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Mirle expects sales growth in 2H12

Apr 3, 01:25

Flat-panel display equipment specialist Mirle Automation reported 2011 consolidated revenues of NT$6.675 billion (US$226 million), up by 6.83%. However, gross margins fell to 16.46%...

Intel to push StudyBook tablet PC for emerging markets

Apr 3, 01:15

Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets and will adopt the same sales model as its Classmate PC, according to sources from PC players...

Sony battles to take top spot in connected TV market

Mar 30, 15:36

Sony is increasing the proportion of connected TVs in its LCD TV shipments, with aims to take a 60% share of the segment worldwide in 2012, according to the company. The vendor will...

Game First lands exclusive sales agent rights for Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment

Mar 30, 12:29

Game First International, a subsidiary of Taiwan's largest online game developer/operator Soft-World International, on March 29 announced that it has obtained exclusive agent rights...

Topco, MIC expected to see growth in sales due to greener semiconductor processes

Mar 30, 12:21

Various industries have been focusing on making processes greener. Industry leading firms such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been implementing measures...

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STATS ChipPAC Taiwan expects 1Q12 sales to rise 15-20%

Mar 30, 01:10

Testing house STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Singapore-based STATS ChipPAC, expects its revenues to increase 15-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012...

AWSC sales to rebound starting March

Mar 29, 15:26

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is expected to see its monthly sales start growing in March, climbing out of the previous trough, according...

China-based white-box handset players may face bankruptcy

Mar 29, 01:30

China-based white-box handset players are suffering as larger local players ZTE, Lenovo and Huawei are aggressively entering the CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment, while first-tier...

Apple places more orders for 13.3-inch MacBook Pro than for 15-inch model

Mar 29, 01:15

As Apple will start mass producing its 15-inch MacBook Pro in April, sources from the upstream supply chain have pointed out that the company's orders for the 13.3-inch model are...

Taiwan market: Samsung launches new consumer DSCs; targeting to become the 3rd-largest vendor

Mar 29, 01:05

Samsung Electronics on March 28, launched several new mid-range and high-end consumer digital still cameras in Taiwan, pushing its Smart Camera concept, which connects its DSCs with...

MOCVD sales to hit bottom in first half of 2012

Mar 28, 15:07

IMS Research forecasts 342 GaN LED MOCVD reactors will ship in 2012, a significant decline of 48% vs 654 in 2011. The first two quarters of 2012 are currently expected...

Realtek to post 15% sales growth in March

Mar 28, 12:33

Realtek Semiconductor expects its March revenues to exceed NT$1.9 billion (US$64.3 million), up about 15% sequentially and likely hitting the highest monthly level since June 2011...

Consumer IC designers likely to see 2Q12 sales grow over 20%

Mar 27, 11:57

Taiwan-based consumer IC design specialists including Elan Microelectronics, Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor...

Component makers concern for the possible impact from ultrabook

Mar 27, 01:15

Component makers, seeing their downstream brand partners are aggressively entering the ultrabook market, are concerned that if demand for ultrabook is not as good as expected, their...

Orders for ultrabooks pour in, say Taiwan IC designers

Mar 23, 11:39

Taiwan-based notebook-related IC designers including Alcor Micro, Anpec Electronics, Elan Microelectronics, Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Integrated Technology...

KYEC expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12

Mar 23, 01:40

Sales at King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will be mostly affected by inventory corrections in the supply chain in the first quarter of 2012, according to the IC testing specialist. However,...

Walsin posts 2011 loss

Mar 23, 01:10

Walsin Technology, which makes multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) as well as chip resistors, slipped into the red in 2011 with sales down 37.6% from a year ago.

PTI, Walton expect sales stable in March, grow in 2Q12

Mar 21, 16:03

Packaging and testing firms Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering have both said they continue to negotiate with Elpida Memory to work out the best solutions...

IC distributor Zenitron posts record sales and profits in 2011

Mar 20, 14:48

Zenitron, which mainly distributes touch panel ICs and touch panels, and is also the sales agent for SanDisk, saw its consolidated revenues and net profits in 2011 hit new all-time...

Macroblock March sales up 10-15% on LED driver IC orders

Mar 20, 01:10

A ramp-up in orders for LED driver ICs used in signage boards and lighting products will help Macroblock's monthly revenues rebound to more than NT$170 million (US$5.8 million) in...

ChipMOS expects sales growth in 2012

Mar 19, 16:15

Packaging and testing firm ChipMOS Technologies has forecast consolidated revenues for 2012 will increase 10%. The company revealed that net revenues on a US GAAP basis for 2011 grew...

MLCC firm Holy Stone 2011 profits down 7.5%, but sales up

Mar 19, 12:55

Holy Stone Enterprise has reported net profits for 2011 decreased 7.5% due mainly to a weak fourth quarter, when the multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) firm saw its quarterly net...

Ardentec sees sales bottom out in 1Q12

Mar 16, 15:45

IC testing house Ardentec expects sales to start growing after hitting bottom in the first quarter of 2012, as orders, particularly those placed by Europe-based customers, pick up...

4G power amplifiers to buoy Sigurd sales in 2012

Mar 15, 14:50

Packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics reportedly has landed new orders for 4G LTE chips, including those placed by Anadigics and other major power amplifier suppliers...

Ralec February sales up more than 100%

Mar 14, 14:11

Consolidated revenues at Ralec Electronic hiked 112.2% sequentially in February 2012, while fellow chip resistor firm Ta-I Technology saw its consolidated sales increase 5.2% on month...

iPad to dominate sales of NAND flash in tablets through 2015, IHS says

Mar 14, 12:18

With its leading market share position and high memory usage, Apple's iPad is set to continue to dominate worldwide demand for NAND flash in media tablets at least through the year...

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IC design house On-Bright expects sales growth in March

Mar 13, 14:28

On-Bright Electronics, an IC design subsidiary of Lite-On Semiconductor specializing in power management ICs, expects its consolidated revenues to register another sequential growth...

Chipbond sees flat growth in 1Q12 sales

Mar 13, 14:22

Chipbond Technology, which provides packaging and testing services for driver ICs used mainly in TV and handset panels, expects its consolidated revenues to register flat sequential...

Adata February sales up 16%

Mar 13, 11:30

Memory module firm Adata Technology has reported a sequential rise in February revenues of 15.8%. Sales of non-DRAM modules accounted for 55.7% of company revenues in the month.

Adata makes advance payment to Rexchip to ensure smooth DRAM supply

Passive component distributors post sales growth in February

Mar 12, 16:30

Taiwan-based distributors of passive components, including Honey Hope Honesty (3H), Nichidenbo and Podak, have all reported revenue growth sequentially for February 2012.

New iPad may push up global sales of LTE smartphones to 45-50 million units in 2012, say Taiwan makers

Mar 12, 16:03

As the new iPad supports LTE and a new version of iPhone to be launched in the second half of 2012 is very likely to support LTE as well, other vendors are expected to equip their...

South Korea firms to push sales of low-price LED TVs

Mar 9, 11:09

Samsung Electronics is rumored to be giving up production of CCFL-backlit LCD TVs to fully adopt LED-backlight modules. The firm will promote direct-lit LED TVs aggressively in 2012...

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ASE February sales up, SPIL down

Mar 9, 11:01

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) saw sales of its core IC ATM (assembly test and material) business grow 3.9% on month to NT$9.49 billion (US$320 million) in February 2012...

China market: Local TV brand vendors setting high sales goals for 2012, say sources

Mar 8, 16:02

Local brand TV vendors in China, including TCL, Skyworth, and Hisense, have together targeted to ship over 51 million TVs in 2012, higher than the 46 million units projected for the...

TXC, Polytronics February sales up on rising orders

Mar 8, 15:04

Quartz component manufacturer TXC saw its consolidated revenues increase about 17% sequentially in February, thanks to a pick-up in orders coming from the handset and PC sectors....

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    Samsung Electronics is introducing its branded memory cards for sale in Taiwan, with sales in other select countries likely to follow at a later date. In previous years, Samsung...

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