The top-20 worldwide semiconductor (IC and OSD-optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales rankings for first-quarter 2014 included nine suppliers headquartered in the US, three in...

Gintech Energy recorded net EPS of NT$0.60 (US$0.0198) for the first quarter of 2014, the highest among main Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers.

In terms of LCD TV manufacturing shipments during the first quarter of 2014, Samsung Electronics held the largest shipment share at 22.5% followed by LG Electronics at 15%, TCL 8%,...

Despite the impact of seasonality and inventory adjustments at PC and consumer electronics product clients, the top-three Taiwan-based wafer foundry houses still managed to ramp up...

China-based maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings produced 16,022 tonnes of polysilicon in the first quarter of 2014, increasing 7.5% on quarter and 85.2% on year, according to the compan...

Apple and Samsung Electronics combined for 71% of the 41.3 million branded tablets in the first quarter of 2014, according to ABI Research. This is the closest the two leading vendors...

The production value of South Korea's memory chip industry edged up 1.7% sequentially to KRW9.92 trillion (US$9.3 billion) in the first quarter of 2014, driven by a sequential 20%...

Notebook ODM Wistron has released its first-quarter 2014 financial report, with net profit shrinking 63.14% sequentially and 78.83% on year.

EMS provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has released its first-quarter 2014 financial report, recording net EPS of NT$1.49.

LED driver IC vendor Macroblock has reported net profits of NT$34.44 million (US$1.14 million) for the first quarter of 2014, increasing 10.6% sequentially and 79% on year. The earnings...

Worldwide, 279.4 million smartphones shipped in first-quarter 2014, representing growth of 29% on year, but a decline of 5% on quarter. About 81% were Android devices, with iOS and...

Taiwan-based EMS provider Lite-On Technology posted a gross margin of 12.41% for the first quarter of 2014, the lowest quarterly level since the first quarter of 2008, the company...

Solar wafer maker Gigastorage generated gross margin of 13.99% and net operating profit of NT$260 million (US$8.6 million) for the first quarter, while fellow maker Sino-American...

Notebook ODM Compal Electronics has announced a revision of its financial report for the first quarter of 2014 due to loss of NT$4.73 billion (US$157 million) arising from results...

Taiwan LCD TV makers' shipments reached 7.53 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down 20.8% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.