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Thursday 12 January 2012
Low demand will likely continue in 1Q12, says Lite-On Semiconductor executive
Eric Kuo, general manager of Taiwan-based Lite-On Semiconductor has expressed a conservative view for first-quarter 2012. Kuo noted that inventory levels in the semiconductor market...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
High-capacitance MLCC suppliers post mixed December results
Taiwan-based specialty MLCC maker Holy Stone Enterprise has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.367 billion (US$45.1 million) for December 2011, increasing 10.07% on month and...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
TSMC 4Q11 sales near high-end guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its consolidated revenues amount to NT$104.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011, which came close to the...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Amtran sees increased 4Q11 revenues
Taiwan-based TV OEM firm Amtran reported December revenues of NT$6.44 billion (US$214 million). Fourth quarter revenues reached NT$19.66 billion, the highest quarterly revenues in...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
China tier-two solar module utilization rate fell to record low in 4Q11, says IMS Research
The average production capacity utilization rate of China-based tier-two crystalline solar module manufacturers fell to just 35% in fourth-quarter 2011, according to IMS Research...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Winbond likely to stay in red in 4Q11
Winbond Electronics, which swung to a small loss in the third quarter of 2011, is likely to stay in the red in the last quarter of the year due to declining sales of NOR flash and...
Monday 9 January 2012
ASE, SPIL post slight drops in 4Q11 sales
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced that revenues of its core IC assembly test and material (ATM) business slid 2.1% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011,...
Monday 9 January 2012
UMC 4Q11 sales down 3%
Revenues at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) amounted to NT$24.43 billion (US$809.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011 after the foundry posted higher December sales...
Monday 9 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments sink 5.7% on quarter in 4Q11
Shipments of notebooks by Taiwan makers posted a decline of 5.7% on quarter and 4.4% on year in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by a downturn in the global economy and shortage...
Monday 9 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments post 17% sequential decline in 4Q11
Shipments of handsets by Taiwan makers totaled 20.29 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 17.4% on quarter and 19.7% on year as smartphone shipments by HTC were affected...
Monday 9 January 2012
Macronix 4Q11 sales beat guidance
Macronix International has reported higher than expected revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to strong shipments of ROM products for handheld games consoles.
Monday 9 January 2012
Kinko Optical 4Q11 revenues hit record
Kinko Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens pieces, generated consolidated revenues of NT$1.833 billion (US$60.5 million) in fourth-quarter 2011, a new quarterly record, according...
Friday 6 January 2012
Samsung sees record operating profit in 4Q11
Samsung Electronics has estimated its operating profits for the last quarter of 2011 at about KRW5.2 trillion (US$4.5 billion), up 22.4% on quarter and 73.3% on year. The figure is...
Friday 6 January 2012
Inventory surge adds to DRAM woes, says IHS
Already besieged by low demand and bleak growth prospects, the market for DRAM is encountering yet another dispiriting obstacle - an alarming rise in inventory that threatens to further...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Chip inventory declines as suppliers adjust to slow market conditions, says IHS
Chip inventories held by semiconductor suppliers declined in the third quarter of 2011, putting a halt to the steady expansion of the previous seven quarters, as the industry cut...