Compal Communication expects to ship 9.6 million handsets in 2012

Jan 5, 01:25

Compal Communication has announced revenues of NT$10.9 billion (US$359.65 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011 with its handset shipments in the quarter reached 1.5 million units...

HP PC spin-off plan may cause fierce PC price competition in 4Q11

Aug 23, 01:05

Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) plan of spin off its PC business has already caused a great impact to the PC industry and with the company reportedly already started working on plans to...

Asustek sees strong revenue growth in July

Aug 9, 01:00

Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek Computer has announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.86 billion (US$1.1 billion) for July, up 13% on month and 38% on year, representing...

Asustek optimistic about performance in China

Jun 30, 01:40

Asustek Computer, at a product launch conference in China, pointed out that notebook demand in the China market was weak in the second quarter, but as the IT market will enter the...

Digital camera chassis maker AVY expects flat performance in 2011

Jun 16, 01:30

Taiwan-based digital camera chassis maker AVY Precision, facing downstream clients demanding price cuts, and a supply shortage of LCD panels and lenses, expects its revenues and profits...

UMC sees ASP pressure in 2H11

Jun 16, 01:15

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reiterated its forecasts released on April 27 that the foundry will see flat growth sequentially in both shipments and ASPs in the second...

Quanta sees revenues drop 20% on month in April

May 10, 01:05

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$91.51 billion (US$3.2 billion) for April, down 20.1% on month and 5.67% on year with notebook...

Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June

Mar 17, 01:05

Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...

Macroblock to see limited revenue growth in 2011 on falling ASPs

Mar 3, 11:19

LED driver IC designer Macroblock has estimated that ASPs of LED driver ICs are likely to fall 12-15% on average in 2011 causing the company's revenues for the year to grow by only...

HP unsatisfactory performance to impact Taiwan upstream supply chain

Feb 24, 01:35

Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced revenues of US$32.3 billion during the period from November of 2010 to January of 2011, lower than market watchers' expectations of US$32.9 billion,...

Optical lens makers see hard times raising product prices

Jan 20, 02:05

Taiwan-based optical lens makers including Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical are facing dropping gross margins because of Taiwan's rising exchange rate;...

Memory packager Walton expects 1Q11 utilization to fall to 70-80%

Jan 18, 01:15

Memory testing and packaging house Walton Advanced Engineering could see capacity utilization fall to 70-80% in the first quarter of 2011 versus 90% in the previous quarter, the company...

DRAM market set for double-digit decline in 2011, says iSuppli

Jan 13, 12:06

With a huge drop in ASP predicted for 2011, global DRAM revenues are expected to contract sharply this year despite strong growth opportunities in smartphones and tablets, according...

Alltop saw over 40% on-year growth in December revenues

Jan 11, 02:35

Taiwan-based notebook connector maker Alltop Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$184 million (US$6.29 million) for December 2010, up 12% on month and 42.12% on year,...

Small- to medium-size BLU prices drop 5-10% in 4Q10

Dec 13, 15:02

In order to support operations and revenues during the LED weak season in the fourth quarter of 2010, backlight unit (BLU) makers have started to provide price-cut promotions for...

Transcend October sales drop 11%

Nov 9, 01:30

Affected by falling shipments and ASP of DRAM products, Transcend saw October revenues decrease 11.3% sequentially to NT$2.63 billion (US$87 million), according to the memory module...

Elpida cuts DRAM bit growth forecast for 2010

Nov 4, 15:32

Elpida Memory has revised downward its shipment growth forecast for 2010 to less than 40% from the previous estimate of 45%, the Japan-based DRAM vendor has revealed, while announcing...

Digital camera makers balancing rising costs by expanding shipment scale

Nov 4, 01:55

As the ASP of digital cameras is dropping, while related costs are rising, and Taiwan-based digital camera makers are receiving more orders from Japan-based vendors, the increased...

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments to drop 30% on year in 2010

Oct 4, 11:43

Shipments to the front projector market in Taiwan are expected to drop by about 30% on year to about 80,000-85,000 units in 2010 due to limited educational procurement projects and...

September marks turning point for DRAM ASPs, says inSpectrum

Oct 1, 16:38

Having already seen DRAM contract prices post sharper drops from September, inSpectrum believes that the memory price trend has reached the turning point for a downhill trend that...

ASP for DRAM packaging and testing set to fall in 4Q10

Sep 30, 01:20

ASPs for standard DRAM packaging and testing are set to fall by 2-3%, or even more, sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to industry sources. The estimated price...

Discrete component prices set to fall in 1Q11, says iSuppli

Sep 24, 10:54

After more than a year of increases, prices for discrete components used in nearly all electronic products are set to begin to fall in the first quarter of 2011, according to iSupp...

Taiwan market: BenQ aims at top position for LCD monitors and projectors in 2011

Sep 21, 14:20

BenQ aims to rank top-three for LCD TVs, LCD monitors and front projectors in the Taiwan market in the second half of 2010 and aims to become the leading vendor in the LCD monitor...

Wintek reports 17% sequential growth in August revenues

Sep 3, 15:48

Wintek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.17 billion (US$192.87 million) for August, up 17% sequentially and 150% on year. Consolidated revenues for January-August totaled...

Inductor makers could feel price pressure in 4Q10

Aug 18, 14:52

Taiwan-based inductor makers are cautious about the third quarter, which is traditionally the peak season, as orders from notebook clients have slowed since July, according to industry...

LCD TV prices increase as new models arrive and promotions fade in the US, says iSuppli

Aug 18, 11:12

LCD TV pricing in the US surged upward in July as brands and retailers introduced new models with enhanced features and slowed promotional activities designed to move older sets,...

Taiwan market: LCD monitor ASP to go up 10% in 2010

Aug 17, 16:41

The ASP of Taiwan's LCD monitor market in 2010 is expected to increase by about 10% due to system upgrades and the introduction of LED-backlit models, but the ASP of the entry-level...

Slow PC and consumer electronics demand continues weighing on DRAM and NAND flash ASP, says inSpectrum

Aug 13, 17:07

The DRAM and NAND flash contract markets have seen price corrections continue for the first half of August as a result of slow demand, according to inSpectrum.

Power management ICs in portable devices represent nearly 40% of total analog IC revenues, says Petrov Group

Aug 10, 15:20

The annual unit growth rate for portable devices is estimated at more than 12%, from about two billion in 2008 to over 3.4 billion devices in 2013. These devices have an increasing...

NAND flash bit growth up in 2Q10, but ASP down, says DRAMeXchange

Aug 2, 16:17

Increased supply 3-bit-per-cell parts pushed bit growth of NAND flash production in the second quarter of 2010, but dragged prices down, according to DRAMeXchange. As a result, the...

VIS 3Q10 revenues to grow on higher ASP

Jul 19, 16:22

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to generate revenues of NT$4.5-4.6 billion (US$140-143 million) in the third quarter of 2010, up from NT$4.23 billion in the...

Global supply of LCD panel components to remain tight in 2H10

Jul 6, 12:33

Global supply of TFT-LCD panel component such as light guide plates (LGPs) and reflective sheets is expected to remain tight in the second half of the year, and may further affect...

AMPI expects to swing to profits in 3Q10

Jun 29, 14:14

Advanced Microelectronic Products (AMPI) may continue to raise its foundry quotes in the third quarter, as demand for MOSFETs and analog chips remains strong, according to the company...

Delta and Everlight to enter Europe market with own-brand lighting products

Jun 10, 15:32

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics and Everlight Electronics plan to push their own-brand LED lighting products in Europe in the second half of 2010 , according to the companies. As Europe's...