The global supply of pick-up heads (PUHs) used in optical disc drives (ODDs) has fallen into considerable short supply, which will not ease until the end of the second quarter, according...
Taiwan-based silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will team up with Lite-On Technology and Actron Technology to set up a plant to produce upgraded metallurgical-grade...
Continued uptake of cameras in handsets and notebooks is driving growth in the area-array image sensor market, reports In-Stat. Worldwide unit shipments of image sensors in cameraphones...
As global economic conditions deteriorated during the fourth quarter of 2008, consumer demand for discretionary purchases suffered, including flat panel TVs. According to DisplaySearch,...
According to research firm Displaybank, Samsung accounted for 30% of the best-selling products in the North American TV market in January 2009. Among the best-selling products, LCD...
Large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments in the fourth quarter 2008 reached 93.5 million units, a decline of 19% on quarter and 17% on year, according to research firm DisplaySearch. Due...
Mobile handset shipments in the first half of 2008 had a 14% increase on year while slowed to 8% in the third quarter before crashing into a 10% decline in the fourth quarter. As...
Enabled by lower-cost white LED backlight solutions amid growing demand for thin and energy-saving features, panel makers and TV vendors are actively promoting LED-backlit LCD TVs,...
A number of Japan-based handset vendors have stepped up their contact with Taiwan OEM/ODM handset makers with an aim to expand sales by introducing more models for international markets,...
With Sharp expected to produce 40-inch LCD TV panels, the market is speculating that the Japan maker is targeting orders from Sony, which may then reduce its demand from Taiwan's...
Sharp has introduced a handset model in China adopting MediaTek's EDGE baseband chip and handset platform, meaning the Taiwan-based IC designer may now enter the US market through...
Amid uncertain global economic outlook and sluggish demand, Samsung Electronics will delay the production ramp-up at an 11G LCD fab it is planning to build, according to market sou...
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based producer of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, has reported self-estimated revenue of NT$871 million for November 2008, a...
China consumer electronics retailer Gome Electrical Appliances has claimed that the company has signed a 1 billion yuan (US$146.5 million) LCD TV supply contract with Sharp, according...
