United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced net profits of NT$4.396 billion (US$137 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, showing a return to profitability from losses...

Realtek Semiconductor expects its January 2010 revenues to surpass NT$2.15 billion (US$67.09 million) hitting a company record, thanks to increased adoption of 802.11n Wi-Fi chips...

Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.339 billion (US$73 million) for January, down 6.8% on month from NT$2.51 billion, but up 66.2% on year from NT$1.44 billion. Market...

DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has reported revenues of NT$5.93 billion (US$185.11 million) for January 2010, up 8% on month and marking its third month of pr...

MediaTek has forecast shipments of its handset chips will top 450 million units in 2010, up from around 350 million shipped in 2009. Company president Hsieh Ching-Jiang said 5% of...

Micron Technology captured a 9.4% share of the global NAND flash market in 2009, exceeding Hynix Semiconductor's share by 0.3pp points, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics...

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has improved its operations through reducing reliance on long-term contracts for polycrystalline silicon material supply and lowering its debt ratio...

Nokia plans to speed up the development of the Symbian platform by jumping over version 2 to offer version 3 featuring multi-touch functions in the third quarter of 2010 and then...

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has reported that worldwide semiconductor sales amounted to US$226.3 billion in 2009, down 9% from US$248.6 billion in 2008. The figure...

Taiwan-based CCFL and LED product maker Wellypower Optronics has announced a net profit of NT$298.75 million (US$9.33 million) for 2009 with an EPS of NT$1.76.

Faraday Technology expects too see a double-digit revenue growth in the first quarter and 20-30% growth in 2010, according to the company.

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has estimated wafer shipments and capacity utilization rates for the first quarter to grow from the fourth quarter...

AU Optronics (AUO) expects its LED-backlit panels to account for 20% of its total LCD TV panels in 2010, up from 10% in 2009, according to company executive VP of global business...

AU Optronics (AUO) has increased its capex by 64% to NT$100 billion (US$3.13 billion) for 2010, up from NT$61 billion in 2009.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory and LCD panel maker, has announced net income for 2009 soared 75% to 9.65 trillion won (US$8 billion) while revenues grew 23% to 89.77...