Memory backend service providers, including Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering (WAE), have seen the visibility of their orders extended to 3-6 months thanks...
A Chinese-language Commercial Times report has said that MediaTek expects to ship 100 million handset chipsets in the second quarter 2010. But MediaTek has issued a filing...
Taiwan-based IC design houses have received notices from motherboard, graphics card, LCD monitor and even second-tier notebook makers indicating that their orders for IC solutions...
Macronix International Company (MXIC) is set to raise prices for NOR flash memory as supply of the chip will remain tight in the second quarter due to strong demand coming from PC...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tyntek expects revenues to increase by 5% from the fourth quarter of 2009 to NT$800 million (US$25 million) in the first quarter of 2010 and then to reach...
Global Unichip has received orders for 40nm chip production from China and will begin design tape-out in the second quarter, according to company president Jim Lai. Global Unichip...
Tight supply of aluminum capacitors is expected to ease in the second quarter thanks to improving supply of aluminum foils, according to industry sources.
Several China-based producers of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have raised their quotes by 16.7-18.6% from US$2.95-3.0 per 6-inch wafer in early first quarter of 2010...
Shenmao Technology, a solder bumping paste supplier, has said revenues for the second quarter are expected to hold level or grow from the first quarter. Revenues for the ongoing first...
International suppliers of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) material have quoted contract prices of US$50-55/kg for the second quarter of 2010, the same as current levels, according...
Touchscreen IC suppliers Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are expected to see second-quarter revenues grow by more than 20%, outperforming many other Taiwan-based...
Oversupply of LCD panels in the second quarter is expected to drop to below 5% from the previously estimated 7% over total demand after an earthquake rocked southern Taiwan yesterday,...
Some Japan-based producers of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) material have quoted US$50/kg or even slightly lower for the second quarter of 2010, lower than the current level of...
Second-tier notebook maker Clevo expects shipments to rise 33% on year to 360,000 units in the first quarter of 2010 with volume to reach 480,000 units in the second quarter and total...
Branded notebook vendors are expected to deliver frameless-screen notebooks to the market in the second or third quarter of 2010, according to sources at Taiwan's ODM notebook make...
