United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world's second-largest wafer foundry player, has posted a net loss of NT$23.51 billion (US$717 million) for the fourth quarter of 2008...

Winbond Electronics posted a net loss of NT$7.37 billion (US$218 million) or a net loss per share of NT$2 in 2008. The company attributed the loss to weakening demand in the PC and...

Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest computer memory chipmaker, posted a fifth straight quarterly loss as a result of market erosion. The company said that an accelerated...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has posted a net loss of US$124.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, due to a significant drop in fab utilization...

Hynix Semiconductor has posted a net loss of 1.33 trillion won (US$964 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008, with negative 88% of net income margin. This marked the fifth straight...

DRAM specialist Nanya Technology's losses widened in 2008, during which its capital expenditure (capex) was sharply slashed due to the general economic decline. Inotera Memories,...

AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) are estimated to record a combined loss of NT$49.2 billion (US$1.46 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2008, due to a slump in...