Features of iPad 3 + Taiwan Snags Semi Crown

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(1) Tim Culpan, Peter Burrows and Adam Satariano, IPad 3 Said to Have High-Def Screen, LTE. Bloomberg,Jan 13, 2012.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... en-faster-chip.html

(2) Taiwan Became World Leader of Installed Capacity in 2011; With 21% of global wafer capacity, Taiwan passed Japan and Korea on way to top spot. IC Insights, Jan 12, 2012
http://www.icinsights.com/news/b ... d-Capacity-In-2011/
("Global Wafer Capacity 2011-12": Taiwan (21.0%) > Japan (19.7%) > Korea (16.8%) > Americas (14.7%) > China (8.9%) > Europe (8.1%))

(3) Nick Wingfield and Charles Duhigg, Apple Lists Its Suppliers for 1st Time. New York Times, Jan 14, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/1 ... sq=apple&st=cse

Note: Apple yesterday (Jan 13) released a document that underlies the above report.

Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. Apple, Jan 13, 2012.
http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/reports.html

(a) In the left lower corner is
Apple Suppliers 2011
http://images.apple.com/supplier ... plier_List_2011.pdf
(b) One tab in the top horizontal bar is "Code of Conduct" which, among other things, states: "Apple is the first technology company accepted by the Fair Labor Association (FLA). As a member, Apple will open its supply chain to the FLA’s independent auditing team, measuring our performance against the FLA’s own Workplace Code of Conduct."

Separately,
Fair Labor Association
http://www.fairlabor.org/fla/
(headquartered in Washington DC; China office in Shanghai)
also yesterday release a news release: Apple joins FLA as a Participating Company.
https://www.fairlabor.org/fla/go ... age=NewsReleaseStat


(4) David Barboza, Foxconn Resolves a Dispute With Some Workers in China. New York Times, Jan 13, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/1 ... e-with-workers.html
("Foxconn said the protest had involved about 150 of the 32,000 employees at its campus in the city of Wuhan")

(5) Susan Decker, Apple Loses Ruling in Patent Case Against Motorola Mobility. Bloomberg, Jan 13, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... orola-mobility.html
(Apple accused phonemaker Motorola Mobility of violating three patents, but  US International Trade Commission Judge Theodore Essex ruled against Apple on Jan 13 without elaborating on his findings. Two of the patents related to touch-screen technology.)