Supply of MOSFETs is falling short of strong market demand as a result of foundry partners' tight capacity, even at their 5-inch and 6-inch fabs, according to industry sources. Taiwan-based...
Asustek Computer expects to ship 25 million motherboards in 2010, up 20% from 21 million units in 2009, according to Chewei Lin, vice president of Asustek open platform business.
Equipment supplier All Ring Tech has received orders for AU Optronics' (AUO's) 8.5G plant, which is scheduled to begin equipment installation in third-quarter 210, according to the...
Asustek Computer aims to ship 23 million motherboard in 2010, on the road to its goal of taking a 50% share of the global motherboard market in 2014, according to a Chinese-language...
Order momentum for MediaTek's 2.5G, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE smartphone chips has been slowing down as handset makers are not aggressively pushing new devices, according to industry...
Analog/mixed-signal and logic IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) may boost its utilization rate to 60% in the first quarter of 2010, thanks to soaring orders for...
Nvidia is expected to see its share of the global discrete graphics chip market drop from 65% in 2009 to 60% or even lower due to strong competition from AMD, according to sources...
Csun Manufacturing, which mainly supplies PCB and LCD equipment, has estimated first-quarter revenues to increase 50% on year. The equipment maker said it has seen the backlog in...
Shuttle's New Notebook Ecosystem alliance expects shipments for the first quarter of 2010 will reach 100,000-150,000 units, and will continue climbing each quarter throughout the...
IC packaging and testing houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) are expected to see revenues drop less than 5% sequentially in...
Niche memory IC designer Zentel Electronics' December 2009 revenues increased slightly to NT$412 million (US$12.93 million). Fourth-quarter revenues totaled NT$1.2 billion, up 9.1%...
Realtek Semiconductor expects its revenues to reach NT$1.8-2 billion (US$56.43-62.7 million) in January compared to NT$1.65 billion in December. Its first-quarter revenues are expected...
Compal Electronics president Ray Chen expects the company will remain the largest notebook maker in terms of shipments in the first quarter of 2010 with an annual shipments goal of...
Powertech Technology (PTI), a major backend service provider for Elpida Memory and Toshiba, has announced revenues for December 2009 grew 13.2% on year to a record high of NT$2.94...
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) expects its LCD panel utilization for the first quarter of 2010 to remain above 90% as in the fourth quarter of 2009 and believes a shortage will occur...
