Small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) specialist Star World Technology has announced consolidated net loss of NT$93.31 million (US$2.83 million) for the first half of 2009, which...
Taiwan-based TV maker Amtran Technology shipped over two million LCD TVs in the first half of 2009 and expects to achieve its 2009 goal of shipping 4-4.5 million units, according...
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are on track to total US$212 billion in 2009, a 17.1% decrease from US$255 billion in 2008, according to the latest outlook by Gartner. This forecast...
Defying the current economic turmoil, global set-top box (STB) shipments are expected to rise in 2009 due to rising demand from Asia and from products supporting high definition,...
Samsung Electronics has set an internal goal of attaining a 20% share in the global notebook CMOS image sensor (CIS) market in 2009 and an over 30% share in 2010, according to Taiwan-based...
Southeast Asia (SEA) mobile users are expected to hit 453.3 million subscribers by the end of this year, growing 18.4% over 2008. Billings are estimated to grow by 13.6% on year to...
According to The NPD Group, feature phones still rule the market, even as smartphone sales continue to increase their share of overall handset sales. Unit-sales of new feature phones...
Domintech, a subsidiary of Unimicron Technology, plans to introduce its first own-branded accelerometers (g-sensors) by the end of 2009, according to the company.
Advansus, a Taiwan-based industrial computing DMS joint venture between IPC maker Advantech and Asustek Computer, has set a target EPS of NT$2 for 2009, according to company vice...
Taiwan's GDP slipped by 7.54% on year in the second quarter of 2009, less than the decrease of 10.13% for the first quarter, according to statistics released by the government Directorate...
Small- and medium-size companies with 20-199 employees in Taiwan have an average budget of NT$2.46 million (US$74,900) for IT investment in 2009, shrinking by 11.5% from 2008, according...
Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to launch AMD Yukon-based ultra-thin notebooks in October 2009 at the earliest, according to industry sources.
The total number of 3G subscribers of China Mobile reached 1.09 million at the end of July 2009, an increase of 129,000 from the previous month, according data released by the largest...
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market grew by 10% sequentially in July from 536,700 shipped in June, but were down 3.3% compared to a year earlier, according to data compiled by...
LCD panel component makers Forhouse and Wah Hong Industrial both swing back to profitability in the second quarter of 2009, more than offsetting their losses posted in the first quarter,...
