North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$599 million in orders in August 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03, according...
Timothy Chen, special assistant to the president of VIA Technologies, has admitted that the company's Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) alliance for white-box netbooks in China may not...
Taiwan's server market continued to suffer drops in both shipments and revenues in the second quarter of 2009. Taiwan's server revenues in the second quarter dropped 20.6% on year,...
Installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems in California are set to more than double in 2009 compared to 2008 because of incentives from the US stimulus package, defying...
Shipments of 40-inch and larger of double-frame rate (100Hz and 120Hz) and quadruple-frame rate (200Hz and 240Hz) LCD TV panels are forecast to reach 16.9 million units and 4.2 million...
Although the outlook for digital photo frames has been conservative in 2009, global demand is steadily growing by an estimated annual rate of 20-30%, according to Chun-ting Liu, senior...
Asustek Computer expects to ship 600,000 ultra-thin notebooks by the end of 2009, and the volume has a chance to hit one million units according to president Jerry Shen. Ultra-thin...
Skyworth, a major TV maker for the China market, has increased its TV sales goal for fiscal 2009 to HK$19 billion (US$2.45 billion) from a previous HK$13 billion, according to the...
Compal Electronics expects netbook orders from Toshiba to boost its monthly notebook shipments to over one million units, according to market sources. Toshiba's orders are estimated...
Teco took the top spot among LCD TV vendors in the Taiwan market in August with shipments of 12,000 units, due to strong demand for smaller-size LCD TV, according to Taiwan TV vend...
Taiwan-based network equipment maker Billion Electric has reported that its net profits grew 102% on year to NT$66.73 million (US$2.04 million) in the first eight months of 2009....
Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses' concerns that their traditional peak sales period before the end-year holiday will come later this year is in line with the indication of Wal-Mart's...
Global netbook shipments are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2009, but opinions are divided over the outlook for 2010 with some netbook players forecasting volumes to grow,...
Worldwide semiconductor capital-equipment spending will decline 47.9% in 2009, despite an estimated growth of 47.3% sequentially in the second half, according to Gartner. The market...
Taiwan's top-five panel makers - AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display - have all posted healthy sequential...
