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Friday 14 August 2009
Worldwide handset sales decline 6% while smartphones grow 27% in 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide handset sales totaled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1% decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed...
Friday 14 August 2009
TSMC, UMC 4Q09 utilization to remain above 80%
Order visibility at both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has extended to November 2009, with utilization rates expected...
Thursday 13 August 2009
Glass substrate shortage may continue in 4Q09
The shortage of glass substrates may continue throughout the fourth quarter of 2009, longer than previous expectations it would end in September, due to the recent earthquake that...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Acer lowers ultra-thin sales target for 2H09
Acer chairman JT Wang has commented that sales performance of ultra-thin notebooks has so far fallen short of goals, adding Acer has internally downward adjusted the segment's target...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
China market: LGE to launch Ophones in 4Q09
LG Electronics (LGE) plans to launch Ophones based on China Mobile's Open Mobile System (OMS) in the fourth quarter of 2009, the China-based sina.com has reported citing sources at...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
IC material distributor Niching Industrial to enjoy sales growth through 4Q09
Niching Industrial is expected to post sequential revenue growth of 10-15% sequentially in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, according to market watchers. The semiconductor material...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Intel, Micron to ship 3-bit per cell NAND flash in 4Q09
Intel and Micron Technology have jointly announced the development of a new 3-bit per cell multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology for consumer storage devices such as flash cards...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Elpida to volume produce 2Gb DDR3 on 40nm in 4Q09, says paper
Elpida Memory is scheduled to kick off volume production of 2Gb DDR3 devices using 40nm-class process technology in the fourth quarter of 2009, the Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Friday 7 August 2009
CPT delays resuming 4.5G line to 4Q09 due to glass shortage
LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will delay the production at its second 4.5G plant to the fourth quarter of 2009 due to short supply of glass substrates, according to...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
DRAM to drive up average commodity chip pricing, says iSuppli
Average global pricing for commodity electronic components is expected to rise by 2.3% sequentially in the third quarter of 2009, thanks to shortages and resulting price hikes for...
Monday 3 August 2009
Flood of ARM-based Snapdragon and Tegra smartbooks to hit market in 4Q09
An array of smartbooks built around ARM-based Snapdragon or Tegra processors from a mix of players, including Acer, Foxconn Electronics, Pegatron Technology, Compal Electronics and...
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Spansion set to exit Chapter 11 in 4Q09
Spansion has increased its cash position to US$220 million at the end of its second quarter ended June 28, 2009, compared to a cash balance of US$95 million in the prior quarter,...
Tuesday 28 July 2009
AUO China joint venture BVCH Optronics to start LCM production in 4Q09
BVCH Optronics (Sichuan), a joint venture set up by AU Optronics (AUO) and China-based Sichuan Changhong Electric to make LCD modules (LCMs) in western China, will commence volume...
Monday 27 July 2009
IC backend firms expect 10% revenue decline in 4Q09
IC packaging and testing houses estimate revenues will peak in the third quarter of 2009, and decline 10% in the fourth. Shipment forecasts from foundries show that fourth-quarter...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Equipment maker Csun says demand from PCB and FPD sectors pick up
Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing has seen demand for PCB applications increase substantially thanks to seasonality. The equipment maker has also secured new orders from flat-panel...