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NEWS TAGGED 1Q12
Monday 13 February 2012
Richtek, GMT expect sales growth in 1Q12
Major Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) both expect to post sequential sales growth in the first quarter of 2012, bucking...
Monday 13 February 2012
Thai floods continue to impact HDD manufacturing, says IHS
Although hard disk drive (HDD) supplies in the first quarter commenced their recovery from the disastrous floods that struck Thailand in late 2011, a full recovery of production is...
Monday 13 February 2012
VIS January sales up slightly on shipment rise
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), a Taiwan-based foundry service provider specializing in LCD driver ICs and other analog/mixed-signal chips, has announced revenues for...
Monday 13 February 2012
IC distributors see sales bottom in 1Q12
Taiwan-based IC distributors including WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics all expect sales to hit the lowest quarterly level for 2012 in the first quarter, and register sequential...
Monday 13 February 2012
LCD monitor shipments to fall 3-5% in 1Q12, says WitsView
LCD monitor shipments from the top-10 brand vendors and system integrators (Sis) both experienced declines in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to WitsView. Brand shipments fell...
Monday 13 February 2012
ASE expects sales rebound in 2Q12
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has estimated that its core IC assembly test and material (ATM) business will post another sequential decrease of 6-9% in shipments in the...
Friday 10 February 2012
Chipbond sales to rise 5% in 1Q12, says paper
LCD driver IC packaging and testing specialist Chipbond Technology is expected to see its consolidated revenues increase as much as 5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, beating...
Friday 10 February 2012
PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
Memory packaging and testing specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) now expects its sales to decrease up to 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, company chairman DK Tsai...
Friday 10 February 2012
Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
LCD-related driver and controller IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects sales to register sequential growth starting the second quarter after hitting bottom in the first...
Friday 10 February 2012
MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
MStar Semiconductor expects its consolidated revenues to decrease 8-13% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, citing low seasonal demand. But sales for all of the year should...
Thursday 9 February 2012
SMIC posts larger loss in 4Q11
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's largest contract chipmaker, saw its net losses widen to US$165.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 from US$88.1 million...
Wednesday 8 February 2012
WT Microelectronics expects operations to bottom out in 1Q12
WT Microelectronics expects its business operation to reach bottom in the first quarter of 2012 and then rebound, with corresponding consolidated revenues projected at NT$16.8-17.6...
Tuesday 7 February 2012
HTC expects business performance to bottom out in 1Q12
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC expects its business operation in the first quarter of 2012 to bottom out due to a decreased average selling price along with the process of transitioning...
Monday 6 February 2012
Topco expects flat growth in 1Q12 sales
Topco Scientific, which distributes semiconductor materials and equipment, has said it is cautious about the business outlook for the first quarter of 2012, citing the uncertain macroeconomic...
Saturday 4 February 2012
Global 4Q11 NAND flash market registers 8.6% decline, says DRAMeXchange
The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$4.89 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 8.6% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics remained...