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Friday 22 May 2009
3G rollouts in China drive big growth in WCDMA and CDMA base station deployments in 1Q09, says Dell'Oro Group
According to Dell'Oro Group, worldwide mobile infrastructure market revenues contracted 9% on year in the first quarter of 2009 despite a record number of 3G base station shipments...
Friday 22 May 2009
Taiwan IC production value falls 41% in 1Q09, IEK says
Taiwan's IC production value slid 41% on year to NT$202.3 billion (US$6.2 billion) in the first quarter of 2009, with the manufacturing sector experiencing the largest drop, according...
Friday 22 May 2009
Taiwan economy contracts by record 10% in 1Q09; exports slip
Taiwan's economy shrank by a record 10.24% in the first quarter of 2009, with the manufacturing sector down 28.6%, according to data released by Taiwan's Directorate-General of Budget,...
Thursday 21 May 2009
Clevo suffers losses in 1Q09
Clevo suffered net losses of around NT$85 million (US$2.59 million) in the first quarter of 2009 due to a decline in notebook demand and costs from opening a new retail store in Beijing,...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Silicon wafer shipments decline in 1Q09, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments declined sharply during the first quarter of 2009 when compared to the shipments recorded during fourth-quarter 2008, according to the SEMI...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Himax sees slight revenue growth in 1Q09; expects 52-55% growth in 2Q09
Himax has reported first-quarter 2009 revenues of US$125.7 million, representing a 1.1% increase on quarter but a 45.7% decrease on year. Gross margin was 20.9% for the quarter, down...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Taiwan IT equipment production value down over 57% in 1Q09
The production value of Taiwan's overall machinery industry slid 42.9% on year to NT$85 billion (US$2.58 billion) in the first quarter of 2009, with the electronics and semiconductor...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Global TV shipments decline 6% on year in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
Global TV shipments declined 6% on year in the first quarter of 2009 to 43.3 million units with a lingering global recession continuing to place pressure on discretionary spending,...
Monday 18 May 2009
ECS reports profits for 1Q09
First-tier motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) benefited from increasing notebook shipments and cost-reductions in the first-quarter and has announced consolidated...
Friday 15 May 2009
China market: Online gaming services generate over 5 billion yuan in 1Q09
Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenue of 5.51 billion yuan (US$806 million) in the first quarter of 2009, rising by 8.3% on quarter, according...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Netbook proportion nears 20% in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch
Preliminary data from DisplaySearch reveals that shipments of almost six million mini-note PCs (netbooks) raised their proportion in the notebook PC market close to 20% worldwide...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Spansion sales drop in 1Q09, with US$89 million net loss
Spansion has announced net sales of US$399.75 million for the first quarter of 2009, down 29.9% on year, with net loss of US$89.22 million. Gross margin for the quarter was negative...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
IC testing house Sigurd recovers from 1Q09 loss in April
Taiwan-based IC testing services provider Sigurd Microelectronics has said it began gaining profits in April 2009 thanks to significantly-improved business operations. The testing...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Micron unseats Hynix in NAND flash ranking in 1Q09, says DRAMeXchange
Micron Technology of the US moved into the world's top-three NAND flash chipmakers in the first quarter of 2009, overtaking Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, according to a recent research...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Micron claws way back to third place in DRAM market in 1Q09, says iSuppli
Reports of Micron Technology's demise in the global DRAM market have been greatly exaggerated, with the company managing to return to the top-3 rank in the first quarter of 2009,...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research