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NEWS TAGGED 4Q09
Monday 1 February 2010
Handset shipments reach 336.5 million in 4Q09, says ABI Research
An estimate of 336.5 million handsets were shipped in fourth-quarter 2009, up 15.1% on quarter, said Jake Saunders, VP for forecasting at ABI Research. Competition continued to squeeze...
Monday 1 February 2010
Wellypower announces profits for 2009
Taiwan-based CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics has announced a net profit of NT$298.75 million (US$9.33 million) for 2009 with an EPS of NT$1.76.
Monday 1 February 2010
SPIL stepping up pace of copper wirebonder purchases
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), which falls behind Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) in copper-wire bonding processes, plans to add an additional 400-600 copper wire...
Monday 1 February 2010
Faraday expects 20-30% growth in 2010
Faraday Technology expects too see a double-digit revenue growth in the first quarter and 20-30% growth in 2010, according to the company.
Monday 1 February 2010
DRAM revenues up 42% on quarter in 4Q09; non-Korean players gain share, says DRAMeXchange
Global DRAM revenues grew 42% sequentially to US$8.682 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, buoyed by a rebound in chip ASPs and output growth, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung...
Monday 1 February 2010
AUO expects small- to medium-size panel shipments to drop less than 10% in 1Q10
AU Optronics (AUO) expects small- to medium-size panel shipments for the first quarter of 2010 to drop about 7% from 60.08 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to seasonality,...
Friday 29 January 2010
Winbond posts first profit in 11 quarters
DRAM maker Winbond Electronics, which has diversified its product mix to include niche DRAM, NOR flash and GDDR, has announced net income of NT$342 million (US$10.7 million) on revenues...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Macronix sees profit growth in 4Q09; NOR flash sales up
Macronix International Company (MXIC) has announced its fourth-quarter 2009 net sales and earnings grew 32% and 121%, respectively, compared to levels in the fourth quarter of 2008...
Thursday 28 January 2010
AUO reports losses for 4Q09 and 2009
AU Optronics (AUO) has reported net losses for fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 despite previous speculation that the Taiwan-based LCD panel maker would turn a profit in the last...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Worldwide PC processor shipments rise 31.3% on year in 4Q09, says IDC
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009 rose modestly, compared to the third quarter, but still achieved all-time record levels for a single quarter, according...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Elpida sees first net profits in nine quarters
Computer-memory chipmaker Elpida Memory has reported net profits of 21.1 billion yen (US$234 million) for fiscal third-quarter ended December 31, 2009, representing a return to profitability...
Thursday 28 January 2010
TSMC 4Q09 profits more than double; 40nm sales contribution rise
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its fourth-quarter 2009 net income soared 162.5% on year to NT$32.67 billion (US$1.02 billion), while consolidated...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Macronix extends phase-change memory alliance with IBM
Macronix International Company (MXIC) has signed an agreement with IBM to continue to co-develop phase-change memory (PCM) technology in order to sustain future growth, according...
Thursday 28 January 2010
China market: Mobile IM accounts rise to over 136 million in 4Q09, says Analysys
The number of active handset-based instant messenger (IM) accounts in China increased to 136.39 million as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, rising 21.58% sequentially, according...
Thursday 28 January 2010
China market: 4Q09 search engine revenues near 2 billion yuan, says Analysys
Online search engines in the China market generated total revenues of 1.97 billion yuan (US$289 million) in the fourth quarter of 2009, decreasing 1.6% on quarter but increasing 2.9%...