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NEWS TAGGED 2Q12
Thursday 19 April 2012
Inotera expects revenue growth for 2Q12
According to Charles Kao, president of Inotera, the firm has been increasing the speed of production for its 30nm process technology. The firm believes that thanks to falling production...
Thursday 19 April 2012
Intel to launch next-generation Xeon processor by the end of 2Q12
Intel is set to release its next-generation Xeon processor at the end of the second quarter. Since Nvidia and AMD will also release graphics cards that feature PCI Express Gen.3 in...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Analog IC order visibility extends as far as 3Q12
Analog IC suppliers have seen orders pick up with clearer order visibility since the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. In particular, the order visibility for...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Smartphone PAs to buoy Win Semi 2Q12 sales
GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors is expected to report impressive results for the second quarter of 2012, thanks to strong demand for its HBT fabrication service from power amplifier...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Memory backend firms likely to post double-digit growth in 2Q12
The visibility of orders for DRAM memory will become clearer in the second quarter of 2012, as demand is picking up from notebook vendors who are gearing up for product launch, industry...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Spending on PV equipment to reach bottom of cycle in 2Q12, says Solarbuzz
Equipment spending by tier-one solar manufacturers is poised to resume in 2013 with strong double-digit annual growth rates forecast out to 2016, according to Solarbuzz. This upturn...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Rising demand for small-size driver ICs to boost revenues for Chipbond, ChipMOS
LCD driver IC packaging and testing firms Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies are expected to see their second-quarter sales rise driven by growing demand for small-size...
Monday 16 April 2012
PTI seeing orders for NAND flash pick up
Packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) expects sales of its NAND flash memory products to grow and contribute to sequential revenue growth in the second quarter of...
Friday 13 April 2012
AWSC 2Q12 shipments to climb over 30%
GaAs IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is expected to post a shipment increase of more than 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, driven by a ramp-up...
Thursday 12 April 2012
IC backend houses optimistic about 2Q12
Most Taiwan-based semiconductor assembly and test service companies have adopted a positive attitude toward the second quarter of 2012 judging from the orders received thus far, and...
Thursday 12 April 2012
Compal Communications looks to 20% sequential shipment growth in 2Q12
Compal Communications is expected to see its shipments of smartphones expand by 20% to over 2.2 million units in the second quarter of 2012, propelled by increasing orders for Android...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Touch panel maker Mutto to see 30% sequential revenue gain in 2Q12
Touch panel maker Mutto Optronics is expected to see its revenues grow 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012 due to an improvement of its yield rates, according to industry...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Notebook ODMs to see gross margins improve in 2Q12 on increasing shipments of ultrabooks
Gross margins of Taiwan-base notebook ODMs are expected to rebound in the second quarter of 2012 along with the launch of new ultrabook models by branded vendors including Hewlett-Packard...
Monday 9 April 2012
Wah Hong looks to increasing shipments of optical films in 2Q12
LCD optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial expects its shipments of diffusion films, ITO films as well as optical films for LCD TVs and large-size monitors to gain momentum in the...
Monday 9 April 2012
Getac to increase shipments of fiberglass-reinforced plastic casings for ultrabooks in 2Q12
Taiwan-based Getac Technology will increase shipments of fiberglass-reinforced plastic casings for ultraboks in second-quarter 2012, according to industry sources.