Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has revised its first-quarter guidance thanks to rush orders, according...

Compal Electronics expects to break its notebook shipments goal of 6.2 million units for the first quarter of 2009, according to company president, Ray Chen.

Wafer packaging and testing firm Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has not followed fellow industry players in revising its guidance for the first quarter of 2009 despite rising...

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has recently revised its first quarter 2009 guidance thanks to additional orders from customers, estimating that losses for the quarter will...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised its guidance for the first quarter of 2009, thanks to rush orders and demand from the China market. The leading foundry...

Taiwan-based NOR flash and mask ROM maker, Macronix International Company (MXIC), has raised its first-quarter guidance thanks to rising orders for consumer electronics (CE) devices...

Taiwan-based motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and ASRock will all see stable shipments in the first quarter this year despite that overall consumer demand...

Although there are still a certain level of demand for STN driver ICs for entry-level handsets from emerging markets, sales of handset-use STN LCD driver ICs are expected to drop...

MediaTek has revised its first-quarter guidance to a sequential increase of 8-13% for its consolidated sales, compared to its previous forecast of a 8-16% decline, thanks to better-than-expected...

TFT opto-electronics makers and surface-mount technology (SMT) companies have seen orders recovering recently thanks to the China government's subsidy program for rural areas. Taiwan...

Cyntec is aggressively developing RF components and establishing partnerships with IC design houses. The company expects RF components to be one of its major products in 2009.

Wistron's notebook shipments in February are expected to reach around 1.5 million units, a slight drop compared to the 1.6 million units in January due to low market demand.

Handset PCB makers expect a 5-10% sales growth in February as demand is recovering, but will still see losses for the first quarter since the average utilization rate for the period...

Compal Electronics expects notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2009 to hold level on year at 5.8-6.2 million units, while shipments in the second quarter will grow 15% sequentially,...

Utilization at Taiwan's driver IC designers may slide to 30-40% in the first quarter of 2009, due to collapsing demand for LCD TVs and consumer electronics products, market watchers...