Silicon Motion 3Q12 revenues and EPS hit record

Oct 30, 11:24

Revenues at Silicon Motion Technology climbed to a record US$77.1 million in the third quarter of 2012, up 11% on quarter and beating company guidance of 5-8% growth. The firm also...

PCB material supplier Fulltech 3Q12 profits fall

Oct 30, 11:00

Fulltech Fiber Glass, which makes fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, saw its third-quarter profits shrink due to rising oil and electricity costs,...

Young Optics reports 3Q12 net profits up by 41.7% on-quarter

Oct 30, 10:32

Taiwan-based Young Optics has reported consolidated net profits of NT$112 million for the third quarter, representing an on-quarter increase of 41.7%.

Epistar 3Q12 revenues increase by 2% on-quarter

Oct 30, 10:11

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has reported third-quarter 2012 revenues of NT$5.004 billion (US$171 million), representing a slight growth of 2% on quarter. Gross margin in the...

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...

Ardentec 3Q12 net profits rise almost 11%

Oct 29, 16:14

Net profits at Ardentec grew 10.7% sequentially to NT$245 million (US$8.4 million) in the third quarter of 2012, hitting the highest quarterly level since the fourth quarter of 2010...

Neo Solar Power reports loss for 3Q12

Oct 29, 16:03

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has reported sales in the third quarter reached NT$2.962 billion (US$101 million), with gross margin of negative 10.86%. According...

Winbond sees shrinking net operating loss in 3Q12

Oct 29, 14:52

Taiwan-based memory IC maker Winbond Electronics suffered a net operating loss of NT$330 million (US$11.1 million) for the third quarter of 2012, 30.23% less than that of NT$473 million...

Adata suffers 3Q12 net operating loss, PQI to downsize capital

Oct 29, 11:44

Taiwan-based memory module maker Adata Technology saw net operating loss of NT$1.74 million (US$59,000) for the third quarter of 2012 mainly due to drops in DRAM price, while fellow...

Adlink 3Q12 revenues, profits down on quarter

Oct 29, 11:41

Taiwan-based industrial PC maker Adlink Technology saw a sequential decrease of 5.15% in consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012 and that of 23.02% in net profit, the...

Ledlink 3Q12 gross margin reaches 51%

Oct 29, 11:32

Taiwan-based LED secondary optical lens maker Ledlink Optics has reported third-quarter net profits of NT$45.10 million (US$1.54 million), representing an on-quarter decrease of 2.36%...

HTC sees profits drop sharply in 3Q12

Newswatch - Oct 26, 16:09

HTC has reported net profits of NT$3.9 billion (US$133.2 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 56% sequentially and 82% on year. EPS for the third quarter was NT$4.7, compared...

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...

Transcend reports strong earnings for 3Q12

Newswatch - Oct 26, 10:40

Memory module maker Transcend Information has announced net profits of NT$931 million (US$31.8 million) on revenues of revenues of NT$6.68 billion for the third quarter of 2012. The...

WPG, WT Micro 3Q12 sales hit guidance

Oct 25, 21:54

WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics, Taiwan's major IC distributors, both saw third-quarter sales exceed their guidance.

Acer conservative about 4Q12 shipments performance

Oct 25, 19:28

Acer expects its total shipments in the fourth quarter of 2012 to increase or decrease by up to 5%, according to company chairman JT Wang. Acer will launch two Windows 8 tablets and...

Corning announces 3Q12 results

Oct 25, 16:02

Corning has announced its third quarter results for 2012. Sales were US$2.04 billion, up 7% from the second quarter and down 2% on year. Earnings per share were US$0.35 while earnings...

CMC sees net operating profit in 3Q12 for fifth time straight

Oct 25, 15:28

CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker, on October 24 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2012, recording net operating profit for the...

Wistron NeWeb 3Q12 revenues, net profit up sequentially

Oct 25, 15:21

Taiwan-based wireless communication product ODM/OEM Wistron NeWeb on October 24 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2012, with consolidated revenues and net profit...

IC design house Capella reports strong earnings for 3Q12

Newswatch - Oct 25, 15:20

IC design house Capella Microsystems has reported net profits of NT$185 million (US$6.3 million) for the third quarter of 2012, up 8.7% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated...

AUO losses widen in 3Q12

Oct 25, 15:19

LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its third-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues reached NT$102.781 billion (US$3.509 billion), up 8% from the previous quarter,...

Corning 3Q12 sales and profit up sequentially, but down on year

Oct 25, 14:37

Corning has reported that its third-quarter 2012 sales came to US$2.04 billion, up 7% on quarter but down 2% on year. Net income totaled US$521 million, increasing 13% sequentially...

Macronix reports losses for 3Q12

Oct 25, 13:49

Macronix International has reported a loss of NT$1.18 billion (US$40.22 million) or NT$0.34 per share for the third quarter of 2012, as revenues increased 25% on quarter and 11% on...

Nanya, Inotera see losses widen in 3Q12

Oct 24, 22:15

Nanya Technology saw its net losses widen to NT$10.09 billion (US$344.04 million) or NT$0.64 per share in the third quarter of 2012, while fellow company Inotera Memories posted a...

LG sees 3Q12 smartphone shipments increase

Oct 24, 21:36

South Korea-based LG Electronics has reported smartphone shipments in the third quarter accounted for more than 50% of total mobile phone shipments. LG has been focusing on LTE smartphones...

Ichia 3Q12 operations swing to slight profitability

Oct 24, 15:10

Taiwan-based handset-use keypad and flexible PCB maker Ichia Technologies saw business operations turn from a net loss of NT$29 million (US$972,000) for the second quarter of 2012...

Elan reports strong earnings for 3Q12

Newswatch - Oct 24, 14:35

Touch controller solution vendor Elan Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$325 million (US$11.1 million), an EPS of NT$0.83, and a gross margin of 41% for the third quarter...

Holtek sees profits down in 3Q12 but up in January-September period

Oct 24, 13:53

Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$163 million (US$5.56 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 10% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an...

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 3Q12 international Internet bandwidth rises to over 781Gbps

Oct 24, 10:52

Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 18 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 781.441Gbps as of the end of third-quarter 2012, increasing 20.37%...

SK Hynix swings to 3Q12 profit

Oct 24, 10:41

Memory chipmaker SK Hynix has reported net profits for the third quarter of 2012, ending four straight quarters of losses.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see decreased 3Q12 handset shipments

Oct 23, 15:55

Taiwan-based makers shipped 16.01 million handsets in the third quarter of 2012, decreasing 18.7% on quarter and 34.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

EIH 3Q12 operation expected to swing into profitability

Oct 23, 15:06

Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) is expected to see its business operation in the third quarter of 2012 turn into profitability from consecutive...