OLED TVs to start shipping by the end of 2012, according to DisplaySearch

Nov 6, 22:39

Despite high expectations set by manufacturers Samsung and LG Electronics for the launch of OLED displays into the TV market in 2012, these sets will likely only be available in small...

Apple unlikely to reach 30% growth in 2012 MacBook shipments, say Taiwan makers

Nov 6, 21:21

Apple in early 2012 aimed at 30% growth in shipments of MacBook series notebooks from 2011, but viewing that shipments of MacBooks in the fourth quarter have so far been behind schedule,...

Digitimes Research: China-based tier-2 LED chipmakers see falling revenues in 2012

Nov 6, 14:42

China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far...

GaAs foundries post mixed October revenues

Nov 6, 14:38

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors has reported flat sequential growth in consolidated revenues for October 2012, while revenues at Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) registered...

SPIL October sales highest for 2012

Nov 6, 14:34

Consolidated revenues at Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) in October hit the highest monthly level thus far in 2012, according to statistics released by the Taiwan-based IC...

Taiflex sees moderate drop in 4Q12 FCCL sales

Nov 6, 14:31

Taiflex Scientific expects sales of its flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) product line to drop 5-10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to the 10-20% decreases...

SMIC expects record revenues in 2012

Nov 6, 10:39

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is set to end 2012 with record revenues, according to the China-based foundry chipmaker, which saw its revenues hit a new quarterly...

Lenovo to launch a table-shaped all-in-one PC

Nov 5, 22:57

Lenovo plans to launch a Windows 8-based all-in-one PC that features a similar industrial design as Microsoft's Surface, a table-shaped PC. The machine features four legs and when...

Ichia October revenues highest thus far in 2012

Newswatch - Nov 2, 15:38

Handset keypad and flexible PCB maker Ichia Technologies has reported consolidated revenues of NT$834.45 million (US$28.49 million) for October, up 6% sequentially but down 27.4%...

Coretronic expects to ship 1.1 million DLP projectors in 2012

Nov 1, 15:04

Coretronic expects to ship 80,000-90,000 DLP projectors a month in the fourth quarter of 2012, with total shipments of 1.1 million units for the whole year, the company indicated...

Compal announces profit for 3Q12

Oct 31, 22:08

Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$173.03 billion (US$5.92 billion) for the third quarter of 2012, up 4.94% sequentially, with net profit reaching NT$1.63...

Asustek expects to fail 2013 motherboard shipment target

Oct 31, 21:50

Asustek Computer originally forecast its motherboard shipments to reach 25 million units in 2012, but the company has recently adjusted its target to only 22.2 million units, down...

Notebook brands competing over touch panel supply

Oct 31, 21:07

Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer have all recently launched touchscreen notebooks with Windows 8, but due to tight supply of touch panels, the brand vendors have reportedly stationed...

Inspection tool supplier HMI doubles EPS in January-September period

Oct 31, 16:05

Electron beam inspection (EBI) equipment maker Hermes Microvision (HMI) has reported an EPS of NT$16.33 (US$0.56) for the first nine months of 2012, doubling from NT$8.12 of a year...

CMI 3Q12 revenues rise 15% sequentially

Oct 31, 10:30

LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced its third quarter 2012 results. Combined net sales for the third quarter 2012 amounted to NT$129.552 billion (US$4.43 billion),...

Capacitor maker Lelon net profits down 68% in January-September period

Oct 30, 15:53

Aluminum electrolyte capacitor maker Lelon Electronics has reported net profits of NT$42.21 million (US$1.44 million) or an EPS of NT$0.28 for the third quarter of 2012. Gross margin...

Chipbond posts profit growth on record revenues in 3Q12

Oct 30, 14:42

Chipbond Technology has reported net profits of NT$729 million (US$24.9 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$3.88 billion for the third quarter of 2012. The earnings and sales...

KYEC 3Q12 sales better than expected

Oct 30, 13:54

IC testing specialist King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has announced that revenues for the third quarter of 2012 grew 13.6% sequentially, higher than its internal estimate of 5-10% growth...

Western Digital expected to turn conservative about HDD shipments in 4Q12

Oct 29, 22:44

With hard disc drive (HDD) maker Western Digital has recently announced its latest financial report with a shipment drop, sources from the HDD-related industry expect the company...

Simplo enjoys growth in 3Q12 revenues, but suffers drop in gross margin

Oct 29, 22:42

Simplo Technology announced consolidated revenues of NT$16.03 billion (US$547.85 million) for the third quarter, up 11.51% sequentially, with gross margin reached 9.24%, net profit...

Catcher suffers sequential drop in 3Q12 revenues

Oct 29, 21:28

Catcher Technology reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.82 billion (US$301.44 million) for the third quarter, down 8.6% sequentially and 18.2% on year, while combined consolidated...

Insyde announces profit for 3Q12

Oct 29, 21:24

Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced its third-quarter result with revenues of NT$280 million (US$9.57 million), while its net profit reached NT$34.17 million...

GaAs firms to see sales rebound in 4Q12

Oct 26, 15:18

GaAs foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors, and GaAs wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are expected to see their sales...

AUO holds optimistic outlook for 2013 despite ongoing losses

Oct 26, 11:33

Despite its losses in the third quarter of 2012, LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is holding an optimistic outlook for 2013, as demand from the market will grow faster than capacity...

Ability Enterprise expected to see decreased shipments, increased profit in 2012

Oct 26, 11:29

Taiwan-based digital camera ODM, Ability Enterprise, is expected to ship 18.5 million digital cameras in 2012, slipping 19.6% from 2011, but gross margin and net operating profit...

NPC cautious about 4Q12

Oct 25, 21:38

IC substrate supplier Nanya PCB (NPC) has expressed caution about its sales performance during the fourth quarter of 2012, citing limited visibility for the remainder of the year...

Smaller iPad to contribute to doubling of 7-inch media tablet market in 2012 and 2013, says IHS

Oct 24, 15:26

The arrival of the smaller iPad will turbocharge the market for 7-inch tablets, helping the market to approximately double in 2012 and 2013, according to research firm IHS.

3S to start shipping MEMS microphone chips in 4Q12

Oct 24, 12:11

Taiwan-based Solid State System (3S) has internally developed single-chip MEMS microphone products, and will start shipping them to China-based branded and white-box vendors of tablets...

Equipment maker Mirle 3Q12 sales dip

Oct 24, 12:02

Mirle Automation has announced that consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012 slipped 1.1% sequentially to NT$1.32 billion (US$45 million). Accumulated revenues for January-September...

Taiwan market: Headsets, earphones sales estimated at NT$522 million in 2012, says GfK Marketing

Oct 23, 14:41

There will be an estimated 646,000 headsets and earphones sold in the Taiwan market in 2012, with a sales value of NT$522 million (US$17.8 million), increasing 37.4% from 2011, according...

Taiwan market: Natural gas price frozen to end of 2012

Oct 23, 14:27

The Economic Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan reached a consensus on October 22, 2012 to hold the price of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from now...

Viking Tech gross margin to top 40% in 3Q12

Oct 23, 11:01

Passive component maker Viking Tech is expected to report a gross margin of over 40% for the third quarter of 2012 compared to 37% recorded in the previous quarter, according to estimates...

Acer reports profit in 3Q12

Oct 22, 21:10

Acer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$328 billion (US$11.20 billion) for the first three quarters of 2012, down 5.7% on year, with net profit of NT$455 million and earning...