...Yeung said that "given the dramatic declines in chip stocks in the past 12 months, and in light of our analysis in this report, we believe the risk/reward has now become favorable to be long selective chip names...

Taiwan's currency rose, extending its biggest weekly gain in eight months, as a rebound in Asian stocks helped damp risk aversion. Bonds fell. The currency strengthened against the US dollar as the benchmark TAIEX share index climbed for a fifth day. China's top Taiwan envoy Chen Yunlin (陳雲林) arrived in Taipei today to discuss trade links, becoming the highest-ranking bureaucrat to set foot on the island in six decades.The nation’s currency rose 0.3 percent to NT$32.898 against the greenback at the 4pm close, Taipei Forex Inc said.

The CS-2000A is capable of measuring ultra-low luminance levels of various light-emitting devices and flat-screen televisions such as LCDs, plasma displays, organic EL displays, LEDs, etc. as well as performing high-accuracy measurements corresponding to scotopic relative luminosity.

Nvidia has (according to sources) infringed a patent regarding PCI prefetch held by OPTi and although OPTi no longer makes PC chips, they now license intellectual property. Nvidia didn't come to agreeable terms with OPTi and has to remove the PCI prefetch feature from its chipsets.

He said that the 49 percent debt-to-equity ratio in the third quarter was an anomaly because of the acquisition of Lite-On Technology Corp (光寶科技) last month, and that by year end he expects the ratio to drop to between 17-25%. On the issue of access to capital, Henry Lin assured analysts that Wistron is still a first-tier customer to many commercial banks, despite increased funding costs.