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Native name | 電子時報 |
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| Type | Daily newspaper (Mon–Fri) |
| Format | on paper, online-website |
| Founder | Key-people of Taiwanese IT-related industry |
| Publisher | DIGITIMES Inc. |
| President | Colley Hwang[1] |
| Founded | April 17, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-04-17)[2] |
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| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
| City | Taipei |
| Country | Taiwan |
| OCLC number | 856752292 |
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DigiTimes (Chinese:電子時報;pinyin:Diànzǐ shíbào, stylizedDigiTimes) 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 theEconomic Daily News and theCommercial Times. It is comparable in technical focus to the renowned AmericanEE Times magazine within theelectronics industry published in the United States since 1972.
The initial publisher of DigiTimes,Dafan Co., Ltd. was founded in January 1998 by Huang Chin-yung, former director of theInformation Market Intelligence Centre (IMIC)[3] of theInstitute for Information Industry (III), who raised NT$190 million from about 50 people.[4][5][6][7]
The formation of DigiTimes Inc. itself as an 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 ofAcer Group, Matthew F.C. Miau, the chairman ofMiTAC Group, Kenneth Tai, the chairman ofInveStar Capital Inc.,Morris Chang, the founder and former CEO ofTSMC, Hu Ding-Hua, the former Vice President ofIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), and Evans Tu, the Group President ofSYNNEX, among others. Their collective involvement, alongside that of nearly 50 industry stakeholders, culminated in the establishment ofDigiTimes Inc., with Colley Hwang, former CEO of ITRI'sMarket Intelligence Center (MIC),[8] as CEO of DigiTimes Inc.
The company launched its newsletter on April 17, 1998, providing Chinese-language content only. 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.[citation needed]
DigiTimes Inc. encompasses a daily printed newspaper in traditional Chinese, as well as Chinese and English websites. In 2021, the company rebranded its English website as DigiTimes Asia. DigiTimes further expanded its business scope by taking overIC Voice FM 97.5 Radio Station[9] in 2022 and launched a documentary series called"Silicon Island. Spring and Autumn", documenting thedevelopment 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.[2][10]
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.[11][12][13]
DigiTimes also provides members subscription-based access to theirIndustry 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.[citation needed] 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 andYouTube,[14] and audio-podcasts on the company's own platforms[15] as well as onApple Podcasts,[16]Spotify,[17][18] andGoogle Podcasts.[19]
Since its inception on April 17, 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 globalInformation and communications technology supply-chain, particularly focusing on Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China.
Its scope has expanded from Taiwan to include South Asia and Southeast Asia since 2016, in light of the emergence of the new trend of supply-chain diversification.[citation needed]
DigiTimes has also been criticized for providing unreliable and untrustworthy reporting.[20][21][22]
Colley Hwang, the founder and Chairman of DIGITIMES Inc., a leading provider of tech industry insights since 1998.