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Acer Moves Employees to BYOC

by Tom Allen

Reports from Taiwan had claimed that Acer’s domestic branch – which employs about 180 people – was to lay off between 10% and 20% of its staff recently. The company has responded that it …

Tags:Acer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 39

TSMC Wins Ruling Against Former Executive

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is reported to have won a lawsuit involving one of its former R&D executives, which claimed that the employee had passed details of TSMC’s 28-nanometer process technology to Samsung. Liang …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Taiwan| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Innolux Showcases Advanced Vehicular Display Panels

by Tom Allen

With the growth of smart car market, built-in touch screens in the car have gradually become the mainstream. Innolux Corporation (INX) is not only taking the leading role in the development of automotive display …

Tags:Automotive| Innolux| Taiwan| Touch

High Resolutions Rule Touch Taiwan

by Tom Allen

The annual Touch Taiwan show took place in Taipei this month. Focusing on touch panels and optical films, the event brings together companies from across Asia, Europe and the USA. 422 exhibitors attended, stretching …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| AUO| Automotive| Corning| CPT| E Ink| Electrochromic Displays| Events| Innolux| ITRI| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Touch Taiwan: ITRI to Show Foldable AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Lee Cheng-Chung, deputy general director at Taiwan’s ITRI, has said that the organisation will show a 7″ foldable AMOLED display at Touch Taiwan 2015 (26th – 28th August). ITRI’s AMOLED display will have 1920 …

Tags:AMOLED| Events| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Asus’ Bold Market Share Claim

by Tom Allen

Asus has said that it accounted for more than half of notebook and desktop PC sales in Taiwan in June. Citing data from an unnamed research firm, Asus said that it had a 50.9% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Taiwanese TV Shipments Shrink as China Turns Away

by Tom Allen

Shipments of LCD TVs made in Taiwan fell more than 8% YoY in Q2’15, say sources in Asia, as China’s Haier cut orders to Taiwanese makers. Shipments gained some momentum with sales to LG …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Microsoft Closes Chinese Plants, Looks to OEMs

by Milos Pavlovic

‘Industry sources’ say that Microsoft has closed its handset manufacturing plants in Beijing and Dongguang. The company is preparing to outsource more work to Taiwanese ODMs, sources said. Production is also expected to be …

Tags:China| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| ODMs & OEMs| Smartphones| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Invisage Uses QDs in Light Capture Film

by Tom Allen

US-based Invisage Technologies is developing a light capture film for image sensors, based on quantum dots. The company has now opened its first sensor-manufacturing facility at the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan. The films …

Tags:Colour Filters| Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Automotive Demand Pushes KOE to Raise Production

by Tom Allen

KOE is to expand its production of display modules in Taiwan, from 180,000 modules monthly to 450,000, by March 2017. Parent company Japan Display said that the increase is being driven by rising demand …

Tags:Automotive| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 23

N1 (Finally) Leaves Chinese Borders

by Tom Allen

Nokia’s N1 tablet was launched in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 46), but has been confined to China – until now. The tablet has now been rolled out to Taiwan, for NT$7,800 ($255) …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| tablets| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Computex Taipei Highlights ICT

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Computex Taipei 2015 is scheduled to take place June 2nd to 6th, at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). Computex is the largest information and communications technology …

Tags:Computex 2015| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 19