The outlook for the semiconductor equipment industry is beginning to improve, as it appears capital equipment spending has bottomed out in the second quarter of 2009, according to...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) expects to ship 6-7 million LCD TV panels in 2009, doubling from 3-3.5 million units in 2008, while its small- to medium-size...
LG Electronic (LGE) aims to be the number-one LCD TV vendor in Taiwan in 2009, estimating that its LCD TV sales in Taiwan will reach 150,000 units, or 17% of the local market this...
Taiwan-based copper foil supplier Co-Tech expects to swing to profits in 2009 since the price of copper foil has stabilized. The company aims to maintain 2008 shipments of 13,000...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is considering resuming operations at a 4.5G plant to manufacture LCD panels, as well as touch panels, according to the...
LED backlights are growing rapidly in large-size (10-inch and larger) TFT-LCD displays. Panels with LED backlights reached 10.6 million units in the first quarter of 2009, up 63%...
AU Optronics (AUO) affiliate Raydium Semiconductor has said it has no plans to re-apply for its initial public offering (IPO) in Taiwan in 2009 due to over-centralized product lines...
Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment specialist Mirle Automation has enjoyed growing orders from the touch panel sector thanks to wider adoption in the consumer electronics market,...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is showcasing several new products at the ongoing Display Taiwan 2009, including ones for the netbook and CULV notebook...
The ultra-thin CULV notebook panel capacity of AU Optronics (AUO) is estimated to have reached 500,000 panels in May, according to market sources. AUO is currently showcasing its...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have started implementing their capex plans for 2009, with each placing orders for 200 wire bonders...
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan (CDTT) president Alan Eusden, speaking at Display Taiwan 2009 that kicked of today, updated Corning's outlook for 2009, indicating that the LCD...
Shipments of double frame rate (100Hz/120Hz) and quadruple frame rate (200Hz/240Hz) LCD TV panels will reach 22.5 million units and 4.8 million units, respectively, accounting for...
Spending on front-end fabs (construction and equipping) has seen a consistent quarterly decline since 2008, and on an annual basis is expected to fall by 51% in 2009, according to...
The edge type is estimated to account for 93% of total LED-backlit TVs in 2009, up from 17% in 2008, as a result of maturing backlighting technologies and significant improvements...
