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Thursday 23 April 2009
AUO 1Q09 loss narrows; expects significant improvement to 2Q09 utilization
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its first-quarter consolidated losses narrowed to NT$20.22 billion (US$597 million) from NT$26.6 billion seen in the fourth quarter, thanks to...
Thursday 23 April 2009
Sitronix announces revenues of NT$932 million for 1Q09
Taiwan driver IC maker Sitronix Technology has announced revenues of NT$932 million (US$27.55 million) for the first quarter of 2009 with an EPS of NT$0.48.

Thursday 23 April 2009
PDP shipments down 19% on year in 1Q09, says Displaybank
Global PDP module shipments decreased 19% on year to 2.86 million units with revenues of US$1.014 billion, down 34% on year in the first quarter of 2009, according to Displaybank.
Wednesday 22 April 2009
IC substrate makers Kinsus and PPT see mixed 1Q09 results
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology may post better than expected results for the first quarter of this year, as peer maker Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) saw losses...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Acer, Asustek, MSI see 1Q09 netbook sales fall short of expectations
Taiwan-based netbook vendors saw shipment volumes fall short of their respective goals in the first quarter, according to sources at channel vendors.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Nearly 60% of China chip manufacturing goes unused in 1Q09, says iSuppli
Once the world's fastest-growing chip-manufacturing region, China hit an all-time low in the first quarter of 2009, with nearly 60% of the nation's semiconductor manufacturing capacity...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
MSI ships four million motherboards in 1Q09, says paper
First-tier motherboard maker Micro-Star International (MSI) shipped 4.05 million motherboards and two million graphics cards in the first quarter of 2009, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 17 April 2009
Holy Stone reports net profit growth in 1Q09
Taiwan-based passive component maker Holy Stone has reported a 12.71% revenue decline for the first quarter of 2009 to NT$2.21 billion (US$65.05 million), while net profit increased...
Thursday 16 April 2009
Worldwide PC shipments declined 6.5% in 1Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 67.2 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 6.5% decline versus first-quarter 2008, according to preliminary results from Gartner.
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Memory module makers to report better-than-expected 1Q09 on stabilizing prices
Memory module makers A-Data Technology and Power Quotient International (PQI) may swing back to profits in the first quarter of 2009, with pre-tax EPS to be between NT$1-2 (US$0.03-0.06),...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
TSMC expected to remain profitable or break even in 1Q09
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to maintain its profitability, or fall to its breakeven point, for the first quarter of 2009, according to market observers,...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
Taiwan market: Over 34 million hits by malicious software in 1Q09
Computers in Taiwan were affected with malicious software programs by more than 34 million times during the first quarter of 2009, 2.97 times the number recorded in the first quarter...
Thursday 9 April 2009
Quanta sees March revenues drop on year, Wistron up
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$63.38 billion (US$1.88 billion) for March, a growth of 27.9% on month, but a drop of 16.5% on year.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
ASE 1Q09 revenues beat guidance
Packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced revenues of NT$5.5 billion (US$163 million) for March, up 28.2% on month. The company's first-quarter...
Wednesday 8 April 2009
IC design house Pixart 1Q09 revenues down 29%
CMOS sensor supplier Pixart Imaging generated unaudited revenues of NT$725 million (US$21.4 million) in the first quarter of 2009, down 29.6% from the previous quarter. However, the...