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NEWS TAGGED 2Q14
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Component suppliers see strong games console orders for 2Q14
As competition between the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One continues to heat up, their upstream component suppliers are seeing strong growth in orders in March and expect shipments...
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Prices for solar-grade silicon wafers may rise to US$1.15 in 2Q14, says Gigastorage chairman
If spot market prices for polysilicon rise to US$23-24/kg in the second quarter of 2014, then quotes for a solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer are likely to be hiked to US$1.15,...
Monday 3 March 2014
Lingsen, KYEC new production capacity to come online in 2Q14
MEMS backend service companies Lingsen Precision Industries and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) both will have their new production capacity ready for commercial production in the second...
Monday 3 March 2014
Altek expects significant business growth beginning 2Q14
Digital camera ODM Altek will start shipments of handset-use imaging solutions to several vendors in March and therefore expects business operations to significantly improve beginning...
Wednesday 26 February 2014
China market: TD-LTE chip market to expand robustly starting 2Q14
The TD-LTE chip market in China is expected to grow robustly starting the second quarter of 2014 as chipset vendors including Qualcomm, MediaTek, Marvell Technology, Broadcom, Intel,...
Monday 24 February 2014
Global mobile DRAM output value to rebound in 2Q14, says DRAMeXchange
Output value for the global mobile DRAM industry will return to a sequential growth track in the second quarter of 2014, following two quarters of decreases, according to DRAMeXcha...
Monday 24 February 2014
Gingy to release new fingerprint sensors in 2Q14
Gingy Technology, an associate company of Holtek Semiconductor, is expected to deliver samples of its third-generation optical fingerprint sensors to clients in the second quarter...
Monday 17 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top foundries combined revenues to drop 6% in 1Q14
Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will see their combined revenues drop 6.2% sequentially in the first quarter of 2014, due to seasonal factors and continued inventory adjustments at...
Monday 17 February 2014
TSMC 2Q14 sales to rise 15-20%, says report
A rebound in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm process utilization rate and a ramp-up of 20nm production capacity will allow the foundry to post 15-20% sequential...
Monday 17 February 2014
Jeng Shiang Precision expects 10% decline in 1Q14; adjusts product mix to rebound in 2Q14
Jeng Shiang Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of light guide plates used in small- to medium-size TFT-LCD panels, expects its revenues to decline 5-10% in the first quarter of 2014...
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Epistar has order visibility until 2Q14
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received orders with shipments scheduled through the second quarter of 2014, according to the company.
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Smartphone solution prices to drop in 2Q14
Prices of 3G and 4G smartphone solutions are likely to drop significantly in the second quarter of 2014 as chipset vendors are expected to adopt more aggressive pricing strategies...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
China white-box makers likely to launch array of wearable devices in 2Q14
China-based white-box mobile device makers are likely to launch an array of wearable devices, including smartwatches, in the second quarter of 2014, using chipset solutions from Taiwan-based...
Friday 17 January 2014
Lite-On Semi expects sales of rectifier diodes to pick up in 2Q14
Discrete component specialist Lite-On Semiconductor expects sales of its slim bridge rectifier diodes to grow substantially starting the second quarter of 2014, when a number of new...
Monday 13 January 2014
Intel prepares Haswell Refresh processors for 2Q14
Intel's next-generation Haswell Refresh processors are expected to become available in the retail channel in May, and the CPU giant will also start shipping its Z97 and H97 chipsets...