Last update: Friday 3 February 2012 [329 news items]
MediaTek profits improve sequentially in 3Q11
Newswatch - Oct 28, 14:41
MediaTek has announced net income of NT$4.07 billion (US$135.38 million) for the third quarter of 2011, an increase of 22.4% from the prior quarter, but down 41.6% from the year-ago...
IC distributor Zenitron profits up in 3Q11
Oct 28, 14:07
IC distributor Zenitron saw its net profits increase 14% sequentially to NT$170 million (US$5.65 million) in the third quarter of 2011 despite a 6% decrease in revenues to NT$8.64...
Transcend 3Q11 net profits up 38%
Oct 28, 13:56
Memory module maker Transcend Information has announced third-quarter net profits grew 38% sequentially to NT$730 million (US$24.4 million), citing higher shipments of NAND flash...
D-Link looks to business opportunities from cloud computing
Oct 28, 12:16
D-Link expects cloud computing applications to bring in many business opportunities over the next 10 years, company president AP Chen said at an investors conference on October 27.
Unimicron posts higher sales, profits for 3Q11
Oct 28, 12:05
Unimicron Technology has reported sequential growth in both revenues and profits for the third quarter of 2011, buoyed by strong shipments of flexible PCBs (FPCBs) and HDI boards.
CMC swings to profitability in 3Q11 following 17-quarter loss
Stockwatch - Oct 28, 11:22
Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics recorded net profits of NT$52 million (US$1.8 million) in the third quarter of 2011, turning its operations back to profitability, after suffering...
Epistar reports 3Q11 EPS of NT$0.02
Oct 28, 11:12
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar reported third-quarter revenues of NT$4.26 billion (US$143 million), a 20% decrease on quarter and 26% decrease on year. Due to a decrease in utilization...
TWM 3Q11 revenue proportion for mobile value-added services rises to 23%
Oct 28, 10:51
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) generated revenues of NT$3.34 billion (US$115 million) from mobile value-added services in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 23.2% of its total revenues,...
Lextar Electronics 3Q11 gross margin falls
Oct 28, 01:35
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Lextar Electronics saw its gross margin for the third quarter of 2011 drop to 8.85% mainly due to decreases in prices and a fall in shipments of...
Corning announces 3Q11 results
Oct 28, 01:00
Corning has announced its results for the third quarter of 2011.
Elpida swings to loss in fiscal 2Q11
Oct 27, 16:58
Japan's Elpida Memory swung to operating losses in the second quarter of its fiscal 2011 from profits a year ago, as sluggish growth in PC shipments led to a worsening of the supply-demand...
TSMC sees 3-5% chip market growth in 2012; 28nm plays company growth driver
Oct 27, 16:30
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) sales growth will continue to outperform the industry average in 2012, company chairman and CEO Morris Chang said at an investors...
Wellypower posts losses for 3Q11
Oct 27, 15:09
Taiwan-based LED packaging company Wellypower Optronics has posted net losses of NT$61 million (US$2.02 million) for the third quarter of 2011, compared to a net profit of NT$10 million...
Polyimide film maker Taimide posts strong 3Q11 earnings
Newswatch - Oct 27, 12:05
Taimide Technology, the only Taiwan-based maker of polyimide (PI) film, has reported net profits of NT$71 million (US$2.36 million) for the third quarter of 2011, up 102% on quarter...
First Solar reports 3Q11 revenue growth
Oct 27, 11:38
US-based thin-film solar firm First Solar has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$1,006 million in the quarter, an increase of US$473 million...
Hynix posts 3Q11 loss on weak chip prices
Oct 27, 11:35
Hynix Semiconductor swung to net losses in the third quarter due mainly to weakness in the prices of DRAM chips.
Motech reports narrower loss for 3Q11
Oct 27, 11:31
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2011 increased 17% sequentially with net losses narrowing to NT$574 million...
Neo Solar Power shipments increase in 3Q11
Oct 27, 10:58
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power announced third-quarter revenues of NT$5.17 billion (US$171.72 million). Despite 23.4% increase in shipments, gross margin came to negative...
PC hinge maker SZS reports profit growth in 3Q11
Oct 27, 01:35
Taiwan-based PC hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS), benefited from Intel's ultrabook products which helped raise demand for customized hinge, and saw its profit in the third quarter...
Oct 27, 01:30
Qisda has reported a net loss of NT$350 million (US$11.62 million) or NT$0.17 per share for the third quarter of 2011. For the January-September period, net losses amounted to NT$1.4...
Dynapack sees strong performance in 3Q11 revenues
Oct 27, 01:15
Notebook battery maker Dynapack International Technology has reported strong revenue performance for the third quarter with net profits growing 64.02% sequentially.
UMC posts lower 3Q11 profits, to stay profitable in 4Q11
Oct 26, 16:12
Contract chipmaker United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its net profits for the third quarter of 2011 decline 38.8% sequentially and 77.6% from a year ago, with gross margin sliding...
Silitech reports strong earnings for 3Q11
Newswatch - Oct 26, 15:31
Handset keypad maker Silitech Technology saw its net profits double to NT$470 million (US$15.6 million) in the third quarter from the previous quarter. The third-quarter earnings...
Chipbond 3Q11 profit rises on forex gain
Oct 26, 10:00
Driver-IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology has announced financial figures for the third quarter of 2011 with net profits hiking almost 80% sequentially, as recent...
Veeco 3Q11 results meet guidance
Oct 26, 09:54
Veeco Instruments has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Veeco reports its results on a US GAAP basis, and also provides results excluding...
Inventec 3Q11 gross margin hits 7-quarter low
Oct 26, 01:05
Notebook ODM Inventec has released its financial report for the third quarter of 2011 at an October 25 investors conference, with its gross margin of 3.81% marking a 7-quarter low.
Passive component maker Thinking posts on-quarter growth in 3Q11 pre-tax earnings
Oct 25, 15:29
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors and varistors, has posted pre-tax profits of NT$148 million (NT$4.91 million) for the third quarter of 2011, up...
AUO posts loss of NT$15.8 billion for 3Q11
Oct 25, 15:01
AU Optronics (AUO) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$98.927 billion (US$3.25 billion) for third-quarter 2011, up 0.9% from the previous quarter. Gross profit was at negative...
Foxconn expected to achieve growth in profits and gross margins in 3Q11 and 4Q11
Oct 25, 14:19
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) third-quarter gross margin is expected to be higher than the 7.3% recorded in the second quarter with EPS to also likely to be above...
Lite-On IT achieves new historical high in 3Q11 revenues
Oct 25, 01:20
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has announced consolidated revenues of NT$17.65 billion (US$585.02 million) for the third quarter, a new historical high and...
Adata suffers 3Q11 net operating loss of nearly 100 million
Oct 25, 01:10
Adata Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of memory modules, on October 24 released unaudited financial report for the third quarter of 2011, recording net operating loss of NT$96.6...
LED chipmakers likely to report losses for 3Q11
Oct 24, 15:07
Upstream LED chipmakers are likely to report losses in the third quarter due to low demand, according to market estimates.
FPCB maker Flexium posts highest quarterly earnings in 3Q11
Newswatch - Oct 24, 14:26
Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect saw its net profits grow 54% on quarter and 90.5% on year to NT$362 million (US$11.95 million) for the third quarter of 2011, the company's...
Acer sees large sequential decrease in 3Q11 net operating losses
Oct 24, 11:24
Acer has reported unaudited financial figures for the third quarter of 2011, with net operating losses of NT$1.32 billion (US$45 million) shrinking from losses of NT$7.09 billion...
IC distributor Weikeng posts strong earnings in January-September period
Oct 21, 14:20
IC distributor Weikeng Industrial has reported pre-tax profits of NT$647 million (US$21.12 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$24.66 billion for the first three quarters of 201...
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 42min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 1h 22min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 1h 24min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 2h 24min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 2h 39min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- 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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.