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Monday 16 April 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments drop in 1Q12
Taiwan-based makers shipped 15.81 million handsets (excluding shipments from pure EMS assembly) in the first quarter of 2012, slipping 20.1% on quarter and 24.5% on year, Digitimes...
Thursday 12 April 2012
GaAs wafer firm VPEC revenues hit record high in 1Q12
Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs (gallium arsenide) epi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) for consumer technology products such...
Thursday 12 April 2012
Most analog IC designers to post EPS over NT$1 for 1Q12, say sources
Analog IC design houses, including Capella Microsystems, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics, are expected to post an EPS of over NT$1 (US0.034) for the first quarter of 2012 due...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Second-tier packaging and testing firms post sales growth in 1Q12
Revenues at Taiwan's second-tier packaging-and-testing houses Giga Solution, Greatek Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Thailin Semiconductor all registered single-digit...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
VIS March sales up 10% on shipment growth
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) saw its March shipments rise substantially buoying company revenues for the month.
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Yageo, Holy Stone March sales up
MLCC makers Yageo and Holy Stone Enterprise have reported growth in March 2012 revenues from the previous month of 27.5% and 15.3%, respectively. The substantial on-month growth could...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
TSMC 1Q12 sales in line with guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$105.51 billion (US$3.57 billion) for January through March 2012, which came within the...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
ASE 1Q12 sales slip
Consolidated revenues at Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) registered declines of 7.1% sequentially and 6.3% on year in the first quarter of 2012. Sales of its core IC assembly...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Walton and FATC 1Q12 sales up, PTI down
Memory IC packaging and testing firms have reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2012. Walton Advanced Engineering and Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC) both saw their...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
SMIC raises guidance for 1Q12
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's top contract chipmaker, has announced upward revisions to its revenue and gross margin guidance for the first...
Monday 9 April 2012
UMC 1Q12 revenues down 2.7%
United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its first-quarter revenues decrease 2.7% sequentially, in line with company guidance.
Monday 9 April 2012
KYEC 1Q12 sales down 3%; expects mild growth in 2Q
Revenues at King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) slid 3.5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012. The IC testing firm expects to report mild growth for the second quarter.
Monday 9 April 2012
Faraday 1Q12 sales up, Global Unichip down
IC design service providers Faraday Technology and Global Unichip have posted mixed results for the first quarter of 2012, with the former registering 39% growth on quarter and the...
Friday 6 April 2012
TPK revenues up 60% on year in 1Q12
TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.29 billion (US$450.22 million) for March, up 2.7% sequentially and 27.2% on year. For the first quarter of 2012, revenues...
Friday 6 April 2012
ALi March sales up 30%
IC design house ALi has announced consolidated revenues of NT$616 million (US$20.9 million) for March 2012, up 30% sequentially and hitting the highest monthly level in eight years...