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Monday 6 July 2009
IC tester Ardentec increases 2009 capex
Wafer testing house Ardentec recently adjusted upward its capex budget for 2009.
Monday 6 July 2009
ASRock expects to ship seven million motherboards in 2009, says paper
Taiwan-based second-tier motherboard maker ASRock shipped around three million motherboards in the first half of 2009 and expects annual shipments to reach seven million units, according...
Friday 3 July 2009
Morgan Stanley increases PC shipment forecast for 2009, says paper
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has recently adjusted its global annual PC shipment forecasts for 2009 and 2010, commenting that notebooks will still be the major growth driver for...
Thursday 2 July 2009
LED packaging house Unity Opto expects double-digit growth in 3Q09
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology expects revenues in the third quarter to see a double-digit growth sequentially as notebook LED backlight units (BLUs) are becoming...
Thursday 2 July 2009
Intel Calpella and Windows 7 to slow down notebook demand in 3Q09
Demand for notebooks is expected to drop significantly in the third quarter due to consumers waiting for Intel's next-generation Calpella platform to be launched in September, and...
Thursday 2 July 2009
Component makers optimistic ultra-thin notebooks will boost sales
Notebook component makers are optimistic about the business potential of ultra-thin notebooks and expect the products to increase their revenues in the third quarter, according to...
Thursday 2 July 2009
IC testing house KYEC ups capex for 2009
King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) has adjusted upward its capex budget for 2009 by 50% to NT$3 billion (US$91.66 million), which will be utilized for purchases of new test equipment...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Taiwan market: Tatung aims to sell 170,000 LCD TVs in 2009, says president
Tatung Consumer Products Company (TCPC) sold about 70,000 Tatung-branded LCD TVs in the Taiwan market in the first half of 2009, falling short of its target due to short supply of...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Optoma increases 2009 China front projector sales target by 50%
Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology has increased its sales goal for the China market in 2009 by 50% to 60,000 front projectors from the original target of 40,000 units...
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Over 90% of Radiant notebook BLUs to be LED by end of 2009
Taiwan-based Radiant Opto-Electronics expects LED backlight units (BLUs) to account for over 90% of its total notebook BLU shipments by the end of 2009, according to the company.
Monday 29 June 2009
Nokia to launch first TD-SCDMA smartphone for China market by year-end 2009
Nokia plans to launch its first TD-SCDMA-enabled smartphone targeting the high-end segment of China's handset market by the end of 2009, according to David Tang, vice president, sales,...
Monday 29 June 2009
ECS drops notebook shipment guidance to four million units for 2009
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) shipped around 1.6 million notebooks in the first half of 2009 and expects annual shipments to reach four million units, down from its previous forecast...
Monday 29 June 2009
China mobile phone user base increases to nearly 687 million in May 2009
There were 686.95 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2009, growing by 1.20% on month and by 16.01% on year, according to statistics...
Friday 26 June 2009
Nokia to launch Chinese-version Ovi Store in China in year-end 2009
Nokia plans to launch a Chinese version of its Internet Ovi Store in the China market by the end of 2009 as China's mobile Internet service market is set for robust growth in the...
Friday 26 June 2009
APBT expects to break even in 2009
Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT), the only one of Taiwan's five 3G mobile telecom carriers that adopts CDMA 2000 standard, expects to break even in 2009, company chairwoman Sophia...