Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT holds a conservative view of the global market for Blu-ray Disc (BD) players in 2009, according to company CEO Guang-chung Ch...
The Lite-On Group expects its LED products to contribute NT$4 billion (US$122.24 million) to its revenues in 2009 and NT$16 billion in 2011, according to company chairman David Lin...
The price of HTC (High Tech Computer) shares dropped steeply for three consecutive trading sessions closing at NT$328 (US$10.03) on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on August 5 after...
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has announced revenues of NT$436 million (US$13.29 million) for July, up 11.58% on month, but down 28.18% on year, while combined revenues for the...
Sales of LCD monitors and TVs at the Taipei Computer Application Show 2009 (TCAS 2009) dropped around 20% compared those seen a year ago, causing LCD product vendors to become more...
BenQ has estimated that global front projector shipments will reach six million units in 2009. Of the total, the education segment will account for around 40%, enterprise around 50%,...
Taiwan-based Wistron is expected to ship seven million notebooks during the third quarter of 2009 and reach its target of 25 million units for the year, according to market watcher...
MediaTek now expects its handset chip shipments to exceed 300 million chips in 2009, compared to its original estimate of 250 million units. The IC designer attributed its upward...
HTC (High Tech Computer) and its China marketing partner Dopod will launch at least three Android-powered handsets in the China market in 2009, including WCDMA-enabled HTC Hero and...
AU Optronics (AUO) is seeing increasing utilization at its 8.5G production line, L8A in central Taiwan, and expects to reach full utilization of 40,000 glass substrates a month by...
Japan's Elpida Memory has announced a net loss of 44.4 billion yen (US$470 million) for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared to a loss of 60.9 billion yen in the prior quarter...
Taiwan-based own-brand network equipment vendor D-Link has signed a cooperation agreement with Japan-based system integration service provider Nissho Electronics Corporation (Nelco)...
With foundries, IC backend houses and panel makers revising upward their 2009 capex, Taiwan-based semiconductor and LCD equipment makers are gearing up for an expected uptick in orders...
The top-20 semiconductor companies, in total, registered a second-quarter 2009 sales increase of 21%. This was a 37-point swing compared to the first-quarter results when the same...
Taiwan small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Wintek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.22 billion (US$67.85 million) for July 2009, representing a decrease of 0.14% sequentially...
