PCB maker Unimicron Technology expects to post losses in the first quarter of 2009 although sales in February and March are likely to be better compared to those in January. Unimicron's...
Pixart Imaging, the Taiwan-based IC design house that supplies solutions for Nintendo's Wiimote controllers, will likely suffer a sales decline of 35-40% sequentially in the first...
Taiwan's overall flat panel display (FPD) production value is projected to drop 8.9% sequentially to NT$240.66 billion (US$7.18 billion) in the first quarter of 2009, according to...
Asustek expects its gross margin for the first quarter of 2009 to climb despite an estimated 30% on-quarter drop in revenues thanks to inventory clearances, new strategies to protect...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has estimated that its sales in the first quarter of 2009 may drop 35-40% sequentially amid a continuing dim outlook. The wafer packaging...
Driver IC maker Sitronix Technology is expected to see its revenues tumble 30-40% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009 after the company recently reported that revenues dropped...
Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has estimated that the production value of Taiwan's IC packaging and testing industry will drop 35% sequentially in...
Nichidenbo, a distributor of Nippon Chemi-con in Taiwan, has indicated that the price of aluminum capacitors will not be increased during the first quarter of 2009 unless material...
A number of Taiwan-based network equipment makers are still positive about the shipment prospects of WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products in the first quarter of 2009.
IC designer MediaTek's first-quarter shipments to the consumer electronics, optical storage and handset segments are expected to slide, but handset chip shipments will fall less than...
VIA Technologies is expected to ship 150,000-200,000 units of its Nano U225 processors for Samsung's 12.1-inch NC20 netbooks in the first quarter of 2009, according to market sources...
Network-equipment maker Gemtek Technology is likely to see its revenues decline 20% sequentially in January after its monthly figures hit a record high of NT$2.03 billion (US$60.24...
Realtek Semiconductor has estimated that its first quarter revenues will stay flat or grow slightly on quarter, thanks to rush orders from PC applications. The IC design house posted...
According to Taiwan passive component makers, the average selling price (ASP) of power chokes is being pressed down in the first quarter in order to compete with Japan-based companies...
Asustek Computer plans to reduce its current stockpiled inventory, worth around NT$40-45 billion (US$1.18-1.33 billion), to NT$30-35 billion before the end of the first quarter this...
