Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek Technology has recently extended the delivery lead time for its analog ICs due to an influx of short lead-time orders as well as tight capacity...
Taiwan-based panel related driver IC designers expect to see up to 20% sequential growth in their first-quarter revenues on strong demand, as well as increased panel quotes which...
LCD driver IC maker Novatek Microelectronics expects its revenues to increase 15-20% in the first quarter of 2010, while gross margin is likely to drop slightly on quarter due to...
The global IC packaging and testing industry is expected to grow by a double-digit rate in 2010, according to Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL). In line...
Compal Electronics is estimated to have shipped 4.3-4.5 million notebooks in January 2010, and shipments are expected to reach 12-13 million units for the first quarter, according...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced net profits of NT$4.396 billion (US$137 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, showing a return to profitability from losses...
Taiwan-based passive component makers are expected to see strong first-quarter revenues driven by increased demand from Apple, according to market sources. Yageo, Cyntec and Mag.Layers...
Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has said the backlog in its orders now exceeds NT$300 million (US$9.4 million). Market watchers estimate Holtek's revenues will...
Taiwan-based niche memory IC makers Etron Technology, Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) and Zentel Electronics are expected to see first-quarter 2010 revenues remain almost...
LED chipmaker Opto Tech is receiving many urgent orders for AlGaInP and invisible-light LED chips and thus expects the total order volume for the first quarter of 2010 to increase...
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects to continue running at full utilization for semiconductor silicon wafers, solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, as well...
AU Optronics (AUO) expects small- to medium-size panel shipments for the first quarter of 2010 to drop about 7% from 60.08 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to seasonality,...
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has estimated wafer shipments and capacity utilization rates for the first quarter to grow from the fourth quarter...
Walton Advanced Engineering will continue to operate during most of the Lunar New Year holidays, due to an influx of orders for DDR3 chips, according to the company.
Mask ROM and NOR flash maker Macronix International Company (MXIC) has announced plans to hike monthly salary payments for its employees by 10% in 2010. It will also add 1,500 staff...
