AMD plans to showcase its new notebook platform (Tigris) at Computex 2009, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. The new platform consists a 45nm dual-core...

Taiwan-based network equipment vendor DrayTek will continue to promote its OEM business in 2009, focusing on niche products such as remote DSLAM equipment, according to company president...

The global market for handheld video game systems is set to buck weak conditions in the global consumer electronics market and rise by 4.9% in units and 8.2% in revenues during 2009,...

Asustek Computer, on May 13, launched the 10.1-inch ultra-thin Eee PC 1008HA in both Taiwan and Hong Kong priced at NT$19,000 (US$578). The company expects the netbook's shipments...

Taiwan-based IC testing services provider Sigurd Microelectronics has said it began gaining profits in April 2009 thanks to significantly-improved business operations. The testing...

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is expected to lift the ban on sales of handsets with WLAN functions in the China market at the end of 2009 or the beginning...

Intel recently outlined its plans for traditional notebook, CULV-based ultra-thin notebook and netbook product lines for its partners, according to sources at notebook makers.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is promoting the utilization of its 40nm and 45nm through expansion at its 12-inch facility. The pure-play foundry is expected to...

Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, a Taiwan-based EMS provider who has stepped into making Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, expects to sell 60,000 own-brand BD players in Taiwan and ship 150,000...

Global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900% in 2009, according to Strategy Analytics. Healthy support from operators, vendors and developers is driving adoption. Apple iPhone...

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced its April 2009 revenues, with combined TFT-LCD related revenues increasing 3.6% sequentially to NT$ 20.46 billion (US$621.79 million).

Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy has received LED chip orders from LG Display (LGD) for TV backlighting, according to industry sources.

Network equipment maker Cameo Communications expects its shipments of broadband products, including ADSL CPE, cable, WLAN and VoIP products, to top three million units in 2009 compared...

The US, not China, will lead the semiconductor industry out of recession, according to a recent report released by The Information Network.

Worldwide sales of semiconductors were US$14.7 billion in March 2009, a gain of 3.3% from the prior month when sales were US$14.2 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry...