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{{Short description|Taiwanese daily newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
|name = DigiTimes
|logo = DIGITIMES Text Logo.svg
|image = ITeS Building 20070828.jpg
|image_alt  =Building of DigiTimes' head-quarter
|native_name=電子時報
|motto=Media, Marketing, Consulting.
|type = [[Daily newspaper]]<br/>(Mon–Fri)
|format = on paper, online-website
|owners = 
|publisher = DIGITIMES Inc.
|president = Colley Hwang<ref name="CEO">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-07|title=Trend Report (DIGITIMES): Deep Dive into AI Infrastructure Trends (AI Server) |url=https://www.semiimpact.com/trend-report-digitimes |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=www.SemiImpact.com |language=en|quote=Colley Hwang, the founder and Chairman of DIGITIMES Inc., a leading provider of tech industry insights since 1998.}}</ref>
|founder = <small>Key-people of Taiwanese IT-related industry</small>
|foundation = {{start date and age|1998|04|17}}<ref name="founding_date"/>
|political =
|language = {{Plainlist|
* Chinese (in print)
* Chinese, Taiwanese and English (online)}}
|price =
|headquarters = Taipei, Taiwan
|circulation =
|oclc=856752292
|website = {{Plainlist|
* EN: {{URL|http://www.digitimes.com/}}
* CH: {{URL|http://www.digitimes.com/cn}}
* TW: {{URL|http://www.digitimes.com/tw}}}}
|publishing_city=Taipei
|publishing_country = Taiwan
}}
'''DigiTimes''' ({{lang-zh|t=電子時報|p=Diànzǐ shíbào}}, stylized {{small-caps|'''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|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 ==
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)<ref>Now known as the ''Industrial Intelligence Research Institute'' (IIRI)</ref> of the [[Institute for Information Industry]] (III), who raised NT$190 million from about 50 people.<ref name="IC之音">{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.ic975.com/aod/%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E9%A0%98%E8%88%AA%E5%AE%B6/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E7%94%A2%E6%A5%AD%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94digitimes%E9%82%81%E5%85%A520%E9%80%B1%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94%E9%BB%91/ |website=IC之音 |accessdate=2024-08-17 |archive-date=2024-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723175531/https://www.ic975.com/aod/%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E9%A0%98%E8%88%AA%E5%AE%B6/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E7%94%A2%E6%A5%AD%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94digitimes%E9%82%81%E5%85%A520%E9%80%B1%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94%E9%BB%91/ |url-status=live |trans-title="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." |language=zh-TW}}</ref><ref name="大椽">{{cite web |title=大椽股份有限公司 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/dtbrief/index.asp |website=大椽股份有限公司 |accessdate=2024-08-17 |archive-date=2024-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217232205/https://www.digitimes.com.tw/dtbrief/index.asp |url-status=live |language=zh-TW}}</ref><ref name="矽島春秋">{{cite web |title=矽島．春秋 |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/semiindustrytw/ |website=DIGITIMES |accessdate=2024-08-17 |archive-date=2024-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212063527/https://www.digitimes.com.tw/semiindustrytw/ |url-status=live |trans-title="Spring and Autumn on Silicon Island." |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref name="nccu">{{cite web |title=電子時報 = Digitimes. |url=https://nccu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007633019705721&context=L&vid=886NCCU_INST:886NCCU_INST&lang=zh-tw |website=NCCU Libraries |accessdate=2024-08-17}}</ref>

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 of [[Acer Inc.|Acer Group]], Matthew F.C. Miau, the chairman of [[MiTAC|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),<ref>{{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 [[Central News Agency (Taiwan)|CNA]] |language=zh-Hant-TW |trans-title="Shih Chun-wing invites entrepreneurs; Wong Yum-yung resigns from UGC to act as a mediator."}}</ref> as CEO of DigiTimes Inc.

== Publication ==
The company launched its newsletter on April 17, 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&nbsp;97.5'' Radio Station<ref name="ic975.com">{{Cite web |title=IC之音竹科廣播 FM97.5 |url=https://ic975.com |trans-title="IC Voice of Bamboo Broadcasting FM97.5" |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=ic975.com |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> in 2022 and launched a documentary series called ''"Silicon Island. Spring and Autumn"'', documenting the [[Semiconductor industry in Taiwan|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.<ref name="founding_date"/><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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 |trans-title="DigiTimes{{!}}360° Diversified and integrated marketing services to enhance brand influence"}}</ref><ref>{{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 |trans-title="MEMBER SERVICE NETWORK{{!}}Trendsetters for a Global Future"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES subscription packages |url=https://www.digitimes.com/register/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.digitimes.com}}</ref>

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]],<ref name="YT_channel">{{YouTube|h=DIGITIMES}}</ref> and audio-podcasts on the company's own platforms<ref name="DigiTimes_audio">{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES audio library |url=https://www.digitimes.com.tw/audio/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=www.digitimes.com/tw |language=zh-TW}}</ref> as well as on [[Apple Podcasts]],<ref name="Apple_Podcast">{{cite podcast|host=Apple Podcasts |title=IC之音 - Channel - Apple Podcasts|url= https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitimes%E6%AF%8F%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/id1618357633 |publisher=DigiTimes |access-date =2025-06-07 |language=zh-TW}}</ref> [[Spotify]],<ref name="Spotify_Daily">{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES每日新聞 {{!}} Podcast on Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/show/0YJWzXap1WbpFsJanhTdLG |trans-title="DigiTimes ''Daily News''" |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Spotify.com |language=zh-TW}}</ref><ref name="Spotify_OFFline">{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES新聞線外 {{!}} Podcast on Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/show/4hvVUsM47M3BVHhEcvK1TC |trans-title="DigiTimes ''OFFline News''" |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Spotify.com |language=zh-TW}}</ref> and [[Google Podcasts]].<ref name="Google_Podcasts">{{Cite web |title=DIGITIMES - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/@DIGITIMES/podcasts |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Youtube.com |language=zh-TW}}</ref>

=== Market-scope ===
Since its inception on April 17, 1998,<ref name="founding_date">{{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}}</ref> 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]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''[[ZDNet]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''[[Laptop Magazine]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Cnet]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
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]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=June 2, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{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 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=digitimes {{!}} Search |url=https://www.ft.com/search?q=digitimes |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Financial Times |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Search |url=https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=digitimes |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Media in Taiwan]]

==References==
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[[Category:1998 establishments in Taiwan]]
[[Category:Taiwanese news websites]]
[[Category:Companies based in Taipei]]
[[Category:Taiwanese companies established in 1998]]