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Monday 4 May 2009
Netbook growth might end when economy recovers, says iSuppli
As consumers' disposable incomes dwindle, they are flocking to buy low-cost netbook PCs, driving global shipments up by 68.5% in 2009 and by a 2,424% in 2008, according to iSuppli.
Thursday 30 April 2009
STATS ChipPAC reports losses for 1Q09 due to continued contraction in demand
STATS ChipPAC has posted its second straight quarterly loss in the first quarter of 2009, joining fellow packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). Its...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Radiant 1Q09 revenues up 11% sequentially
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has reported first-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$7.21 billion (US$214.01 million), up 11% compared to the fourth...
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Network equipment maker Zyxel sees losses widen in 1Q09
Network equipment maker Zyxel Communications saw its losses widen to NT$104 million (US$3.08 million) in the first quarter of 2009 compared to a loss of NT$73 million in the previous...
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Innolux reports profits for 2008
Taiwan-based LCD panel and system maker Innolux Display has reported profits of NT$4.85 billion (US$143.85 million) for 2008. The company had profits of NT$6.87 billion through the...
Monday 27 April 2009
VIA to reduce capital to improve financial structure
VIA Technologies has decided to reduce its capital by 60% to NT$5.17 billion (US$153.4 million), with an effective date to be set during a shareholders meeting slated for June 19,...
Monday 27 April 2009
Elpida losses expand in fiscal 2008
Japan's Elpida Memory has announced preliminary consolidated financial results for its fiscal 2008 ended March 31, 2009 and plans to release actual results on May 12. The memory chipmaker...
Monday 27 April 2009
Taiwan IPI down 26% in March
Taiwan's industrial production index (IPI) posted an on-year decrease of 26.03% in March 2009, with the manufacturing sector decreasing 26.78%, according to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign...
Monday 27 April 2009
MSI to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009, up 50% from its upward-revised figure of three million units for 2008, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 27 April 2009
Asia Optical suffers net loss of NT$259 million in 1Q09
Asia Optical, on April 24, reported is financial report for the first quarter of 2009, recording a net loss of NT$259 million (US$7.7 million), equivalent to a net loss per share...
Friday 24 April 2009
Handset shipments in Japan drop nearly 30% in fiscal 2008, says MM Research Institute
Domestic mobile phone shipments in the Japan market dropped by an annualized rate of 29.3% to 35.89 million units in fiscal 2008 (April 2008-March 2009), according to data released...
Friday 24 April 2009
Mitac Technology to deal out NT$1 cash dividend for 2008
Taiwan-based military and ruggedized notebook maker Mitac Technology has decided to deal out a cash dividend of NT$1 for its 2008 operations. The company recorded net profits of NT$1.2...
Friday 24 April 2009
CyberTAN and Wistron NeWeb set dividends for 2008
Taiwan-based network equipment maker CyberTAN Technology has decided to deal out a dividend of NT$0.41 for its 2008 business operations, including NT$0.40 in cash and NT$0.01 in shares...
Thursday 23 April 2009
LGE reportedly to sell PDP TV business and related equipment to China-based Changhong
Korea-based LG Electronics (LGE) reportedly plans to quit PDP TV production in 2009 and will sell its related equipment and technologies to China-based Changhong, according to industry...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
TSMC profits drop in 2008
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that consolidated revenues on a US GAAP basis were NT$334.34 billion (US$9.9 billion) for 2008, with an earnings per...