In addition to netbooks, game consoles are also bringing contributions to upstream suppliers. Although sales of consumer electronics products are decreasing, the game console segment...

The depreciating Korean won has been benefiting Korean passive component exports while driving prices down in the passive components market, according to industry sources.

Passive-component maker Walsin Technology expects its high-capacitance multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitor (MLCC) product line will be a key growth driver for the company's sales in...

Passive component maker Walsin Technology plans to lay off 400 employees before the end of this year amid mounting operating losses and a gloomy business outlook, according to the...

Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) has reported sales for the first three quarters of 2008 at NT$7.11 billion (US$216.9 million), down 0.4% on year. After-tax net income was NT$205...

Passive component industry players commented that average selling prices (ASPs) for multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) are likely to continue stabilizing in the fourth quarter...

Taiwan-based passive component maker Feei Cherng yesterday clarified a rumor that indicated the company was facing a financial crisis due to falling average selling prices (ASP) of...

Masayuki Fujimoto, the new chief technical officer at Taiwan passive component supplier Yageo recently stated that Yageo expects its multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitor (MLCC) technology...

Thanks to good inventory digestion and recovering demand from the PC sector, passive component makers for multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) and resistors are likely to see...