Pegatron to expand workforce by 40% in 2H12

May 10, 12:19

Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng, at the company's recent investors meeting, said that the company will start expanding its production workforce in mid-June with the worker number...

Digitimes Research: Solar incentive programs aim at steady growth till grid parity

Apr 10, 14:38

In 2012, the global solar market was affected by incentive policy changes in various countries. Now such incentive programs are mostly aimed at pushing steady market growth until...

SEMI, SEAJ book-to-bill ratios continue slide

Oct 19, 16:41

Japan's semiconductor production equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.65 in September 2012, hitting the lowest level since May 2009, according to the Semiconductor...

IHS warns of IC foundry slowdown after strong 2Q12

Oct 5, 11:02

Pure-play foundry semiconductor manufacturers enjoyed a robust second quarter following the enthusiastic consumer purchasing of wireless products like handsets and tablets, but the...

Motherboard players to see shipment drops in 2H12

Sep 21, 16:02

Seeing weak motherboard demand despite the upcoming National Day holidays in China and Europe's year-end holiday season, motherboard makers expect their shipments in the second half...

Insyde conservative about revenue performance in 2H12

Sep 20, 01:30

PC BIOS designer Insyde Software chairman Jeremy Wang expects the company's third-quarter revenues to only see a sequential growth of less than 5% due to weaker-than-expected notebook...

Market observers hold mixed views on Sharp TV growth in 2H12

Sep 14, 01:35

Market observers hold mixed views about Sharp's TV growth in the second half of 2012 due to decreases in the company's TV shipments during the first half as well as reduced targets...

Tablet PCs expected to push down e-book reader and notebook sales in 2H12

Sep 13, 15:17

Tablet PCs are expected to push down e-book reader and notebook sales throughout the rest of 2012 as ultra-mobile tablet products such as the Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7 and reported...

Taiwan LCD monitor market to grow sequentially in 2H12

Sep 13, 01:15

The LCD monitor market in Taiwan has been gradually losing growth due to tablets, smartphones and notebooks, but is still expected to show more growth in the second half of 2012 compared...

Mainstream resolution of smartphone cameras to remain at 8-megapixel in 2H12, says Largan CEO

Sep 13, 01:00

Although there have been no technological problems to produce lenses over 10-megapixel for use in rear cameras of smartphones, production costs are so high that the mainstream resolution...

Digitimes Research: Kindle Fire HD shipments expected to reach 5 million units in 2H12

Sep 12, 16:10

Combined shipments of the 7-inch and 8.9-inch Amazon Kindle Fire HD are expected to reach five million units in the second half of 2012, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst...

Market observers conservative about e-book reader growth in 2H12

Sep 12, 01:00

Market observers are conservative about e-book reader growth in the second half of 2012 as consumers are expected to purchase new tablet products from major makers such as Google...

Wafer foundry houses to drive semiconductor equipment demand in 2H12

Sep 6, 01:35

Demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the second half of 2012 will come mainly from the needs of wafer foundry houses to push advanced manufacturing processes into commercial...

Everlight expects continuous ASP drop in 2H12

Sep 3, 11:24

Rising price competition and negative impact from the debt crisis in Europe have been causing Taiwan-based LED firms to report on-year decreases in their financial results for first-half...

Touch-IC supplier EETI sales to boom in 2H12

Aug 30, 01:15

Revenues at Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) will likely register over 30% sequential growth in the third quarter, and another on-quarter increase in the fourth quarter, market sources...

Capella Microsystems to see shipments decrease in 2H12

Aug 29, 14:35

IC design house Capella Microsystems is expected to see its shipments of ambient light sensors affected significantly after Samsung Electronics, one of Capella's major clients, lost...

Notebook chassis makers expand capacity at Chongqing plants in 2H12

Aug 27, 15:52

As notebook ODMs have recently started accelerating their expansion of production capacity in Chongqing, their upstream chassis suppliers – Zhanyun Chongqing Electronics, Ju...

Digitimes Research: LG Innotek expects LED utilization rate to exceed 50% in 2H12

Aug 22, 10:34

The LED business unit of LG Innotek has been seeing a low capacity utilization rate, hence Digitimes Research expects its 2012 profit margin to be negative 4-6%. Despite the negative...

Daxin expects Windows 8 release to increase 2H12 profits

Aug 22, 01:45

Daxin Materials, a Taiwan-based design house of specialty chemicals used in TFT-LCD and touch panels, said it expects the release of Windows 8 to bring in increased touch screen material...

KYEC holds positive view for 2H12

Aug 15, 13:56

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) expects its sales will be driven by brisk demand coming from the handset sector in the third quarter of 2012. The IC testing house has seen orders for...

Marketech sales to rebound in 2H12

Aug 14, 11:38

Automation equipment specialist Marketech International will see its sales in the second half of 2012 rebound to the high levels of 2011 driven mainly by glass-thinning equipment...

Stabilizing panel prices in 2H12 will decrease panel maker losses, say sources

Aug 9, 15:08

Panel makers such as LG Display are holding a conservative outlook for panel growth in the third quarter due to economic instabilities throughout Europe, but they may still be able...

Panel makers look to 2H12 for increasing panel sales

Aug 9, 14:32

Panel makers are looking forward to the second half of 20112 expecting increasing panel shipments as well as a balancing of losses due to holiday season demand and stable panel prices,...

ICP Electronics to see growing revenues in 2H12

Aug 8, 16:07

Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player ICP Electronics expects its revenues in the second half of 2012 to see growth compared to the first, while the company will also achieve sequential...

Silitech looks to increasing shipments of handset chassis in 2H12

Aug 7, 15:53

Handset keypad and chassis maker Silitech Technology is expected to see its shipments of handset chassis continue growing month on month in the second half of 2012, buoyed by orders...

Electronic component price declines spur buying opportunity, IHS finds

Aug 3, 11:11

Economic troubles are spurring unseasonably large price declines for a broad range of electronic parts, creating a near-term buying opportunity for purchasers, according to IHS iSuppli...

Unimicron optimistic about 2H12 markets for FPCB, HDI boards

Aug 3, 01:10

Unimicron Technology has enjoyed high utilization rates for its flexible PCB capacity, and expects the positive performance to carry on in the second half of 2012. Meanwhile, the...

Digitimes Research: Global large-size LCD panel shipments to top 393 million units in 2H12

Jul 27, 01:15

Global shipments of large-size LCD panels will top 393 million units in the second half of 2012, increasing 5.9% from the first half of the year, according to Digitimes Research.

Digitimes Research: Notebook ODMs to see mixed shipment performance in 2H12

Jul 26, 14:08

Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2012 are only estimated to grow 12% compared to the first, several notebooks ODMs are expected to see their shipment growth...

LCD TV prices to remain flat in 2H12

Jul 25, 01:10

Taiwan-based LCD panel makers and members of the upstream component supply chain are expressing pessimistic views regarding whether LCD TV prices will rise in the second half of 20...

Panel makers express concern over 2H12 panel growth

Jul 23, 16:17

Panel makers are expressing doubt whether they will make up for losses that they incurred during 2011, according to industry sources.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 2H12 digital camera shipments to fall 21.7% on year

Jul 23, 11:48

Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 21.738 million digital cameras in second-half 2012, decreasing by...