Digitimes Research: Room for further development in China smartphone market

Mar 21, 14:00

Sales of smartphones in China are expected to top 330 million units in 2013, making the market a fierce battle field for local and international smartphone brands and inducing makers...

Wistron ITS becomes sales agent for Japan-based TIS, Qualica

Mar 19, 21:22

Wistron Information Technology & Services (Wistron ITS), a business-use software developer belonging to the Wistron Group, on March 19 signed with Japan-based IT system integration...

Digitimes Research: Smartphone sales to reach 329 million in China in 2013

Mar 18, 14:45

There will be 329 million smartphones sold in the China market in 2013, hiking 67.0% from 2012 due to large growth in the total number of 3G subscribers, while sales of feature phones...

Digitimes Research: Samsung, LG, Sony Mobile aim to ramp up smartphone sales in emerging markets

Mar 15, 14:10

Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications demonstrated different product strategies for their smartphone businesses at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013, but...

Quanta Computer expects own-brand server sales to account for 85% of server revenues in 2013

Mar 12, 21:00

Quanta Computer has extended server production from an OEM basis to own-brand sales and expects the proportion of total revenues from servers from own-brand sales to increase from...

ASE, SPIL to see sales rebound in March

Mar 8, 15:04

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) both have reported decreased sales for February, but their sales are expected to gain momentum...

MediaTek reports slow sales for February

Newswatch - Mar 8, 14:18

MediaTek has reported revenues of NT$6.09 billion (US$205.1 million) for February, down 27.9% sequentially and 2.2% on year. For the first two months of 2013, revenues amounted to...

China market: Samsung takes up 22.5% of 2012 smartphone sales, says iiMedia Research

Mar 7, 15:35

There were 169 million smartphones sold in the China market in 2012, hiking 130.7% from 2011, and Samsung Electronics was the largest vendor with a market share of 22.5%, according...

DRAM module maker Adata posts decreased sales for February

Mar 5, 22:04

Adata Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.69 billion (US$56.77 million) for February, decreasing 36.3% on month and 30.7% on year. For the first two months of 2013,...

Taiwan IC design houses to perform well in 2013 on booming tablet sales

Mar 4, 14:45

IC design houses, including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor, are expected to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2013 and also see their sales momentum...

Wah Lee 1Q13 revenues to fall 5% despite strong January sales

Feb 27, 14:00

Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues slip 5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013 despite strong sales recorded in January,...

KYEC looks to brisk sales in LCD driver IC and CMOS image sensor testing services in 1H13

Feb 26, 22:06

King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) expects its testing lines for LCD driver ICs and CMOS image sensors to continue booming in the first half of 2013, particularly for CMOS image...

Taiwan market: BenQ expects large-size TV sales to increase in 2013

Feb 26, 20:33

BenQ sold over 10,000 65-inch LCD TVs in January 2013 and expects sales of it 50-inch and above size TV to make up approximately 15% of the company's overall TV sales during the year,...

Taiwan market: Projector sales expected to climb in 2013

Feb 26, 18:59

Projector sales in Taiwan are expected to climb on year due to increasing interest for larger viewing display options among local consumers, according to market observers.

Lunar New Year TV sales surged 9.4% on year in China, says WitsView

Feb 26, 16:13

LCD TV sales for the Lunar New Year in 2013 attained over 5.70 million units, growing 9.4% on year, according to research firm WitsView.

Philips green product revenues reach 45% of total 2012 sales

Feb 26, 14:49

Royal Philips Electronics has reported Green Product sales of EUR11.3 billion (US$14.76 billion) in 2012, marking 45% of total sales as the firm moves closer to its EcoVision sustainability...

Stagnant PC sales expected to last through 1H13, say Taiwan makers

Feb 22, 14:00

Viewing that Windows 8 has fallen short of expectations in stimulating sales, global PC sales are expected to remain slack at least in the first half of 2013, but may rebound after...

Elan, EETI likely to enjoy particularly strong 1Q13

Feb 21, 15:31

Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) are expected to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter, judging from the brisk January sales reported by the two touch...

TCL reports 52% on-year growth in LCD TV sales during January 2013

Feb 21, 15:30

China-based TV vendor TCL has reported that its LCD TV sales including commercial displays reached over 2.5 million units in January 2013, up 52.54% on year.

Quartz component maker TXC to post 10-15% sales drop in 1Q13

Feb 20, 22:28

Quartz component manufacturer TXC is expected to report a 10-15% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2013, due to a seasonal slowdown in orders,...

Second-tier analog IC vendors post strong sales in January

Feb 19, 21:48

Some second-tier analog IC vendors including On-Bright Electronics, Feeling Technology and Champion Microelectronic have posted strong sales in January, buoyed by orders from new...

Equipment distributors Topco, Scientech to see brisk 1Q13 sales

Feb 19, 15:37

Sales at Taiwan-based IC equipment and materials distributors Topco Scientific and Scientech both registered double-digit on-year revenue growth in January 2013. Both are expected...

Samsung, Hynix continue to lead DRAM sales

Feb 18, 22:42

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix continued to dominate the global market for DRAM chips in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the pair's combined market share reaching 67%, according...

TSMC posts sales growth for January 2013

Feb 8, 15:10

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$47.44 billion (US$1.6 billion) in consolidated revenues for January 2013, up 27.7 on month and 37.1% from a year...

Richtek, GMT expect orders to pick up in March

Feb 8, 11:49

Analog IC suppliers Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) both expect their sales to start picking up late in the first quarter of 2013, thanks to demand for their...

Himax enjoys boom in sales of small- to medium-size driver ICs

Feb 7, 22:17

LCD driver IC supplier Himax Technologies saw sales of products used in small- to medium-size panels for applications, excluding feature phones, climb to NT$5.55 billion (US$187.5...

Panel sales in 1H13 largely determined by Lunar New Year holiday, says WitsView

Feb 7, 14:42

In December 2012, the top six TV vendors in China showed a better-than-expected shipments of 6.19 million units, growing 18.5% on month to a historical new high, according to research...

Apple iPhone 4S continues to enjoy strong consumer demand

Feb 6, 12:41

Apple announced iPhone shipments of 47.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012 but only half of that volume was the latest iPhone 5; the iPhone 4S still contributed about 20...

IC distributor WT Micro expects 1Q13 sales to grow slightly

Feb 5, 16:16

Taiwan-based IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects its consolidated revenues to grow slightly by 1.3%-4% sequentially to NT$20.2-21.3 billion (US$682.89-717.65 million) in the...

Samsung continues NAND flash market lead in 2012

Feb 5, 12:28

Samsung Electronics continued to lead the global NAND flash market in 2012, despite a 4.9% decrease in sales of the memory, according to DRAMeXchange.

Semiconductor industry posts near-record sales total in 2012, says SIA

Feb 5, 10:31

Worldwide semiconductor sales for 2012 reached US$291.6 billion, the industry's third-highest yearly total ever but a decrease of 2.7% from the record total of US$299.5 billion set...

MediaTek expects revenues to drop 10-18% in 1Q13

Feb 4, 21:57

IC design house MediaTek expects to report a 10-18% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2013, due to a slowdown in orders for smartphones, as well...