786 news items tagged gross margin
Taiflex sees revenue decline in 2018, but keeps gross margin at above 20%
Thursday 21 February 2019Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific has announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018 and the whole year 2018. The company saw its 2018 consolidated revenues drop from a...
Novatek expects 2-5% revenue drop in 1Q19
Friday 15 February 2019IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$14.6 billion (US$473 million) and NT$15 billion in the first quarter...
NAND flash prices to fall at slower pace in 2H19, says Silicon Motion
Friday 1 February 2019NAND flash prices will continue falling in the second half of 2019, but the pace will be more moderate, according to Wallace Kou, president and CEO of Silicon Motion Technology.
VIS expects up to 13% revenue decrease in 1Q19
Friday 1 February 2019Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post a revenue decrease of 8-13% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, citing inventory adjustments...
ASE expects revenues to drop in 1Q19
Thursday 31 January 2019ASE Technology Holding expects revenues to drop in the first quarter of 2019, due to inventory correction at customers engaged in the handset- and communication-related IC sector...
MediaTek expects to post up to 20% revenue drop in 1Q19
Thursday 31 January 2019MediaTek expects to post a revenue decline of 12-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, and flat or slight revenue growth in all of the year.
Taiwan IC vendors may see profits fall on foundry supply loosening
Friday 18 January 2019As TSMC will surely take time digesting its iPhone AP inventory amid lingering lackluster sales of Apple's smartphones, most Taiwan IC designers are worried their gross margins in...
MSI gaming notebook shipments total 1.2 million units in 2018
Wednesday 9 January 2019Micro-Star International (MSI) shipped a total of 1.2 million gaming notebooks in 2018, fending off the competitions from Asustek Computer with devices from its gaming sub-brands...
Lite-On Tech expects gross margin to improve to 14.5% in 2019
Monday 7 January 2019EMS provider Lite-On Technology, conservatively optimistic outlook about 2019 business, expects gross margin to improve to over 14.5% this year, with net operating profit to grow...
Taiwan diode firms cautious about 1Q19
Thursday 13 December 2018Taiwan-based power diode makers including Lite-On Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSC), Panjit International, Eris Technology and HY Electronic will see their sales performance...
MediaTek revenues fall to 9-month low in November
Tuesday 11 December 2018MediaTek has reported November consolidated revenues fell 10.4% sequentially to a nine-month low of NT$18.67 billion (US$604.2 million). Consolidated sales for the first 11 months...
Mosel to expand capacity for power ICs
Monday 3 December 2018Mosel Vitelic, a pure-play foundry specializing in power semiconductors and analog chips, has disclosed plans to raise NT$861 millon (US$27.9 million) in capital through issuing new...
Pure-play foundry market visibility appears low for 1H19
Friday 30 November 2018Order visibility for the pure-play IC foundry sector for the first half of 2019 appears to be low. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started negotiating with its...
PCB firm GCE swings to profit
Friday 30 November 2018Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) swung to net profits of NT$256 million (US$8.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018 from losses a year ago, thanks to rising fab utilization rates...
Formosa Sumco to continue running at full capacity in 1Q19, report says
Friday 30 November 2018Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), a Taiwan-based manufacturer of 8- and 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers, is expected to continue running at full capacity in the first quarter of...
Chipmakers may see profits deflated by smartphone sales headwind in 2019
Thursday 22 November 2018As worldwide smartphone vendors are expected to further lower prices for new models to stimulate replacement demand in 2019, global chipmakers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and UNISOC...
PCB firm APCB sees gross margin climb to 7-quarter high in 3Q18
Friday 16 November 2018Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) saw its gross margin climb to a seven-quarter high of 16.72% in the third quarter of 2018, while net profits surged 10.2% sequentially to NT$237...
Walton sees net profits plunge in 3Q18
Friday 16 November 2018Memory-IC backend specialist Walton Advanced Engineering has announced net profits fell 92.6% sequentially and 93.5% on year to NT$16 million (US$0.52 million) in the third quarter...
Unimicron swings to profit in 3Q18
Friday 16 November 2018PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology swung to net profits of NT$982 million (US$31.8 million) in the third quarter of 2018 from losses in the prior quarter and a year...
Quanta operating profits shoot up 83% in 3Q18
Wednesday 14 November 2018ODM Quanta Computer saw its operating profits surge 83% sequentially to NT$4.426 billion (US$142.81 million) in the third quarter, driven by robust shipments of servers and high-end...
ALi posts another quarter of losses
Wednesday 14 November 2018IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, has reported an 11th consecutive quarterly loss in the third quarter of 2018 in which net losses came...
Lite-On Semi posts EPS of NT$1.08 for 3Q18
Tuesday 13 November 2018Lite-On Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$335 million (US$10.8 million) for the third quarter of 2018, up 63% sequentially and 25% on year. EPS for the quarter came to...
WT Micro net profits hit record high in 3Q18
Friday 9 November 2018IC distributor WT Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$990 million (US$32.3 million) for the third quarter of 2018, up 59% sequentially and 29% on year, and hitting a record...
Simplo reports improved earnings, gross margin for 3Q18
Friday 9 November 2018Battery maker Simplo Technology has reported improved earnings and gross margin for the third quarter of 2018, buoyed by optimized product mix and expanding business scale.
SMIC expects to post 7-9% revenue decrease in 4Q18
Thursday 8 November 2018China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 7-9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, with gross margin...
- Intel raises 2Q14 and 2014 revenue and gross margin expectations (Jun 12) - Company release
- STMicro slumps by most in two years on forecast of drop in sales to Nokia (July 26) - Bloomberg
- Leading solar module suppliers should experience gross margin expansion in second half (June 21) - Seeking Alpha
- Canadian Solar 1Q net soars on higher shipments, margins (May 11) - Wall Street Journal
- Infineon raises guidance for fiscal 4Q10 (Sep 21) - Company release
- Micron tripped up by estimate cut (Sep 17) - The Street
- STATS ChipPAC 3Q09 profits soar 218% on year (Oct 27) - Company release
- Smart Modular loss narrows on better DRAM pricing - Wall Street Journal
- Intel raises third-quarter revenues and gross margin expectations (Aug 28) - Company release