The number of mobile Internet surfers in China (including those using 3G data cards but mainly based on handsets) increased to an estimated 181 million as of the end of August 2009,...
Gigabyte Technology will offer a netbook give-away with purchases of its recently launched 13.3-inch M1305 ultra-thin notebook at the IT Month 2009 consumer trade show in Taiwan....
Asustek Computer has forecast that the proportion of ultra-thin notebook's in its total notebook sales for the end of 2009 will only reach about 10%, according to Tony Chen, Asustek...
Wafer testing companies King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Ardentec, which have raised their capex for 2009 on improved market conditions, expect their capex budgets to rise in 2010...
Accelerating mobile PC shipments will drive the worldwide PC market to grow again in 2009, according to Gartner's preliminary fourth-quarter forecast. The new forecast predicts worldwide...
Taiwan LED players have raised funding of an estimated total of NT$26 billion (US$806.39 million) in 2009 in anticipation of strong demand in 2010, according to market sources.
Compal Electronics has internally upward adjusted its projected on-quarter growth in notebook shipments for the fourth quarter of 2009 from 10% to 20%, resulting in an expected 37-38...
STATS ChipPAC has ramped production on its copper wire bonding process, joining rivals Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL).
Taiwan TFT-LCD panel makers have raise NT$130 billion (US$4.03 billion) in 2009, including NT$115 billion in syndicated loans by AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO)...
Non-domestic firms' IT purchasing in Taiwan for 2009 is expected to reach US$74 billion, a drop of 12.2% on year due to the global economical downturn, according to a Chinese-language...
Although the global semiconductor industry has had little to cheer about in 2009 with revenues dropping by 12.4% and only two of the top-20 suppliers achieving growth for the year,...
Taiwan-based BenQ and Japan-based Fujitsu will showcase e-book readers at the IT Month 2009 consumer trade show in Taiwan. The show will run from November 28 to January 1, 2010.
Massive spending on 3G networks by China's three mobile carriers will cause spending on wireless infrastructure equipment in the nation to surge by 27.7% to reach US$6.3 billion in...
Chimei shipped 15,000 LCD TVs in October 2009, remaining the top vendor in the Taiwan LCD TV market, according to market sources. Chimei expects to ship over 150,000 units in 2009,...
