Taipei, Aug. 2, 2010 (CENS)--Some 3.4 million three-dimension (3D) TVs are expected to be shipped in 2010, with the market expected to reach 42.9 million in 2014, according to DisplaySearch. Based on this forecast, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting said 3D TV market

Taiwan's high-profile home of industrial-technology innovation-Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)-once again proved its mettle by winning the highly respected R&D 100 Awards, which salute the 100 most technologically-significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past ye

Taipei, July 22, 2010 (CENS)--The light-emitting diode (LED) backlight unit has emerged as a key factor in the thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) industry, and is expected to maintain its growth momentum for the next several years, according to DisplaySearch. The worldwide lea

Taipei, July 14, 2010 (CENS)--Short supplies of small-sized active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays are slowing the display technology's bid to challenge the dominance of the incumbent AMLCD (liquid crystal display) technology in the smartphone market, according to iSuppli Corp

Taipei, July 9, 2010 (CENS)--Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. (TMD) of Japan recently announced its full transfer of its shares in the Singaporean subsidiary AFPD Pte., Ltd. to AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), a major thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturer

On June 16, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced its acquisition of a 21% stake in Stion, a U.S. thin-film solar cell maker. The US$50 million purchase gives TSMC a distinct edge over its domestic counterparts in the race for the promising solar-cell market. As part of th

Even in this age of lightning speed Internet communication and technologies, the concept of IOT (Internet of Things), attributed to the 1999-founded Auto-ID Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is reportedly just catching on with firms in Taiwan and China. IOT, arguably the Ne

Taipei, June 25, 2010 (CENS)--Silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will construct a factory in the Central Taiwan Science Park to turn out CuInGaSe2-based (CIGS-based) thin-film solar cells, according to the company's New Business President Rick Tsai. Tsai pointed

Taipei, June 24, 2010 (CENS)--In manifesting its determination to become a solar-cell leader in Taiwan, AU Optronics (AUO), Taiwan's leading flat panel display maker, has decided to invest NT$73 billion in setting up a solar-cell plant at the Erhlin base of the Central Taiwan Science Park. The

Taipei, June 24, 2010 (CENS)--According to DisplaySearch, which tracks liquid crystal display (LCD) panel market, by the end of this year light emitting diode (LED) will go into 97.7% of laptops as backlight module, nearly driving cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) out of the market. Last qua

Taipei, June 22, 2010 (CENS)--The National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in southern Taiwan recently signed a pact with Apollo New Energy Corp. of Japan, founded in 1980 in Japan and whose Taiwan subsidiary opened in August 2008, to set up a factory powered by solar panels

Taipei, June 18, 2010 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Stion Corp. recently co-announced they have reached a series of agreements concerning licensing, supply and joint development of photovoltaic technology. According to the agreements, Stion, a globally leading suppli

Taipei, June 18, 2010 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), a major supplier of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, will kick off mass production and shipment of active matrix organic light-emit diode (AMOLED) panels for cellphone applications late this year, accordi

Taipei, June 17, 2010 (CENS)--Major light-emitting diode (LED) makers listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) report lucrative results for operations in the first five months. With added capacity, Epistar Corp. registered revenue of US$54.6 million in May, up 6% month-on-month (MoM) and 78% ye

Taipei, June 15, 2010 (CENS)--Lextar Electronics Corporation, a subsidiary of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel maker AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) specializing in LED, unveiled new technologies and products at the 2010 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition in Guangzhou,

Taipei, June 15, 2010 (CENS)--Global shipments of large-sized (over-10-inch) thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in April 2010 declined 4.8% month-on-month (MoM) to 54.4 million units and revenues dropped 2.8% MoM to US$7.05 billion, according to Displaybank. The Korean

Taipei, June 10, 2010 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp., a major thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturer in Taiwan, is exhibiting at the 2010 Intersolar in Munich, Germany (from June 9-11) a series of innovative solar technologies. After the integration of vertical sup

Some promising developments are pushing Taiwan's solar-equipment manufacturers to invest in and market photovoltaic (PV) equipment: Encouraging official incentives offered to install PV equipment and bullish industrial outlook in 2010. The Taiwan government is mandating to subsidize 10-to-500KW

Let Me Entertain You-Tune Into the Captivating Appeal of AV Furniture The most dramatic development in domestic interiors has been the growth of audio-visual equipment. In the space of only a matter of years, the expansive technological advancements in the home entertainment field have led furni

Taipei, June 8, 2010 (CENS)-Industry executives estimate the three-day Photonics Festival Taiwan 2010 , to be held from June 9 through 11, will likely create tens of billions of NT dollar of business opportunities for Taiwan's manufacturers from LED(light emitting diode), flat-panel display, solar-

The global downturn generally forced industries and buyers to cinch belts, hence also driving Taiwan's woodworking machinery makers to focus on saving customers' costs, developing non-woodworking machines using core technologies, and vying for small orders of all kinds. Such cost-consciousnes

Taipei, June 7, 2010 (CENS)--The flat panel display (FPD) industry in Taiwan turned out production values totaling US$11.97 billion in the first quarter of 2010, a 2.4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline but a 67.5% year-on-year (YoY) increase, according to the IEK-ITIS (Industry & Technology Intelli

The flat panel display (FPD) industry in Taiwan turned out US$11.97 billion worth of productsin the first quarter of 2010, a 2.4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline but a 67.5% year-on-year (YoY) increase, according to the IEK-ITIS (Industry & Technology Intelligence Services) in Taiwan. FPDs ma

The spring edition of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2010, held April 13-16 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, attracted 300 exhibitors form nine countries, with light emitting diode (LED) lights being widely shown. This year the focus was on LED lighting, due to

The LED making sector in Taiwan has recently been given a heavyweight confirmation, with leading chip foundry TSMC having broken ground on March 25 to set up its first LED-manufacturing complex composed of a factory and LED-lighting R&D center. TSMC’s CEO and chairman Morris Chang countered often r

Taipei, May 27, 2010 (CENS)--Taiwan's TV brands as Tatung, Teco, Chimei, BenQ and Heran will introduce new LED (light emitting diode)-backlit TVs to meet expected surging demand in the second half of this year. Such TVs will be priced at only 30% higher than conventional CCFL (cold cathode fluoresc

Only if global economic growth could mimic the rise in Red Dot Design Award prizes won by the Taiwan design sector over the past seven years, with 34 times as many awards having been won from 2004 to 2010. Designers from Taiwan won 68 prizes, including one Best of Best, the highest honor, in th

Taipei, May 18, 2010 (CENS)--Chimei Innolux Corp. (CMI), merged between former Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. (CMO), Innolux Display Corp., and TPO Displays Corp. on March 18, 2010, will likely challenge record annual shipment of small/mid-sized thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD)

Taipei, May 13, 2010 (CENS)--UniDisplay Inc., a major supplier of touch panels in Taiwan and an affiliate of the United Microelectronic Corp. (UMC) group, recently announced that it has expanded its capacity of projected capacitive touch panels by five times. The company poured US$31.3 million t

Taipei, May 12, 2010 (CENS)--Young Fast Optoelectronics Inc., a global leading supplier of resistive touch panels, and two affiliates of Ritek Group, including RiTdisplay Corp. and AimCore Technology Co., Ltd., recently announced a joint venture to produce glass-subtract capacitive touch panels.