Foxconn sees 1Q11 revenues rise, profits drop on year

May 2, 10:10

Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported its audited non-consolidated financial report for the first quarter of 2011, with significant on-year growth in revenues but drops...

Samsung 1Q11 profit down 30%

Apr 29, 16:14

Samsung Electronics today announced revenues of KRW 36.99 trillion (US$34.66 billion) on a consolidated basis for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, a 7% increase year-on-year...

Networking equipment makers see 1Q11 profits

Apr 29, 15:32

Taiwan-based makers of networking equipment and devices Alpha Networks, Prime Electronics & Satellitics (PESI), SerComm and Hitron Technologies have reported financial results...

HP, Acer lose ground in global notebook market in 1Q11, IDC data show

Apr 29, 14:43

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer saw their shares in the global notebook market decline to 18.5% and 14.8%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2011, down from 20.2% and 14.9% in the...

SAS to expand sapphire capacity

Apr 29, 14:07

Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will spin off its sapphire wafer/substrate business as a wholly owned subsidiary, Taiwan Sapphire, and is constructing a new factory...

Rexchip posts 1Q11 profits

Apr 29, 01:25

Rexchip Electronics has reported net profits of NT$1.83 billion (US$64 million), or per-share earnings of NT$0.62, for the first quarter of 2011, making it the only profitable DRAM...

China software industry posts 1Q11 revenues of CNY345.4 billion: MIIT

Apr 29, 01:20

China's software industry generated total sales revenues of CNY345.4 billion (US$52.44 billion) in the first quarter of 2011, growing by 27.0% on year, according to statistics by...

Qisda suffers 1Q11 net loss due to non-operating loss from AUO

Apr 29, 01:05

Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda brought in net operating profit of NT$250 million (US$8.4 million) in the first quarter of 2011, but saw a net loss of NT$1.183 billion mainly due...

CPT suffers 1Q11 net loss of NT$2.33 billion

Apr 29, 01:00

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) on April 28 released its unaudited financial report for the first quarter of 2011, posting a net loss of NT$2.33 billion...

Senao 1Q11 revenues hit record

Apr 28, 16:47

Senao International, a 3C retail chain in Taiwan, has posted record revenues of NT$6.2 billion (US$208 million) for the first quarter of 2011.

Worldwide PC market up 7% as pads fuel growth, says Canalys

Apr 28, 16:42

Canalys has announced that the PC market grew 7% in the first quarter of 2011, as the pad market, led by Apple's iPad, continued to bolster growth. Once again, Apple set the standard...

Adlink sees on-year growth in 1Q11 revenues

Apr 28, 16:36

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Adlink Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.21 billion (US$42.18 million) for the first quarter of 2011, down 2.18% sequentially,...

Novatek sees improved gross margin in 1Q11

Apr 28, 16:20

LCD driver IC maker Novatek Microelectronics has posted net profits of NT$916 million (US$31.73 million) for the first quarter of 2011, increasing 2.2% from the previous quarter....

TSMC meets 1Q11 guidance, sees no Japan disruption

Apr 28, 16:16

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported sales of NT$105.38 billion (US$3.6 billion) and net income of NT$36.28 billion, or NT$1.40 per share, for the first...

Hynix 1Q11 profits down on lower chip prices

Apr 28, 14:06

Hynix Semiconductor has announced that net profits for the first quarter of 2011 slid 66% from a year earlier to KRW274 billion (US$255 million), citing falling chip prices.

Holtek, Nuvoton report profits for 1Q11

Apr 28, 12:24

IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Nuvoton Technology have both reported profits for the first quarter of 2011, and both hold more positive outlooks for the second quarter.

Corning posts strong 1Q11 sales

Apr 28, 09:49

Corning has posted sales of US$1.9 billion for the first quarter of 2011, increasing 9% on quarter and 24% on year, with net profit before tax rising 15% sequentially to US$867 million...

Darfon sees sequential drop in 1Q11 revenues

Apr 28, 01:40

Taiwan-based PC accessory maker Darfon Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.12 billion (US$212.21 million), down 8.7% sequentially with gross margin of 9.9% down...

Accton and Arcadyan post mixed earnings for 1Q11

Apr 28, 01:35

Network equipment makers Accton Technology and Arcadyan Technology have posted mixed earnings for the first quarter of 2011, with the former seeing its net profits increase 17% sequentially...

EIH sees EPS more than double on year in 1Q11

Apr 28, 01:25

Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) has reported net profits of NT$1.67 billion (US$57.71 million) on revenues of NT$10.09 billion for the first quarter of 2011...

Pegatron sees net losses in 1Q11

Apr 28, 01:20

Pegatron Technology has announced net losses of NT$559 million (US$19.38 million) for the first quarter of 2011 with EPS of negative NT$0.25 and gross margin of only 1.8%, all historical...

Normal substrate supply to resume in June, says SPIL chairman

Apr 28, 01:10

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) chairman Bough Lin on April 27 confirmed that the company has been facing stretched lead times for its IC substrates due to limited availability...

UMC meets 1Q11 guidance, cautious about 2Q

Apr 27, 16:38

United Microelectronics (UMC) has said its first-quarter 2011 results came in line with its guidance. However, the contract chipmaker expressed caution about its outlook for the second...

AUO reports huge loss for 1Q11

Apr 27, 15:15

AU Optronics (AUO) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$93,230 million (US$3,171 million) for first-quarter 2011, down 9.1% from the previous quarter, with net loss reaching NT$13,899...

Mag.Layers sees net profits down in 1Q11

Apr 27, 13:42

Passive component maker Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics has reported net profits of NT$78 million (US$2.7 million) for the first quarter of 2011, decreasing 5.9% from the previous...

Yong Fast sees worsening 1Q11 financial performance

Apr 27, 01:20

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Yong Fast Optoelectronics released its first-quarter 2011 financial report at an investors conference on April 26, with figures all dropping on quarter...

BOE Technology suffers 1Q11 loss of CNY700 million, says report

Apr 26, 15:35

China-based TFT-LCD panel maker BOE Technology posted net losses of about CNY700 million (US$106 million) for the first quarter of 2011, China-based tech.sina.com cited the...

Yageo sees large sequential drop in 1Q11 gross margin

Apr 26, 15:00

Passive component maker Yageo saw its gross margin slip 4.3pp sequentially to 22.3% in the second quarter due to the appreciation of the NT dollar, rising raw material costs and an...

Co-Tech posts 3% drop in 1Q11 profits

Apr 26, 14:04

Affected by higher raw material costs, copper foil supplier Co-Tech saw net profits decline 3% sequentially and 35% on year to NT$67.58 million (US$2.34 million) in the first quarter...

Taiwan March manufacturing production index rises

Apr 26, 10:24

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 143.08 for March 2011, increasing 25.91% on month and 14.37% on year, according to statistics released by the...

Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10

Apr 26, 01:00

Top-10 notebook brand vendors worldwide saw their notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 drop sequentially with the only exception being Korea-based Samsung Electronics,...

Acer 1Q11 net earnings per share hit 8-year low

Apr 25, 10:09

Taiwan-based vendor Acer on April 22 reported its consolidated financial report for the first quarter of 2011, with net EPS of NT$0.45 the lowest quarterly level in eight years.