 million units, increasing 173.3% on year, according to data from the Japan Electronics...
Tuesday 25 May 2010
Spansion announces new Japan subsidiary; Spansion Japan continues foundry services
Spansion has announced its new Japan-based subsidiary, Spansion Nihon, has acquired the distribution business of Spansion Japan, its former subsidiary. Leading the new organization...
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Japan solar cell shipments more than double in Jan-Mar, says JPEA
Solar cell shipments from Japan in the quarter ending in March 2010 totaled 525.787MW, rising 115.2% on year and for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to Japan Photovoltaic...
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Genesis cooperates with JFE Engineering to tap Japan LED lighting market
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has announced cooperation with Japan-based JFE Engineering to supply LED lighting products for the latter to market...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Japan chip gear book-to-bill ratio jumps in January 2010, says SEAJ
Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.36 in January 2010 compared to 1.3 in the prior month and 0.55 a year earlier, according to Semiconductor...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Taiwan-based solar cell makers receiving urgent orders from Japan
After Japan kicked off new feed-in tariff rates for photovoltaic (PV) system installations in November 2009, Japan-based suppliers have revised their projected total installation...
Monday 18 January 2010
Competition in Japan LED lighting market to benefit Taiwan contract makers

The LED lighting market in Japan is expected to expand significantly in 2010 as major vendors, including Sharp and Toshiba, will continue to utilize aggressive pricing strategies...
Monday 28 December 2009
Japan market: Flat-panel TV shipments up over 50% on year in November
Flat-panel TV shipments increased 55.9% on year to 1.53 million units in November in Japan, mainly due to growing demand for digital TVs and eco-friendly devices, according to the...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
BenQ to launch e-book readers in China market in February 2010
BenQ plans to launch its own-brand e-book reader, the nReader, in Taiwan, China and Japan next year. The Taiwan launch is slated for January, to be followed by China in February and...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Topoint, Key Ware enter Japan drill bit supply chain
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology has entered the supply chain of Japan-based substrate maker Ibiden Electronics, while Key Ware Electronics has also received orders...
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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