Taiwan market: Digital camera sales fall in 2012

Jan 8, 19:52

There were 1.09-1.11 million digital cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2012, decreasing about 20% from 2011, and the corresponding sales value also slipped about 10%, according...

MediaTek 4Q12 sales miss guidance

Jan 8, 12:04

IC design house MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.58 billion (US$261 million) for December, down 12.4% on month. Consolidated sales for the fourth quarter of 2012...

Win Semi, VPEC December sales rise

Jan 7, 22:03

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a supplier of GaAs epi-wafers, have both reported sequential growth in sales for December 2012.

Adata revenues up on rising DRAM prices

Jan 7, 21:52

Adata Technology's revenues for December 2012 registered a 14.75% sequential increase, as a recent rebound in chip prices buoyed sales of DRAM modules.

Smartphone and digital camera sales to affect panel maker revenues in 1Q13, say observers

Jan 7, 21:50

Asia-based panel makers are estimated to see a drop in revenues during the first quarter of 2013 due to an expected decline in shipments for small-size panels used in digital cameras...

China-based smartphone vendor Oppo to compete with HTC Butterfly

Jan 4, 16:41

China-based smartphone vendor Oppo Mobile is to challenge the sale of HTC Butterfly from HTC by promoting globally its 5-inch model, the Oppo Find 5, according to industry sources.

IC material distributor Topco 1Q13 sales to decrease 10%

Jan 4, 15:55

Topco Scientific, which distributes semiconductor materials and equipment, is expected to report an about 10% sequential decline in revenues for the first quarter of 2013 due to seasonal...

Taiwan market: Sales of low-priced smartphones to gain momentum in 2013

Jan 4, 15:11

Sales of smartphones priced below NT$15,000 (US$517) will gain momentum in the Taiwan market in 2013 as mobile operators will push sales of low-priced models to accelerate the industry's...

Global chip sales up 2% in November, says SIA

Jan 4, 13:57

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$25.73 billion in November 2012, the highest monthly total since October 2011, according to data gathered by the Semiconductor Industry...

Global LTE smartphone sales to reach 275 million units in 2013, says Strategy Analytics

Jan 4, 11:49

Global sales of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to triple to 275 million units in 2013, according to an estimate by Strategy Analytics.

Nanya December sales down, Inotera up

Jan 3, 15:48

Nanya Technology's revenues for December 2012 registered a 20.8% sequential decline, while Inotera Memories' increased 7.1% on month.

Sharp sees shortage of 5-inch Full HD panels on Aquos Phone sales; to release new IGZO smartphone in 2013

Jan 3, 14:36

Sharp is reportedly witnessing a shortage of its in-house produced 5-inch Full HD handset panels due to explosive sales of its Aquos Phone SH930W in Taiwan, according to industry...

Entry-level smartphone sales expected to stay strong in China throughout 2013

Jan 2, 22:17

Entry-level smartphones in China are expected to see increasing sales in 2013 due to an expected domestic economic heat up as well as to China-based handset vendors planning to continue...

Flat screen TV sales in China expected to reach 50 million by the end of 2012

Dec 28, 15:46

Flat screen TV sales are expected to reach 50 million units in China by the end of 2012 largely due to energy-saving subsidies issued by the China government, according to market...

Capacitor supplier Taiwan Chinsan 4Q12 sales to drop 5%

Dec 28, 11:44

Capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial is expected to report an about 5% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012, according to market...

Orise looks to strong sales in 2013 on growing shipments of WVGA driver chips

Dec 26, 21:32

LCD driver IC vendor Orise Technology is expected to see its revenues rally by 40% in 2013 buoyed by increasing shipments of high-margin WVGA driver chips to smartphone makers in...

Digitimes Research: Smartphone sales in China to grow 137% to 189 million units in 2012

Dec 26, 13:41

Sales of smartphones in China are expected to grow 137% on year to 189 million units in 2012, buoyed mostly by a take-off in demand for EDGE and TD-SCDMA models in the second half...

KYEC, Ardentec 1Q13 sales to drop up to 10%

Dec 24, 22:46

Taiwan-based IC testing firms King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Ardentec are expected to post sales decreases of up to 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, in line with seasonal...

TCL officially holds the number three spot in global LCD TV sales

Dec 24, 16:05

China-based TV vendor TCL has officially announced that it has reached 15 million in LCD TV sales as of December 18, 2012, putting the company at the global number three spot in terms...

FCCL suppliers ramping capacities as sales of FPCBs increasing

Dec 24, 12:34

Most Taiwan-based flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) makers are expected to hike their capex budgets for 2013 to ramp up their production in light of booming sales of flexible PCB...

Taiwan flexible PCB makers December sales to drop

Dec 24, 09:52

Revenues at Taiwan-based flexible PCB suppliers Career Technology, Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology are expected to register sequential decreases in December as clients...

STATS ChipPAC Taiwan 1Q13 sales to buck seasonal trends

Dec 22, 14:34

Testing house STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Singapore-based STATS ChipPAC, is expected to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2013 buoyed by strong...

Ardentec expects sales rebound in 2Q13

Dec 22, 11:03

Wafer probing service provider Ardentec has expressed caution about its business performance in first-quarter 2013, but expects sales to rebound in the second quarter.

Slowdown in China smartphone sales to affect MediaTek performance

Dec 22, 10:56

Sales of low-cost smartphones in China have been weaker than expected since October, which has had a negative impact on MediaTek's revenues, which are generated mostly from the sale...

TSMC sales to slip over 10% in December

Dec 21, 10:41

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to report an over 10% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues for December 2012, as orders for smartphone and tablet...

PCB maker Allied Circuit looks to slow sales in December

Dec 19, 15:45

PCB maker Allied Circuit expects its revenues to continue to slip in December after seeing revenues drop 17.1% sequentially to NT$125 million (US$4.3 million) in November.

Notebook demand expected to be weak in 1Q13

Dec 19, 15:39

As sales of Windows 8 notebooks have been short of expectations, and competition from iPad and Android tablets is increasing, the global market for all types of notebooks is expected...

Packaging material supplier Chang Wah looks to strong sales in 4Q12

Dec 18, 15:48

Packaging material supplier Chang Wah Electromaterials is expected to continue to post strong sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 thanks to brisk demand coming from the handset and...

Pegatron to see strong 1Q13 due to iPad mini orders

Dec 17, 21:50

Pegatron Technology is expected to see a strong sales performance in the first quarter of 2013 due to estimated strong orders for the iPad mini and iPad mini orders also benefited...

TCL may surpass Sony in TV sales by the end of 2012

Dec 17, 15:03

China-based TV vendor TCL has reached nearly 14 million in LCD TV sales from January throughout the end of November 2012, and may surpass Sony in overall TV sales by the end of the...

Taiwan market: CHT, TWM, FET set 2013 targets

Dec 14, 15:33

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, have set respective handset procurement...

Zenitron likely to post flat sales growth in 4Q12

Dec 14, 12:12

IC distributor Zenitron is expected to report flat sequential growth in consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012, although its revenues hit the highest level thus far...

Sigurd posts record monthly sales

Dec 13, 16:14

Taiwan-based Sigurd Microelectronics, a packaging and testing company specializing in consumer and mature logic ICs, has announced that consolidated revenues for November 2012 climbed...