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Friday 31 July 2009
CMO reports net loss of NT$9 billion for 2Q09
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced a net loss of NT$8.84 billion (US$269.1 million) for the second quarter of 2009. CMO's combined second quarter net sales totaled NT$70.28...
Friday 31 July 2009
LED backlight penetration rate to surpass CCFL in 2014, says DisplaySearch
The LED backlight market has rapidly emerged in the TFT-LCD industry and is expected to continue growing for the next five years, according to DisplaySearch. Specifically, DisplaySearch...
Wednesday 29 July 2009
BenQ to launch LED TVs in 1H10, says company
BenQ plans to launch 2-3 LED TV models in the 40-inch range worldwide in the first half of 2010, according to Peter Chen, company executive VP and general manager of technology product...
Monday 27 July 2009
LED chip supplies to become tight in 2010, AUO CEO says
The supply of LED chips will become increasingly tight in 2010 due to the growing penetration of LED-backlit notebooks, TVs and monitors, according to LJ Chen, president and CEO of...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Samsung to supply LED-backlit notebook panels to HP, sources say
Samsung Electronic will supply 14.5-inch LED-backlit notebook panels, a new model size for notebook, to Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to sources at notebook makers.
Thursday 23 July 2009
Epistar and Formosa expected to score new high in July revenues, say sources
LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to score historical highs in their July revenues as blue LED orders continue to fully load capacity, according to market wat...
Friday 17 July 2009
Weltrend aims 50% revenue growth in 2H09, says chairman
Microcontroller unit (MCU) design house Weltrend Semiconductor aims sales to grow 50% sequentially in the second half of 2009, according to company chairman Lin Shyi-Ming. Its revenue...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
LED-backlit monitor shipments to grow fast, says Innolux chairman
Demand for LED-backlit monitors will start picking up in the third quarter as the price gap between LED backlight units (BLU) and CCFL BLUs narrows, according to Hsing C Tuan, chairman...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Innolux to increase LED monitor share in 2010, says report
Innolux Display aims to increase the share of LED-backlit monitors to 50% of its total LCD monitor shipments in 2010, according to a Chinese language Commercial Times report...
Thursday 9 July 2009
Macroblock sales expected to grow over 20% in 3Q09
LED driver IC design house Macroblock is expected to enjoy a revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the third quarter, thanks to growing demand for LED lighting applications...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Radiant ships more than 2 million notebook LED BLUs in June
Taiwan-based Radiant Opto-Electronics shipped 2.03 million LED backlight units (BLUs) for notebooks in June 2009, up from 1.88 million units in May, according to the company.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Qisda June revenues up almost 12% sequentially on LCD monitor shipment growth
Qisda has announced June consolidated revenues of NT$6.89 billion (US$208.82 million), up 11.7% from NT$6.17 billion for May, but down 23.7% from NT$9.04 billion for June 2008. The...
Monday 6 July 2009
LED monitor penetration rate only 3% in 2009, sources say
LED-backlit monitor penetration rate will only be 3% in 2009 because of LED supply shortage and slower-than-expected drop of LED backlight unit (BLU) cost, according to market sour...
Thursday 2 July 2009
AUO releases Lextar stocks to investment subsidiary
AU Optronics (AUO) has released its 68 million-share holdings in its LED subsidiary Lextar Electronics to its investment arm Ronly Venture with price of NT$10 (US$0.30) per share,...
Thursday 2 July 2009
LED packaging house Unity Opto expects double-digit growth in 3Q09
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology expects revenues in the third quarter to see a double-digit growth sequentially as notebook LED backlight units (BLUs) are becoming...