DigiTimes

DigiTimes
Media, Marketing, Consulting.
Building of DigiTimes' head-quarter
Native name
電子時報
TypeDaily newspaper
(Mon–Fri)
Formaton paper, online-website
Founder(s)Key-people of Taiwanese IT-related industry
PublisherDIGITIMES Inc.
PresidentColley Hwang[1]
FoundedApril 17, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-04-17)[2]
Language
  • Chinese (in print)
  • Chinese, Taiwanese and English (online)
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
CityTaipei
CountryTaiwan
OCLC number856752292
Website

DigiTimes (Chinese: 電子時報; pinyin: Diànzǐ shíbào, stylized DigiTimes) is a daily industry-newspaper published by DIGITIMES Inc. from Taiwan. As one of the earliest publications dedicated exclusively to (computer-) technology within the Chinese-speaking domain, DIGITIMES ranks alongside contemporaries like the Economic Daily News and the Commercial Times – It is comparable in technical focus to the renowned American EE Times magazine within the electronics industry published in the United States since 1972.

History

[edit]

The initial publisher of DigiTimes, Dafan Co., Ltd. was founded in January 1998 by Huang Chin-yung, former director of the Information Market Intelligence Centre (IMIC)[3] of the Institute for Information Industry (III), who raised NT$ 190 million from about 50 people.[4][5][6][7]

The formation of DigiTimes Inc. itself as a independent publishing-company later on in April the same year, was thus enabled by influential figures within Taiwan's IT- and semiconductor-sectors, such as Stan Shih, the founder of Acer Group, Matthew F.C. Miau, the chairman of MiTAC Group, Kenneth Tai, the chairman of InveStar Capital Inc., Morris Chang, the founder and former CEO of TSMC, Hu Ding-Hua, the former Vice President of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), and Evans Tu, the Group President of SYNNEX, among others. Their collective involvement, alongside that of nearly 50 industry stakeholders, culminated in the establishment of DigiTimes Inc., with Colley Hwang, former CEO of ITRI's Market Intelligence Center (MIC),[8] as CEO of DigiTimes Inc.

Publication

[edit]

The company launched its newsletter on April 17th, 1998, and provided Chinese-language only news-services at first. Starting in 2000, it began to provide English-language news-services as well. In 2004 it began to provide industry-research reports, released a new version of its corporate identity system and moved its headquarters to its current location in 2007.

DigiTimes Inc. encompasses a daily printed newspaper in traditional Chinese, as well as Chinese and English websites. Notably, in 2021, the company rebranded its English website as DIGITIMES Asia. DigiTimes further expanded its business scope by taking over IC Voice FM 97.5 Radio Station[9] in 2022 and launched a documentary series called “Silicon Island. Spring and Autumn”, documenting the development of Taiwan's semiconductor industry from the 1960s to the present. Under the umbrella of DigiTimes Inc., the brand includes DigiTimes, DigiTimes Asia, DigiTimes Research, and IC Broadcasting.[10][11]

In Taiwan, the company claims to have over 1,300 member companies and offers various levels of membership, which allow members access to its news archive, preferential booking for events, and, for the higher levels of membership, access to DigiTimes Research reports.[12][13][14]

DigiTimes also provides members subscription-based access to their Industry Research Database (IRD), a database of accumulated articles and crucial research-information on the technology-industry, especially with a focus of the Asian tech-industry. The company also offers material video and podcast media on given topics such as panel-discussions or crucial industry-related issues, with videos on the company's own platforms and Youtube,[15] and audio-podcasts on the company's own platforms[16] as well as on Apple Podcasts,[17] Spotify,[18][19] and Google Podcasts.[20]

Market-scope

[edit]

Since its inception on April 17th, 1998,[2] by DIGITIMES Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, it has emerged as a source of information for the semiconductor, electronics, and communications sectors, along with the global Information and communications technology supply-chain, particularly focusing on Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China.

However, its scope has expanded to include South Asia and Southeast Asia since 2016, in light of the emergence of the new trend of supply-chain diversification. As one of the earliest publications dedicated to technology within the Chinese-speaking domain, DIGITIMES ranks alongside contemporaries like the Economic Daily News and the Commercial Times. Cited by media outlets and technology blogs like CNN,[21] ZDNet,[22] Los Angeles Times,[23] Laptop Magazine,[24] Cnet,[25] and others.[26][27][28]

Criticism

[edit]

Despite criticism levied against DigiTimes for purportedly furnishing unreliable and untrustworthy reporting, it is pertinent to note that the publication remains a source frequently referenced by major media entities worldwide in their latest news articles, such as The New York Times and Financial Times.[29][30][31][32][33]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Trend Report (DIGITIMES): Deep Dive into AI Infrastructure Trends (AI Server)". www.SemiImpact.com. June 7, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2025. Colley Hwang, the founder and Chairman of DIGITIMES Inc., a leading provider of tech industry insights since 1998.
  2. ^ a b "大椽股份有限公司 關於我們". www.digitimes.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Now known as the Industrial Intelligence Research Institute (IIRI)
  4. ^ "科技領航家 台灣第一科技產業媒體Digitimes邁入20週年，如何在媒體黑暗時代開創新商機？專訪電子時報黃欽勇社長" [“Technology Navigator Digitimes, Taiwan's No.1 technology media, is celebrating its 20th anniversary, how to create new business opportunities in the media dark age? Interview with Huang Chin-Yung, President of Digitimes.”]. IC之音 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "大椽股份有限公司". 大椽股份有限公司 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "矽島．春秋" [“Spring and Autumn on Silicon Island.”]. DIGITIMES (in Chinese). Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "電子時報 = Digitimes". NCCU Libraries. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  8. ^ 中央通訊社 (June 24, 2022). "施振榮開口邀創業 黃欽勇辭資策會做媒體 | 文化" [“Shih Chun-wing invites entrepreneurs; Wong Yum-yung resigns from UGC to act as a mediator.”]. 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "IC之音竹科廣播 FM97.5" [“IC Voice of Bamboo Broadcasting FM97.5”]. ic975.com (in Chinese). Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  10. ^ "大椽股份有限公司 關於我們". www.digitimes.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "「聲音經濟」在台灣的實踐(3)：自媒體，可以從「聲音」開始". DIGITIMES 椽經閣 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "DIGITIMES|360°多元整合行銷服務提升品牌影響力" [“DigiTimes|360° Diversified and integrated marketing services to enhance brand influence”]. www.digitimes.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "DIGITIMES會員服務專網|策領趨勢智勝全球" [“MEMBER SERVICE NETWORK|Trendsetters for a Global Future”]. DIGITIMES (in Chinese). Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "DIGITIMES subscription packages". www.digitimes.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  15. ^ DigiTimes's channel on YouTube
  16. ^ "DIGITIMES audio library". www.digitimes.com/tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  17. ^ Apple Podcasts. "IC之音 - Channel - Apple Podcasts" (Podcast) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). DigiTimes. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  18. ^ "DIGITIMES每日新聞 | Podcast on Spotify" [“DigiTimes Daily News”]. Spotify.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  19. ^ "DIGITIMES新聞線外 | Podcast on Spotify" [“DigiTimes OFFline News”]. Spotify.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  20. ^ "DIGITIMES - YouTube". Youtube.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  21. ^ smoritz (July 10, 2008). "Motorola takes last place among the big five phonemakers – Techland". Techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  22. ^ "Rumors: New, bigger Asus Eee PCs in the pipeline". ZDNet. June 30, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  23. ^ "Los Angeles Times now on Amazon's Kindle". Los Angeles Times. July 1, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  24. ^ "Eee PCs 903 and 904 Headed Our Way?". Blog.laptopmag.com. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  25. ^ Krazit, Tom (July 2, 2008). "Apple taking chunk of Samsung's flash chips". News.cnet.com. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  26. ^ Christian Zibreg (July 3, 2008). "Apple orders 50 million 8 GB NAND flash chips". TG Daily. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  27. ^ Gordon Kelly (February 5, 2011). "3GSM: Neonode N2 – 70g iPhone With Multi-touch". TrustedReviews. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  28. ^ Oliver Garnham (July 1, 2008). "Asus Eee PCs to get bigger keyboards". PC Advisor. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  29. ^ Bott, Ed (July 26, 2012). "Snafu over pricing of Microsoft Surface highlights trouble with web rumors". The Ed Bott Report. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  30. ^ Yarow, Jay (June 2, 2013). "This Tiny Newspaper From Taiwan Breaks More Tech News Than Anyone — But Nobody Trusts It". Business Insider. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  31. ^ McCracken, Harry (June 3, 2013). "Let's Fact-Check Digitimes' Apple Reporting Once Again". Time Magazine. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  32. ^ "digitimes | Search". Financial Times. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  33. ^ "Search". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DigiTimes&oldid=1294658811"