These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
Apple's order for A9 processors with TSMC is among factors behind the chairman's optimism
Jun 22, 2015Compiled by KEN LIU Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), recognized as the world’s No.1 pure silicon foundry, Chairman Morris Chang projects its revenue for the second half of this year to outperform that for the first half and its revenue for the entire year to grow at double-digit rate year on year regardless of gloomy market outlook. Some industry executives expect the comp...
Responding to the supply tension of large-sized (larger than 10-inch) thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) TV panels in the overall market, Duan Xian-jian, chairman and CEO of Innolux Corp. of Taiwan, recognized as the largest TFT-LCD panel supplier on the island, recently said that his company is eyeing even-better profitability this year than in 2014, despite rapid changes in t...
Five Gold Award winners of the COMPUTEX d&i awards 2015 were honored during the official opening of the 2015 COMPUTEX TAIPEI (Taipei International Information Technology Show) held in early June. COMPUTEX TAIPEI is one of the world's largest information and communication technology (ICT) trade fairs. The COMPUTEX d&i awards, now more than eight years old, is sponsored by the TAITRA (Taiwan Ext...
Maverick Shih, president of the BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud) Business Group at Acer, a major personal computer (PC) vendor headquartered in Taiwan, recently announced a tie-up with three international partners to jointly develop Internet of Things (IoT) business opportunities. Continuing the expansion of the Acer BYOC ecosystem, the PC vendor's new partners include: Marvell, a leading fable...
At the recently ended multifunctional event "Display Week 2015" held by the Society for Information Display (SID), staged in San Jose, California from May 31 to June 5, 2015, Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (CPT), a maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels based in Taiwan, and U.K. partner FlexEnable, reportedly having been launched to develop products on the world's best...
Bai Weimin, vice chairperson of the China Video Industry Association (CVIA), recently announced that China has plans to procure US$4.5 billion worth of, or about 27 million, thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels from Taiwan this year, the second annual high in three years. Bai made the statement in a cross-strait display industry seminar held May 28 in Taipei by the ...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), recognized as a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels based in Taiwan, recently announced that its 1.4-inch full circle active matrix organic light-emit diode (AMOLED) display has won the 2015 SID Best in Show Award, conferred by the Society for Information Display (SID) during Display Week 2015, a combination trade event of internat...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), a leading thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel maker based in Taiwan, debuted a 6-inch UHD (ultra high resolution) 4K (2160 x 3840) smartphone display at SID Display Week 2015 held from June 2 to 4 in San Jose, California. The company claimed that it will lead mobile devices into the era of UHD 4K ultra high image quality. Other exhibition highl...
Global TV TV panel unit shipments are expected to grow 5 percent year-on-year (YoY), reaching a record 265 million units in 2015; while the total panel area for TV display shipments is expected to increase 9 percent in 2015 over the previous year, according to IHS, provider of information and analysis to support decision-making processes of businesses, governments and various industries that is b...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) and Innolux Corp., recognized as the top-2 makers of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently announced their first-quarter operational results. AUO said that its consolidated revenues in the first quarter of 2015 were NT$95.30 billion (US$3.18 billion), down 9.6 percent from the same period of last year, or year-on-year (YoY...
