Worldwide semiconductor revenues reached US$228.4 billion in 2009, down US$26.8 billion, or 10.5%, from 2008, according to Gartner. The drop also marked the first time the industry...
Some global top-10 notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell in 2009 dropped their notebook ASPs by over 8%, while Acer only had a less than 6% drop. But Asustek Computer...
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has announced a plan to issue 85 million GDR (global depositary receipt) shares, according to company filing with the Taiwan...
Small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Giantplus Technology and small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) maker Star World Technology (SWTC) have announced consolidated net losses of...
Taiwan-based LED backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics on March 25 published its 2009 financial performance, posting net profit of NT$1.362 billion (US$42.74 million)...
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED has posted net profit of NT$240 million (US$7.53 million) for 2009, down from net profit of NT$291 million in 2009. Revenues for the year...
Taiwan-based passive component maker Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics has decided to hand out a dividend of NT$3 in cash for 2009, in which the company posted an EPS of NT$4.31.
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of semiconductor and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, is talking with the Texas state government in an attempt to...
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs), on March 25 published its 2009 financial report, with net profit of NT$1.886 billion (US$57.4...
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has decided to deal out dividends of NT$5 (US$0.157) in cash for 2009 in which the company posted an EPS of NT$6.75.
Taiwan-based semiconductor material distributor Topco Technologies has announced a plan to spin off its electronics manufacturing business group into a 100%-owned subsidiary.
Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$6.20 (US$0.19) - NT$6.15 in cash and NT$0.05 in stock...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will invest US$16 million to expand blue LED chip capacity at its subsidiary Episky Corporation (Xiamen) in southern China, according to the comp...
Wistron's board of directors on March 22 approved investments in Global Lighting Technologies for a 17-19% stake with a maximum amount of US$20 million, and in connector maker T-Conn...
Logitech was the largest vendor of mice, PC keyboards and external webcams in the Taiwan market in terms sales value in 2009, accounting for a 40% share of the total sales of NT$570...
