United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced net profits of NT$4.396 billion (US$137 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, showing a return to profitability from losses...
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has estimated wafer shipments and capacity utilization rates for the first quarter to grow from the fourth quarter...
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise by 46.8% in 2010 compared in 2009, bringing an end to three consecutive years of decline, according to...
Innolux Display shipped 33.63 million LCD monitors in 2009, worth a total of NT$122.4 billion (US$3.85 billion), and accounting for 23% of the global LCD monitor market for the year,...
Analog/mixed-signal and logic IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) may boost its utilization rate to 60% in the first quarter of 2010, thanks to soaring orders for...
Taiwan-based polarizer maker Daxon Technology has signed a letter of intent with fellow maker Optimax Technology to acquire the latter's production equipment at a factory in the Southern...
Memory backend service supplier Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its capacity utilization for the upcoming first quarter to stay similar to levels in the fourth quarter of 2009...
Compeq Manufacturing, Unimicron Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have seen order visibility extend to February 2010, but hold mixed outlooks for the upcoming quarter.
Taiwan-based inductor maker Acme Electronics plans to double capacity of its sapphire crystal substrates in 2010 to satisfy increasing LED demand. The company is seeing its sapphire...
TPO Displays CEO and president William Chang will return to Compal Electronics as global chief operating officer (COO) after the merger of TPO, Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and Innolux...
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers, including Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic, have recently enjoyed high utilization rates because order volumes have dropped only slightly from...
PCB maker Dynamic Electronics expects revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 to slide 10% sequentially, as demand from the notebook and TFT LCD sectors has slowed down on seasonality,...
IC packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) saw revenues in October 2009 reach a two-year high at NT$4.9 billion (US$152 million), while rival Siliconware...
Mask ROM and NOR flash maker Macronix International Company (MXIC) saw its net profits increase 131% sequentially to NT$2.27 billion (US$69.63 million) in third-quarter 2009, according...
