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Wednesday 4 November 2009
MEMS chip business struggles with growing pains, says IC Insights
Annual sales of MEMS-based sensor and actuator devices are expected to nearly double in four years, reaching US$7.3 billion in 2013, according to IC Insights. However, it...
Wednesday 4 November 2009
China market: LED TV demand to reach 4 million units in 2010, says CECC
Demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs in the China market is expected to increase to four million units in 2010 from one million units in 2009, and to eight million units in 2011, as both...
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Taiwan LED chipmakers expanding capacity on strong backlight demand
The total blue LED chip capacity of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, Tekcore, Arima Optoelectronics, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech is expected to increase...
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Solar wafer maker SAS expects October revenues to hit all-time high
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects to hit record revenues in October due to booming sales, according to company president Doris Hsu. SAS has...
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Projector chips supply to remain tight through end of 2009
Front projector vendors are seeing chip shortage, especially for DLP chips from Texas Instruments (TI), amid surging demand since the second quarter of 2009, and they expect the shortage...
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Solar cell makers Motech and E-Ton expect strong 4Q09
Taiwan-based Motech Industries and E-Ton Solar Tech both expect strong solar cell shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009. They shipped 235MWp and 139MWp respectively during January-September...
Friday 30 October 2009
Compal notebook shipments to grow more than 20% in 2010, says chairman
Compal Electronics has forecast that its notebook shipments in 2010 will grow more than 20% on year, to about 44 million units, from its expected shipments of 36.5 million units for...
Friday 30 October 2009
Coretronic 3Q09 net profit reaches almost NT$900 million
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has announced third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$21.05 billion (US$647.14 million) with an operating income of NT$463 million...
Friday 30 October 2009
ASE 3Q profits up 44% on year; ups 2009 capex
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced net income of NT$3.19 billion (US$98 million) on revenues of NT$25.2 billion for the third quarter of 2009. The figures showed...
Friday 30 October 2009
HannStar Board reiterates NT$20 billion revenues and 65 million unit shipments targets for 2009
PCB maker HannStar Board expects revenues will continue to grow in October and November, and it aims to see consolidated revenues of NT$20 billion (US$614.16 million) in 2009. HannStar...
Friday 30 October 2009
Sunplus subsidiary HT mMobile to launch 3G handset chips by year-end
HT mMobile, a subsidiary of Sunplus Technology, will launch 3G handset chips by the end of 2009, according to company chairman Huang Chou-Chye. HT mMobile has formed strategic alliances...
Friday 30 October 2009
Taiwan Mobile aiming for net NT$4.67 per share in 2009
Taiwan telco Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has released its third-quarter financial report saying it aims to see a net (EPS) of NT$4.67 for the whole year of 2009.
Thursday 29 October 2009
MediaTek to volume produce WiMAX chips by year-end 2009
MediaTek plans to begin volume producing three WiMAX controller chips at the end of 2009, and expects shipments to grow by 10 times in 2010, according to the company.
Thursday 29 October 2009
CyberLink may not benefit from Windows 7 launch, says chairman
Taiwan-based CyberLink, whose sales chiefly come from bundling its multimedia software solutions with new PCs, may not benefit from the launch of Windows 7 because upgrade to the...
Thursday 29 October 2009
Brickcom to highlight megapixel network cameras at CPSE 2009
Brickcom, a Taiwan-based branded company specializing in wireless and IP surveillance solutions, will showcase its latest megapixel IP cameras with video analytics at CPSE 2009 between...