HTC sees profits drop sharply in 3Q12

Newswatch - Oct 26, 16:09

HTC has reported net profits of NT$3.9 billion (US$133.2 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 56% sequentially and 82% on year. EPS for the third quarter was NT$4.7, compared...

TSMC expects sales rebound following two-quarter dip

Oct 25, 15:39

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects its consolidated revenues to decrease about 8% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2012, followed by another modest dip...

LG sees 3Q12 smartphone shipments increase

Oct 24, 21:36

South Korea-based LG Electronics has reported smartphone shipments in the third quarter accounted for more than 50% of total mobile phone shipments. LG has been focusing on LTE smartphones...

Foxconn declines to comment on smartphone cooperation statement from Sharp

Oct 24, 16:17

Sharp's executive officer and chief director of Information Communication Business Masami Ohata at a recent press event, stated that the company will strengthen cooperation with handset...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see decreased 3Q12 handset shipments

Oct 23, 15:55

Taiwan-based makers shipped 16.01 million handsets in the third quarter of 2012, decreasing 18.7% on quarter and 34.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

Smartphone platforms can be transferred to TVs, says Sengital CEO

Oct 23, 10:30

During the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition), Alan Lam, founder and CEO of Hong Kong-based design and engineering company, Sengital, indicated that demand for tablets and...

Taiwan market: TWM launches own-brand smartphone Amazing A2

Oct 22, 21:06

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on October 22 announced the launch of Amazing A2, its own-brand smartphone, for contract-bundled sale...

FIH considering transforming into branded smartphone provider, say sources

Oct 19, 14:48

While vigorously soliciting ODM orders from branded smartphone vendors, Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) is reportedly looking to follow the steps of HTC to become a branded smartphone...

Weak demand for notebooks to remain until 1Q13

Oct 19, 12:02

Intel's financial performance for the third quarter of 2012 reflects a stagnant global notebook market mainly due to fast growing demand for tablets and smartphones, and because Apple,...

Touchscreen controller IC shipments boost on China demand

Oct 19, 11:52

FocalTech Systems and Goodix, which specialize in the design of touchscreen controller ICs, have both seen their monthly shipments approach the 10 million mark buoyed by strong demand...

Acer to introduce smartphone with personal cloud service

Oct 17, 22:05

Acer plans to introduce a CloudMobile smartphone series featuring a personal cloud service. Market observers believe Acer will face strong competition and challenges in trying to...

Smartphones, tablets causing the IT supply chain to fall into imbalance

Oct 17, 21:45

The rapid growths of the smartphone and tablet markets have started to impact demand in other industries such as desktops, notebooks, and digital still cameras (DSC), while causing...

Asia-based vendors take lead in offering of 5-inch smartphones

Oct 16, 15:20

Following the steps of Samsung Electronics, a number of branded vendors in Asia including LG Electronics, Pantech, Sharp, Panasonic and HTC as well as some China-based handset makers,...

Tight supply of NAND flash may remain until early 2013

Oct 16, 10:21

The global supply of NAND flash memory has been tight, boosting prices for the chips recently, according to industry sources. The tight supply is likely to persist until early 2013,...

China market: Demand for ICs from smartphone sector to remain brisk in 4Q12

Oct 15, 11:31

Shipments of ICs for smartphones by Taiwan-based IC design houses to China will remain robust in the fourth quarter of 2012, as sales of smartphones in China during the October 1...

China-based FPCB makers enter supply chains of branded smartphone vendors

Oct 9, 14:08

Some China-based flexible PCB (FPCB) suppliers, including BYD, AKM Electronics Industrial and Zhongxing Xinyu, a subsidiary of ZTE, have made inroads into the supply chains of Nokia...

HTC switching smartphone component orders from Samsung to other suppliers

Oct 9, 12:14

HTC has reduced its purchases of smartphone components from Samsung Electronics, switching its orders for CMOS image sensors from the Korea-based supplier to OmniVision and Sony,...

HTC sees revenues slide over 50% on year in September

Oct 9, 01:15

HTC has announced revenues of NT$21.2 billion (US$721.43 million) for September, down 11.6% sequentially and 53.4% from a year earlier. Third-quarter revenues of NT$70.2 billion met...

Samsung sees another record quarterly earnings

Oct 5, 14:25

Samsung Electronics has announced its financial guidance for the third quarter of 2012, with operating profits set to hit a new record high for a fourth consecutive quarter.

MediaTek announces robust sales for September

Oct 5, 14:07

MediaTek has announced revenues of NT$11.01 billion (US$374.64 ) million for September, up 19.4% sequentially and 38.9% on year. For the first nine months of 2012, revenues amounted...

NAND flash contract prices stop falling, says DRAMeXchange

Oct 5, 01:05

Contract prices for NAND flash memory discontinued their decline and began to rise in the second half of September 2012, with quotes for mainstream MLC parts up 7.5-11%, according...

PC vendors recommended to target niche smartphone market to avoid direct competition

Oct 3, 14:56

Branded PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Asustek Computer, which plan to reignite their smartphone businesses, are recommended to offer models with strong application...

Sharp begins production of 5-inch Full-HD LCD panels

Oct 3, 12:08

Sharp has started production of 5-inch full-HD (1080 by 1920) LCD panels for smartphones with a pixel density of 443 ppi. Production began at the end of September 2012 and full-scale...

Taiwan LCD driver IC suppliers striving to win touch controller orders from China white-box market

Oct 2, 15:02

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC companies are striving to win orders for touch controller chips from China's second- and third-tier white-box smartphone and tablet brands as a means to...

MediaTek smartphone IC shipments likely to peak in 4Q12

Oct 2, 12:13

MediaTek's shipments of smartphone chips will stand a good chance of reaching another monthly high during the fourth quarter if smartphone sales during China's October 1 holidays...

IC design firms seeing strong demand from China smartphone market

Sep 27, 13:54

The expanding smartphone market in China has caused the supply of related chips, such as LCD driver ICs, touchscreen controller ICs and analog chips, to fall short of demand, according...

DRAM content rises and becomes more uniform in smartphones, IHS says

Sep 27, 11:47

The average amount of DRAM in each smartphone shipped worldwide is expected to surge by nearly 50% in 2012, as smartphones gain greater functionality, according to IHS iSuppli.

Intel CEO meets Acer executives to discuss smartphone business

Sep 27, 01:45

Intel CEO Paul Otellini recently had a meeting with Acer's executives in Taiwan, discussing the smartphone business and has also introduced some telecom carriers to Acer as a foundation...

EMC new CCL production capacity to come online by year-end

Sep 27, 01:00

New production capacity of CCL (copper clad-laminate) maker Elite Material (EMC) will come online by year-end 2012, boosting the company's monthly output of CCLs to 300,000 units.

MLCC prices to drop 3-5% in 4Q12, say sources

Sep 25, 14:55

Prices of MLCCs are expected to drop 3-5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2012 as passive component makers are conservative whether the pending launch of Windows 8 notebooks...

IC distributor CoAsia receiving more CMOS sensor orders in September

Sep 25, 14:19

CoAsia Microelectronics, which distributes Samsung Electronics' CMOS sensors in China, is expected to post strong revenue gains in September due to increasing orders for Samsung's...