Samsung, Hynix continue to lead DRAM sales

Feb 18, 22:42

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix continued to dominate the global market for DRAM chips in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the pair's combined market share reaching 67%, according...

Silicon wafer revenues fall in 2012, says SEMI

Feb 18, 16:15

Worldwide silicon wafer revenues declined by 12% in 2012 compared to 2011, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry...

Faraday reports strong earnings for 2012

Newswatch - Feb 18, 14:17

Faraday Technology has announced net profits of NT$1.07 billion (US$35.97 million) for 2012 compared to NT$119 million of a year earlier.

E Ink announces 2012 financial report

Feb 8, 11:26

E Ink Holdings has announced that its consolidated revenues during January 2013 reached NT$2.57 billion (US$86.8 million), down 33% on month, but up 82% on year.

Himax enjoys boom in sales of small- to medium-size driver ICs

Feb 7, 22:17

LCD driver IC supplier Himax Technologies saw sales of products used in small- to medium-size panels for applications, excluding feature phones, climb to NT$5.55 billion (US$187.5...

Asustek, Gigabyte together share over 50% of own-brand motherboard market in 2012

Feb 7, 20:42

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology shipped 22 million and 19 million motherboards respectively for own-brand sale in the global DIY market in 2012, together occupying 51.3%...

One in 6 PCs shipped in 4Q12 was an iPad, says Canalys

Feb 7, 13:54

Worldwide PC shipments increased 12% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012 to reach 134 million units, with pads accounting for over a third. Apple continued to lead the PC market,...

SMIC ends 2012 with record revenues

Feb 7, 11:54

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) saw its revenues climb to a record US$485.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Revenues for the entire year also hit an all-time...

Semiconductor R&D spending rises 7% in 2012, says IC Insights

Feb 7, 11:19

Spending on R&D by chip companies grew 7% in 2012 to a record-high US$53 billion even though the semiconductor market declined 1% to US$317.6 billion, according to IC Insights.

Top-10 LCD monitor brands showed first decline in annual shipments in 2012, says WitsView

Feb 6, 15:41

The global top-10 LCD monitor brand vendors' 2012 shipments amounted to 128.7 million units, dropping 8% on year, according to research firm WitsView. Most brand vendors showed poor...

Foxconn obtains most patents among Taiwan-based firms in 2012, says TIPO

Feb 6, 15:36

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs on February 5 indicated that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), received 1,397...

Global 2012 NAND flash market contracts as ultrabooks disappoint, says IHS

Feb 6, 12:37

Global NAND flash memory market revenues fell 7% in 2012 as disappointing ultrabook sales negated the impact of surging demand from Apple for its iPhone line, according to IHS iSup...

Samsung continues NAND flash market lead in 2012

Feb 5, 12:28

Samsung Electronics continued to lead the global NAND flash market in 2012, despite a 4.9% decrease in sales of the memory, according to DRAMeXchange.

Semiconductor industry posts near-record sales total in 2012, says SIA

Feb 5, 10:31

Worldwide semiconductor sales for 2012 reached US$291.6 billion, the industry's third-highest yearly total ever but a decrease of 2.7% from the record total of US$299.5 billion set...

Pixelworks reports fourth quarter 2012 financial results

Feb 4, 10:21

Pixelworks has announced thats its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 were US$13.6 million, compared to US$16.3 million reported in the third quarter of 2012 and US$16.8 million...

Digitimes Research: Branded tablet shipments hit 109 million in 2012

Feb 1, 15:30

Global branded tablet shipments enjoyed better than forecast growth, rising 63% sequentially and 100.3% on year, to 43.22 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to...

Thinking Electronic reports EPS of NT$3.41 for 2012

Feb 1, 15:01

Thinking Electronic Industrial, which makes circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, has reported net profits of NT$432 million (US$14.6 million) for 2012, up 7.3%. The...

Novatek posts profit growth of 20% in 2012

Jan 31, 22:21

LCD driver IC supplier Novatek Microelectronics has announced that net profits for 2012 rose 20.1% to NT$4.44 billion (US$150 million). EPS for the year came to NT$7.32.

Chunghwa Telecom plans to deal out 90% of 2012 net EPS as dividend

Jan 31, 11:28

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to distribute a cash dividend for 2012 equivalent to 90% of net earnings per share (EPS) for that year, company chairman Lu Shyue-ching told...

Macronix reports losses of over NT$5 billion for 2012

Jan 30, 22:03

Macronix International has reported net losses of NT$1.78 billion (US$60.22 million) for the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing total losses for the year to NT$5.44 billion. EPS for...

About 37% of flat panel TVs sold in China during 2012 were smart TVs

Jan 30, 16:25

Approximately 37% of flat panel TVs sold in China during 2012 were smart TVs and the number is expected to climb to 50% in 2013, according to market observers.

Elan reports EPS of NT$3 for 2012

Jan 30, 15:08

Touch controller IC vendor Elan Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$1.17 billion (US$39.58 million) or an EPS of NT$3 for 2012. Gross margin for the year stood at 41%.

Motech reports 2012 net loss

Jan 29, 16:15

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech has reported a total net loss of NT$5.072 billion (US$171 million) for 2012. The firm's net loss in the second quarter of 2012 was significant...

FCCL firm ThinFlex expects tablet demand to drive company growth in 2013

Jan 29, 15:14

Flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) maker ThinFlex expects brisk demand from the tablet sector to drive its revenue growth in 2013, although revenues for the first quarter of the...

China software industry posts 2012 revenues of over CNY2.5 trillion, says MIIT

Jan 29, 11:27

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY2.502 trillion (US$396 billion) in 2012, growing 28.5% from 2011, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

CCI sees strong vapor chamber shipments in 2012

Jan 28, 16:17

Taiwan-based cooling module maker Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI) is estimated to have shipped about five million vapor chambers in 2012, up significantly from about two million units...

North America fab tool book-to-bill continues growth, says SEMI

Jan 28, 14:07

North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.92 in December 2012, up for the third consecutive month, according to SEMI.

Taiwan market: Gomaji hits largest group buying market share in 2012

Jan 24, 15:47

Total sales in Taiwan's online group buying market in 2012 are estimated at NT$4 billion (US$136 million) and Gomaji generated revenues of NT$1.6 billion for a market share of 40%,...

Flat screen TV sales in Japan take hard hit during 2012, says JEITA

Jan 24, 14:35

Flat screen TV sales in Japan during 2012 reached 6.45 million units, down 67.5% on year, according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEIT...

Japan chip gear ratio rises above parity in December 2012, says SEAJ

Jan 24, 11:13

Japan-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.23 on a three-month average basis in December 2012, up from 0.89 the month before, according...

Samsung surpasses Apple as top global semiconductor customer in 2012, says Gartner

Jan 24, 11:09

Samsung Electronics and Apple both dominated semiconductor demand in 2012, although Samsung overtook Apple as the top worldwide semiconductor customer, according to Gartner.

Samsung reportedly replaces management team in Brazil market

Jan 23, 22:34

Korea-based Samsung Electronics has reportedly replaced its management team in Brazil despite the team's efforts helping Samsung to become the largest vendor in the country, defeating...

LCD TV sales grow 5.9% in China during 2012; expected to rise 4% in 2013

Jan 23, 22:09

LCD TV sales reached 39.27 million units in 2012, up 5.9% on year, and are expected to climb another 4% on year in 2013, according to market estimates in China.

Nanya, Inotera post combined losses of over NT$51 billion in 2012

Jan 23, 22:03

Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have reported net losses of NT$8.88 billion (US$306.48 million) and NT$3.72 billion respectively for the fourth quarter of 2012. For all of 2012,...

Notebook component makers striving for orders from Samsung

Jan 23, 20:57

Several notebook component makers have recently started trying to land orders from Samsung Electronics, and are making the entrance to Samsung's supply chain their priority for 2013,...