An estimate of 336.5 million handsets were shipped in fourth-quarter 2009, up 15.1% on quarter, said Jake Saunders, VP for forecasting at ABI Research. Competition continued to squeeze...
Taiwan-based CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics has announced a net profit of NT$298.75 million (US$9.33 million) for 2009 with an EPS of NT$1.76.
Global DRAM revenues grew 42% sequentially to US$8.682 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, buoyed by a rebound in chip ASPs and output growth, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung...
AU Optronics (AUO) expects small- to medium-size panel shipments for the first quarter of 2010 to drop about 7% from 60.08 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to seasonality,...
DRAM maker Winbond Electronics, which has diversified its product mix to include niche DRAM, NOR flash and GDDR, has announced net income of NT$342 million (US$10.7 million) on revenues...
Macronix International Company (MXIC) has announced its fourth-quarter 2009 net sales and earnings grew 32% and 121%, respectively, compared to levels in the fourth quarter of 2008...
AU Optronics (AUO) has reported net losses for fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 despite previous speculation that the Taiwan-based LCD panel maker would turn a profit in the last...
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009 rose modestly, compared to the third quarter, but still achieved all-time record levels for a single quarter, according...
Computer-memory chipmaker Elpida Memory has reported net profits of 21.1 billion yen (US$234 million) for fiscal third-quarter ended December 31, 2009, representing a return to profitability...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its fourth-quarter 2009 net income soared 162.5% on year to NT$32.67 billion (US$1.02 billion), while consolidated...
Macronix International Company (MXIC) has signed an agreement with IBM to continue to co-develop phase-change memory (PCM) technology in order to sustain future growth, according...
The number of active handset-based instant messenger (IM) accounts in China increased to 136.39 million as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, rising 21.58% sequentially, according...
Online search engines in the China market generated total revenues of 1.97 billion yuan (US$289 million) in the fourth quarter of 2009, decreasing 1.6% on quarter but increasing 2.9%...
