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Thursday 29 April 2010
Second-tier IC design houses to see double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10
With top-tier Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics receiving the bulk of limited wafer supplies in the first quarter, results of smaller players...
Thursday 29 April 2010
UMC gearing up for advanced chips
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) looks to grow sales of chips from 65nm and more advanced technologies, according to UMC CEO Shih-Wei Sun speaking at the company's quarterly...
Thursday 29 April 2010
SPIL posts weaker-than-expected 1Q10 results
Chip packaging and testing house Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) saw net profits for the first quarter of 2010 decline 60% sequentially to NT$1.51 billion (US$48.31 million)...
Thursday 29 April 2010
Ralink expects revenues and WLAN chip shipments to grow over 10% sequentially in 2Q10
WLAN chip maker Ralink Technology expects its revenues and WLAN chip shipments both to grow over 10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010, company CFO Bo Chen said at the company's...
Thursday 29 April 2010
HTC announces optimistic 2Q10 guidance
Smartphone maker HTC projects second-quarter shipments to reach 4.5 million units, up 36% sequentially, and first-half shipments should rise by 40% on year to 7.8 million units. The...
Wednesday 28 April 2010
TSMC 2Q10 revenues to top NT$100 billion; revises market outlook
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has provided positive guidance for the second quarter of 2010, and upwardly revised its forecast for 2010 global semiconductor and...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Asustek lowers motherboard shipment drop forecast for 2Q10
Asustek Computer recently updated its forecast motherboard shipment growth for the second quarter, from the original predication of a 10-15% sequential drop to a 5-8% decline, equivalent...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Passive component material suppliers Laser Tek and Leatec to see 10% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
Laser Tek, which mainly produces SMD (surface-mount-device) packaging materials, and chip-resistor substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramics are expected to see second-quarter revenues...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Panel component shortages may affect 2Q10 shipments
While the labor shortages in China during the first quarter of 2010 have been resolved, short supply of components for TFT-LCD panels continues, which may affect the panel shipments...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Taiwan IC component distributors to see sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
Taiwan-based IC distributors, including Aeco Technology, Koryo Electronics, WT Microelectronics and Zenitron, are all expected to see second-quarter revenues outperform levels in...
Monday 26 April 2010
MSI expects strong all-in-one PC shipment growth in 2Q10, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) shipped 80,000-90,000 all-in-one PCs in the first quarter of 2010 and expects its shipments to grow 80-90% sequentially to 150,000 units in the second...
Monday 26 April 2010
Market watchers upbeat on TSMC, UMC 2Q10
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to guide for mid to high single-digit revenue growth sequentially in the...
Friday 23 April 2010
Quartz component makers look to sustained sales in 2Q10
Taiwan-based quartz component makers, including Tai-Saw Technology, Siward Crystal Technology, Harmony Electronics (HELE) and TXC, will see their revenues continue to grow in the...
Friday 23 April 2010
Small-size LCD driver IC makers to enjoy sales growth in 2Q10
Small-size LCD driver IC makers, including Orise Technology and Sitronix, are expected to see their revenues grow slightly in the second quarter as compared to the previous quarter...
Friday 23 April 2010
Transcend seeing strong 2Q10 on DRAM sales
Memory module maker Transcend Information has suggested that the market for DRAM products is still tight due to a chip shortage, and the company expects to register a sequential revenue...