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Thursday 5 August 2010
Infineon CFO departs, after company confirms talks over wireless chip unit
Marco Schroter has left his post as CFO and labor director of Infineon Technologies, effective immediately, according to Infineon. His departure "was caused by differences in...
Thursday 8 July 2010
Baseband chip sales growth driven by 2.5G solutions in 1Q10, says iSuppli
Momentarily defying the conventional wisdom that 3G technology is driving growth in the cell phone business, it turns out that suppliers focusing on 2.5G were the best performers...
Thursday 3 June 2010
MediaTek to see May revenues decline over 10% on month
MediaTek could see May revenues decline more than 10% on month to NT$10-10.5 billion (US$309.31-324.78 million), as handset clients in China advanced part of shipments to April, according...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
KYEC, Sigurd enjoy robust April sales
IC testing houses King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics have both report sequential revenue growth for April 2010, boosted by strong demand from chip cus...
Monday 10 May 2010
MediaTek posts revenue gains in April
MediaTek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$12.056 billion (US$380.2 million) for April 2010, up 7.5% sequentially and 23.1% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan...
Thursday 6 May 2010
UMC to unveil new facilities at Fab 12A ahead of schedule
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has revealed it will hold a ceremony to officially kick off operations of the phase-three and phase-four production facilities at its 12-inch...
Monday 3 May 2010
MediaTek projects flat performance for 2Q10
MediaTek expects its revenues to reach NT$31.1-33.3 billion (US$992.15-1,062.34 million) in the second quarter of 2010, representing a 5% slide to a 2% increase as compared to the...
Monday 26 April 2010
Market watchers upbeat on TSMC, UMC 2Q10
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to guide for mid to high single-digit revenue growth sequentially in the...
Tuesday 20 April 2010
MediaTek revenues to grow 10% in 2Q10, says paper
A Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report has indicated that MediaTek's consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2010 will likely grow over 10% sequentially...
Tuesday 30 March 2010
MediaTek may raise 1Q10 guidance again, says paper
A Chinese-language United Daily News (UDN) report has claimed that Mediatek may again raise its revenue guidance for the first quarter of 2010, but the company has responded...
Thursday 18 March 2010
MediaTek reportedly expects to ship 100 million handset chips in 2Q10
A Chinese-language Commercial Times report has said that MediaTek expects to ship 100 million handset chipsets in the second quarter 2010. But MediaTek has issued a filing...
Friday 5 March 2010
MediaTek revises 1Q10 growth forecast
MediaTek has revised its first-quarter 2010 guidance to a sequential growth of 5-10%, compared to its earlier forecast of 0-5%, due to better-than-expected handset chip demand from...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
MediaTek looks to increase handset chip market share in emerging markets in 2010
MediaTek expects emerging markets to be its major growth driver in 2010 and aims to grab a 50% share of handset chips in the areas, according to market sources. The company currently...
Tuesday 2 March 2010
MediaTek denies reports of reduced wafer orders
MediaTek has denied local media reports indicating the company was planning to reduce wafer starts at foundry partners. The IC design house clarified that strong demand from emerging...
Thursday 25 February 2010
3G handset chip shipments to see strong growth in March
Global 3G handset chip shipments are expected to increase significantly in March as China-based Huawei Technologies and ZTE have released substantial orders for 3G chips, and some...