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Tuesday 9 February 2010
Motherboard maker ASRock sees 2009 profits rise 65%
Second-tier motherboard maker ASRock has reported net profits of NT$1.12 billion (US$34.8 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$9.62 billion for 2009, with both figures showing...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 747 million in December 2009
There were 747.38 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2009, growing 1.19% on month and 16.55% on year, according to statistics...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Top-5 Taiwan LCD panel makers combine to lose NT$113.3 billion in 2009
The five largest Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers suffered an aggregate net loss of NT$113.3 billion (US$3.45 billion) in 2009, with Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) recording the highest...
Monday 8 February 2010
Taiwan market: 3.5G data card users double in 2009
The number of 3.5G data card users in Taiwan doubled to 660,000 at the end of 2009 compared to 330,000 a year earlier, according to data compiled by Taiwan's National Communications...
Monday 8 February 2010
Global Unichip aims for double-digit growth in 2010 sales
Global Unichip, an IC design service provider partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has guided for a double-digit revenue growth in 2010, according to...
Monday 8 February 2010
Transcend 2009 profits almost double
Transcend Information saw net profits for 2009 hit an historic high of NT$4.33 billion (US$134.8 million), up 92.4% from NT$2.25 billion in 2008, according to the memory module house...
Monday 8 February 2010
E-Ton posts loss for 2009
Taiwan-based solar cell maker E-Ton Solar Tech has reported unaudited 2009 net loss of 892.473 million (US$27.21 million). It attributed the loss to investment in Gloria Solar International...
Monday 8 February 2010
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek hits profit high in 2009
Altek generated an historically highest annual net profit of NT$2.205 billion (US$67.2 million) in 2009, according to the company's 2009 financial report released at a February 5...
Friday 5 February 2010
Taiwan market: Front projector shipments up 81% sequentially in 4Q09
Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market reached 57,300 units in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 81% sequentially and 150% on year, mainly due to government procurements for...
Friday 5 February 2010
ASE sees profit growth in 2009; beats 4Q09 guidance
Chip packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported net income of NT$6.74 billion (US$210 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$85.77 billion...
Friday 5 February 2010
Consumer IC designers ALi, Sunplus post more than 20% growth in 2009
Consumer IC design house ALi saw revenues increase 47% on year to NT$4.72 billion (US$147.28 million) in 2009 on demand for set-top box (STB) chips, while Sunplus Technology has posted...
Friday 5 February 2010
LED TV price premium to drop to 50%, shipments to jump 10-fold in 2010, says AUO executive
The premium for LED-backlit LCD TVs is expected to drop to 50% more than the price of CCFL-backlit models in 2010, compared to double in 2009, and sales are expected to increase 10-fold,...
Friday 5 February 2010
Synnex Technology posts strong revenues and profit for 2009
Synnex Technology International, a distributor of IT and consumer electronics products, has reported 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$220.7 billion (US$6.74 billion) and net profit...
Thursday 4 February 2010
Driver IC maker Novatek looks to 15-20% sequential revenue growth in 1Q10
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...
Thursday 4 February 2010
Samsung trails behind Sony as the ninth largest notebook vendor worldwide in 2009
Starting from the second quarter of 2009, the market share gap between Sony and Samsung Electronics was less than 0.2pp each quarter, and Samsung finished the year ranked the ninth...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
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