Taiwan-based inductor maker Acme Electronics plans to ramp up its capacity of sapphire ingots to 120,000mm in the second quarter of 2010 from the current 90,000mm to meet increasing...
Analog IC designer Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT)'s March revenues are likely to grow 15% sequentially to NT$400 million (US$12.57 million), thanks to increased supply from Taiwan...
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Largan Precision expects the 5-megapixel segment to account for nearly 10% of its total shipments of handset-use lens kits for first-quarter 2010,...
TPV-Inventa Technology, a joint-venture of Inventec and TPV Technology, has obtained orders for all-in-one PCs from Toshiba with mass shipments to begin in the second quarter of 2010,...
China-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer suppliers have raised contract quotes for the 6-inch segment from US$3.5 per wafer in early March to about US$3.96 due to booming...
Despite the low season, notebook makers expect their overall shipments in the second quarter of 2010 to stay flat sequentially, as global first-tier vendors such as Acer and Lenovo...
April quotes for fiber glass yarns and fabrics, which are used for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, are set to rise by 15-20% to reflect tight supply, industry sources generally...
Although global demand for LCD monitors in the second quarter of 2010 is expected to decrease from the first quarter, prices for panels will remain unchanged or rise slightly if current...
Consumer IC vendor Sonix Technology expects its revenues to grow over 10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 with gross margins hovering at around 41%, according to the com...
Most Taiwan-based LED driver IC design houses look to strong revenue growth in the second quarter of 2010 thanks to increasing shipments to LED module makers as well as notebook and...
WPG Holdings (WPG) holds an optimistic outlook for the second quarter of 2010, attributing the strong quarter to increased demand coming from the handset and LCD TV sectors in China,...
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Ardentec are both seeing increased demand for LCD driver ICs, communications chips and power management (PWM) ICs, with order visibility being clear...
Foundry chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have been informed by their upstream suppliers that average...
Most Taiwan-based pure-play foundries and backend packaging and testing houses have seen order visibility extend to June, buoyed by strong demand from communications and graphics...
Taiwan-based makers of crystalline silicon solar cells, foreseeing that global demand will continue to be strong and solar wafer costs will rise in the second quarter, plan to raise...
