VIA and SiS report continued losses in 1H11

Sep 5, 15:47

Taiwan-based chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) both have continued to post losses in the first half of 2011, and the prospects for the two companies...

Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS

Sep 2, 01:20

Intel reportedly plans to temporarily discontinue development of its MeeGo OS due to a lack of enthusiasm for the platform from handset and tablet PC vendors. Instead, Intel will...

Intel investment reduction plans may affect PC and semiconductor players

Sep 1, 01:15

Intel, facing weak PC performance, reportedly is considering to temporarily halt its plans to upgrade to a 22nm process at Fab 24, and has decided to delay the launch of its next-generation...

Asustek, Gigabyte compete over motherboard warranty in China

Aug 30, 01:10

First-tier motherboard brand vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, after starting fierce price competition to gain market share in China, are already turning their competition...

Asustek expects 20-25% growth in 3Q11 revenues

Aug 29, 11:26

Asustek Computer expects its consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2011 to increase 20-25% sequentially, according to company CEO Jerry Shen at an August 26 investors conference.

AMD names Rory P Read president and CEO

Aug 26, 13:59

AMD announced that its board of directors has appointed Rory P Read, 49, president and chief executive officer of AMD, effective today. Read has also been appointed to the Company's...

SPIL vying for CPU back-end orders from Apple

Aug 26, 11:07

Packaging and testing firm Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is likely to snatch outsourcing orders for Apple's new processor dubbed A6, according to industry sources.

Taiwan market: Nvidia, Asustek cooperate to launch ROG MARS II graphics card

Aug 24, 15:38

Nvidia and Asustek Computer have cooperated to launch ROG MARS II, a top-class graphics card equipped with two Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 GPUs and 3GB GDDR5 memory specifically for professional...

Advantech 1H11 net profits hit half-year record

Aug 24, 01:10

Taiwan-based industrial PC maker Advantech generated net profits of NT$1.881 billion (US$64.5 million) for the first half of 2011, the highest half-year figure on record, according...

Intel discloses new architecture features of next generation Itanium processor

Aug 23, 17:01

During the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, Intel has announced new architecture features for its upcoming Itanium processor, codenamed Poulson. The new features, Intel...

AMD boosts its AMD Fusion APUs for notebooks and desktops

Aug 23, 13:50

AMD has updated its C- and E-series accelerated processing units (APUs) for ultra-thin and value notebooks, netbooks, all-in-ones and desktop PCs.

Renesas reportedly to cut USB 3.0 host controller unit prices to below US$1.20 in early 2012

Aug 19, 01:20

Renesas Electronics reportedly plans to slash unit prices for its USB 3.0 host controller ICs to below US$1.20 in early 2012 in order to tame the competition from Taiwan-based chipset...

AMD Llano processors suffering from shortage; to be resolved in September

Aug 18, 01:30

AMD's latest Llano-based processors are currently suffering from shortages due to the weaker-than-expected yield rates of the related 32nm process; however, AMD has already notified...

Intel to ship new netbook platform in November

Aug 18, 01:15

Intel recently adjusted the launch schedule of its next-generation netbook platform, Cedar Trail-M, from September to November because the platform has encountered some graphics driver...

Asustek expects better business performance in 2H11

Aug 17, 01:00

Asustek Computer expects its performance in the second half of 2011 to be better than that of fellow Taiwan-based companies, according to CFO David Chang.

Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players

Aug 16, 01:15

Intel, facing notebook players' demand of supplying Ultrabook CPUs at a price 50% lower than original to help increase their profitability, rejected the proposal and is only willing...

Nvidia takes up over 50% of discrete notebook graphics card market in 2Q11

Aug 12, 01:15

Nvidia saw its share in the discrete notebook graphics card market edge up 8.9pp to 50.6% in the second quarter of 2011, with the ratio likely to continue to move up in the third...

MSI, ECS, ASRock see on-month decline in July revenues

Aug 11, 13:47

Taiwan-based motherboard makers Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock saw their revenue performance decline in July amid fierce price competition...

Loongson continues developing MIPS-based CPUs

Aug 11, 11:20

MIPS Technologies has announced that Loongson Technology has licensed the MIPS32 and MIPS64 architectures for continued development of MIPS-based Loongson CPU cores.

Gigabyte sees July shipments increase

Aug 10, 16:00

Gigabyte Technology shipped 1.55-1.65 million motherboards and 250,000-320,000 graphics cards in July, each rising by 10-20% on month. The company's July revenues of NT$3.762 billion...

Synnex Technology July revenues slightly up sequentially

Aug 10, 01:05

Channel distributor in Synnex Technology International on August 9 reported consolidated revenues of NT$25.9 billion (US$896 million) for July 2011, increasing 0.4% on month and 10.7%...

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...

Motherboard makers reportedly reduce July and August PCB orders by 30%

Aug 8, 17:07

Taiwan-based motherboard makers have reportedly reduced their July and August PCB orders by about 30% from the previous month's despite being originally optimistic about their shipments...

Leadtek reports fire at plant

Stockwatch - Aug 8, 12:27

Graphics card manufacturer Leadtek Research has reported a fire at its plant in Chungho, Taipei County (Taiwan). The company said the fire was put out in an hour and no one was injured...

Taiwan July CPI slightly down sequentially

Aug 8, 10:30

Taiwan's July 2011 consumer price index (CPI) of 107.04 (2006 as base year) dropped 0.29% on month but rose 1.32% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 112.11%...

Intel reportedly releasing reference BOM for ultrabooks

Aug 5, 01:15

Intel has reportedly revealed a reference BOM (bill of materials) without assembly costs for 21mm ultrabooks at US$475-650 and 18mm models at US$493-710, according to sources at notebook...

AMD Llano processor shipments reach 1.3-1.5 million units in July

Aug 4, 01:40

AMD shipped about one million Llano APUs in June and 1.3-1.5 million units in July, and with the appearance of the company's new Llano APUs in the fourth quarter, annual shipments...

Synnex Technology sees 2Q11 net profit hit records

Aug 3, 13:30

Distributor Synnex Technology International on August 2 reported net profits of NT$1.85 billion (US$63.8 million) for the second quarter, its highest quarterly figure on record and...

Ultrabook, new CPU structure expected to be main focuses of IDF in September

Aug 2, 12:33

CPU maker Intel is set to host its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) show in San Francisco from September 13-15 and its plans for ultrabook, upcoming Ivy Bridge- and Haswell-based processors...

Foxconn cooperates with Synnex for China motherboard market

Aug 2, 01:15

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced it will form a strategic alliance with channel retailer...

SiS to phase out its PC chipset business

Aug 2, 01:10

Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...