TSMC 1Q11 sales hit low end of guidance

Apr 8, 14:17

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$37.32 billion (US$1.29 billion) in consolidated revenues for March, up 14.1% on month and 16.9% on year. Its cumulative...

Macronix 1Q11 revenues meet lower-end guidance

Apr 8, 11:05

Taiwan's Macronix International, which makes NOR flash memory and mask ROM chips, has reported NT$6.57 billion (US$227 million) in revenues for the first quarter of 2011. The figure...

HTC 1Q11 revenues expected to beat forecast

Apr 7, 01:35

Smartphone vendor HTC is expected to post more than NT$100 billion (US$3.44 billion) in revenues in the first quarter of 2011, beating the company's guidance of NT$94 billion, according...

IC vendors Richtek and Anpec see business as usual despite lowered Acer 1Q11 guidance

Mar 29, 11:47

PC IC vendor Richtek Technology has stated that its guidance for the first quarter 2011 will remain unchanged even though Acer has lowered its revenue forecast for the quarter.

Acer revised guidance to affect Compal and Wistron performance for 2Q11

Mar 28, 12:05

Compal Electronics and Wistron, two major ODM notebook partners for Acer, are expected to see their notebook shipments affect by Acer's recent downward adjustment in its guidance...

TSMC reiterates sales guidance for 1Q11

Mar 10, 14:51

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reaffirmed its sales guidance for the first quarter of 2011. The claim follows Vanguard International Semiconductor's (VIS) recent...

MediaTek says 1Q11 guidance unchanged

Mar 3, 01:20

IC design house MediaTek has reiterated that its previous guidance for a sequential 7-14% drop in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 remains unchanged. In addition, the company...

Samsung 4Q10 results meet guidance; posts record year

Jan 28, 13:58

Samsung Electronics has announced revenues of KRW41.87 trillion (US$37.67 billion) on a consolidated basis for the fourth quarter of 2010, a 7% increase year-on-year. For the quarter,...

GET projects NT$27.5 billion in 2011 revenues

Jan 26, 01:25

Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) on January 25 released its 2011 financial guidance.

Macronix 4Q10 margins beat guidance despite revenues drop

Jan 25, 16:14

Macronix International saw its fourth-quarter 2010 gross margin reach 54% and operating margin 26%, beating its guidance. The company credited the better-than-expected results to...

TSMC 4Q10 sales top guidance

Jan 10, 15:04

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) turned in NT$110.14 billion (US$3.77 billion) in fourth-quarter consolidated sales, higher than its target of NT$107-109 billion.

Macronix 4Q10 revenues below guidance

Jan 7, 16:07

Taiwan's Macronix International, which makes NOR flash memory and mask ROM chips, saw its revenues decline 32.5% sequentially to NT$5.51 billion (US$187 million) in the fourth quarter...

VIS says driver IC order visibility remains limited

Dec 16, 01:25

As liquidation of panel-use driver ICs has been slower than expected, order visibility for the chips is still limited, according to Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) chairman...

Corning says LCD market improving

Dec 10, 10:17

Corning expects fourth-quarter LCD glass market volumes to be consistent with those from the third quarter, a slight change to its previous guidance of flat to down slightly, according...

Rambus renews patent deal with Elpida, raises 4Q10 revenue outlook

Dec 7, 14:39

Rambus has revised upward its revenue guidance to between US$85 and US$93 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, from the US$40-50 million projected initially. The revision was made...

Ichia reiterates 4Q10 sales guidance, cautious about 1Q11

Dec 3, 01:50

Ichia Technologies, which mainly makes flexible PCBs (FPCBs) and keypads for handsets, has said its revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of 2010 should remain on track. It expects...

WPG seeing orders rebound, expects 4Q10 sales to meet guidance

Dec 3, 01:15

WPG has seen customers work down their inventory much faster than anticipated, according to the IC distributor, adding that sales along with those from recently-acquired Yosun Industrial...

Notebook order volumes will pick up by the end of 4Q10, says Acer chairman

Dec 2, 01:30

Acer chairman JT Wang, in response to upstream supply chain players' concerns that downstream vendors' order volumes in the fourth quarter of 2010 are lower than expected, said that...

Macronix 3Q10 sales meet guidance with higher gross margin

Oct 27, 16:06

Macronix International saw third-quarter 2010 net sales increase 11% sequentially to NT$8.16 billion (US$256.9 million), which came in line with its guidance of NT$8-8.2 billion,...

Chipbond 3Q10 sales hit record, but miss guidance

Oct 27, 14:32

LCD driver-IC packaging and testing firm Chipbond Technology has announced revenues for the third quarter of 2010 of NT$3.697 billion (US$121 million), which topped its previous record...

Toshiba raises profit guidance for fiscal 1H10

Oct 22, 15:03

Toshiba has announced upward revisions to its profit guidance for the first half of its fisccal 2010, thanks to strong earnings in the semiconductor business, notably NAND flash memory...

Chip packagers expect currency volatility to erode 4Q10 revenues by 1-3%

Oct 20, 14:45

Taiwan-based chip packaging and testing houses are predicting the US dollar to NT dollar exchange rate to reach 1:30.50 by the end of 2010, which could erode their fourth-quarter...

Himax lowers 3Q10 guidance

Oct 11, 10:45

Himax Technologies has updated its previously announced third-quarter 2010 guidance. The company now expects revenues to decline approximately 26% sequentially from the US$187.7 million...

TSMC 3Q10 sales top estimate, UMC meets guidance

Oct 8, 15:44

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$112.25 billion (US$3.64 billion) for the third quarter of 2010, which exceeded its guidance...

Global Unichip, Faraday 3Q10 sales up 7% on quarter

Oct 8, 02:20

IC design service providers Global Unichip and Faraday Technology both saw their third-quarter 2010 revenues increase by about 7% sequentially, in line with their guidance, according...

PTI, Walton 3Q10 sales up over 5% on quarter

Stockwatch - Oct 8, 01:35

Powertech Technology, which mainly provides backend services for DRAM and NAND flash memory, saw consolidated revenues rise 5.9% on quarter to NT$9.84 billion (US$321 million) in...

Chipbond likely to miss revenue guidance for 3Q10

Sep 24, 01:05

Chipbond Technology will likely see revenues for the third quarter of 2010 remain flat on quarter, missing its guidance of 5-10% growth, according to market watchers. The driver-IC...

Touch screen IC shipments to buoy Elan September revenues

Sep 16, 01:40

Touch panel IC designer Elan Microelectronics expects to see revenues in September 2010 bounce back to better than the level of August, buoyed by a ramp-up in orders from both the...

Pixart 2Q10 revenues miss guidance; sees weak 3Q

Aug 5, 10:41

Taiwan's Pixart Imaging, which specializes in CMOS image sensors, has announced revenues for the second quarter of 2010 grew 9.8% on quarter to NT$1.18 billion (US$37 million). The...

Chipbond 2Q10 revenues beat guidance

Jul 12, 16:45

Major Taiwan-based driver IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology saw revenues soar 83.5% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010. The significant rise was higher than...

TSMC 2Q10 revenues top guidance

Jul 9, 14:32

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw consolidated revenues amount to about NT$104.96 billion (US$3.27 billion) in the second quarter of 2010, higher than its target...

LCD driver IC maker Himax lowers 2Q10 revenue guidance

Jul 8, 12:41

TFT LCD driver IC maker Himax Technologies has lowered its second-quarter revenue guidance to a 7% growth, down from its previous projection for a 10-15% growth, reflecting capacity...

LCD driver IC vendors Orise and Sitronix to meet 2Q10 revenues guidance

Jul 5, 15:30

LCD driver IC vendors Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology are both expected to reach their revenue targets for the second quarter of 2010 despite shipment declines in June, according...

PCB maker Unimicron raises 2Q10 revenue guidance

Jun 21, 11:49

PCB and IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology has revised upward its second-quarter revenues guidance to a sequential 15-20% growth from a 10% growth projected previously thanks...