Next iPads + a Hollywood Studio in TW + LED

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(1) Yenting Chen and Ingrid Lee, Apple to unveil two Versions of Next-Generation iPad in January, Sources Claim. DigiTimes (Taaipei), Dec 29, 2011.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111228PD215.html

My comment:
(a) This morning NBC Today cited DigiTimes for new iPad models.
(b) Minebea Co, Ltd
www.minebea.co.jp
(c) Simplo Technology
www.simplo.com.tw
(d) Dynapack International Technology Corp

(2) James Lee, Taiwan's Traits 'Indispensable' for New Studio: US company. CNA, Dec 30, 2011
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/W ... amp;ID=201112300042
("Taiwan's digital content industry has grown dramatically over the past 10 years. The sector's output rose from NT$153.7 billion (US$5.07 billion) in 2002 to NT$522.5 billion in 2010, and it is expected to exceed NT$600 billion this year despite the global economic downturn, according to government statistics")

Note:
(a) Rhythm & Hues Studios Inc
http://www.rhythm.com/about/founders/
(founded by John Hughes in 1987 in Los Angeles)
(b) Yet another trillion-dollar in Taiwan (in Taiwanese currency).
(c) Taipei Times calls it a VFX center, without explanation.
(i) visual effects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_effects
(visual effects (commonly shortened to Visual F/X or VFX))
(ii) My guess is the X in the acronym comes from "ects," which may sound like "eks."  

(3) Jeffrey Wu, Taiwan Remains World's Biggest in LED Industry Scale. CNA, Dec 25, 2011
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/W ... amp;ID=201112250003
(Taiwan's 2011 output $4.54bn out of global output $16.1bn; followed by Japan and S Korea)