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Thursday 3 September 2009
Sigurd raises 2009 capex on demand for logic and RF chips
Sigurd Microelectronics has announced its decision to revise its capex for 2009 to NT$500-600 million (US$15-18 million), up from its original budget of NT$200 million. The Taiwan-based...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Ju Teng has more revenues coming from Compal in 2009
Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings has pointed out that Compal Electronics' contribution to its revenues are expected to increase from 12-13% in 2008 to more than 30% in...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Inventec expected to see growth, Compal flat in August notebook shipments
Inventec is expected to have shipped 2.2 million notebooks in August 2009, an around 10% growth compared to two million units shipped in July, while Compal Electronics is expected...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Compal lands 100,000 Nokia Booklet 3G orders for 2009
Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics has landed orders for 100,000 Booklet 3G mini notebooks (netbooks) from Nokia with shipments to be fulfilled before the end of 2009,...
Thursday 3 September 2009
TPV announces on-year drop in 1H09 revenues and net profits
TPV Technology has posted revenues of US$3.1 billion for the first half of 2009, a drop of 37% on year, while net profits also dropped 43.6% to US$54.65 million.
Thursday 3 September 2009
China market: Over 702 million mobile phone users in July 2009, says MIIT
There were 702.65 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2009, growing by 1.07% on month and by 15.50% on year, according to statistics...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Csun developing new solar equipment
Csun Manufacturing is scheduled to unveil special furnaces for the production of CIGS thin-film solar cells at the upcoming SEMICON Taiwan, according to company president Webber Wong...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Chipbond raises capex
Driver IC testing and packaging house Chipbond Technology has raised its capex budget for 2009 by 40% to NT$700 million (US$21.28 million), according to the company. The additional...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Smartphones to account for 17% of handset market in 2009, says TSR
Global smartphone shipments in 2009 will reach 183.6 million units, accounting for 17% of the total mobile handset markets, according to Techno Systems Research (TSR). While overall...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Taiwan smartphone application IC market grows significantly in 2Q09, says MIC
Taiwan smartphone application IC market volume reached 89.37 million units in the second quarter of 2009, up 33.9% sequentially, according to Taipei-based Market Intelligence &...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Taiwan top-5 LCD panel makers see total loss of over NT$88 billion for 1H09
Taiwan's top-five LCD panel makers, AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), Innolux Display and HannStar Display have reported a total loss...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
PHS operator Fitel reports continued losses for 1H09
Taiwan-based PHS operator First International Telecom (Fitel) saw a 28% on-year decrease in its first half 2009 revenues falling to NT$1.51 billion (US$45.92 million). However, the...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Edison reports net profit of NT$118 million for 1H09
Taiwan LED packaging house Edison Opto has posted net profit of NT$118.19 million (US$3.6 million) on revenues of NT$644.25 million for the first half of 2009, with operating income...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Global demand for PC-use Blu-ray Disc drives not to take off until 2H10, say Taiwan makers
While Sony reportedly will lower the retail price for its half-height internal Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical disc drive (ODD), the BDU-X105, to US$49.99, PC-use BD drives will not be...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
IPTV subscribers to rise by over 50% in 2009, says iSuppli
The global Internet protocol television (IPTV) market withstood the worst of the worldwide economic storm during the last six months, putting it on track to achieve more than 50%...