A rumor about several upstream component makers planning to raise their quotes significantly to maintain profits in the fourth quarter has recently been circulating around the IT...

Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories are expected to post their fourth straight quarterly losses if prices for mainstream 1Gb DDR3 memory slip below US$1.

Market watchers expect specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) to see its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 decline by about 20% from the NT$4.82 billion...

Winbond Electronics, which makes NOR flash and niche-market DRAM, is gearing up to accelerate production processes for advanced-technology products, said company chairman Arthur Chiao...

Co-Tech Copper Foil expects its revenues to be lower than expected in the fourth quarter of 2010 due to a decline in shipments of its copper foils in October and unclear order visibility...

Thinking Electronic Industrial, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, expects its revenues to remain strong in the fourth quarter of 2010 due to increasing...

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) turned in NT$3.794 billion (US$124 million) in third-quarter 2010 revenues, almost flat from the NT$3.791 billion posted in the second quarter, according...

Spreadtrum Communications is likely to boost its orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to about 80,000 wafers in the fourth quarter of 2010, up from 50,000 units...

Chang Wah Electromaterials, which distributes packaging materials and equipment for the semiconductor and LCD industries, expects flat revenue growth sequentially in the fourth quarter...

Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Uniplus Electronics, have turned cautious about their business...

Despite that Intel expects its revenues to grow 4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, sources from motherboard makers remain conservative about demand in the fourth quarter...

Taiwan-based IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects its shipments of medium- to large-size capacitive touch panels to more than double sequentially in the fourth quarter...

Copper clad laminate (CCL) makers could see fourth-quarter 2010 profits contract due to an increase in copper foil quotes, which rose 3-5% in September and another 5% in October....

Pushed by China Mobile, TD-SCDMA handsets and smartphones at retail prices of about 500 yuan (US$75) and 1,000 yuan respectively will be available in the China market in the fourth...

Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Unimicron Technology, Tripod Technology, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), will be able to improve their yield...