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Tuesday 4 August 2009
Chip sales up 17% sequentially in 2Q09, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors for second-quarter 2009 totaled US$51.7 billion, up 17% on quarter but still 20% lower than the US$64.7 billion reported for second-quarter 2008,...
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Synnex Technology has record profits in 2Q09
Taiwan-based 3C channel distributor Synnex Technology International on August 3 reported record pre-tax profit of NT$1.39 billion (US$42.4 million) for the second quarter.
Tuesday 4 August 2009
CCFL maker Wellypower posts profit for 2Q09
Taiwan-based CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics turned a profit in the second quarter of 2009 due to growing orders from LCD panel makers. Its net profit for the quarter totaled NT$7.88...
Monday 3 August 2009
Acer market share rises to 18.5% in 2Q09, says IDC
Acer shipped 6.65 million notebooks in the second quarter of 2009, pushing its share in the global notebook market to 18.5%, compared to 17% in the first quarter, according to data...
Monday 3 August 2009
Top backend houses to see revenues grow in 3Q09
Amkor Technology is expected to see the strongest revenue growth among top packaging and testing houses in th third quarter, followed by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE),...
Friday 31 July 2009
ASE swings to profits in 2Q09; raises capex
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) swung back to profitability in the second quarter of 2009. The world's top IC packaging house has also delivered an optimistic outlook for...
Friday 31 July 2009
HTC revenues up 10% on year in 2Q09
HTC (High Tech Computer) has reported revenues of NT$38.2 billion (US$1.16 billion) for the second quarter of 2009, in line with its mid-point guidance range of NT$37.5-38.5 billion...
Friday 31 July 2009
CMO reports net loss of NT$9 billion for 2Q09
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced a net loss of NT$8.84 billion (US$269.1 million) for the second quarter of 2009. CMO's combined second quarter net sales totaled NT$70.28...
Friday 31 July 2009
Smartphone growth encouraging, yet worldwide handset market still expected to shrink in 2009, says IDC
The worldwide handset market recorded another quarter of on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009. According to IDC, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide,...
Friday 31 July 2009
NAND flash ASPs up 20% in 2Q09, says DRAMeXchange
Production cutbacks and demand for restocking inventory from emerging markets pushed up NAND flash ASPs by about 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009, according to DRAMeXchange...
Thursday 30 July 2009
Sunplus swings back to profits in 2Q09 but still in red for 1H09
Consumer IC maker Sunplus Technology managed to swing back to profitability in the second quarter with net earnings reaching NT$69 million (US$2.1 million), or an EPS of NT$0.12....
Thursday 30 July 2009
Macronix posts profit growth for 2Q09; operates at nearly full utilization
Taiwan's Macronix International, a mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker, has reported a net income of NT$980 million (US$29.8 million) translating into net EPS of NT$0.31 for the second...
Thursday 30 July 2009
HannStar suffers losses in 2Q09, expects 3Q09 shipments to increase
LCD panel maker HannStar Display has announced a net loss of NT$2.7 billion (US$82.12 million) for the second quarter of 2009, with an operating loss of NT$2.58 billion.
Thursday 30 July 2009
TSMC shipments more than double in 2Q09; ups capex for 2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) posted consolidated revenues of NT$74.21 billion for the second quarter, up 87.9% from NT$39.5 billion in the first. On an annual...
Thursday 30 July 2009
STATS ChipPAC sales up 45% in 2Q09; swings to profit
STATS ChipPAC saw its net sales grow 45% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009, and managed to swing back to profitability, according to the company. The Singapore-based chip...