Last update: Wednesday 26 December 2012 [16 news items]
Taiwan IC distributors look to slow demand in 1Q13
Dec 26, 14:36
Taiwan-based IC distributors are conservative about their business outlooks for the first quarter of 2013 as demand for IC parts has been affected by a pile-up of smartphone and tablet...
IC distributor Alltek to post flat performance in 1Q13
Dec 20, 15:47
IC distributor Alltek Technology is expected to post flat performance in the first quarter of 2013, affected by seasonal factors. But sales of IC parts from Micron Technology and...
IC distributors to see sales peak in 3Q12
Sep 18, 11:50
Buoyed by rising demand for smartphones and a pick-up in orders from their China channels, most of Taiwan-based IC distributors have reported revenue growth sequentially for August...
Alltek posts record revenues for July
Aug 21, 01:20
IC distributor Alltek Technology has posted record monthly revenues in July 2012 at NT$1.08 billion (US$36 million), up 39% on year. Alltek credited the positive performance to strong...
IC distributors Supreme, Alltek see revenues expand by double-digit rates in July
Aug 9, 12:26
IC distributors Supreme Electronics and Alltek Technology both saw their revenues grow by a double-digit rate to NT$2.87 billion (US$95.79 million) and NT$1.38 billion, respectively,...
Three IC distributors post mixed sequential growth in May revenues
Jun 8, 01:35
Zenitron, Supreme Electronics and Alltek Technology, three Taiwan-based distributors of ICs and electronic components, saw consolidated revenues for May rise 3%, and slip 2.67% and...
Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth
Feb 7, 12:18
IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales...
IC distributors snap up handsome gains in 1H10
Sep 3, 10:53
Most Taiwan-based IC distributors have posted handsome gains for the first half of 2010, with WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics, and Yosun Industrial each recording an EPS of over...
IC distributors set to see flat revenue growth in 3Q10
Jul 15, 14:20
Order visibility for most Taiwan-based IC distributors has reduced to one month recently compared to the previous two months. This indicates that IC distributors are likely to record...
IC distributor Alltek looks to record high revenues in 2Q10
May 21, 14:58
Taiwan-based IC distributor Alltek Technology expects its revenues to hit a record high in the second quarter of 2010 buoyed by increasing shipments of Broadcom's digital TV chips,...
IC distributors Alltek and Promate post handsome gains in 1Q10
Apr 15, 13:52
Taiwan-based IC distributors Alltek Technology and Promate Electronics have both posted handsome profits for the first quarter of 2010 with pre-tax profits of NT$1.03 (US$0.033) and...
Beceem expects WiMAX solution shipments to Taiwan to double in 2010
Oct 29, 15:43
WiMAX solution provider Beceem Communications expects its shipments of WiMAX chips to Taiwan to account for 60% of its total WiMAX solution shipments in 2010, compared to 30% in 2009,...

Aug 19, 15:33
Both Broadcom and Ralink Technology are seperately scheduled to roll out integrated chips that combine Bluetooth and WLAN capabilities for ultra-thin notebooks between the end of...

IC distributor Alltek to enjoy revenue growth on China demand
Aug 7, 10:22
Alltek Technology expects to enjoy revenue growth through August, thanks to increased demand for 3G base stations in China, according to market watchers. The IC distributor has entered...
Alltek reports 30% sales growth thanks to strong demand for Bluetooth products
Oct 30, 15:38
Thanks to healthy shipments of Bluetooth products, IC distributor Alltek Technology has reported third-quarter sales at NT$1.7 billion (US$51.72 million), up 9% sequentially. Gross...
Taiwan IC distributors WPG, WT Microelectronics and Alltek report outstanding September sales
Oct 13, 15:11
Taiwan IC distributors including WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics and Alltek Technology have announced outstanding September sales reports.
Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
Bits + chips | 7h 47min ago
Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
LED | 8h 6min ago
Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
Bits + chips | 8h 10min ago
NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
Bits + chips | 8h 20min ago
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
IT + CE | 9h 12min ago
China-based TV vendors to procure over 30 million panels from Taiwan makers, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 10h 7min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | 8h 57min ago
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | 9h 9min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Before Going to Press | 9h 49min ago
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | 10h 1min ago
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | 10h 15min ago
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | 10h 21min ago
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | 10h 22min ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | 10h 23min ago
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 10h 28min ago
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- 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
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Releases
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- 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
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- 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
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- 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.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















