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Wednesday 18 January 2012
Lite-On Semi to step into MOSFET production
Lite-On Semiconductor will start to ship its in-house produced MOSFETs in the second quarter of 2012, according to the company, adding that the new product line is expected to help...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
TSMC seeing 3G chip orders boom, sources say
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen orders from the wireless communications sector boom recently, according to industry sources, adding that the contract chipmaker...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
PCB maker TPT sees flat growth in 1Q12 sales
Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT), which mainly produces optoelectronics boards, expects its first-quarter revenues to register flat growth sequentially beating seasonal patterns.
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Asustek expected to suffer 20% on-quarter decline in 1Q12 revenues
Asustek Computer is expected to see on-quarter revenues drop of 20% in the first quarter of 2012 with the amount drop to only NT$80 billion (US$2.67 billion) from about NT$100 billion...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Taiwan IC testing houses to post single-digit sales drop in 1Q12
Taiwan-based IC testing specialists including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Ardentec are likely to see their first-quarter revenues decrease 5-10% sequentially affected by clients'...
Friday 13 January 2012
PCB material prices stable in 1Q12
PCB material prices, including those for fiber glass fabrics and CCLs (copper-clad laminates) have stabilized recently, due to a low level of inventory at suppliers as well as a rebound...
Thursday 12 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODM notebook shipments to slide 9.4% on quarter in 1Q12
Notebook shipments by Taiwan-based ODMs are expected to slip 9.4% on quarter and 3.2% on year to below 40 million units in the first quarter of 2012 due to seasonal factors in the...
Thursday 12 January 2012
SemiLEDs reports loss for fiscal 1Q12
SemiLEDs, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ended November 30, 2011. Revenue...
Thursday 12 January 2012
Low demand will likely continue in 1Q12, says Lite-On Semiconductor executive
Eric Kuo, general manager of Taiwan-based Lite-On Semiconductor has expressed a conservative view for first-quarter 2012. Kuo noted that inventory levels in the semiconductor market...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
China tier-two solar module utilization rate fell to record low in 4Q11, says IMS Research
The average production capacity utilization rate of China-based tier-two crystalline solar module manufacturers fell to just 35% in fourth-quarter 2011, according to IMS Research...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Asustek announces revenues for 2011; conservative about 1Q12 performance
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$30.5 billion (US$1.01 billion) for December of 2011, down 25% on month, while consolidated results reached NT$100 billion...
Monday 9 January 2012
UMC 4Q11 sales down 3%
Revenues at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) amounted to NT$24.43 billion (US$809.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011 after the foundry posted higher December sales...
Monday 9 January 2012
Taiwan IC design firms to post over 15% revenue drops in 1Q12
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to report over 15% sequential decreases in revenues for the first quarter of 2012, as orders were mostly fulfilled in advance due to the...
Monday 9 January 2012
Asustek X79 series motherboards attain global market share of 70%
Asustek Computer's X79 series motherboards have attained a global market share of 70% for motherboard models equipped with Intel X79 Express chipset, according to the company.
Friday 6 January 2012
LED makers hold mixed views over 1Q12 outlook
Taiwan-based LED companies have held different views over the outlook for the first quarter of 2012 after most of them posted a decline in revenues in December.
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