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The Midas touch?
The ICT market is heading towards the touch generation, and firms are making sure their devices are "touchable."
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Tuesday 12 June 2012
Display Taiwan 2012: Touch and AMOLED to be main focus
Display Taiwan 2012 will take place from June 19-21 at Taipei's TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall, with the focus mostly on touch panels and AMOLED technology.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
CMI expanding touch senor capacity
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has been expanding its production capacity of touch sensors to meet an expected increase in demand for touch screens arising from Windows 8 and Ultrabook PCs,...
Monday 11 June 2012
Touch panel maker G-Tech reports healthy revenue gains for May
Touch panel maker G-Tech Optoelectronics saw its revenues grow 18.6% on month and 4.8% on year to NT$714 million (US$23.82 million) in May. For the first five months of 2012, revenues...
Thursday 7 June 2012
Touch panel makers gearing up for Windows 8 devices
Touch panel companies are all gearing up for new demand created by Windows 8 ultrabooks. Demand for 11.6- to 15.6-inch touch panels is set to boom driven by rollouts of new ultrabooks...
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Touch panels for Windows 8 devices to start shipping in 3Q12
On the heels of Intel's announcement at Computex Taipei 2012 that its upcoming ultrabooks designs will support touch panels, market observers predict that demand for 13.3- to 15.6-inch...
Friday 25 May 2012
Young Fast medium-size thin-film touch panels to grow 50% sequentially in 2Q12
Young Fast Optoelectronics is expected to see its shipments of medium-size thin-film touch panels grow by 50% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, but revenues are likely to...
Thursday 24 May 2012
Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
Sony is likely to become one of the in-cell touch panel suppliers for Apple's next-generation iPhone, which is expected to be launched in September or October, according to industry...
Thursday 17 May 2012
TPK looks to strong demand for medium- to large-size touch solutions in 2H12
Touch panel maker TPK Holding expects demand for medium- to large-size touch solutions to outpace supply in the second half of 2012 due to the proliferation of touch applications...
Friday 11 May 2012
AUO lands notebook touch panel orders from Acer, Lenovo and Asustek
AU Optronics (AUO) has recently landed OGS (one glass solution) touch panel orders for notebooks from Acer and Lenovo, in addition to Asustek Computer, which will purchase over 50%...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Wistron, Compal focus on touchscreen technologies
Notebook ODMs Wistron and Compal Electronics are optimistic Windows 8 will bring a new trend for touchscreen control, and the companies have been working aggressively in the touchscreen...
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Elan becomes leading provider of Windows 8-based touch ICs
Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics has offered fourth-generation touch IC solutions featuring an integrated power management, DSP and MCU solution and has won increasing...
Thursday 19 April 2012
China-based touch panel makers expanding capacities
China-based touch panel makers are following their rivals in Taiwan in ramping up their production and aggressively expanding capacity – a development which may trigger an oversupply...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
CPT sees booming shipments of touch sensors used in AMOLED panels
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), a Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker stepping into production of touch sensors, has seen growing shipments of touch sensors mainly for use in AMOLED panels...