Taiwan makers' share of the global LCD panel market is unlikely to surpass 40% in 2009, while Korea makers will continue to hold over 50%, according to industry sources.
Taiwan-based large-size LCD panel makers may still suffer losses in 2009 despite recent signs of a recovery in panel demand, according market watchers.
Next-generation "SuperSpeed" technology will fuel the USB market over the next several years although the global recession will prompt a slight decline in USB-enabled device...
Samsung Electronics has sold 400,000 LED TVs globally for a market share of 90% since April, and expects to sell two million LED TVs to account for 10% of all Samsung LCD TV sales...
Taiwan-based 3G service operator Vibo Telecom has revised upward once again its planned purchasing of handsets for 2009 to 600,000 units compared to the 500,000 units projected in...
Orders from Samsung Electronics for Taiwan suppliers are expected to reach US$7 billion in 2009, while Samsung Taiwan aims at US$1.5-2 billion in sales in the local market for the...
Lighting equipment supplier China Electric expects LED lighting applications to share more than 3% of its total revenues in 2009, according to the Taiwan-based company.
Camera chip maker Syntek Semiconductor expects its business operations to swing to profits in 2009, after three consecutive years of losses, amid demand for white-box DSCs and notebook...
Taiwan makers' share of LCD TV panels shipped to the China market in the first quarter of 2009 is estimated at 55%, compared to 45% for full-year 2008, according to Displaybank.
The worldwide DRAM bit growth rate will decelerate to less than 16% in 2009, compared to 50-60% in 2008 and 90% in 2007, according to ProMOS Technologies. Despite the conservative...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$288.5 million in orders in May 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.74, according...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised its capex budget for 2009, despite an anticipated decline in revenues, according to company chairman and CEO Morris Chang...
Intel recently notified its partners plans to EOL (end of life) several CPUs in the second half of 2009 and first quarter of 2010. CPUs to be phased out include the Core 2 Extreme...
The top-five TFT-LCD panel makers are expected to account for 89.2% of the total large-size (10-inch and larger) TFT-LCD panel production by area in 2009, a big leap from the 74.8%...
Total global TV shipment forecast is 200.4 million units in 2009, down 3% on year, while LCD TV is still poised for shipment growth, according to DisplaySearch. This is the first...
