Last update: Friday 4 May 2012 [302 news items]
IC distributor Zenitron sees sales growth through 3Q12
May 4, 14:42
Zenitron expects to post a 10-15% sequential revenue increase in the second quarter of 2012. With demand coming from China's consumer electronics and smartphone sectors set to boom,...
WT Micro expects 2Q12 sales to grow 3-8%
May 3, 11:16
WT Microelectronics expects sales for the second quarter of 2012 to grow 3-8% sequentially. Sales will see a larger increase in the third quarter thanks to strong demand coming from...
WPG to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.60
Newswatch - Apr 25, 15:01
IC distributor WPG Holdings has decided to distribute a cash dividend of NT$2.60 (US$0.09) per share for its 2011 operations. Based on the April 24 closing price of NT$38.20, the...
Factories moving further into inland China poses a challenge for distributors, says Avnet
Apr 19, 16:29
Taiwan-based firms have been moving factories further into mid-west China, posing a challenge for IC distributors as the local logistics network will need to stay efficient and flexible...
IC distributor Weikeng seeing customers replenish inventory
Apr 5, 16:36
Weikeng Industrial, which distributes semiconductors and other electronic components for brands such as AMD, Cypress Semiconductor and Spansion, and also flash memory products for...
IC distributor Weikeng releases its holdings in Taiwan Aries
Mar 22, 14:23
IC distributor Weikeng Industrial has completely released its holdings of a 16.67% stake in channel operator Taiwan Aries, which will generate an investment income of NT$46 million...
IC distributor Zenitron posts record sales and profits in 2011
Mar 20, 14:48
Zenitron, which mainly distributes touch panel ICs and touch panels, and is also the sales agent for SanDisk, saw its consolidated revenues and net profits in 2011 hit new all-time...
IC distributors see sales bottom in 1Q12
Feb 13, 15:20
Taiwan-based IC distributors including WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics all expect sales to hit the lowest quarterly level for 2012 in the first quarter, and register sequential...
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...
WPG 4Q11 sales meet guidance; sees drop in 1Q12
Feb 4, 14:25
WPG Holdings has announced consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 met its guidance for a 6-10% sequential drop. Looking into the first quarter of 2012, the IC distributor...
WPG says 4Q11 outlook unchanged
Nov 23, 15:37
IC distributor WPG Holdings has reiterated that its previous guidance for a 6-10% sequential decrease in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 remains unchanged, and it expects...
IC distributor WPG looks to sequential revenue decline in 4Q11
Oct 31, 13:50
IC distributor WPG Holdings expects its revenues to slip 5.6% sequentially to NT$79-83 billion (US$2.44-2.79 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011 with a gross margin of 5.2-5.4%...
IC distributor Zenitron profits up in 3Q11
Oct 28, 14:07
IC distributor Zenitron saw its net profits increase 14% sequentially to NT$170 million (US$5.65 million) in the third quarter of 2011 despite a 6% decrease in revenues to NT$8.64...
IC distributor Weikeng posts strong earnings in January-September period
Oct 21, 14:20
IC distributor Weikeng Industrial has reported pre-tax profits of NT$647 million (US$21.12 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$24.66 billion for the first three quarters of 201...
Oct 12, 16:14
IC distributor WPG Holdings saw its consolidated revenues increase 6% sequentially to NT$87.9 billion (US$2.9 billion) in the third quarter of 2011, slightly above its revised NT$86.5-87.5...
WPG to acquire Aeco Technology
Oct 5, 12:04
Taiwan-based IC distributor WPG Holdings has announced that it will acquire a 100% stake in fellow distributor Aeco Technology through share swaps.
Singapore-based Serial System sets TDR price
Oct 4, 16:02
Singapore-based IC distributor Serial System has set the unit price of its planned TDR (Taiwan depositary receipt) issue at NT$12.25 (US$0.4) per unit. Serial plans to release 28...
WPG subsidiary to make acquisition
Sep 29, 16:58
IC distributor Silicon Application Corporation (SAC) has reached a deal with Wintek Technology Investment (China), a Hong Kong-based electronic parts and components distributor, to...
Singapore-based IC distributor Serial System to issue TDRs in Taiwan
Sep 14, 12:16
Singapore-based IC distributor Serial System plans to issue 28 million TDRs (Taiwan depositary receipts) on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on October 5 with each TDR representing...
Niching expects flat or slight growth in 3Q11 revenues
Sep 1, 11:59
IC material distributor Niching Industrial expects revenues to stay flat or grow slightly in the third quarter of 2011, reflecting weak demand from the memory IC substrate sector,...
IC distributor Zenitron reports strong gains in 2Q11 earnings
Newswatch - Aug 24, 13:53
IC distributor Zenitron has reported net profits of NT$150 million (US$5.17 million) for the second quarter of 2011, up 9% sequentially and 46% on year. Second-quarter EPS stood at...
Supreme Electronics benefits from CMI touch panel shipments for iPad 2
Aug 17, 11:51
Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based sales agent of driver ICs produced by Samsung Electronics, expects its shipments of driver ICs to Chimei Innolux (CMI) to continue growing in the...
IC material distributor Niching posts revenue decline in July
Aug 12, 16:56
IC material distributor Niching Industrial saw its revenues decline 20% sequentially and 22% on year to NT$87 million (US$3 million) in July, lower than company expectations. For...
WT Micro to acquire fellow IC distributor Techmosa
Aug 4, 01:00
WT Microelectronics has announced plans to acquire fellow IC distributor Techmosa International through a share swap. Each share of Techmosa will be swapped for 0.547 WT Micro shares,...
Avnet buys another Taiwan-based semiconductor distributor
Aug 2, 12:39
Avnet has announced the acquisition of Prospect Technology, a Taiwan-based electronic components distributor. The announcement was made following its recent purchase of JC Tally Trading,...
IC distributor WT Microelectronics has strong earnings for 2Q11
Newswatch - Aug 2, 12:24
IC distributor WT Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$419 million (US$14.53 million) or an EPS of NT$1.68 for the second quarter of 2011. For the first half of 2011, net...
Avnet acquires JC Tally for bigger presence in Asia
Aug 1, 16:52
Avnet on August 1 announced that it has acquired JC Tally Trading, an interconnect, passive and electromechanical components distributor in Asia. Financial terms were not disclosed...
IC distributor WPG earnings hit record high in 2Q11
Aug 1, 12:11
IC distributor WPG Holdings saw its net profits grow 13.7% sequentially to an record high of NT$1.498 billion (US$51.85 million) in the second quarter of 2011. The earnings translated...
Arrow reportedly mulling acquisition of WT Microelectronics
Jun 28, 13:48
Arrow Electronics, the global largest IC distributor, reportedly has offered a proposal to acquire Taiwan-based IC distributor WT Microelectronics at NT$63 (US$2.17) per share aiming...
Incoming Avnet CEO stresses continuity and new ideas
May 24, 10:40
Rick Hamada, who will become CEO of Avnet come July this year, stresses continuity while trying to inject new energies and ideas into one of the world's biggest distributors of electronic...
IC distributors post on-year revenue gains in April
May 10, 14:34
Most Taiwan-based IC distributors saw their revenues grow by a double digit rate on year in April 2011, but the monthly figures also stood lower on an on-month basis due to seasonal...
IC distributor WPG looks to sequential revenue gains in 2Q11
Newswatch - May 2, 12:27
IC distributor WPG Holdings expects its consolidated revenues to top NT$80-84 billion (US$2.79-2.93 billion) in the second quarter of 2011 compared to NT$79.8 billion recorded in...
IC distributor Zenitron counts on NAND flash and touch controller sales in 2011
Apr 27, 13:46
IC distributor Zenitron is positive about the business outlook for the entire year of 2011 and expects strong demand for NAND flash and touch controller ICs from the tablet PC and...
IC distributor Techmosa sees profits up 45% in 2010
Newswatch - Mar 23, 12:06
Taiwan-based memory IC distributor Techmosa International has posted net profits of NT$248 million (US$8.39 million) for 2010, an increase of 45% from a year earlier. The earnings...
IC distributor WPG Holdings sees revenues up 39% on year in February
Newswatch - Mar 9, 14:23
IC distributor WPG Holdings has announced consolidated revenues of NT$20.9 billion (US$710.76 million) for February 2011, increasing 39% from a year earlier. Combined revenues for...
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 1min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 10min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 19min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 36min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 44min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 48min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | May 22, 21:02
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:34
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:49
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:24
Distribution in the age of globalization: Q&A with Avnet chairman and CEO Roy Vallee
Despite the high-tech sounding name of electronics components distributor Avnet, the company was, in fact, originally a family run business founded more than 80 years ago by Charles...
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
- Releases
- White papers
- Bulletin
- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Kick-off for the latest LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors
- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
23-May-2012 10:46 (GMT+8)
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7173.31 | -101.58 | -1.4% |
| TSE electronic | 273.54 | -4.09 | -1.47% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 103.72 | -0.85 | -0.81% |
| OTC electronic | 133.15 | -0.99 | -0.74% |
- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
Photo: Company, May 21.
Photo: Company, May 21.
Photo: Company, May 17.
Photo: Company, May 17.
Photo: Company, May 11.
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Maxim's Chris Neil, senior VP, Industrial and Medical Solutions Group
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Ravi Subramanian, CEO of EDA firm Berkeley Design Automation
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Algotochip CTO Satish Padmanabhan and company VP of operations Mike Hong
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Photo: Company, May 4.
Photo: Company, May 4.
Photo: Company, May 2.
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.