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Tuesday 24 April 2012
Tong Hsing expects revenue growth through 4Q12
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and packaging services for niche ICs and produces ceramic substrates for the production of LED devices, has guided that its...
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Asia Tech Image becomes third-largest maker of CIS modules
Asia Tech Image, a Taiwan-based maker of contact image sensor (CIS) modules, has become the third-largest maker with a global market share of over 30%, according to company chairman...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Kodak sells image sensor business
Eastman Kodak Company has announced the sale of its image sensor solutions (ISS) business to Platinum Equity. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Tong Hsing cuts revenue guidance for 4Q11
Taiwan's Tong Hsing Electronic Industries now expects to post flat sequential growth in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011, as some orders for CMOS image sensors (CIS) have been...
Thursday 11 August 2011
Tong Hsing 2Q11 profits meet guidance; expects flat growth in 3Q
Ceramic substrate supplier Tong Hsing Electronic Industries has posted net profits of NT$214 million (US$7.37 million) for the second quarter of 2011, which met with the company's...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Himax Imaging lands more CMOS image sensor orders from notebook sector
Himax Imaging, a subsidiary of Himax Technologies, has continued to ramp up its shipments of CMOS image sensors as the company has managed to win more orders from the notebook supply...
Thursday 30 June 2011
OmniVision to buy wafer-level lens manufacturing unit from JV
OmniVision Technologies has announced plans to buy the wafer-level lens production operations from VisEra Technologies, its joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Wednesday 22 June 2011
IHS iSuppli raises 2011 chip forecast
The global semiconductor industry in 2011 is expected to expand by 7.2% because of soaring sales of popular consumer products like tablets and smartphones, according to IHS iSuppli...
Monday 13 June 2011
Strong demand for driver ICs and CMOS sensors to affect SDRAM production in 2H11, says Powerchip
Production of SDRAM chips at Powerchip Technology might be affected in the second half of 2011 as a major part of the company's capacity will be allocated for the production of LCD...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
OmniVision, Avago reportedly win significant orders for iPhone 5
OmniVision has grabbed a majority of total CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders placed by Apple for the fifth-generation iPhone, market sources have claimed. Meanwhile, power amplifier...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
LCD driver IC maker Himax looks to 10-15% sequential revenue growth in 2Q11
LCD driver IC designer Himax Technologies expects its second-quarter revenues to grow 10-15% from US$141 million recorded in the first quarter and gross margin to shed 1.4pp from...
Friday 6 May 2011
Aptina opens engineering center in Taiwan
Aptina has announced the opening of a new enginnering center in Hsinchu, Taiwan, in response to growing demand for its products and solutions from the Asia Pacific market.
Friday 15 April 2011
Supply of handset image sensors hit by Japan earthquake, says IHS iSuppli
The recent earthquake in Japan is impacting the production of CMOS image sensors at two facilities in the country, affecting the supply of these parts to the mobile phone market,...
Thursday 7 April 2011
China market: 1.3-megapixel CIS chips in tight supply
The supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS), 1.3-megapixel models in particular, will remain tight in the China market until June, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Toshiba closes down CIS plant; may result in further tightening of supply
Toshiba has closed down its plant that produces logic ICs and CMOS image sensors (CIS), including those for handsets, in Iwate, Japan because of the power failure caused by the March...