The annual unit growth rate for portable devices is estimated at more than 12%, from about two billion in 2008 to over 3.4 billion devices in 2013. These devices have an increasing...
Increased supply 3-bit-per-cell parts pushed bit growth of NAND flash production in the second quarter of 2010, but dragged prices down, according to DRAMeXchange. As a result, the...
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to generate revenues of NT$4.5-4.6 billion (US$140-143 million) in the third quarter of 2010, up from NT$4.23 billion in the...
Global supply of TFT-LCD panel component such as light guide plates (LGPs) and reflective sheets is expected to remain tight in the second half of the year, and may further affect...
Advanced Microelectronic Products (AMPI) may continue to raise its foundry quotes in the third quarter, as demand for MOSFETs and analog chips remains strong, according to the company...
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics and Everlight Electronics plan to push their own-brand LED lighting products in Europe in the second half of 2010 , according to the companies. As Europe's...
Memory IC design house Zentel Electronics is upbeat about the specialty DRAM (SDRAM) memory market in the third quarter of 2010, as supplies continue to tighten due to strong demand...
Overall blended ASPs for LCD TVs fell 24% on year and 21% for plasma TVs (PDP TVs) in 2009, twice as fast as they did in 2008, mainly due to a reduction in panel prices that resulted...
LED backlight products may see their prices increase by 5-10% as both upstream LED chip and epitaxial wafer prices will rise soon due to strong market demand, according to sources...
Elpida Memory saw its net income for the year ended March 31, 2010 reach 3.1 billion yen (US$33 million), higher than its preliminary estimate of two billion yen. Consolidated revenues...
Global DRAM sales during the first three months of 2010 exceeded the total for the initial six months of 2009, delivering the third highest quarterly DRAM revenues seen over the past...
Global DRAM revenues reached US$9.28 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 6.9% from fourth-quarter 2009 when revenues were US$8.68 billion, according to DRAMeXchange. The...
Following a revenue low in the first quarter of 2009 not seen since 2001, the DRAM industry ended the fourth quarter at US$8.7 billion, up a mighty 43% from US$6.1 billion in the...
Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division generated sales of 8.2 trillion won (US$7.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2010, up 2.5% sequentially and 57.4% from a year earlier....
Qisda currently ships more than 10,000 e-book readers per month and expects shipments to increase significantly starting in June-July to enable a yearly volume of 400,000 units in...
