Top 10 cell-phone manufacturers face challenging 2010, says iSuppli

Apr 15, 15:21

The top ten contract manufacturers of cell-phones will experience a difficult 2010 following a year that upended their longstanding business models and dealt them unprecedented losses,...

A-Data makes advance payment for DRAM chips

Newswatch - Apr 13, 10:48

A-Data Technology has reached a long-term supply contract with an unspecified upstream vendor, under which it would pay a certain amount in advance for DRAM chips. The contract will...

Elpida on pace to increase DRAM outsourcing to Taiwan partners, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 7, 16:19

Elpida Memory is expected to outsource a total of 140,000 wafers a month to subsidiary Rexchip Electronics, Winbond Electronics and ProMOS Technologies at the end of 2010, a 40% rise...

Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile outsourcing Android phones to Quanta, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 24, 11:43

Taiwan Mobile, a Taiwan-based 3G service provider, will launch on February 24 an own-brand Android-powered smartphone rolled out by Quanta Computer, according to a Chinese-language...

Asustek notebook outsourcing plans affected by labor shortage in China

Feb 23, 14:07

Asustek Computer recently decided to slow down its outsourcing expansion plans and has already switched some of its orders from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) back...

Taiwan LCD TV makers expect more Sony outsourcing

Feb 23, 11:58

Taiwan-based LCD TV makers are expected to account for a large portion of the OEM orders from Sony as the vendor plans to increase its outsource volume, especially Sony's three existing...

Kingston denies acquisition rumors

Jan 5, 12:06

Memory module maker Kingston Technology has moved to quash recent rumors that suggested the company is looking to acquire its outsourcing partners Panram International and Orient...

Pegatron seeking orders from Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, MSI; Asustek considers outsourcing to ECS

Dec 17, 13:40

Pegatron Technology recently paid visits to first-tier notebook makers Acer and Dell, as well as first-tier motherboard makers Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI)...

TSMC to raise orders to testing partners, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 15, 16:20

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to no longer add new capacity for wafer testing, and increase its outsourcing to backend partners Ardentec and STATS ChipPAC...

Foxconn purchase of Dell PC plant unlikely to impact notebook makers in the short term

Dec 4, 11:39

Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) acquisition of Dell's PC plant in Poland is unlikely to help boost its notebook shipments significantly in the short term since...

Kingston to expand supply through outsourcing, says co-founder

Dec 1, 17:07

Kingston Technology will increase its supply of DRAM modules and NAND flash devices through outsourced production to Taiwan-based Panram International and Orient Semiconductor Electronics...

Taiwan panel makers may benefit from Sharp patent lawsuit against Samsung in the US

Nov 24, 16:21

Taiwan panel makers are expected to see more outsourcing orders from Samsung Electronics if the US justice department finds that Samsung violated patent rights belonging to Sharp,...

Compal and Wistron expected to receive more LCD TV orders from Japan vendors

Nov 18, 10:21

Compal Electronics and Wistron are expected to benefit from Japan-based LCD TV vendors' increased outsourcing, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Dell outsourcing Mini 3 smartphones to Foxconn, and MIDs to Qisda, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 17, 12:03

Dell is outsourcing the production of its Mini 3 smartphones to the Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) Group and also plans to outsource the production of its MID products...

Sony may reduce TV panel orders to AUO in 2010, sources say

Oct 27, 16:02

Sony reportedly will reduce its TV panel orders to AU Optronics (AUO) in 2010, as the client's 10G LCD panel manufacturing joint-venture with Sharp has already started production,...

Sigurd to see new revenues from SMSC orders, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 16, 10:28

Outsourcing orders from Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) is expected to contribute around US$10 million to Sigurd Microelectronics' total revenues in 2010, according to a...

ASE 3Q09 gross margin expected to grow on more IDM outsourcing

Oct 8, 14:26

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is estimated to see its gross margin climb 3.3pp sequentially to 25% in the third quarter of 2009, in line with better revenue growth, according...

Asustek in talks with Quanta and Compal for notebook outsourcing, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 2, 16:54

Asustek Computer has responded to recent rumors that it has begun outsourcing notebook orders to Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics saying it is still in negotiations with the...

Gintech shipping solar cells to Sharp, says newspaper

Newswatch - Oct 1, 14:53

Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker, began OEM shipments of solar cells to Japan-based Sharp in September, according to a Chinese-language Economic...

SPIL and OSE microSD card packaging to run at full capacity on Samsung orders

Sep 28, 16:39

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) recently landed more outsourcing orders for packaging microSD card modules from Samsung Electronics,...

Compal, Wistron, Unihan and TPV land Toshiba TV orders for 2010

Sep 10, 11:49

Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, Wistron, TPV Technology and Unihan Technology (a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology) have recently landed LCD TV outsourcing orders from Japan-based...

Freescale increases outsourcing to TSMC, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 28, 14:53

Freescale Semiconductor recently announced a new 45nm DSP series and has expanded outsourcing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the second half of 2009, according...

Inventec notebook shipments may drop to as low as 23 million units in 2010

Aug 27, 15:29

Inventec's notebook shipment forecast for 2010 has been reduced by market watchers from the previous estimate of up to 27 million units, to only 23-25 million units, since Inventec...

Samsung reportedly requesting quotes from Taiwan notebook makers

Aug 27, 12:30

Samsung Electronics has reportedly visited Taiwan to inquire about notebook manufacturing, according to industry sources.

Driver IC backend supplier Chipbond enjoys strong July profits

Aug 25, 17:07

Chipbond Technology has posted net profits of NT$81 million (US$2.46 million) for July 2009 roughly equal to its net profits of NT$81.65 million for the second quarter.

Acer reduces 14- and 15-inch ultra-thin notebook orders, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 10, 16:55

Acer has reportedly reduced its 14- and 15-inch ultra-thin notebook orders due to low market demand, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Ability Enterprise looks to ship nine million digital cameras in 2H09, says president

Aug 7, 11:21

Ability Enterprise expects to ship nine million digital cameras during the second half of 2009, increasing by 73.1% from the first half and by 20% from the second half of 2008, according...

IDT to go fabless, transfers chip production to TSMC

Aug 7, 09:39

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on August 6 announced they have entered into an agreement to transfer product fabrication...

HP notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers drops in July 2009

Aug 6, 12:13

Notebook outsourcing from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to Taiwan makers dropped from above three million units in June 2009 to around 2.7-2.9 million units in July despite that the third...

Japan-based camera vendors may release more OEM orders to Taiwan

Aug 5, 15:26

Japan-based digital camera vendors Fujifilm, Casio and Sony suffered losses in the second quarter of 2009 (their first quarter of fiscal 2009) while Canon saw profits decrease by...

ECS, Foxconn, Pegatron competing for Lenovo all-in-one PC orders

Jul 29, 16:07

Lenovo is set to release second-round ODM orders for all-in-one PCs, and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron Technology are all set to compete for...