Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects a 40-50% sequential increase in first quarter profit. Silicon wafer shipments for the first quarter of 2011 will increase 30% sequentially,...
Acer has seen its shipments move forward steadily in the first quarter of 2011 after an unexpected decline in the previous quarter, and expects notebook shipments as well as consolidated...
Taiwan's Macronix International, which makes NOR flash memory and mask ROM chips, has announced revenues for January 2011 grew 23.7% sequentially to NT$2.15 billion (US$74 million)...
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has set a conservative target global shipment volume of 10.1-10.4 million notebooks for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of only 7-10% on year due to expected...
Realtek Semiconductor expects its revenues to increase 15-20% sequentially to NT$5.4-5.65 billion (US$185.95-194.56 million) in the first quarter of 2011, thanks to strong demand...
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects its capacity utilization rate will climb to 84-86% in the first quarter of 2011 compared to 73% in the previous quarter. The company...
Giga Solar Materials, a Taiwan-based maker of photovoltaic (PV) conductive aluminum paste used in polycrystalline silicon solar cells, holds a rosy outlook on its first-quarter 2011...
MediaTek is expected to see its gross margin drop another 1-2 percentage points in the first quarter of 2011 from the level recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010 and its first-quarter...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects to see revenues generated from its core ATM (assembly test and material) business stay flat sequentially in the first quarter of 2011,...
IC distributor WPG Holdings expects its revenues to top NT$7.4-7.8 billion (US$254.8-268.5 million) in the first quarter of 2011, with a gross margin of 5.3-5.5% and an operating...
Taiwan-based makers will ship 16.305 million optical disc drives (ODDs) in first-quarter 2011, dropping 1.2% sequentially and 18.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
AU Optronics (AUO) started small volume shipments of tablet PC panels in the fourth quarter of 2010 and expects to start mass volume shipments with touch panel solutions in the first...
AU Optronics (AUO) expects to continue to see losses in the first quarter of 2011, but the extent will be less significant as prices for large-size panels will start to increase in...
Taiwan-based IC design houses are cautious about their gross margin performance during the first quarter of 2011, due to concerns that their foundry partners are considering raising...
IC design house ALi expects its revenues to total NT$651 million (US$22.36 million) in the first quarter of 2011, declining 22.3% sequentially, according to a company announcement...