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Wednesday 23 January 2013
China consumes 33% of global solar panel shipments in 4Q12, says NPD Solarbuzz
The China end-market dominated shipments of solar panels during the final quarter of 2012 with 33% of global end-market demand, according to NPD Solarbuzz.
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q12 digital camera shipments hit 15-quarter low
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped 7.588 million digital cameras in total during the fourth quarter of 2012, hitting the lowest quarterly...
Monday 21 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see large-size TFT LCD panel shipments down 5.9% in 4Q12
Large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panel shipments from Taiwan makers were down 5.9% on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2012 at 67.19 million units largely due to a 12.8% decline...
Friday 18 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan small- to medium-size panel shipments drop in 4Q12
Taiwan-based panel makers' small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in the fourth quarter 2012 amounted to approximately 368 million units, representing a 2.5% drop sequentially and...
Wednesday 16 January 2013
Solar module shipments surge in 4Q12, says IHS
After a disastrous third quarter of 2012 featuring extremely low factory utilization rates across the entire solar supply chain, a surge in demand was seen in the final quarter of...
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Global 4Q12 PC shipments slip 5%, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 90.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 4.9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Gartner.
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q12 notebook ODM shipments up on quarter, down on year
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped 43.69 million notebooks in fourth-quarter 2012, increasing 2.5% sequentially but decreasing 3.0% on year, with their global market share reaching 90.1%,...
Monday 14 January 2013
Chipbond posts record sales in 4Q, 2012
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology, a packaging and testing house specializing in LCD driver ICs, climbed to an all-time high of NT$4.17 billion (US$144.1 million)...
Monday 14 January 2013
Worldwide PC shipments decline over 6% on year in 4Q12, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 89.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011 and worse than the forecast decline of 4.4%, according...
Monday 14 January 2013
Capacitor supplier Taiwan Chinsan 4Q12 sales up 2%
Consolidated revenues at capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial registered a 2.4% sequential increase in the fourth quarter of 2012, beating market estimates.
Monday 14 January 2013
Taiwan international Internet bandwidth rises to nearly 785Gbps in 4Q12, says TWNIC
Taiwan's direct Internet connections with 17 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 784.885Gbps as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing...
Thursday 10 January 2013
TSMC December sales down 16%
December sales at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) declined by 16% sequentially, the lowest level in nine months.
Thursday 10 January 2013
TXC posts record sales in 2012
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan-based TXC, a manufacturer of quartz components for PCs and handsets, climbed to an all-time high of NT$10.93 billion (US$377.4 million) in 2012.
Thursday 10 January 2013
Inotera signs NT$10 billion syndicated loan
DRAM manufacturer Inotera Memories, a production subsidiary of US-based Micron Technology, has signed a NT$10 billion (US$345.3 million) three-year syndicated loan agreement with...
Thursday 10 January 2013
ASE, SPIL 4Q12 sales miss guidance
Packaging and testing houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) both saw their core business revenues miss their guidance of 2-5%...