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NEWS TAGGED 2Q12
Thursday 24 May 2012
PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
As Dell reported weaker-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter 2012 (February-April), some PC brand vendors pointed out that their orders from Europe's retail channel...
Thursday 24 May 2012
TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
Quartz crystal device maker TXC believes second-quarter 2012 revenues to be better than the first quarter's. According to Peter Lin, president of TXC, the rising popularity of smartphones,...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
Weltrend Semiconductor, a Taiwan-based IC design house, expects its operations to swing from the red in the first quarter of 2012 to profitability in the second mainly due to shipments...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
Second-quarter 2012 LED prices have been flat, according to industry sources. Demand has been high pushing capacity utilization rates to remain high. If prices continue to hold in...
Friday 18 May 2012
Proportion of SSD-equipped ultrabooks to fall to 56% in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
The proportion of ultrabooks equipped with SSDs will drop from 86% in the first quarter of 2012 to 56% in the second as vendors attempt to cut component costs to keep down prices,...
Friday 18 May 2012
IC design house Generalplus looks to 80% on-quarter revenue growth in 2Q12
Generalplus Technology, a subsidiary of Sunplus technology specializing in the design of consumer ICs, is expected to see its revenues grow over 80% sequentially in the second quarter...
Friday 18 May 2012
Worldwide mobile phone sales declined 2% in 2Q12, says Gartner
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 2% decline from the first quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. This is...
Thursday 17 May 2012
GaAs foundry Win optimistic about 2Q12 outlook
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors is optimistic over the business outlook for the second quarter of 2012 due to strong demand from its major clients including China-based RDA...
Thursday 17 May 2012
Holtek expects 2Q12 revenues to show 20% sequential increase
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor saw its revenues advance 9.6% to NT$335 million (US$11.3 million) in April, buoyed by increased orders from China. The April monthly figures were...
Thursday 17 May 2012
Shortage of high-end camera lenses may continue throughout 2Q12
Because polished wafers and camera lens production volumes are unable to meet the rising demand for digital still camera (DSC) models with high optical zoom, a shortage of lenses...
Thursday 17 May 2012
Walsin sees increase in 2Q12 orders
Walsin Technology, which makes multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), reported first-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues of NT$3.074 billion (US$103 million) and net losses of NT$640...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Walton expected to see 15-20% sequential growth in 2Q12 revenues
Walton Advanced Engineering, a Taiwan-based provider of memory IC packaging/testing services, is expected to see revenues for the second quarter of 2012 increase 15-20% on quarter...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Taiwan market: HTC confident of regaining largest market share for smartphones in 2Q12
HTC is confident of returning to the status of the largest smartphone vendor in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012 with the launch of HTC One series models, according...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Laser Tek expected to see 10% sequential growth in 2Q12 revenues
Laser Tek, a Taiwan-based supplier of laser equipment and SMD packaging materials, is expected to have consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2012 rising 10% on quarter due...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
MediaTek 2Q12 sales expected to meet guidance
MediaTek's consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2012 are expected to meet the company's guidance of NT$22.4-23.5 billion (US$759-797 million), a 14-20% rise on quarter,...
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