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Friday 31 July 2009
Notebook makers fully booked for September 2009
Taiwan-based notebook makers have reportedly fully booked capacity for September 2009, with Quanta Computer likely to ship 10 million notebooks in the third quarter, followed by Compal...
Friday 31 July 2009
Memory backend house PTI upbeat about 3Q09; raises capex
Powertech Technology (PTI) has increased its 2009 capex to NT$5 billion (US$151.97 million) to fund new backend equipment purchases, revising its original plan of NT$3 billion, according...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Harvatek expects July and August revenues to recover
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek expects its revenues in July and August to recover to the April level at around NT$231 million (US$7.01 million), its highest in 2009, according...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Probe card maker MPI to see significant 3Q09 revenue growth
Probe card maker MJC Probe (MPI) expects to enjoy significant sales growth in third-quarter 2009 thanks to increasing demand for probe cards, LED testing equipment, as well as improvements...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek sales up 62% in 2Q09
Greatek Electronics saw revenues for the second quarter of 2009 climb 62.4% sequentially, thanks to increased demand for consumer electronics ICs, network chips and power management...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
ASE, SPIL to benefit from Qualcomm Snapdragon business
Qualcomm's new platform Snapdragon is in the process of validation and volume production is scheduled for the end of the third quarter, which will help boost utilization rates of...
Monday 13 July 2009
Unimicron expects to swing to profits thanks to strong notebook HDI board demand
Unimicron Technology is likely to swing to profits in second-quarter 2009 thanks to strong shipments of IC substrates and notebook HDI boards, according to the company. Unimicron...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Notebook PCB makers expect sales to grow by double-digits in 3Q09
Notebook PCB specialists Tripod Technology and Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) are expected to manage double-digit sales growth sequentially in the third quarter, according to market...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Holy Stone reports revenue growth in June
Passive component maker Holy Stone has announced that June revenues reached almost NT$1.08 billion (US$32.66 million), up 8% sequentially and 9.8% on year. On a consolidated basis,...
Tuesday 7 July 2009
UMC denies yield problems with its 65nm process
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has responded to recent speculation indicating its 65nm yield problems have affected shipments to Xilinx. UMC asserted that there are no...
Tuesday 7 July 2009
SAS subsidiary seeing increased demand for wafers in China
Sino Silicon Technology, a China subsidiary of Taiwan-based wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), is expected to have a utilization rate of 80% in the third quarter...
Monday 6 July 2009
Efun subsidiary DFO sees 2Q09 shipments up 50%
A China subsidiary handling back-end production for Taiwan-based optical film supplier Efun Technology saw its shipments increase by 50% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009,...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Bright LED cancels SMD LED expansion plans
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics has decided to cancel plans to expand surface-mount device (SMD) LED capacity since the company's current utilization rate...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Asahi Glass increases utilization to nearly 100%, sources say
Asahi Glass has re-started glass tanks to increase its utilization to nearly 100% and plans to start operation at its plant in Korea in the third quarter of 2009, according to market...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Chip resistor maker Ta-I to issue new shares
Ta-I Technology has approved plans issue up to 30 million new shares at a tentative price of NT$20 (US$0.61) each. The chip resistor maker said its utilization rate has rebounded...