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Monday 26 March 2012
North America fab tool book-to-bill climbs above parity
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.01 in February 2012, above parity for the first time in 17 months, according to figures...
Friday 2 March 2012
LCD TV sales remain strong in North America
Having experienced a peak season in the fourth quarter of 2011, sales of LCD TVs in the North America market have remained steady recently, indicating a pick-up in demand momentum...
Friday 24 February 2012
North America fab tool book-to-bill up in January 2012, says SEMI
North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.95 for January 2012, up from 0.85 in the prior month and scoring the highest since May...
Friday 17 February 2012
Digitimes Research: ASP of 60-inch LCD TVs drops 3% in February
ASP of 60-inch LCD TVs stood at US$2,500 globally in February, down 3% from US$2,578 recorded in January, with the ASP of US$1,681 for comparable models available in North America...
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models
As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sources from retail channel believe that the...
Monday 16 January 2012
More governments to set standards for LED lighting
More governments around the globe are expected to set compulsory standards for LED lighting devices in 2012, which in turn will help reduce vicious price competition in the LED lighting...
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Global solar market to grow by 11.9% to 26.9GW in 2012
The solar industry faced oversupply problems that caused significant price drops in 2011. Most solar firms faced losses. However, the rapid decrease of cost for solar PV systems induced...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Amtran sees increased 4Q11 revenues
Taiwan-based TV OEM firm Amtran reported December revenues of NT$6.44 billion (US$214 million). Fourth quarter revenues reached NT$19.66 billion, the highest quarterly revenues in...
Friday 16 December 2011
North America November chip-gear orders up 5%, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$973.3 million in orders in November 2011 (three-month average basis), up 5% from the revised level of US$926.8...
Monday 5 December 2011
Amtran sees November revenues up 20%
Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has reported November consolidated revenues of NT$7.22 billion (US$239 million), a 20.24% increase on month. Amtran attributed the increase...
Friday 18 November 2011
North America October chip-gear orders up 1%, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$939.4 million in orders in October 2011 (on a three-month average basis), up 1.4% from the revised September...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Google's Eric Schmidt to visit Taiwan to promote Android
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is set to visit Taiwan on November 9 to have a conference with Taiwan-based PC vendors and promote its Android operating system, according to...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Taiwan LCD TV OEM firms likely to achieve on-quarter shipment growth of 6-9%
Global shipments of LCD TVs in the third quarter increased 19% on quarter, according to industry sources. Market estimates for on-quarter growth of shipments in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Amtran 3Q11 revenues fall
LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has reported third-quarter revenues of NT$7.71 billion (US$258 million), a 49.5% on-year decrease. Gross margin in the third quarter was 10.43%, slightly...
Monday 24 October 2011
TV shipments to North America expected to rise by November 2011
TV sales are expected to climb to a shipment peak by the end of November as consumers in North America prepare for Black Friday and the year-end holidays, according to industry sou...