Outsourced IC backend growth accelerating, says Digitimes Research

Mar 25, 15:11

The total market for semiconductor packaging and testing services grew 17.7% to US$44.755 billion in 2010, according to Digitimes Research. This represents the largest growth since...

Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks

Mar 24, 01:05

Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...

Acer stepping up outsourcing of desktop PCs to Foxconn

Mar 14, 14:00

Acer has again stepped up its outsourcing of desktop PCs to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) after the giant EMS firm pledged it will grant full support in production...

Sony Ericsson in-house production remains at 40-50%, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 24, 10:38

Handset vendor Sony Ericsson will not increase the percentage of in-house handset production, which currently represents 40-50% of total shipments, according to a Chinese-language...

HP unsatisfactory performance to impact Taiwan upstream supply chain

Feb 24, 01:35

Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced revenues of US$32.3 billion during the period from November of 2010 to January of 2011, lower than market watchers' expectations of US$32.9 billion,...

Ju Teng DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011

Feb 22, 01:30

Digital camera chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is expected to see its DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011 and the company will also have...

Digital camera chassis makers to see shipment growth more so than profit growth

Feb 15, 01:55

Digital camera chassis makers will see their shipment volume increase in 2011 benefiting by Japan-based digital camera vendors releasing production to their Taiwan-based OEMs; however,...

Asustek, Gigabyte announce on-year revenue drops in January

Feb 10, 01:35

Taiwan-based motherboard players Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have announced their results for January 2011.

Renesas to set up procurement center in China

Jan 20, 01:00

Japan-based Renesas Electronics has revealed plans to establish its second international procurement center in Shanghai in April 2011. The move will allow it to work closely with...

HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments

Jan 13, 02:00

Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...

Commentary: Taiwan IC packaging and testing houses await AMD to increase outsourcing of processor backend processing

Jan 12, 01:15

With the recent chief executive change by AMD, sources from Taiwan's IC packaging and testing houses are hoping that the US-based company will change its policy and increase outsourcing...

Eight wafer fabs to be shut down in 2011, says SEMI

Jan 5, 01:40

Fifteen wafer fabs were shut down in 2010 and eight more will see a similar fate in 2011, according to SEMI. As more IDM companies aim to cut costs and become fab-lite and fabless,...

IC packagers see stronger-than-expected 1Q11

Jan 4, 13:56

IC packaging and testing houses will see demand for the first quarter of 2011 stronger than the same period in previous years, when revenues were usually dragged down by 10-15% sequentially,...

Outsourcing of IC backend services growing

Dec 30, 12:38

IDMs including Microchip Technology, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments (TI) have all increased outsourcing for their backend production since the fourth...

Compal to ship up to 150,000 notebooks to Asustek each month in 1Q11

Dec 28, 01:25

Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics will start shipping notebooks to its new client Asustek Computer in the first quarter of 2011 with an initial shipment volume of 100,000-150,000...

TSMC to buy land and facilities from Powerchip, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 27, 14:10

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is looking to acquire land and facilities from DRAM maker Powerchip Technology for slightly above NT$3 billion (US$102 million),...

TSMC sees influx of orders from IDMs, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 14, 15:35

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its IDM clients increase orders since the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...

Taiwan testing firms turn focus to outsourcing orders from IDMs

Nov 22, 12:33

Taiwan's King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec are expected to focus on gaining more outsourcing from international IDMs in 2011, according to...

Japan DVD and CD outsourcing may not help Taiwan makers much, says sources

Nov 2, 02:20

As Japan-based optical disc maker Taiyo Yuden was recently reported to have cut its CD and DVD production by 40% due to the rising Japan exchange rate, market watchers believe the...

Solar junction box and connector shipments account for 15-20% of Leatec revenues

Oct 27, 10:48

Shipments of solar junction boxes and connectors currently account for about 15-20% of Leatec Fine Ceramics' revenues, according to industry sources. Leatec is also a major supplier...

TSMC to benefit most from IDM outsourcing, says Digitimes Research

Sep 17, 14:10

With its lead in advanced process capacity, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to be the largest beneficiary of increased outsourcing by IDMs, Nobunaga...

Rising yen spurs Japan solar companies to increase outsourcing to Taiwan solar cell makers

Sep 15, 01:00

With the Japanese yen rising to a 15-year high, Japan-based solar companies have increased outsourcing to Taiwan-based solar cell makers for cost reasons. Among Taiwan's solar cell...

Toshiba to rank second among Japan-based LCD TV vendors in 2010

Sep 13, 12:26

Toshiba is narrowing its LCD TV shipment gap with Sharp and is expected to exceed Sharp and rank second among Japan-based LCD TV vendors in 2010.

Orders from China and Japan trigger growth for TSMC, UMC

Aug 19, 15:09

With more IDMs in Japan going fabless, and development of China's IC design industry rising toward maturity, industry watchers expect both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Toshiba, Sony and Fujitsu to increase notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers in 2011, sources say

Aug 17, 11:36

Japan-based brand notebook vendors Toshiba, Sony and Fujitsu are all expected to increase the ratios of outsourced notebooks to Taiwan-based ODM makers in 2011 in order to strengthen...

Compal, Wistron set challenging LCD TV shipment targets for 2011

Aug 3, 10:28

Taiwan-based ODM makers Compal Electronics and Wistron have each set a challenging shipment goal of 10 million LCD TVs for 2011, with each expecting orders for seven million units...

Fujitsu to rely more heavily on Taiwan partners in the future

Jul 29, 15:55

As Fujitsu plans to push US$400-600 notebooks in North America and Asia Pacific markets, and increased its outsourcing proportion to Taiwan makers from only 30% in 2009 to close to...

CMI reportedly considers limiting its component outsourcing to only 30%

Jul 22, 17:16

Chimei Innolux (CMI) is considering a new strategy for its component supply chain and will have 70% of its component supplies produced in-house with the other 30% outsourced, according...

Compal expects monthly LCD TV shipments to reach 500,000-600,000 units in 2H10

Jul 15, 13:53

As the company has recently started shipping LCD TVs to a new client, Compal Electronics expects its monthly LCD TV shipments to reach 500,000-600,000 units or higher in the second...

Renesas raises outsourcing to Taiwan partners, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 2, 16:39

Renesas Electronics has raised its orders to Powerchip Technology for its LCD driver ICs, and also grown its outsourcing to backend partner Chipbond Technology, according to a recent...

LED TV vendors to increase outsourcing of power supplies in 2011, says Delta CEO

Jul 2, 14:43

Delta Electronics has begun producing power supply units (PSUs) for LED-backlit LCD TV vendors based in Japan, South Korea, Europe and Taiwan, according to company CEO Yancey Hai.

Japan-based solar companies increase solar cell procurement and outsourcing from Taiwan makers

Jul 2, 12:22

Japan-based solar companies including Sanyo Electric, Sharp and Kyocera are expected to increase outsourcing and procurement of solar cells, and Taiwan's manufacturers, strategically...

GaAs foundry AWSC to gain more outsourcing from Skyworks, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 30, 16:20

Skyworks Solutions, a component supplier for the iPhone 4, is expected to significantly increase its outsourcing to contract partner Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC)...

USI phasing out motherboard business

Jun 22, 12:17

Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has quietly been phasing out its motherboard business, after losing orders from its largest contract customer Lenovo, according to sources from...

TSMC, UMC seeing growing demand from IDMs

May 7, 16:01

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have both revealed that demand from their IDM customers is growing.