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Monday 19 October 2009
Ene to ship over 10 million notebook keyboard sensors in 2009
Taiwan-based IC design house Ene Technology is expected to ship more than 10 million notebook keyboard sensors in 2009, up about nine times from the volume in 2008, according to industry...
Monday 19 October 2009
Acer rated as most valuable Taiwan brand in 2009
Acer has been given the highest appraised brand value, at US$1.241 billion, of Taiwan-based global brands in 2009, according to a top-20 list announced by the government-sponsored...
Friday 16 October 2009
Global PC shipments returned to growth in 3Q09, says Gartner
The PC industry performed better than expected as worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a 0.5% increase from the third quarter of 2008, according...
Thursday 15 October 2009
Acer CEO expects company to top notebook market by 2011
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci has forecast that the company's PC shipments will surpass 30 million units in 2009 and break 40 million in 2010. Lanci pointed out Acer had 5% on-year consolidated...
Thursday 15 October 2009
LG Display posts strong profit growth for 3Q09
LG Display has reported net profit of 559 billion won (US$476.96 million) for the third quarter of 2009, an increase of 85% from 302 billion won for the second quarter and an increase...
Thursday 15 October 2009
I-Chiun posts profit for 3Q09
LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has posted a net profit of NT$228.43 million (US$7.09 million) for the third quarter of 2009, up 3.17% sequentially and up 38.75% on...
Thursday 15 October 2009
STN panel maker EDT reports growth in September revenues
STN LCD panel maker Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) has announced revenues of NT$272.69 million (US$8.44 million) for September, an increase of 15.46% on month, but a decrease...
Thursday 15 October 2009
SPIL to raise capex for 2009, say sources
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is expected to announce an upward revision of its projected capex for 2009 at its upcoming investors conference, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Polytronics 3Q09 pre-tax profits almost double
Protective component maker Polytronics Technology has announced revenues for the third quarter grew 30.9% sequentially to NT$309 million (US$9.55 million), with pre-tax profits jumping...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Russia LCD TV shipments to rise almost 14% in 2009, says iSuppli
Defying hard economic times, the Russian LCD TV market is set for strong growth this year, with shipments rising by 13.6% in 2009, according to iSuppli.
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Acer eyes 30 million notebook shipments for 2009
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$167 billion (US$5.19 billion) and net profits of NT$3.45 billion (US$107.14 million) for the third quarter of 2009, both records for...
Tuesday 13 October 2009
MediaTek responds to media reports on sales
MediaTek has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) stating it was not the source of Chinese-language reports from cnYES.com and the Economic Daily News...
Monday 12 October 2009
Compal sees both revenues and shipments increase in September
First-tier notebook maker Compal Electronics has posted consolidated revenues of NT$67.35 billion (US$2.09 billion) and notebook shipments of 4.15 million units for September of 2009...
Monday 12 October 2009
Image sensor market to grow more than 50% in 3 years, says iSuppli
In 2009, 1.3 billion image sensors, including both CCD and CMOS varieties, will be shipped worldwide, according to iSuppli. In 2012, the market will cross the two billion-unit thre...
Friday 9 October 2009
Enterprise market driving SSD sales in 2009, says iSuppli
Although sales of solid-state drives (SSDs) for notebooks have suffered a major setback in 2009, the enterprise market is more than compensating for the lack of growth causing overall...