Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [103 news items]
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...
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.
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...
SDRAM supplier Zentel says no reason to be pessimistic about 3Q10
Jun 2, 14:27
Memory IC design house Zentel Electronics is upbeat about the specialty DRAM (SDRAM) memory market in the third quarter of 2010, as supplies continue to tighten due to strong demand...
LCD TV ASPs fell 24% in 2009, 21% for PDP TVs, says DisplaySearch
May 26, 12:10
Overall blended ASPs for LCD TVs fell 24% on year and 21% for plasma TVs (PDP TVs) in 2009, twice as fast as they did in 2008, mainly due to a reduction in panel prices that resulted...
LED prices likely to go up 5-10%
May 13, 15:31
LED backlight products may see their prices increase by 5-10% as both upstream LED chip and epitaxial wafer prices will rise soon due to strong market demand, according to sources...
Elpida profits for fiscal 2009 higher than expected
May 12, 16:47
Elpida Memory saw its net income for the year ended March 31, 2010 reach 3.1 billion yen (US$33 million), higher than its preliminary estimate of two billion yen. Consolidated revenues...
DRAM growth approaches record territory in 1Q10, setting stage for best year ever, says iSuppli
May 11, 11:01
Global DRAM sales during the first three months of 2010 exceeded the total for the initial six months of 2009, delivering the third highest quarterly DRAM revenues seen over the past...
DRAM revenues grow 7% on quarter in 1Q10, says DRAMeXchange
May 5, 16:17
Global DRAM revenues reached US$9.28 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 6.9% from fourth-quarter 2009 when revenues were US$8.68 billion, according to DRAMeXchange. The...
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...
Samsung memory-chip sales up 11% sequentially in 1Q10 on higher ASP
Apr 30, 15:55
Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division generated sales of 8.2 trillion won (US$7.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2010, up 2.5% sequentially and 57.4% from a year earlier....
Qisda expects to ship 400,000 e-book readers in 2010, says president
Apr 29, 16:46
Qisda currently ships more than 10,000 e-book readers per month and expects shipments to increase significantly starting in June-July to enable a yearly volume of 400,000 units in...
HTC announces optimistic 2Q10 guidance
Apr 29, 10:59
Smartphone maker HTC projects second-quarter shipments to reach 4.5 million units, up 36% sequentially, and first-half shipments should rise by 40% on year to 7.8 million units. The...
Prices for 40-inch TV edge-type LED BLUs to fall around 40% in 2010, says Displaybank
Apr 20, 13:59
Quotes for edge-type LED backlight units (BLUs) are expected to drop in 2010, with prices of such BLUs or 40-inch TVs to fall by 42.9%, according to Displaybank.
Optimax to downsize capital by 46.45%
Apr 13, 15:53
Taiwan-based polarizer maker Optimax Technology will reduce its paid-in capital by 46.45% to NT$2.714 billion (US$85.96 million) mainly to write off a net loss of NT$1.595 billion...
Asustek and Fujitsu see no change in 2009 notebook ASPs, says IDC
Mar 29, 15:17
Some global top-10 notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell in 2009 dropped their notebook ASPs by over 8%, while Acer only had a less than 6% drop. But Asustek Computer...
VIS sees February 2010 revenues more than double on year
Mar 11, 14:33
Analog/mixed-signal and logic IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced revenues of NT$ 1.17 billion (US$36.8 million) for February 2010, representing a...
Acer CEO expects flat sequential notebook shipment growth in 1Q10
Mar 4, 14:10
Acer expects its notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2010 to stay flat sequentially, but increase 40-45% compared to the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, the company expects...
Speculation trading stimulates an unexpected DDR2 ASP bounce, says inSpectrum
Feb 12, 15:42
Speculation trading has brought an unexpected price bounce for DDR2, driven by a mild price revision by leading players, according to inSpectrum.
China market: HP introduces cheap notebook to compete for market share
Feb 11, 16:38
Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently launched a mainstream traditional notebook, the Compaq 516, with a price of 3,599 yuan (US$527), less than China's average notebook ASP of 4,500-5,000...
AUO expects small- to medium-size panel shipments to drop less than 10% in 1Q10
Feb 1, 14:30
AU Optronics (AUO) expects small- to medium-size panel shipments for the first quarter of 2010 to drop about 7% from 60.08 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to seasonality,...
VIS to see growth in 1Q10 shipments and utilization rates, but drop in ASPs
Feb 1, 14:24
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has estimated wafer shipments and capacity utilization rates for the first quarter to grow from the fourth quarter...
Nanya cautious about 1Q10 as ASPs decline
Jan 22, 16:05
Nanya Technology, currently Taiwan's top DRAM maker by revenues, has expressed concerns that it may see ASPs drop sequentially in the first quarter of 2010 due to weakness in DDR2...
Capacity ramps for MLCC devices unlikely to drag down ASPs in 2010
Newswatch - Dec 25, 15:53
Plans announced recently by Taiwan-based component makers to raise capex and ramp up capacity for MLCC devices in 2010 are unlikely to cause a decline in ASPs due to strong demand...
Chip resistor substrate ASP will remain stable
Nov 18, 16:54
Chip resistor substrate ASPs will not see large fluctuations as demand remains high, according to market sources. Alumina substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramics has resumed all of...
Niche memory IC orders and ASP recovered, says Etron chairman
Nov 12, 16:20
The niche memory IC market has bottomed out with improving order volume as well as average selling prices (ASPs), said Etron Technology chairman Nicky Lu.
Aluminum capacitor prices will remain stable, says Nichidenbo
Nov 6, 16:34
Nichidenbo, a distributor of Nippon Chemi-con in Taiwan, has said ASPs of aluminum capacitors will remain stable and are not likely to increase temporarily due to appreciation of...
DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
Bits + chips | 29min ago
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | Jun 19, 22:32
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | Jun 19, 22:30
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | Jun 19, 22:25
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | Jun 19, 22:03
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | Jun 19, 22:02
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | Jun 19, 21:05
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | Jun 19, 20:55
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
IT + CE | Jun 19, 20:49
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 22:09
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 21:51
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:47
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:21
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:24
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:16
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- 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
- 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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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
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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 in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 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.