Last update: Friday 24 May 2013 [5911 news items]
FPCB makers to see revenues drop slightly in 1Q13
Jan 9, 22:02
Sales of flexible PCB makers Zhen Ding Technology Holding, Career Technology and Flexium Interconnect are expected to dip slightly in the first quarter of 2013 after their respective...
Quanta, Compal, Inventec December revenues down sequentially
Jan 9, 22:00
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Inventec on January 9 reported consolidated revenues for December, decreasing on month by 12.25%, 4.07% and 2.40% respectively...
Casetek sees monthly shipments of 1 million iPad mini chassis at the end of 2012
Jan 9, 21:55
Taiwan-based chassis maker Casetek Holdings, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, is expected to have shipped one million and 1.5 million iPad mini chassis in November and December...
China market: Online game revenues, user base up in 2012, says Analysys
Jan 9, 20:24
Online game operators in the China market generated total revenues of CNY40.103 billion (US$6.36 billion) and attracted 201 million users in total in 2012, respectively growing by...
Lite-On Semi generates more revenues from sale of IC parts
Jan 9, 16:03
Lite-On Semiconductor enjoyed significant growth in sales of its IC products, which include analog chips and optical touch panel solutions, in 2012. The segment accounted for 29%...
SAS reports global consolidated 2012 revenues of NT$19 billion
Jan 9, 15:50
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) reported 2012 total revenues of NT$4.414 billion (US$152 million) and global consolidated revenues of NT$19.072 billion...
Giga Solar reports falling December revenues
Jan 9, 15:39
Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported December revenues of NT$181 million (US$6.23 million), showing a decrease of 34.42% on month and a decrease of 0.18%...
Panel makers report declines in December revenues
Jan 9, 15:17
Taiwan-based panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced that its consolidated revenues in December 2012 amounted to NT$4.09 billion (US$140.88 million), down 5.1% on month...
Gigastorage sees December revenues increase 48% on-month
Jan 9, 14:48
Taiwan-based solar wafer and compact disc maker Gigastorage reported December 2012 revenues of NT$275 million (US$9.47 million), representing an on-month increase of 48.89%, and an...
Senao, Tsann Kuen, E-Life Mall see increased December revenues
Jan 9, 12:02
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics retail chains Senao International, Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall saw their December revenues increase on month and year, according...
Lite-On IT December revenues drop
Jan 9, 10:59
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.38 billion (US$116 million) for December, slipping 6.6% on month and 16.5% on year...
AUO reports December 2012 consolidated revenues
Jan 8, 22:00
AU Optronics has announced preliminary consolidated December 2012 revenues of NT$32.05 billion (US$1 billion), down 5.4% on month but up 15.7% on year. AUO's consolidated revenues...
UMC 4Q12 revenues meet guidance
Jan 8, 21:47
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported revenues of NT$7.8 billion (US$268.86 million) for December 2012, down 13.5% sequentially and 3.8% on year. Revenues for the...
Wistron sees December revenues decrease
Jan 8, 19:57
Wistron on January 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$55.409 billion (US$1.9 billion) for December 2012, slipping 4.25% on month and 16.38% on year. Revenues for 2012 were NT$657.830...
TPK reports strong revenues growth in December
Jan 8, 14:46
TPK has announced that its December 2012 revenues reached NT$22.38 billion (US$771.5 million), up 26.0% on year and down 3.7% on month. TPK's consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter...
SerComm 2012 revenues hit record
Jan 8, 14:29
Taiwan-based networking/communication device maker SerComm has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.369 billion (US$47.0 million) for December, with consolidated revenues of NT$19.273...
Seasonal factors push KYEC revenues down in 4Q12
Jan 8, 13:58
IC testing firm King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has announced that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 slipped 7.8% sequentially to NT$3.28 billion (US$112.9 million), citing seasonal...
Optical lens makers report decreases in December revenues
Stockwatch - Jan 8, 10:48
Taiwan-based optical lens makers Asia Optical, Genius Electronic Optical and Kinko Optical have reported significant decreases in their consolidated revenues for December.
Win Semi, VPEC December sales rise
Jan 7, 22:03
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a supplier of GaAs epi-wafers, have both reported sequential growth in sales for December 2012.
LED makers see sequential drops in December, 4Q12 revenues
Jan 7, 21:55
Epistar and Lextar Electronics, two Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers, as well as Everlight Electronics and Unity Opto Technology, two Taiwan-based providers of LED...
Adata revenues up on rising DRAM prices
Jan 7, 21:52
Adata Technology's revenues for December 2012 registered a 14.75% sequential increase, as a recent rebound in chip prices buoyed sales of DRAM modules.
Smartphone and digital camera sales to affect panel maker revenues in 1Q13, say observers
Jan 7, 21:50
Asia-based panel makers are estimated to see a drop in revenues during the first quarter of 2013 due to an expected decline in shipments for small-size panels used in digital cameras...
Synnex Technology December revenues down slightly
Jan 7, 15:20
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on January 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$26.9 billion (US$923 million) for December...
Asia Tech Image 2012 revenues hit record
Jan 7, 14:49
Taiwan-based contact image sensor module maker Asia Tech Image has posted record revenues of NT$3.634 billion (US$123 million) for 2012, increasing by 11.53% from 2011.
IC design house GMT sees revenues hit 22-month low in December
Jan 7, 14:40
IC design house Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) saw its revenues dip over 20% on month and 10.9% on year to a 22-month low at NT$307.8 million (US$10.6 million) in December 2012,...
Battery pack makers see December revenues decline
Stockwatch - Jan 7, 14:05
Taiwan-based notebook battery pack makers Simplo Technology, Dynapack International Technology and Celxpert Energy have reported their December 2012 revenues slipped on month.
Chassis maker Catcher sees increased December revenues
Stockwatch - Jan 7, 10:56
Taiwan-based notebook chassis maker Catcher Technology had consolidated revenues of NT$3.756 billion (US$129 million) for December 2012 growing by 21.03% on month and by 15.66% on...
Largan December revenues hit record on lens module shipments for iPhone 5
Jan 7, 10:49
Taiwan-based handset lens module maker Largan Precision has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.16 billion (US$108.5 million) for December 2012, hitting a record for the fourth...
IC material distributor Topco 1Q13 sales to decrease 10%
Jan 4, 15:55
Topco Scientific, which distributes semiconductor materials and equipment, is expected to report an about 10% sequential decline in revenues for the first quarter of 2013 due to seasonal...
Jan 4, 11:17
The percentage of China LED sales is likely to increase to 15-20% of total revenues in 2013 due to cooperation with Sanan Optoelectronics, according to Frank Chien, chairman of Formosa...

Nanya December sales down, Inotera up
Jan 3, 15:48
Nanya Technology's revenues for December 2012 registered a 20.8% sequential decline, while Inotera Memories' increased 7.1% on month.
Sitronix 1Q13 revenues to drop 5-10% on quarter
Jan 3, 14:01
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology is likely to see its revenues drop 5-10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, but orders for its QVGA driver ICs from branded and white-box...
Touch screen makers expected to see decline in revenues during 1Q13
Jan 2, 22:13
Touch panel maker TPK is expected to see a double-digit drop in revenues during the first quarter of 2013 due to an expected drop in glass-type and thin-film type touch panel shipments...
China software industry posts January-November revenues of over CNY2,192 billion, says MIIT
Jan 2, 11:53
China's software industry generated revenues of CNY2,192.76 billion (US$346 billion) in January-November 2012, growing by 27.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and...
Chicony expected to hit record revenues in 4Q12
Dec 28, 15:35
Keyboard and PC peripheral maker Chicony Electronics is expected to generate record consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 due to growing orders for LED-backlit keyboards...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
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- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- 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...
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In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.


















