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Thursday 21 January 2010
PSC and Inotera post profits for 4Q09
DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has posted its first profit in 11 quarters, while rival Inotera Memories has also reported profits for the fourth quarter after...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Hynix 4Q09 profit soars 167% on quarter
Hynix Semiconductor has announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 grew 32% on quarter driven by rising DRAM and NAND flash shipments and a rebound in DRAM ASPs. In line with...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Six Taiwan companies ranked as top-25 fabless IC suppliers worldwide in 2009, says IC Insights
Taiwan-based MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Realtek Semiconductor, MStar Semiconductor and Richtek Technology are ranked as top-25 fabless IC suppliers worldwide...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
IC distributors Koryo and Promate see profits jump in 2009
Koryo Electronics and Promate Electronics have both reported profit growth of 45% and 30%, respectively, on year for 2009. Koryo, which distributes semiconductor components for mostly...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
China market: 3G carriers invested over 160 billion in infrastructure in 2009, says MIIT
China Mobile Communications, China Telecom and China United Telecommunications, the three operators of 3G mobile communication service in the China market, made direct investment...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Leadframe maker I-Chiun sees net profits grow over 76% in 2009
Taiwan-based leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry saw its net profits increase 76.2% on year to NT$656.61 million (US$20.63 billion) in 2009 from NT$372.6 million in 2008, with...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
China market: Internet user base grew to 384 million at end of 2009, says CNNIC
The number of Internet surfers in China increased to an estimated 384 million as of the end of 2009, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network...
Friday 15 January 2010
IC distributor Sunnic sees on-year revenue growth in 2009 on DSC demand
Taiwan-based IC distributor Sunnic Technology & Merchandise has said its on-year revenue growth in 2009 was driven by strong digital still camera (DSC) sales of its major customers...
Friday 15 January 2010
Global PC market leaps back to double-digit growth in 4Q09, says IDC
Led by a holiday season featuring price cuts of unprecedented duration, the US PC market established a new record of nearly 20.7 million units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009,...
Friday 15 January 2010
All Ring receives equipment orders for 8.5G plant from AUO
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...
Friday 15 January 2010
Innolux ships over 30 million LCD monitors in 2009
Innolux Display shipped 33.63 million LCD monitors in 2009, worth a total of NT$122.4 billion (US$3.85 billion), and accounting for 23% of the global LCD monitor market for the year,...
Friday 15 January 2010
Taiwan market: HP aims at 35% share of MPS market in 2010
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan aims to account for a 35% share of Taiwan's management printing services (MPS) market in 2010, up from 22% in 2009, according to the company.
Friday 15 January 2010
TSMC to recruit over 3,000 new employees in 2010
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said it plans to hire more than 3,000 employees in 2010. The new recruits will be mostly engineers and technical staff but will...
Friday 15 January 2010
Compal Communications expects over 50% revenues share for smartphones, says chairman
Compal Communications expects smartphones to account for over 50% of its total revenues in 2010, up significantly from 20% in 2009, according to company chairman Ray Chen.
Friday 15 January 2010
China market: B2B e-commerce valued at 2.78 trillion yuan in 2009
In the China market, B2B e-commerce services generated a total transaction value of 2.78 trillion yuan (US$407 billion) in 2009, slipping by 6.4% from 2008 due to the impact of the...