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Wednesday 22 July 2009
Large-size LCD panel shipments up over 40% in 2Q09, says iSuppli
After declining for the previous nine months, global large-size LCD panel shipments rose sequentially by 41.4% in the second quarter of 2009 due to higher pricing and healthy demand,...
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Zentel 2Q09 sales up over 70% sequentially
Taiwan-based niche IC design house Zentel Electronics saw its second-quarter sales increase by 72.3% sequentially to NT$779 million (US$23.7 million) as the company took market share...
Tuesday 21 July 2009
PC shipments in Asia Pacific excluding Japan return positive in 2Q09, says IDC
IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific PC market excluding Japan grew 19% sequentially and 8% on year in the second quarter of 2009 to reach 19.9 million units. This...
Monday 20 July 2009
LCD glass substrate demand increases 26% in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
Global LCD glass substrate demand increased to 18.56 million square meter per month in the second quarter, up 26% sequentially and much higher than the glass supply growth of 12%...
Friday 17 July 2009
PC outlook improves in 2Q09 as consumer spending stabilizes shipments, says IDC
Global PC shipments again came in slightly ahead of expectations in the second quarter of 2009, lessening fears over the extent of the PC market slump. Worldwide PC shipments (including...
Friday 17 July 2009
LG Display swings to profits in 2Q09
LG Display (LGD) swung back to profits in the second quarter, reporting net profits of 302 billion won (US$237.65 million), up from net losses of 255 billion won for the first quar...
Friday 17 July 2009
Inotera announces net loss for 2Q09
Inotera Memories has announced a net loss of NT$4.11 billion (US$124.73 million) for the second quarter of 2009, narrowing from a loss of NT$5.31 billion for the first quarter. However,...
Friday 17 July 2009
TSMT cautious about 3Q09 due to slower demand from LCD customers
Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), an LCD SMT production solutions provider, has commented that orders from panel customers are likely to reduce despite seasonality, as glass-substrate...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Worldwide PC shipments decline 5% in 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 5% decline from the second quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results from Gartner. The market...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Quartz component makers see 2Q09 sales up, cautious about 3Q09
TXC and Harmony Electronics (HELE) saw sales growth in the second quarter of 2009, both sequentially and on year, thanks to a warming up of demand. However, both quartz component...
Thursday 16 July 2009
NetLogic Microsystems migrates multiple product lines to TSMC 40nm
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that NetLogic Microsystems (NETL) is currently sampling its single-die quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Taiwan international Internet bandwidth rises to almost 265Gbps in 2Q09
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 19 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached a total bandwidth of 264.669Gbps as of the end of the second quarter of 2009, increasing...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
I-Chiun reports staggering profit growth for 2Q09
LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has announced net profit of NT$191.08 million (US$5.79 million) for the second quarter of 2009, increasing significantly by 157.5% from...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Packaging material distributor Chang Wah profits up 117% in 2Q09
Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE), a Taiwan-based distributor of packaging material and equipment, has announced profits for second-quarter 2009 jumped 116.8% sequentially to NT$124...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek sales up 62% in 2Q09
Greatek Electronics saw revenues for the second quarter of 2009 climb 62.4% sequentially, thanks to increased demand for consumer electronics ICs, network chips and power management...