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NEWS TAGGED 2009
Thursday 7 January 2010
PTI revenues hit all-time high in December
Powertech Technology (PTI), a major backend service provider for Elpida Memory and Toshiba, has announced revenues for December 2009 grew 13.2% on year to a record high of NT$2.94...
Thursday 7 January 2010
CMO expects over 90% utilization in 1Q10, panel shortage during peak season
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) expects its LCD panel utilization for the first quarter of 2010 to remain above 90% as in the fourth quarter of 2009 and believes a shortage will occur...
Thursday 7 January 2010
China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 738 million in November 2009
There were 738.57 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2009, growing by 1.24% on month and by 16.52% on year, according to statistics...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
GaAs foundry AWSC reports high December 2009 revenues on strong PA demand
Taiwan-based GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has reported record revenues of NT$135 million (US$4.25 million) for December 2009, an sequential increase...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Weltrend sees high revenues in December 2009
IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor saw revenues increase 4.45% on month and 136.66% on year to NT$187 million (US$5.87 million) in December 2009. Revenues for the year totaled...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
VIA up, SiS down on month in December revenues
VIA Technology and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) have announced mixed results for their revenues in December, 2009.
Wednesday 6 January 2010
HTC posts net profit of over NT$22 billion for 2009
HTC (High Tech Computer) has posted revenues of NT$14.07 billion (US$440.8 million) for December 2009, down 1.67% sequentially but up 3.61% on year, according to the company. Revenues...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Lite-On Semi reports on-year revenue decline in 2009
Taiwan-based IDM Lite-On Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$804 million (US$25.23 million) for December 2009 and NT$8.67 billion for the year. Despite a 27% on-year...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Taiwan market: Retail chain Tsann Kuen sees revenues down, profits up in 2009
Tsann Kuen Enterprise, operator of the retail chain Tsann Kuen in Taiwan, has reported revenues of NT$27.01 billion (US$822 million) for 2009, a decrease of 12.53% from 2008. However,...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
China market: Online search services valued at 6.95 billion yuan in 2009
Online search engines in the China market generated total revenues of 6.95 billion yuan (US$1.02 billion) in 2009, increasing by 38.2% from 2008, according to the China-based iResearch...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Yageo 4Q09 revenues beat guidance
Yageo's revenues increased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2009 to NT$5.46 billion (US$171.05 million) thanks to better-than-expected orders for multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Chip sales up for ninth straight month in November, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 3.7% on month to US$22.6 billion in November 2009, marking the ninth-straight month of sequential growth, according to the Semiconductor Industry...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
DRAM maker PSC sales down 41% in 2009
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has reported unaudited revenues of NT$31.17 billion (US$982 million) for 2009, representing a 41% decline from NT$52.83 billion in 2008....
Tuesday 5 January 2010
TSMC purchases US$4.5 billion worth of equipment in 2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent more than NT$145 billion (US$4.57 billion) on machinery equipment in 2009, while rival United Microelectronics Corporation...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Taiwan market: Canon accounts for more than half of the DSLR market in 2009
There were more than 80,000 DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2009 and Canon attained a market share of over 50%, followed by Nikon with 20-30%...
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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