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Tuesday 1 March 2011
Toshiba, Sony enter agreement for facility transfer
Toshiba, Sony and Sony Semiconductor Kyushu (SCK) have executed definitive agreements based on the non-binding MOU signed earlier between Toshiba and Sony for the transfer from Toshiba...
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Lite-On Semi posts flat growth in January consolidated revenues
Lite-On Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$720 million (US$25 million) for January 2011, almost flat from NT$717 million in December. The figure showed a 15% decline...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Quanta to start pilot production at Chongqing plants in March
Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer will start pilot production for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) orders at its plants in Chongqing, China in March with a volume of 40,000-60,000...
Monday 24 January 2011
HP cuts January notebook shipment goal on component shortage, say sources
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been forced to revise downward its notebook shipment goal for January due to a delay in shipments of some key parts and components from upstream suppliers,...
Thursday 6 January 2011
Lite-On Semi consolidated revenues up 20% in 2010
Lite-On Semiconductor, a CMOS image sensor (CIS) and discrete IC specialist, continued to see a sales drop sequentially in December. However, sales for the whole of 2010 still showed...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
FPCB makers ramping up capacities
Vendors from the smartphone, tablet PC, CMOS image sensor and touch panel sectors have begun booking flexible PCB (FPCB) capacities for 2011, pushing FPCB suppliers to ramp up their...
Friday 29 October 2010
CCD to account for less than 10% of image sensor market in 2010, says iSuppli
The light may be fading for CCD image sensors as digital cameras, their principal application, switch to a less expensive and more efficient rival technology, according to iSuppli...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Asia Optical turns profitable in 3Q10; to see 30% on-year revenue growth in 2011
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Asia Optical saw its operating incomes swing from losses to profits of NT$99 million (US$3.24 million) in the third quarter of 2010 mainly benefited...
Friday 22 October 2010
Lite-On Semi stops making CCMs for a major client
Lite-On Semiconductor recently announced that the company's plant in the Philippines has discontinued manufacturing of compact camera modules (CCM) for a major client, as the segment's...
Monday 6 September 2010
Asia Optical hikes 2010 CIS shipments target
Asia Optical has upward adjusted the 2010 shipments goal for its CIS (contact image sensors) from 18.5 million units originally to 20 million units, increasing 42.9% form 2009, due...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Pixart 2Q10 revenues miss guidance; sees weak 3Q
Taiwan's Pixart Imaging, which specializes in CMOS image sensors, has announced revenues for the second quarter of 2010 grew 9.8% on quarter to NT$1.18 billion (US$37 million). The...
Thursday 15 July 2010
Asia Optical expects CCMs, CIS to drive growth in 2H10 revenues
Asia Optical expects shipments of CCMs (compact camera modules) used in handsets and CIS (contact image sensors) used in MFPs to generate substantial growth in its consolidated revenues...
Tuesday 6 July 2010
Lite-On Semi upbeat about 3Q10
Lite-On Semiconductor, a CMOS image sensor (CIS) and discrete-IC specialist, has pointed out that the company's order momentum remains strong. Revenues for the third quarter will...
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Image sensor market to post record year in 2010, says IC Insights
With demand for digital cameras, camera phones, and machine-vision systems recovering, sales of image-sensor devices are forecast to grow 31% in 2010 and will reach a new record high...
Monday 31 May 2010
IC distributor Coasia secures NT$1 billion syndicated loan
Coasia Microelectronics has signed a NT$1 billion (US$31 million) syndicated loan with banks to fund operations, according to the company. The IC distributor said sales of its distributed...