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Monday 12 January 2009
First-tier motherboard makers implement changes to combat the economic decline
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology are both reportedly implementing cost reduction plans in order to weather through the economic decline, while Asustek Computer,...
Thursday 25 December 2008
CMO says no plans for consolidation
With Hsu Wen-Lung, founder of the Chi Mei Group, recently commenting that the Taiwan government should take the lead and help consolidate the panel industry, Chi Mei Optoelectronics...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Economic recession lowers expectations for crucial system-level chips, says iSuppli
Revenues from global shipments of core silicon ICs-application specific standard products (ASSPs), application specific ICs (ASICs) and programmable logic devices (PLDs)-is set to...
Thursday 18 December 2008
iSuppli estimates broad downturn for semiconductor market in 2009, downgrades forecast
The deck appears to be stacked against the global semiconductor industry, with six separate market forces conspiring to cause revenues to decline by nearly a double-digit margin in...
Friday 12 December 2008
PSC and ProMOS initiate paycuts and involuntary unpaid
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies have begun launching cost reduction measures that include salary reductions and involuntary unpaid days off, but...
Monday 17 November 2008
US house pricing key to economic recovery, says TSMC chairman
Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), remarked at a conference held by the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce (CNAIC) on...
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Taiwan IC distributors say design houses delaying launch of new products amid economic concerns
Although IC design houses usually introduce new products in the fourth quarter every year, semiconductor vendors will still be cleaning out inventory of old products in the fourth...
Thursday 21 August 2008
IC distributors see growing demand for smaller-sized LCD TVs
While the world eyes the demand status for larger sized TVs, IC distributors are noting that demand for 32-inch and smaller-sized LCD TVs has rebounded, according to sources in the...
Friday 13 June 2008
Compal and Mitac continue investment in Vietnam despite falling economy, says paper
Despite the sharp drop of the Vietnam economy recently and exchange rate fluctuations, Taiwan-based notebook makers Compal Electronics and Mitac Technology have both said they will...