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Monday 8 April 2013
HTC 1Q13 net EPS lowest since listing
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on April 8 released unaudited consolidated financial report for the first quarter of 2013, with net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.10 being the...
Monday 8 April 2013
AUO March consolidated revenues hit 30-month high
Taiwan-based LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its revenues for March 2013 hit the highest in 30 months. Consolidated revenues for the month reached NT$37.917...
Monday 8 April 2013
Samsung expects to post 53% profit rise in 1Q13
Samsung Electronics expects to report a 53% rise in operating profits for the first quarter of 2013, buoyed by sales of its Galaxy smartphones. Samsung estimated its January-March...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Taiwan IC design houses to report stronger than expected earnings for 1Q13
A number of IC design houses in Taiwan are expected to report better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of 2013, powered by the launch of new products and cost-reduction...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Wintek expected to see on-quarter decline in 1Q13
Touch panel maker Wintek expects to see a double-digit decrease in revenues for the first quarter of 2013, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 26 March 2013
King Core revenues to up 20% on year in 1Q13
Taiwan-based inductor maker King Core Electronics is expected to see its revenues rise over 20% on year in the first quarter of 2013, buoyed by the launch of new products and increasing...
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Chip resistor maker Ralec to see gross margin improve in 1Q13
Chip resistor Ralec Electronic is expected to see its gross margin improve to over 20% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to 10.5% for all of 2012, driven by an improvement of...
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Most notebook component makers expect 5-10% sequential drops in 1Q13 revenues
Due to weak global demand for notebooks, most Taiwan-based notebook component makers expect their revenues for the first quarter of 2013 to decrease sequentially by 5-10%. But their...
Tuesday 19 March 2013
February PC shipments reflect slow 1Q13, says IDC
New monthly PC tracking in the world's top PC markets from IDC reveals slower than expected growth in China during the first quarter of 2013. Although the slowdown is partially due...
Friday 15 March 2013
PC-related IC designers likely to post disappointing 1Q13 results
IC design houses including Elan Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) are likely to report disappointing revenue results for the first quarter...
Thursday 14 March 2013
GaAs firms post mixed results in February
GaAs IC foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) have both reported decreased revenues for February, while upstream epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics...
Thursday 14 March 2013
Analog IC vendor On-Bright looks to strong performance in 1Q13
Analog IC design house On-Bright Electronics expects its performance for the first quarter of 2013 to be better than that of the same period of a year earlier thanks to short lead-time...
Thursday 14 March 2013
Intel leads unexpectedly large decline in 4Q12 semiconductor market inventory, says IHS
After reaching a worrisome high in the third quarter of 2012, global semiconductor inventories held by chip suppliers fell at a surprisingly fast rate in the fourth quarter, led by...
Monday 11 March 2013
Panel makers expected to ramp up TV panel production by the end of 1Q13
Panel makers in Asia are expected to increase their utilization rates for LCD TV panels in the second half of March 2013 in order to meet expected demand for the second quarter of...
Monday 11 March 2013
Digitimes Research: Global touch panel shipments for smartphones remain strong in 1Q13 due to demand in China
China-based makers' touch panel shipments for handsets are expected to reach 125 million units in the first quarter of 2013, up 5.9% sequentially, largely due to demand for smartphones...