DigiTimes

The formation of DigiTimes Inc. was founded by influential figures within Taiwan's IT and semiconductor sectors, including 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 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 Market Intelligence Center (MIC),{{Cite web |last=中央通訊社 |date=2022-06-24 |title=施振榮開口邀創業 黃欽勇辭資策會做媒體 {{!}} 文化 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acul/202206240227.aspx |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=中央社 CNA |language=zh-Hant-TW}} as CEO of DigiTimes Inc.

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. Under the umbrella of DigiTimes Inc., the brand includes DigiTimes, DigiTimes Asia, DigiTimes Research, and IC Broadcasting.{{Cite web |title=大椽股份有限公司 關於我們 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/dtbrief/index.asp |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.digitimes.com.tw |language=zh-Hant-TW}}{{Cite web |title=「聲音經濟」在台灣的實踐(3)：自媒體，可以從「聲音」開始 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/col/article.asp?id=5035 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=DIGITIMES 椽經閣 |language=zh-TW}}

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.{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES｜360°多元整合行銷服務提升品牌影響力 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/seminar/Digitimes_MKT |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.digitimes.com.tw |language=zh-Hant-TW}}{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES會員服務專網｜策領趨勢智勝全球 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/seminar/2022_member_service/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=DIGITIMES |language=zh-Hant-TW}}{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES subscription packages |url=https://www.digitimes.com/register/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.digitimes.com}}

Since its inception on April 17th, 1998,{{Cite web |title=大椽股份有限公司 關於我們 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/dtbrief/index.asp |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.digitimes.com.tw |language=zh-Hant-TW}} 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,{{cite web |author=smoritz |date=July 10, 2008 |title=Motorola takes last place among the big five phonemakers – Techland |url=http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/07/10/motorola-takes-last-place-among-the-big-five-phonemakers/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708171456/http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/07/10/motorola-takes-last-place-among-the-big-five-phonemakers/ |archivedate=July 8, 2011 |accessdate=December 2, 2011 |publisher=Techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com}} ZDNet,{{cite web |date=June 30, 2008 |title=Rumors: New, bigger Asus Eee PCs in the pipeline |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/rumors-new-bigger-asus-eee-pcs-in-the-pipeline/ |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |publisher=ZDNet}} Los Angeles Times,{{cite web |date=July 1, 2008 |title=Los Angeles Times now on Amazon's Kindle |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/los-angeles-tim.html |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Laptop Magazine,{{cite web |date=June 30, 2008 |title=Eee PCs 903 and 904 Headed Our Way? |url=http://blog.laptopmag.com/eee-pcs-903-and-904-headed-our-way |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003081904/http://blog.laptopmag.com/eee-pcs-903-and-904-headed-our-way |archivedate=October 3, 2011 |accessdate=December 2, 2011 |publisher=Blog.laptopmag.com}} Cnet,{{cite news |author=Krazit, Tom |date=July 2, 2008 |title=Apple taking chunk of Samsung's flash chips |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-taking-chunk-of-samsungs-flash-chips/ |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |publisher=News.cnet.com}} and others.{{cite web |author=Christian Zibreg |date=July 3, 2008 |title=Apple orders 50 million 8 GB NAND flash chips |url=https://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/38254-apple-orders-50-million-8-gb-nand-flash-chips |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |publisher=TG Daily}}{{cite web |author=Gordon Kelly |date=February 5, 2011 |title=3GSM: Neonode N2 – 70g iPhone With Multi-touch |url=https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/3gsm-neonode-n2-70g-iphone-with-multi-touch-2740698 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |publisher=TrustedReviews}}{{cite news |author=Oliver Garnham |date=July 1, 2008 |title=Asus Eee PCs to get bigger keyboards |url=https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/feature/laptop/asus-eee-pcs-to-get-bigger-keyboards-13562/ |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |work=PC Advisor}}

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.{{cite web |title=Snafu over pricing of Microsoft Surface highlights trouble with web rumors |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/snafu-over-pricing-of-microsoft-surface-highlights-trouble-with-web-rumors/ |first=Ed |last=Bott |publisher=The Ed Bott Report |date=July 26, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2020}}{{cite web |title=This Tiny Newspaper From Taiwan Breaks More Tech News Than Anyone — But Nobody Trusts It |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/digitimes-2013-6?op=1 |first=Jay |last=Yarow |publisher=Business Insider |date=June 2, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Let’s Fact-Check Digitimes’ Apple Reporting Once Again |url=https://techland.time.com/2013/06/03/lets-fact-check-digitimes-apple-reporting-once-again/ |first=Harry |last=McCracken |publisher=Time Magazine |date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=digitimes {{!}} Search |url=https://www.ft.com/search?q=digitimes |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Financial Times |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title= Search |url=https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=digitimes |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}

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