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Thursday 24 February 2011
HP unsatisfactory performance to impact Taiwan upstream supply chain
Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced revenues of US$32.3 billion during the period from November of 2010 to January of 2011, lower than market watchers' expectations of US$32.9 billion,...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Ju Teng DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011
Digital camera chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is expected to see its DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011 and the company will also have...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Digital camera chassis makers to see shipment growth more so than profit growth
Digital camera chassis makers will see their shipment volume increase in 2011 benefiting by Japan-based digital camera vendors releasing production to their Taiwan-based OEMs; however,...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Asustek, Gigabyte announce on-year revenue drops in January
Taiwan-based motherboard players Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have announced their results for January 2011.
Thursday 20 January 2011
Renesas to set up procurement center in China
Japan-based Renesas Electronics has revealed plans to establish its second international procurement center in Shanghai in April 2011. The move will allow it to work closely with...
Thursday 13 January 2011
HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments
Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Commentary: Taiwan IC packaging and testing houses await AMD to increase outsourcing of processor backend processing
With the recent chief executive change by AMD, sources from Taiwan's IC packaging and testing houses are hoping that the US-based company will change its policy and increase outsourcing...
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Eight wafer fabs to be shut down in 2011, says SEMI
Fifteen wafer fabs were shut down in 2010 and eight more will see a similar fate in 2011, according to SEMI. As more IDM companies aim to cut costs and become fab-lite and fabless,...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
IC packagers see stronger-than-expected 1Q11
IC packaging and testing houses will see demand for the first quarter of 2011 stronger than the same period in previous years, when revenues were usually dragged down by 10-15% sequentially,...
Thursday 30 December 2010
Outsourcing of IC backend services growing
IDMs including Microchip Technology, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments (TI) have all increased outsourcing for their backend production since the fourth...
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Compal to ship up to 150,000 notebooks to Asustek each month in 1Q11
Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics will start shipping notebooks to its new client Asustek Computer in the first quarter of 2011 with an initial shipment volume of 100,000-150,000...
Monday 27 December 2010
TSMC to buy land and facilities from Powerchip, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is looking to acquire land and facilities from DRAM maker Powerchip Technology for slightly above NT$3 billion (US$102 million),...
Tuesday 14 December 2010
TSMC sees influx of orders from IDMs, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its IDM clients increase orders since the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...
Monday 22 November 2010
Taiwan testing firms turn focus to outsourcing orders from IDMs
Taiwan's King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec are expected to focus on gaining more outsourcing from international IDMs in 2011, according to...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Japan DVD and CD outsourcing may not help Taiwan makers much, says sources
As Japan-based optical disc maker Taiyo Yuden was recently reported to have cut its CD and DVD production by 40% due to the rising Japan exchange rate, market watchers believe the...