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NEWS TAGGED 2009
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Silitech sees monthly revenues hit record in August
Taiwan-based handset keypad maker Silitech Technology saw its consolidated revenues hit a record at NT$1.01 billion (US$30.7 million) in August 2009, up 9% on month and 24% on year,...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Driver IC designers cautious about 4Q09
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses have reported strong sales for August and expect to maintain growth in September. But they have also expressed caution about the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Digital camera makers Ability and Altek report 2009 revenue highs in August
Ability Enterprise and Altek, two of the three largest Taiwan-based digital camera makers, on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$3.516 billion (US$107 million)...
Monday 7 September 2009
Compal to see over 20% notebook shipments growth in 3Q09, says president
Compal Electronics will achieve an over 20% sequential growth in notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2009, and 10% for the fourth as demand in Europe recovers, according to...
Monday 7 September 2009
HTC revenues up nearly 5% sequentially in August 2009
HTC (High Tech Computer) has posted revenues of NT$11.35 billion (US$344.98 million) for August 2009, up 4.8% sequentially but down 10.7% on year.
Monday 7 September 2009
First Solar to beat crystalline competitors in 2009, says iSuppli
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, US-based First Solar is expected to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world's largest producer of photovoltaic (PV) cells...
Monday 7 September 2009
Chip equipment decline for 2009 less than expected, says The Information Network
Huge ramps in semiconductor equipment purchases by leading foundries and IDMs in July and August will result in the equipment market ending 2009 dropping 40% instead of 46% previously...
Monday 7 September 2009
Qisda August revenues drop on lower LCD monitor shipments
Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.07 billion (US$215.27 million) for August, decreasing 5.3% from NT$7.47 billion for July and 15.9% from NT$8.4 billion for August...
Monday 7 September 2009
Accton and Alpha Networks see revenues decline in August 2009
Taiwan-based network equipment makers Accton Technology and Alpha Networks both saw their revenues decline in August 2009 both on month and on year, according to data released by...
Monday 7 September 2009
Global LBS revenues to reach US$2.6 billion in 2009, says ABI Research
Global location-based service (LBS) revenues will grow at 156% from US$1.7 billion in 2008 to US$2.6 billion in 2009 and will surpass US$14 billion by 2014, according to ABI Resear...
Friday 4 September 2009
Taiwan market: Sony launches two Cyber-shot DSCs, aims at 31% market share in 2009
Sony on September 3 unveiled two Cyber-shot series digital camera models, DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retrial price of NT$12,980 (US$395)...
Friday 4 September 2009
Acer likely to see notebook shipments top 30 million units in 2009
Acer is expected to see its notebook shipments for 2009 top 30 million units, surpassing its original target of 28 million units, according to sources at Taiwan OEM makers, who cited...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Taiwan market: Japan-based Brother aims at 15% market share for laser printers in 2009
Japan-based Brother Industries on September 2 announced expanded operations in the Taiwan market for laser printers and MFPs (multi-function peripherals).
Thursday 3 September 2009
Nokia unveils new handsets at Nokia World 2009
Nokia has announced three new multimedia handsets, the N97 mini, X6 and X3, at Nokia World 2009 being held in Stuttgart, Germany.
Thursday 3 September 2009
VIA announces drop in August revenues
VIA Technologies has posted revenues of NT$365 million (US$11.09 million) for August, a drop of 11.38% on month and 49.94% on year. Combined revenues for the first eight months of...