US-based 3M is switching more of its purchase budget to Taiwan, with purchases from Taiwan expected to increase by 10% in 2009, according to 3M Taiwan managing director George Chao...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...