DRAM market recovers to end 2009 in triumph, says iSuppli

May 5, 09:28

Following a revenue low in the first quarter of 2009 not seen since 2001, the DRAM industry ended the fourth quarter at US$8.7 billion, up a mighty 43% from US$6.1 billion in the...

SMA wins PV inverter race in 2009, but loses ground in 4Q09, says IMS Research

Apr 20, 17:07

The PV inverter market raced out of 2009, with record shipments of more than 8GW, 30% more than 2008, according to IMS Research. Demand rebounded strongly in the third quarter after...

PC growth passes 24% 1Q10, says IDC

Apr 19, 10:50

The worldwide PC market grew 24.2% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to one year ago, when the market declined by almost 7% – the lowest growth since 2001, according to...

SiS expects 2Q10 revenues to bounce back to the same level as 4Q09

Apr 8, 16:26

Silicon Integrated System (SiS) expects its revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to bounce back to the same level as in the fourth quarter of 2009 despite the company had a sequential...

AMD gains some shares from Intel in 4Q09, says iSuppli

Apr 1, 13:53

AMD in the fourth quarter of 2009 managed to increase its portion of the global microprocessor market, as it gained share both from chief rival Intel and from smaller players, according...

Acer announces on-year growth of 5% in 2009 revenues

Apr 1, 13:48

Acer's board of directors has approved the financial results for 2009, which marked record highs in consolidated revenues of NT$573.98 billion (US$17.9 billion) representing 5% annual...

Seagate leads in 4Q09 HDD market, says iSuppli

Mar 23, 10:43

Seagate Technology in the fourth quarter of 2009 maintained its perch at the top as the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives (HDD), fending off a strong challenge by perennial...

AOpen sees operating profit in 4Q09

Mar 22, 16:33

AOpen has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.06 billion (US$64.8 million) for 2009 with operating loss of NT$18 million. But the company managed to record operating profit of...

Smartphone market finds its mojo in 4Q09, says ABI Research

Mar 16, 15:50

Fourth quarter mobile handset sales almost always outpace the performance seen in the rest of a year. But according to the latest market data from ABI Research, the final quarter...

Accton net profits up nearly 60% in 2009

Mar 16, 13:58

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Accton Technology saw its net profits increase nearly 60% to NT$652 million (US$20.48 million) in 2009, according to a company press release....

Amtran reports net profit of NT$2 billion for 2009

Mar 15, 14:46

LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has reported a net profit of NT$2 billion (US$62.91 million) for 2009, while revenues reached NT$64.4 billion, up 111.81% on year.

Qisda reports revenues down for 2009 and February 2010

Mar 8, 11:56

Qisda has announced fourth-quarter 2009 revenues of NT$19.57 billion (US$613.93 million) and revenues for the full year of NT$79.67 billion.

Server shipments decline in Asia Pacific in 2009, but grow in 4Q09, says Gartner

Mar 4, 15:40

As a result of the challenging economic environment during 2009, server shipments to the Asia Pacific region showed a decline of 3.8% while vendor revenues fell 6.2% from 2008 levels,...

D-Link expects strong sales in emerging markets and North America in 2010

Mar 4, 15:01

Network-equipment D-Link expects its sales in emerging markets as well as in North America to post healthy growth in 2010, according to company CEO and president Tony Tsao.

Ralink expects sequential revenue growth in 1Q10

Mar 2, 16:57

Networking IC design house Ralink Technology has remained positive over its first-quarter revenue outlook, maintaining its guidance of a sequential growth. Gross margin for the quarter...

Compal announces profit for 4Q09

Mar 2, 15:28

Compal Electronics on March 1 announced net profits of NT$8.03 billion (US$250.83 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, up 56.2% on quarter and generated an EPS of NT$2.05. It...

Numonyx and Macronix heat up 4Q09 NOR flash market, says iSuppli

Feb 26, 09:23

The economic recovery has translated into a sales rebound for the long-suffering NOR-type flash memory market, similar to the momentum the overall memory market is enjoying, according...

Worldwide server market decline softened by improved 4Q09 performance, says Gartner

Feb 25, 15:39

Worldwide server shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009 grew 4.5% on year, while revenues fell 3.2%, according to Gartner.

Worldwide handset sales grow 8% in 4Q09; flat in 2009, says Gartner

Feb 25, 10:58

Worldwide handset sales to end users totaled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit...

Tripod expects 5-10% revenue decline in 1Q10

Feb 24, 14:33

PCB maker Tripod Technology has estimated a 5-10% revenue decline for the first quarter of 2010, defying seasonal patterns. The company said orders for optoelectronics PCBs, notebook...

Western Europe PC market grew 4% in 4Q09, says Gartner

Feb 22, 12:24

PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 20.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of 4% from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner. In 2009, PC shipments...

China market: 315 million mobile online searches made per day in 4Q09

Feb 22, 10:25

In the China market, an average of 315 million mobile online searches were made a day via handsets, smartphones, PDAs and other types of hand-held devices, but not including notebooks...

China market: Mobile Internet-access user base over 205 million at end of 4Q09

Feb 22, 10:23

There were 205.14 million handset-based Internet-access subscribers in the China market at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, growing by 17.3% on quarter and by 104.1% on year,...

SMIC to raise 2010 capex, eyes return to profitability

Feb 11, 12:02

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC), China's top foundry chipmaker, has set a capex budget of US$330 million for 2010 compared to US$189.6 million last year....

Himax reports sequential revenue drop but profit gain in 4Q09

Feb 10, 17:00

Himax Technologies has reported revenues of US$178.7 million for fourth-quarter 2009, representing a 43.8% increase from US$124.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, and a 12%...

SMIC 4Q09 losses widen

Feb 10, 12:26

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has reported net losses of US$482.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to losses of US$124.5 million a year...

CPT sees 4Q09 revenues decrease

Feb 8, 11:44

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$16.77 billion (US$522.39 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, down 12.8% sequentially from NT$19.25 billion...

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments up 81% sequentially in 4Q09

Feb 5, 16:54

Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market reached 57,300 units in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 81% sequentially and 150% on year, mainly due to government procurements for...

ASE sees profit growth in 2009; beats 4Q09 guidance

Feb 5, 16:23

Chip packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported net income of NT$6.74 billion (US$210 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$85.77 billion...

Silicon Motion set to deliver controllers for 20nm NAND flash

Feb 5, 15:09

Silicon Motion Technology has seen the majority of controller chips it is shipping are for 40nm and 30nm NAND flash, according to company president and CEO Wallace Kou. The NAND flash...

China market: China Mobile dominates handset-based e-mail services in 4Q09

Feb 5, 10:27

There were 115.8 million active users of handset-based e-mail services in China as of the end of fourth-quarter 2009 and revenues from the services in the quarter totaled 430 million...

China market: Over 63 million digital cable TV users at end of 4Q09

Feb 5, 10:05

There were 63.48 million subscribers of digital cable TV services in China as of the end of the fourth-quarter 2009, growing 9% on quarter and 40.8% on year, according to China-based...

PTI meets 4Q09 guidance; sets 2010 capex at NT$9 billion

Feb 4, 16:47

Memory packaging and testing service provider Powertech Technology (PTI) has posted fourth-quarter 2009 sales of NT$8.74 billion (US$273 million) and net income of NT$1.68 billion,...

China market: C2C online transactions reach nearly 73 billion yuan in 4Q09, says Analysys

Feb 4, 10:05

China's online C2C transactions reached 72.91 billion yuan (US$10.68 billion) in fourth-quarter 2009, rising 19.8% sequentially and 96.2% on year, according to Analysys Internation...