- Taiwan market: Samsung, LG handset shares hit record in October
In Taiwan's handset market, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics occupied 20.3% and 7.6% respectively of the total shipment volume in October 2008, the highest ever monthly figures for the companies, according to...
- Taiwan market: Fierce competition for 2.5-inch external HDDs may lead to price war
In the Taiwan market, growing demand for 2.5-inch external hard disk drives (HDDs) due to increasing use of portable consumer electronics has attracted many new vendors since the second quarter of 2008, resulting in...
- Taiwan market: White-box 7-inch digital photo frames priced under US$30
While consumer spending is decreasing amid the global economy downturn, white-box digital photo frame vendors in Taiwan are offering sub-NT$1,000 (US$30) 7-inch digital photo frames to grab market share, according to...
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom reveals details of new value-added service platform to launch alongside iPhone 3G
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 20 unveiled Hami, a package of free value-added services specifically designed for CHT 3G subscribers using iPhone 3G handsets. Hami will be launched alongside the iPhone 3G in...
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch first 8x Blu-ray Disc burner
Sony will launch BWU-300S, its first model of 8x Blu-ray Disc (BD) burners, in the Taiwan market on November 29 at a recommended retail price of about NT$11,000 (US$332), according to Sony Taiwan. BWU-300S will be...
- Taiwan market: Tatung InfoComm becomes first WiMAX licensee
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 19 decided to grant the country's first WiMAX operating license to Tatung InfoComm.
- VLSI Research expects IC market to decline in 2008 and 2009
In light of the recent economic deterioration, VLSI Research has revised its 2008 and 2009 forecasts for both integrated circuits (ICs) and semiconductor equipment. IC sales are now expected to decline by 1.7% in 2008...
- Chip market enters into its 11th industry recession, says Future Horizons
Despite the fact the first half of 2008 was stronger than many predicted, the relentless deterioration in the global financial markets has finally tipped the global economy into recession. Not surprisingly, it has...
- Wistron announces year-to-date profits in attempt to settle market jitters, says paper
With Wistron's stock price continuing to fall due to market concerns about the company's balance sheet, the company announced that its net profits for the first ten months in 2008 were NT$6.26 billion (US$187.39...
- Global semiconductor market to contract in 2008, iSuppli predicts
Amid rapidly deteriorating conditions in the global economy and electronics value chain, iSuppli now is predicting worldwide semiconductor revenues will decline in 2008 compared to 2007.
- Taiwan market: BenQ launches 10-megapixel DSCs
BenQ has announced the launch of two 10-megapixel digital still camera (DSC) models, E1050 and E1050t, in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$6,990 (US$211) and NT$8,990 respectively.
- WSTS forecasts semiconductor market growth for 2008, contraction in 2009
The global semiconductor market is expected to grow 2.5% on an annualized basis to US$261.9 billion in 2008, according to the autumn 2008 forecast of the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS).
- Blu-ray-R disc market to reach critical mass in 2009, says Ritek
Blu-ray Disc-R (BD-R) discs are expected to reach a crucial market size of 20 million units in 2009 that will give the format momentum for sharp growth thereafter, according to Ritek, one of Taiwan's leading optical...
- MEMS market slows, less attractive to venture capital
The global market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) will see single-digit growth for the first time in 2008 and low growth is also anticipated for 2009, as plummeting consumer confidence has weakened the...
- WiMAX, 3G and number portability to drive Indian wireless market in 2009, says iSuppli
Defying the global economic slowdown, India's mobile-phone demand is expected to continue to rise at an accelerated rate in 2009 due to the rollout of 3G and WiMAX networks and the implementation of mobile number...
- Savvis sharpens its edge in a competitive market with HP
Savvis selects HP quad-core, quad processor servers to reduce customer costs for managed hosting services by up to 50 percent
- Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Semiconductors Market Brief
... Random Access Memory (DRAM) Market (Q1 2007): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Samsung, Hynix, Qimonda, Elpida, Micron, Powerchip, Nanya, ProMos, and Others 6 Table 9: Leading Players in the ...
- Acer ranks number one vendor in global 3Q08 consumer notebook market, says paper
Acer was ranked number one among global consumer notebook vendors in the third quarter this year with shipments of 5.04 million units, surpassing Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) 4.85 million units, according to a...
- TSMC reportedly invests in Accton subsidiary, eyeing SiP-module market
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly invested in Taiwan-based Aiconn, a subsidiary of network-equipment maker Accton Technology, via the foundry's venture capital affiliate VentureTech...
- Taiwan market: Soft-World launches World of Warcraft's second expansion pack
Soft-World International has announced the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack of World of Warcraft. Game First International, Soft-World's subsidiary, is the Taiwan operator of World of...
- Samsung and LRTC Enter Baltic Mobile WiMAX Market
Seoul, Korea, September 30, 2008: LRTC, Lithuania based mobile WiMAX service provider, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of telecom systems and mobile phones,...
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom gets iPhone 3G
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on November 14, announced it has obtained exclusive sales rights for the iPhone 3G in the Taiwan market, with launch tentatively slated for December 2008.
- Taiwan market: MSOs competing for 10M Internet-access users
Leading multi-system operators (MSOs) of cable TV service in Taiwan have been promoting sales of cable-modem broadband Internet-access service at a download speed of 10Mbps, in a bid to compete with ISPs' (Internet...
- CMO remains upbeat about future of LCD panel market
In contrast with the pessimism permeating the market, Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is optimistic about the LCD panel market, expecting that it will start to recover in the second half of 2009, according to L Y Chen,...
- Nvidia to cut graphics card prices to counter AMD market share gains
With AMD making gains in the discrete graphics card market ? rising to around 40% in third-quarter 2008 according to a recent report from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) ? Nvidia is planning to cut its graphics card prices...
- China market: C2C transactions top 30 billion yuan in 3Q08
C2C online auctions in the China market reached a total transaction value of 30.453 billion yuan (US$4.45 billion) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 18.4% on quarter and 147.8% on year, according to...
- China market: Online gaming services valued at 4.76 billion yuan in 3Q08
Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of 4.76 billion yuan (US$696 million) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 7.5% on quarter, according to China-based consulting...
- LCD panel market to recover in 2H09, says DisplaySearch
According to DisplaySearch, the LCD panel market will start to recover in the second half of 2009, as history of the panel industry indicates that oversupply in panel market usually will not last for more than three...
- Slowing handset market weakening demand for displays, says DisplaySearch
Coming into the holiday shopping season, worldwide shipments of displays for mobile phones are slowing significantly. According to the latest forecast from DisplaySearch, mobile phone display unit shipments will only...
- Kingston claims almost half of China DRAM module market
Kingston Technology has expanded its presence in the DRAM module and NAND flash applications market in China. The memory-module maker has seen its market share in China rise to almost 50% in the DRAM segment, and over...
- HP and NetSuite to Deliver Cloud Computing Solutions to Small and Midsize Business Market
HP and NetSuite today announced they are partnering to offer software as a service (SaaS) business applications to the small and midsize business (SMB) market.
- Photovoltaic market to shift in buyers' favor in 2009, says iSuppli
Pricing for polysilicon used to create photovoltaic (PV) cells is expected to drop in 2009 and the following years due to fundamental imbalances in the solar supply chain, according to iSuppli.
- China market: 359,000 GPS PNDs sold in 3Q08
In the China market, 359,000 GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) were sold during the third quarter of 2008, increasing 39.4% on year, according to China-based CCID Consulting.
- China market: 3Q08 B2C transactions reach nearly 2.24 billion yuan
In the China market, sales transactions of B2C online shopping during the third quarter of 2008 reached a total value of 2.24 billion yuan (US$327 million), increasing by 25.6% on quarter and 88.2% on year, according...
- Korean CMOS image sensor maker expands in China white-box handset market
Seti, a Korea-based CMOS image sensor maker, has succeeded in expanding its CMOS image sensor market share in China to 50%, according to market watchers. Seti's monthly shipments of VGA-resolution CMOS image sensors...
- Spot market price of 6-inch solar-grade wafers fall to US$9
The price level of a 6-inch solar-grade silicon wafer in the spot market stands at US$9 currently, dropping by 10-14.3% from US$10-10.5 quoted in October 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
- Taiwan market: TomTom offers Google Maps download service
TomTom International has announced its cooperation with Google to provide free service of downloading coordinates and POI (points of interest) from Chinese-language Google Maps onto TomTom in-car GPS (global...
- China market: Digital photo frame vendors start price war
With prices of small- to medium-size TFT LCD panel dropping, Samsung Electronics and other local digital photo frame vendors have started the price war in China this month in order to clear their inventories,...
- HTC Fuze competiting with iPhone and BlackBerry Bold in US market, says paper
AT&T's recent launch of HTC Fuze, the first HTC-branded smartphone sold through the US telecom services provider, will bring HTC to compete directly with Apple and RIM (Research in Motion) in the US smartphone market,...
- Taiwan market: Samsung launches i8510 handset for high-end segment
Samsung Electronics on November 10 launched its Symbian S60 3.2-based Innov8 i8510 in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$28,800 (US$878).
- China market: Smartphone sales expand over 12% on year in September
Volume sales of smartphones in the China market grew 12.2% on year to 2.53 million units in September 2008. Nokia, Motorola and Dopod China were the top-three branded vendors, according to data from China-based CCID...
- Intel dives into medical market with home health monitors
(AFP)
AFP - The world's biggest computer chip maker on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom's January-October net profit attains almost 95% of 2008 goal
Chuunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported a net profit of NT$41.31 billion for January-October 2008, which accounts for 94.7% of the NT$43.60 billion projected for this year.
- Phison: Easing inventory to help improve 4Q profits, despite negative outlook for NAND flash market
NAND flash controller IC design house Phison Electronics will see sequentially-improved profits in the fourth quarter of 2008, buoyed by easing low-priced inventory plus currency exchange gains from its non-core...
- Elpida delays China manufacturing joint venture on DRAM market's 'unprecedented slump'
... have been hit hard by oversupply and weak ASP (average selling price) market conditions. Qimonda in October announced it would and exit 200-mm manufacturing. Qimonda also announced it would ...
- 'Strong' semiconductor suppliers shine in slow market
... ranked 18th overall in 2007 to 30th in the first three quarters of 2008. Qimonda, like many memory industry players, is feeling the brunt of oversupply and weak ASPs ...
- Qualcomm, Broadcom shine in slow semiconductor market - IC Insights
... ranked 18th overall in 2007 to 30th in the first three quarters of 2008. Qimonda, like many memory industry players, is feeling the brunt of oversupply and weak ASPs ...
- China market: IM accounts rise to 463 million by end of 3Q08
In the China market of instant messenger (IM) services, the number of active accounts increased to 463 million as of the end of the third quarter of 2008, rising by 8.7% on quarter and 19.3% on year, according to...
- Samsung Enters Japan’s Mobile WiMAX Market
UQ Communications is the consortium company led by six independent companies in Japan such as KDDI, Japan’s second largest mobile service provider, Kyocera, Intel Capital. UQ Communications obtained license for...
- SVG, Elpida venture delay amid market downturn
... and potential technology roadblocks in the sector. Several DRAM vendors face possible extinction. Germany's Qimonda AG is headed towards ''insolvency,'' according to one analyst. Elpida, Hynix and Micron are ...
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