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NEWS TAGGED 2Q09
Friday 3 April 2009
LCD driver, consumer and analog IC design houses all expected to see revenue growth in 2Q09
Taiwan LCD driver IC designers are expected to see 40-50% revenue growth in the second quarter thanks to increased panel demand, while consumer IC designers will see a 30% growth...
Friday 3 April 2009
IC backend suppliers face uncertain June
Taiwan's IC backend service providers face an uncertain June, as overall end-market demand for the second quarter may fail market watchers' original expectations, according to industry...
Friday 3 April 2009
Micron reports narrower losses in fiscal 2Q09
Micron Technology has announced results of operations for the company's second quarter of fiscal 2009 (ended March 5, 2009). The company posted a net loss of US$751 million, or US$0.97...
Friday 3 April 2009
Small- to medium-size panel makers to see 2Q09 revenues recover
Revenues of small- to medium-size LCD panel makers are expected to continue to grow in the second quarter although the range of growth remains unclear since most orders are short-term,...
Friday 3 April 2009
FPGA orders to UMC and TSMC increase 10% in 2Q09
FPGA chip makers Altera and Xilinx have both increase second-quarter orders to Taiwan-based foundries United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 2 April 2009
Supreme to see its LED driver IC shipments increase in 2Q09
Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics expects to see its overall LED driver IC sales start picking up in the second quarter, and will grow even faster in the third quarter...
Thursday 2 April 2009
LCD component prices to see narrower declines in 2Q09
LCD panel component price declines are expected to narrow to less than 10% in the second quarter due to a recent surge in shorter lead-time orders, according to WitsView.
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Small- to medium-size LCD panel demand to return in 2Q09
The small- to medium-size LCD panel market is expected to recover in the traditional second-quarter high season when orders from handset and netbook segments increase due to low inventory...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
HP to launch 13.3-inch CULV notebooks in 2Q09, sources say
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has plans to introduce several 13.3-inch consumer ultra low voltage-based (CULV-based) notebooks in the second quarter, with Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
MediaTek expected to see 2Q revenues up 20-30% on quarter
MediaTek is expected to see its second-quarter revenues increase by 20-30% on quarter and continue maintaining revenue and profit growth in 2009 thanks to strong handset chip orders...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Taiwan motherboard makers conservative about 2Q
Despite increased orders recently, Taiwan-based motherboard makers are maintaining a generally conservative outlook about the second quarter, according to industry sources.
Monday 30 March 2009
Wafer testing firms expect better 2Q09 on resumed orders for handset chips
Wafer testing service providers Ardentec, King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) and STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor have estimated stronger performance for the second quarter of...
Monday 30 March 2009
Laser Tek to ship semiconductor packaging materials in 2Q09
Laser Tek, a supplier of surface-mount-device (SMD) packaging materials and semiconductor equipment, is looking to tap the market for semiconductor packaging materials, according...
Friday 27 March 2009
Weltrend expects consumer ICs to recover in 2Q09
Weltrend Semiconductor expects to see growth for its gaming peripheral chips in the second quarter because many gaming software companies have been launching new products. In addition...
Friday 27 March 2009
ALi to see up to 30% revenue growth in 2Q09 thanks to recovering STB demand
Market watchers expect IC designer ALi to see 17% revenue growth in March and 20-30% growth in the second quarter because demand for set-top boxes (STBs) in China has recovered, and...