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Tuesday 28 December 2010
Taiwan market: Sony sees market share rise in ILC market in 2010
As consumer demand in Taiwan is shifting quickly toward interchangeable-lens camera (ILC), which include both DSLR and mirrorless models, the second-largest player Sony is expected...
Thursday 16 December 2010
Chipbond expects sales to start recovering in December
Chipbond Technology, a major Taiwan-based LCD driver IC packaging and testing house, expects December 2010 revenues to grow sequentially after having seen on-month drops over the...
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Taiwan market: 2010 LCD monitor shipments to register flat growth
LCD monitor shipments for the Taiwan market will reach 1.3 million units, about the same as 2009, according to industry sources. Market penetration of LED backlit LCD monitors has...
Tuesday 7 December 2010
LED chip packagers enjoy strong November
LED chip packagers saw revenues rebound in November, but flat growth to modest declines are expected for December due to clients typically looking to closely manage inventory at the...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Asustek concerned that tablet PCs may delay notebook market share plans
As the tablet PC segment has become the hottest topic in the IT market and might even damage the traditional PC market, Asustek Computer is concerned that strong tablet PC sales may...
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Hanwang to maintain over 70% of China e-book reader market share in 2010
Hanwang Technology's e-book reader shipments are expected to exceed one million units in 2010, an increase of 150% from about 400,000 units in 2009, and the vendor is expected to...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Blu-ray disc drive penetration will not see giant boost
Although the price of the Blu-ray disc (BD) drives has already dropped from US$100 to about US$70-80, market penetration of BD drives in 2010 is unlikely to see strong growth compared...
Tuesday 16 November 2010
China solar module quotes for Europe to fall 5-10% in 2011, says LDK executive
Prices of China-made solar modules for Europe will fall around 5-10% according to Xingxue Tong, president and COO of China-based LDK Solar. The modest decrease for next year is due...
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Mini notebook market to be down, but not out, says IDC
One year ago, mini notebook PCs, or netbooks, were seen by many as the device that would fundamentally reshape the PC industry. Today, that expectation is being laid upon the media...
Monday 8 November 2010
Handset touch panel shipments to each 640 million worldwide in 2011, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide handset-use touch panel shipments will reach 640 million units in 2011 amid fast growth in the markets for smartphones and China's white-box handsets, according to Digitimes...
Friday 5 November 2010
Solar system installer Win Win to apply for OTC listing
Solar system installer Win Win Precision Technology plans to submit an application to list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market in the first quarter of 2011, according to the...
Thursday 28 October 2010
UMC more upbeat on 2010 chip market growth
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) now expects the global semiconductor market to grow 30% in 2010, while the foundry sector will show over 30% growth, CEO Shih-Wei Sun said...
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Wintek posts record sales in September
Touch panel maker Wintek has announced record consolidated revenues in September with NT$7.703 billion (US$248.23 million), up 25% sequentially and 165% on year. Third-quarter revenues...
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Notebook keyboard makers to see growth in September revenues
Demand from notebook makers is starting to recover, helping notebook keyboard makers see climbing sales in September. Chicony Electronics expects its consolidated revenues in the...
Friday 17 September 2010
TSMC aims to be top-5 PV module maker within five years
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) aims to become one of the world's top-five solar cell makers within the next five years, said Rick Tsai, president of the company's...