Last update: Monday 21 May 2012 [223 news items]
Taiwan 1Q12 semiconductor production value down 3.1% sequentially, says IEK
2h 57min ago
Taiwan's semiconductor industries generated total production value of NT$360.1 billion (US$12.2 billion) in the first quarter of 2012, slipping 3.1% on quarter, according to Industrial...
China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
2h 59min ago
There were an estimated 6.8 million iPhones shipped in the China market during the first quarter of 2012, increasing 83% on quarter and accounting for 19% of the global shipments...
Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
8h 27min ago
Taiwan's display industry generated total production value of NT$310.82 billion (US$10.5 billion) in first-quarter 2012, decreasing 7.7% on quarter, according to Industrial Economics...
Taiwan market: Projector shipments down 4% sequentially 1Q12
May 17, 14:28
There were 25,730 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2012, decreasing 4% on quarter but increasing 19% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Foxconn Technology nets NT$2.16 per share in 1Q12
May 16, 15:58
Foxconn Technology on May 15 released its financial report for the first quarter of 2012, recording consolidated revenues of NT$20.82 billion (US$705 million), gross margin of 14.16%,...
Apex Circuit tops listed PCB makers in 1Q12 EPS, says paper
Newswatch - May 15, 16:33
Apex Circuit International, a Thailand-based PCB maker listed in the Taiwan stock market, posted net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.79 for the first quarter of 2012, the highest...
Foxconn sees over 35% on-year growth in 1Q12 revenues; gross margin down to 6.64%
May 15, 14:08
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1 trillion (US$33.9 billion) for the first quarter of 2012, up 37.3% on year from NT$729.26...
Samsung expands lead in 1Q12 mobile DRAM market, says DRAMeXchange
May 15, 12:12
Samsung Electronics has managed to grow its already-commanding share of the mobile DRAM market. DRAMeXchange revealed in its recent report that the market leader took a 70.9% share...
Passive component maker Thinking reports declined profits for 1Q12
May 14, 13:03
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported net profits of NT$78 million (US$2.65 million) for the first quarter of 2012, decreasing 26.1% from a year earli...
Renesola reports 12% sequential increase in 1Q12 sales
May 14, 12:21
ReneSola, a China-based manufacturer of solar products, has announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
May 11, 01:20
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's largest silicon wafer foundry, saw its quarterly net loss improve to US$42.8 million in first-quarter 2012 from US$165.2...
TSMC posts growth in April revenues
May 10, 15:01
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for April 2012 grew 9.2% sequentially and 9.1% from a year ago to NT$40.5 billion (US$1.4 bill...
Global wafer shipments grow 1% in 1Q12, says SEMI
May 10, 10:45
Overall area of silicon wafers shipped in the first quarter of 2012 increased 1% on quarter, but decreased 11% from a year ago, according to SEMI in its quarterly analysis of the...
Powerchip loss narrows in 1Q12
May 10, 10:20
Taiwan-based chipmaker Powerchip Technology has reported a net loss of NT$5.56 billion (US$18.9 million) for the first quarter of 2012, showing improvement compared to a loss of NT$8.87...
Acer regains second-rank for 1Q12 notebook shipments, says IDC
May 9, 15:12
Acer regained the status of the second-largest notebook vendor in terms of shipments in the first quarter of 2012, according to IDC.
CPT stock downgraded to requiring full delivery
Newswatch - May 7, 16:26
Stock of Taiwan-based panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has been downgraded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) to requiring full-cash delivery, as the firm's first-quarter...
Mirle 1Q12 revenues and profits shrink
May 7, 16:06
With its panel and solar customers being cautious about expansion, automation equipment supplier Mirle Automation has reported on-year declines in both revenues and profits for the...
Chipbond, ChipMOS 2Q12 sales expected to grow
May 7, 15:41
LCD driver IC packaging and testing houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies are expected to see their second-quarter sales register single-digit growth sequentially thanks...
Taiwan-based solar wafer makers report 1Q12 net losses
May 7, 10:33
Taiwan-based solar wafer makers have not been able to climb out of losses since second half of 2011 despite the fact that most solar wafer firms have clear order visibility in recent...
Thinking Electronic sees decreased April revenues
May 7, 10:24
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors, has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$363 million down 2.37% on month and 2.54% on year, while January-April...
China software industry posts 1Q12 revenues of CNY466 billion
May 4, 10:36
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY466.5 billion (US$73.95 billion) in January-March 2012, growing 26.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information...
Unic reports April revenues increase 21% on-month
May 4, 01:20
Unic Technology, a plastic materials distributor in Taiwan, has announced April revenues of NT$512 million (US$17.5 million), an on-month increase of 21.09% and on-year increase of...
WIN, AWSC see on-month increase in April revenues
May 4, 01:10
Due to continuous demand for wireless communication devices, Taiwan-based providers of GaAs wafer foundry services, WIN Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company...
Chip sales up 1.5% in March, says SIA
May 3, 15:31
Worldwide sales of semiconductors for March 2012 were up 1.5% compared to the prior month, but were down 7.9% from a year ago, according to the SIA.
China overtakes US as largest smart phone market, says Canalys
May 3, 14:09
Canalys has released smartphone shipment estimates by country for the first quarter of 2012. Total shipments worldwide grew 45% on year to 146 million units, but significant country...
Global smartphone shipments grow over 42% on year in 1Q12, says paper
Newswatch - May 3, 12:18
Global shipments of smartphones have continued to grow at a rapid pace, reaching 145 million units in the first quarter of 2012, up 42.5% from 101 million units shipped a year earlier,...
Synnex Technology posts 1Q12 net EPS of NT$1.14
May 3, 11:52
Synnex Technology International, a Taiwan-based distributor of 3C products, has released its financial report for first-quarter 2012, recording net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.14,...
NAND flash controller designers post mixed earnings results in 1Q12
May 3, 01:10
Major suppliers of NAND flash device controller ICs have reported mixed earnings results for the first quarter of 2012, showing their diverse capabilities in making a smooth transition...
PTI, Walton post better-than-expected 1Q12 profits
May 2, 16:33
Despite early media speculation that Elpida Memory's bankruptcy filing would impact its supply-chain partners' business performance, Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced...
Alpha Networks 1Q12 net profit down sequentially, up on year
May 2, 16:18
Alpha Networks, a Taiwan-based maker of networking/communication devices/equipment, has released its first-quarter 2012 financial results, with net profit dropping 57.62% on quarter...
Gamania 1Q12 revenues hit record
May 2, 16:08
Gamania Digital Entertainment, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, generated consolidated revenues of NT$2.012 billion (US$68.1 million) for the first quarter of 2012,...
Second-tier touch panel makers still operating in low gear in 1Q12
May 2, 16:05
Most second-tier touch panel makers were still operating in red in the first quarter of 2012 due to off-peak seasonal effects and slow orders from clients, while seeing the top vendor...
Taiwan lowers 1Q12 economic growth to 0.36%
May 2, 12:13
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, in the first quarter of 2012 has been downward adjusted from 1.19% projected in February 2012 to 0.36%, according to advance...
Everlight 1Q12 profits hit new low
May 2, 10:41
LED packaging houses Everlight and Unity Opto have reported financial results for first-quarter 2012, with net profits for the former hitting the lowest since fourth-quarter 2008.
Foxconn posts 1Q12 net EPS of NT$1.40
Apr 30, 16:16
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported its non-consolidated financial report for the first quarter of 2012, recording net EPS of NT$1.40.
- China market: Booming sales of Windows Phones could be short-lived, say sources
- DRAM share of average smartphone BOM falls by half, says IHS
- Tizen-based devices to appear in 2H12
- MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources
- Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China
- Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
- Demand for TV LED backlights to hold in 2H12, say Taiwan LED makers
- Nuvoton looks to strong sales in May and June
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- BOE may roll out AMOLED panels at Ordos line in 2014
- Overall value of lighting market to shrink as LEDs displace conventional technology, says Pike Research
- Faraday tapes out 40nm ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, says paper
- US solar firms may request duties on China-made solar modules
- Advantech to deploy marketing offices in third-level cities in China in 2H12
- Taimide completes phase-1 of new polyimide factory
- Proportion of SSD-equipped ultrabooks to fall to 56% in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Korean vendors compete for OLED market
- Lumenpulse receives US patent on technology that converts analog to digital signals allowing lighting control over AC power lines
- Commentary: Solar trade war between US and China looming
- Energy Focus receives LED product order to re-light navy ships
- Suntech responds to preliminary decision on tariffs in US anti-dumping investigation of solar cells from China
- Yingli Green Energy responds to US decision on anti-dumping tariffs
- US levies heavy anti-dumping tariffs on China-made solar cells
- Analog IC designers seeing May sales boom
- High Power Opto begins mass production of blue, green LED chips on silicon substrates
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
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- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
21-May-2012 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7192.23 | +41.04 | +0.57% |
| TSE electronic | 273.64 | +1.73 | +0.64% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 102.57 | +0.39 | +0.38% |
| OTC electronic | 131.23 | +0.42 | +0.32% |
- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
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- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.