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NEWS TAGGED 2Q09
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Taiwan market: Touchscreen handsets to dominate market in 2Q09
The Taiwan handset market is set to become a battle field for touchscreen-enabled mobile phones in the second quarter as HTC (High Tech Computer), Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics...
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Motherboard shipments to drop 10-15% sequentially in 2Q09, says paper
The global motherboard shipments in the second quarter of 2009 are forecast to drop 10-15% on quarter because downstream vendors have been double booking their orders in the first...
Monday 23 March 2009
Consumer IC sales to see double-digit growth in March
Consumer IC designers Weltrend Semiconductor, Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Prescope Technologies will see double-digit revenue growth in March because of rush orders,...
Monday 23 March 2009
Compal may have better shipments than expected in 1Q09 and 2Q09, says paper
Compal Electronics may see its notebook shipments reach 6.3-6.6 million units in the first quarter of 2009, higher than the company's forecast of 6.2 million units, along with a chance...
Monday 23 March 2009
MediaTek and Realtek to maintain growth in March and 2Q09
Taiwan first-tier IC design houses MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor are expected to see significant revenue growth in March thanks to the strong demand recovery, according to market...
Thursday 19 March 2009
Driver IC makers expect new orders to continue in 2Q09
Driver IC design houses Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology have both said they believe the current uptick in orders will continue into the second quarter driven by demand for...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Wistron expected to see 20% on-quarter notebook shipment growth in 2Q09, says paper
Wistron is expected to see its notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2009 to grow 20% on quarter, higher than Compal Electronics' 15% and Quanta Computer's 10%, according to...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
MediaTek revenues expected to grow 20% in 2Q09
MediaTek, which earlier this month lifted its first-quarter guidance, is expected to enjoy a revenue growth of 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009, with total revenues...
Monday 16 March 2009
Compal utilization rate expected to reach 90% in 2Q09, says paper
Compal Electronics' utilization rate for notebook manufacturing has a good chance of reaching 90% in the second quarter as current order visibility is clear, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 13 March 2009
TSMC and UMC to see 2Q09 orders grow by double-digits, utilization to rise
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to receive a substantial number of new orders for the second quarter of...
Friday 13 March 2009
IC designer Sonix to see 50% sales growth in 2Q09 amid shipments of multimedia and consumer ICs
Investors expect second-quarter sales at Sonix Technology to increase 50% sequentially as the notebook market is recovering. Shipments of Sonix' multimedia ICs, including PC webcam...
Wednesday 11 March 2009
Network equipment makers see revenues up in February, but 2Q09 outlook still uncertain
Most Taiwan network equipment makers are still conservative over the business outlook for the second quarter of this year although some companies have seen an improvement in revenues...
Thursday 5 March 2009
Notebook panel shipments to recover in 2Q
Panel makers expect to see a more obvious recovery for notebook panel shipments in the second quarter this year, as notebook vendors are still adjusting their inventories, according...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
IC distributor PCT foresees sales recovery from 2Q09
Professional Computer Technology (PCT), a Taiwan-based IC distributor, has said that it expects to see sequential sales growth in the second quarter of 2009, and that growth will...
Monday 2 March 2009
Wistron expected to ship 4.8 million notebooks in 1Q09, says paper
Wistron's notebook shipments in February are expected to reach around 1.5 million units, a slight drop compared to the 1.6 million units in January due to low market demand.