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NEWS TAGGED 4Q09
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Quartz component makers to see double-digit growth in 4Q09
Taiwan-based quartz component makers TXC and Harmony Electronics (HELE) are seeing full utilization rates thanks to orders from notebook, handset and smartphone makers. Both companies...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
HTC facing increasing competition amid new availability of Android-powered smartphones
International investment institutions have mostly turned more conservative about the business outlook for Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC (High Tech Computer) in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
LCD panel prices likely to drop in 4Q09 on eased glass supply
LCD panel prices are expected to drop in the fourth quarter as the tight supply of glass substrates is easing with Corning restarting its Shizuoka plant in Japan, according to panel...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
LCD driver IC designers expected to see 10-20% revenue drop in 4Q09
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses are expected to see monthly revenues begin to decline from October mainly due to decreased demand from handset makers in China, with revenues...
Monday 14 September 2009
AMD readies more ATI Radeon 5000 series GPUs for 4Q09
AMD is preparing to launch ATI Radeon HD 5700 series (Juniper XT/LE) GPUs – the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750 – in October of 2009 and 5870 X2 (R800) in November after the launch...
Friday 11 September 2009
PCB capacity to be tighter in 4Q09
Taiwan-based PCB makers are seeing tight capacity mainly due to increasing demand for notebook and optoelectronics boards, and the situation is expected to become even more serious...
Friday 11 September 2009
Corning restarting damaged Japan plant; LCD market demand encouraging, chairman says
Corning is restarting production at its facility in Japan that was damaged by an earthquake in August 2009 and it has seen encouraging signs in the LCD market, according to company...
Friday 11 September 2009
TSMC to process more 12-inch wafers on 45/40nm in 4Q09
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to process more 12-inch wafers on 45/40nm processes in the fourth quarter of 2009, with monthly output to ramp up by...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Supply of OmniVision CIS to remain tight in 4Q09
The supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) from OmniVision will remain tight in September as well as in the fourth quarter of 2009 as demand from OEM notebook makers and terminal device...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Telecom equipment demand to pick up in 4Q09: Q&A with Alcatel-Lucent North Asia president Alain Biston
Demand for telecom equipment in the North Asia region is expected to stage a major upturn in the fourth quarter of 2009 as carriers in the region are beginning to deploy their LTE...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Young Fast Vietnam plant to start production of touch panels in 4Q09
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics plans to start small volume production at its Vietnam plant in the fourth quarter of 2009, and ramp up the production in 2010,...
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...
Monday 7 September 2009
Intel G31 chipset shortages to get worse in 4Q09 as Intel cuts back supply
Supplies of Intel's G31 IGP chipset are expected to become even tighter in the fourth quarter of 2009 as Intel plans to reduce the proportion of the chipsets in its total shipments...
Friday 4 September 2009
Sonix to sample optical touch solutions in 4Q09
IC design house Sonix Technology plans to sample a new optical touch solution, which integrates in-house DSP and CMOS sensors, in the fourth quarter, according to the company. Sonix...
Friday 4 September 2009
Foundries see significant cuts in 4Q09 large-size driver IC orders
China-based chipmakers Hua Hong NEC (HHNEC) and Hejian Technology have seen contract orders for large-size LCD driver ICs reduced significantly for the fourth quarter of 2009, while...