Worldwide handset sales to end users totaled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit...
Acer was the largest netbook vendor globally in 2009; however, as it will face increasing competition from Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP), the company...
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments decreased by 18% in 2009 when compared to 2008 area shipments, according to SEMI. The slide indicates improvement compared with the first half...
Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), the three science parks developed and operated by the government in Taiwan,...
PCB maker Tripod Technology has estimated a 5-10% revenue decline for the first quarter of 2010, defying seasonal patterns. The company said orders for optoelectronics PCBs, notebook...
Unitech Printed Circuit Board has seen order momentum of handset PCBs slow down for the first quarter but expects demand to recover in March. Additionally, the company said orders...
US-based Vizio became the leading LCD TV brand in the United States in 2009 as its shipments increased 92.1% on year to 5.9 million units in 2009 from 3.1 million in 2008, while Samsung...
Global TV shipments increased 2% sequentially to 211 million units in 2009, according to DisplaySearch. The fourth quarter of 2009 showed even stronger on-year shipment growth: global...
Small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Wintek has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$27.399 billion (US$835 million), gross operating loss of NT$38.0 million, net operating...
Analog IC vendor Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT) has posted net profits of NT$674 million (US$21.02 million) for 2009, translating into an EPS of NT$7.86.
The board of directors of backlight unit (BLU) makers Forhouse and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology, subsidiaries of AU Optronics (AUO), have decided to merge the two companies...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC), China's top foundry chipmaker, has set a capex budget of US$330 million for 2010 compared to US$189.6 million last year....
Himax Technologies has reported revenues of US$178.7 million for fourth-quarter 2009, representing a 43.8% increase from US$124.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, and a 12%...
Acer, on February 9, released its financial report for 2009, with consolidated revenues of NT$573.85 billion (US$17.5 billion) and net operating profit of NT$15.33 billion its highest...
