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Tuesday 7 August 2012
DRAM revenues grow 12% in 2Q12, says DRAMeXchange
Worldwide DRAM revenues arrived at US$7.02 billion in the second quarter of 2012, up 12% from US$6.27 billion in the prior quarter, according to DRAMeXchange. But the figure reflects...
Tuesday 7 August 2012
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix posts strong pre-tax profits in 2Q12
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology saw pre-tax profit soar 41% sequentially to NT$114 million (US$3.8 million) for the second quarter of 2012, the highest in the past seven...
Monday 6 August 2012
Foundries shine in IC ranking, says IC Insights
Market research firm IC Insights has updated its list of the world's top 20 semiconductor suppliers by revenue in the first half of 2012. Three pure-play foundries - included in the...
Monday 6 August 2012
Yingli Solar expects single-digit gross margin for 2Q12
Yingli Green Energy (Yingli Solar), a China-based vertically integrated solar firm, has pre-announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
Friday 3 August 2012
HTC sees fall in 3Q12 sales with lower margin
HTC has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2012, which met its revised guidance. Looking forward, the smartphone firm expects to post sequential decreases in both...
Friday 3 August 2012
WPG 2Q12 results in line with guidance
WPG Holdings, Asia's largest IC distributor, has reported second-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$90.98 billion (US$3.04 billion), with gross margin arriving at 5.26%. Both figures...
Friday 3 August 2012
China market: 2Q12 third-party e-payment service over CNY945 billion in trade value
In the China market, platforms of third-party (between buyers and sellers) electronic payment (e-payment) service generated total sales transaction value of CNY945.66 billion (US$149.5...
Friday 3 August 2012
Rubicon sales rise in 2Q12
Rubicon Technology, a provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, reported that second quarter (ended June 30, 2012) revenue...
Thursday 2 August 2012
China accounts for 27% of total smartphones shipped in 2Q12, says Canalys
China accounted for 27% of the 158 million smartphones shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 16% for the US, according to Canalys Research. More than 42 million...
Thursday 2 August 2012
Mag.Layers, Thinking see pre-tax profits improve in 2Q12
Passive component makers Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics and Thinking Electronic both saw their pre-tax profits increase sequentially in the second quarter of 2012 thanks to a low...
Thursday 2 August 2012
Samsung expands lead in 2Q12 NAND market, says DRAMeXchange
The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$4.22 billion in the second quarter of 2012, down 11.9% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics continued...
Thursday 2 August 2012
First Solar reports sharp increase in 2Q12 sales
First Solar, a US-based solar firm, announced financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Net sales were US$957 million in the quarter, an increase of US$460 million from the...
Thursday 2 August 2012
Winbond nearly halves losses in 2Q12
Winbond Electronics has managed to cut its losses to NT$326 million (US$10.86 million) in the second quarter of 2012, down from NT$646 million in the first quarter. Second-quarter...
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Taiwan market: 2Q12 projector shipments decrease
There were 22,743 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the second quarter of 2012, decreasing by 11.6% on quarter and by 11.9% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Wednesday 1 August 2012
PTI 2Q12 beats estimates; sees challenges ahead
Memory IC packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has reported better-than-expected revenue and EPS results for the second quarter of 2012. But looking forward, the...
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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