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Tuesday 30 March 2010
Transtouch to deal out NT$0.77 dividend for 2009
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Transtouch Technology, a joint venture (JV) between Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics and Japan-based Fujitsu, will distribute a cash dividend...
Tuesday 30 March 2010
China market: IT retail chain Buynow aims to triple revenues by 2015
Buynow, Clevo's IT retail chain subsidiary in the China market, will expand its retail network from 20 stores currently to 50 stores in 2015 and expects the annual revenues to increase...
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Compal to set up subsidiary for alloy chassis manufacturing in China
Compal Electronics on March 29 announced an indirect investment of NT$175 million (US$5.47 million) to set up a subsidiary that will mainly produce aluminum alloy chassis for notebooks...
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Global chip revenues down for second straight year in 2009, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor revenues reached US$228.4 billion in 2009, down US$26.8 billion, or 10.5%, from 2008, according to Gartner. The drop also marked the first time the industry...
Monday 29 March 2010
Asustek and Fujitsu see no change in 2009 notebook ASPs, says IDC
Some global top-10 notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell in 2009 dropped their notebook ASPs by over 8%, while Acer only had a less than 6% drop. But Asustek Computer...
Monday 29 March 2010
Everlight to issue GDR
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has announced a plan to issue 85 million GDR (global depositary receipt) shares, according to company filing with the Taiwan...
Monday 29 March 2010
Giantplus, Star World report losses for 2009
Small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Giantplus Technology and small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) maker Star World Technology (SWTC) have announced consolidated net losses of...
Friday 26 March 2010
Radiant generates net profit of over NT$1.3 billion from 2009
Taiwan-based LED backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics on March 25 published its 2009 financial performance, posting net profit of NT$1.362 billion (US$42.74 million)...
Friday 26 March 2010
Bright LED posts profit of NT$240 million for 2009
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED has posted net profit of NT$240 million (US$7.53 million) for 2009, down from net profit of NT$291 million in 2009. Revenues for the year...
Friday 26 March 2010
Passive component maker Mag.Layers to deal out dividend of NT$3 in cash for 2009
Taiwan-based passive component maker Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics has decided to hand out a dividend of NT$3 in cash for 2009, in which the company posted an EPS of NT$4.31.
Friday 26 March 2010
Wafer maker SAS in talks for Texas PV project, say sources
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of semiconductor and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, is talking with the Texas state government in an attempt to...
Friday 26 March 2010
Lite-On IT posts net profit of over NT$1.8 billion for 2009
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs), on March 25 published its 2009 financial report, with net profit of NT$1.886 billion (US$57.4...
Thursday 25 March 2010
LCD driver IC maker Novatek to hand out 2009 dividends of NT$5
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has decided to deal out dividends of NT$5 (US$0.157) in cash for 2009 in which the company posted an EPS of NT$6.75.
Thursday 25 March 2010
Topco to spin off manufacturing business
Taiwan-based semiconductor material distributor Topco Technologies has announced a plan to spin off its electronics manufacturing business group into a 100%-owned subsidiary.
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Soft-World to deal out NT$6.20 for 2009 dividend
Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$6.20 (US$0.19) - NT$6.15 in cash and NT$0.05 in stock...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
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Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research