Last update: Friday 27 April 2012 [22 news items]
Young Optics reports 1Q12 gross margins of 28%
Apr 27, 16:43
Young Optics, a Taiwan-based projector maker, saw first-quarter revenues reach NT$1.429 billion (US$48.8 million), down 14.05% on year. According to the firm, first-quarter 2012 gross...
Young Optics enjoys rising March revenues
Apr 11, 14:46
Projector maker Young Optics has announced March consolidated revenues of NT$514 million (US$17 million), representing an on-month increase of 10.85% but an on-year decrease of 14.52%...
Projector maker Young Optics posts EPS of NT$5 for 2011
Feb 17, 01:00
Pico projector maker Young Optics has posted net profits of NT$571 million (US$19.29 million) or an EPS of NT$5.01 on revenues of NT$7.03 billion for 2011.
Young Optics sees decreased October revenues
Nov 10, 11:27
Young Optics, which makes projection optics, imaging lenses and lens modules, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$516 million (US$17.1 million) for October, slipping 10.95% sequentially...
Young Optics posts 1H11 net EPS of NT$3.19
Aug 15, 10:28
Young Optics, a maker of optical components and modules, has reported net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.19 for the first half of 2011.
Market value of Taiwan's LED industry in 2011 will reach NT$200 billion, says PIDA
Jun 14, 01:20
The Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2011 will take place in Taipei from June 14-16. There will be more than 1,420 photonics and 630 display booths. International firms such as Japan-based...
Young Optics sees increased May revenues
Jun 10, 10:15
Taiwan-based projection lens maker Young Optics has reported May revenues of NT$607 million (US$21 million), increasing 16.66% on month and dipping 8.78% on year.
Young Optics sees decreased April revenues
May 10, 15:51
Projection lens maker Young Optics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$520 million (US$18.15 million) for April 2011, dipping 13.46% on month and 8.03% on year mainly due to...
Taiwan photonics shows to mark 20th anniversary
Apr 27, 12:22
Year 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Taiwan's photonics events. The Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2011, hosted by Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA),...
Young Optics posts net profit of over NT$100 million in 1Q11
Apr 22, 16:10
Optical module and component maker Young Optics has posted net profit of NT$107 million (US$3.69 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$1.66 billion in the first quarter of 2011...
Young Optics to focus on improving pico projector brightness in 2011
Feb 23, 01:15
With its pico projector modules reaching the height of the camera module for iPhone, optical module and component maker Young Optics will turn its focus on improving brightness as...
Young Optics sees revenues up, gross margin down in 2010
Feb 21, 14:46
Optical module and component maker Young Optics had 2010 consolidated revenues of NT$7.482 billion (US$235 million), increasing by 33.54% from 2009. But gross margin decreased by...
Young Optics January revenues up 10% sequentially
Feb 11, 01:15
Optical components maker Young Optics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$581 million (US$20.07 million) for January 2011, up 10.4% sequentially and 46.87% on year.
Young Optics posts net profits of NT$116 million for 3Q10
Oct 22, 14:41
Optical components maker Young Optics has posted net profits of NT$116 million (US$3.77 million) for the third quarter of 2010, down NT$44 million from the second quarter. EPS was...
Young Optics announces net profit for 1H10
Aug 9, 10:15
Taiwan-based optical components maker Young Optics has posted net profit of NT$302 million (US$9.51 million) for the first half of 2010 with an EPS of NT$2.84.
Young Optics expects handset pico projector market to take off at end of 2010
May 5, 16:30
Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics believes shipments of pico projectors for handsets will begin to increase significantly around the end of 2010 and most handset vendors...
Light engine maker Young Optics to raise funds
Apr 26, 16:30
Young Optics has announced its board of directors has approved plans to raise an estimated NT$1.5 billion by issuing 7.5 million new shares. The new funds will be used for new production...
Young Optics sees large market potential for built-in pico projectors
Mar 2, 17:04
Young Optics, a Taiwan-based maker of DLP optical engine and projector lenses, has revealed that three handset vendors, two digital camera vendors and a number of other multimedia...
Young Optics sees lower sales and profit in 2009
Feb 26, 15:48
Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics, a subsidiary of backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.6 billion (US$174.61 million) for...
Young Optics' September consolidated revenues up on year
Oct 9, 13:21
Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics Incorporated (YOI) posted September consolidated revenues of NT$629.8 million (US$19.4 million), a drop of 14.86% compared to NT$739.7...
Young Optics licenses Jabil's field lens technology
Jul 22, 10:22
Taiwan-based light engine maker Young Optics has announced that it has signed an agreement with Jabil Circuit for the licensing of the field lens architecture used in optical modules...
Photonics Festival and Display Taiwan expos to kick off in Taipei
Jun 10, 12:06
Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2008, along with Display Taiwan 2008, will kick off on June 12 and run until June 13, at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC).
North America fab tool book-to-bill slips in April 2012, says SEMI
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TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
Bits + chips | 1h 1min ago
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 2h 59min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 3h 8min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 3h 17min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 3h 34min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 3h 42min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 3h 46min ago
Cree has introduced a new LED module, the LMR4, which is designed to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting by traditional lighting fixture manufacturers and speed time-to-market...
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Light Blue Optics projector with interactive touch screen
Light Blue Optics (LBO) has launched a projector with a 10-inch projected interactive touch screen, the Light Touch. Light Touch is a reference product and will be made available...
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- 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
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- 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
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Algotochip CTO Satish Padmanabhan and company VP of operations Mike Hong
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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
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