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Tuesday 15 September 2009
Consumer IC orders for 2009 end-year holiday expected to delay
Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses' concerns that their traditional peak sales period before the end-year holiday will come later this year is in line with the indication of Wal-Mart's...
Monday 14 September 2009
Players hold different views on netbook shipments in 2010
Global netbook shipments are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2009, but opinions are divided over the outlook for 2010 with some netbook players forecasting volumes to grow,...
Monday 14 September 2009
Chip equipment spending to drop 48% in 2009 despite improved 2H, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor capital-equipment spending will decline 47.9% in 2009, despite an estimated growth of 47.3% sequentially in the second half, according to Gartner. The market...
Friday 11 September 2009
Top-five Taiwan panel makers post healthy revenue gains in August
Taiwan's top-five panel makers - AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display - have all posted healthy sequential...
Friday 11 September 2009
AUO added to 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that it has been selected as a constituent stock on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index (DJSI Asia/Pacific), making it the only pure TFT-LCD...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Asustek sees on-month increase, while MSI and Gigabyte see decline in August 2009 revenues
Motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have announced revenue results for August 2009, with Asustek seeing an on-month increase...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Dell may see notebook shipments gap widen with HP and Acer in 3Q09
Dell is expected to see notebook shipments of only 5-6 million units in the third quarter of 2009 due to declining demand for enterprise models. Dell's shipments gap with Hewlett-Packard...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Coretronic posts on-month growth in August revenues
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.94 billion (US$181.68 million) for August, a growth of 11.62% from NT$5.32 billion for July, but...
Thursday 10 September 2009
PC vendors turning optimistic toward touchscreen notebooks, touch panel makers say
PC vendors are turning positive about the potential of touchscreen notebooks for 2009 as they prepare to launch touchscreen notebooks next month, along with the aggressive entrance...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Foxconn gives up own-brand graphics card business
Foxconn Electronics has given up marketing graphics cards under its own brand and has rearranged its Channel Service Division (CSD) shifting the majority of the 9,000 employees, mainly...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom expects to attain 2009 goal of 3G subscriptions in November
Vibo Telecom, a 3G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, will be able to reach the 2009 goal of 1.5 million subscribers ahead of schedule in November, according to company president Feng-hsiung...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Foxlink revenues to hit year-high in September amid shipments to Apple, says paper
Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink is expected to see its revenues to hit a new high for 2009 in September due to shipments of new products to Apple, according to a Chinese-language...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Delta reports August revenues of over NT$11 billion
Delta Electronics has announced consolidated revenues for August totaled NT$11.15 billion (US$341.29 million), representing a 5% increase compared to NT$10.58 billion for July and...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Taiwan market: Canon opens exhibition/service center in Taipei
Canon on September 8 opened an exhibition/service center in Taipei, the first one in Taiwan, and expects to reach a market share of 50% for its DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Consumer IC designers Sunplus, Holtek see mixed results in August
Sunplus Technology has posted revenues of NT$747 million (US$22.7 million) for August 2009, up 15% on month and 74% on year to reach the highest level since September 2007. But Holtek...