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Tuesday 3 April 2012
Digitimes Research: New iPad did not impact notebook shipments in March
The notebook industry, which was in a downturn, seems to be in recovery in March as hard drive shortage issues have already been resolved, while consumer demand is also rising. In...
Friday 23 March 2012
Digitimes Research: Consistent demand in US market keeps Greater China solar price steady
The prices of solar products in Greater China continue to hold despite the concerns over the upcoming Germany feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts. In addition, demand in the US has been picking...
Friday 16 March 2012
Digitimes Research: Price of solar modules in Greater China falls on Yingli low offer
Digitimes research analyst Chihheng Liang stated that prices across the supply chain have been falling. The price fall of solar modules was due to Yingli's quote of CNY5.18/W (EUR0.55/W)...
Friday 9 March 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar prices in Greater China begin to fall due to Germany FIT cuts
The announcement of Germany's new feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts has stopped the price increases of solar products that began in February. Despite the fact that the Germany government...
Friday 9 March 2012
Digitimes Research: AMOLED shifts into spotlight in 2012
The global TFT LCD panel industry has suffered five consecutive quarters of losses. During the five quarters, both Samsung Electronics and LG Display (LGD) made changes to top executives...
Monday 5 March 2012
Digitimes Research: Elpida bankruptcy to have long-term negative impact on Taiwan DRAM industry
The short-term impact of Elpida Memory's bankruptcy on Taiwan-based DRAM chipmakers might be mixed. However, none of the Taiwan companies, which are second-tier suppliers in the global...
Friday 24 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar prices in Greater China stay flat due to on-going negotiations
Solar prices in Greater China were mostly flat this week (Feb 20-24), except for 156 mono solar cells which saw an increase of US$0.01/W, said Chihheng Liang, Digitimes Research an...
Friday 24 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Non-certified Android hardware may still become mainstream
Google is currently focusing on designing Android in a direction to better suit smartphones and tablet PCs, the products that enjoy high volume shipments, but since Android is open...
Thursday 23 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Panasonic improves OLED lighting efficiency to 128lm/W
Solid state lighting (LED and OLED) have been the focus of second generation of lighting. But OLED applications have not been developed as fast as LED ones due to high cost and low...
Tuesday 21 February 2012
LED lighting uptake to rise sharply in 2012 and reach 25% by 2014, says a new report from Digitimes Research
Taipei, Taiwan - Growing concerns about energy and emissions are driving a revolution in the lighting sector, according to a new report from Digitimes Research. Advances in technology...
Monday 20 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Sharp solar business continues to report declining revenues
Japan-based Sharp recently announced results for its fiscal third-quarter 2011 (October 1, 2011-December 31, 2011). Due to decreasing sales of LCD TVs in Japan, falling prices of...
Friday 17 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar cell prices in Greater China increase to reflect rising costs
The return of demand has been helping solar firms in Greater China to increase capacity utilization rates, said Chihheng Liang, Digitimes Research analyst. Order visibilities are...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Digitimes Research: LED ceiling lights gain popularity in Japan market
A recent invesitgation by Digitimes Reseach of the recent LED product prices and trends in the Japan market has revealed that the latest buzz there is the LED ceiling light.
Friday 10 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
The prices of solar wafers and cells have been increasing. However, polysilicon spot price remains flat at US$29.50/kg while the price of solar modules has dropped by EUR0.01/watt.
Friday 10 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
In the US, every state has its own solar PV incentive program. The ranking of the top-10 states that have the highest installations is expected to go through major reshuffles in 2011...