Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January

Newswatch - Feb 10, 16:26

Touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch both have posted declined sales in January due to seasonal factors, according to the companies.

Chipbond sales to rise 5% in 1Q12, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 10, 14:21

LCD driver IC packaging and testing specialist Chipbond Technology is expected to see its consolidated revenues increase as much as 5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, beating...

TSMC January sales up 11%, UMC down

Feb 10, 14:18

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) registered a 10.6% sequential increase in consolidated revenues in January 2012. Fellow company United Microelectronics Corporation...

PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman

Feb 10, 01:30

Memory packaging and testing specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) now expects its sales to decrease up to 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, company chairman DK Tsai...

Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12

Feb 10, 01:20

LCD-related driver and controller IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects sales to register sequential growth starting the second quarter after hitting bottom in the first...

Panel maker CPT reports declined sales for January

Newswatch - Feb 9, 11:38

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has posted consolidated revenues of NT3.27 billion (US$110.73 million) for January 2012, down 12% sequentially and 40.8% on year, according to a company...

ASE, SPIL post sales drops in January

Feb 9, 01:40

IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Silicon Precision Industries (SPIL) have reported decreases in January 2012 consolidated revenues from the previous month...

Pegatron lands notebook orders from HP

Feb 9, 01:10

Pegatron Technology has recently landed notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP). With its existing orders from Toshiba and Acer for 2012, the company's shipments are expected to...

HTC to not release smartphone sales figures starting February

Feb 8, 15:17

Following the step of Samsung Electronics, HTC has decided to not release the sales figures of smartphones in its quarterly financial statement starting February 2012, according to...

LCD monitor sales to remain sluggish in Europe in 2012, say sources

Feb 8, 14:56

Sales of LCD monitors in Europe are expected to remain sluggish in 2012 after suffering a slump a year earlier as consumer demand has been weakened by the prolonged debt crisis in...

Winbond, Macronix post drops in January sales

Feb 8, 11:36

Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have both reported decreases in January 2012 revenues from the previous month.

Taiwan market: February LCD monitor sales to grow 10% sequentially

Feb 7, 14:41

Branded LCD vendors in Taiwan including Asustek Computer, Chimei, BenQ and ViewSonic will offer incentives to promote sales to students in the local market upon the beginning of the...

Test Research January sales up 109%

Feb 7, 11:50

Test Research (TRI), which specializes in testing equipment for PCBs, saw its consolidated sales soar 109% sequentially to NT$374 million (US$12.6 million) in January 2012. The company...

Topco expects flat growth in 1Q12 sales

Feb 6, 15:23

Topco Scientific, which distributes semiconductor materials and equipment, has said it is cautious about the business outlook for the first quarter of 2012, citing the uncertain macroeconomic...

MediaTek posts over 30% sales drop in January

Feb 6, 10:59

Fabless IC firm MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.16 billion (US$174 million) for January 2012, down 30.9% on month and 31.5% on year. The figure also hit the lowest...

Arcadyan expects to hike gross margin via direct account sales

Feb 6, 10:58

Arcadyan Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of network/communication devices/equipment, has transformed sales to telecom carriers from an original ODM model through international vendors...

China market: Sales of household appliances lower than expected during Lunar New Year holidays

Feb 4, 16:23

Sales of large-size electrical household appliances including LCD TVs in the China market were lower than expected during the Lunar New Year holidays, according to data compiled by...

Silicon Motion 3-bit per cell controller sales receive boost in 4Q11

Feb 4, 15:25

Silicon Motion Technology saw sales of 3-bit per cell (TLC) NAND flash controllers grow substantially to account for almost 50% of its overall controller revenues in the fourth quarter...

WPG 4Q11 sales meet guidance; sees drop in 1Q12

Feb 4, 14:25

WPG Holdings has announced consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 met its guidance for a 6-10% sequential drop. Looking into the first quarter of 2012, the IC distributor...

Lite-On IT expected to see huge growth in SSD sales in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 2, 13:51

Taiwan-based optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT, while stepping into production of SSDs three years ago and generating revenues of over NT$1 billion (US$33.9 million) in 2011, is...

Japan fab tool book-to-bill climbs above parity

Jan 31, 15:10

Japan-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.20 in December 2011, above parity for the first time in 10 months, according to figures from...

MediaTek 1Q12 sales likely to fall more than 10%

Jan 31, 01:20

Sales at MediaTek are expected to register a sequential decline of more than 10% in the first quarter of 2012, due mainly to falling sales generated from its 2.5G and 2.75G chip lineup...

NFC chips to buoy MStar 2012 revenues

Jan 31, 01:10

MStar Semiconductor expects new orders for chips used in near field communication (NFC) enabled phones to buoy its sales performance in 2012. Company chairman Wayne Liang has forecast...

Smartphone vendors to wait for 2Q launch to avert hot iPhone demand, say Taiwan makers

Jan 31, 01:00

With the iPhone 4S launched globally in the fourth quarter of 2011 and expected to be selling well in the first quarter of 2012, other international vendors including Samsung Electronics,...

Samsung posts record profit in 4Q11

Jan 30, 14:10

Booming smartphone sales made Samsung Electronics' latest quarter its most profitable quarter ever, according to the company.

PCB maker TPT sees flat growth in 1Q12 sales

Jan 17, 01:45

Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT), which mainly produces optoelectronics boards, expects its first-quarter revenues to register flat growth sequentially beating seasonal patterns.

China market: TV sales down 20% on-year in first week of 2012

Jan 13, 01:35

Sales of TVs by retail channels in China's tier-1 cities totaled 1.9 million units in the first week of January 2012, representing a decline of 20% from the same period of a year...

TSMC 4Q11 sales near high-end guidance

Jan 10, 15:45

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its consolidated revenues amount to NT$104.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011, which came close to the...

ASE, SPIL post slight drops in 4Q11 sales

Jan 9, 16:42

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced that revenues of its core IC assembly test and material (ATM) business slid 2.1% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011,...

UMC 4Q11 sales down 3%

Jan 9, 16:35

Revenues at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) amounted to NT$24.43 billion (US$809.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011 after the foundry posted higher December sales...

Macronix 4Q11 sales beat guidance

Jan 9, 11:08

Macronix International has reported higher than expected revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to strong shipments of ROM products for handheld games consoles.

TXC slightly misses 2011 sales target

Jan 6, 15:03

Quartz component supplier TXC has announced consolidated revenues for 2011 totaled NT$9.91 billion (US$327.5 million), slightly missing its target of NT$10 billion. But looking forward,...