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NEWS TAGGED 1Q14
Tuesday 31 December 2013
SPIL looks to strong performance in 4Q13 and 1Q14
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is expected to perform better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 as the IC backend service firm has...
Friday 27 December 2013
Topco, Wahlee to enjoy particularly strong 1Q14
Semiconductor material distributors Topco Scientific and Wahlee Industrial are both expected to report particularly strong results for the first quarter of 2014, thanks to orders...
Thursday 19 December 2013
Digitimes Research: Shipments of iPad mini with Retina to rise to 5-6 million in 1Q14
With aggressive promotions by retailers, iPad sales during the year-end shopping season have grown strongly. Promotions - such as Best Buy's US$100 price cut for iPad 2, Walmart's...
Wednesday 18 December 2013
Entire Technology to start production at PET film factory in northern Taiwan in 1Q14
Diffuser plate and light guide plate maker Entire Technology will kick off production of optical-grade PET film at its new factory in northern Taiwan in the first quarter of 2014,...
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Nanya optimistic about 1Q14
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology, which has shifted its focus to specialty DRAM and other niche-market memory chips, has revealed that the company is already in negotiations...
Thursday 12 December 2013
MediaTek to post shipment drop in 1Q14
MediaTek's shipments of handset ICs are likely to register a 15-20% sequential drop in the first quarter of 2014, as clients have already completed their inventory build-ups, according...
Thursday 12 December 2013
Copper foil prices to continue dropping in 1Q14
Quotes for copper foil are likely to continue to drop in the first quarter of 2014 due to oversupply caused by capacity ramps by China-based suppliers, according to industry source...
Wednesday 11 December 2013
PCB equipment supplier Csun braces for strong sales in 1Q14
PCB, FDP and semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier Csun Manufacturing is expected to see its sales post significant sequential growth in the first quarter of 2014 buoyed...
Monday 9 December 2013
TSMC 28nm utilization rate to rebound in 1Q14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its 28nm process utilization rate fall to 65-70% recently, due to a cutback of customer orders, according to industry sou...
Thursday 5 December 2013
TSMC to see strong rebound in 2Q14, says report
Consolidated revenues at foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are set to register a 4% sequential decrease in the first quarter of 2014, followed by...
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Upstream supply chain to see strong orders for Xbox One and PS4 components in 1Q14
Component shipments for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (PS4) are expected to stay strong in the first quarter of 2014 as demand for the games consoles continues to rise, according to...
Wednesday 4 December 2013
NAND flash suppliers to cut production to stabilize chip prices
Some NAND flash chip suppliers plan to scale down their production in order to prevent related chip prices from dropping further in the first quarter of 2014, according to sources...
Tuesday 3 December 2013
Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 3 Lite in 1Q14
Samsung Electronics plans to expand the trimmed down versions of its smartphones by launching the Galaxy Note 3 Lite with a display size of 5.5-5.7-inch in the first quarter of 2014,...
Thursday 28 November 2013
Kionix Windows 8.1-certified gyro for tablets to enter volume production in 1Q14
Kionix is scheduled to kick off volume production of its Windows 8.1-certified KMX61G micro-amp magnetic gyroscope in the first quarter of 2014, according to Paul Bryan, EVP product...
Tuesday 26 November 2013
IC orders for iPhone 5c likely to rise in 1Q14, say Taiwan firms
With more mobile operators in emerging markets set to roll out Apple's iPhone 5c, IC orders related to the device are expected to pick up and begin to rise in the first quarter of...