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Tuesday 14 August 2012
GCL-Poly warns of 2Q12 net loss
China-based polysilicon and solar wafer maker GCL-Poly indicated that due to impacts of the debt crisis in Europe and continuous price fall of solar products, the firm made small...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Global flat panel TV shipments return to growth in 2Q12; Samsung stays on top of LCD market, says IHS
Following a 30% drop during the first three months of 2012, worldwide shipments of flat panel televisions returned to growth in the second quarter, according to HIS. Worldwide shipments...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Epileds sees strong sequential growth in 2Q12 operating profit
Epileds, a Taiwan-based maker of AlGaInP and InGaN LED chips for use in LED lighting, on August 13 released financial report for the second quarter of 2012, with net operating profit...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Epistar, Lextar post 2Q12 net EPS of NT$0.44, NT$0.3
Epistar and Lextar Electronics, two Taiwan-based makers of LED chips, on August 13 released financial reports for the second quarter of 2012, recording net earnings per share (EPS)...
Monday 13 August 2012
Flexium 2Q12 earnings shrink on lower utilization
Flexium Interconnect, a major Taiwan-based flexible PCB supplier, saw its second-quarter profits decline about 42% sequentially as its utilization rate slipped below 60%. The lower...
Monday 13 August 2012
Crystalwise returns to profitability in 2Q12
The price of sapphire substrates has been climbing out of the trough as price of 2-inch products reach US$8-9/unit. With strong demand for LED chips, sapphire substrate maker Crystalwise...
Monday 13 August 2012
Spreadtrum sees decreased 2Q12 net profit
Spreadtrum Communications, a China-based provider of handset chipsets, generated net profit of US$21.0 million in the second quarter of 2012, falling by 13.6% on quarter and by 35.4%...
Friday 10 August 2012
China market: 2Q12 handset-based games valued at CNY1.20 billion
Operators of handset-based mobile games in the China market generated total revenues of CYN1.20 billion (US$190 million) during the second quarter of 2012, slightly dropping by 0.8%...
Friday 10 August 2012
Himax sees profits up 33.5% in 2Q12, but revenues to stay flat in 3Q12
Himax Technologies expects its revenues for the third quarter of 2012 to stay flat compared to US$189.5 million it recorded in the previous quarter.
Thursday 9 August 2012
SMIC posts record quarterly revenues
China-based foundry chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported a record-high US$421.8 million in consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2012...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
CMI suffers 50% decline in touch panel revenues in 2Q12 due to product delays
Chimei Innolux (CMI) saw sharp declines in revenues from touch panels in the second quarter mainly because of customers adjusting their products as well as delaying them to the market,...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Digitimes Research: Shipments of Taiwan's LCD driver ICs expand over 13% on quarter in 2Q12
Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses reached NT$18.83 billion (US$628.5 million) in the second quarter of 2012, up 13.5% sequentially and 2.8% on year, according...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
UMC July sales up
Contract chipmaker United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported revenues of NT$9.61 billion (US$321 million) for July 2012, up 3.5% on month and 9.1% on year.
Wednesday 8 August 2012
China market: iPad occupies over 72% of 2Q12 tablet sales
There were 2.34 million tablet PCs sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 7.8% on quarter and by 63.4% on year, and iPad series had the largest...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
VIS sees shipment drop in 3Q12
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has posted brisk results for the second quarter of 2012, with revenues up 44% and profits jumping significantly on quarter. But looking...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research